Rebuilding Ruin

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Spoilers: All episodes of Season 1 and 2

Clarke was woken by yelling in the middle of the night, banging on her door made her rise and quickly run out of her cabin with Shadow on her heels. She saw it in the sky before anyone could say anything, the fire and smoke was rising in the dark sky which indicted a fire in one of the nearby villages.

She turned around looking for Lincoln and found him standing nearby speaking with Octavia. Making her way over she saw the two pause their discussion and wait for her to speak. "Take the horses and ride to the village, find out what assistance they need and tell them that Klark kom Skaikru offers anything they require. If I need to send for supplies in Polis so be it."

"Someone approaches!" A yell came from the guard tower followed by a flow of arrows over the gates.

Lincoln shoved Octavia behind him and in turn the fledgling warrior shoved Clarke behind her. Clarke watched as Lincoln took an arrow in the shoulder while slowly moving towards shelter by a nearby metal panel. Octavia drew her sword as Clarke watched Lincoln remove the arrow as if it was nothing.

"Who is attacking?" Clarke asked as she watched the arrows slow, several people on the ground either injured or dead.

"Ice Nation." Lincoln held up the arrow and pointed to the blue paint on the end of the arrow surrounding the feathers.

Yells were heard and Clarke ignored the danger, walking across the fenced yard and paused at the gate to see several people on horseback. One was a woman in a flowing fur cloak, her hair whipping in the wind.

Clarke unlatched the gate and pushed it open, only stopping a few feet away from the horses and the woman who stared at her as if she was prey. "You must be the Azkru Kwin."

"And you Skai Prisa." The woman moved her horse forward but Clarke didn't move, she felt Shadow rub against her leg. Her fingertips touched raised fur and a second long look down made Clarke see the wolf bearing her teeth. "The company of a wolf, no doubt trained by a warrior in Polis. So you have been to our capital Klark kom Skaikru but do you believe the lies that Trikru spout?"

"A name would be nice since you know mine."

The woman chuckled and looked down at the blond, "my name is Dara and all know you Skai Prisa. Now release my sister and I shall leave in peace."

"Your actions are of war not peace. My people are either injured or dead because of your arrows. Your sister isn't our prisoner…"

"Yet your second keeps her for himself, convincing her that her place is not among her people. My warriors have told me that he has forced himself on her, deluding her into believing it was wanted actions."

Clarke narrowed her eyes, "Echo is our guest and often returns to your lands to gather meat and furs for my people as we are allies."

"We are not allies Skai Prisa, my sister is deluded to think such. You are in alliance with Trikru, you reside on their land…"

"Our land and the alliance became void after Heda abandoned me at the mountain. I don't know where you are getting your information but it's outdated."

The woman on her horse slid from it and walked to Clarke while her warrior took her horse's reins. "Then perhaps my sister is not as deluded as I believed her. If you are truly no longer in alliance with Trikru then we have a common enemy."

"Trikru may no longer hold an alliance with us but we do not hold hostility against them. If they wish to come then they may just as we are allowed to go to Polis. We are not allies but we hold no hostility towards one another, just amicable peace."

"Echo no!" Bellamy's voice made Clarke turn to see Echo making her way to the gate and she paused at seeing her sister and Clarke talking. Bellamy stood behind her a few feet, a look of concern on her face.

Dara moved around Clarke to Echo and grabbed the girl by the arm, "you have had too much freedom my sister. I allowed you freedom after being prisoner of the mountain but instead of taking interest in our people you consort with Skaikru. You will return with me to our lands and forget all has happened."

"Take your hands off of her!" Bellamy raised his rifle at the Ice Queen and stared at her.

"So you are the one who has defiled my sister!" Her knife was to Bellamy's neck quicker than most could see. "You will pay for your actions."

Clarke watched in both horror and amazement as Echo quickly disarmed her sister and threw her to the ground. "DO NOT TOUCH HIM!" The warrior yelled and threw the knife at the ground, feet from her sister. "Never lay your hand on him again Sister! I do not care if you are Kwin, I will demand your blood if you harm ai houmon."

"Houmon?" Dara all but hissed as she stood, "he is unsuitable, he is not Azkru."

"I do not care. Ai hold em in." Echo stared her sister down before taking a knife from her waist and cut across her arm through her tattoo. "Ai laik Eko kom Skaikru, houmon kom Belomi kom Skaikru." Throwing the knife down she backed up and pushed Bellamy back with her. "I am no longer Azkru."

Dara nodded, "you are no longer my sister. You are no different in the war to come and you will pay for this treachery."

Clarke watched her walk to her horse and mount it, starring Clarke down. The sky leader met the woman's eyes. "If you want a war then I shall bring you a war. I defeated the mountain in war so you will only be a battle."

"This time you are without allies."

Clarke was about to speak when she saw something move along the tree line. Allowing nothing to show she said nothing as she saw Lexa riding quickly with Ryder and several other warriors behind her, a number closer to five times her normal four-rider guard.

"Trikru!" One of Dara's warriors shouted and the woman turned on her horse as Lexa neared them.

Ryder made his way to Clarke on his horse and positioned it behind her. Lexa stopped her horse only when it was between Clarke and the horse Dara sat on. Lexa stared the woman down and Clarke moved around the horse, a hand to it's muzzle.

