So here's the second chapter, I hope you like it! Octavia is a little OOC, but I just imagine her to have a little different personality as a grounder. Please Review!

"Ow" I glare at the grounder trying to line my eyes with black kohl.

She looked at me sheepishly. "Sorry."

I hear Raven chuckling behind me, but she doesn't say a word. It's not a secret that I don't like or wear makeup. It just gets in the way, and I have no need for it here, nor did I in space. As the other grounder next to me is finishing putting on some black paint on my eyelids, out of nowhere a girl bursts through the tent.

"EN OUT!" She yells. And everyone stops what they're doing at once, leaving me, Raven and the mystery girl alone. She pulls off her hood, revealing her identity. It's Octavia, Indra's second, and my soon-to-be sister-in-law. Her once intense facial expression vanishes, and is replaced by a broad smile. "I'm so excited and happy for the wedding! I've always wanted a sister, and you're a badass which makes it even better. I was afraid Bellamy was never going to commit to anybody, but here you are! I almost hugged Lexa when I found out, which trust me you should never do-."

I interrupt her. "Octavia, breath." I laugh. At least one person is excited about this. I can almost hear Raven's eyes rolling.

She smiles sheepishly. "Sorry. I'm just really happy."

"Yeah...I could tell." I peek out the tent to see that it's almost completely dark. "Is it almost time?"

Octavia's eyes go wide. "Oh yeah, that's what I was supposed to be doing. Lexa told me to come get you, ceremony's about to begin. It won't take very long, and once it's complete there's going to be a huge party, it's going to be so much fun."

I take a deep breath. "Um...ok then. Uh...I'll be out in a second." I say with a fake smile.

"Perfect! See you out there." She waves, and makes her to the exit but stops. "Sister." She smiles big and leaves.

"Well...she sure is chirpy." I hear Raven say. I snort.

"She's just really…" I trail off.

"Excited." We say at the same time. I turn and look at her and smile. "Could you actually give me a few moments by myself? I'll follow in a little bit." I ask. I just need some alone time.

She hops up from her seat quickly. "Oh yeah sure." She stands in front of me and grabs my hands. "No matter what people say, you're doing the right thing for your people, but I just want to make sure you're doing the right thing for you."

I smile at her sincerity. "Thanks Raven, but I don't have the luxury to do what's right for me. It's just the sacrifices a leader has to make"

She nods in understanding, and squeezes my hands. "Good luck." And then she's gone, and it's just me and my thoughts.

I close my eyes for a few seconds and take a few deep breaths. I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. "I can do this" I whisper to myself. I then stand up, brush out the wrinkles in my borrowed dress, and headed towards my future.


"Today osir stand hir kom unite belomi gon trikru, en klark gon skaikru" Lexa yells to the whole village. "Kom show bilaik the skaikru en the tua clans will seintaim be united." She looks at both me and bellamy, and then hands Bellamy a knife.

He takes the knife and makes a cut in his hand. The blood immediately begins to pour out. He then hands it to me, and I assume I am supposed to do the same thing, unless there's some weird wedding ritual that I am not aware of, so I do.

"Now, take both of your hands and clasp onto each other." My small hand is suddenly taken into a much bigger hand, so look down and see now that me and Bellamy are holding hands. I swallow. "Your blood is now running through each other's bodies. You are now joined together in marriage. Welcome kom trikru klark." Lexa nods towards Bellamy, and smiles at me. "Nau osir celebrate!"

There's a bunch of yelling and laughing, but all I can think of now is that I am married. I am somebody's wife. I have a husband who I've had only one conversation with. Also the fact that that ceremony was super short.

"Hey." Bellamy says to me, breaking me from my thoughts. "You ok?"

"Yeah, just trapped in my thoughts. Um, we should go celebrate." I stand up, brushing the dirt from my dress, and make my way over to my friends. "So, I am officially married."

Raven bites her lip. "And how do you feel about that?"

I take in a breath. "Like I need a drink."

"Already got you covered buddy." Jasper says, handing me a cup full of liquid that will hopefully make me feel better, but will definitely hate me in the morning.

I take the cup. "Thanks. Cheers." We all click glasses and I down it. That's when I notice that Finn's not here. "Hey, where's Finn?" I ask.

"He um...he said he couldn't watch the ceremony, so he went to stand guard with Sgt. Miller. So I'm guessing he's not really over your "breakup"?" Monty even uses quotation marks when he says 'breakup'.

I groan inwardly. "I should go talk to-."

Raven interrupts me. "No you will not. He's just being a big baby. What you are going to do is celebrate with your friends, and drink. A lot."

