Chapter 2: Consequences (Cont)

Lexa tried not to resent their youngest daughter for almost killing her Love, her Clarke. She wouldn't have known what to do raising three girls on her own had Clarke died in childbirth. It was hard to bond with the youngest knowing this, and the fact that their youngest seemed to have inherited Lexa and Clarke's stubbornness, quick wit, impulsive and fighting nature made it even more of a challenge to raise the young girl.

"They're boring." Devlin replies to Clarke. "I want to play."

"You're lesson's are important." Clarke goes to remind the youngster.

"No they not Mommy." Devlin looks at Clarke with such serious eyes. "They boring and I don't like them."

Lexa stares down at Devlin who is fiddling with her hands, having a hard time sitting still. It has always been this way, Devlin never settling down, not sleeping at night, always on the go. They took the youngster to Abby for an exam. Abby explained that Devlin appeared to be a little bit more hyper than other kids and she'll help them keep an eye on it.

Lexa balls her hands into fists. Clarke puts her hands on her wife's hands and squeezes them. "Breathe Lexa, breathe." Clarke whispers knowing everything going through Lexa's mind. The clans believing she is weak since her children and Devlin so openly defying her orders.

Devlin stands looking at her parents, her beautiful teal eyes questioning with the innocence of a 6 year old. She is still fiddling with her hands as she watches Lexa take a deep breath and turn to her daughter.

"You have been disobedient young lady." Lexa puts her hands behind her back as she addresses her youngest.

"Skipping your lessons is not okay." Clarke interjects hoping Lexa will turn from Commander to Mama as she handles this situation with their daughter.

"They're boring." The young girl protests.

"Well maybe mucking out the stables won't be so boring." Lexa looks Devlin in the eyes knowing full well that her daughter has a fear of horses.

Devlin's eyes get huge. "No mama." She whines looking to Clarke with fear in her eyes.

"We all must face our fears." Lexa says to Clarke when Clarke goes to protest and looks back to their youngest. "You will assist in helping clean and care for the horses for three days."

"No." Devlin replies beginning to shake at the thought of having to deal with the horses, when they travel, she usually walks or rides on Aiden's back, away from the horses.

"Devlin Elizabeth this is not up for vote, you will help for three days. Maybe next time you'll make your lessons." Lexa replies looking Devlin in the eyes.

"I hate you." Devlin snarls and walks out of the tent. "Go float yourself."

"Devlin Elizabeth, get back here and apologize to your mama." Clarke goes to walk out to get their daughter, Lexa stops her.

"Let her go Clarke, she has both you and I in her and she'll need time to calm down."

"Lexa, was that really necessary?" Clarke asks looking at her wife. "You are her mother, not her commander. You know damn well she's terrified of horses Lexa."

"I am both Clarke." Lexa turns towards her wife. "And we all must face our fears."

"Lexa, you are her mother first." Clarke wants to remind her wife of all the conversations they've had before having children. Still after three daughters, Lexa still struggles to differentiate the two.

Kyleigh comes in breathing heavily, she is also coughing. Octavia is right behind her. Clarke sees her middle child in distress and runs over to a bag pulling out an inhaler. Kyleigh takes a few puffs before returning back to normal breathing.

"Where is the inhaler you are to carry with you?" Lexa asks going over to comfort her daughter.

"I….don't….know" Kyleigh struggles to reply showing them her satchel where she carries her meds.

Clarke takes the bag and begins to go through it and can't find it. She walks over to Kyleigh's bedside and looks through her stuff again. There it is lying under the little girls pillow.

"Ky, it's right here sweetie." Clarke goes over and helps Kyliegh take a few puffs and breathes with her.

After a few minutes Kyliegh's breathing is steady as Clarke and Lexa hold their daughter.

"You know you need to keep it with you at all times." Clarke wipes the sweaty hair out of her daughter's eyes.

" Can I read mommy? Mama?" Kyleigh asks looking a little flush. When both Lexa and Clarke shake their head yes, Kyleigh goes over and sits on her bed pulling out some books Abby gave her.

Kyleigh Alexis was a normal pregnancy, but she was born a month early and with breathing problems. She was a weak child, who often had to stay inside so Abby and Clarke would bring books for her to read. Abby and Niko were able to combine some sky people and grounder people medicines to help Kyleigh's breathing. Abby and Jackson found a way to make the medicine portable and created inhalers for Abby's granddaughter.

While having to stay inside a lot, Abby and Kyleigh grew a special bond as her granddaughter would read medical books and ask questions. Kyleigh was allowed into Lexa's library and advanced at reading quickly.

A commotion outside draws all the adults' attention. Octavia, Clarke and Lexa leave their tent to find their other two daughters in a fight with some other children.

Helena tries to hold back little spitfire Devlin as she takes a swing at another child.

"What is going on?" Commander demands holding her hands behind her back looking at the group of children.

Everyone stops when they see Heda standing staring at them.

Helena looks at her mother's as she has a hold of Devlin, who is trying to calm down in her big sisters arms.

Helena Clarke was the best pregnancy out of the three. Being the first pregnancy everyone thought it would be worse, but no Clarke carried her full term, had a normal pregnancy. Growing up people often commented that she was the spitting image of Lexa, the way she carried herself, hung on the adults conversations, listening and asking questions. Yes she did question some rules and customs, but for the most part Helena fell in line.

All the kids stare at Heda as she walks around the group. "Anyone care to tell me what is going on here?" Heda looks each child in the eyes, she gets to one of the younger ones. She bends down to be on the child's level. "Do you know what's going?" Lexa quietly asks.

Lexa quietly listens to the small voice tell her what she saw and the little ones perspective. After a few minutes Lexa stands and glances towards her daughters. "Thank you." She smiles down at the child. "Let us go to dinner." Lexa looks at Clarke, Helena and finally Devlin where she gets a smirk on her face, very rare when it comes to Devlin, but yes a smirk appears on Lexa's face.

Clarke looks at her wife and turns her head sideways questioning.

"I will inform you later on the matter, right now let's have dinner."

The family walk away and into their tent for the rest of the night.

Two days ride out

Roan has his entourage setting up camp for the night. He and his family are traveling to where the village the Commander is going to be in a few days.

TBC

Some of this maybe rewritten a bit, names changed and such, but this is where some things are going.

PS: if you'd like to help co-write, especially the triku language and such let me know and in box me. I'll fill you in on what ideas are running in my head.