Alone

Mom #2

The horses cantered on as I leaned back against my mother's chest. I slumped down so she could see over my head and got comfy pressed against her front. Lexa rode ahead with Clarke and Indra rode besides me and Anya. I could tell something was on Indra's mind and sighed before asking her,

"Speak Indra, what bothers you?"

Indra hissed at me before glancing back at the commander. After a few seconds she voiced her troubles,

"I am simply confused."

"About what?"

I questioned back at her,
"Who are you? Why is Heda and Anya so familiar with you?"

I could feel my mother stiffen behind me but she kept her eyes ahead, listening but keeping out of my own battles.

"I was kidnapped by the mountain 10 years ago, Indra. Before that time I lived as part of the tree clan with Anya, my mother and Lexa, her second and my best friend."

Indra's eyes widened as she tried to stay steady on her horse,

"Anya's your mother?"

I felt Anya snort behind me as she turned to face Indra,

"I most certainly am."

I let out a little laugh at that and smiled at Indra. We rode on in silence before she continued,

"How did you escape the mountain, little one?"

I had Indra's respect now from that little endearment she just granted me i could tell that i would have no more glares thrown my way,

"After growing up there one of the doctors took a special liking to me. I spent most of my days in a cage hanging from the ceiling and my nights being drained of my blood but occasionally this doctor would let me out and give me food."

Lexa's horse slowed down and silence filled the warriors before i continued,

"She grew to trust me and I suppose, in a way, I trusted her. From about a year after i got there, when i was about 7 winters, she began to plead for the other mountain men, her superiors to let me live with her. It worked for a while. I was allowed to live with her under the conditions that i would be drained every weekend and had to act like a member of their society, nobody could know i was off tree clan. She became my mother."

Anya began to shake behind me but I needed to let this out no matter how much it hurt her,

"We lived that way for a while and it wasn't too bad. I begged her to let me return to the ground and my family so many times and she would always say no. One day when I was 15 winters and attending the mountain school we had a lesson in the "savages" as they call us. The teacher pulled up a picture of my mother and I couldn't contain myself when they began belittling you. I flipped out. The short story is that my heritage was discovered and I was put back in the cage, but not before I killed four of the mountain men, including the teacher who dared insult my clan."

Anya rapped her arms around me from behind and I leaned into them, Indra hissed and Lexa stared at me with clear pain in her heart. Clarke was clearly very affected by my story as a tear streaked her coloured cheeks.

"What happened then Mina?"

Anya quietly asked from behind me and i continued again,

"The women that looked after me, Dr.Tsing, or mom as I called her back then would bring me food and water to keep me alive whenever she could. I grew worse though, my health deteriorated and we both knew it wouldn't be long before my fight was over. She left my cage unlocked one day and I took my chance. I slipped out through the body shoot and ran down the tunnels. Reapers chased me but I jumped off the edge into the waterfall. I ripped out my tracker with my teeth and made my way through the woods, hunting and finding shelter were the only thoughts on my mind. Eventually I ran into the sky people and the rest is history."