Disclaimer: I do not own The 100 or the characters in it. They are owned by Kass Morgan
Summery: Clarke was always good at keeping secrets. In fact, she's been keeping one since she was six years old and it's about to come out in the open.
Couples: Bellarke eventually
Rating: T probably because of swearing mostly
XOXOX
The next morning when Clarke and the rest of the gang make their way to the river they needed to cross to get to Mount Weather, they were exhausted! While Earth was beautiful in so many ways, they were hungry and tired and wanted the help that The Ark said was here. Maybe there would be enough room for the hundred to relocate to and be comfortable.
As Finn tests the strength of a thick vine they could use to swing across the water, Clarke checks the gash on Octavia's leg. It looked minor but she knew Bellamy was going to flip out on her when he saw it, even though she wrapped a tourniquet over it.
"Clarke it's okay, I'm fine." Her friend promises rolling her eyes. She knows Clarke is thinking about how Bellamy was going to react but she really didn't care at this point. Now that she was no longer a secret to The Ark, she doesn't need to depend on her older brother for everything like she used to. Not that she depended on him for everything, there were so many things Clarke helped her with that Bellamy had no clue about.
"You know as well as I do that he is going to try and strangle me when he sees this." Clarke points out. It used to bother her that Bellamy disliked her so much without even knowing her but after...the event, she knew it was a good thing he thought so low of her. That didn't mean she wanted him to strangle her for getting Octavia hurt.
"Hey guys I think it's good!" Finn calls them over and the four rush over to him as he's about to go across the river.
Jasper, however, steps closer to Finn and holds out his hand. "I'm ready." Jasper says seriously and Finn looks over to Octavia who is looking at Jasper with pride on her face. Finn nods to the guy before handing him the vine. Finn already had the best girl, he wasn't looking for another.
Jasper takes a deep breath before looking over to his hopefully new friends. They were all smiling encouragingly at him and Monty was doing a thumbs up motion. He closes his eyes and swings.
When he falls to the ground he can hear cheering from the other side, he opens his eyes and realizes he was okay. He made it! He was going to survive Earth and maybe one day, he can land the girl. He stands up and cheers along with them before a scrap of metal catches his eye. After reading it he holds it out for the group to see.
It read "Mount Weather Government Facility"
"We made it!" Jasper cheers excitedly as Clarke takes the vine and gets ready to join him.
"Come on Clarke, join me on my side of paradise." He teases smiling.
Just before she was about to start swinging he hears a low whistle in the air and he felt a pain in his chest. He looks down and sees a spear in his chest.
"Oh shit!" He thinks before he passing out.
XOXOX
Clarke immediately grabs Octavia and drags her down to hide them behind the rocks.
"We are not alone." Clarke whispers afraid as she looks at her friend who is trying to see if Jasper was moving. Everything they knew about Earth was wrong! The Ark didn't hold the last of humanity!
"We need to get out of here!" Finn says but Monty shakes his head.
"We need to get Jasper!" He wouldn't leave his best friend. Even if he was dead, he didn't plan on ever leaving him behind.
"We will come back for him I promise but right now we need to leave." Finn insists before taking Octavia's other hand and dragging them towards the woods.
They run for about two minutes before the girls stop when they hear Jasper scream.
"He's alive! We left him there!" Clarke cries before starting to run back towards the river but Octavia stops her.
"We need help! Bellamy has a gun, we will bring him back with us and try and get Jasper back." Her voice was low but Clarke could tell how frightened she really was and didn't want to add to that so she just nods and helps Octavia run.
They would get Jasper back, they had to.
XOXOX
As the sun starts to set, Bellamy looks over at Wells who is looking worse for wear, rubbing his sore and bracelet free wrist for the millionth time that day. While he should feel guilty about having Murphy and his clowns rip the damn piece of metal off him, he can't afford to have The Ark come down and execute him, leaving his sister alone.
Only...she wouldn't be completely alone. She apparently had the princess on her side and as much as he loathed to admit it; if The Ark came down, it'd be good for Octavia to have the daughter of a council member on her side. Maybe that's why his mom kept Clarke around.
Early this morning he found some small animals and was having Murphy, Miller, and Atom skin it with sharp pieces of metal so they can cook it later. He planned on having more people take their bracelets off before the day was over.
All of a sudden, he turns to see his sister being held by Finn and Clark and the Asian boy running towards the group.
"Where's the supplies?" Murphy sneers but Bellamy didn't care about that, for it looked like his sister was hurt and for that...they will be hurt.
"Turns out the last man on Earth that died on The Ark, wasn't the last man on Earth." Finn informs them making a majority of the camp gasp.
"Everything we know about Earth is wrong. People survived the war and they are still here." Clarke pipes in as she lowers Octavia to a rock to sit. Bellamy rushes to her side to her a tourniquet wrapped around her thigh.
"What happened?" He glares at Clarke who for once looks at him fearfully. Good the bitch should be afraid.
"Don't be a jerk Bell, I was swimming and a big...thing attacked me. If it wasn't for Clarke and Jasper I'd be dead." Octavia snaps at her brother but wincing at the thought of Jasper being out there with the people that attacked them.