"I am never without allies." She pulled Lexa's sword from the sheath it laid in attached to her saddle and pointed it at Dara. "Now get off my land before I take your life this night."

"Skai Prisa gave you an order." Lexa stated coldly and the other woman merely stared at them both.

"Frag em op!" Clarke yelled and Lexa's warriors moved in on the Dara and her two warriors. She put up a hand after they pulled their weapons and they paused. "Last chance, leave my land or they'll slaughter you where you stand."

Dara backed her horse up and smirked as she did at Lexa. "She will suffer as the last one did. Did she tell you Skai Prisa what happened to the last…"

Before she could finish Clarke took a few steps and threw a knife at her, it landed in the woman's leg. "I am not Costia, I am not a simple healer you can use against your enemy. I have slaughtered over eight hundred men, women and children since I arrived on the ground so while I lead my people and heal them, I am ruthless in war and am not easily swayed." She took a few steps further. "And if you ever bring Costia up again, I will personally see to the removal of your head."

Ignoring the knife in her leg the woman turned her horse and nodded to Lexa. "Perhaps my sword is not the one you should fear. This one could melt the ice covering my home."

Lexa signaled her warriors and they followed the Ice Nation into the forest, leaving only Lexa and rider before the gates to Camp Jaha. Lexa slid off her horse as Clarke returned the sword and nodded to her. "You did well Clarke."

"I apologize for speaking of Costia as I did."

"Costia would find no offense in the matter nor do I. You were attempting to curb her insults or harmful intent towards me, this alone Costia would profusely thank you for." She handed her horse off to Ryder and walked with Clarke towards the gate of Camp Jaha. "We were resting at your dropship in preparation for tomorrow's meeting when we saw the fire. Knowing it was Azkru we made our way here immediately to check to see if they attacked."

Clarke paused and Lexa turned towards her. "Echo wasn't betraying us, apparently she wasn't even telling Dara anything. She came for her sister assuming we held her captive, her warriors reported that Echo was here with us not the other way around." She shook her head and looked down before looking up. "She declared herself Skaikru and Dara disowned her, your plan to stop this war through marriage isn't going to work."

"Then we go to war but this time we stand together." Lexa met blue eyes, "no deals with the enemy."

"Agreed." Clarke let a soft smile go before she started towards the gate with Lexa beside her.

Abby and Kane stood waiting with Bellamy and Echo, Lexa ignored the three and went straight to Echo. The warrior bowed her head in respect. "Heda."

"You have claimed yourself Skaikru and linked yourself to Bellamy, have you not?"

"Sha Heda."

Echo looked up and Lexa gave a nod, "through Octavia you are now also Trikru. I know your heart is true and you do not speak the lies of your sister. I offer you a place among the warriors if you wish to take up your sword once again."

"I am honored Heda." She crossed her arm across her chest in loyalty.

"You're assigned with Ryder and Axel to Clarke's guard, you are to protect her and her second with your life."

Echo let her eyes drift to Bellamy quickly before looking back. "With my life."

Once the warrior's allegiance had been settled, Lexa allowed herself to face Abby and Kane. The doctor and chancellor gave a soft nod. "You were right, about the Ice Nation."

"Nothing could have prevented this Abby of the Sky People, the Ice Queen will do what she wishes to whoever she wishes. From this moment on we are at war but this time we fight together as allies. Clarke and I have agreed that no deals shall be made with the enemies."

Kane nodded to her, "thank you."

"I understand you do not trust me and I do not blame you for this but I ask you consider that we have a common enemy once again. This time the lives of all our people are at risk for in many ways the Ice Nation is more deadly than those in the mountain and their leader will stop at nothing to gain what she wishes."

Clarke finally reached them and stood beside Lexa, "Mom…"

Abby threw up her hands, "I lead during peace and you during war." She put her hands on Clarke's shoulders and sighed. "Just do the right thing this time, don't make the same mistakes you did before."

"Actually I was going to ask if there was an extra cabin we could put Ryder in. Mine is large enough that Lexa and I could share."

"I think we can find room." Kane stated and looked at Lexa, "you can tell him to come inside the gate."

Lexa turned and gave commands, the man entered and tied his horse to a post before bending down to help one of the guards with the bodies. Lincoln and Octavia did the same, Lexa watched before moving over to help Octavia lift one of the younger bodies from the ground.

"Mochof." Octavia spoke softly and Lexa nodded.

Clarke smiled before leaving the four standing nearby to help, beginning to pick up dropped weapons from the ground where they lay. Echo departed from Bellamy's side and began assisting in the efforts of moving the bodies to one central place.

"It's amazing." Kane turned to Abby. "They're helping with our dead when they aren't even our people."

Bellamy smirked as he shrugged, "why not? We'd help with theirs if they need it."

Clarke looked up as she collected the weapons, handing them off to guards. "The dead are gone and the living are hungry."

"What does that mean?" Abby asked confused.

"It means that we can't help the dead but we can do what we can to provide for the living." The young leader moved over to one of the guards that had been injured and helped him stand, "let's get you to medical."

A/N: Well it seems that Echo wasn't the enemy after all.

Next...Lexa and Clarke begin planning war.

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