Second Children ʚїɞ Octavia Blake

The Other Bird

The following times Octavia saw Robin weren't bad, but Octavia wanted to change. She was going to become the girl Robin wanted her to be.

But Octavia wasn't the only one who saw Robin...after Clarke took the final test, Raven stepped into the room, hoping to change the decision.

The next thing Raven knew, she was in space on the Ark.

"No way." Raven looked into space. She looked down, but didn't Then see Earth. "Where's Earth?"

"About forty-two billion light years away." A voice she knew well said.

Raven turned around and saw Robin Reyes. Her little sister.

A smile came over Raven's face as she began walking towards her, but froze in her steps.

She knew it was a test. It wasn't really her sister.

"You read our thoughts and take the form of someone we love." Raven realized.

"Very good." Judge Robin said.

"Can I still hug you?" Raven asked, wanting to hold her sister one final time.

Judge Robin nodded and Raven moved forward to hug her. Robin smelt the same, it felt like it was really her sister. When Raven pulled away, Judge Robin spoke up.

"You fear her judgement. Her opinion on you." Robin continued.

"She was the definition of perfect. We all feared her judgement. But we're not here to talk about me." Raven denied.

"Why are you here? The test is over. As you know, Clarke failed." Judge Robin informed with no emotion on her face.

"How can that be? Clarke sacrificed everything for us so that we didn't have to. She gave up her soul so we could keep ours." Raven argued.

"She committed atrocities." Judge Robin continued.

"She was trying to save us." Raven disagreed.

"She doomed you. I'm sorry." Judge Robin turned around.

"Are you?" Raven asked and Judge Robin stopped. "Because to me, it looks like you don't feel anything. Have we made mistakes? Yes. Clarke, me, all of us, but we were just trying to survive. I'm not saying we're ready now and if you don't want us to join you, fine...but at least let us live, keep trying to do better. We will. We have." Tears brimmed Raven's eyes as they threatened to fall.

"You say you have, yet even now you are poised and on the brink of self-extermination. Look." Judge Robin motioned behind Raven and she turned around to find herself looking at the battlefield. "You say you're trying to do better, but all I see are two tribes of frightened creatures willing to kill the other to save themselves."

"But they're not fighting." Raven began, looking at her people. "It was just a distraction. This proves nothing."

"They will fight, Raven, like they always do." Judge Robin faced her.

"You can't possibly know that." Raven shook her head.

Judge Robin turned her head, looking behind them and Raven saw Sheidheda. His gun was aimed at the Disciples.

"Stop! What the hell are you doing!?" Raven yelled at Sheidheda.

"They can't see or hear you." Judge Robin said. "You cannot stop this. No one can."

Sheidheda fired his gun.

"Who fired!? No one respond!" Indra yelled.

"Listen to me. This is not the last war!" Levitt yelled to everyone as he ran to the middle of the field. "We don't achieve transcendence through violence. Cadogan was wrong. We're being tested right now, all of us. Put down your weapons!"

"You were saying?" Raven raised her eyebrow, looking at Judge Robin.

All of a sudden, Sheidheda fired his weapon and an instant bloodstain appeared on Levitt's chest.

Everyone then began shooting. Octavia ran out, dodging the gunfire to get to Levitt and Echo ran out after her.

"Indra! Cover me!" Octavia yelled.

"Hold fire!" Indra yelled.

Echo and Octavia carried Levitt off to the side.

"Don't you see? Despite the beauty that humans are capable of, you can't break free from the cycle of violence. This is who you are. That's why you failed the test. It's time for us to go, Raven. The end of the human race is here." Judge Robin began to walk off.

Raven watched as Indra used one of the cannons to kill Sheidheda, the man turned to dust as everyone stopped firing and stared in shock.

"Enough!" Octavia yelled, walking towards the middle of the field and stabbing her sword into the ground. "What the hell are we doing here? You swore an oath to fight for all mankind. Well, look around you! We are mankind! We are one crew! If I kill you, I kill myself. If we keep killing each other, there won't be anyone left to save! Our fight is over, Indra!"

Indra held up her sword, before throwing it on the ground. Wonkru threw their weapons down, too and Raven smiled.

"We're unarmed. I know you're afraid to walk away from everything you've spent your lives training for. I am, too. My brother believed, as you do, that transcendence, whatever that means, is within reach. He died for that belief and for that, he'll never get there, never transcend. I don't know what I believe, but I do know that if we fight this war we don't deserve to find out if he was right. We don't deserve to survive. We fail, we die." Octavia continued.

"She's reaching them." Raven told Judge Robin as the Disciples were listening.

"I've been to war, and let me tell you the only way to win...is not to fight. I lost someone I loved. She was the most important person to me and I ruined that. The people beside you are your family. Don't waste their lives fighting when we can achieve peace! I wish I knew it sooner." Octavia finished before running back over to the others.

The Disciple stood before throwing his gun down.

"For all mankind." He said and the others repeated.

"I told you. We can change. We just need more time, please." Raven begged Judge Robin, absolutely adoring Octavia's speech.

Judge Robin accepted Raven's plea and granted everyone transcendence.