Black Blood, Green Eyes

A new Princess

CLARKE

I wake up and my pillow slowly moves up and down. I reach up and I feel Bellamy's chest and open my eyes to see that I'm using him as a pillow. I relax knowing that he's the cause of the movement and let a yawn escape my lungs. "Good morning Princess." Bellamy's raspy morning voice yawns and he lays perfectly still too scared to touch me in case I don't want to be touched.

"Good morning." I reply and wait a minute before moving off of him to get dressed. "How about we go to Polis to find some more clothes? I also need to find a blacksmith to make me new armor."

"Anything you want." he says getting out of bed. I can give you some privacy if you'd like to change."

"It's nothing you haven't seen." I say and start undressing and he turns away to do the same. "Anything you want to do today or anything?"

"I just want to hang out with you, speaking of which Monty wants to have lunch with you so we can come back for it or Invite him to Polis with us." he says filling the air with his deep voice.

"Either one, its up to you. I assume I need to ask my mother for permission to go to Polis though, so I will go talk to her and you can go talk to Monty if you want." I say putting my boots on. The new clothes fit perfect and I move around a bit to get used to the tighter feel again.

"Okay she should be in her office about now. I'll come get you when I'm done with Monty." he replies and hands me my jacket. "Winter is only a week away we should get you some thicker clothes too."

"I'll add that to the list." I say with a smile as he walks with me to the door. When we step out the sun is rising and the sky is full of color. I stop for a moment to take in the scenery and I can feel him looking at me. People are already up and moving the breakfast line is long and the cooks are moving as fast as they can. The smell of the cooking meat makes my stomach growl.

"We can eat before we leave or in Polis if you want." He says meaning he heard my stomach growl. "I can cut the lines too, people don't really appreciate it when I do that though."

"No it's okay we can get something at Polis, The faster we get out of here the better, too many people want to see me." I say and he chuckles. "what?"

"Who wouldn't want to see you?" he replies looking into my eyes. "You're beautiful and an amazing person, you've just lost your way a little bit."

"What if this is the new me?" I ask and I can feel tears welling up in my eyes. This is the most I've felt in three months and I don't know how to contain it.

"Then the new princess will be loved and accepted just as the old one was, but in all reality people change Clarke. I should be the perfect example of that, it's never a new you just a changed you. I still see buts and pieces of who you used to be and I know that you've had so much put on you, more than anyone should ever have to deal with but you're strong you have heart and you're brave. You don't have to face this alone anymore. We are all here because of you and we all owe you the debt of a good life. Everyone here is a friend, we're all family and we will take care of you, you just have to let us in." He says pulling me into a hug. He squeezes just tight enough to let me know how he feels and that his words are true but not too much to hurt me.

"Thanks Bellamy." I say into his chest and he releases me. "We should get going " I add to fill up the awkward moment between us. I could tell he wanted to say more but he held his tongue.

"I will come get you as soon as possible." He smiles and jogs off the the rows of cabins to our left. I walk straight to the rest of the ark and keep my head down to avoid people

I find what must be my mother's office and knock in the door lightly. I hear footsteps and a bit unlock and she appears in the doorway. "Oh Clarke, baby come in." She says practically pulling me in the office. "I just finished changing you came at the right time. Is everything okay?"