I was 7 years old when I first met Lexa.

She stood proudly in front of her mother's legs and I hid behind my own mothers. She was a snooty 7 year old is what I remember most about her. I looked at her while our mother's talked and she was staring at me with a frown. She turned to her mother and pulled her pant leg pointing at me talking in a language I didn't understand. I felt my mother touch my hand that was on her leg and I looked up at her smiling eyes.

"Clarke honey, come meet the Chief of this village and her daughter Lexa."

My mother pushed me out from behind her legs and I felt extremely exposed as I looked at my well-worn shoes. I didn't want to meet new people; I had my other friends at home. I didn't need more.

I heard a scoff and I looked up. The girl Lexa crossed her arms in annoyance.

"I do not need weak friends." She said with a scowl on her face. She turned to her mother again who was giving her a disapproving look.

"Nomon…she is weak like the rest of them…why must I be nice to her." Lexa growled. Lexa didn't have any friends inside the village. They were all a bunch of crybabies and as the daughter of the Chief she wasn't weak.

My eye's narrowed as I bawled my little hands. Lexa's mother took notice and smirked as did my mother. I stomped my way towards Lexa and with a swift motion I pulled her shoulder and smacked her across the face hard. She fell on her butt, hitting the ground with a hard thump she then looked up in surprise as she put a hand to her cheek.

"Who are you calling weak!" I yelled.

Being as furious as a seven year old could be I crossed my arms glaring down at her.

"It's not nice to be mean to others just cause you think something like that." I said scolding her.

Lexa looked at her mother in awe and my mother laughed while the chief smirked knowingly. Lexa got off the ground and walked towards me. I flinched ready for retaliation as I brought my little firsts up in front of my face like my dad showed me and gave the best angry face I could.

"Y-you wanna fight?" I said as strongly as I could.

She grabbed one of my bawled up fists with excitement as she looked at me. The mean streak in her was instantly gone when she realized I was just as strong as her. I looked up at her in confusion and she pulled softly grinning at me as her green eyes lit up in wonder.

"Come, come Sky girl! There is much I wish to show you!" she pulled me more and I looked at my mom worried. I looked back at Lexa.

"Are you allowed to play?" Lexa asked softly while tilting her head.

My mom's hand came down on my head and patted it affectionately.

"As long as you two don't play too rough, Clarke is allowed to go play." My mother chastised. I grinned widely forgetting about my anger as I looked at how excited Lexa was to find someone that was willing to stand up to her. I nodded and squeezed Lexa's hand as we took off through the village to a tent in the heart of it.

Lexa dragged me in and then let go as she rushed over to a chest to the side of a huge bed. I looked around in awe at all the new things I've never seen before. Lexa came back with an arm full of toys and dropped them half hazardly on the ground then raced off to get more. I sat down next to the toys and pulled off my backpack and rummaged through it. I found what I as looking for and pulled out my box of crayons and a coloring book.

When Lexa came back she dropped the toys noticing what I was holding and looked at the book curiously. She sat down next to me watching and I looked up smiling. I scooted closer to show her the book of all the black and white characters as well as the one's I had colored already.

"Would you like to try?" I said softly almost shyly.

Lexa looked me in the eyes and then smiled as she nodded quickly unable to contain herself. I lay on my stomach and she did the same looking very eager as I flipped to a page I thought she would like. It was one of my favorites and I had been waiting till last to color it.

It was a picture of a knight on a horse and I looked at Lexa to see her reaction. She touched the paper with her mouth open and looked at me.

"It's called a Knight. It's my favorite picture out of the whole book!" I said proudly.

"K-Knight?" she said, trying the word out.

I nodded.

"Yes. It means a type of Hero, a Warrior." I explained.

Lexa's eyes brightened up at the word warrior.

"Gunna!" she exclaimed. I smiled at her.

"Would you like to help me pick the colors for his armor?" I asked.

Lexa gasped. "Yes!" she said as she moved closer. She was mesmerized by the new things I was showing her and I couldn't help but feel happy I could share something of me to someone else.

I showed her the crayon box and she touched each one delicately.

"What are they for?" she asked quietly as her eyes looked on with a twinkle in them.

"Let me show you." I took a brown from the box and began coloring the horse a deep brown.

"Wowwww." I heard Lexa say as I smiled. She looked at me for permission and I nodded as she reached for a sky blue and began delicately coloring the sky above the Knight.

"This is fun." She said quietly as we both laughed together as we continued to color.

"Are there not things like this here?" I asked.

"It is hard to find such things…but it is possible." She said.

I nodded along.

I grinned as she caught on fast to the idea. When we got on the topic of what color the armor should be Lexa wanted black. I shook my head.

"It should be White!" I said.

Lexa narrowed her eyes.

"It is not safe to wear white." She reasoned.

