"Yah! Yah!" Lexa shouted to her horse. She kicked her foot against the side of its body, making it push forward and gallop faster. As she passed dozens of trees, the wind hit her skin, but that didn't stop the sweat from running down her face and neck.
"Lexa, it's coming after us!" Clarke yelled, using one of her arms to hold onto the brunettes waist tightly while the other held the small bird.
"We'll lose it." Lexa said, her eyes scanning the area they were in. 'Jok!' There wasn't any openings for them to escape the bird's sight. Absolutely nothing. She craned her neck back for a split second to see how far ahead they were, and she wished she hadn't done it.
The bird was mere yards away from them and was catching up to them fast. Three chirppings sounded from Clarke's hand. The sound of them seemed to spur the larger bird even more as it began to spread its wings, letting out a screeching scream during the process.
This definitely wasn't helping Lexa concentrate at all. She was doing everything she could to get away from the thing. Moving in zig zags, changing directions, she even went as far as throwing the packed food she prepared for her and Clarke at the giant bird, remembering Clarke saying people threw them at these things.
"Lexa, what are you doing?!"
"I am trying to slow it down!"
"By throwing food at it?"
"You said people threw food at it."
"TO GET THEIR ATTENTION!"
"...Oh..."
SCREECH!
"Lexa, what are we going to do? A huge fuckin' duck is gonna get us!"
"It's a quack quack!" Lexa frustratingly shouted.
Suddenly the sound of wings flapping filled their ears and a dark shadow was soon casted on top of them. Both Lexa and Clarke froze on the horse then slowly raised their heads to the sky to see the outline of the black bird. It's neck was craned downward, its red beedy eyes landing on them instantly. It could see them without trouble.
It made another screech before diving down.
Clarke held onto Lexa's waist even tighter, almost digging into skin. "Lexa!" She screamed, closing her eyes.
Green eyes widened as the bird came crashing in front them. She didn't even get the chance to dodge the incoming impact.
Soon, a giant cloud of dust rose into the air blinding the two's vision.
-Camp Arcadia-
"Ma." A little girl said, tugging her mother's arm. "Ma, what's that over there? Ma."
"Honey, not right now. Mama's doing work." The child's mother replied as she dug into dirt, planting seeds into the ground.
The child tugged again. "But, Ma i want to know what that black thing in the sky is." She said pointing up at the clear blue sky. "Ma, look! Look!"
"Honey, i said i was-"
BOOM!
Suddenly the ground shook. The people of Arcadia stopped whatever they were doing and stood still looking North. A murmur began within the crowd as a dust mushroom rose from over the trees.
"Whoa."
"Do you see that?"
"What is that thing?"
"What's going on?"
"What the hell was that? It sounded like an explosion." Raven said, putting on her shirt as she came out of her tent with Octavia close behind.
"I don't know."
Raven pointed to a group of teenage boys and stormed towards him. "Hey! Did one of you guys take one of my bombs again?"
"What? No, it came over there." One of the boys replied.
"Raven, look." Octavia said tugging her girlfriend in front of the crowd. The two stood looking at the sky like everyone else.
Kane whipped his head to the ceiling after hearing the explosion. As quick as he could, he made his way out of the arc and searched for Abby.
"Chancellor! Chancellor! What's going on?" People asked as he made his way around the camp. He found Abby by the gate. And just like everyone else, she was looking at the horizon with worry in her eyes.
"Abby, what is this?"
"I don't know. It came out of nowhere." She looked up at him. "Do you think it's another war?"
"That's not possible. We're at peace with the Grounders now."
"Then what else could it be?"
Lexa coughed, opening her eyes slowly. Particles of dust blinded her and she couldn't make anything out. "Jok." She cursed. She could feel her body aching, especially her back. As she went to sit up, something on top of her stopped her from doing so. 'I'm pinned.' She thought. 'This is not good.'
But soon, a groan made its way into her ears. "L-Lexa."
Lexa's eyes widened upon hearing the voice. "Clarke. Clarke!" She moved her hands about on top of her and was relieved to feel the familiar body of the blonde. Slowly but surely, the dust around them began to clear. And just as she assumed, Clarke was laying on top of her. "Clarke, are you okay?" She asked. Concern evident in her voice.
"Y-Yeah. I think i hit my head on something is all." She said getting up in a sitting position. Lexa did the same, groaning in the process.
Lexa scanned their surrounding. Trees were teared from the ground, roots visible. Chunks of dirt and rocks were littered about. She found her horse a couple feet from them, laying on its side. 'We must have been thrown off of it during the impact.' She thought. There was a gash on it's stomach and she hoped it wasn't fatal.
Her green eyes then landed on an opening in the ground, yards away from where they sat. "Clarke, we must get up." She said, carefully standing up, keeping an eye on the hole.
Clarke stood slowly with the help of Lexa. "Ugh!"
