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I used to dream

I used to glance beyond the stars

Now I don't know where we are

Although I know we've drifted far

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eyes wandered on the pages of the book she has already read hundreads of times but it was the only book she had in her cell.

It was the first Harry Potter volume,it was a book that Jake Griffin recommended to her in fifth grade at a party once.

She read all the volumes but the first one always held a special place in her heart.

It was the only book she had the chance to get when she got arrested.It reminded her of the magic of childhood.

And she had a week left of her life,in which she wanted to feel like a child again.

The grey door opened to reveal two guards entering the cell.

"Prisoner three-two-zero,face the wall."one of them said in a harsh tone.

"Or what?"Althea asked in an annoyed tone as she flipped a page of her book.

"Do it now or you'll regret it."

She scoffed and got up,she faced the wall when the other one opened a box,she glanced at it quickly,noticing some metal wristbands.

"What are you doing with those?"she asked a bit of worry in her voice.

She didn't get a vocal answer,only she felt the guard grabbing her wrist,she panicked and out of instinct kicked the guard with her leg.

Use what dad taught you.

That was the only thought racing in her mind a she attacked the guard.

She escaped the other guard's arms and exited the cell.

The bright light made her blink repeatedly before seeing many other prisoners of the Sky Box being taken out of their cells too.

"What the hell?"she whispered as she looked and one cell away there was Clarke Griffin,hugged by her mother Abby Griffin.

"Clarke!"she shouted.

Clarke looked up teary eyed as she gasped and fell numb in her mother's arms.

Althea's eyes wide opened confused,what was going on?

"Clarke."she whispered as she saw her friend getting carried away on a stretcher.

She felt her hand being grabbed and then her shoulders by someone else.

She tried to yank away but it was too late.

A stingy pain entered her skin as the wristband was being fixed on her wrist making her feel like little needles entered her skin.

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The redhead strapped herself to a chair after being led into a dropship along with other delinquents.

The seat next to her was taken by a slim brunette girl.

She recognized her when she got a better look at her.Very sharp jaw and beautiful green eyes.

Octavia Blake,the girl under the floor.

She was unknown to the Ark for almost sixteen years.Second child.Something that is illegal on the Ark due to the lack of oxygen.

Althea heard about her from her roommate Mika who unfortunately had some mental issues that the Ark didn't seem to care about.

She once tried to attack Althea before she went to sleep but the guards heard and decided to move Althea to isolation.

Plus the fact that her father arrested some of those kids,it wasn't very safe for her.

"Hi!"the girl snapped Althea out of her thoughts."I'm Octavia."

"Althea."she replied a bit off.

"So do you know why we're here?"she asked with a polite smile on her face.

"Have no clue."she answered truly.

"We're going to the ground."a very well known voice said as Peter Moon sat down and strapped himself.

"Peter?"Althea exclaimed from her seat.

Great,that's what she needed,in this messy situation why don't we also throw in an ex?

Peter Moon,genius kid,came out as bisexual while dating Althea and broke up with her to discover more about himself and his new sexuality.Good and smart guy.

"Hi Al,and to answer miss Blake's question.We are going to Earth.As I assumed it would happen at some point,the Ark is running out of oxygen.To make it quicker than the long explanation I had planned,we are going to see if Earth is survivable and if it is,the rest of the Ark comes down after us."

"Great."Octavia sighed and hit her back on the chair.

Before Althea could say anything else to Octavia,the ship rumbled and quacked making some of the teenagers scream.

The lights went on along with the chancellor's face popping on multiple screens around the dropship.

"Prisoners of the Ark,hear me now.You've been given a second chance."

"Dickhead."Althea muttered not wanting to hear his stupid speech.

Just like the kid had super hearing and heard Althea's mutters he shouted across the room.

"You're dad's a dick Wells!"

Chuckles and full laughs filled the room but what intrigued Althea was what the hell was Wells Jaha,the son of the chancellor doing there.

"Check it out!"

"Yeah Finn!"

The ginger glanced at a boy who unstrapped himself and floated across the room.

Finn Collins.People call him spacewalker.That's also why he got arrested.Waisted oxygen for a walk in space.

Althea thought he was stupid and brave.Stupid for getting caught and brave for doing what he did.

Octavia chuckled in her seat and encouraged the fellow delinquent.Althea looked in front of her at her ex-boyfriend who rolled his eyes at the sight of Finn.

Althea knew Peter as the kid who didn't break a damn rule.How did he get arrested?

The boy next to Octavia and the other one in front of him took Finn's example and unstrapped theirselves,slowly starting to float just like him.

"Stay put if you wanna live!"Clarke shouted,Althea saw her when she was brought by some guards,still unconscious and now she was being her bossy self.

The dropship quacked and moved left to right and right to left,the lights switching on and off and Jaha's voice in her head.All of those things made Althea noxious.

A loud thud was heard and the the ship felt like it was dropped out of someone's hand and then quickly caught again.