I shook my head. "It doesn't need to be real Lexa. The Knight is on paper. It should be a Knight in shining armor!" I exclaimed.

Lexa narrowed her eyes as she shook her head and grabbed the black. She was about to color it into the armor but I snatched the book up before she could. She got up and growled and that's when I narrowed my own eyes at her. She tried to grab the book but I dodged. She finally got ahold of it and pulled.

"Stop! You're going to rip it!" I cried as I pulled back.

There was a loud tearing sound and the book ripped in half.

I landed on my back as Lexa look stunned holding the other half of the book while the rest scattered around the room. I felt tears welling up and I then began to cry.

I cried loudly as Lexa looked upset and uncertain as she walked up to me. I pushed her crying harder.

"You ruined my book!" I said through snot and tears. Lexa looked hurt as she held the other half of the book to her chest and then my mom came rushing in looking scared and then eased up as she saw what had happened. I pointed at Lexa and cried harder seeing my mom and she rushed over to me stooping down.

"Clarke sweetie. What happened?" As she said that Lexa's mom walked in and looked at the drawings across the ground. I hiccupped and hugged my mom tightly. "S-she…" I pointed to Lexa and then at the tattered drawing book. "She broke it." I whimpered quietly into my mother's chest. More tears ran down my face as my mom picked me up and held me to her chest. "Shhhh, Clarke." She rocked me gently.

The Chief stared at her daughter disappointed and Lexa looked down. "I didn't mean to." Lexa said as she dug her boot into the dirt, ashamed at what she had done. Her mother sighed and looked at Abby. Abby nodded and carried Clarke out of the tent as the Chief followed.

"I'll take care of her punishment, I am sorry." Lexa's mom said quietly.

Abby shook her head. "Don't be too hard on her, she' still young." Abby rubbed and rocked Clarke until she was lulled into sleep quietly sniffling and sucking her thumb.

"It is our way to be hard on children…so they may grow stronger." The Leader said.

Abby looked at her silently debating her words.

"Clarke really loved that book. Her father gave it to her before we were sent to Earth."

The Lexa's mom nodded grimly.

"Clarke is still too young to understand what happened…she thinks she'll be able to go home after this…but there is no home to go back to, its way up in the sky among the stars." Abby said as she looked off to the side at the camp around her. She was very lucky to find this place and explained what happened to the woman standing in front of her. She will have to learn to fit in with them.

"It was not smart to send you down her to die with your healer abilities. It is nothing of this world."

"It was necessary." Abby said with sadness. "They would have killed our whole family. Her father gave up his life to send us here."

The Chief looked on at Abby as she adjusted Clarke on her shoulder. She realized then how similar she was to the woman standing in front of her holding a small child. Her husband died when Lexa was 2 years younger and it is hard to deal with a child so young.

Lexa's mom motioned for Abby to give Clarke to her and she did, The Chief carried young Clarke to the new tent that was constructed for the new healer in town and lay her down gently within the animal pelts. Abby watched her settle Clarke and realized too how closely related their two worlds were but so much being apart.

The Chief stood up and then faced Abby.

Lexa looked so much like the Leader standing in front of her at this moment. Fierce and unforgiving but there was a spark in her eyes. They had the same green eyes. It was as if Lexa's mom was the older version of Lexa and it was striking.

"I will have Lexa fix the damage she had caused, you should see the results tomorrow."

The woman that lead this village gruffly walked passed Abby and disappeared back to her own tent without another word. Abby looked on, worried about Lexa but then turned and went to lay with Clarke as Clarke snuggled into the animal furs from where she lay. Her golden hair spread out.

"Clarke…I only wish you would stay this innocent…" Abby said as a tear leaked down her face. She knew she would have to learn the ways of the people here but she wanted to keep as much pain away from Clarke as possible.

The Next day

I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and I sighed as I rolled over finding that my mom was sleeping next to me. I got up and wiggled myself out of my covers and made my way to the edge of the bed without trouble. I jumped down and landed. I pushed my blond hair out of my eyes and made my way towards the exit. I peeked out and realized everyone was already hustling and bustling through the village. I slipped out of the tent and made my way to the edge without being noticed I slipped into the forest and sighed dejectedly.

"Come on Clarke…your 7 years old now…you shouldn't have cried like that…" I chastised myself. I felt the warm tears starting remembering how daddy had given me the coloring book that had been ruined by Lexa just before we had to leave. I sniffed as I set down in a patch of dirt. I picked up a stick and began to draw. I felt wet warm tears running down my face and drips were landing on the bird I was drawing on the dirt.

I heard someone walking up to me in the grass and I sniffed and wiped my eyes as I looked behind me and there was Lexa. Her big green eyes were unsure as she watched me and she had my backpack on her shoulder as she gripped the strap waiting for me to say something. Her hair was wild and curly and the only thing keeping it out of her face was the headband she was wearing. Her clothes were as ratty as mine but where I wore a light blue shirt and dark shorts with white sneakers. She was wearing grays and blacks.

