The Path Forward

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Bellamy POV

I watch her leave, walking into the forest. Abby comes over, taking Raven inside. She has screamed till nothing came out. I feel her pain. It was hard to see him die but I knew that her doing it was the best. 

Once Raven is secured I sneak back out to find her. She seemed upset after killing Finn. I understand. It is not easy to kill but I thought for her it would. She said she had killed many before. What was one more?

I walk through the forest, looking around to make sure no one is following me. I find her footprints, following them till I find her looking into a river. I stand in the tree's watching her. I see the tears fall down her cheeks as she stares at herself in the water.

She stands up taking out her sword. She turns looking, not seeing me. I stare at her not seeing the girl I have gotten to know the last few days gone. She has become Wanheda. I want to call out to her but I know if I do she might attack me. 

I step back, trying to move away without her seeing me. I turn stepping on stick. It cracks, a loud noise bouncing off the tree's. I turn my head to see her sword at my neck. I put my hands up.

"I wanted to make sure you were okay." I say. She walks around me, sword still at my neck as she stands before me. I see the tear stained cheeks. I want to pull her against me and hold her but I know she won't let me. She needs to make the first move.

"I killed your friend." She finally speaks.

"I know."

"He wanted me to do it." Tears fill her eyes. 

"You saved him." I say slowly lowering my arms. "You saved all of us."

"I thought when I met you I could let go of the person I had become. Let go of Wanheda but I was wrong. She will never go away. She will always be here, hiding in the shadows."

"I'm sorry Clarke." She pulls her sword away, putting it back in her belt. She steps towards me, falling into my arms. I catch her holding her against my chest. "Everything will be alright." I say rubbing her back.

We sit beside the river for a long time, holding each other. I convince her that in the morning we need to go back. Night turns into day. We watch the sun come up, taking in the new day. 

She looks up at me, knowing that we need to go. We stand up, holding hands as we walk back in silence. We get back to Camp Jaha, walking in to find warriors. Clarke lets go of my hand walking over to a warrior she must know.

I walk over to Octavia and Lincoln who is standing beside her.

"She came back." Octavia says staring at her.

"Took some convincing but she knew that in the end she can't hide." I say staring at her.

"She has been hiding who she is her whole life." We both look at Lincoln. "She is the princess of Azgeda, Ice Nation. They are dangerous. For years their clan fought with everyone else. Never wanted to be apart of the coalition but Lexa convinced them. She helped in that but she lost a part of herself. She is dangerous. I would be careful in trusting her." He walks away. I look at Octavia before looking back at her. 

She is watching us. Frown on her face. I take a deep breathe before going inside to find out what the plan is. I find Marcus talking to some of his guards. Hoping he can give me an inside of what we will do next.

"Ah, Bellamy. There you are." The guards leave as I walk in.

"I wanted to see what the plan was."

"Lexa has invited us to one of there villages. She wishes us to discuss the alliance and burn Finn's body."

"What?" I frown.

"It is part of their belief. After one is killed they need to be burned. Their body returning to the earth." I nod, understanding. "She wants to make sure Clarke is there."

"She will come." He nods turning back to his map. That is my cue to leave. I walk out to find Raven standing against the wall.

"She killed him." She says.

"She did it for all of us." I say walking down the hallway. She catches up to me, walking beside me.

"His blood is on her hands." She tries to argue with me. 

"She has more blood on her hands than any of us. I am sure she feels it. You don't have to talk to her if you don't want to." I glare down at her before walking away. I walk out of the ark to find some of our people and theirs getting ready to leave. 

I walk over to Clarke to see her putting on a back pack her mom handed her. She smiles at her mom before turning her head to see me, her smile growing. I reach her, putting my hand on her lower back.

"All ready?" She nods, looking at her mom. Her mom nods walking over to Marcus. I take her hand following the warriors out of the camp.

We walk along a path, following Lexa and her warriors. I keep looking at Clarke, wondering what she is thinking. Is she still thinking about him? Is her past coming back to haunt her? She looks up at me, her face blank. I do not know what she is thinking. 

"What are you thinking?" I finally ask.

"Nothing." She says.

"Clarke I have been talking to some people. After we found out that the mountain men took our people some believe we should have someone inside." I say. She looks forward, her eyes move from side to side. 

"No." She says.

"No?" I stare down at her in disbelief. 

"No." She looks at me. 

"Clarke you are not in charge here so i'm going to need a better reason than no." I say.

"I can't lose you too." I stare at her a little confused. I know she lost her father but who else has she lost. "Okay?" I nod agreeing but I know that we need an inside man. 

We get to the village and we are soon torn apart. She goes with Lexa while I stay with our people. For days I do not see her. I tell Marcus about going inside and he agrees. He talks to Lexa who also agrees. Lincoln is going to get me inside. I wait for her. Hoping to see her before I leave. 

I stand at the edge of the forest looking at the village, hoping she would come. I wait for minutes until Lincoln tells me we need to leave. I look back one last time before following him into the woods. 

Lincoln and I talk about Octavia. I didn't trust him when we first met. I wanted him for information. Of course he never cracked and Octavia let him go but he came back, for her. he loves her and I know she loves him. 

We are almost to the mountain when I hear footsteps behind us. I turn to see her standing above us. She doesn't say anything, just watches. I know she doesn't want me to do this. She is scared that I won't come back. 

"May we meet again." I call to her. She smiles, turning to walk back to the village. I look at Lincoln who is smiling. "Stop. We have a job to do." I say walking pass him.

"It's alright to love someone." I can hear the smile on his face. "Never thought Wanheda would end up in love but I guess anything can happen." I look back at him and then the where she stood. Does she love me? Do I love her?

Lincoln soon gets me inside the mountain acting as a reaper. Once in I am put in a cage. This is the first step. To getting our people out.

 To getting our people out

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