Grounder | An Anya Love Story

15

*Recap*

Before he got it out my world went dark.

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*Marias POV*

I woke up with Anya laying next to me. I looked around to notice I was still in the healers tent but no one was there. Lifting Anyas arm off me I slowly slide out of the bed, my leg buckling out from underneath me. I look down to see blood oozing out from under the cloth bandage. I scan the room before I notice more cloth on the other side of the room. Sighing I slowly start to more over to the cloth trying my best not to make it hurt more than it already does. I look back over to Anya making sure I didn't wake her, as soon as I got to the cloth the tent is opened and there stood the Commander and the healer. Lexa looked amused at what I was doing where as the healer looked like he wanted to hurt me.

"Maria." She paused while letting out a laugh. "What are you doing."

"I needed a new bandage, and I didn't want to wake her." We all look over to a sleeping Anya. "Its been a rough couple of days."

"Well you need to sit or you will hurt yourself more." The healer gruffed out in an angry voice. "Wake her or not sit down." He put his hand on my shoulder pushing me down in a chair.

"I will be fine as long as I wash it and change the bandages regularly." He sighed before unwrapping my leg washing it out.

Lexas voice filled the silent air. "How did you know what to do." 

"Before I was sent to prison, I worked in medical. Abby taught me what she could before everything went down." She gave a small nod. 

"You need to wake her. Both of you are expected at this meeting with Clarke, understood." I nod at her. "Good. She will be here in about an hour, so hurry up." With that she left the tent leaving an angry healer muttering curse words as he was wrapping my wounds. After a few moments he left telling me how I need to be resting and not doing work with the Commander.

Once he left I hobbled over to Anya doing my best to ignore the pain. I shake her until she is looking at me with wide eyes like she is going to fight me. Once she notices it is me her angry demeanor is changed to one of worry. "Why are you standing? Are you alright? Has the healer bee-" I cut of the rambling woman with a hand over her mouth. 

"Anya I am fine. I just have to make sure it doesn't get infected." I grab her a clean top and pull it over her makeshift top that the mountain men gave her. "Why are you still wearing this stuff."

"I had to make sure you were ok. So I never went and got new clothes." She continued getting dressed and shrugged like it was no big deal.

"Anya, Lexa wants us to meet Clarke with her." She stopped getting dressed and looked at me. "I'm not sure I will be able to face her. We were going to bring her here to die, yet I'm the one that almost ended up dieing. I just." I paused. "I just don't think it is wise to have Clarke here."

She walked over to me and wrapped her arms around me giving me a hug. "Maria, you are strong. If the Commander wants you there with her to talk to Clarke then you will be there to talk to her. There is nothing you can do or say that will get you out of this. So all you can do is be strong." She kissed my shoulder softly. "I will be right by your side if anything goes wrong." I nodded at her worry clouding my mind. The two of us finished getting dressed before one of Lexas guards came to collect us for the meeting. Before we left the tent Anya grabbed my hand. "It will all be ok." She kissed my forehead softly before fallowing the guard. 

I took a deep breath before I left the tent. Eyes were instantly on me knowing what happened not to long ago. I made eye contact with a few people and their gaze instantly left mine. As I made it to the tent that Lexa, Anya, and Clarke were in I stopped once more, debating weather or not I could actually do this. I shook the thought out of my head before swinging the tent flap open. All eyes were on me. Clarkes burned into me making me feel even worse then I already did. I took my spot next to Lexas right as Anya was to her left. 

The two leaders quickly started their talk. Clarke didn't even question why I was there. Before I knew it I zoned out and stopped listening to what they were talking about. I looked around the tent discreetly trying not to be seen by Lexa that I wasn't paying attention. After not being able to find anything new to look at my eyes wondered over to the three women, whose eyes were already trained on me. "Maria. Do you even know what I said." Lexa sternly asked me. Clarke was laughing at me finding it funny that I was about to get yelled at. I hung my head down and shook my head no. 

"I am sorry Heda. I didn't hear what you said." She nodded at me and then looked back at Clarke.

"The alliance with the sky people start with the death of the one they call Finn." My head shot up.

"Why Finn Heda." She pinched the bridge of her nose. 

"Finn is the one that killed the village of Trikru people." She looked back at Clarke. "Bring me Finn and you will have your peace with us, you have until sundown before my armies attack your people. Now leave." She nodded her head softly at me signalling for me to take Clarke back to her camp.

As soon as we were out of the tent she started to walk hastily to her camp. "Why didn't you stop her! She wants to kill Finn, our friend." She yelled at me.

"Finn killed innocent people Clarke." She looked like she was ready to cry. "Jus drein jus daun" With those final words out of my mouth she punched me in the nose and ran back to her camp.