Ark Kingdom: The Magic Within (Bellarke)

Chapter 34

Bellamy's POV

"Well then I guess we need to get ready to fight." I say.

"But, how will we? We don't have weapons." Clarke says and for the first time I see a weakness in her.

"We'll figure something out princess. I assure you, we will not die today." I grab her hand with my own and our surroundings blend and spin around us until we land in our meadow. This time though there is no one around. We are completely alone and I wish that we could just stay here forever.

"Clarke, I can tell that you're scared; you don't think that we can do this but I know we can." I place my finger under her chin to lift it up so she's looking at me.

"I'm not scared. I'm terrified. I can't lose you too." She says as a lone tear slides down her cheek.

"You won't. You will never lose me. You couldn't get rid of me if you tried." I say trying to get her to laugh. She doesn't but I do see a small smile.

"I've already lost so many, my dad, Atom, Wells." She sucks in a breath of air to keep from crying. My mind flashes back to when I heard her screaming. I had thought she was hurt. It was the moment that I knew something had changed between us. I had seen him in my mind before I got there. We haven't talked about his death. I knew it was bothering her but I also knew that it was better to let her bring it up.

"We've all lost someone, Clarke. That is why I need you to be strong. You're my rock. I need your strength or else I will crumble just like the sand when the wind picks up." I wrap my arms around her and her arms slip around my waist. She's holding so tightly that it actually hurts but I don't tell her because it also makes me feel stronger.

"But, what are we going to do?" She whimpers.

"We are going to catch our breath and then go back to face this head on."

"Actually, I think I might have an idea." She pulls back. "It's crazy but I think it might work, at least until we can find a better solution. We need to get to the group before they go through the crack."

I glow with pride at her power. I can tell that she's still scared from the slight shaking of her hand, but she won't let that stop her. I think of Monty and Jasper who are at the front of the group and within a moment we are in front of them. Clarke smiles at them when they all stop walking and look in awe.

"How?" Monty asks.

"Clarke, what is going on?" Finn asks stepping in front of the others. I don't like how close he is standing to Clarke but I know now isn't the time to mention that.

"We have another enemy. They are waiting for us on the other side." The group breaks out into gasps and shouts.

"Quiet!" I bellow above the noise. "We will be okay. Clarke has a plan. Listen to her."

"They are expecting us to come out at the crack, so we are going to go underneath." She says and instantly I understand the plan.

"She's insane. We don't have time to dig a hole big enough for us to escape. We'll be killed by our own Kingdom before we make it." Murphy says. Others shout their agreement.

"Silence! We have a way through. We just need for you to be ready. We will have to move fast if this will work."

"Do you really think you can do it?" Wick asks into my mind.

"We can and we will do this!" I answer his question for everyone to hear. As I say the last word I slam my foot down and will the earth to move away from it. The rock moves enough so that two people could walk side by side comfortably. It goes about ten feet down before turning towards where we are headed.

"Bell, we need some torches or something." Clarke says.

"Yes. Anything else?" I ask her.

"Not that I can think of yet."

I turn back to the group. "We need anything that can be used as torches. Pass anything that can be used."

A boy named Miller walks forward. He holds out his hands and balls of fire appear above them. "Will this work?"

"Yes. Anyone else?" I ask.

"How about this?" Harper comes forward and the air around her shimmers. Then tiny lights that look like fireflies float out around her.

"Good. Miller you will go with us at the front and Harper you will stay towards the back." I announce and they nod. Miller doesn't hesitate before hopping down into the hole.

I see Octavia, Lincoln, Wick, and Raven turn the corner just as I'm helping drop Clarke into the hole. I almost drop her when I see a cloud of butterflies behind them. The butterflies are brightly colored and seem to have their own light source. They shoot down into the hole and it is lit completely. I hop down bring the ground up to meet me. Then I grab Clarke's hand and together we push the ground out of our way. We continue to push it and walk forward. I hear the others join us but hold my concentration on the earth.

After we've been doing this for over an hour we stop to take a break. There is a rumbling sound and the earth starts to shake. It must be what Ark Kingdom planned for us. I wrap my arm around Clarke and tuck her underneath my arm to keep rubble from falling on her. I also try to catch the rocks from falling on others but there are too many. A big rock gets loose and starts to fall. A girl screams and a boy hollers. Then it bounces as if it's hit a net and doesn't fall any farther.

I see Jasper and Monty standing above the crowd with their hands raised. They are somehow keeping the rocks from hitting anyone. A loud crash brings my attention to the front of our tunnel and I look just in time to see it crumble. After the dust settles I see a dozen men and women dressed in animal skins.

"Did you think you were the only ones who could dig?" A woman, who clearly is in charge snarls at me. "Hand over your leader in one hours time or we will kill you all."