Disclaimer: I do not own The 100, the story is based off of Kass Morgan's book series and the TV show
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Epilogue:
It's been two years.
Two years since The Ark agreed to The 100's rules of the ground. Not one of the delinquents were surprised at the fact that Jaha and the rest of the council admitted defeated. They would rather share power with the "low lives" of their society than go to an unknown part of Earth and take their chances on the climate and the people. The 100 did all the heavy lifting when it comes to making life for the Sky born easier. They made a new council with Jaha, Kane, Abby, Cece Cartwig, and David Miller from The Ark and Clarke, Bellamy, Raven, Monty, and Octavia from The 100 with Lincoln as an adviser. It was rough at first, but the elders soon saw how well things functioned on the ground and many didn't want to ruin that balance. There were some that were less than pleased when they had bathroom rotation but they soon realized that that was the way things were now.
Clarke and Abby reunited and Abby finally admitted to her involvement in Jake's death. While Clarke wanted nothing more than to give her mother the cold shoulder; she remembered Wells and how he protected her mother and Clarke's relationship with her. She knew she had to honor her late friend's wishes so she just told her mother she needed time.
It took war breaking out for them to get close again.
Surprisingly, it wasn't Jaha and the old council that turned on The 100 and the Tree Colony; it was Diana Sydney the former chancellor and their old Earth Studies professor Pike that turned on them. Apparently before The Ark came down, they both were conspiring with the workers' and lower classes of the Ark and convincing them that if they were in charge on Earth they could make their own rules and get rid of the grounders as well. Many of the over worked and lower class people that didn't have children in The 100 and followed their naive words happily because they shared views that The 100 have originally felt as well.
Sydney and Pike would take groups out at dark to learn about the ground. Practicing their weapon training, hunting animals, and trying to take out grounders as well. It wasn't until Monty's mother spotted them and told her son that anyone in camp even suspected their cruel intentions.
The new council immediately spoke about banishing them, and calling a meeting with Anya to warn them. However, before anything could be done, the traitors planted a bomb in camp close to their meeting. The bomb killed 30 campers in total including council member Cece, while leaving many injured. Pike and Sydney took their followers and as much supplies as they could carry and ran for it.
The next six months after that were torturous; especially for Clarke and Bellamy who tried so hard not to spill any blood on Earth. While the rest of the camp tried assuring their "true" leaders, sometimes the only way to finish something is to finish it with blood, Diana and her followers refused to bow down to anyone anymore; the didn't even want peace at that point. They wanted power and killed many grounders to prove they were not to be underestimated. The 100, The Arkers, and many grounders from the Tree Colony came together to take out the people that were threatening their new ways of life and survival.
Anya, Lincoln, and the rest of the Tree Colony demanded they all take out the threat and go back to a peaceful alliance. Anya gathered her most fearless warriors like Indra, Castia, Echo, Lexa, and Tristian to come to the Sky Colony's camp to train them for battle. Most of the original campers, Octavia especially, took the training like a sponge and became a force to be reckoned with.
The day before the battle, Bellamy pulled Clarke aside and begged her to stay with Abby, Jackson, and Nyko the healers that were told to stay at camp with some guards to treat the injured when all was over. Clarke took Bellamy's head in her hands and kissed him until they were both breathless.
She told him how much she loved him and she would never forgive herself if she let him go off to battle alone. She would never be able to stand still unless she knew he and Octavia were safe. Reluctantly, Bellamy gave in and they spent the night with their friends around a fire.
Octavia and Lincoln were close together speaking in the Grounder language, which Octavia also picked up rather quickly. Their hands were tightly laced together and it was like they were in their own world. Monty and Miller were should to shoulder, as if they needed to be constantly touching the other just to make sure the other was here and they were safe. Jasper, Harper, Fox, Murphy, and Sterling were laughing loudly as they retold stories of the early days on Earth. Raven was draped over Finn's lap as they laughed at Jasper's over exaggerated hand movements.
