2199 Day's - Bellarke Fanfic | ✔️

Chapter 36 - Over the Hill

~Clarke's POV~

"We should keep moving Madi." I say calmly as I fold the map and place it in my back pocket, the paper rough on my dry fingers.

"All those things, they weren't in the stories." She says her hands gripping the straps of her pack as we trudge through the hot sand.

"No, they weren't." I say my mind stuck on the items she described to me. We will have to go back and get the rover eventually. It was silly not to bring it, but it would be useless if we couldn't bring it into the crater of the dropship.

I will then be faced with the items under that seat.

"How much longer?" Asks Madi form beside me, her feet sinking in the sand.

"A little while yet." I say, sighing and looking ahead at the never ending sand dunes that now cover our once green earth.

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"Is that it?" I hear Madi's voice say next to me and I nod with a smile looking down on her.

We have made it.

I watch her run ahead of me and towards the crater covered in small plants and ferns that remind me of our small valley.

"Come on Clarke!" She yells behind her as she races off into the sand. I take a deep breath and start a slow jog after her. Images of Bellamy and the rest of my friends filling my mind as my boots fill to the brim with the hot desert sand.

Soon we reach the bottom of the hill and I look up with Madi by my side. The top revealing the second Valley known to us on earth, a Valley that will let us survive here. That will get us through whatever we face next.

"It looked smaller from over there." She says pointing behind us off into the desert. I smile and look at the ground knowing that is something a child would say. There's only a few children left on this earth. I'm happy Madi is one of them.

"Be careful climbing." I say as I grab hold of the first boulder and climb on top of it looking down at Madi. I take her hand and pull her up before boosting her to the next ledge. Letting her climb the rest of the way. Helping and stopping when she needed it.

But soon we reach the top.

I stand there with her, looking down into the second Valley on earth. Gazing at the beautiful colours I once dreamed of seeing in real life. The way the blue reflected into my eyes when I was just a small girl reminded me of my father's eyes.

The soil reminds me of my mother's eyes.

Everything on earth is a gentle reminder of all the people we have lost.

"Skairipa..." Says Madi silently beside me looking off towards the fire pits ahead of us. I look up and see Octavia walking towards us, her sword and body guards behind her.

"And you must be Madi." Says Octavia gesturing for her body guards to leave. I watch as Madi looks up at her with wide eyes, like her favorite story time character has come to life. The men and women around the camp fires chat away as the night sky slowly consumes the hot heat of the sun.

"Octavia kom Skaikru." Says Octavia bowing to Madi. I watch as Madi nervously moves from foot to foot for Octavia to finish before quickly blurting out.

"Madi kom Louwoda Kliron Kru." She says with a wide smile back. I look to Octavia and give her a small smile and I watch her walk over to me giving Madi a quick smile.

"It's good to see you Clarke." She says hugging me tightly. "Bellamy is in the drop ship I'm sure you'll be able to find it." She says finally breaking our hug and looking back to Madi.

"You must be hungry, come with me." She says gesturing for Madi to follow her. I watch Madi look back to me and I nod and smile before watching her walk off with Octavia.

Now to go find Bellamy.

I make my way into the crater and down through the large trees and growing shrubs towards the orange glow in the middle of the forest. It has since fallen dark and stars are now visible in the sky, the reminder of where we were born. But will not die.

I hear laughs and voices from the clearing up ahead and I start a slow jog towards the hot flames of a fire. It's there that I see Bellamy laying on his back looking up at the stars and the rest of my friends laughing around a cracking fire.

I walk out of the tree line and I watch them all stop their conversation and freeze. I then lock eyes with Bellamy.

"Clarke?" He says almost relieved to see me. I nod and watch as he stands up and walks over to me, his arms spread wide. I run into them and drop my pack to the ground with a loud thud.

His arms wrap tightly around me, his warm embrace consuming as I breath in his earthy sent. Something I haven't appreciated enough.

"I'm so glad to see you." I say into his jacket, my voice slightly muffled. I hear him chuckle above me and I smile into the worn fabric.

"Happy to see you too Princess." He says into my hair, his voice so deep and familiar I feel at home. Princess rolling off his tongue in a way that makes my cheeks turn a bright red.

I feel him plant along kiss to the top of my head and I close my eyes squeezing him harder.

Suddenly everything seems to be ok.

Here I am, I'm writing again. After i'm finished with this beauty I'm getting started on a new Bellarke Fanfic. Get ready ;)

-RFRC