Sky to Ice

Admission ceremony

The next day is over faster than I thought it would be and there it is: the day of my introduction into the clan in which I will spend the rest of my life. Well, at least I think so. But the truth is that I really have no idea what I have gotten myself into or what will happen in the ceremony. I also don't completely understand how the whole thing with the clans works. I guess I will have to just find out.

What I did notice is that absolutely everyone who lives in Azgeda has a big scar on the side of their faces. Maybe I will become one to today. It for sure looks badass but I am also positive that it has to hurt pretty bad. I don't know if I want that but if that really is tradition then I will have to go through that no matter what.

Yesterday Artis was even more excited than I was that I will join his clan and he immediately started to teach me what I will have to say and what the ice queen, Azplana in Trigedasleng how he told me, will say to me. It won't be too difficult but I am still very nervous that I will say or do something wrong.

When I woke up this morning a maid brought me a beautiful gown with white fur as an accent against the black silk which the dress is made of. At first I thought it would be freezing with only a dress but I soon realised that there was more thick fur on the inside. I got dressed and the maid put me warpaint around my eyes and braided my hair back in five braids on top of my head going to the back and the rest hanging lose. I must say, I love the way my reflection in the mirror looked. And then it was already time for me to go to the beginning of a new chapter of my life.

So here I am now: standing before the doors of the throne room where the ceremony will take place, waiting for said doors to open and welcome me officially into my new home.

The doors open and I walk through trying my best to look confident and determined which I think I succeed at. 

There was a second throne added to the front of the room in which Lexa is sitting, her expression as stoic as ever. On the other throne that always stands there sits the ice queen.

As I stride towards Queen Nia, I can see Echo standing on her right side a few steps behind. She gives me a reassuring half-smile and I turn my gaze back to the queen while I come to a stop just an arms length away from the steps.

The queen stands up from her throne letting her gaze travel around the room. 

„Oso ste hir deyon gon koma op admission kom branon niron gon Azgeda. Klark kom Skaikru na gon Klark kom Azgeda naton. (We are here today to celebrate the admission of a new member to the ice nation. Clarke of the sky people will become Clarke of the ice nation tonight.)" The crowd cheers loudly until they are silenced by the hand of their queen. Now she turns her attention to me and I kneel down just like Artis told me to.

„Yu ste, Klark kom Skaikru, willing gon dedicate yu sonraun gon Azgeda, fis op em yu branon hou en yuwas becoming Klark kom Azgeda? (Are you, Clarke of the sky people, willing to dedicate your life to the ice nation, making it your new home and yourself becoming Clarke of the ice nation?)"

„Sha. (Yes.)"

„Den swear yu sonraun gon ai, yu haiplana. (Then swear your life to me, your queen.)"

I can feel the eyes of more people on me then ever but despite that I feel confident and proud to become a part of my new home. The nervousness I felt before is gone like it was never there.

„You fealty gon yu, ai haiplana, bilaik ai na teik ai branon hou en emon klirnes fou ai gada in en shil op em kom ai sonraun. Ai na lev op gon gon gona ona dison clan gon raun en wan op kos klirnes kom ai kru taim ai gaf in. Ai badannes ste yun en ai na nowe ton au gon yu o Azgeda. Ai sonraun ste yun, ai haiplana. (I swear fealty to you, my queen, that I will put my new home and its safety before my own and protect it with my life. I will train to become a warrior for this clan to fight and die for the safety of my people if I have to. My loyalty is yours and I will never turn against you or the ice nation. My life is yours, my queen.)" When I come to the end of my oath my heart beats rapidly and I swear I could burst of pride that I made it through my part without stuttering or forgetting any words.