Maeve Keller has lived on the Ark from the day she was born. She and thousands of other people tried keeping the human population going, hoping that one day they would return to earth; which had been destroyed by a nuclear war a hundred years ago.

When the oxygen system on the Ark tends to fail, the council sends down all one-hundred criminals down to save air. Hundred kids are being placed in a drop ship and send down to the ground to see if it is survivable again.

But radiation isn't everything they need to worry about; there are suvivors there, animals even. At first there doesn't seem to be a threat, untill Jasper Jordan get speared through the chest and everything changes.

*The 100 fanfiction*

 Maeve Keller walked through the bushes and inhaled the fresh air of earth. She’d never expected to roam around the ground today; or any day for that matter. She rubbed her bicep and scrunched up her nose when she felt a bruise form on her pale skin. The landing with the dropship was rather harsh and she had bumped into the metal wall. Nothing she wasn’t used to, though.
     When she got arrested on the Ark; a space ship in space, she was manhandled quite a few times. She shuddered at the thought of being floated and let her eye wander around the clearing they had landed.
     “Jasper, Monty!” Maeve shouted, when she noticed her best friends near the dropship. She jumped over a tree root and leaped into their arms while chuckling at their bewildered faces.
     “Maeve, what are you doing here?” asked Monty, a confused look on his face when he had let go of her. “Aren’t you supposed to be on the Ark?”
     “What? You don’t want me here?” she asked, raising her eyebrows slightly with her arms crossed.
     “No, no, that wasn’t what he meant.” Jasper commented, shaking his head at his dark haired friend. “What he meant was; how the hell did you get yourself down here?” Jasper asked, and looked at Maeve with big eyes.
     “Well, I may or may not have tried to clear your criminal records and my mom found out and got me arrested.” Maeve said, biting her bottom lip and rocking back and forth on her heels. Jasper and Monty stared at her with their mouths agape. Monty was the first to response and shook his head at her.
     “You got in all that trouble just to try and free us?” he asked, a small smile forming on his features. “You my friend, are one of a kind and honestly the best friend to ever exist.”
     “God, I love you.” Jasper breathed, while he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and grinned. “Now that the trio is complete again, why don’t we explore this fresh nature.”
     “We still don’t know if the radiation is going to kill us, so why not be careful for a little while?” Monty said, glancing at all the cheering kids who ran around the clearing.
     “Come on, Monty. We better die having a little fun.” Jasper said, smirking at his best friend and patting him on the back before looking at the blonde a few feet away from us. “Watch this.” he said, walking up to her with a smug look. “Cool a map. Can I get a bar in this town, I’ll buy you a beer-” Jasper couldn’t finish his sentence because Wells Jaha who stood next to the blonde Clarke Griffin pushed him aside causing him to stumble and bump into Maeve and Monty who were watching the scene.
     “Do you mind?” Wells asked, raising his eyebrows at Jasper.
     “Whoa, hey, hey, hey. Hand off of him, he’s with us.” said John Murphy, as he and his friend ambled towards them.        
     “Relax, we are just trying to figure out where we are.” Wells said, raising his hands to stop a fight that might come their way.
     “We are on the ground. Isn’t that good enough for you?” asked Bellamy Blake; who was about five years older than the rest of them and came down to protect his sister Octavia. He had already appointed himself leader of the hundred.
     “We need to find Mount Weather.” Wells started, taking a few steps towards Bellamy. “You heard my father’s message, that has to be our first priority.”
     “Screw your father.” said Octavia, rolling her eyes at Wells. “What? You think you’re in charge here? You and your little princess?” she smirked, looking Clarke up and down.
     “Do you think we care who’s in charge? We need to get to Mount Weather, not because the chancellor said so, but because the longer we wait the hungrier we will get and the harder this will be. How long do you think we’ll last without those supplies? We are looking at the twenty mile track, okay. So if we want to get there before dark we have to leave now.” Clarke said, looking around at everyone who surrounded us.
     “I have a better idea; you find it for us. Let the privileged do the hard work for a change.” Bellamy said, and immediately people agreed with him. Maeve, however, didn’t agree with his terms. They needed food and water to survive, and with them staying here and partying about their freedom wasn’t going to get them any of that.
     “You are not listening, we all need to go-“ Wells started, before Murphy pushed him out of the way and smirked.
     “Look at this everybody, the chancellor of earth.” Murphy said, causing a few people to laugh at him.
     “You think that is funny?” Wells asked, as Murphy gave him another shove and kicked his feet from under him so he would fall down to the ground. Clarke struggled to get to him since one of Murphy’s friends held her so she couldn’t stop them. Wells got up slowly and clenched his fists ready to fight. Murphy lunged again but got stopped when Finn Collins jumped in front of him with a smug look.
     “Kid’s got one leg. Why don’t you wait until it’s a fair fight?” Finn asked, and crossed his arms as he stared at Murphy who slowly left the scene followed by his posse.
     “Hey, spacewalker. Rescue me next.” Octavia said, appearing at his side with a flirtatious smile on her face. Finn grinned at her and walked off into the direction Clarke and Wells went followed by Jasper and Monty. “What?” she asked, when her brother gave her a pointed and stern look. “He’s cute.” she finished, making Maeve snort and shake her head at the brunette.
     “And who are you?” Bellamy asked, looking at Maeve with raised eyebrows.
     “Maeve, she was in the skybox next to me.” Octavia answered, grinning at her friend and pulling her closer into a hug. “Found your friends yet?” she asked, as Maeve nodded her head in response.
     “Yeah, there back there somewhere.” she said, waving her hand into the direction they left off. “I think they are going to find Mount Weather, want to come?” she asked, ignoring Bellamy’s presence; already not being very fond of his attitude.
     “Yeah, finally adventure.” Octavia said, releasing Maeve and pulling her into the direction of the others.
     “No, I came down here to protect you.” Bellamy said, grabbing her wrist and trying to pull her away from me.
     “I don’t need protection. I have been locked up one way or another all my life. I am done following orders. I need to have fun, Bell. I need to do something crazy just because I can, and no one including you is going to stop me.” Octavia ranted, shaking her head at her older brother. “So, see ya.” she finished, walking towards Clarke and Finn followed by Maeve.
     “Four of us, can we go now?” Finn asked, when they arrived at the bank of the clearing.
     “Make it six.” Octavia said, clapping her hands together and ignoring Bellamy’s protests.
     “Okay, now let’s go.” Clarke said, faltering towards Mount Weather with the map in her hands. “And try to keep up.” she added, making Jasper and Monty shrug their shoulders in response. Just when Maeve wanted to follow behind Octavia a hand wrapped around her wrist and turned her around. She looked up and saw Bellamy looking down at her with furrowed eyebrows.
     “She seems to trust you, Octavia. Keep an eye on her for me will you?” he asked, while Maeve nodded her head at him in response.
     “Sure, just because you asked so nicely.” she said, sarcasm dripping from her voice as she tugged her arm loose and bounced after the others.