And that's what we did. It felt like hours of just us sitting around drinking, talking and laughing. Despite the fact that I was supposed to leave to go with my husband any second, I had fun. It might even possibly be my last moment of fun for awhile. At some point in the night Octavia, her boyfriend Lincoln, and even Bellamy came ad joined us, however Finn never did. I just had to accept that we were probably never going to be friends again. Once it was pretty much pitch black, and I had already drank way more then I should, it was time for the party to shut down.

"I see that you all had a wonderful time." Lexa says to us. "Since it is too dark for you all to return, as well as the fact that you all are too intoxicated to even make the journey, I have set up a few tents so you have a place to stay. Also, you might not to get to say goodbye's in the morning, so I suggest you do them now. Once you are done, come find me and I will show you all to your tents." She then leaves us alone, and I already feel tears trying to escape.

I walk towards my friends, and I hug each of them. Once I get to Raven I hold on a little longer.

"I'm gonna miss you." She whispers.

A small sob comes out, and I nod. "So am I." I sniffle. "Take care of them." I release her, and I give one quick wave to them. Before they leave, I see a dark figure coming towards me. It's Finn. "I thought you were going to leave without saying goodbye." I smile sadly at him.

"I thought about it, but then I realized that would've been an idiotic move."

I laugh, and he walks over and hugs me. I'm about to let go, when he begins whispering in my ear. "I will get you out of this, I promise. I won't let them just take you away from us." I freeze at his words. Well, that's not good. I let go, and give him a fake smile. I watch them walk away, and I try to get Finn's words out of my head. No matter how much he meant what he said, I have to believe he won't do anything drastic.

I'm about to walk away, when out of the corner of my eye I see my mom come up to me, Kane following close behind. She engulfs me in a hug, and I'm so close to crying, but I stop myself. I have to be strong. It's not a long hug, but it's enough. She releases me, but keeps a grip on my arms.

"I haven't been able to accept the fact that you're not a child anymore, but today, I see now that you are definitely not a child. You are a brave, strong leader. I couldn't of even done what you did today." She stops for a moment, and pushes a piece of my hair behind my ear. "May we meet again." She whispers, and then walks away.

Kane walks up to me and tries to shake my hand, but I draw him in for a hug. "Watch over her, she's going to need you." We let go, and he smiles.

"Will do. Good luck Clarke." And then I am left alone, at least I think I am.

"You ready Princess?" I turn around and meet the eyes of my husband. Husband. Yeah I'm going to have to get used to that.

I nod, and we begin to walk to his quarters. Once inside, I see it isn't much, but I do notice that it's only one bed. I swallow.

"Um, Octavia left you some clothes you can borrow for the night, and some for tomorrow as we travel to the Capitol. You can change behind the screen." He says awkwardly.

"Thanks." I nod, and make my way behind the screen. Once I'm done changing, I see that Bellamy is already changed, wearing no shirt and is already lying in bed. I stand there awkwardly for a few seconds before he speaks.

"I don't bite."

I laugh awkwardly. Great, haven't even been married for a day and I've already embarrassed myself. I slowly crawl into the bed, my back facing his, and I blow out the candle. I fall asleep to the sound of our hearts beating and our steady breaths, dreading the next day to come.


Despite the fact that I usually wake up earlier than everyone in camp, I find myself to probably be the last one up. I blame the large consumption of alcohol. I turn in the bed and find Bellamy's side to be cold, confirming my theory. I sit up, and rub my eyes, discovering I forgot to wash off the makeup, so it is now all over my face and my hands. Another reason I hate makeup. I quickly get out of the bed, and change, not wanting to waste precious daylight for our journey. As I walk out of the tent, I find Bellamy and Lexa talking not too far away, so I make my way over there. Before I can speak, Bellamy notices my appearance.

"And the sleeping beauty awakens. How'd you sleep princess." He asks, smirking at me.

Well, I guess 'princess' is now officially my new nickname. "Fine, I guess. So, when do we leave?" wanting the conversation off of me and my sleeping habits.

"Um." Bellamy looks up towards the sun. "Everything's just about packed, and the horses are all ready to go, so we can leave in a few minutes if you're ready?"

Wow. That is fast. "Um, great. I'll just go grab my things, and I'll meet you at the horses?"

He nods, and walks off towards a group of men who he all shakes hands with. Saying goodbye I guess.

"So, you ready to start your new life?" Lexa asks.

That is honestly a great question. "I guess I have to be." Such a vague answer, but It's the only one I can really give.

Lexa sighs, obviously not thrilled by my answer. "I know this was all just kind of sprung on you, and I just want to apologize for that. But it was necessary for the alliance. Hell, you should thank me that I gave you Bellamy, he is definitely the more handsome, and more nice one then some your other options." She smiles at me.

