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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 but also because of mature content.
Author's Notes: Thank you so much for all the reviews they really mean a lot to me and make me want to update that much quicker! Sey77 you ALWAYS make me smile when I see your review and Wright your reviews always brighten my day as well I completely agree that Lincoln and Clarke's friendship needs to be explored. If I don't write much in this story I might make another. A Reader thanks so much for liking how I intertwine my story with the show's actual storylines! .1297 and ptl4ever419 thank you for reviewing and I hope you like this chapter as well!
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When the three get back to camp, all were relieved to find Octavia back safe and sound, with only a bandage on her head. No one in camp wanted to have another grave to dig, but it would be different if it was Octavia that died. Not only was she very welled liked by the campers, she was the most important person to their leaders and knew it would devastate them both to lose her.
Finn, Jasper, and Monty hug the girl tightly and apologize for not being better friends and looking for her the second she started to wander off.
"Don't say that guys, you know if I saw you following me, I'd run to get away from you dorks." She jokes at them softly and they all smile at the truth of her words but feel guilty all the same.
Clarke and Bellamy watch everyone fawn over Octavia being back with smiles on their faces. For fourteen years, she was invisible to The Ark, only three people in their world knew she even existed and now...she was probably the most loved person in camp.
"It's nice to see her like this." Clarke comments softly and Bellamy looks at her.
"We used to be the only ones who knew how amazing she is and now everyone knows." She finishes and he smiles softly at her words. It was true, he was so happy to see his little sister like this. In all her life the only other time she was this happy was at the dance...right before she got arrested.
Bellamy shakes his heads of his depressing thoughts and nods at Clarke who is looking at him but also checking on her friend.
"It's just weird sharing her." He admits and she laughs softly.
"You were always sharing her Blake, you just never knew it." She jokes and he laughs with her. She was right and the thought didn't piss him off as much as it used it.
"Yeah yeah princess. Now we both have to share her with a lot more people." He says and she nods back at him. It was true; it was sad that they weren't the only ones in Octavia's life, but it was better for her and that's all they really wanted.
"So what are we going to do about Lincoln?" She asks him gently and his eyes darken a little at the mention of the grounder but he holds himself back.
"First, we listen to whatever Octavia has to tell us. Then, we will go from there, but if what she is saying is true and some grounders want peace, how do we go about that?" He answers her honestly and she looks conflicted as well. She remembers telling Jaha they were on the brink of peace with the grounders, but could it really be possible? Could Sky born and Earth born really come to an understanding. She hopes so.
"I just want us to be able to live here peacefully." She whispers defeated and Bellamy looks at her with a smirk on his face that makes Clarke's breath quicken.
"Why don't you ask for the moon as well princess?" He jokes and she smiles back at him, shoving him playfully.
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The next morning, the two leaders lead Octavia to their strategy tent. She looks at her best friend and her brother and wonders if she should tell them everything. How her and Lincoln spoke all night to each other and how she wondered how someone so amazing was instantly drawn to her. How he gave her his book and she promised to keep it safe until he came back for her.
"He said his name was Lincoln of the Tree People. He is part of the Tree colony. There's 13 official colonies, but some that are made by the banished people of the colonies. The criminals." Octavia said firstly and Bellamy takes the information hesitantly.
"Okay, so 13 official colonies with an unknown number of grounders in each as well as an unknown number of criminals that the colonies threw out for their own reasons. So a crap load of grounders." He concludes some what bitterly. While it was helpful to know these things, it only made their situation that more frightening.
Octavia nods.
"The Tree People are led by their commander Anya. She is one of the grounders that is contemplating peace with us." She says looking at Clarke who has been silent taking all the information she's being given without comment.
She also tells them about how only the warriors can speak English and how they have their own language, how Lincoln holds the horn that is meant to warn his colony about acid fog approaching, so indirectly it was him that saved Clarke, Bellamy, and Wells' lives when they were looking for seaweed.
"Yeah but we wouldn't have been there if they didn't try to kill Jasper and serve him as panther bait." Bellamy interrupts angrily. His sister seemed too quick to put her trust in someone she didn't even know and it was pissing him off.
