Ark Kingdom: The Magic Within (Bellarke)

Chapter 35

Clarke's POV

After the woman speaks our hundred lose it. They all start to murmur amongst each other. I occasionally hear mine and Bellamy's names above the whispers. I look at Bellamy who seems to be thinking hard.

"What are we going to do?" I ask him. And before he can answer my thoughts are whisked off to the day that I found out was happening back at Ark Kingdom.

"Jake, we can't tell them. It will cause riots. King Jaha won't be able to control the people." My mom's hushed voice wafts up to my room where I am drawing.

"Abigail, we can't just let it go. The people need to know that they are in danger." My dad answers.

"No, if you tell they will float you. I can't live without you. I need you. Clarke needs you. Promise me that you won't do this. Please, I'm begging you Jake. Just let the council work on it."

"I'm sorry, my love. I just can't I am thinking of you and Clarke. She needs to be able to grow up in a world where she doesn't have to hide who she really is. She has so much power inside her that she must keep hidden."

"Jake, it's for the best. We are safe here. Out there we will be out numbered. We don't even know what's out there. Are the stories true? Are there people out there? Or is it a cursed land that will destroy anyone who steps foot on it?"

"We can only know if we go."

"Dad, what are you talking about?" I ask after stepping into the room.

"Nothing, Clarke. Go back to sleep." My mom says.

"No, Abi. She deserves to know."

"Fine, Jake, go ahead and tell her." My mom throws her arms up in anger. "I can't be here for this. Clarke, honey, please just go back to your room and forget what you've heard."

I just shake my head and take a seat on a chair by the fire. My mom walks out of the room making sure to slam the door behind her.

"Clarke, my sweet girl, we're in danger. It's no longer safe in Ark Kingdom. The veil is failing and our King and his council want to keep us in the dark. I told them about it and they just brushed it off. They don't think that something as powerful as the veil could fail but it will and soon."

"What are we going to do?"

"You are going to do nothing. You will watch over your mother. I will make sure that our people know the truth. I need you to know that I love you so much. I will never leave you alone. I have seen a vision. You will find someone who will keep you safe. Trust your heart."

I leap into his open arms because I somehow know that this will be our last moment together. After I have shed as many tears as I have, he pats my back a final time and then gently eases me off his lap.

"I must go. May we meet again." He gives me a final hug.

"May we meet again." I respond and squeeze him as tight as I can.

"Clarke, I will go. When they have me get our people to safety." Bellamy says pulling me out of my final moments with my father.

"No. You will not go. I won't let you. They'll kill you."

"They can try, but at least this way you can get out. Our people can live."

"There has to be another way." I plead with him.

"There isn't. It's already been decided." He pulls me to him and kisses me for all to see. "I love you."

"I love you too." I can feel a tear sliding down my cheek.

"May we meet again." He whispers and I kiss his cheek.

"May we meet again." I fling my hands down causing a hole to appear beneath Bellamy. He falls into the sink hole and I run to the woman who is standing with her people waiting for our response.

"I am their leader. Let them go and I will come with you."

"You heard her!" The woman shouts. "Tie her up and head to the sky!"

A burly man wraps a rough rope around my wrists and then I feel the earth shake as we head to the surface. I am finally getting to the other side of the veil and I'm a prisoner. I will most likely die before I get to eat from the magical trees I've read about or drink from the ever flowing rivers.

"Clarke!" Bellamy's voice sounds broken.