He looks around and sees the kid without the goggles missing.
"Where is he?" He asks now looking at the guy's friend who looked like he was about to lose it.
"They shot him with an arrow. As we were running we heard him scream so we know he is still alive." Monty says feeling guilty about leaving his best friend with those...monsters.
"I told you Monty, we will find him." Clarke says passionately. She sees Wells walking over to them and before she can tell him to buzz off she notices he doesn't look so good. It was then she noticed there were people without their bracelets.
"Why do people have their bracelets off?" She asks Wells who was glaring at Bellamy.
"Ask him." He mutters and Clarke narrows her eyes to the older boy.
"What is wrong with you? You realize without The Ark's help we have nothing! Mount Weather probably belongs to the people that took Jasper so we have nothing to live off of! If they think we are dead they won't follow us down here and then they will all die!" She screams at him no longer afraid. God he made her so furious!
"Good! They deserve to die for everything they did! They don't deserve to live after locking everyone here up! For floating so many innocent people! They can rot for all I care, we can survive without them! It's time we do whatever the hell we want!" He is inches from her face screaming at her but she won't back down. There's a spark in her eyes but he wasn't backing down either.
"Because of you, The Ark's Princess Bitch, my sister got hurt today and you failed to bring back anything for us to use! You are not the big shot here princess...the chancellor, your mommy, and the council aren't going to protect you here!" He says calmly but to Clarke, his words were so much more hateful. She closes her eyes and tries to fight off the memories.
"I never claimed to be a big shot here. The only reason I care if they come down here is because there are people up there that these kids still care about. Not every good parent was floated. I could give two shits if the council came down here, my mother included. My priority is protecting Octavia and finding Jasper. If you have a problem with that...get the fuck out of my way." She hisses at him before bumping his shoulder as she walks towards the drop ship.
Bellamy watches her walk away with a shocked look on his face.
"For the oldest person here big brother...you can be an idiot sometimes." He hears Octavia say softly before limping her way towards the tents.
That night while Clarke tosses and turns in her tiny tent she dreams of a time when things weren't so bad...
(Flashback)
It's been over a month since Clarke found out about her new friend and she was so excited to have the time to go visit her! She tries to see her three times every two weeks but sometimes her mom or dad or even Wells needs her and she can't get away. Today however, she took cautious measures to make sure no one needed her! She told her mommy in the morning she was going to the library after school so she could do her homework and to message her if she needed to be home early, then told Wells at school she had to go straight home after school so she could do her chores that she really did the night before and to not message her at all for she would be too busy. Since Wells never told his daddy the chancellor anything, she knew no one would figure out her lie.
She makes her way to section 16, she silently counts the steps until she gets to the door marked 517. She knocks timidly waiting patiently before Miss Aurora opens the door smiling at her.
"Hello Miss Aurora." She says happily and the older woman smiles at her and closes the door. She points to the closet and nods when Clarke immediately opens it up to give her friend a hug. As long as she was around, her friend didn't have to hide from her.
"Hello O! I've missed you! Sorry I didn't get to talk to you last time." Clarke says sadly.
Last week when she knocked on the door, it was Bellamy who answered. Before she could say anything to him, Miss Aurora was shaking her head and motioning her not to tell him anything. So she had to make up a lie about needing a shirt sewn but accidentally forgetting the shirt. It made her look silly but oh well. Bellamy just looked mad that she was there and happy she wouldn't be staying. She guessed it made sense since his sister was probably hiding in the closet at the time, and they all knew how much she hated the dark.
"It's okay. I asked my mom why she didn't want me to tell Bellamy about you." She says softly clinging to her friend. Ever since she met Clarke she knew she had another person that cared about her and it felt amazing to have someone else know she exists.
"Why?" She asks but she looks over to Miss Aurora who was smiling at the exchange between the girls.
She motions for both girls to sit on the bed before she makes her way over to join them. She takes both girls' hands in hers and rubs them with her thumbs. She will never regret her decision on keeping her second child a secret. However, she knows one day they will find out about Octavia and Chancellor Jaha will float her; she just wants to protect Bellamy and Clarke from having the same fate.
"You know how I told you both that it's against the law for people to have more than one child?" She asks them both patiently and waits for them to nod.
"Well there are moms that have tried to do what I did to keep their second baby but they failed. They either told someone or weren't good at hiding the baby and they would get...floated and the children... But the people that helped the moms, well they got in a lot of trouble. They either got floated or arrested. Now Bellamy is my son and I can plea his case that he was doing what I told him to do and no one else knew about Octavia. They don't usually include siblings in crimes but if he knew that Clarke also knew...he might tell the council to try and save me putting not only you at risk...but himself. I want to protect my children at any costs and if that means keeping this secret from Bellamy I'm willing to do that...are you girls?" She asks the little girls seriously and they are looking at her sadly. She knows she gave them more information about life on The Ark than they should know but she is serious about protecting her kids and ever since Clarke promised to help keep Octavia secret, she considers the child her own.