I laugh a little. To be fair, she is right. I have seen some grounders that make me want to run away in the opposite direction. "Yeah, I do have that to thank you for." I look towards Bellamy, he's standing by the horses, no smile to be seen. "He just seems so serious all the time."

"Hey" she grabs onto my arm. "Bellamy is closed off to almost everyone, except maybe Octavia, and even with her he is a little reserved. Give him some time. If I'm being completely honest, one of the reasons I paired you with him, is because I think you'll be good for him. He has spent his whole life trying to be the best warrior, and the best brother, but he's never tried to just be a regular man, and I was hoping that you would be able to remind him of that."

"Lexa," I sigh, "this isn't a typical marriage. Do I plan to at least be friends with Bellamy? Yes, but it's as if you expect me to fall in love with him."

"Hey Princess!" I hear from behind me, "We don't have all day here, hurry up!"

I turn back towards Lexa, "I have to get my stuff, but it was a nice talk. I'll see you over there?"

She shakes her head. "Actually no, I have decided last minute to stay behind. I have some business to finish up here, and I also have to visit a few clans to assure them of the new alliance. To ensure everyone's safety. But I still need Bellamy up at the Capitol to run things while I do this."

"Oh, ok. Well, it was nice to see you again Commander. Good luck on your travels." I give her a small smile.

"And to you as well." As I begin to walk away, she grabs my arm again, "and remember what I said, if you open up to Bellamy, he'll open up to you as well, so you can at least be friends." I nod, and walk towards the tent with only Lexa's words running through my mind.


We have been traveling for what seems like hours. The sun is beginning to go down, and we're about to stop for camp soon. Bellamy and I haven't exchanged any words throughout this whole trip, but we haven't really needed to because Octavia has been talking for the both of us. This whole trip I keep thinking over what Lexa said about Bellamy. Maybe I need to open up to him. I meant what I said about wanting to be friends. However, so far, the only real conversation we've had was before the wedding, and it only lasted a few minutes. Since then, we've exchanged a few words here in there, but that's really it.

"Here is good." says Bellamy, pointing towards a flat area perfect for making camp for the night.

Forgetting about my thoughts for awhile, I begin to help set up camp. By the time tents are set up and the fire is going, I am incredibly tired. I was told that I didn't need to stay up for a watch in the night, and usually I would protest but I'm extremely tired, so I didn't. However, I did notice that Bellamy did take first watch, and at the moment he's sitting by the fire. Alone. Perfect opportunity for me and him to talk. I walk towards him and take a seat. He doesn't even look at me.

"You can go to sleep now. You don't have to wait up for me, I'll be in later."

He is not making this easy. "Yeah, I know that. I just thought we could, you know, talk."

This time he looks at me. "About?"

I roll my eyes. "I don't know! About anything. I'd just like to get to know the man I'm going to be spending the rest of my life with."

At this comment he smiles a little. "Well, what do you want to know?"

You know, I don't think I ever thought this far into my plan. What do I want to know? "Um...what is your favorite color?" Simple first question.

He gives me a "really" look, but he answers anyway, "Blue, and yours?"

I smile at a memory that pops into my head, "Green." I say dreamily.

He rubs his chin and looks at me, "Hmm I wouldn't of pegged you for a green girl. Why green?"

Well, here's my chance to be open I guess. "Well, when I was living in space, my dad would tell me all these stories about life on the ground, but the thing he talked most about was the trees. He said he'd always wanted to see a tree in real life. I mean there were pictures of them, but he wanted to be able to actually see it, and feel it. So I would draw these ginormous trees, and I'd color them all these different shades of green, and I found them so beautiful, because of him. So I guess I just kind of latched onto the color green" I feel tears trying to come out, so I suck them back in. I try not to talk about my father as much as possible for that very reason.

Bellamy smiles. "He seems like a cool guy. Was he at the wedding?"

I swallow. "Um, no. He was executed in space, before I was sent down here." And he never got to see a damn tree.

His smile slips off his face. "I'm so sorry Clarke."

"It's ok, it was awhile ago." I look straight at the fire, embarrassed by my sob story.

"You want to hear about the time I got stuck in a tree for a whole entire day?" Bellamy asks out of nowhere.

"How is that even possible?" I laugh. He's trying to cheer me up, I guess. Sweet.

"Well-" And he begins telling the incredible story of a hunting trip gone wrong. We spend the whole first watch exchanging stories, and learning more about each other. During that moment I finally begin to feel us becoming more open. Becoming friends. We talk till it's time to switch, and as we head to our tent, I no longer feel as nervous to be sleeping in the same bed as him. I fall asleep easier that night, and for the first time I'm not completely dreading waking up.