The 100 Reclassified

Chapter 6

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"Aah! Bellamy you have to promise me you won't say anything! Say what will happen if you do!"

"You'd get floated, but I don't understand mom. Why can't I get someone to help you? Why is it so bad for you to have another kid?" I was so scared. Mother was sweating so much and trying so hard to hold her screams in. I didn't understand then how big it was to have more than two children. What damage it would have done if the word got out. How we managed to keep her a secret is a mystery I'll never understand.

"Bell, you know this already. The ark's life support wouldn't survive if everyone were to have more than one child. The Chancellor won't allow it. Aah! Bellamy get the blanket, the babies coming!" I turn around and get the blanket behind me and wait. Mother started pushing and I can see the baby coming out.

It was gross.

Once it was all the way out I gave the blanket to her and she wrapped the baby around it, she was smiling so much.

"Bellamy, you have a little sister. Do you want to hold her?" She put her in my arms and she was so small and delicate. "You should name her."

"Augustus had a sister. Octavia. Is that okay?" I look over at her and she was falling asleep. "Mom! Get up! You can't fall asleep remember!" I start to nudge her but moving made Octavia move and she did not like that. She was starting to cry.

"You can' let her cry Bell. Your sister, your responsibility." She nodded off to sleep and I was left alone with Octavia.

"Please shh, we have to be quite please, Octavia." I put my finger in her mouth and she stopped crying. She was nibbling on my finger and it tickled a bit. "See you're okay. I won't let anything bad happen to you Octavia, I promise." She was so small. She had only been born for no more than 30 minutes but I already loved her, I already felt the urge to protect her and be everything she needed me to be. I was already ready to be her big brother and be responsible for her.

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"Octavia!"

Where the hell is she?

I'm going through everyone's tent and I can't find her, she's nowhere to be found and she's been gone since morning. I should have listened to my instincts and not have let her wonder off on her own. I should have kept her at camp with someone watching her.

"O!" I open Clarke's tent and she's with Lexa. "Have you guys seen Octavia?"

"No. I haven't seen her all day."

"The last time I saw her was by the river. After everything that went down with Finn. She left way before me. She said she was going back to camp." Lexa looks really worried.

"Don't worry Bellamy. You know Octavia. She probably found more butterflies and went to chase after them."

"No Clarke. She's been gone since this morning. No one's seen her come back."

What have I done?

"Okay we'll help you look but I'm only doing this for Octavia."

"Clarke. Come on Bellamy's helped us through a lot. Yeah he fucked up but he means well, sort of."

"You don't need to stand up for me Lexa. I can do that on my own. Wake everyone up. We're going to look for my sister."

"Everyone get up!" I yelled out as I walked away from them. "Get up now!"

I need to find Octavia.

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Walking with Lexa by my side again felt nice. The circumstances that drove us apart and back together again weren't so great but I'm glad it happened. We're a bit closer now. She's still shutting me out though. I can feel it, I don't know how to open her up, have her know it's okay to open up to me.