Today is the fiftieth year my people have dwelled back on Earth. The fiftieth year since my Grandfather Eli Griffin, made that treacherous descent back to the Earths surface.
For nearly a hundred years my ancestors had lived in space, twelve space stations all connected as one, designed to be self sustaining for many decades. We called it The Ark, but it's life support systems had begun to fail. The Ark was never designed to last for so long without support from the ground. Our only chance to survive was to seek out a new life and return to our origins.
My Grandfather volunteered to be the one to return to the Earth, to find out if it was once again habitable. He survived re-entry into a broken world to let his people in the heavens know the air was breathable, life was sustainable.
The solar radiation we had lived with in space had prepared our bodies for the radiation levels back on our home planet. We had a new hope, but the people of the sky would soon come to realise they were not alone on the ground, others had survived.
Our relationship with each of these twelve clans had been troubled. Skaikru, as they called us, were viewed as outsiders. We had been at conflict with The Grounders one way or another for many years, until a semblance of peace finally came.
The last great war ended twenty years ago when I was just a baby. It saw many losses for all of the clans, but the disappearance of the one they called Heda, rocked Grounder culture. They had lost their leader and with him most sacred item of the Grounder clans, The Flame. Without this artefact no new Commander could ascend to the Throne of Polis.
For me I had lost something even more precious during that war, the chance to know my father. His death had been difficult on my mother. Yet, as I grew she had always remained strong for me. Ever since I could remember I had trained hard to become a fighter, to channel her strength, but to also help my people thrive with the clans.
They called me Skaigada, Skygirl. To my people I was simply known as Clarke.
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ASCENSION: BOOK 1.
FanfictionAn alternative telling of The 100 story. Clarke Kom Skaikru is born of the Earth, a warrior who's ancestors once dwelt amongst the stars. Skaikru have lived on the ground for the past fifty years, seeking a balance with those who survived a nuclea...
