Chapter 3
I've been walking for about an hour with my dad and Lexa, and my legs are starting to get tired so I don't know if I can walk anymore. I tug on my dads sleeve, and he crouches down to my height. “Can you carry me my legs hurt…Please” I say quietly so Lexa won't overhear me.
“Yeah, of course” he says “why don't you get on my back instead, your getting to old for me to carry you.” He kneels down, and while he's doing that Lexa stops and looks at us. I don't think she understands what he is doing. I climb up his back on his shoulders and he uses the trees to support himself while standing all the way up. “Okay Lexa show us the way.” She nods her head and starts on our 2 more mile journey.
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“Are we almost there” I ask Lexa. She looks over at me and shakes her head subtly.
“Yes we should be there soon…so what do you do in space.”
“ There really isn't much to do. I play chess with my friend Wells or I draw sometimes, but other than that an my mom teaching me to be a doctor there isn't much to do.” I reply
“What is a doctor?”
“A doctor is someone who helps people when they're sick.” I answer “ Don't you have them.”
“You mean a fisa, then yes we do” at our confused expressions she explained “fisa means healer.”
"Then my mom was teaching me to be a fisa.” I say “What is there to do on the ground, you must have something cool to do here.”
“I am a seken which means I am learning to be a warrior.” She says “Seken’s mostly train until their mentor tells them when to stop for the day. Then we go swimming or we climb trees, and the people with spirit animals go play or run with each other. Do you have your spirit animal yet?”
I look at my dad very confused “Spirit animal? What is that?”
Lexa looks at me surprised “You’ve never heard of a spirit animal?”
“No”
“A spirit animal is –“
“LEXA where are you, you've been gone more than 8 hours!” I hear a women's voice yell
Lexa starts to run as fast as she can. “Come on we have to hurry, I am in so much trouble.” My dad puts me back on the ground so we can keep up with Lexa, and we start to run.
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We ran until we started to see huts I guess you could call them. Then before I realize it Lexa stops and I run straight into her back.
“Lexa why'd you stop”I say but then I look up, and I see a very stern and slightly scary of a woman probably the lady that was calling Lexa’s name. Looks at Lexa angrily and looks at me and my dad slightly confused.
“Chit ste disha Lexa. Chon laik emo kru. Weron laik emo kom!” The lady yells to Lexa, while she looks back and forth between me and my dad.
“Emo komba kom the skai emo laik, en emo nou get in trideslang Anya.” Lexa says quickly back her, or Anya as Lexa calls her. Anya turns to looks at us.
“Who are you, and why do you say you one from the sky?” Anya says to my father like she doesn't believe a word he says.
“I am Jake…of the Skaikru, and this is my daughter Clarke.” My dad says to Anya confidently
“How can you live in the sky that's not possible.” Anya asks curiously
While my dad explains the history of the Ark, and how it's stays in space Lexa and I go over to the training grounds or at least I think it is because there are swords (wooden of course) all over the ground and logs, and we sit down an wait for the adults to finish speaking.
Lexa and I are just sitting on a log I look over and really look at her for the first time. Lexa has really pretty green eyes they look like the forest, and she has really beautiful hair as well. I didn't notice that I was starting for so long. “What are you looking at Clarke” Lexa asks me.
I look down “sorry Lexa it's just…your just really pretty.” Lexa smiles and blushes, and before she could sat anything Anya and my dad walk over.
Lexa looks up at Anya through her lashes with a hopeful expression on her face “so can they stay in Ton DC with us.”
“Lexa we don't know what people will say, or even if they will except Jake and Clarke because they are from the sky.” Lexa and I look at each other with depressed expressions “But I guess we can try to get people to know, and like them as you seem to already.” Lexa and I jump up and hug each other because we are so happy.
"What should I learn how to do first Lexa, I could learn how to swim, or shoot using a bow and arrow, or you can teach me how to use a sword, or what about-“ I rush out all at once, because I'm so excited of all the different possibilities there are to do on the ground.
"Clarke first we need to get you and your father a shelter to live in, and some furs for your house, and some clothes to help you fit you into the Trikru lifestyle even if you are Skaikru. Then after a while you can get your own furs, which you will learn to make after I teach both of you to hunt and skin an animal.” I am so excited at the idea of learning how to hunt that I just grin while nodding my head at everything Anya says. “Clarke if you want I can take you as my seken as well, and train you with Lexa if you would like.”
"Yes I would like that very much, but only if I can also learn to be a fisa as well Lexa said it means healer.” I reply back to her
“If that is what you would like Clarke then I can arrange for you to be an apprentice under Nyko he is one of our best healers, and in the morning you will train with Lexa.” Anya says
“I would like to do that very much, thank you.”
“For right now let's find you a place to stay so you can learn Trideslang.” Anya says with a smile and starts walking away
I grab Lexa's arm “I get to train with you isn't this going to be great.” I say to her with a smile not noticing my dad is walking away as well
“Life is going to be much better with you around SkaiPrisa.” Lexa says with a smile. I smile and kiss her cheek then run to catch up with my dad, not notice her face burning red. I come to a complete halt. “What did you call me Lexa.”
“I called you Sky Princess is that not your title, your dad called you princess.” Lexa says
“I guess people would say I was royalty on the Ark, so I guess it's okay to call me, um what did you say… Oh yeah SkaiPrisa.” I confirm “Come on Lexa we need to catch up to them we don't need to fall further behind.” I grab her hand, and we run to catch up to dad and Anya.
I can't wait to see what life on the ground has in store for us, that I forget completely about asking Lexa more on the spirit animal thing. I just hope me and my dad gave a going 10 or so years before the Ark comes crashing down, and ruining everything.