Clarke and Bellamy knew these people were their family, that even if none of them made it after tonight, they would die together.
The battle was a blood bath. Surprisingly, Pike and Diana recruited some of the exiled colony members; the criminals to help them. It was a battle tactic that the Earth born and Sky born were not expecting. However, they trained for anything so they were ready for a bigger battle as well.
Many lost their lives but The 100, Ark, and Tree Colony prevailed over Sydney and Pike. Clarke, Bellamy, and the rest of the campers took many lives. They took their old people's lives while their new people, their family was injured and killed. Jasper broke his arm, Miller had two gun shot wounds, and Raven got shot in the back; making her lose the full function of one of her legs.
Sterling, Monroe, Roma, Charlotte...Finn; their lives were lost in battle and it took a lot out of them. Raven especially, took Finn's death very hard. She refused to talk to anyone for three months; only doing her camp duties when no one was around and disappeared whenever she got the chance.
It took a long time but they knew they had to keep living to move on from the horrors they did. Even the elders now knew that no one on Earth was better than any other. They all had blood on their hands now, they all had to make hard decisions for the good of everyone. It was a tragedy but like most things, it brought everyone closer together. Especially, Clarke and Bellamy as they continued to do all they could to make the camp a better place for everyone.
As Clarke watches Raven limp her way over to the cooking station, where she was scheduled to work for the day, she felt Bellamy's arms wrap around her stomach. She smiled to herself and leaned into his touch.
"Hey there handsome." She says softly to him as she continues to watch her friend; her people. Times may changed and Bellamy and her were no longer the sole leaders to camp, but she still viewed them as her responsibility.
"Hello my beautiful." Bellamy whispers into her ear and kisses the side of her head. Bellamy has been her rock; he is constantly there with her to face everything together.
"How's Raven doing?" He asks her and she frowns a little.
"Better. I see her eating more. And when she smiles, it doesn't look completely forced anymore." She replies and nods in happiness. Raven deserves some peace after all she's been through.
"I saw her yelling at Wick the other day. It's the most passion I've seen from her in a long time." He agrees with her. Raven has been through a lot and hopefully she can start healing soon.
Bellamy takes a deep breath and leans in close to her.
"There's something I want to show you." He says and pulls away from her so Clarke can look into her boyfriend's eyes and see how important this is to him. Clarke nods and takes his out stretched hand and follows him outside the camp.
David Miller nods to them as they leave and gives them a big smile making her look at Bellamy confused. They walk to the familiar route to the bunker they discovered together so long ago. On their way Bellamy picked her a beautiful flower and puts it in her hair.
"Did you think we would end up like this when we landed on Earth?" Bellamy asks her halfway into their trip.
Clarke shakes her head.
"Not at all. I thought you were going to hate me forever and I was never going to tell you my little secrets." She says honestly. It seems like so long ago when she thinks about how he used to be so cruel to her when they first landed. Now, she can't even picture him being anything but the amazing man she knows him as now.
"Little secret?! Clarke the things you kept from me? Helping my family, keeping my sister safe, helping me get a job; those were NEVER little secrets. I will always hate myself for treating you the way I did during our time on The Ark." He says and scratches the back of his neck which she knows he only does when he has something on his mind.
"Bell what's going on?" She asks him some what worried. She doesn't think he is about to break up with her but he was acting really weird.
"I just want you to know how much I love you. There is not one thing I wouldn't do for you." He says and pulls her closer to him to hug him tight.
"I love you too. You know that right?" She asked him, her voice a little muffled because her face was pressed against his shirt.
"I know that my love. Come on, we're almost there." Bellamy says and gives her one of his famous smirks that makes Clarke crazy with passion.
