I wasn't ready for the light that came from the doors opening. I wasn't ready for the beautiful blue sky, or the thick green trees or the bark on them. When you're cooped up in a space station for your whole life, prison for some of them, then this is truly heaven. I was convinced my whole life was supposed to be here and in some ways, it was. I almost cried when seeing the rich brown of the trees and sweet green of the leaves. There was no movement, and it was peaceful enough to feel the warm air brush against exposed skin. Looking back at where we used to be, it kind of feels as though we were in black and white and we're seeing colour for the first time. I felt the same wonder a baby would when first opening its eyes after being brought into life.
I was tempted to walk forward, but someone lightly put their hands on my waist and then took them off as soon as I turned. Bellamy stood and nodded towards to Octavia, who he had promised would go first. I smiled in understanding. If I had the power he had, Nash would be the first out and it's sweet he would make everyone wait so his sister could get her first breathe of actual freedom. She jumped and took a breath, and it was then I realised how beautiful she was, and how much I was going to have to look after her. I'm not saying, she was incapable, but there would be an infinite number of boys( or maybe not, there were only 100 of us after all) coming after her. Plus, I had promised myself that I would take care of her after I realised she's been through what my brother had. She took a moment before through her hands up and screaming, "We're back, bitches!" I chuckled and stepped out, before freezing.
"What's the matter, Princess? Can't handle it?" A deep voice said from the side of me, and I looked up to see Bellamy. Of course it was him.
I looked into the forest and snorted. "I can handle it. And if you haven't noticed, you haven't took a step onto the ground yet either," I said back and he shrugged with a smirk. "Just letting it all sink in," He said, looking me in the eye and then over to Octavia, which brought my eyes to Nash, who was trying to see what Clarke was doing. "Yeah, so am I," I said and then inched forward to the edge of the ramp. I had an idea and crouched down to untie my shoes, and I could practically feel the confused look Bellamy was giving me. When I got them off, I stood straight and stepped onto the crunchy leaves and a sigh escapes my lips and I closed my eyes, hearing all the sounds never provided to me on the Ark. I scrunched my toes up and laughed at the feeling of broken twigs, leaves and dirt. And it was the best feeling in the whole world.
I walked over to Clarke, Finn and Nash. Clarke looked mildly annoyed, with her famous determined face; Finn looked cheeky and flirtatious, and thats probably the reason Nash looked like her was going to murder him. Even though it would be pretty funny to see Finn get his ass kicked, I was not willing to stand by and watch my brother beat someone over a petty crush. "You don't like being called princess, do you princess?" I heard Finn say and I laughed a bit and shook my head. "I thought that was my nickname?" I asked, coming to stand with them. Clarke was staring thoughtfully at the mountain in the distance. Nash looked very much calmed down now that I was there so I instantly felt better knowing Finn wasn't gonna die today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today. Clarke looked at me and Nash, "Do you see that peak?" She asked. I nodded and looked at the mountain once more. "Mount Weather," She continued. A look of shock crossed our faces and realisation hit. "There's a radiation soaked forest in between us and our next meal."
"Well I'm not to be the one to tell Bellamy," I muttered.
"They dropped us on the wrong damn mountain."