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when alexandria was a young child, she had attended her first ever ritual ceremony. it was long before she had left to polis for nightblood training. it was before the 12 clans became alliances. a man from azgeda wanted revenge on trikru for killing his son in battle.
she remembered the man tied to the pole and people taking turns slicing the mans skin as he cried out in pain. she remembered the pain she felt when she had realized her mother had been murdered. the man had killed her mother. he snuck into their house and killed her.
that was the first time she willingly and purposefully hurt a man. she had been one of those people who were owed a life. now, without her mother and father, the girl was angry. that was when the fire inside her started.
she also remembered the ceremony. all the bodies were in a pile, in a blanket. the murderer in the middle of the fallen ones. the commander gave his speech and set fire to them all. he killed 21 people. 21. 22 if you count that part of her he killed that day.
she remembered everything and was brought back to that moment as she stood beside the sky people while lexa spoke to her people .
"kru kom tondisi. raun faya, oso wada klin laudnes-de kom fountaim," she announced.
"people of tondc," lincoln translated for them. "in fire, we cleanse the pain of the past."
alex watched as indra lit the torch before handing it to lexa. it was quiet, no one spoke a the rituals. it was almost too sad. lexa started to set fire to the dead bodies before pausing and turning to clarke. "clarke," she held out the torch for the girl.
alex tensed up at the call. was she really going to let a sky person perform the ritual? whispers began to form in the crowd as clarke stepped up, taking the torch in her hand. clarke lowered the torch to the pyre, the fire catching quickly. "yu gonplei ste odon."
your fight is over, nomon. (mom.)
when the time came, the trikru warriors filed into the room, taking a stand. octavia and lincoln joining them earlier than the others. the sky people entered the room one by one, clarke first. alex was in front of bellamy and as he took his standing position, the two smiled at another.
"please accept this gift, commander. we drink this at special occasions; i believe this qualifies." he smiled at the women as she nodded at gustus. he reached forward and grabbed the bottle from the mans hand.
"thank you, marcus of the sky people."
"you're welcome, lexa.. kom trikru," he tried the phrase. "just.. uh.. don't drink too much of it." the man gave a light hearted laugh before the commander turned to clarke.
