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With her time in TonDC Amethyst put it to use. She spent hours reading old folk tales about people coming down from the sky 75 years ago and how the world fell to the grasp of radiation. She trained with Lexa and the two would share stories of childhood and would talk about where they thought the rest of their classmates were now. Some nightbloods would runaway if not chosen to be commander or a second, some stayed in the city, even living in the tower still to this day. But most went the battle and died in the war fought years ago over land no one had control over. A war Amethyst led a group of men into at the age of eighteen.
It had been three days since Amethyst arrived in TonDC and she knew that it was time to go back to Octavia. There was only so far a sky person could get by foot in five days, so Amethyst knew the girl didn't go far. Amethyst walked into throne room making Lexa look up from the book she was studying. "What can I do for you old friend?" Lexa asked closing the book and waving her hand for everyone to disperse out of the room.
"If I brought a man before you, one who had done nothing wrong but follow me and help the sky people, would you grant him immunity?" Amethyst asked, strapping down her quiver and adjusting her clothes to make sure everything fit before she left. "Lincoln." Lexa stated, making Amethyst nod her head. "If you bring your brother before me and he can prove to be a warrior with his own mind, he will be granted immunity from death," Lexa said standing up and holding her hand out. Amethyst gripped Lexa's hand hard and smiled at her friend.
"Thank you, old friend. Now i'm going to take my leave and go find my strik cub," Amethyst said making Lexa smile, the two quickly embraced, patting each others backs before Amethyst uttered her goodbye and walked out of the throne room. She stopped by her room to grab a bag of the small supplies she came to the city with when there was a knock on her door and an assistant walked in. "The heda said kom teik disha," The women said bowing her head slightly and holding out a satchel full of preserved foods and bottles of clean water. "Mochof," Amethyst said taking the bag with a smile. After the small interaction Amethyst left the room and made her way down to the stables to get her horse.
Finally, Amethyst set off to find Octavia, and she would need to do it before anyone else got to the girl first.
It took Amethyst two days to find Octavia, the girl looked dirty and beat. She probably hasn't slept well in her search for her lover. Up ahead Amethyst could see scouts patrolling, and Octavia was walking mindlessly towards them. "Foolish girl," Amethyst muttered gracefully hopping off her horse and silently running up behind Octavia. Before the teenager could get any further, Amethyst wrapped an arm around the girl's waist and clapped a hand over her mouth before ducking behind a large tree. Octavia struggled to get out of Amethyst grasp making the women hold her tighter. "Stop moving Octavia Blake, or you'll get us killed." Amethyst said sternly making the girl stop struggling at the familiar sound of her friends voice.
Slowly, Amethyst released Octavia from her grasp so she could grab her bow. "Where have you been?" Octavia asked, turning to look at the women who appeared to be completely spotless and groomed. "Visiting a friend in order to save Lincoln's life," Amethyst replied shortly, grabbing an arrow from her quiver and notching it with ease. She pulled the hide string back and aimed the arrow for the back of the scouts head. Scouts were trained to shoot first and ask questions later, Amethyst had her fair share of interactions with scouts from Azgeda. The head scout there being Echo, someone who Amethyst would often tease as a child as she would run in and out of the trees escaping Echo's arrows.
Releasing her arrow, the scout quickly crumbled to the ground and Amethyst walked up to the now dead man. She snapped the end of the arrow off, pocketing the feathers. Her arrows were one of a kind, they were handmade from her mother with raven and blue bird feathers intertwined. "What'd you do that for?" Octavia asked watching as Amethyst took supplied off the man's body. "It'll link me back to his death, and if you haven't gathered it yet; they still think I'm loyal to my people," Amethyst replied before her hands grasped a horn. "A fog horn," she muttered before shoving it in her bag.
"Come, lets go." Amethyst said standing up and grabbing Octavia's hand. "That was only one scout, if there's more they won't be far behind." she explained before quickly pulling herself up onto the horse. She held her hand out for Octavia and quickly pulled the girl up as well. As they rode off in the other direction, Octavia told Amethyst all about her exciting adventure with Indra and how she took down two reapers all by herself. "Very good strik cub," Amethyst replied taking one of her hands off the horses reins and digging into her bag. She pulled out a container of water and some preserved meat and handed it to the girl. "Get your energy back up, we won't be stopping to rest tonight." Amethyst told her before looking forward once again.
Octavia quickly ate all the food handed to her, and drank half the container of water before placing it back in Amethyst's bag. "The first step to survival Octavia Blake, is don't drink all your water. I have three containers and I have had 3 sips of water in the past two days. You never know how long you'll need to go without clean water so you must save what you do have," Amethyst explained, feeling how light the container was. "Sorry," Octavia muttered looking down.
"It's fine Strik cub, we can get more tomorrow," Amethyst reassured. It was then when a loud scream echoed through the forest, with Bellamy's name following it. "My brother!" Octavia exclaimed making Amethyst instantly hush her. She stopped the horse and they sat in silence for a moment. "Grounders! Bellamy we're being attacked!" Amethyst heard a voice say.
"Kill them Amethyst, save my brother!" Octavia said quickly, Amethyst put her hand up to silence the teenager once again. "If you keep screaming in my ear like a banshee they're sure to find us," Amethyst muttered before pulling the fog horn out of her bag. Taking a deep breath she quickly blew into the horn making the sound of chaos die down and someone yell, "Acid fog!" from Octavia's group of people. Amethyst handed the horn to Octavia and gestured for her to go see her brother. "I'll do a perimeter check and join you in a moment," Amethyst said jumping off the horse and tying the reins to a branch. Quickly, Amethyst walked around the perimeter looking for anyone lingering around to sneak up on the group. Most grounders weren't stupid enough to stick around when they heard the fog horn, but some liked to test their luck. But it would only take so long for them to come out of hiding after realizing it was a false alarm.
When she came back to Octavia she was greeted by a bullet by her feet. "Grounder!" the female screamed making Amethyst roll her eyes and aim an arrow at the girl. "Shoot me again, you'll be dead before you pull the trigger." Amethyst warned. "Amethyst no!" Bellamy warned stepping in front of the two girls. "Monroe put the gun down, she's safe." Bellamy said sternly making the teenager look at him like he was insane. "Now Monroe!" he snapped, the girl rolled her eyes and lowered the gun.
"Amethyst, please get the arrow out of my face," Bellamy said holding a hand up calmly. Amethyst rolled her eyes and placed the arrow back in her quiver. "So is it safe?" Octavia asked stepping up to her friend. "For now, but I suggest you lot get a move on. Once they figure out it's a false alarm they'll come back." She explained looking to Bellamy as if to warn him.
"Thank you, Amethyst," he said making her nod. "Octavia if you're coming with me, we're going now." Amethyst said swinging her bow over her shoulder. "I'm going to get Lincoln, so feel free to come along," she said making the teenager look between her best friend and her brother. "I suggest you get her back to your people, she'll slow you down," Amethyst said gesturing to the girl in Finns arms.
"Or kill her and keep going," she added with a shrug making Bellamy look at her shocked. Octavia was growing use to the harsh comments that the grounder would throw out every now and then. The way grounders thought was a lot different then the way sky people thought about thing. Amethyst was only saying what was logical in her mind.
"We definitely aren't killing someone I almost died to save," Bellamy said making Amethyst shrug her shoulders.
TRANSLATIONS: The heda said kom teik disha - The commander said to take this. Mochof - Thank you.
