Chapter 1
12 years old is way to young to have your whole life fall apart right in front of you but that is exactly what is happening to the small blond girl. Clarke tried her hardest to fight the guards off her father but her small weak body just didn't have the strength to. She couldn't breath she felt as if her body was weighed down by a ton of led. she could barley see through all the tears streaming out of her azure eyes. she tried to make one last effort to reach out for her father but someone held a tight almost painful grip on her wrists holding her from chasing after. "DAD! DADDY!! NO STOP WAIT! PLEASE! PLEASE DADDY!" Young Clarke screamed at the top of her lungs trying to get the guards to let her father go. "DADDY I WILL SAVE THEM I'LL FIX IT DADDY! ILL TELL THEM ALL DADDY!" Clarke called through her tears. she new what was going to happen. she knows Jaha will float her father for treason. That Day Clarke watched as her dad get floated and it had broken her. The rest of the day was a blur to her. She was quickly taken into custody and locked into solitary confinement. No one came to see her for five whole days not even her own mother. those five days dragged on like they would never end. all Clarke had in her cell was four solid walls, a hard bunk, a toilet and a sink, and a very small port hole looking out into the dark abyss that is space. her cell was completely white and devoid of all color and character. It was sad and depressing to say the least and cold. Colder than anything she has ever felt before . "Figures they don't keep the heat up as much as the rest of the ark." Clarke mumbled to herself in mild disbelief. Everyone knows hardly any prisoners get released back into the community, They pretty much just end up floating the juvenile delinquents anyways no matter what there crimes were. Clarke spent those long five days sitting in the far corner just looking out into space. she had food and water passed to her through a small compartment in the door but she didn't eat anything and only drank some of the water. She sat there drifting off into her own head remembering everything about her father just wishing she had some charcoal so she could draw him but she didn't so she just sat there and waited to find out what would happen to her.
(ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARK IN THE COUNCIL ROOM)
"Thelonious you can not possibly keep my 12 year old daughter locked away in the skybox! she didn't even do anything Jake paid for his mistake with his life do not drag her into this." Abby argued to Jaha. "Abigail you know I cant let her back into the public. she knows to much if she were to tell anyone about the flaw your husband found it would be chaos and it would destroy us all." Chancellor Jaha calmly argued back. "We are already doomed Thelonious! We Have 3 to 4 years left until the oxygen goes out for good. there is no fixing that!" "We will figure it out in the mean time we have a little bit of time to come up with some options." Markus Kane calmly said as he jumped into the conversation after standing quietly in the background trying to come up with any options. "Abby I agree with the Chancellor. Clarke needs to stay in Solitary, at least until we figure out what to do." Kane said. "Markus she is just a child! A scared child that just watched her father die! she needs to be with me and her friends not locke up all alone not knowing what is going on or having anyone to talk to!" Abby yelled at the annoying man she cant stand to be around. " You are right Abigale. she is young and will be in solitary for the distant future. she shouldn't be completely alone. witch is why I have a perfect solution for that. about three weeks ago I discovered a mother and her teenage son hiding a second child under the floorboards of there apartment. Of course the mother was floated and the boy got punished and his job and restrictions demoted and his rations cut. The second child though was put in solitary to keep her quiet. We didn't want the ruckus to get out about there being a second child born right under our noses until we came up with something to tell the public." Jaha stated. Abby scuffed at that. "Of course you did. Your losing control!" Markus butted in again. "What's this have to do with my daughter Jaha? get on with it." Abby said getting frustrated and worked up again. " What I am trying to say is that I have two girls in solitary so I am going to put them with each other. So they are not alone, they will have each other to lean on for now. she's a lot younger then Clarke but I think it will be good for your daughter. You know help keep her mind off other things." Chancellor Jaha said trying to appease Abby. " How young? Who is this girl?" Abby asked "She is 5 years old and her name is Octavia Blake. She's shy and doesn't really talk to anyone at the moment but I suppose being kept hidden her whole life didn't help with that but its worth a shot to try at least." Jaha stated. " Okay Thelonious its worth a shot I guess as long as she's not all alone all the time. I want to be the one to take Octavia to Clarke though so that I can speak to my daughter and make sure she's okay and that the two girls will get along okay." " Okay Abigale I can agree with that thank you for being as understanding as possible and not fight me on this." said Jaha
It ended up taking 4 days to get the young girl calm enough to move her to Clarkes cell plus the full med exam Abby insisted she give the girl before hand. Abby decided that talking to her daughter first in privet would be best so when her and the two guards walked to her daughters cell with the young Blake girl she asked the guards to wait a moment out side with Octavia. As Abby walked the last few feet to the door to her daughters cell door she stopped and stared at the door for a moment getting her thoughts in order as much as possible not knowing what's going to happen when she walks through it. She takes a deep calming breath and then steps through the door.
Clarke barley heard the door open and the foot steps that slowly came closer. Her whole body ached from sitting on the cold hard floor in the same position unmoving for the past 5 days. She didn't even look up when she heard her moms voice softly speaking to her trying to get her attention. she just sat there just barley hearing what her mother was saying. "Clarke listen I cant get Thelonious to let you outta hear yet but I brought you some clothes and extra blankets and your pillows from your room so you are at least a little bit more comfortable. How are you holding up? I know the past few days have been really hard and I'm sorry I wasn't able to come see you sooner." Abby said to her daughter but her daughter didn't even look at her or acknowledge that she even heard her in anyway. Abby sighed heavily and rubbed her fingers over her forehead. "Okay Clarke I know your not ready yet so I will leave you a lone but I will be back again as soon as I'm aloud to visit. Before I go There is going to be a young girl bunking with you for awhile so please look out for her name is Octavia and she is 5. she doesn't have parents anymore she is a second child. She doesn't really talk but I figured if she will talk to anyone it be you. I left the things I brought you on the bed and a guard will be in shortly with another bunk for her. I love you Clarke I will see you soon." Abby turned and left the room seeing as Her daughter wouldn't even look at her. quickly wiping the single tear that had slipped past away she got down on her knee in front of Octavia. "Okay little one please take good care of her for me ok can you do that?" Abby quietly asked the girl. the girl just gave a little nod in recognition before entering the cell where she will be staying for now on. she was scared and didn't understand what was happening or where her mom and big brother are at but she has a feeling she wont be seeing them again. Outside the cell Abby just sighed again and walked out of the skybox back towards the med bay to do some work.