A Journey Through Time and Space

Chapter 2 - Praimfaya

Clarke's POV

So this is what the world looked like before it ended. I was dressed wrong but I fit in at the same time. The streets were busy, similar to Polis. But it didn't look right. There was barely any greenery. That is what my world was made up of and yet it was all missing. There were people just going about their day. I just waited. I was there for a reason. I wanted to find a bench to relax on. Surprisingly no one was shocked by my gun. I saw flashes of many as they walked by. I thought the world would be different than what I saw. It was supposed to be a good place to live, our war-torn place seemed slightly more civil. I spotted an unoccupied bench a street or so down and headed towards it. I watched the ground. I hadn't seen it paved like that before, I hadn't really been looking in the city of light. Even if I had been mesmerised. As I walked the tiles just sort it became a blur, until I finally reached where I was heading. Just waiting on a bench for a couple hours and I was verbally harassed many times. I was so taken aback I couldn't even fight. I wasn't used to this type of abuse. I shouldn't of had to be anyway. No one should've. The buildings were magnificent. There was even a tower that looked like the Commander's tower, before it had reduced to a pile of rubble that is. Some buildings were made of glass, most of them really. There were what looked to be older buildings that were so intricate. Some I couldn't even see the top of. The clouds flowed past at a steady pace while the people rushed. You'd only notice it if you stopped and watched. The wisps moving ahead, racing to stay ahead. It was easy to tell when they started to fall behind. Slowing down to form darkness. Leaving it's blanket to drape over buildings and people before falling over the next, following very few.

I was torn away from my people watching when I heard the explosions. They were in the distance first, followed by screams. When I turned to join the single eye looking upon the cause of the noise I was reminded of the blanket of death that had come over our Earth. It was to come, technically, but I wasn't thinking about that as everyone ran for their lives. I waited. I knew I'd be okay and I had been given certain coordinates for a reason. I wanted so badly to just help but there was nothing I could do. I watched people perish and was reminded of the screams of the mountain men. I had been the one to kill them then and the desperate cries for help were unbearable. Bellamy may have pulled the lever with me but no one remembered that. Very few were left alive and even I was in pain. The blisters and boils that had appeared when I was one of the last left on Earth were back. It was so painful, the screams were more unbearable. They surrounded me. dead eyes bore into me. I wanted to help them but there was nothing I could do. I watched something fall from the sky, 'Polaris'. Becca Promheda. I realised then that there was nothing I could do at that point to change anything. I had to go back to my time.

I was with Bellamy and Jordan once again. They hadn't moved. Nothing had changed because I wasn't important in the grand scheme of things. A time traveller was nothing compared to a leader falling from the sky. Now I was to decide how to start saving people. There must've been a reason as to why I had gone there but I couldn't determine it at that moment. I was too intent on helping my people. I found myself thinking as I made my way back onto the ship. I checked the box for some kind of help and found some writing on the inside of the lid.
'Earth = 179 56 39.4
0 2 46.2
Polis = 38.5976
80.4549
Ton D.C = 38.9072
77.0369
The Drop Shop = 41.2033
77.1945'
Monty always was the smart one. Always thinking of everything. Raven would've killed me for even thinking that but it wasn't wrong or anything.

My next destination was the beginning of my fresh start. I was going to save some of the people that meant the most to not just me but the people around me. Some of us wouldn't be who we are with them alive, we'd become monsters without them. These people were important
179 56 39.4
0 2 46.2
41.2033
77.1945
23/09/2149
9:00 am

I had to find the mini bunker. Finn and I had spent a night together there before we found art supplies, guns and bullets. I had spotted something before that no one had really bothered to look at, bulletproof vests. There were only a couple but they were enough for what I was planning. I had to get out of there before anyone came snooping. I couldn't be found, I barely even looked like my old self. I didn't have the same hopefulness I'd noticed when I spotted a glimpse of myself.

I was tempted to visit Lexa, from when she and I had been hiding and fighting the pauna. I was going to warn her not to leave the bedroom after we slept together but that would probably mess up a lot of things. Not to mention my head and our interaction in the room later that day. Warning her wouldn't help anything anyway. One of us would've ended up dead either way. Titus had been so close to shooting me. I'd heard and felt the bullet wiz past before it hit her. It should've been me. Maybe things would've been different. She was always so wise. Maybe Luna would still be alive. Maybe we'd still be together. Madi would've loved her and I hoped she'd of loved Madi. I missed her all the time, I saw parts of her in my adoptive daughter. She was like a mixture of the two of us. She would grow up and be better than both of us combined. Now was my chance to help make a better world for her. First, I had three people I needed to rescue. They could influence a lot. They could change a lot. They would make us better. It was a lot of weight to place on their shoulders but I knew they could do it.

First up...

Author's Note:
I promise I'll try and make updates as frequent as possible. I have tons of ideas for this story and I may even add in chapters that are like alternate ending or like what ifs. I may even do one for if Clarke warned Lexa not to leave her room. The ideas are flowing guys. I promise I'll try and update soon but for now, I hope you enjoy. I promise the chapters will get longer.
~ Sophie