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Yep. Got sucked into a new fandom. Started writing a couple Bellamy/Clarke fics and so far this was my favorite so I decided to publish it.

I really hope this ship sails because I am sick of all my ships sinking…

Enough of that…I hope you like it.

Bellamy didn't know what to do. Octavia was sick. Really sick. It was a virus that was going around and some people had already died from it. O couldn't die. She was his responsibility. Right now he was putting a cool cloth over her hot forehead. She was only 4. She had barely begun to live. Bellamy looked at his mother who was pacing back and forth trying to figure out what to do. Finally she stopped and looked at him.

"I know what to do, but you must promise to go along with it and say nothing, understand?" Aurora said and Bellamy nodded. Aurora walked over to Octavia and kissed her hot cheek. "I risked too much to let anything happen to her now."

With that their mother left.

She didn't come home for another hour. The minutes ticked by slowly. When she finally arrived she came back with a man Bellamy vaguely recognized. By his nice clothes and watch he was from Phoenix.

"I didn't know what else to do Jake," Aurora said leading him in. "Bell, this is my old friend Jake. We grew up together. Jake this is my son Bellamy…and my daughter Octavia."

"Nice to meet you both," Jake said and knelt down next to the bed, "May I?" He asked Bellamy. The 10 year old nodded. Jake felt her forehead.

"We need to get her to my wife," Jake said, "She won't survive if I don't."

"They'll float me Jake," Aurora said, "I can't risk that."

"I am not going to let that happen Aurora," Jake said and then was quiet for a moment thinking it over. "Okay, I got it, but if you falter from the story even a little bit we are all in danger." Both Aurora and Bellamy nodded. Jake looked at Octavia. "Got it, Empress Octavia?" The little girl cracked a smile at the name and nodded too. "I am going to say that I found her abandoned. It isn't that uncommon with sick children from Walden. Most of the time we don't…we don't make it in time. But I can say I found her."

"She isn't registered," Aurora said.

"I'll take care of it," Jake said, "But it will mean she can't come home. Ever."

"What?" Bellamy said.

"I will have to register her and I can't register her as a Blake, but I can as a Griffin." Jake explained.

"Jake what are you talking about?" Aurora asked.

"Having two children is punishable by death, but adopting one is not," Jake replied. "I'll take good care of her. I have a daughter her age too."

"Octavia will grow up in Phoenix?" Aurora said.

"Yes, if I can convince the Chancellor, which shouldn't be hard. A lot of people think floating makes us look barbaric, but if I adopt an abandoned child it will show that the council can be merciful." Jake reasoned. Aurora nodded. Jake put his arm around her and kissed her head in comfort. He looked back at Bellamy. "You are going to have to let me take her now." Bellamy shook his head and held his sister tighter to him.

"Go on," Aurora said. "Say goodbye."

"Goodbye Octavia," Bellamy said and Jake picked her up.

"Bell? Mommy?" Octavia said getting scared.

"We will always love you," Aurora promised. "Now you be good, and do everything Jake says. It is the only way to save you. Okay?" Octavia nodded.

"Let's go get you well Empress," Jake said and he left with Octavia. Aurora sat down on a chair and started to sob.

"Mom?" Bellamy said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"We did the right thing, she is going to have a better life than I could ever give her." Aurora said between sobs. "We did the right thing."

Bellamy sure hoped so.

And he hoped he would see her again.

Bellamy didn't see her for another two years. Not surprising considering she lived in Phoenix now. He heard about her though. The abandoned child the doctor and head engineer took in. He saw her on Unity Day. She was holding one of the flags and was reciting the familiar words. After she went over and stood next to a blond girl. Bellamy recognized Jake as he walked over and picked Octavia up and rested her on his hip while the doctor, Abby, picked up the blond girl. Octavia looked around the crowd and spotted him. They locked eyes for a moment before she grinned and waved. Bellamy waved back. After the ceremony was over everyone started to leave and go back to work. Bellamy weaved his way closer to Octavia, but stopped short of being next to her.

"Did you have fun Empress?" Jake asked.

"Oh, yes, Daddy, I was so nervous!" Octavia said. Daddy. She called him Daddy.

"What about you Princess?" Jake asked the blond girl.

"It was fun, you did great O," She said and Octavia beamed. Bellamy didn't like that she used his nickname for Octavia.

"You should have been in it too Clarke," Octavia said, but Clarke shook her head.

"Not all of us are as fearless as you," Jake said, "Now, let's go home. We can tell Wells all about it."

"Kay Daddy," Both Octavia and Clarke said and then they disappeared from sight. When he got home Bellamy told his mother that he had seen her.

"How did she look?" Aurora asked eagerly.

"Good, healthy, she got so big," Bellamy recalled. "Jake still calls her, Empress."

"Jake is a good man," Aurora said.

