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Jace was the first one to get his composure back, much like the first time Clary ever met him. He started rambling on and on about mythical creatures and if this girl had ever met one. "Have you had dealings with demons? Walked with warlocks, talked with the…"
"Jace," Clary said laying her hand on his arm "Stop it. I don't think she knows what you're talking about." The girl had such a confused, innocent look on her face it was obvious she never had any dealings with the shadow world. Clary also noticed that Jace didn't continually call her 'mundane' or 'little girl', like he did when he met Clary which made her a little jealous.
"Is she another mundie that can see us?" Isabelle shrieked "What are we going to do with her?" She shot a quick panicked look at Alec who just shrugged his shoulders.
"Well," Clary said thinking about when they meet her at Pandemonium "we take her back to the Institute with us, of course." Four pairs of astonished eyes looked at her waiting for an explanation. "Hodge wanted you guys to bring me back to the Institute, maybe we could learn something about her" She quickly explained "Maybe she's another Shadowhunter." She finished lamely, she doubted that.
"I don't think she is a Shadowhunter, Clary." Jace said "I don't know what she is but I don't want to risk anything." Clary had to agree with Jace, this girl didn't seem like a Shadowhunter but she did seem like something other than a mundane. The color of her eyes were still bothering Clary, if only she could place where she saw eyes that color.
The blonde who was just looking back and forth between them all finally found her voice "What the hell are you guys talking about? I'm a human, a person just like you guys. I don't know what a Shadowhunter is or the Institute. I just want to know why the hell you killed him, you can't just going around killing people. Or maybe I'm going crazy. That dead guy just disappeared. Oh my gosh I'm going insane." The girl pressed her hand to her forehead and closed her eyes tight, and then opened them quickly. "You guys are still here." She let out a long, exasperated sigh.
Isabelle looked at Jace "What are we going to do with her?" She asked annoyed, she didn't have a lot of patience when it came to mundane.
"My name is Latanya but you can call me Tonya." The girl, Tonya, added "I have so many questions-"
"She's going back to Institute with us" Jace said, cutting Tonya off mid-sentence. "We'll figure out why she can see us and then she can leave."
Tonya looked at Jace with surprised, wide eyes. "What about my parents. They won't know where I am and they will be so worried and--"
"We will take care of them." Jace said cutting the girl off again. Tonya rambled a lot Clary noticed, it was kind of annoying. Then Jace looked at Alec and said "Call your boyfriend and tell him to take care of Tonya's parents." Alec's face darkened but he took out his cell phone and called Magnus.
"He's gay?" Tonya exclaimed looking at Clary.
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Once they were back at the Institute they all went into the library to sit down. The Institute felt so empty these days. The Lightwoods were almost always gone to Alicante for official Clave business, Alec could go but choose to stay here with his brother and sister. Of course Hodge and Max were both dead. Clary had moved in a couple of weeks after getting back from Alicante, to start her Shadowhunter training. Her training had been really boring so far, only memorizing a bunch of pictures and vocabulary. She had a thirty minute hand-to-hand combat class with Jace and Alec and she had another thirty minute weapons class with Isabelle. Those two training classes were the best part of the day for Clary; so far her weapon of choice was the whip, just like Isabelle's.
They stayed up almost all night asking the strange new girl about her life and telling her about the shadow world. Questions like who are you? Where are you from? How old are you? Have you always had the Sight? Clary was startled when the girl said that she had in fact always been able to see the shadow world, she just never told anyone because she thought they would think she was crazy. Other than that what they found out about the girl wasn't very interesting or helpful. She was fifteen, from the Upper East Side and was adopted by her parents when she was six. Clary noticed that she kept playing with a ring on her finger, it was two hearts. One heart was on top of the other, with their ends meeting in the middle. It had strange loops connecting the two hearts to each other so they were never ending. Tonya noticed Clary looking and said "It's a Celtic love knot. I've had it since I can remember. It stands for everlasting love. I never take it off." Tonya yawned then.
"I'm sorry," Jace said "You must be tired. Follow me and I'll show you were you can sleep." He gave Clary a quick kiss on the cheek and murmured "Goodnight, love" in her ear.
Once the girl and Jace were out of the library Isabelle looked at Alec and then Clary. "There is something off about that girl." She said in a suspicious tone. "She didn't even flip out like you did when we brought you here."
"She also wasn't attacked by demon's first, Izzy." Alec said rolling his eyes.
"Still," Isabelle urged "It was like she wanted to come here. She barley even asked any questions."
"I agree with you, Iz." Clary said "Did you notice her eyes. That's such a strange color to see on a mundane. I've seen it somewhere, I just don't remember where."
Alec and Isabelle both looked at Clary and nodded "We will be able to think much better in the morning," Alec said "We have to be up early; we're all meeting Magnus at Taki's for breakfast. We can discuss everything then." Alec's face was glowing with the idea of seeing his boyfriend. They all said their goodnights and went into their rooms.
When Clary opened her eyes to the morning sun she still saw the images that haunted her dreams. Jonathan, chasing Clary and Jace down a long corridor, with Tonya right beside him. Clary could barely make anything about Tonya out, except for her startlingly green eyes. Isabelle and Alec were running in front of Clary and Jace, screaming for them to hurry up and to be careful, they had tears streaming down their faces. Clary shuddered and pushed the images to the back of her mind. She got up and took a quick shower, throwing on the first clothes her fingers found she rushed down the hall to meet up with everyone. Jace was standing by the elevator with his hands in his pockets, looking like the angel whose blood ran through his veins. Clary felt her heart quicken and walked over to give him a kiss. "Where is everyone?" Clary asked when she pulled away from Jace.
"Alec and Isabelle already left for Taki's. I was waiting for you and Tonya." He said then he pulled her closer for another kiss.
"Good morning, guys." Tonya said, in a way too cheerful voice. "Let's get going. I've never been to Taki's before. Is it good? What do you guys normally get?" Tonya kept rambling all the way to Taki's asking questions that never got answered. Clary shot her a glare, she really wished Tonya would shut up.
When they finally got to Taki's they slid into the booth opposite of Magnus, Alec and Isabelle. "This," Isabelle said with a grand wave of her arm "is the girl I was telling you about Magnus, Tonya."
"Wow." Tonya breathed "You're gorgeous, and really sparkly." She added.
Magnus laughed at the look on Alec's face "Sorry, honey," Magnus said "but I don't canoodle with girls." He placed a hand on Alec's shoulder which caused Alec to blush furiously, everyone but Tonya laughed at that.
Tonya shrugged her shoulders and said "I don't get it, but whatever."
Magnus was starring into her eyes, he squinted and blinked, and then his eyes widened in surprise. "She's wearing a glamour." He said. He looked at Alec "It's a really strong glamour but I can see her original self, just faintly. It was probably cast by a powerful warlock or witch. She's a faerie."
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