Alright, so, I don't know what is going on with the HTML right now, but it's going crazy. Last chapter looked all weird, but I fixed it. It also seems I have to fix the coding every time I update, but ah, oh well. Sorry about that.
Okay, IMPORTANT: for anyone who read the first chapter before this was updated, I added something onto the end of the first chapter. It's not an author's note, it's actually part of the story. It's quite important because it introduces Cammy. If you don't read it, you might be slightly confused, so please do. It's not long. Sorry for the inconvenience, but I didn't realize when I was separating the chapters that those few paragraphs were supposed to go with the first chapter.
"Have I ever expressed my extreme hate for airplanes?" Chamomile said as she sat in the backseat of the car Jace was driving to the airport where he and Isabelle would leave from to heard for California.
"No," said Jace, just as Izzy, who had spent more time with Cammy, said, "Yes."
Izzy and Jace glanced at each other, then Jace turned his eyes back to the road, and Izzy turned to lean her head against the cool glass of the window. The sky was overcast, and it was drizzling a little, but not so bad that Jace and Isabelle's flight would be canceled.
There was silence for a few moments, and to fill the gap, Jace flipped on the car's stereo. Gothic rock music blared from the speakers as Nemo by Nightwish started playing. Cammy started singing along (off-key), probably just for the fun of it.
"Eww," muttered Izzy, "Wail-y music. Do we have to listen to this?"
"Yes," said Jace. "Because I'm driving."
"Someday, Magnus, Jace and I will convert you, Izzy. You will come to the dark side, eventually," Cammy stated.
"We have cookies!" Jace added proudly.
Izzy just rolled her eyes and turned back to the window. As she did, Cammy leaned forward in her seat and prodded Isabelle's cheek with one of her cat claws.
"Ow!" exclaimed Izzy, rubbing her cheek. "I swear," she added, "I know Warlocks all have a mark on them, but you have a weapon."
"10, actually," Chamomile replied, giving Izzy the 'innocent' look and waving her fingers in the air.
"You are so not cute," Izzy stated.
The song Deceiver of Fools by Within Temptation started playing on the radio, but it only got about half-way through before the car pulled into the airport parking lot. Isabelle gratefully turned off the music.
"Hey.." Jace protested half-heartedly.
"We're already here," Izzy informed him.
"I know that, but still.."
Isabelle waved her hand dismissively at Jace as he parked. The dark-haired Shadowhunter jumped out of the car and stretched. Then, she grabbed two of her three large bags from the trunk (which had to be quite big, considering how much Izzy packed), set them down, and began hauling the third, a huge suitcase, out.
"How are you going to get those to the building?" Jace asked as he pulled his single large suitcase and weapon bag out of the trunk.
"I'm not," Isabelle said.
"You figure that out now?" Jace asked, narrowing his eyes at Izzy.
"Nope," said previously-mentioned dark-haired Shadowhunter. She tossed one direction in Cammy's general direction. She caught it, and immediately dropped it on the ground. A cracking sound came from the bag. Izzy sent Chamomile a glare that said 'fix it.'
Cammy sighed and snapped her fingers, a couple purple spark flying out of her fingers as they touched. She picked up the bag and started half dragging-half carrying it towards the airport.
"Do you want the bag or the suitcase?" Isabelle asked Jace.
Jace looked at the suitcase like he was afraid of it. "I'll take my chances with the bag."
"Here then," Izzy said, situating her other bag on Jace's shoulder.
Jace looked at Izzy like she was crazy, sighed as well, then started lugging his suitcase and Izzy's bag towards the airport.
Izzy smiled evilly to herself as she followed Jace and Cammy towards the airport, pulling her wheeled suitcase along easily. Of course, Isabelle Lightwood would be the one to put anything heavy she needed for the trip in the smaller bags. Including rocks. Rocks are useful. They make wonderful pets. . . And weapons . . .