"Octavia called him "Daddy," Bellamy said softly. "Do you think she forgot her family now that she has a new one?"

"Never," Aurora assured him, "She is a lucky girl, not many people have two families." Aurora tried to smile, but failed.

Bellamy didn't talk to her properly until Octavia was 10. It was just glimpses and waves before that. Jake brought her home. He said all she wanted for her 10th birthday was to see her mother and brother. Aurora was crying and kissing her all over. Octavia laughed. Bellamy hugged her so tight he thought he might crush her, but he didn't care. His sister was home.

"You are so big!" Aurora said looking her daughter over. "You look so much like me."

"She does," Jake agreed.

"So tell me everything," Aurora said taking her daughter's hands. Jake said he would be back in a half an hour giving the family some alone time.

"I have a sister now too," Octavia said, "I am the only person in the Ark to get a sister and a brother. Clarke is great. She is teaching me how to draw. Daddy…I mean Jake is teaching me how to build things. Abby tries to teach me medical stuff, but I don't find it as interesting as Clarke. But she does insist I know some things just in case. Like if I was to get a fever again I know to cure it, and I know how to dress a wound if I get cut."

"Wow," Aurora said while Bellamy didn't say anything. His sister sounded so…happy. A lot happier than she would have been if she stayed here hiding under the floorboards. The time went by too fast because it wasn't long before Jake came back to get her. Bellamy gave his sister one last hug before she left, again. The only time Bellamy ever saw Octavia was on her birthday. For the next 6 years he only got to see his sister once a year.

Until the masquerade dance on Unity Day. He was a cadet working as security. He did it because he knew Octavia would be there. She loved dances. She always told Bellamy and their mother all about them on her visits. Bellamy looked for her, but he didn't spot her until her heard her voice. Octavia was wearing a blue mask standing next to what Bellamy was pretty sure was Clarke by the blond hair. Clarke's mask was blue too, but a lighter shade. It matched her eyes.

"Come on, Clarke, let's dance," Octavia said.

"I don't dance, O," Clarke said.

"Loosen up Clarke," Octavia said taking her hands. She was awkwardly trying to get Clarke to dance. She must have felt him looking because Octavia caught his eye. She grinned and waved him over. Bellamy hesitated. Usually he talked to Octavia in the privacy of his home, not out in the open like this. What if they slipped up?

"Hey, guard, come here," Octavia said. Bellamy walked over. He probably shouldn't have, but he wanted to see her so bad. "Dance with my sister here."

"What? Octavia!" Clarke said and although it was covered by her mask Bellamy had a feeling her cheeks were red.

"Okay, either dance with the guard, or make out with him." Octavia said and Bellamy wondered what the hell she was up to.

"Octavia!" Clarke said again and her blush was down to her neck now. He decided he liked seeing the princess flustered so he went with it. He made a show of looking Clarke over carefully.

"Why not," He said smirking, "What will it be princess? A dance or a dark corner?"

"A dance," Clarke said quickly. "But aren't you supposed to be working?"

"Security, and I wouldn't be a very good cadet if I didn't save the girl from dancing alone," Bellamy said and took Clarke's hand before she could protest. Bellamy didn't quite know what Octavia was up to, but he had to admit this was fun. Clarke was a bad dancer, so Bellamy mostly just spun her around and then pulled her close. He was a good dancer. His mother had taught him. Clarke laughed as he spun her again. He pulled her close to him again and Clarke put her hand on his shoulder. They swayed like that for a moment even though the music wasn't paced for it. As they looked at each other with big smiles on their faces suddenly it wasn't funny anymore. Bellamy let go of her hand and took off her mask. Clarke blinked up at him.

"Clarke!" A voice that was not Octavia's called out.

"Glass," Clarke said taking her mask back from Bellamy and putting it on. "Having fun?"

"Apparently not as much as you," Glass said looking over Bellamy.

"I'm thirsty," Clarke said taking her friends hand and leaving.

"She's pretty isn't she?" Octavia said standing next to him.

"What are you doing O?" Bellamy asked.

"Just giving you a little shove in the right direction," Octavia said.

"Your uptight adopted sister is the right direction?" Bellamy said.

"Clarke is very focused, like you, she is also very loving and caring, like you," Octavia said, "You two would be good together." Before Bellamy could reply there was a Solar Flare warning and the party was over.

"Talk to you soon," Octavia said. "Maybe I will bring Clarke with me this time." Bellamy rolled his eyes at his sister's matchmaking skills. Still the princess sure was pretty…

"Talk to you soon," Bellamy said.

But it wouldn't be soon. Bellamy wouldn't talk to his sister for another year when they were on the ground after he shot the Chancellor.

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What did you think? Please let me know if you want me to go on. I need to know if I should bother, even though I like this plot.

The next chapter is from Clarke's point of view and the one after that is Octavia's.