About three months ago, The 100 side of the council admitted to having a secret bunker that had a lot of supplies but desperately needed to be cleaned out due to the dead body and flooding. The rest of the council wasn't even surprised that there were things the original camp members were keeping to themselves. However, Jaha was very happy that they even told them about the bunker at all.
"That means we are establishing trust between us. Yes it's been over a year but we know we needed to work hard to gain your trust. We are just glad we have it now."
It was a big deal that trust was gained between the camp. Of course, Clarke and Bellamy asked the rest of the younger campers what they thought about telling them about the bunker. After all that happened between the elder Arkers and the 100, they all believed to trust in each other. Most of them were reunited with their family; even Jasper who's family was floated not too long after he was born voted to trust in the rest of the camp.
They had to stop dividing themselves as Arkers and The 100; they were the Sky Colony; they had to start acting like a family.
So they all helped clean out the bunker, give the body a proper burial and get out all the water that was in there; though they couldn't figure out how it go there in the first place. They also all agreed to keep most of the supplies in the bunker and to only use it when absolutely necessary.
When Bellamy opened the door to the bunker a strong smell of flowers, lilies surrounded the air. Clarke closed her eyes and inhaled the beautiful aroma. When she opened her eyes she gave Bellamy a questioning look.
He motioned for her to go on down and she did slowly. Every inch was covered in lilies and little lights that Raven, Wick, and Monty created during Christmas that ran on a single battery and remote powered. The lower she got to the bunker the more she saw.
It was like something out of a fairy tale she used to read to Octavia when she was little. Something only her best friend knew she liked.
She looks behind her to see Bellamy standing close to her watching her reaction. He was biting him lip.
"What's going on Bell?" She asks him softly and he laughs to himself.
"I'm surprised Princess, you haven't figured it out yet to be honest. I love you. Like I love you so much that you're the first thought I have before I even open my eyes. I love you and would do anything for you. Protect you from anyone. Help you with anything. This past year and a half has tested our love in so many ways and we conquered over it all." He says and moves in closer to her and pulls something from his pocket but doesn't show her just yet.
"I don't want a day to go by without you and the rest of Earth to know how much I love you. So please, Clarke Griffin, do me the honor of being my wife?" He asks her and holds out a simple black diamond ring.
Clarke gasps as tears fill her eyes. This she was definitely not expecting.
"Yes...yes of course!" Clarke exclaims and runs into his arms and kisses him everywhere she could before kissing him passionately on the lips.
"I love you. I love you. I love you." She whispers into his hair after they break apart. When she breaks away from him, he is giving her the biggest smile she has ever seen from him.
"Now can I finally put this on you?" He jokes and holds up the ring. Clarke laughs softly and nods.
"Where did you even get that?" There are few rings that were on The Ark after the nuclear war and Clarke knew that was not one of them.
"Found it here with a note from a woman named Jamie who said this was her engagement ring from her husband Luis and she hoped that whoever wore it had a love like she did...I knew it was meant for you. I asked Abby and the council for their permission to give it to you. They all agreed." He tells her and she shook her head and smiled.
The ring didn't fit on her ring finger, but it fit on her middle finger so that would have to do until they could ask Wick to make the ringer smaller. They kiss as soon as the ring was on her finger, so happy that they were moving to the next step in their lives.
"Can we come out yet!?" They break away when they hear the familiar voice from the next room. Clarke laughs.
"Come on out Octavia!" Clarke says and then she is immediately brought into a hug from her best friend.
"You can totally thank me for the flowers." She says when they break away so she can hug her brother. Lincoln comes out a lot slower than his girlfriend did and smiles.
"Congratulations you both. Anya will want to celebrate this joyous occasion." He says and they all smile. Anya was a big supporter of the alliance and she is working on making the alliance bigger between the other colonies.
"We would love to." Bellamy says and nods in thanks at Lincoln.
Clarke and Octavia smile at each other too. So happy on how things have turned out for them.
They were finally happy and free but most of all they were all finally together and they couldn't ask for more.
THE END!