Clarke nods her head in understanding. She doesn't think Bellamy likes her very much but that didn't mean she didn't like him. Octavia tells her that her brother is amazing and would do anything for her and since Octavia can't do anything to put herself in risk, Clarke has to do the same for him. She will protect him from anything just like they do for Octavia.
"I understand Miss Aurora. I just wish we could be friends like Octavia and I are." She says sadly and Octavia climbs over her mom to hug her friend.
"It's okay Clarke. I share everything with my brother but it's nice to have someone all for myself." She admits and Clarke smiles before hugging her again.
"I kind of like it too. Wells is a nice friend but everyone teases us because our parents are council people. I like having a friend I can be myself with. Now Bellamy gets out of school in an hour so I can't stay long. Want me to teach you some of my math work?" Clarke asks seriously and Octavia makes a face but leans in to see the girls homework anyway.
"My brother hates math. He doesn't teach me his homework because he says he can barley understand it himself." Octavia comments.
"I can teach you! I have to do really well in math if I want to be a doctor one day." She says before going in to teach her friend about multiplying numbers.
As Aurora gets off the bed she smiles as she sees both girls, so different get along like they were sisters themselves. It was good her daughter has a friend like Clarke.
When they floated her, her daughter is going to need a friend like her.
(End Flashback)
The next morning, Clarke, who has a bag backed with water, edible leaves and nuts storms over to Bellamy who was talking to Octavia and getting her some plants to eat.
"Talk to her fast princess, she needs to rest." He comments harshly and she barley makes a face at him.
"Actually, I'm here for you. O tells me you have a gun." She says and all he does is lift up his shirt to show the back of his gun in his jeans. If she thinks she's taking it from him she has another thing coming.
"Good. You can follow me as we go get Jasper." She says not really making it a question.
"No way, I'm not leaving my sister here alone." He protest and he sure as hell didn't want to go with her.
"Finn is staying to make sure Octavia is safe, Monty is using the bracelets you made people take off to try and contact The Ark, and if Wells follows me, I'll just steal you gun and shoot him in the shoulder so he's forced to stay here. Those people that took Jasper are dangerous and that gun is our only weapon so PLEASE follow me." She says harshly and Octavia laughs at the end.
"Damn girl, you're claws got a hellva lot sharper now that we're down here." Her friend jokes and Clarke makes a small smile before rolling her eyes.
"That's because I don't have to keep you a secret anymore. You always brought out the sassy side of me." She teases back and Octavia shakes her head.
"Hell no! Do you remember when we met? You were this tiny little shit demanding my mom to move the table so you could 'rescue' me." They both laugh at the memory and Bellamy raises his head at the story. Maybe he can get answers out of her by going with her.
"Fine but if anyone hurts my sister while I'm gone...I'm going to hurt you worse." He promises and both girls roll their eyes.
"No one would dare touch me. Clarke taught me self defense right before I was arrested." She says nonchalantly.
"Great lets go." Clarke says moving past him. He says goodbye to his sister just as Finn walks over to her before following the princess in the forest.
"If it makes you feel better, Finn is pacifist with a girlfriend. I also threatened to castrate him if she got hurt so she's safe." She comments, not waiting for his response before she keeps moving.
They spend the first two hours mostly in silence. She was directing him on what plants not to step over or touch for they were poisonous and he would make a sarcastic comment to try and piss her off. Unfortunately for him, she wasn't falling for it.
"Why don't you let me take that bracelet off you. You said yourself you don't care if the council follows us down here." He comments and she stops and glares at him.
"The only way The Ark is going to think I'm dead is if I'm dead. Got it?" She snaps at him and he smirks.
"Brave Princess. I can arrange that if you really want." He taunts but she just keeps on moving.
"So how did you manage to keep such a big secret from your mommy and daddy for so long?" He asks after she made a sudden turn, claiming she notices footprints.
Clarke looks straight ahead not even sparing him a glance. She knows she should tell him for she has no reason to lie about most of it but a part of her was still listening to his mom's warnings not to get close to him. That it wasn't safe for him.
"Doesn't matter. I knew and I kept my promise to your mom and sister." She says this sadly as she thinks of the late Miss Aurora who was like a mother to her. She missed her so much after she floated. She remembers not talking to Wells or Jaha for six months after her passing. She was too angry at the system Jaha enforces not to wish it was him that got floated and not the sweet woman who's only crime was loving her daughter.
Before Bellamy could say anything Clarke gasps. He looks ahead to see Jasper strung up on a tree, gagged, and shirtless. He looked like he was in a lot of pain and there was a hole in his chest covered by something red. He runs with Clarke who was a foot ahead of him.
"He's here! We found him!" She exclaims happily but before he could reply he sees her fall in a trap hole with spikes coming out of it.
Without even thinking about it he grabs her hand, her bracelet probably digging into her skin. She's looking deep into his eyes and he mentally debates with himself to just let her go. He knows he won't though. Octavia would be devastated to lose her and the kid on the tree and he couldn't bring him back without her help. So he lifts her up and helps her to her feet.
She looks at him with a small smile on her face.
"Thank you." She says warmly.
"No problem Princess." He mutters.
TBC!
I also just want to point out to readers that Bellamy's event is the masquerade dance and Clarke event is not...