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Here it is in my hands
In my veins, and overlands
It spreads like fire, seeking air- Ellie Goulding, "Don't Say a Word"
She was a legend now. "The girl who defeated Mt. Weather", "Clarke of the Sky People defeated Mt. Weather", she heard the whispers every time she entered a new camp. Clarke hated it. She didn't want to be a "hero" because she killed hundreds of innocent, good, people.... little kids, teachers, entire families... it all haunted her every moment of every day. So she avoided camps now.
Clarke must have been walking for about 3 weeks when she saw it, in the horizon. The biggest camp so far.
It's been 2 days since she ate something. Her knees were weak, her body hurt from sleeping constantly on the hard ground under trees and she thought she was about to pass out. With all the strength she had left she slowly walked to the gates of the huge place.
Before she could reach the entrance, her body gave up and everything turned black.
Her eyes fluttered open. A face appeared just above her head. "Are you okay, Clarke of the Sky People?", asked a young girl, in a very weird version of English mixed with Trigedasleng. She tried to talk but her throat was dry. The girl noticing what the problem was, gave her a cup. Clarke sat up and drank the entire thing at once. "Welcome to Polis", the girl said with a smile on her face.
Clarke froze. Polis? "Lexa...", she whispered under her breath. Her heart was pounding in her ears. Lexa was there.
"Do you wish to see the Commander?", apparently her whisper wasn't really a whisper, because the young girl stood up from the seat beside Clarke's bed, waiting for an order.
She thought about confronting Lexa everyday of her journey... what she would say or do... but now that that was possible she wasn't sure of her feelings. Of course she was angry, but she also knew that the only person that understood her pain and the blood on her hands was Lexa.
'But I would never betray her trust', Clarke thinks after a few moments, reliving that night in her head and the rage takes over her again.
"Yes. I'd like to see the Commander."