Mabel on the Ring

The Truth

Mabels pov

Octavia and I had been walking for almost an hour when we finally got to a tent in the woods.
"Octavia what is this place?" I ask
"This is where we can stay." She smiles down at me.
She opened the the canvas door and I walked in. I saw a dark skinned man and I immediately took a step backwards. Octavia was right behind me so I bumped into her.
"Mabel it's okay. He's with me." She reassures me.
The man walked towards me and he kneeled down to my height.
"Mabel is it?" He asks.
I nod.
"Im Gabriel. Octavia has told me a lot about you."
I smiled at him.
He looks down at my leg. When I tripped over the tree root my knee was stinging but blood had soaked through my pants. He walks off to get something but he still talks to me.
"How did you get out here.?" He asked.
"I took down the shield to find my Mom and Dad." I answered.
"This is the man that could help us Mabel." Octavia buts in.
"Come, explain to me what's happened." He leads Octavia and myself to a chair. I sit down beside Octavia. I could see Octavia was comfortable around him, like she trusted him.
She nudged me to begin explaining. I took a deep breath and began.
He rolled up my pant leg and began wiping the blood away. He then placed a bandage on it and wrapped it around the wound.
"All I know is that some girl named Josie took over my Mom's body. They said Mommy was dead but Daddy and Josie are out here looking for you I think because there might be a way to get Mommy back."
"Sounds like the two minds are fighting for survival." Gabriel explained.
"How do you know all of this?" Octavia asked me.
"Just because I'm six Aunty Octavia doesn't mean I don't know anything. I wanted to know why they did this to Mommy. I'd only just got her back and then I lost her again." I start tearing up.
I took in a deep breath.
"I snuck into the castle and I heard them talking about royal blood. Mommy had the royal blood. I was hiding in a cupboard when I was caught. They knew who I was so they tested me as well if I had this blood. I didn't so they chained me and locked me up. Echo rescued me but I needed to find Daddy so that's how I'm out here." I finish
"Oh Mabel." Octavia sighed. She placed her hand on my cheek. I turn and look at her. I could feel the tears coming back up.
"They also said something else." I sniffle
"Well what is it?" Octavia questions
"They said Mommy was having another baby." I cry.
Octavia pulls me into her arms. I couldn't stop crying. I just wanted Mommy and Daddy.
"Shhhh it's okay." Octavia soothed me
After five minutes of solid crying I started sniffling and yawning. I was suddenly very tired. I was awake for one moment and then I was asleep.
I woke to light coming through the tent the next morning. I rolled over and I saw Octavia laying next to me. She was already awake.
"Good Morning." She smiled
I smiled at her.
"You know you should be a kid for as long as you. Don't grow up to quickly." Octavia began.
She played with my hair. My hair was tangled and knotty. Octavia was brushing them out with her fingers. I just lay there silent. Do I ask her. I want to know the truth. Mom and Dads past. She did just tell me to not grow up too quickly. I want to know though. For only being six I've been through a lot.
"Octavia can I ask you a question?" I ask
She stopped brushing my hair. I sat up and looked at her. Both of us were still on the bed.
"Yeah sure." She replies.
"I know you told me not to grow up too quickly but I feel like I'm always lied to. I know everyone has good intentions trying to protect me but I need to know." I plead.
Octavia sighed and sat up as well. She grabbed my hands and looked at me.
"Mabel it isn't my place to tell you." She responds.
"Please Aunty Octavia. Even you have changed. So much has changed. No one will explain to me. It's making me so confused." I beg
"It might make you even more confused or even angry." She spoke sternly.
"I can deal with it." I beg
She sighs again.
"You sure you want me to tell you?" She asks
"I'll find out eventually otherwise." I state
"Okay. But please remember that we have all made mistakes and none of this will change the way we feel about you. Your parents did what was best for you and our people." Octavia instructed.
I nodded. She tightened her grip on my hands.
"I was born in space just like your Mom and Dad. In space you could only have one child per family. I was the illegal second child. I had to live under the floor otherwise I would have gotten locked up with my brother and our mother would have been floated. I'd beg your Dad all the time about seeing the ark but it was always too risky. I was about 16 he took me to a masquerade ball and I was caught. I got locked up and our mother was floated. There was a place called the skybox and that's where the juvenile delinquents got locked up. I was in there for months but it wasn't much different to being under the floor. Anyway one day they were sending 100 delinquents to the ground to see if it was survivable. I was one of the 100. As we landed I saw your Dad again. I ran up and hug him. I can remember it so well, like it was yesterday." Octavia smiled.
