The first official chapter of Psychic Revelations I hope it doesn't disappoint.
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Ch.1 Paranormal Activity
"That movie sucked." Jace complained his arm around Clary.
"I don't think it was that bad." Clary defended the movie they had just seen with Alec, Isabelle, Simon and Maia.
"Yeah at least they got that whole first born thing right." Isabelle chimed in looping her arm around Simon's.
"Yeah, but demon's aren't all invisible." Maia countered back glaring at Simon and Isabelle's linked arms.
"To mundanes they are but that Mexican Nanny was able to do some kind of voodoo, which looked kind of legit." Isabelle retorted.
"Either way Demons don't normally make deals with mundanes." Alec said trying to put an end to the argument.
"Well still, I think it was a good movie for mundanes anyway." Clary said with finality. Jace kissed her temple.
"I just think we shouldn't let Simon pick the next movie." Jace jeered.
"Hey!" Simon faked offense. "All the review said that Paranormal Activity 2 was going to b a good movie. Besides I figured it would be good for at least a cheap laugh." They all mumbled into sluggish conformity. As they continued to walk down the street the sun quickly set bathing the city in darkness. The streets were deserted. Something about the night was off something was stirring. "Do you feel that?" Simon asked the others. The feeling of coils of cold smoke wrapping around his arms made his hair stand on end. The others slow down feeling the same sensation readying them-selves for what was to come.
"AHHH!" I shrill voice screamed into the night forcing the young Shadow Hunters to turn to a dark alley. A boy held a girl against the grimy wall of the building her hands above her head. He covered her mouth quickly.
"Shhh." He put a pale hand over her mouth. "I can't have you ruining my fun." He shook his head making his curly black hair shake. His yellow pus colored eyes twinkling with the horrible things he was going to do to her body. His finger changed into a claw he raked it down her chest, tearing her azure blouse and the flesh hidden beneath it just under an amber locket that dangled from her neck. The girl screamed into his hand, the muffled noise was pathetic she let a tear escape. "Any last words my darling?"
"Hey!" Jace yelled at the demon distracting him from his toy.
"Get out of here, Shadow Hunter." The demon spat angrily. Clary looked at the girl. Her brown hair was all over the place covering her eyes that tears still fell from but when the demon had said 'Shadow Hunters" She turned her head so quickly her hair flew like a curtain. Clary looked at the amber eyes of the girl's and swore she saw annoyance. Jace had a seraph blade glowing brightly in his palm; Alec was next to him a seraph blade at the ready as well.
"God I hate Eidolon demons they are such perverts." Isabelle lamented. The girl still held by the demon rolled her eyes.
"Anna, now!" The girl shouted. Something fell from the roof and landed gracefully just in front of the entry to the alley. Jace ran forward to meet the things foot. As it turned a shock of white hair fell around her face. Her coffee colored skin made her white hair look as though it was glowing. Her warm caramel eyes looked out of placed on her face that was twisted in anger and annoyance. The new girl, Anna, waved a glass-like looking object upward. With the movement of her arm a large wall quickly grew in the entranceway of the alley.
"Shit!" Jace yelled jumping to his feet from the floor. He put a hand to the wall and quickly moved it back. "Damn that cold." Clary moved to his side and placed a hand on the all as well but left is for a second longer. Bringing her hand back she rubbed the moisture between her fingers.
"It's made of ice." Everyone turned their attention to the wall of ice. The barrier was like a large window of opaque glass, suddenly they could see a large yellow-orange light begin to brighten. Tortured yelling began to echo down the streets, but it was distinctly male.
Anna spun around after she had finished the wall to separate the annoyances. With another flick of her ankh needles of ice flew at the Eidolon demon embedding them in his arm. He jumped back from Amber. "You little bitch." The demon's gaze was pure poison.
"Took you long enough Anna what, did you lose track of time sharpening you athame?" Amber said straitening her blouse so it would stop exposing her chest.
"Well if someone had slowed down a bit the perimeter would have been set up sooner. And certain irritations wouldn't have gotten through."
Amber glared at Anna. "Ice Queen."
"Hot Head." Anna returned Amber's glare with one of her own. "Let's end this already." Amber rolled her eyes. She turned her attention to the Eidolon demon that had finally pulled the needles from his arm. His arm began to turn an icy blue.
"That blouse was new you little shit." Amber raised her hands to either side of her amber necklace. A bright yellow light popped into existence between her palms. She widened her hands and the light crackled into a powerful flame. The demon looked at the girls with anger and fear in his eyes.
"What are you?" He asked.
"I knew he was going to ask that." Amber lightly laughed at the predictability.
"Well you are psychic." Anna remarked. It was times like these right before they were about to kill a demon that the two girls forgot that they didn't like each other. Amber smirked. She pushed her hands toward the demon and the flames shot at him. He writhed and screamed as the flames began to burn him into Oblivion. The flames turned black alerting the girls that the demon had caught fire. "This'll be over soon." Anna commented. "Make sure you destroy his essence."
"Yup, now what do we do about the Shadow Hunters?" Amber was ready for a fight and she would enjoy teaching those vain warriors a lesson. The body of the demon disappeared leaving behind a black orb that writhed with dark tentacles of smoke. Amber drew a symbol in the air. The symbol glowed red and shot at the orb it disappeared in a flash of red light.
"We'll report it to Ross. But we won't do anything for now, they aren't a threat at the moment nor have we witnessed them do anything, tonight." Amber nodded her agreement. "Let's get out of here." The girls climbed the fire escapes of the building making sure to stay out of sight when they neared the top. The blonde boy was trying to break the ice. Anna smirked as she witnessed his futile attempts. But the red headed girl try drawing a rune on the wall, Anna felt a twinge at the loss of energy. As they continued their path back to the Home Anna finally let her control of the ice go she felt it melt away.
