𝙃𝙄𝘿𝘿𝙀𝙉 𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙎² ➣ 𝐵. 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑒✔

25 | Conclave

I walked into the room Bellamy and Octavia were in inside the tower, Clarke right beside me.

"It's time," the blonde girl stated. Octavia nodded before walking toward the exit. "Hey... You got this."

Octavia gave her a small smile before turning to me. I pulled the girl into a quick hug. As I pulled away I said, "Ge smak daun, gyon op nodotaim."

Get knocked down, get back up again. She nodded before walking passed me. I turned to Bellamy, who stopped in front of Clarke and me. "You really think she has a chance?"

I looked at Clarke, who stuttered slightly. "Right now, she needs to believe it."

"Octavia kom Skaikru, step forward," Gaia announced. Gaia is Indra's daughter and the only Flamekeeper left. I followed Octavia Bellamy, and Clarke out of the tower, and into the large crowd of people waiting for the conclave. I was a bit reluctant at first to let Octavia fight in the conclave, but I eventually caved in. I trust that she will make it; she's strong. As Octavia walked toward the stage, Clarke, Bellamy, and me stayed in the crowd, standing beside Miller, Kane, Jaha, and Indra. "Accept the sigil of your clan and fight with honor as their champion." Gaia placed a necklace around Octavia's neck before stepping aside and allowing the girl to walk passed her. Octavia stood beside Roan, who's fighting for Azgeda. "Ilian kom Trishanakru. Accept the sigil of your clan and fight with honor as their champion... The champions now chosen will fight for our fate, decided in a final conclave, a battle to the death within the walls of Polis. These warriors will fight until only one remains. When that warrior collects all of the sigils from the fallen and delivers them to me, they will be declared the Victor. This final champion alone will tell us which clan is meant to survive in the crypt of Bekka Pramheda, and which clans are meant to I perish in Praimfaya. Osir koma op daun bilaik slip daun kom bleirona, ba mafta op Won bilaik hef em op mou beda." We honor those who fall by the sword, but follow the One who wields it best.

"Daun bilaik ai." I turned my head, as did everyone else, to see Luna pushing her way through the crowd. As she stepped onto the stage she spoke in English. "I'm Luna Kim Flokru, and I'm the last of my clan."

Gaia stared at the girl with such intensity as she spoke, loathingly. "We know who you are-- the Natblida who ran from her conclave."

"I'm not running from this one."

Gaia was silent as she turned and grabbed the necklace with the sigil of Luna's clan. The crowd murmured amongst themselves as Gaia spoke. "Accept this sigil, Luna Kim Flokru, but with your clan gone, who will you fight for?"

"I fight for no one. I fight for death," she responded, turning to the crowd. I furrowed my eyebrows, exchanging a look with Miller beside me as Luna continued. "When I win... No one will be saved."

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"Skaikru," Gaia called out. We turned to her as she made her way toward us, stopping beside Jaha. "Two advisors to the worgeda. The rest of you, report to your designated safe zone. Now."

As the grounder turned and walked away, Kane spoke looking at Bellamy. "Come on. We have to get her ready."

"This conversation isn't over," Jaha spat, grabbing ahold of Kane's arm. "The death was will be here within three days, and here we are, risking the fate of our people on a blood sport?"

"The fate of all people," Clarke corrected. "You heard Luna."

Kane shook his head, looking at the girl. "She's just one of 13."

"You're wrong. She's a Nightblood novitiate, which means she trained in combat exactly like this."

"You want us to cheat?" Bellamy asked, quietly.

"You know the rules," Kane said. "If we break them, we lose, and if we lose, we die."

"The rules are not the problem, Markus," Jaha butted in. "The game is... Even if we stop Luna, even if Octavia finds a way to win, does anyone truly believe that the grounders will accept Skaikru as the lone survivors?"

"Yes. The conclave is sacred to them. They'll honor the winner. Like it or not, we're all grounders now. You get our people to the safe zone. We'll have Octavia ready for the fight. The rest is-- the rest is up to her." He looked at Clarke. I turned and followed Jaha to the safe zone.

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My eyes fluttered open as I regained consciousness. The last thing I remember is someone from behind me covering my mouth and nose with a cloth. Clarke had come up with this ridiculous plan to have only our people live in the bunker. I didn't agree with her, and after our disagreement, I was unconscious. I looked around me, my chocolate brown eyes examining the room around me. I was in some sort of office, a desk in the middle and a table on the far left. Clarke was leaning against the desk, looking at me. "Good, you're up," she said.

I sat up in the chair I was in, looking at her. "Clarke... What the hell did you do?"

"I had Jaha go to get Bellamy," she explained, completely ignoring my question as she stood and walked around the desk. "He should be back soon."

I stood from the chair, giving the blonde girl a look of disbelief. "You can't be serious? Do you know what they'll do when they find out we've betrayed them? We'll be cast out; we don't know if Octavia won or not."

"Exactly why I did this. We don't know. For all we know, Luna killed her and will cast us out anyway."

"So you choose to lock everyone else out of the bunker on a hunch?" I spat.

Clarke only shook her head. "This is how it is now. You're going to have to live with that."

My eyes narrowed as I scoffed, shaking my head. "You are unbelievable." I turned on my heel and stormed out of the room. I looked above me at the spiraling ramp that leads all the way to the top of the bunker. Oh, we are so screwed.

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Oh, boy... I wonder if Octavia won the conclave. Also, I thought this chapter was going to be full of action but I lied. Sorry lol. I hope so. Jk, I already know if she did or not, but those of you that haven't seen the show don't know. Haha. Anyway, I'm sorry this chapter is a bit short. There wasn't much to write. Also, it was a bit boring ad I apologize. However, there are only THREE MORE CHAPTERS LEFT IN HIDDEN DEMONS! HELL TO THE FUCKING YES!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you in the next one.

Buh-bye.