More Than Surviving

Chapter 3

Clarke

1 week after leaving Arkadia

I had been walking for what felt like a year, when in reality it had only been about 5 hours. I hadn't seen any food, or water for at least a day or so. Luckily, I had a decent amount of survival skills I had picked up during my time on the ground as well as earth skills class back up in the ark. It's only been about a week since I left Arkadia, though it's felt longer. I haven't really found any camps, and honestly I didn't really think through where I was going or what I was going to do about food or water or shelter before I left. I just knew I couldn't be there.

So basically my days had just consisted of finding a cave to sleep in, not that I slept much anyways. I haven't been able to sleep at all since everything that happened at mount weather. Every time I close my eyes.. I see them. maya, cage, Jasper, and all the people I killed.

Hell, I even see Lexa sometimes.

I would get up in the morning, wander around aimlessly in search of food or water. I hadn't eaten in 3 days now.. and I was down to my last sip of water. I had bruises and cuts all over my face and body that I had received from different animals and some people during my time that I've been out here. I imagined I looked like a whole new person.

I stumbled through the woods, my head starting to fog up with memories of mount weather and Lexa. With all the people I had lost, killed, or left. My vision began to become cloudy and my knees started to feel weak. Eventually, my knees became to weak to stay upright and I collapsed to the rough ground, feeling weak and useless. I began to let out quiet cries and sobs of pain. Emotional and physical.

My vision started to get cloudy before I heard voices in the not very far distance. I was too weak to get up and look, let alone defend myself.

As their footsteps grew closer, I lay still on the ground. My fragile and weak body not moving even an inch as the footsteps grew closer by the minute.

eventually I heard voices, then I felt strong arms wrap around my weak body and lift me up onto what I'm guessing is a horse.

"We should take her to Heda " -grounder 2

"Sha, Heda will be suprised to know that the great wanheda is alive." -grounder 1

The commander?..

Lexa?

And with those words, everything went black.

Authors note:

Hey guys! Sorry for a short chapter, I was kind of struggling with this one. Also it's 1 am for me and I have a 7 hour work day tomorrow so 🙃

Hope you still enjoyed it! :p