"What is wrong? Are you hurt anywhere?"
"My leg. I think i sprang it."
Lexa bent down to examine Clarke's legs and found a medium sized cut on her calf. Red staining her pants. She took a hold of her thin clothes and ripped a strip from the material. "Stay still, Clarke. I am going to wrap your wound." Maneuvering the strip around Clarke's leg, she made sure to tie it tightly, so the bleeding would stop. "Here lean on me. I will help you walk." She offered, wrapping an arm around Clarke's waist while Clarke laid one of her arms over Lexa's shoulder.
"Thanks. What it is that?" She questioned, nodding at the crater.
"I believe that is where the quack quack crashed when it came at us from the sky." Lexa responded.
Clarke suddenly started looking at the ground frantically.
"What is it, Clarke?"
"The baby duck."
"The quack quack." Lexa corrected.
"Yeah, that. The smaller one. Where is it?"
Lexa frowned and check around. Flapping then sounded by the hole.
The two looked up and there on the edge of the crate was the small bird. All three heads were poking theirheads into the hole as its wings flapped about.
Clarke raised her eyes to Lexa. Blue clashing with green. The brunette understood the look, but was cautious in actually doing what the blonde wanted. "Clarke, i do not think it is wise to go over there."
"Just a quick glance and we can go. I promise."
Despite not wanting to go to the hole, It didn't take her long to give in to Clarke's stare, so she reluctantly walked over to where the small bird was. They both looked down at the hole and saw the giant bird laying on its back. All three of the heads eyes were closed. Observing its body from their spot, they found no injuries on the bird and saw it breathing evenly.
"It is not hurt."
"That's... Good, right?"
Lexa nodded. "We should leave before it wakes."
"Yeah, lets go."
They turned around to walk in the direction of Arcadia. Not even three steps into walking, three excited chirpings filled their ears and then a shadow slowly rose around them. The two gulped.
They knew what was behind them.
Lexa shut her eyes tightly and took a deep breath. Slowly, she turned her neck to look over her shoulder.
The bird in the hole now stood tall, all three red pairs of eyes staring down at them.
-Camp Arcadia-
Raven and Octavia sat at the guard tower at the camp. Since the explosion, they were on high alert in case something were happened. Raven sat on a chair tinkering with one of her projects while Octavia leaned on the railing looking in the direction they saw the dust cloud earlier.
"You know, Clarke and Lexa should've been back by now right?" Octavia said.
"You think so?"
"They said they were only going scouting. Scouting the woods doesn't take that long. They've been gone for three hours."
"So, what do you think is taking them so long?" Raven said raising her eyes to the other girl.
"I don't know. It's Clarke and Lexa."
"I can think of two possibilities. One, they ran into some trouble and are kicking ass."
Octavia crossed her arms. "The second?" She had hitch on what it could be.
"They found a bunker or set up a tent and are doing the dirty." Raven smirked.
Octavia closed her eyes and shook her head. "Of course you'd come up with that." She laughed.
Raven rolled her eyes. "Like you weren't thinking the same thing."
Octavia went to rebuttal, but then her eyes caught something in the distance. She quickly grabbed her walkie, "Movement on the North side of the woods. Repeat, movement on the North side."
"Roger that."
Raven stood up. "What is it?"
The ground then began to shake. The two grabbed onto the railings. Gasps could be heard below them.
"See! Over there!" Octavia shouted.
In the distance, the trees swayed, the ground shook and it became worse and worse as whatever thing came closer to the camp. In one swift burst, trees scattered about as the large bird Lexa and Clarke encountered emerged from the woods, screeching and flapping its wings.
The camp went into chaos. People ran into each other. Screams filled the once peaceful air. People tripped over their own feet finding shelter.
"Get your guns! Move the children inside the arc! Everybody move! Move, move move!" Bellamy ordered from the ground.
Soldiers ran out of the gate to get a better shoot at the bird.
"On my single we all shoot!" Bellamy shouted, waiting for every guard to line up.
The bird ran towards the camp at speeds they've never seen. Moving closer and closer.
"The guns aren't loaded!" Many guards yelled.
"What?!"
Everyone started yelling and screaming, holding onto one another.
Watching everything from the tower, a look of confusion and shock made its way onto both Raven's and Octavia's face. "Wait, is that?"
"On the thing?"
Just as the bird was about to crash into the camp, it suddenly stopped.
Everyone's breaths caught in their throat.
The bird eyed the camp curiously. "Quack." It let out. Some people fainted.
The bird flapped its wing a couple times before sitting on the ground with a loud thud. Absolutely everybody was shocked about this. Was it not about to attack the camp?
Suddenly a voice broke the silent air. "Good, quack quack." Lexa said standing on the creatures back, making her presence known.
"What." Octavia started.
"The fuck." Raven finished, dropping her tools on the floor.
