FIRE FLY ( BELLAMY BLAKE FIC )

PREPARING FOR WAR

Octavia and I got up very early and went to meet Lincoln, she saw a flower at the gate and woke me up. So now here we are walking through the woods to where Lincoln has been staying lately.

Once we arrived in the cave Lincoln smiled at me and I smiled back "Why do you want to train me?" "The war you and your people have gotten into, you don't know what you're dealing with. At least I can give you and Octavia a chance." I nodded "Ok, what's first?"

Lincoln nodded to Octavia who pulled out his journal from her pack and handed it to him, he motioned for me to get closed so I scooted next to him as he opened his journal to a picture he had drawn of a statue that had over grown with leaves and trees.

"That statue, it's Abraham Lincoln he was the 16th president of the United States." Octavia and Lincoln looked at me in confusion "Earth history. The Ark had us learn about the history of the ground. This was one of the many." They nodded

"My father named me after the statue, said when he was a boy the vines hadn't taken over as much as now. Their was a piece of metal with a carving but the only thing my dad could read from it was Lincoln." Octavia smiled and grabbed his hand.

"Was this man, was he a good man?" Lincoln eyed me carefully I smiled and nodded "Yeah, apparently he was nicknamed honest Abe, he was a good man."

"Does the statue have any other importance to you?" Lincoln nodded "This statue is not far from my village."

"What's the name of your village?" I asked looking to Lincoln "Tondc." I nodded "Lincoln has had me studying this journal, now it's your turn." Octavia told me.

"I don't know what half of this stuff is, and it's in another language." I shook my head "Then that is the first lesson." Lincoln nodded "If we are at war how is speaking their language going to help me?"

"She's right." Octavia told Lincoln "Then I'll teach you a few important phrases then we move onto war tactics, fighting." And with that Lincoln with the help of Octavia taught me important words and phrases that I would need in the grounders language, Trigedasleng.

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Once I snuck back into camp shortly after Octavia did. I saw Clarke and Bellamy talking by the gate but I didn't go over, I saw Octavia and Murphy helping out with the food in the smoke house and decided to help them out.

"Need an extra hand?" I asked tapping Murphy on the shoulder he turned around and smiled "Always, more hands more meat we can cook sooner we can eat." I nodded as I stood near Octavia as she handed me the animal and I then cut into smaller pieces and place them into the fire.

Murphy was hanging the newly caught meat while Octavia skinned and prepared the meat and I was to cut them into small pieces and cook it.

"Let's get this party smoking." Del cheered as he walked in putting more logs into the fire making me immediately feel the heat on my skin, "You don't want the fire too big. So maybe just try to knock it down with some wet leaves."

"You get that from your boyfriend, Grounder pounder?" Del sneered, I stiffened at his tone I spun around on my heel and got in his face "It's common sense jackass, you add more woods the flames will grow and set this hut on fire and burn the food to nothing."

Murphy stepped between me and Del "They're right, A hot fire is not gonna preserve the meat as well." Del shoved Murphy aside "You can't take the heat, get out of the smokehouse. Should be kissing our asses for being allowed back in this camp. Just keep working."

Del left the smokehouse to go be an ass to someone else, "Bellamy couldn't get you two a better job? Would think anything would be better than working in the meat furnace." Murphy spoke calmly "Oh, probably. That just means someone else would have to do it." Octavia shrugged.

"And clearly no one else could do it right." I motioned to the door where Del had exited from "Ain't that the truth." Octavia laughed "Damn straight." Murphy nodded, "Hey Ray? Why aren't you helping Raven?" I turned to face Octavia "She seemed like she could use some time to herself."

Octavia nodded as we got back to work, slowly I felt the smoke house growing hotter and hotter by the minute. Until suddenly I heard a whoosh and turned around to see the smokehouse on fire, with us inside. Murphy grabbed Octavia and I's hand and drug us out.

Octavia and I fell to the ground coughing and sputtering "Are you ok?" Bellamy asked as he touched Octavia and I on the arm. We both continued to cough but managed to nod our heads.

I heard a commotion going on but was to busy focusing on catching my breath, once I did I saw Bellamy pushing Del and Murphy away from one another "Well, now what the hell are we gonna do? That was all the food." Octavia shouted.

Soon after the fire died down I found myself building more weapons with the scrap metal Raven grabbed from the Exodus, Raven had told me she broke up with Finn and she said she was ok but I could tell she was hurting. She seemed to work best under pressure so I left her to herself.

I started to make spears, knives, swords, and blades. I took a break as my hands were raw and I had a good amount made so far as well as the ones I made before.

I made my way over to the water and poured myself a cup before I dumped some on my hands to make them feel better, I then drank down my cup of water.

"Can I ask you a personal question?" I looked over and saw Raven "Shoot." She nodded and stood by me "You and Bellamy, what's happening there?"

I thought it over for a moment "We have kissed a few times, we care a lot about each other. I'd say we are together." I looked to Raven again as she took in my answer "Why?" She looked at me "Just nosey."

I nodded not believing her but let her go off to whatever she was doing anyway.

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Octavia and I were now in our tent looking over Lincoln's journal as she turned pages and told me what Lincoln had told her about them, soon after Raven came to get me saying she and Jasper needed my help.

"Earlier when I asked what you and Bellamy were doing, I saw how close you guys are and I wanted to move on from Finn so I figured sex would work. I asked cause I was going to go to Bellamy but not if you guys were together." I stopped walking at her words.

"I didn't go to him after what you told me, I'm not Clarke. I found another kid to help." "Did it work?" She shook her head "Thank you, for respecting Bellamy and I."

She smiled "You're my friend, maybe my only friend." I nodded as I headed with her into her tent where Jasper was already fast at work, "We are making mined fields. Bellamy's orders."

After Raven and Jasper explained how to do it and showed me how I was fast at work along side them.