❝ 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 ❞
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀

𝗔𝘃𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

My eyes flutter open and the first thing I see I Bellamy's sleeping figure. He's slumped against the drop ship wall and I'm laying in a hammock.

"Bellamy?" I croak, my voice rough and dry.

His eyes sleepily open and once he sees i'm awake he immediately jumps up to my side.

"What happened?" I ask him, trying to sit up.

"You passed out. Clarke said it was sleep deprivation" He states and I groan, lifting myself up.

"I'm okay" I grumble, sitting up and swinging my legs off the hammock.

"No, you're not. When was the last time you slept?" Bellamy asks me, stopping me from standing up.

"I just woke up" I reply with a teasing smile.

He shakes his head and crouches down to level with me.

"You've got to stop turning everything into a joke, Ava. When was the last time you slept? Other than this time" He says sternly and I roll my eyes.

"Before I got stabbed. Only a couple days" I shrug and he gives me a look that tells me he doesn't believe a word in saying.

"Okay, maybe a week" I huff and he shakes his head at me.

"You need to sleep" He tells me.

"I'll sleep when I'm dead" I reply, standing up.

Bellamy pushes me back down and I glare up at him.

"We just sorted things, Bell. Don't make me kick your ass" I threaten him and he scoffs with a smile on his face.

"You think I won't do it?" I ask in disbelief and he shrugs.

"You may have beaten Octavia but I'm a lot bigger than she is" He states.

I stand up, throwing my fist at him and unsurprisingly he catches it with a smug smile on his face. I then send my other fist barrelling for his face and he catches that one too.

He smirks down at me thinking he has the upper hand and I grin maliciously before bringing my knee up, effectively knocking the wind out of him.

He lets me go, stumbling back and gasping for air. I trip him up and put my boot clad foot on his chest.

"I warned you" I declare and he glares up at me.

I make a move to walk away but Bellamy grabs my foot and yanks on it, tripping me up. I hit the floor with a thud and he lets out a laugh, making me scowl at him.

I flip myself onto my back and lay there, breathing heavily.

"How long was I out?" I wonder curiously.

"Two days" He replies and my eyes widen in  surprise.

"Two days?!" I shriek.

I pull myself to my feet and Bellamy does the same, grabbing my arm before I can escape the drop ship.

"What are you doing?" I question in confusion.

"You asked me not to leave, so i'm not leaving" He answers and I furrow my brows.

"I did what now?" I retort and he chuckles, pulling me in close.

I wrap my arms around his torso and he holds my head to his chest protectively.

"Take care of yourself, okay?" He whispers, placing a light kiss on my head.

"Okay" I sigh.

"Lay down" He says, nudging me over to the hammock.

"Where are you going?" I question him.

"I'm going to make sure no one's burnt the camp down" He jokes and I grin in amusement.

He exits the drop ship and I lay down in the hammock, closing my eyes. My brain doesn't allow me to sleep which is understandable due to my two day slumber, so I lay there and think over everything that's happened since we landed here.

Our first day here I befriended Octavia who later on that day was almost eaten by a river monster.

I too was almost eaten by the same river monster.

Then Jasper was speared and almost died too.

Atom got caught in the fog and I mercy killed him to spare him from the pain he was in.

Charlotte killed Wells and then everyone strung Murphy up for said murder.

Charlotte jumped off a cliff and we banished Murphy.

Raven landed on earth and I got my best friend back.

Three hundred people died on the Ark to save oxygen.

I met Nova when she saved me from a spear.

I shot Dax and then talked Bellamy out of running away.

Nova and Lincoln started training me and teaching me their ways.

Finn and I tried to make peace with the grounders which majorly backfired.

(The exodus ship crashed and now we have no back up.

The Ark has gone radio silent and i'm afraid they've run out of oxygen.

Murphy infected the camp with a virus that killed fourteen people.

Jasper and Raven blew up the bridge and saved us all.

I fainted from sleep deprivation and have been out cold for two days.

It's been a hell of a month.

Suddenly I hear screaming and shouting which makes me perk up in concern.

i'm sure no one will mind if I take a look, right?

I wander outside to see a large pile of ash where the smoke shed used to be. Bellamy crouching on the ashes, looking around and I head straight for him.

"I thought you were kidding when you said you were making sure no one burnt the camp down" I announce and Bellamy looks up at me in surprise.

"I thought you were resting" He frowns.

"I couldn't with all the noise" I shrug.