Octavia just looks at him and says nothing, knowing it wasn't worth the fight. She spoke to Lincoln about that and he admits it was his people that did that but he was not there, he was actually spying on their camp at the time.
"He was knowledge on plants and medicines to illnesses we don't even know about. He tells me Anya wants peace with us, that we can help each other." Octavia says to Clarke pleadingly and Clarke smiles at her sympathetically.
"But O, what if this is just a trap?" Clarke asks her softly and Octavia nods in acknowledgment seeing the reason behind her worry. Her friend was logically and was looking at this information in every angle and Octavia respected that.
"Only one way to find out. We have weapons, guns they don't know about. If they wanted to trap us, we still have an advantage." She says and Clarke sees her point.
They talk for a little bit longer but let the subject drop for the moment. Without Lincoln, they have no way of talking to Anya so all this talk could be for nothing anyway.
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What they weren't expecting was Lincoln to show up at the wall of their camp the very next morning; hands up in peace, asking to speak with Octavia of the Sky People.
Miller and Harper hold their guns to Lincoln who is looking at them calmly for someone having guns in his face. His nonchalant attitude scared the two a little bit.
"Who are you?" Harper asks harshly trying to make sure her voice doesn't shake. This is the closest she's been to a grounder and she was afraid.
"I need to speak with Octavia of the Sky People." He repeats to her and refuses to say anything else. Miller, knowing they wouldn't get anything else out of the Earth born looks over to Murphy who is holding his spear waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
"Murphy, go get Bellamy and tell him what's going on." Miller commands and he notices the grounder's eyes narrow at the mention of one of their leaders, but he says nothing.
"Why don't you?" Murphy asks with an attitude. Ever since Bellamy was appointed leader, he noticed the older man gives him less and less responsibility with weapons than he wanted. Bellamy didn't trust him and it pissed him off!
"Because I'm head guard and I told you to. Also, I have the gun." Miller answers back with a smirk on his face.
Murphy scoffs in defeat but follows the guy's command and heads towards camp to tell their faithful leader.
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Bellamy charges into the drop ship determinedly. His abrupt appearance startles Clarke and Octavia who were sitting in chairs, hanging out in the ship, laughing at each other.
"Octavia, get upstairs. I need to talk to you." He says with a dark look in his eyes and Octavia looks at him confused. She hasn't done anything recently to piss him off...well not that she knows, so she didn't know why he was acting like this.
"What's going on?" Clarke asks standing up looking at her co leader. He had a look in his eyes that scared her a little. He looked almost afraid of something.
"This doesn't concern you princess, I need to talk to my sister in privet." He answers not even looking at her. Octavia stands up and goes up the ladder to hear out whatever her older brother wanted to tell her.
However, the second she got up the steps, Bellamy closes the door and locks his sister on the top level. Octavia stares at the locked door in shock before she starts pounding on the metal door.
"Bellamy! Let me out!" She screams angrily.
"You're grounder Lincoln is here O! Why is he here looking for you?! How does he know we are here in the first place!?" Bellamy screams back at her and Clarke's eyes widen at the sight before her.
Lincoln was here. He was here and wanted to talk to Octavia.
"I don't know! I swear, I don't know!" Octavia cries out as she continues to pound on the door. She hates being locked up. Hates it more than anything. Why would her brother do this!?
"Well I'm just going to have a little talk with him." Bellamy says and Octavia's heart goes cold. Oh no! He can't hurt Lincoln! He saved her life.
"Don't you dare hurt him Bellamy!" She screams and she can hear her brother's scoff, even with the door separating them.
"Bellamy let her out! This is unnecessary." Clarke finally says and Bellamy finally looks at her and she can see the fire in his eyes.
"If you even think about letting her out of here, I will throw you in with her. Leadership be damned." Bellamy threatens and Clarke's heart clutches. She wants to help her friend, but she also needs to hear what Lincoln has to say. She knows Octavia didn't tell him where their camp is, but she does know Lincoln has feelings for her best friend, and they were slowly becoming mutual.
Clarke looks up at the closed door and takes a deep breath.
