Forever Yours

Arrival

Lexa

"Mom!" Clarke greeted happily, dashing from my side to greet her mother.

Raven joined my girlfriend and her mother in the hug, Luna coming to my side.

"At least they get along now." She teased lightly and I chuckled.

"Do you even know why that feud started?" I teased.

She shrugged, "The gist of it Raven explained.  Started at Mount Weather, after that they were strained, a bunch of stuff went down, she hated you, Clarke refused to stay here so that she could be with you, Abby got mad, did I get the gist?"

I chuckled, "Yes Luna." I said, smiling fondly at my sister.

"Are you two going to come over here and help us introduce the new family members or stay over there?" Raven called and Luna chuckled, smiling at me before dashing over to her fiance.

I followed her, seeing Lincoln and Octavia had circled around to stand over there, hands entwined, and glancing back, I noticed Murphy and Emori had disappeared.

"They left a while ago Lex." Clarke teased and I blushed, causing her to giggle.

Marcus had arrived by now, standing next to Abby.

"Heda." He greeted and I nodded, holding out my arm for him to grasp.

He accepted as I spoke, "Marcus.  How have things been in Arkadia?"

He smiled slightly as we released the grip, "Things have been going well.  With Indra's help we've opened trade with Trikru.  They've been helping us learn to hunt and we've been teaching them our healing techniques.  Our people are becoming more and more accepting of each other each day it seems." He said, smiling at me, his eyes seeking approval.

I nodded, giving him a small smile, "That is good to hear.  I'm glad that our people are finally mending the friendships that were broken." I said.

"So Raven said you have some new family members?" Abby asked, curious.  I understood why.  Raven and Clarke were her daughters so she wanted to know who her daughters were around.

Raven chuckled and nodded, Octavia speaking up.  "Yeah, Bellamy let himself be discovered." The warrior's small smile turned to a smirk as Bellamy let out a "Hey!" from where he was still by the horses.

Octavia grinned, turning to look over there, "Would you two get over here?  You have the Commander and some pretty god warriors on your side!  Plus, Abby is mostly bark."

My brows furrowed, "Why does your mother bark Clarke?" I asked, confused.

Clarke bit her lip, "It's an expression Lexa.  It means she yells and threatens and stuff more than she actually, you know, does anything physical."

I nodded, looking back at Bellamy and Echo, both who looked like 'deer in headlights' as the Skaikru say.

I glanced back to see that Abby's eyes had gone wide, Marcus seeming both surprised and somewhat delighted by the revelation.

"Marcus, Abby, we can explain." Bellamy started, holding up his hands as if in surrender before the onslaught came.

When Marcus just looked at Abby, who was still speechless, Clarke spoke.  "Mom, are you okay?"

Abby shook her head slightly, letting out a breath, "I'm not sure what I expected but this was not it."

Raven giggled, "Not what O expected either, I thought she was gonna go boom."

"The only things that go boom around here are the things that you make Raven." Octavia pointed out.

Raven sighed, "Fine, I thought you were going to blow a fuse." She huffed, "It sounds so less intense."

Luna smiled sympathetically at her partner, though there was amusement dancing in her eyes.

Abby sighed and nodded, "So I'm guessing you're the disappeared General?" She asked, looking back at Echo.

Echo's brows furrowed, "What do you mean?"

Abby smiled slightly, "Roan, at the tournament, said that he had had one of Nia's Generals more or less step down and disappear to who knows where."

Echo smiled and chuckled, "Yes, that would be me."

Abby chuckled, "If I'm allowed to ask, why did you leave?"

She smiled, "The only good reason I had for staying had protection under Roan and I wanted to find Bellamy, if nothing else to apologize.  I guess when we started meeting I just never thought of going back."

Clare's brows furrowed and it was clear she was trying to work something out in her mind but she said nothing at the moment, and Abby nodded.

"I think I can forgive you.  We've all done things to look after our people and keep them and ourselves alive.  Welcome to the family."

Echo lit up and I smiled as Bellamy grinned at her.

"Now, we should probably be showing all of you where you'll be staying." Marcus said, gesturing for us to follow.

I smiled, taking Clarke's hand and following.

Marcus pointed out things, such as storage houses or accomplishments, as we walked and I would eagerly listen, wanting to see what Skaikru had accomplished since I'd last been here.

Mine and Clarke's room was the last one we reached so we were alone with Marcus and Abby by the time we were parting for the time being.

"I'm glad to see how far Skaikru has come under your leadership Marcus." I said.

He smiled, "Thank you Commander, but I couldn't have done it without you and Abby."

I smiled, "I know." I said, smirking when his eyes went wide and Clarke looked between us, confused.

Saying our 'see you later's, Clarke and I slipped into our room.

"What was that about?" Clarke asked curiously.

"It's for me to tease them about and them to tell you when they're ready." I replied.

She huffed, pouting at me, and it took all my willpower not to give and tell her.  "Lex...."

"Hodnes..." I responded.

She groaned, flopping down on our bed and I chuckled, moving to give her a kiss.

"I'm sure they'll tell you soon love." I promised softly.