Clary fell forward as the wall of ice melted quickly into a cold mist. Jace caught her and pulled her behind him as he peered down the alley. There was no sign of the girls or the demon. Maia stepped forward.
"Smells like something was burning." Maia looked for scorch marks but found none. She sniffed the air again. "Whatever was burning completely covered those girls scents too."
"Alec." Jace began but was cut off.
"Already on it." Alec was on his cell phone calling his boyfriend, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, the fabulous Magnus Bane.
"What the hell were they?" Simon asked the question on everyone's mind.
The trip back to the institute was a long and restless one. After Maia and Simon were dropped off at their houses, Clary called her mother for her and Luke to meet them at the Institute. The Shadow Hunters gathered in the library the air tense due to the unknown. When Magnus arrived the younger hunters began telling their accounts of the night. "I think these girls may be warlocks." Robert said, trying to make sense of the situation.
"It's possible." Clary said but something felt wrong to her about that assumption.
"I'm not so sure about that. I don't know of many warlocks who control ice." Magnus sipped at a coffee lazily next to his boyfriend. "And I haven't received word of any warlocks coming into the city." He shook his head making glitter shine in the air around his head in a façade of a halo. "Jace what did you say that the white-haired girl was holding?" Magnus locked his eyes on Jace looking at him intently.
"I think it was an ankh. One of those Egyptian keys of life but I think it was made of glass or something." Jace had a serious look on his face.
"But the weirdest part of the whole thing was that I think the girls were trying to kill that demon." Isabelle cut in.
"Well I would be trying to kill a demon too if it was attacking me." Jace rolled his eyes at Isabelle rewarding him with a smack to the head. "Ow"
"What I mean was I think those girls trapped the demon. I mean did you not here her yell "Anna now!" cause I mean that seemed kind of obvious."
"Something seems off though." Jocelyn spoke up. "If those girls were hunting a demon, what could their motive be?" The confusion shown on every face besides one, that one sitting in the desk at the head of the room.
"Well this might make our new job a bit easier." Maryse said, receiving shocked glances. "Just before you kids returned we received a message from the Clave. It seems that over the years that people who appear to be humans have developed powers." She looked at the expressions around her taking them in. "It also seems that there has been a spike in the possible population of these 'psychics' in New York, so we have been ordered to investigate."
"You mean like read your mind, see the future psychics or communicate with the dead psychics?" Jace questioned seriously but with a small smirk on his lips. Maryse rolled her eyes at her adoptive son.
"Is this even possible?" Jocelyn questioned ignoring Jace's question.
"Oh, it's very possible." Magnus answered coolly with a small edge of smugness in his voice. "Over the centuries the human race has developed in many ways to help their survival." He picked at a fingernail basking in the attention from the others.
"Magnus have you ever met one before?" Alec asked his boyfriend being reminded of their vast age difference.
"What, a psychic?" Magnus smiled at Alec enjoying the inquisitiveness. Alec opened his mouth to answer.
"Yes!" Jace answered for Alec. A cat eyed glare was sent Jace's way.
"I remember this one girl who could foresee future events." Magnus looked into the open air as though he could see his memory playing out. "I must say I think she was the only person to come out the Great Depression safely. Anyway she would see people's deaths or great tragedies before they happened. I think her name was Aphrodite, a bit vain, but we did get along."
"Oookaay." Isabelle said with theatrical emphasis.
"Maybe this isn't such a bad thing." Luke spoke up for the first time. He looked around the room. "These girls were hunting a demon, if there are others hunting demons I don't think that would be such a bad thing." He met at Maryse's disbelieving eyes. "Of course it would probably be better if we kept an eye out for them and a close watch until we figure out their motives." Maryse nodded her compliance.
"Tomorrow we go about our regular hunts and watches; if these girls are hunting demons then we are bound to run into them." Robert added. He looked at his wife, she nodded again. "Alright head off to bed we will worry about this tomorrow." And with that they dismissed to their rooms. That night Clary had a dream that made no sense to her. Both girls showed on opposite sides of a field that looked like Alicante. The side with Anna was cold and snowing, the side with the other girl was hot; small fire decorated the dry dead grass around her. Clary stood in between both exposed to the powers around her Anna spoke first.
"Stay out of affairs Shadow Hunter." Her voice was cold it made Clary shiver. It wasn't a warning or a threat merely a command. But as Clary looked into her caramel colored eyes she could see the flecks of warm compassion. The other girl walked closer to Clary, and she began to sweat from the heat that radiated from around the girl.
"We should just get rid of you right now but we are just a dream at the moment." The girl narrowed her amber eyes. "Mind your own business and we'll mind ours. However if any of your Downworlder freaks come near us we won't hesitate to kill them." The heat radiated with her anger. "Anna." Amber looked at her friend. Anna nodded.
"Go." The other girl disappeared in a roar of flames. Clary began to feel the cold even greater now without the source of heat to balance. Anna looked at Clary and her expression softened and the cold became bearable to pleasant with her expression. "I am sorry for interrupting your dreaming." Anna waved her ankh in the air and large snowflakes began to slowly descend upon the fields bathing it in blankets of crystal white. Anna looked down gave a small sad smile and disappeared in whirlwind of snow. Clary tried to digest what had just happened but her thoughts were stopped by a snowball. Clary turned around to see Jace with a snowball in hand. Clary smiled and readied one of her own.
So what do ya' think of the first official chapter of Psychic Revelations? I think the ending turned out better than the first part personally. So…love it, hate it, like it, update it, or scrap it?