"Clarke, care to explain this... This thing." Abby questioned, looking at the giant bird Lexa seemed to be petting and feeding.
"It's kind of a long story?" Clarke replied to her mom.
Abby rubbed her forehead. "You guys practically gave everyone a heart attack. Some people are still haven't woken up from fainting."
"I'm sorry, mom. Really i am. We didn't plan this."
"You were even injured, Clarke."
"But you stitched it all up, it's fine now see."
Abby let out a frustrated sigh ."What do you plan do to with that thing?"
"I-I don't know. It's up to Lexa."
"Please go talk to her."
Clarke nodded and made her way to the brunette.
"That is some bird." Kane said standing next to Abby.
Clarke really didn't know how something like this came to be. First it was just a little 'searching' thing for fun, then it became a 'run for your life' thing, and now it was a...
"Pet. Clarke, i think i will keep it as an animal companion. What do you think? I would like your opinion." Lexa said happily as the bird's head nestled her body, quacking when she'd caress their heads.
"I don't know, Lexa. It's up to you." Clarke said, smiling softly at the scene. It was kind of cute despite knowing mere hours ago the bird tried to possibly kill them.
Lexa nodded. "I shall keep it then."
Clarke couldn't help but let out a laugh. The commander was literally beaming with joy in front of her and it warmed her heart. Today was very strange.
"Would you accompany me to Polis, Clarke?" Lexa asked. "To bring this quack quack home?"
'She is just too cute today.' Clarke thought. "I'd love to."
Lexa smiled at the blonde. She turned to the giant bird and smoothed its feathers down. You sleep here." She told the creature, before making her way over to Clarke. She grabbed a hold of the girl's hand and squeezed. "Shall we rest up for tomorrows travel?"
Clarke nodded, looking down at their joined hands. She tugged Lexa along the camp grounds until they were in her tent. As they were getting ready for bed, the two would glance at each other from the corner of their eyes as they undressed. Blushing every so often and giggling.
"Thank you for today, Clarke." Lexa said once they were laying down in Clarke's sleeping bag. Her arm was wrapped around Clarke's shoulders as the blonde laid her head on the brunette's chest.
Clarke began playing with Lexa's fingers. "You're welcome. It was fun. In a running for your life kind of way." She laughed.
Lexa chuckled. "Indeed. I am glad things turned out safe without much trouble."
Clarke hummed an agreement.
The two laid in silence for a couple of minutes. The sounds of campfires could be heard from their tent. Along with the chatter of a small group of people outside.
Quietly, Lexa whispered, "Will you stay in Polis?"
"Of course." Clarke mumbled sleepily.
"No, i mean would you permanently stay in Polis, Clarke. With me?" She asked again. Re-wording her question.
Clarke bit her lower lip, tightening her hold on Lexa's hand right hand. She raised her head off of the commander's chest and stared into green eyes. Despite it being dark in the tent, she could still clearly make out the details of Lexa's face. She noticed a tiny blush on her face.
Leaning down slowly, she closed the distance between their lips in a soft kiss. And Just as it came, it went away.
"I'd love to." She replied quietly, smiling. Clarke let go of Lexa's hand and ran it through brown locks instead. "Since tonight will be my last night here. Let's stay up."
"Stay up?"
"Mhm." Clarke said, moving her head down to Lexa's neck, leaving butterfly kisses.
Lexa's breath hitched. "I-I, Yes. We should stay up."
"All night." Clarke whispered in her ear, moving to straddle Lexa's hips, her lips not stopping their task on the brunettes neck.
"All...Night..." Lexa said, closing her eyes breifly.
Clarke raised her head to look Lexa in the eyes. They had become a darker shade now. "All... Night." She said again before capturing plump lips again, taking the blanket on their bodies to cover them completely.
"Clarke." Lexa moaned.
-The next day at Polis-
"Heda! What is the meaning of this?!" Titus asked shocked and quite scared about what was in front of him.
Lexa sat a top the bird, a wide smile on her face. "This is my animal companion, Titus."
"But, but. This is not-"
"I am Heda, Titus. I do as i please."
Titus was at lose of words.
"Also, Clarke will be staying in Polis permanently starting today."
Clarke had her arms wrapped around Lexa's waist. She moved to the side to see Titus and waved. "Sup."
This was too much for Titus to take in. First a giant quack quack and now Clarke kom Skaikru would be staying here too. He began to feel dizy and eventually passed out in front of the Polis tower.
"Guards! Take Titus to his room. Clarke, quack quack and i are gonna go to the lake. We will be back before dinner tonight. Please prepare the best meats we have. Today is a celebration." She said looking back at Clarke over her shoulder.
Finished! I hope you guys liked it! I know it was kind of short, but i enjoyed writing it. I have a short epilogue i want to write for this and this story will be completed.
I also have another story uploaded and it would be pretty cool if you could check it out. Only if you want to of course. Anyways, thanks again!