While laying on the cold hard room of hell, or should I say prison, I sketch a picture on the floor.

I can feel the sun on my face, I see trees all around me, scent of wildflowers on a breeze. It's so beautiful, too bad that's not reality and it never will be.

In this moment while I'm sketching a picture of the moon, I'm not stranded in space.

It's been 97 years since a nuclear apocalypse killed everyone on the Earth, leaving the planet simmering in radiation. Fortunately, there were survivors.

12 Nations and operational space stations at the time of the bombs. There is now only the ark, one huge station forged by the many, floating in space.

We are told the Earth needs another 100 years to become survivable again. 4 more space-locked generations, and man can go home, back to the ground.

The ground, that's the dream. This is reality.

The alarm sounds as my door to the cell opens. Alerted, I look up.

2 guards come in, looking quite serious.

"Prisoner 31, face the wall." This isn't right, I'm not 18 yet! Reality sucks.

I speak up. "What is this?" He ignores me completely.

"Quiet. Hold out your right arm." I look back to see they are grabbing something silver and metal.

"No. No. It's not my time. I don't turn 18 for another month." This isn't right, why are they doing it early? Have the rules changed?

"Hold out your arm." The man repeats it again. No, this can't be happening.

On the ark, every crime, no matter how small, is punishable by death unless your under 18.

I argue with the guards. It's not my time!

"Give me your watch."

"No. It was my father's!" I can't lose it, it's the only thing I have left. If I'm going to die, it's staying on me.

"Take it off." He reaches for me and I move away.

"No!" I can hear the other guard turning on the taser.

I quickly turn around and struggle to leave the room and run.

"Hey!" The guard reaches for me. I scream no once again. I push the guard with the taser out of adrenaline and attempt running out the cell again. He tries to tase me but I move his arm quickly and push him and the other guard.

Running out of the cell and closing the door, I look for a escape. Cells after cells around me with guards all around. I look down to see if there's any escape.

Juvenile offenders get locked up out here- lockup. We call it the sky box.

Suddenly, I hear my cell door open and I look over. The guard sees me.

"Prisoner 319-" Before I could run away I hear her voice.

"Clarke, stop. Wait here." I turn around and see my mom. My eyes start tearing up. It's really her.

"Mom? Mom, what's going on? What is this?" She pulls me into a hug as I'm on the verge of crying.

From a little bit away I can see the guards taking other kids out of their cells, just like they tried me.

"They're killing us all, aren't they, reducing population to make time for the rest of you?" I pull away, tears falling.

"Clarke, you are not being executed. You're being sent to the ground." The ground? "All 100 of you."

"What? But it's not safe. No. No." They're killing us. They know the ground isn't safe for another 100 years. We're just acceptable losses. My mother shushes me. How could she? "We get reviewed at 18."

"The rules have changed. This gives you a chance to live. Your instincts will tell you to take care of everybody else first, just like your father, but be careful. I can't lose you, too. I love you so much." I gasp and suddenly I feel a sharp pain in my side. The son of a bitch guard shot me with a dart.

I fall into my mom, fighting to stay awake. She lays me down and holds me close.

"Earth, Clarke. You get to go to Earth."

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Short? Yes. But, I promise some will be way longer while some will be shorter. This book alters between the shows characters and it is all based off the TV show, just my thoughts on what the characters are thinking.

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