"Octavia, I will make sure no harm comes to Lincoln unless he physically attacks us." She yells up to her friend and the pounding on the door stops.
"Thank you Clarke." Octavia yells back knowing Clarke couldn't help her out of here. Bellamy would follow through on his threat in a heartbeat and she would rather have Clarke helping Lincoln than being locked up with her.
"If you don't let me out of here right now Bellamy I will never forgive you!" Octavia finally yells and Bellamy's eyes lower at her threat but he just climbs down the ladder and towards the exit. He yells at Monty to make sure no one lets her out of the drop ship.
He looks back at Clarke, who is still looking at the door, debating if she should try and release Octavia regardless of her co leader's threat. He shakes his head at her in a second warning and Clarke slowly follows him out the door.
"Octavia, remember what I always used to tell you!" She calls up one last thing before they walk out together, leaving the most important person in their lives screaming and crying in fright.
When they get to the front of the wall, they see a large dark skinned man calmly holding his hands up in surrender while Harper and Miller hold a gun to him. He looked at like he was at complete ease while their guards looked scared shitless. So this was the famous grounder who is infatuated with his sister.
"Who are you?" Bellamy asks as soon as he get towards the commotion. He knows exactly who he is, but he wants the grounder to confirm it.
"I need to speak with Octavia of the Sky People." He answers with the same response he's given Miller.
Bellamy gives a sarcastic smirk at the new face at his camp before moving even closer to him.
"Well I'm Octavia's brother and I say you aren't seeing her!" He snaps back and Lincoln lowers his hands and looks at Bellamy with understanding.
"You are the leader of this camp." He states at Bellamy and nods his head in a respectful motion. He knew in his heart, Octavia's brother wouldn't let him see her but it still was worth a shot. He missed her so much. He hasn't seen her face in days.
He sees a girl with golden hair move towards them with confidence. He had a feeling this was the girl Octavia also told him about. She was the brave warrior and healer.
"We both are, so we'd appreciate it if you would answer our questions. Octavia is not coming out." Clarke says and Lincoln's heart swelled in disappointment. Clarke sees the sadness in his eyes and looks at Bellamy who didn't see it or was choosing to ignore it.
"I am Lincoln of the Tree People." He says and he looks at the two leaders and nods at them to ask their questions. He sees the male guard still holding the weapon at him and the woman guard just looking at him with her gun at her side but he wasn't worried, death was a honorable thing and he was not here to bring harm to the Sky People.
"How did you find us? Did Octavia tell you where we are?" Bellamy asks harshly. He was so disappointed in his sister. How could she be so naive to trust this grounder!?
"We always knew where you were. Octavia would not betray you, Bellamy of the Sky People." He says simply and Bellamy looks at him shocked.
"Why are you here Lincoln?" Clarke asks softly and Lincoln looks at her with some of the tenderness he's shown Octavia.
"You must be Clarke of the Sky People. Octavia spoke many things of you. You are a very brave and loyal friend to her. She loves you greatly." He comments and Clarke smiles at him in thanks.
"Thank you, but please answer the question so I can get back to my people, especially her." She says her voice is strong and all three men around her admire her strength. This grounder could easily break her in half and yet she looked just as at ease as he was.
"My commander, Anya of the Tree People want to set up a meeting. My people want to discuss peace with yours so we may learn from each other and live together without problems." He says and Bellamy and Clarke look at each other.
"When? Why?" He asks doubtfully. This could be a trap for all they know and he will be damned before he lets this charming dick trick not only his sister but his co leader. He didn't like the way Clarke seemed to trust him as well.
"Three days time. As for why, my leader can see benefits of an alliance with your people. You have things we need, we have things you want, it's that simple. No more blood has to be shed." Lincoln says and Bellamy has to admit, he has a point.
"What are the terms of this meeting?" Clarke asks and Lincoln resists the urge to smile at the smart girl.
"You and Bellamy are to meet my leader at the bridge, three miles west of here. You are not to have any weapons on your person." He starts to say and can see Bellamy about to object but he holds up his hand.