"I saw your Mom on the dropship arguing with me and your Dad about opening the door. I opened the door and all this beautiful fresh air took up my lungs. We all went a little crazy. No adults in charge, no rules. We could do whatever we wanted. Your Mom got an exploratory group together including me and we went to find supplies. We found this beautiful clear lake and I remember Jasper swinging across to get to the other side. I'd never smiled or laughed so hard in my life. It was pretty good but then Jasper was speared in the chest. That sent shockwaves through us knowing that we weren't alone. That's when everything changed completely. Your Mom made us all go back to camp immediately. People were already here. We called them grounders. They wanted us dead because we landed on their land. We had so many battles with the grounders. Our people were killed and we had killed some of theirs. We were teenagers, frightened with the unknown. They had sent 300 grounders to kill all of us so your Mom made the decision to incinerate them by trying to blast off back to space. Your Mom and Dad were separated in this battle. I was with Lincoln. I had....."
"Wait. Who's Lincoln?" I ask
I saw Octavia choke back the tears.
"He was a grounder but he was different. He wanted peace. I loved him. He was my boyfriend. He was killed." She spoke shakily.
"But your Mom and some of the 100 ended up in a place called Mount Weather. Your Dad was still in the woods and so was I. We met back up again when I saw him trying to rescue someone off a cliff. Grounders were trying to kill them with arrows. I blew this horn that alerted grounders of acid fog. Acid fog is what Mount Weather used to kill grounders. I rescued your Dad and we made our way back to Camp Jaha. The adults of the ark had landed and started creating their own little village. I saw your Mom run up to your Dad then she hugged me. Both your parents had difficult decisions to make especially when they found out that Mount Weather started extracting bone marrow from our people. Your parents didn't want to kill everyone Mabel. We were left with no option. We previously made an alliance with the grounders to get their people and our people out of Mount Weather but the grounders made a deal with Mount Weather and betrayed us. Your parents killed everyone inside that mountain. The people in Mount Weather couldn't be exposed to the outside radiation without dying so your parents opened the vents and killed them so they could get our people back."
I started tearing up. Mom and Dad had killed people, not just a few but hundreds.
"Do you want me to stop." Octavia asks.
"No." I sniffle.
"Anyway I remember when your Mom found out she was pregnant with you. Both her and your Dad were overjoyed but it was a shock. We renamed camp jaha to Arkadia and Pike became the new chancellor. He had very particular views about the grounders and wanted to exterminate them I guess. But some of us didn't want that. We knew that not all grounders wanted war. That's when your parents became divided. Mom thought Arkadia could make a deal with the grounders Commander Lexa and Arkadia would become the thirteenth clan."
"I've heard Madi talk about Lexa before." I add
"Your Mom loved Lexa. She stayed in Polis with Lexa while your Dad was in Arkadia. Pike was out of control and even your Dad was. They wanted to burn villages to make more room for them. Pike ended up.........."
I saw Octavia start to choke up and I could see tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
"Pike killed Lincoln because all Lincoln wanted was peace."
I saw tears flow out of her eyes.
"You loved him, didn't you." I tell her
"Yeah and I think he would of loved you." She smiles weakly.
"Anyway we also had another problem, their was an AI called Alie and she ended up controlling people's minds including Raven. Your Mom, Dad and all our friends had managed to get it out of her and your Mom managed to fry the implants in everyone that was under Alie's control but your Mom found out that Nuclear Reactors were melting down and another apocalypse was going to happen. Our fears of the world ending again stood still when your Mom had you. You were the most cutest baby I'd ever met."
I smile at Octavia.
"So when the world ended you managed to hide in the bunker and Dad and the others went to space?" I ask.
"I won the conclave and I chose to share the bunker with all clans. Your Dad and Mom went to go get Raven but once they knew they couldn't get back in time they decided to go to space." She adds
"But hang on Mom didn't go with us. If no one could live on the ground how did Mom survive?" I ask
"Nightblood." Octavia answers.
"It's the black blood isn't it."
"Yeah your Mom injected herself with it. That's how they chose their comanders. So Madi was the only Nightblood left so she became Commander." Octavia explained.
"So how did you become Commander or Bloodreina as they used to call you?" I ask
"One person from every clan would battle it out in a conclave for the bunker because it could only fit so many people and no one knew how to share it. I ended up being the winner and I became commander." She answers.
I sat there thinking. Was what she was saying all true. My parents killing men, women and children. They ended up on opposite sides of each other. Is this why they are so respected because they have killed people. I was angry, sad and yes I am confused but I need the proper answers from my parents as to why they did what they did. Is that why they are so protective of me.