Chapter 2
Lexa
I am the next heda of the Trigedarkru, but for right now I am just Anya’s seken. Anya is my mentor she is teaching me everything I needed to know about becoming a warrior, then becoming heda. As Anya always says first I must be a warrior before I can lead army's of warriors.
“Lexa come on practice isn't over yet.” Anya says
“I am heda and I say training is over” I huff out. Why can't I have fun with the other seken’s. All I do is train all day and then learn English or ‘the enemy’s language’ as everyone else calls it, when I go home. They say heda must prepared for everything.
“You are only 8 years old Lexa, you don't get to demand anything yet.” She replies with a smirk. I know she's right, but I'm tired of training I just want to go figure out what my spirit animal is.
Every person has a spirit animal they can turn into. The Trikru turn into animals that are well known in this are. Deer, bears, wolves, snakes, etc. The animal is usually something that goes well with the kru you are in. Like the Azgeda turn into polar bears or snow leopards, to help keep warm from the cold.
“I just want to find out what my spirit animal is Anya, I'm the only seken who doesn't have one yet.” Whenever I say this her face immediately softens, and I know she's about to give in.
“Fine, but only for today” I start running before she even finishes the sentence “This
is the only time you can use that excuse!” So I run right out of camp and start weaving through all the trees, because I just want to have as much fun as I can.
I see all the birds scatter in one place, and my only thought is that is I kill it I can bring home dinner. I run as fast as I can, and I come upon a clearing. It looks like all the plants were burned down. When I look across the clearing there is a giant silver box there.
I run up to it and the door is already open, and there are footprints leading into the forest. I see a man inside who at first look is dead, but I climb inside to check just to be sure. He's a pretty bulky man not as big as our warrior and has brown hair, with I open his eyes and their blue. Someone already took his helmet off so I put my knife under his nose, and he's still breathing. I'm going to bring Anya to him, but first I have to find the other person who was in here.
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I see a blonde girl my age walking along the shore of a stream, she's wearing clothes like the ma in the box. She must have been in there with him. I don't know how to approach her though. Then she falls asleep against a tree, so I guess I have to wait.
I've been sitting here throwing rocks as far as I can for hours waiting for her to wake back up. Then I see her stirring against the tree, and all I can think of is finally I couldn't wait much longer it's starting to get dark.
I jump down from the tree, and wait for her to notice me. She stands up and stretches then I shift. She snaps her head over to me, and starts to back up slowly. “Wait I need to talk to you.” I say
She stops and looks at me. “I don't understand what your saying” she says. No it makes sense, good thing I started learning it. Then I really look at her after she takes her hood down, she has hair the color of the sun and eyes the color of the sky with very pale skin.
“Where did you come from” I ask
“I came from space with my dad, I didn't think anyone survived on Earth after the bombs.” She says starting to slowly walk closer to me. She looking at me like I'm going to disappear. “I'm Clarke.”
“I'm Lexa of the Trikru, it's nice to meet you Clarke of the Skaikru.” I say
“I came down with my dad, but I think he's dead.” She replies sadly
“Your dad wasn't dead whenever I saw him in the metal box.” I'm really confused now
“Are you sure?” She says and I nod my head, and she just starts to run back where she came from. I run after her figuring she wants to see her dad. She most of thought he was dead if she left him there. When we get to the clearing she goes inside and slaps his face a few times. When she sees that it's not working she starts pounding on his chest, I'm about to tell her it won't work when he jumps up and gasps in air.
“Thank goodness I thought you where dead Daddy.” Clarke says and starts crying
“Hey it's okay Princess I'm here, and it's going to take more than coming to Earth for you to get rid of me.” Clarke dad says, and he has a very deep voice. I shift to get a better look at him, and he notices me. “Who are you?” He asks me
“Daddy this is Lexa of the Trikru.” Clarke says just remembering I'm there.
“There are people who survived on the ground?” He ask me, and I just nod my head. He takes off his suit, and climbs out off the box and walks over toward me. He sticks out his hand “Hello I'm Jake-“
“Of the Skaikru” Clarke cuts in. Her father looks at her, but nods anyway. I grasp his forearm like how we greet people, but I don't don't think he greets people this way but he does it anyway.
“It's good to meet you” he says “no one believed people survived on Earth after the nuke’s dropped” he says to himself “but it will be good to know how to survive down here.” He tells me, and I nod my head at him.
"Okay but you need to do everything I say.” They both look at each other, and nod at me. “Follow me back to the camp.” I say and we start our walk back home.