"You may bring guards to protect you and they may have the weapons the man behind you has. Our leader will have warriors in the trees in case of an attack, but no one will attack unless they are attacked first. You have my word and the word of my people." He says and Clarke nods.
"Can you give me and Bellamy a moment please?" She asks Lincoln and he nods respectfully and moves to the side, within eye sight of Miller to keep him at ease.
When Lincoln moves, Clarke looks at Bellamy.
"So, what do you think?" Clarke asks softly wanting to know what he thinks before she says anything. Her co leader is silent and she knows he's thinking if this whole meeting was a good thing or not.
"I want to believe this whole thing, but it sounds too good to be true." He admits to her softly and she gives a small smile.
"And you hate the fact Lincoln likes Octavia." She says and his eyes darken.
"And I hate that this grounder likes my little sister and my co leader seems to trust him." He confesses and she gives a small laugh before taking his hand in hers.
"We need this meeting Bellamy. We need to know what they know and it would give us protection from one of the 13 colonies. We need to think of our people before we think with our emotions." She says seriously and he gives a small smile before squeezing her hand. Ever since they became leaders he's come to rely on her and her comfort. It wasn't easy protecting Octavia alone and now they were protecting almost a hundred.
"I know." He says before turning to Lincoln who was watching them with interest. Octavia said her brother and friend's relationship was strained but they looked...almost familiar with each other. Interesting.
"We will be at that meeting. With guards." Bellamy says and Lincoln nods before walking to leave.
"And Lincoln?" Bellamy calls out before the grounder could vanish. Lincoln turns in question.
"Until that meeting, stay away from here and my sister." He says seriously and Lincoln just nods in acceptance before leaving the camp. He will respect Octavia's brother's wishes for now, but he knew if there is an alliance between their clans, nothing will keep him from the dark haired beauty.
Clarke and Bellamy look where Lincoln just left, their hands still together until they hear the hard panting behind them. They break away and turn to see Miller, leaning against the wall, with his gun next to him. Harper moves closer to him and puts her hand on his shoulder.
"I don't know about you two, but I need some moonshine." Miller jokes and the leaders give a little laugh.
"Nah, I need to check on Octavia." Clarke says and she sees Bellamy freeze. Oh no, he left her. He left her in a dark room with no escape, she must be scared shitless. She hasn't been locked up since she came down here and it must be bring back so many harsh memories for her.
Bellamy looks at Clarke frightfully before grabbing her hand and running towards the drop ship.
It was mostly silent as Bellamy quickly climbs the ladder and opens the door. He looks around and sees his baby sister, the only person in this world he loves, in the corner crying silently whispering to herself.
"O..." Bellamy says hesitantly as he reaches out to touch her shoulder. She instantly moves away and looks at him with such hatred in her eyes that it scared him. She has never looked at him like that before.
"Don't you dare touch me! I hate you! Everything that's gone wrong has been YOUR fault!" She screams at him and his heart feels like it is slowly breaking at his sister's words.
"O, I'm so sor..."He starts to say but she just starts screaming again.
"No! It's YOUR fault! It's YOUR fault I was arrested! It's YOUR fault mom is dead!" She screams and Bellamy freezes in shock. He knows he messed up locking her in here. He was only trying to protect her but for her to say it was his fault that their mother was dead...that is going too far.
Before he can say something he knows he will regret, Clarke gently pushes past Bellamy with a serious look in her eyes.
"Octavia, I know you're mad at him but you know that's not true. Aurora died so you could live, and you know as well as I do that if Bellamy didn't take you to that masquerade dance, I was going to." She says and Bellamy looks at her in confusion and Octavia looks at her with shame at her words.
Clarke was right but she was just so mad at her brother.
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Fifteen year old Clarke is sitting on Bellamy and Octavia's bed with an excited look on her face. She was going to take Octavia to the masquerade dance tonight. Except, she was going as Clarke.
"I already mentioned to my parents, Wells, and around classes I was going to be wearing a brown wig, so no one will be suspicious when they check you with my Id card." She tells her best friend and she can see how excited Octavia was. She was going to be leaving her room for the first time in her life. It was scary and exciting at the same time. After everything they've been through, her and Octavia have only grown closer and Clarke wanted to do this for her.
