Careless//Bellamy Blake [1]

04

Chapter song

Can't be tamed- Miley Cyrus

It was still nighttime, but Amara couldn't seem to sleep. Not even with Bellamy at her side. She had gotten roughly two hours of sleep before she heard a faint voice scream 'no' over and over just right outside the wall.

Amara grabbed the crutches that Clarke had left for her while she was asleep and quietly left Bellamy. She walked out into the woods to where a small girl was screaming.

"Hey, wake up. It's okay. It's okay. " Amara watched as the little girl sat up with tear stained cheeks. "It's just a dream. What's your name?"

"Charlotte." She replied as she wiped away some of her fallen tears.

"I'm Amara. It's okay to be scared, the trick is not fighting it. That's what my brother always told me. Do you want to go somewhere and talk about it?" Amara sat next to the small girl who had her legs up to her chest.

Charlotte nodded her head and stood up with Amara following shortly after. "Now, I'm on crutches so don't go too fast, okay?" The child nodded her head as the two began to walk.

After a short walk, they made it to a small waterfall not far from camp. "Don't tell anyone, but this is where I always sneak off to. Me and my friend Octavia. Are you ready to talk?"

Charlotte nodded her head and sat down. Amara carefully laid the crutches down before falling on her butt. "It's my parents. They were floated and I see it in my dreams and I just--"

"I understand. My mother was floated for having twins. Something she couldn't help. So, how'd you end up here?" Amara looked at the small girl before wiping away one of her tears.

The child sighed before talking. "Well, they were taking my parents things to the redistribution center and I kind of lost it. They said I assaulted a guard. "

"I can't say I blame you. " Amara laid down on her back as the two listened to the waterfall run. "You see that bright star up there?" Charlotte nodded her head. "That's the Ark orbiting above us. I think whatever happened up there, you know...the pain, maybe we can move past that now. Maybe being on the ground is our second chance. "

"Do you really believe that?" Amara sighed deeply.

"I have to. " Charlotte laid down on Amara and looked up at the stars. The small child fell asleep and since she usually doesn't get to sleep because of all her nightmares, Amara stayed with her.

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It was the next morning and Amara woke up without Charlotte next to her. She stood up, grabbed her crutches and walked back to camp. After this morning, she decided to give up her crutches because she thought they were a little too much for her. Amara walked into the ship and grabbed her bow. On her way out, she saw Murphy attempt to throw a knife into the tree. He didn't throw it hard enough so it jut fell to the ground. Amara pulled out her bow and shot the arrow right into the tree next to Murphy. The arrow flew right in front of him which caused him to jump back and look around.