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Hidden away in her bedroom, Aleta scribbled into her notebook. That was something she always did: write. She had gone through so many journals that her father threatened to cut her off and would not get her anymore if she didn't stop writing so much. Resources were limited and he couldn't continue to snag the journals for her. So she wrote less and less, much to her dismay.

Across from the girl sat Raven Reyes who was timidly eating some of Aleta's rations. She didn't like eating the girl's food, though Aleta never minded. She had plenty of it, something that bugged her. She hadn't realized before that people on Alpha Station had it so good and received more rations than others. She had been completely oblivious to it. Her parents hadn't wanted her to know, especially her father. He wasn't too thrilled when she had brought a seven year old Raven to their home eight years ago. Aleta didn't care.

"Your parents still making you hang out with that kid?" Raven asked. Aleta looked up from the notebook and gave the brunette a look. "They're not making me hang out with her and she's not a kid," she said. "She's like, eleven," Raven stated. "Clarke is thirteen, only two years younger than us and she's very mature for her age," Aleta corrected.

"So you like hanging out with younger people?" Raven questioned. "I hang out with you, don't I?" Aleta said. "You're like two months older than me," Raven deadpanned. "Still older," Aleta muttered and Raven rolled her eyes. "You hang out with Finn. In fact, you like him," Aleta drawled. Raven flushed in embarrassment. "No I don't," she denied. "Mhm, sure you don't."

Aleta placed her pencil into the journal. "Besides, I like hanging out with Clarke, it's refreshing to talk to someone other than you," she joked. Raven kicked Aleta's foot whilst the black haired girl laughed.

"But Clarke's cool. She's coming over in a few days, maybe you can drop by," Aleta said. "I'm gonna be busy, trying to get work," Raven replied. Aleta nodded, looking down at her notebook. "Besides, I don't want to interfere with your play date," the brunette added. It was Aleta's turn to kick the girl's foot.

Raven stood and began walking about Aleta's room. Aleta went back to writing. "Did you draw this?" Raven questioned. Aleta looked up to see Raven holding a drawing of Earth. "Nope, Clarke did," Aleta replied. "Now I know why you hang out with her so much. You're both, tortured artists," she joked. Aleta rolled her eyes at the reference to what people used to say back on Earth.

"No we're not," Aleta denied. "Whatever you say Leti," Raven said. The two were succumbed into a peaceful silence. Aleta's mind began to wander back to her conversation with Clarke earlier that day. About Earth and how they'd never see it. The dark haired girl began to long to feel wind on her face, feel sand between her toes, feel fresh running water as she swam in a lake or in the ocean. She wanted to know what grass felt like beneath her feet as she walked through fields. She wanted to feel rain and snow.

She wanted to experience the things she had seen in those old movies from the planet she longed to visit. Aleta sighed and returned her attention to the notebook in her hands.

She flipped to a new page and began writing about Earth.

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So if you remember the original prologue, it was of Clarke and Aleta and their friendship and Clarke drew the picture of Earth that was mentioned in this rewrite. In this book rewrite, I wanted to display Aleta and Raven's relationship a bit more than I did in the original. I feel as though their friendship has so much depth and I find it to be really important. Aleta and Clarke are still close but I feel as if it makes more sense for Raven and Aleta to be closer (if that makes sense). This had always been my idea of how Raven and Aleta met and I thought it would be better to bring it up earlier and showcase it more. I plan to go into more detail about how they met later on maybe in flashbacks. Hope you all enjoyed.