Ark Kingdom: The Magic Within (Bellarke)

Chapter 10

 Bellamy’s POV

Clarke started tossing and turning soon after she fell asleep again. She is muttering and mumbling things that I can’t quite catch. All I can understand every once in a while is my name and I love the way it sounds. That’s the only reason I haven’t tried to wake her yet. I’m a horrible person. I’m sure if she woke up right now she’d freak out and never talk to me.

I’m sitting up on my elbow while lying on my side and just watching her. I only let my eyes leave her when I do a scan to make sure that no one can see us. Murphy and Octavia are the only two people close enough to us and they are both out cold. Even though no one else is awake I wish that it could be just us. Clarke turns towards me and I see a tear run down her cheek. I can’t stop myself from reaching out to wipe it away. As soon as I touch her I regret it.

The world flashes in front of my eyes as we zoom to another place. I’m actually getting used to this, whatever it is. This time though we are in somewhere completely new. We are in a small cabin.  Clarke wakes up slowly as we sink into the soft mattress of a bed. From the way we sink she slides to me. I instinctively lean into her. Something about where we are makes me believe that we are meant to be here, together. My eyes fall down to her lips. She blinks a couple of times and before she can say anything I move my hand away from her. We blink and we’re back at camp.

“What just happened?” Clarke demands, now wide awake.

“What are you talking about?” I ask, not wanting to explain everything.

Clarke’s POV

            “We were just in a bed.” I point out. You almost kissed me. I was going to let you.

“Been dreaming about me, Princess?” Bellamy asks with a smirk.

“It wasn’t a dream.” Was it? I can’t think straight.

“Whatever you say, princess. Go back to sleep and have sweet dreams of me.” He winks before turning away.

The nerve!  I will prove that he did something. I grab his hand before I can stop myself. As we touch I feel a surge of energy course through my body unlike any time before. We land hard on the bed. Bellamy sits up and looks at me. We’re both just staring. So far every time we’ve gone to a different place, but this time it’s exactly the same.

“What were you thinking, Clarke?” Bellamy looks frustrated. The first time he actually calls me by my real  name and it sounds like a curse  leaving his lips. I never want to hear it again.

“I knew it wasn’t a dream. You brought us here last time.”

“So what if I did?”

“Well, why did you touch me?” I look up at him and see an emotion shoot across his face before it goes blank.

“You were crying. I just wiped the tear away and poof.” He finally admits.

Bellamy’s POV

I cringe. Why did I just tell her the truth? She’ll know that I was watching her.

“I was having a nightmare. Thank you for waking me up.” She says. I can see the pain on her face.

“What was it about?” I ask as my fingers rub circles into her hand.

“You. You died.” She closes her eyes and looks away.

I grab her chin and gently pull so that she is facing me again. Then I push her chin up so that she is looking at me. “Nothing is going to happen to me, princess. You hear me. I won’t leave you.”

“Promise?” She looks away and I let her this time.

“Promise. Now let’s get back before anyone finds us missing.”

“Yeah, okay.”

I drop her hand and wait for the world to start spinning. Nothing happens. We stay where we are. I was so prepared to move that I leaned forward to brace myself. I fall forward and knock Clarke on her back as I land on her. That’s when I hear laughing and shocked gasps. I look around to see most of camp awake. The sun is already shining brightly and all eyes are on us.

I scurry to my feet and stand tall. I glare at the crowd around us until they smarten up enough to look away. They are still talking in hushed tones and I know it’s about us. I can feel the blush still on my cheeks and don’t even dare looking down at Clarke.

“We need groups to go check the paths. I need five for each!” I call out to the group. They all slouch down and won’t meet my eyes.

“I’ll go.” Clarke stands next to me.

“I’ll go with you.” Finn says.

“Us too.” Jasper points to himself and Monty.

“And me.” Octavia grabs Clarke’s hand. We both cringe, but nothing happens.

“No, Octavia. It’s not safe.” I say when I can breathe again.

“Bell, I’ve been locked up one way or another all of my life. I need to do this.”

“No.”

“You can’t stop me.” She stands up tall and I see the Blake stubbornness that no one can fight against. She lifts her left eyebrow before sauntering off; Clarke in tow.