"Clarke?" she said quietly unsure of herself.

"May we speak?"

I looked at her a little longer and then sighed and nodded.

Lexa couldn't help the relieved smile that crossed her face as she moved towards me.

Lexa was very tall for her age so she towered over me but it wasn't going to stop me from slapping her on her butt again. She sat down gently and put the bag that was mine in front of her. She ran her fingers against the bright colors of my back pack and I watched as her face had a look that said she was torn with herself on what to say to me. She moved closer and then gently opened my backpack and pulled out what looked like my coloring book. It had been painstakingly rebound with light leather straps and then Lexa looked at me with sorry green eyes as she held it out to me.

I took it and opened it and the first page I saw was the Knight…and its armor had been colored a vivid White. My eyes widened and I looked up at Lexa and she brows furrowed worried she had done something wrong again.

"I am sorry…sky girl." She said quietly. "I…um…I would like to try to be friends again…if that is okay?" Lexa said worriedly. Her hands fiddled with my backpack unsure again.

I didn't know what to say as I looked back at my book. She cared. I could feel it from just looking at the fixed book in front of me. My eyes welled up with tears and then I turned back and wrapped my arms around Lexa and hugged her tightly to me.

Lexa stiffened at the contact and then leaned her head on mine as she hugged me back. I heard her heart beat increase and I smiled and I squeezed her tighter and then she winced.

I let go and looked at her worriedly but all she did was smile.

"I am strong." I furrowed my brow and she lifted her shirt and I saw the bruising.

I gasped and without thinking touched it.

"Did your mom do that!?" I asked astonished.

"It was my punishment. But it is our way." Lexa puffed out her chest.

"What does not kill you makes you stronger sky girl." She simply stated.

I looked at her worriedly and she laughed and reached out and pushed the worried wrinkles from my forehead. "Do not worry, a few hits will not make me go down."

I nodded in thought and then motioned for my backpack.

She handed it to me and I rummaged around and pulled out two juice boxes and two packets of animal gummies I had been saving.

"Then I will give you a reward for apologizing." I stated.

She looked on as I took a straw from one of the boxes and stuck it in the spot where it's supposed to go and handed it to her. She looked at it confused and I laughed as I stuck my own straw into my box and took a sip.

She followed my lead and then her eyes widened at the sugary taste.

"Wow…this is good." She said as she took another sip from her straw.

I giggled shyly and smiled at her.

Lexa looked genuinely happy again and I was glad.

"What is it called?" she said.

"Apple Juice. It comes from a type of fruit." I said.

"I would like to find more of these." She said.

I smiled as I took out another book from my bag and flipped it open showing her a picture of an apple and an apple tree. "This would be it then. We could do it. When we are older if you would like?" I said softly.

Lexa smiled and nodded.

"I would like that." She said.

I grinned and handed her a packet of gummies and showed her how to open it. She put one in her mouth and began to chew and the sound that came out of her mouth made me laugh and then she dumped the whole bag of gummies in her mouth and made funny faces at me. I laughed all the while harder as I politely ate mine one by one.

"I'm glad we are friends Lexa." I said.

Lexa's face warmed as she swallowed the gummies that were in her mouth as she nodded.

"Me too Sky Girl. I hope for you to be around for a long time." She simply put.

"I will." I promised.

We leaned into each other finishing our snacks and then I showed her how to draw the bird again in the dirt and she was intrigued.

That was how we became friends. That was the start of our story. And it didn't end there. By far it didn't end there.

A little closer to the village the Chief looked on at her daughter making things right and she smiled if only a little. Abby walked up and looked at where the Chief was looking and sighed in relief. She was worried when Clarke had been missing when she woke up but it looks like she worried for nothing.

"My daughter has taken a liking to your sky princess." The Chief said quietly as Abby crossed her arms and stared at both of their daughters.

"I'm not surprised. Clarke is a force to be reckoned with…she has always been like that." Abby stated matter of factly.

"She will make a good companion for Lexa. She will make her strong in ways our way cannot teach." The Chief turned to Abby and nodded as she walked away.

Abby looked on as she heard her daughter laughing at something Lexa said.

"I only hope Lexa can teach my daughter to be strong in your way as well." She said quietly to no one. "I have no hope when it comes to that." Abby watched her daughter smiling once more before walking away as well to begin her work.

They will have a long road ahead of them.

And that my dear friends is the first chapter of my new piece. :D I hope you enjoyed the cuteness and let me know what you thought. Next chapter will be more eventful as Clarke and Lexa begin to grow up together. There'll be a whole lot of mischief ahead XD Stay tuned :)

Love Artemis