"Hey, Ava! Nice to see you up!" Clarke's voice shouts and I turn to see her approaching us.

"Thanks, blondie. It's good to be up" I grin.

"Any idea what happened?" Clarke asks Bellamy.

"Murphy says that Del kept feeding the fire, mostly because Octavia told him it was a bad idea" Bellamy answers.

"And we believe Murphy?" Clarke asks, her facial expression proving she doesn't.

"I do. Yeah" Bellamy says and I nod.

"It does sound something Del would do" I agree.

"We have some wild onions and nuts in the drop ship. It's only enough to last us maybe one or two weeks" Clarke explains.

"What's left here?" She then asks.

"Nothing. It all burned" Bellamy says, standing up.

A small silence casts over us and I look around at the damage that's been caused.

"Then we have to hunt. Anyone we can spare goes out" Clarke states and turns to walk away.

"With the whole grounder army out there?" Bellamy asks, grabbing her arm.

"Look. We can't defend ourselves if we're starving" Clarke argues.

"She's right. We can go out in groups to make sure no one is left alone" I suggest.

"You're not going" Bellamy retorts.

"Yes, I am. I know more about the grounders than you think. I can help" I protest and he opens his mouth to speak but Clarke stops him.

"You know what she's saying is right, Bellamy. Other than Octavia, Ava knows the most about the grounders" She states and I smile at the blonde gratefully.

He huffs walking away and Clarke smiles at me in amusement.

"Grumpy pants" I mutter and she chuckles lowly.

Bellamy, Clarke and I round up some groups of people who aren't needed at camp and get them into the drop ship.

"Each group takes someone with a gun, and they're for killing grounders, not food. We don't have the ammo. Use the spears for hunting. Get what you can. Be back by nightfall. No one stays out after dark!" Bellamy orders everyone around and they listen, gathering spears.

Bellamy walks away and I stick by Clarke, feeling a strange need to go with the girl.

"Hey, Clarke! You alone?" I hear a voice ask and I turn to see Myles.

"You maybe want to go together?" He asks her.

She looks at me and I nod, telling her I'm okay with it.

"Sure. I'll get some gear" Clarke smiles.

I grip tightly onto my bow which I retrieved from my tent earlier and wait with Myles who smiles at me shyly. I smile back and turn to see Finn talking to Clarke. Myles walks past me and I follow him over to the duo.

"Hey, partner, we're loosing daylight" Myles announces and then looks at my best friend.

"Oh, Finn! You're joining the band?" The boy asks him.

"Sure" Finn smiles.

"Awesome. Haven't really got a chance to hang with you guys much" Myles states and I can't help but smile.

"Hey, do you even know how I got arrested on the Ark?" He asks us as we exit the drop ship.

"I'm dying to hear about it" Finn replies but the slightly sarcastic smile on his face says otherwise.

I elbow my best friend and share a smile with Clarke as Myles starts telling us about how he was arrested.

After walking for a while Finn crouches down and I see prints in the mud where he's looking.

"One of those scaly panther things?" Myles asks curiously.

"No. Boar" Finn replies simply.

"Good, because that panther meat is nasty, but I could eat a whole boar by myself, no joke" Myles rants as Finn and Clarke walk ahead.

"You know what the best part is. Of the boar?" He asks.

"What part?" I humor him.

"It's gonna sound gross-" He starts but he's cut off by Clarke.

"Myles, quiet for a second" She snaps and I rush forward to see what they've found.

"What is it?" I wonder curiously, crouching down beside her and Finn.

"These tracks" Finn states.

"They're perfect" Clarke adds.

"Too perfect" Finn replies and I get a bad feeling in my stomach.

"We're the ones being hunted" Finn reveals.

"God dammit" I curse.

Myles stands up and looks around through the scope of his gun.

"I don't see anything" He states.

Suddenly arrows start flying and they hit Myles. I crawl over to the boy in panic and see he's been hit twice, once in the leg and once in the shoulder.

"Myles!" Clarke worries.

"Clarke, Ava, come on. We got to leave him" Finn says and runs.

Clarke jumps up to follow but a grounder appears and she's knocked down.

"Clarke!" Finn snaps.

"No" She gasps and Finn is also hit.

Both grounders turn to me and I put my bow in my quiver, holding my hands up in surrender.

They approach me and as they get close I try to run but I only run into another grounder, this one swinging an axe at my head.

I duck, narrowly missing the blade but don't manage to steady myself in time for one of the other grounders to hit me over the back of the head.