Rebuilding Ruin

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Spoilers: All episodes of Season 1 and 2

Lexa allowed herself to survey the stall in the small outdoor marketplace of Polis, with few vendors even emerging in the winter while others stayed in the indoor marketplace, the small area was sparse at best. Indra and Octavia stood slightly behind her, the younger wide-eyed and for good reason. The stall owner was known for his training of wolves with only a scent of the future owner. The wolf he came walking back with was an silver and black female adult on a leather leash with a leather loop around the muzzle.

"You're getting a wolf?" Octavia asked, making sure to keep her tone curious versus that of questioning authority.

"Yes but the animal is not mine to keep." She looked at the owner, a former warrior who had suffered a battle wound so grave he could not return to battle. "The animal is trained in whose scent?"

The man held off the leather lead and Lexa took it, finding the animal rubbed against her and looked up as it sat. "She is trained to you Heda, Skai Prisa and the other five scents you gave me. The animal is trained not to attack unless given a command but it will not attack any she has been trained to recognize. Only those loyal to Skai Prisa will the animal not attack."

"Very good, thank you." She turned to leave and Octavia backed up slightly as the animal neared her. "The wolf will not attack you Octavia, it merely wishes to place its scent on you."

Octavia bent down till she was crouched and put her hand out, the wolf nuzzled her hand before moving against her side. "Hi there." The wolf panted and sat beside her, looking up at Lexa as it did. "So you got her for Clarke?"

"Yes, she wishes to return to Camp Jaha and my men cannot go with her. I will send you and Lincoln but you will not always be with Clarke, this way the wolf will protect her if she is attacked. One word from Clarke and the animal will attack those who touch her."

Indra regarded the wolf, "a wise idea Heda. Any harm to her and any allies of ours will rally with us against Azkru."

Clarke sat in a chair in her room drawing on a piece of parchment with charcoal when she heard the heavy door to the house close. She smiled slightly before looking back out the window at the small garden that was covered in untouched snow. Taking in detail mentally, she looked back down at her paper to express it.

"Clarke?" The door opened slightly and she looked up to see Lexa in the doorway with her hands behind her back. "Am I disturbing you?"

Placing her materials aside she shook her head, "no, come in."

Lexa moved into the room and her arms moved from around her back when she pulled on a lead that held a wolf. Clarke leaned back in her chair and held her breath. "Do not be alarmed, the animal will not harm you." She let go of the leather and the wolf moved to Clarke, sniffing her knee gently before sitting down to look up at its new owner. "It is a gift to you on your journey back to your camp. The animal will protect you and those whose scents it has been trained to be loyal to, however it will only attack if given a command. I will provide the command to you later when the animal is away from hearing."

Clarke placed her hand out hesitantly and the wolf nuzzled her hand, leaning its head to the side when she sunk her hand into the fur. "Hello. Are you male or female?"

"Female, male wolves are too aggressive so we do not train them."

"So I get to keep her?" Clarke looked up at Lexa as she continued to pet the wolf. "What's her name?"

"The animal does not have a name, what purpose does providing a name to an animal have?"

Blue eyes rolled as she looked back down at the wolf, "you need a name, how about Scout?" The wolf whined and she chuckled, "I guess not. What about Shadow since your coat is dark like a shadow on a light day?" The wolf nuzzled her hand and she laughed, looking up to find Lexa smiling at her. "Her name is Shadow and not 'it' or 'animal'."

"I understand. I shall have the symbol for shadow engraved on her control rope." Lexa moved to them and bent down beside the animal while Clarke moved to the floor. "Does she please you? I cannot send my men beyond Octavia and Lincoln to your camp but I require you to be protected. You described once wanting a dog but as none survived, I believed a wolf to be a satisfying substitute."

The sky girl allowed her eyes to meet Lexa's, "my people won't harm me and you said that I am equal to the Ice Nation's queen so to harm me welcomes death. I don't think I'll need Shadow but I love her, thank you."

"She has been trained to attack on command all except you and I, Indra, Ryder, Nyko, Octavia and Lincoln. She will remain beside you and will do nothing unless you demand it of her. Your mother and friends must be aware that they are not immune to her attack command."

Clarke nodded and reached out her hand to the woman beside her, Lexa allowed the sky girl to take her hand and soon found it in the soft fur of the wolf. "Just pet her, it's calming."

"Do you wish to see the markets since your leg has healed enough to walk farther than the kitchen?"

"As much as I love my room and the art supplies you've brought me, I want to purchase more before I head to Camp Jaha. Materials are sparse there and I'd like to continue drawing."

The sun was high in the sky when Clarke found herself stepping on snow with Lexa to her right and Shadow to her left. She opted to tie the wolf's lead to her belt loop so she could pull the warm bear fur lined shawl over around her tight. Lexa had seen to it that the wolf fur she'd been wearing be packed up with the materials she was taking with her to camp the following day. Her decision to leave was becoming necessary with mounting tensions and it being two weeks over what Bellamy had demanded. She knew it was really one week too many but her leg had needed to heal enough to stand on it.

"Heda," one of the gate warriors ran over and stopped before them, his head bowed to his leader. "Skai Prisa, your people come and demand your return."

