Chapter one:I stared across the dark room in a daze; we had been waiting here patiently for the past half hour. 'Alec, what if they can't help me? I mean, they usually only deal with Shadowhunter's, not Warlocks.' I slowly turned my head around to Magnus; he was clearly worried. Poor Magnus, this must be really difficult for him.
'I'm sure they will try to help you-'
'Then why haven't they seen us yet!' He cut in, he had a point, the Silent Brother's never made us wait before. Maybe this was a problem that even they couldn't solve.
'Maybe they're dealing with someone else?' He looked at me as if to say; 'I doubt it.' 'Or maybe there's a problem?' I continued.
'Yeah, I'm the problem.' Magnus mumbled.
Hello. I looked up to see one of the Silent Brother's standing in front of us. I'm Brother Jeremiah. Please follow me. The way they talk through your mind always scared me. We stood up and followed Brother Jeremiah through the dark corridors.
I always hated walking through the corridors of the Silent City, I was never afraid of the dark, but there was something about the City that made the darkness feel eerie. The corridor had opened up to a wide room; where the Silent Brother's stood waiting for us. Please tell us why you are here. I didn't know which Brother had spoken to us.
'We are here because Magnus lost his powers.'
How did he lose them?
'Our friend Clary had passed recently and my brother Jace is a wreck. Magnus had told him that he couldn't bring her back from the dead, but he overheard us talking and demanded Magnus to bring her back. So he had no choice. But he needed to rest, so he went home and that's when Ragnor Fell had showed up. He told Magnus that bringing the dead back to life was forbidden and took his powers.' I explained. 'Is there anyway he could get his powers back?'
There is nothing we can do. We work for Shadowhunter's not Warlocks. Magnus looked at me and mouthed; 'Told you.' But, there might be something you can do. Go and see this Ragnor Fell and explain this to him. We're sure he'll understand why you did this. Now please leave the Silent City.
'How are we going to find Ragnor?' I asked as we were walking out of the City.
'I don't know.' Magnus's voice had no emotion.
'We'll find him and sort all of this out, I promise.' I reached out and grabbed his hand to comfort him. 'Be strong babe.' Magnus stopped in his tracks and looked down at our hands.
'But what if I don't get my powers back? What if I'm going to be like this for the rest of my life? Who knows how long that'll be now.' He let go of my hand. 'Alec, I have to work this out for myself; I can't drag you into my problem's-'
'But I drag you into my problems.' Magnus shook his head; he was looking at his feet, tears were running down his face.
'Alec, I think it's for the best that we don't see each other anymore.'
