A/N: Hello again! That last chapter was pretty short, but only because I was kinda in a rush... Anyways, this one will be better, I promise!
It didn't hurt, the heavenly fire. At least it didn't hurt Elise. If others touched it, yeah they'd burn. It's fire.
At first, she'd blamed her dad. Jace was the one who had had it when he was younger, and somehow passing it on to Elise, like a gene. Then she'd blamed her mom, for stabbing her dad with a sword full of the stuff. It had burned out all of the evils in him. Now she didn't know who to blame. Maybe God? If there was one.
She stood in the restroom with her clothes still on and felt the cold water rain down on her. Elise's skin sizzled and she felt a slight stinging. But hey, when you're a Shadowhunter, that's nothing.
Heavenly fire sprayed out of her fingertips. She clutched her hands into fists and sat down on the bathtub floor. Elise closed her eyes and almost fell asleep, but she knew she shouldn't do that.
Putting on her pajamas, she crawled into her bed and pulled the covers up over her. Her skin still burning, she tried to sleep.
About everything in her room was made of fireproof material, made by the Iron Sisters. Her pjs, her bedsheets, her dresser and desk, her lamps, her curtains, everything.
Eventually, Elise fell asleep soundly.
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Elise dreamed her usual nightmare. She was five-years-old again, and Jonathan wasn't born yet, neither Michael. It was just herself and Brendan.
It was Elise's birthday. She never had a party of course, but the day was always special. Presents that consisted of books and, from her dad, weapons that Clary had always thought she was too young for.
It was the nighttime and everyone was sitting by the fire in the library. All of a sudden, Elise's skin started burning like it usually did, except this was the first time.
Everyone had gone berserk, but Jace just stared in horror at his daughter. The next day, they had gone to the Silent Brothers, but none of them had ever seen it before or could fix it. Elise was stuck with the heavenly fire.
Every night, she'd light up, and make her brothers lock her in her room, so she wouldn't hurt anyone. It was a terrible fate to have upon, but someday, it could go away. Someday.
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Elise woke up and immediately started rubbing at her skin. It was gone, she could tell, not just from her skin, but from the light streaming through the window.
She threw herself off the bed and dragged herself into the shower. Then she threw on a black camisole with denim Capri pants. Then, she headed down for breakfast.
Most of the household got up so early, that Isabelle wasn't awake yet. Elise usually cooked breakfast.
Today, she felt like omelets, but nobody else like those, so she made peach crepes. She hoped they like it...
Turns out everyone did. Breakfast was the Institute's only good meal of the day. Jace was thinking of making a petition to change the household cook to Elise, which she was totally fine with. As long as it meant good food.
They all ate in silence. Nobody usually asked Elise about the night before, unless it was really out of control.
Isabelle burst into the dining room, her hair still messy from sleep. Uh oh. She must of found out about their secret breakfast club, inspired by the movie.
"Why didn't anybody wake me up?" Isabelle demanded. "I could have fixed something!" Jace looked up. "Because my daughter is a better cook than you, that's why," he said with a mouthful of crepe. Elise hid behind her plate.
Isabelle scowled and flounced out of the room. Jace shrugged and filled his plate with three more crepes. Pig, Elise thought.
Simon went to go talk to his wife, while Alison helped Elise do the dishes. "She was gonna find out someday," Alison laughed. Elise nodded in agreement.
She was thankful for Alison. When the girls learned to read, Ali had looked for a way to fix Elise's power. She had never stopped looking, even to this day, and Elise was thankful for that.
After everything was done, all her chores and studies, Elise headed to the library.
A/N: Was that better? Please review below! I accept constructive criticism with open arms! I'll post another chapter really soon.