Clarke shared a look with Lexa, "who is it?"

"The one called Bellamy and one I have not seen before, she calls herself Chancellor."

"Your mother journeys to Polis," Lexa nodded and turned to the warrior. "Let them in and we will meet you at the gate."

"Sha Heda." The warrior left and Clarke sighed as Lexa's gaze floated over her.

The leader moved around Clarke and bent down to remove the lead from Shadow's collar, only the engraved metal plate attached to letter with the symbol of the wolf's name as well as the spelled English version remained. "Come Clarke, it has been some time since you have seen your mother and I am sure she worries for you." Lexa's hand moved under the shawl till it found the belt loop and quickly untied the leash. Once she had looped the ends she placed it over Clark's neck and arm till one end rested on her shoulder and the other against her hip. Soft breath met Clarke's neck as Lexa spoke softly. "Our peace together has lasted longer than was expected, for now we must return to our people and potential war."

Blue eyes met green but Lexa moved away before Clarke could even speak. Propriety and authority of Heda had to be maintained in public, behind the walls of Lexa's tent or home was where the warrior could be soft and gentle. Clarke just nodded and gave a soft reply to her questioning eyes. "Okay."

The gate was surrounded by wood and steel intermingled to form a huge wall that couldn't be seen over. Watchtowers had been built into various points so to see the land around them and Clarke noticed Bellamy and her mother waiting with several warriors beside and around them, making the two seem hesitant to stand where they were.

"If you treat all your allies this way, there's no wonder you make enemies." Abby shot out as soon as both girls were within hearing range. "We aren't dangerous to your men."

"No but the people you align yourself with are." Lexa nodded to them both and extended her arm out towards Clarke. "As you can see, Clarke is unharmed and if you had merely waited, she would have been at your camp in two days for she was to leave at dawn tomorrow."

Bellamy took a step towards Clarke but the warrior beside him moved to stop him. "No it's alright." Clarke put her hand up and the warrior backed down. "As long as I am here and no attempt is made on my life, none of Skaikru will be touched." Her voice was loud and all the warriors backed off from surrounding Bellamy and Abby.

"You command them now?" Abby looked at her, "or did she order them to listen again?"

Indra stood a few feet off to the right and gave a huff. "She is Skai Prisa."

"I don't know what that means."

The general gazed at the woman, "you should learn."

Bellamy once again moved to Clarke and hugged her, she pulled back after a moment. "Good to see you alive, we thought the worst hearing you'd been taken from the escort."

"Azkru attacked first, I ordered Trikru to stand down and they did. They only brought me to Polis to heal me since Tondc is rubble and they feared for their lives at Camp Jaha." Clarke smiled at him. "I'm fine, battled infection for a few days but I'm now up and around."

He looked down to see Shadow and backed up, "Clarke don't move, there's a wolf beside you."

"Graun." The Trigedasleng word slipped off Clarke's tongue easily and the wolf laid on the ground, Clark removed the leash from around her and tied it to Shadow. "Skai." The wolf stood on all fours and moved to stand against Clarke's side. "She won't hurt you unless I command her to."

Abby stared at the wolf, "that animal is not coming to our camp. It could turn around and kill someone if threatened."

"The animal is trained to respond solely to Clarke." Lexa spoke firmly. "It will do nothing unless commanded to do so. As for refusing Shadow, you would insult Trikru as she was a gift for Clarke's help in freeing them from the tyranny of the mountain men. To reject a gift is a grave insult in our culture, even the Azkru can agree to this."

"We should speak further about re-establishing the alliance with Trikru." Clarke spoke firmly as she looked at both Bellamy and her mother. "You've probably been walking half the day, lunch is probably finished so we could talk and eat."

Bellamy looked at Lexa, "we're fine Clarke, we should get going though."

"I'm not leaving till dawn so you can stay or go back to camp ahead of me." Clarke stated before turning to go.

"Clarke stop right now." Abby commanded her and Clarke ignored her. "I am Chancellor and I'm ordering you to stop!?"

Clarke turned around and looked at her mother, "I am Skai Prisa and in Polis I have the authority not you!" Her tone increased as she neared her mother, "you maybe chancellor but that means nothing here and I assure you that if they think for one moment you're a threat to me then they will kill you. It doesn't matter if you're my mother or not." She shook her head, "you have no idea what you've done," she looked over at Bellamy, "what either of you have done. I'm trying to be diplomatic but I can only do so much to prevent war. You walk the line and once you put your foot over it, I can't save your lives. So I'd advise you to shut up and start listening to me or you'll find yourselves on a bloody battlefield with no help and dead within minutes."

With that she turned to leave, Shadow stayed beside her and Lexa merely followed till they walked side by side together. Indra looked at both Bellamy and Abby, "either you accept the invitation or you leave immediately. Heda will not harm you nor Skai Prisa but if you wish to keep your lives in the potential war ahead, you will listen." She waited and they followed after Clarke. "Perhaps you aren't all branwada."

A/N: So that happened!

Next...Abby and Bellamy get a glimpse at the civilized nature of Polis and learn a dark secret few know of.

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