Dawn of the Shadow Warlocks

By Reed West

Chapter 1: Unexpected

"What the bloody hell was that?" yelled Jace as he faced the slowly vanishing portal as it shrunk into nothingness. Clary rubbed the side of her head as she rose from the dusty coloured ground.

"I have no clue," Isabelle exclaimed as she picked herself up and dusted her pants off. Alec, whom was next to Isabelle, was blinking his blue eyes repeatedly, trying to get them back in focus from what had just happened. They were chasing a demon through Central Park only to see a white portal appear and somehow suck them into it before gracefully spitting them out again. Alec looked around at their environment; green grass, tall trees, and very cold for October. They were still in Central Park.

Yet something felt off…

"Clary, are you okay?" Alec heard Jace say as he pulled his girlfriend up off the ground.

"I'm fine Jace," she smiled as Isabelle rolled her eyes.

"Um, guys, where are we?" Alec asked. The others finally realized that the place was the same…but very different.

"Its New York; but, it's not our New York exactly," Clary said. Alec rolled his eyes. Yep, we kind of know that already Clary, he thought to himself.

"Maybe we should get back to the Institute," Isabelle said, noticing the eerie silence in the park.

"Yep, I'm with Izzy on this," Alec nodded.

"Fine, but we're going to have to explain why we didn't get that demon," Jace said irritated.

"Jace, we may have a bigger problem," Alec said as he pointed to the large demon blocking their way. It hissed and lunged towards them. Jace pulled Clary out of the way while Alec and Isabelle dodged its tail. Jace suddenly sprang into the fight with one of his weapons and made an attack at the demon. He stabbed its side, and it let out a terrible shriek. Just as he pulled the knife out and was aiming again, there was a whip of blue fire that snapped at the demons eyes. The demon tried to retreat away only to get another, but much more powerful, blow from the blue fire. The demon tumbled onto the ground and Alec shot an arrow in its head, while Isabelle's whip slashed its sides. Clary burst through and made the final blow, and the demon turned to dust.

"Nice blow. You're fighting is improving," Jace said, taking hold of her hand. Clary blushed.

"Alright you two, cut it out," Isabelle spoke, rolling her eyes. Alec snorted.

"Where did that blue fire come from?" Clary asked looking around them. Suddenly a rustle came from behind them to reveal a girl with long black hair and stunning blue eyes. She looked at them curiously, and slowly came forward to them. Alec noted her movements closely, making sure she wasn't a threat.

"Was that you? Who made the flames?" Jace asked, holding Clary behind him. The girl nodded.

"Are you a Warlock?" Jace asked. The girl smiled.

"Not exactly," she spoke. Her voice was low, but it had a girlish ring to it.

"Who are you?" Isabelle asked, whip handy.

"Jade Lightwood," the girl spoke. They all looked at her like she was crazy, but she kept a steady smile on her face.

"You are Jace, Clary, Isabelle, and Alec right?" the girl, Jade, asked. They all nodded.

"Good, because if not then you must be some freaky doppelgangers," Jade said crossing her arms across her chest. She was quite tall, with a pallor face but rosy cheeks and lips. She wore a very plain maroon dress with faded boots and a black cloak that blew in the wind.

"Come with me," she spoke before turning around. The group cautiously followed her.

"Where to?" Alec asked. Jade stopped and turned to face him.

"The Institute," she spoke coolly. His blue eyes looked into her pair of blue ones. They had the same colour eyes; maybe she was a Lightwood. Perhaps related on his mother's side of the family. Alec's stare turned cold as Jade spun around and took them to the Institute…or so they thought.

It was half destroyed….