Inside MALIVORE | HopexClarke |Legacies

12 | Go Down Together

CLARKE'S POV

Hope is crazy.But she is smart-crazy.She does craziness but with smart thinking.

Her initial idea was to channel Malivore's power,but then she thought of modifying it a bit.A celestial event is considered the strongest anchor for channeling power.So she decided that not only will she channel from Malivore,she will also channel from a celestial event.That way she can cause maximum destruction.As per our calculation,a full moon is coming up next week so we are going to wait till then and Hope will not use her magic until then to stay strong.

Today our plan for the day is,she will teach me how to fight.According to her,no one can teach better moves than Alaric Saltzman so she is going to teach me those.I told her that I can fight pretty decently and even if I die fighting,I can come back alive again.And she said this is basically me being a "wuss" and surrendering before the fight even begins.Now that hurt my self respect so I finally agreed.

"Pay attention!"

"Okay okay,calm down." She's pretty serious about it,too serious for my liking.

I try to land a punch which she easily blocks and then she kicks me in the shin.

"Now that hurt." I say making a puppy face.She stares at it for a while and then goes for another punch to my jaw.Okay charming-Clarke-mode isn't working.

She tries to punch me in the ribs which I block and take a moment to boast.But she doesn't even give me that and sends me flying backwards with a kick.

"Rule number one,never let your guard down."

I stand up and smirk.I got a few rules up my sleeves too.I go for a punch to the jaw but stop right before hitting.She looks at me in surprise.Then I go for the ribs and stop right there too.And finally when I go for a kick,she thinks she knows exactly what I am doing so she tries to stop it by kicking me instead.But in the process,I grab both her hands and turn her around circling my arm around her neck.Now she's totally encaged.

"Rule number two,never be so guarded that you forget to calculate your opponent's moves." I say with a smirk.

She huffs and rolls her eyes.But my victory is short lived because she throws her head back and hits my face.When I groan in pain,she frees herself from my grasp and pushes me hard which makes me land straight into the ground.She then sits down on my torso totally blocking me from any attempts of getting up.Then she smirks and leans in, "And Rule number three,never think that your opponent can't put up a facade to understand your moves first." With that,she gets up and lends me a hand.

"Round two,come on."

"I'm tired...."

"Clarke." There she goes with that tone.When she says something with that tone,you just KNOW that arguing is out of question.

"Okay okay, I'm getting up."

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HOPE'S POV

Clarke isn't that bad in fighting,but he still needs a lot of training.He's good for a self-taught guy with no guidance.I wonder if Dr.Saltzman would ever give him training if I take him to my school?Will he help him?Or hate him after I tell him about what happened that night at the Triad Industries and how Clarke was the one who desperately wanted to raise his father?But I want people to see this side of Clarke,the one that's real.If we get out of here,will my friends ever accept me being friends with Clarke?

"What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing."

He looks me straight in the eye and asks again,"What is it?" Now I can't lie to THAT look.

"Okay I was just thinking about how I'll tell everyone your story after getting out of here,how you're related to Landon,AND Malivore and how my friends would react and Dr.Saltzman w-"

"They will hate me, won't they?" I don't say anything because I won't just lie and say they won't hate him 'cause they might.

"You guys spent so many days chasing monsters and trying to save the artifacts while I was working totally against your cause.So they will see me as the villain, obviously."

"No,I think once they get to know your entire story,they won't hate you."

"How are you so sure?"

I take his hand in mine and intertwine our fingers. It's a habit I developed in here and I like the feeling of it.Besides,he never objected either. "Walk with me." I say and we start walking ahead.

"Because they don't hate me.I am no saint and they still don't hate me.Do you know something?When Landon first s-"

"Oh God not my stupid brother again!"‌ His facial expression changes within a second from normal to annoyed.

"Wait you might actually like this one.Besides,we AGREED on you trying to establish your brotherly bond."

"Ugh,fine.Go ahead."

"So when Landon stole the first artifact,the knife because it was DRAMATICALLY calling out to him due to his Malivore genes,I was actually so hell bent on protecting our school at whatever cost and I was so convinced about him being the enemy that I planned on killing him with dark magic."

"Wait What?" He starts laughing.He actually started laughing.How can he laugh when I'm telling him about me wanting to murder his own brother?

"Yes, actually when he left our school with the knife,on the way,a Dragon showed up from Malivore and burned an entire bus full of people.The Dragon was pretty cool though, breathing fire and all.Anyways,I thought Landon did it with that knife somehow and in no way was I forgiving that.So I brought a spell along to kill him.Dr.Saltzman later found out and well,I got a good lecture.But as I was saying,I am no saint and still my friends love me.So you have a chance too."

"Thank you,Hope."

"Don't thank me,you deserve a life,Clarke.You deserve friends who will stand by you and face every struggle with you.You deserve to be known,Ryan Clarke."

"Don't make me emotional now,God no,I won't get all teary eyed over this." He says and blinks fast to stop any tear.

"When did I become so emotional?Staying here having our random deep talk sessions has really stirred up so much emotions inside me."

"Hope Mikaelson has this effect." I say flipping my hair.

"She does,she really do-" I grab his arm and turn him around twisting it backwards.Then block him with my other arm around his neck.He is totally taken aback by it and doesn't even get the chance to yelp or say anything.

"Remember Rule number one?" I whisper in his ear.

"This is unfair!" Is all he can say in return.

"Say that to the monster when you're fighting it." He doesn't take this lightly.He swings his elbow backwards hurting me in the core and I lose my balance.I try to take his hand so I don't fall down except he isn't prepared for that at all.He isn't firm enough on his feet so I take him down with me onto the ground.He lands right on top of me.

When we realize what just happened,we both start laughing.

"If we go down,we go down together,huh?"

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