"Are you sure about this?" Octavia asks frightfully. She's wanted to leave this room her whole life but the thought of actually going was very overwhelming.
Clarke puts her arm around her best friend hugging her to her.
"Of course. After every dance, guards will come and check the people's Ids. As long as you have my Id, you'll be fine. You deserve this O! You deserve to see outside this room at least once." She says softly and Octavia smiles.
Clarke moves out of her friend's embrace.
"I'm going to stop home to get my wig and then I'll take you to the dance. After I drop you off, when the guards are finished checking your Id, I'm going to meet you to take you home." She says and Octavia stands up and gives her best friend a tight hug.
"Thank you so much for this Clarke, you have no idea how much this means to me." Octavia says holding her friend tightly before letting her go.
"You know I'd do anything for you O. Plus, I had no intention of going to the dance tonight and one of us shouldn't let this night go to waste." Clarke answers before going to the door.
"I'll be back in fifteen minutes, I'll even bring you some of my cloths so no one will question you." She says and Octavia smiles at her before standing behind the door in case anyone was walking past.
"I'll see you soon." Octavia whispers as Clarke leaves.
Fifteen minutes later, as Clarke opens the Blake's door she is shocked to see Octavia wasn't there. She frantically checks the closet and under the floor but Octavia was no where to be seen.
Panic rises in Clarke when she looks at the table and sees a small B written in the top corner of a paper that was blank when she left. Bellamy must have had the same thought she did and taken Octavia to the masquerade dance.
Only, Bellamy probably didn't think of the Id she would need to get out of the dance. There was never a set time that the dance would end so he wouldn't know to get her out of there before the guards shut the dance down.
Clarke quickly puts on her brown wig and mask before running to the market, where Aurora was. She ran with a purpose, bumping into many young kids who were walking in the opposite direction towards the dance.
When she reaches the market, she finds Aurora in seconds and taps on her shoulders. The older woman's eyes widen, thinking it was her daughter but looking in her eyes she knows it was Clarke. Her bright blue eyes gave her away.
"Miss Aurora I need to talk to you! I have a clothing emergency!" She says in her best spoiled privileged voice. Aurora looks at the crowd around her and rolls her eyes to make it look like an inconvenience to be taken away by The Ark's princess before following Clarke towards section 16.
"What is it?" Aurora asks outside her home.
"Bellamy took O to the dance. I was going to take her and give her my Id card but he beat me to it. Without that card, she could get caught!" Clarke whispers scared for her best friend and Aurora's eyes start filling with tears.
Fourteen years. She was lucky to have fourteen years with her second child. Aurora pulls Clarke in a hug and holds her tightly.
"Try and give your card to Octavia but if you can't, don't draw attention to yourself. If she gets caught, promise me you will protect Bellamy. I can't have both my children arrested for my selfishness." She whispers into her surrogate child's ear as tears make their way down her cheeks.
"I promise Miss Aurora, I'll protect Bellamy. I love you so much." Clarke says as she gets out of her embrace.
"I love you too Clarke, thank you for all you have done for us. May we meet again." She whispers and Clarke knows this may be the last time she ever sees the woman she considered her mother.
"May we meet again." She echos softly before running toward the dance.
She sees the group of kids dancing around and having a good time and she quickly tries to make her way around to find Octavia. Unfortunately, many kids wouldn't let her move but she could see her best friend in the middle of the dance floor, dancing with complete bliss.
It made her smile to see her so happy but she knew she needed to give her the Id card so she can stay that happy.
"O! O!" She tries screaming over the music, but her friend doesn't hear her. It was then, the lights all turned on and a bunch of guards come into the dance.
"Okay kids, you know the drill. Masks off, Ids out." Shrumway says and Clarke looks over at Octavia who finally saw her.
Her eyes were so scared and there was nothing Clarke could do about it.
(End of Flashback)
TBC!
Just so you guys know that is NOT the secret Clarke has been keeping but it will be revealed NEXT CHAPTER! Stay tuned for more.