"It's the parachute."the redhead heard Peter shouting over the loud voices.

Another thud made her look in the direction of the boys who were now throw in another part of the ship.

The dropship was falling at a large speed,it made terrible noises and people were screaming and scared.

Althea saw Octavia's scared face that was close to bursting in tears,they might die in this stupid dropship.Althea was prepared for her clock to stop,she thought she only had a week left and then had a bit of hope when she heard they are going to Earth.

She grabbed the girl's hand closed her eyes thinking of her parents,Monty,Jasper and even Peter.People very important to her.She tried to use her thoughts as a cover for the panicked yells.

The lights went back on,nothing quacked anymore.

"Listen,no machine hum."a very familiar voice pointed out.

"Monty?"Althea breathed out.

"I think it was him."Peter almost whispered out of fear.

Everyone unstrapped their seatbelts and Althea did the same after letting go of Octavia's hand giving her a reassuring smile.

"The other door is on the lower level!Let's go!"a boy shouted across the room.

"Shall we,ladies?"Peter asked Octavia and Althea.

The three teenagers went down the dropship and as they did,they heard Clarke snapping at someone.

"The air could be toxic!"The blonde said with a serious tone.

"If the air's toxic we're all dead anyway."the apparently guy said annoyed.

Althea couldn't quite see what was going on as Octavia took a lot of time to climb down the latter.

"Bellamy?"she asked in disbelief as she climbed down faster letting Althea see this Bellamy herself.

He was dressed as a guard,black hair gelled looking like it was licked,his skin tanned.

Octavia walked to him with Peter and the ginger behind her.

"That's the girl they hid under the floor!"a boy said a bit too loud making Althea roll her eyes.

Bellamy looked in shock at his little sister and then smiled.

"My God.Look how big you are."he smirked at his sister who grabbed him into a hug.

"What the hell are you wearing?A guard's uniform?"Octavia asked angry.

"I borrowed it to get on the dropship.Someone's gotta keep an eye on you."he explained himself as O hugged him again.

"Where's your wristband?"Clarke asked pointing out how he doesn't own the "jewelry" the delinquents were given.

"Do you mind?I haven't seen my brother in a year."Octavia snapped at Clarke.

"No one has a brother!"

"That's Octavia Blake,the girl they found hidden in the floor!"

"Shut it!"Althea shouted across the room as Octavia lunged at the crowd,Bellamy quickly grabbing her.

"Octavia!Octavia no!Let's give them something else to remember you by."her brother tried to calm her down.

Bellamy grabbed the handle and pulled it down,letting the door fall to the ground.

A bright light made Althea blink a couple of times before getting used to it.Fresh air filled her nostrils as she took in a deep breath.

So much green,trees grass,the sun hiding behind the trees.Hearing birds singing in the background.

The sky was so beautiful having an amazing shade of blue.

Octavia took a deep breath like the redhead did earlier,stepping on the dropship with heavy steps,she jumped on the soft ground,lifted up her hands in the air after a few seconds and yelled.

"We're back bitches!"

Lots of cheers and shouts were heard from the dropship as the teenagers ran into the woods happy.Something they haven't been in a long time.

Althea followed them with Peter by her side and stepped on the ground feeling its softness while glancing at the plants surrounding them.

"So beautiful."she whispered and smiled but still was heard by Peter.

"I agree."he smirked.

"Well well well,who do we have here?"a too familiar voice asked making the ex-couple turn around.

"Monty!Jasper!"Althea almost shouted at the two boys.

She jumped in Monty's arms almost knocking him off on the ground as Peter hugged Jasper and then the other way around.

"What are you two doing here?!"Althea asked them with a much more serious tone.

"You're screwed."Peter mocked the two.

"Let's just say we found an interesting plant which we took advantage of and forgot to replace it."Jasper explained making Althea roll her eyes.

She looked behind her and saw Clarke and Finn looking at something.

"I'm gonna go say hi to a girl."she announced the three boys and ran up to the blonde.

"Clarke!Tarzan!"she nicknamed Finn and hugged Clarke.

"Hi Althea."she said a bit more serious than usual.

"What's wrong?"Althea asked her friend.

"That is what I was just gonna ask her."Finn pointed out.

"Do you see that peak over there?"Clarke asked the two who muttered a "Yeah."

"Mount Weather."Clarke said exasperated."There's a radiation-soaked forest between us and our next meal."

"That doesn't sound so good."Althea pointed out something obvious already.

Clarke glared at the mountain like it was its fault when the poor mountain was innocent.

"They dropper us on the wrong damn mountain."

"Well,shit."

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First chapter is FINALLY up!

There wasn't any interaction between Bellamy and Althea but believe me there will be a lot soon.

I can't wait to write Althea's character bc she goes through so much it actually hurts me.

Hope you enjoyed the first chapter and the next one will be even longer than this one,I mean this was pretty long but not as long as other chapters...anyways.

Hope you're having a great day/night!

Love,A💘