Adventure One: Acceptance
Growing Period-"Childhood"
1901-1916
Age Three
The door to the bedroom burst open. Magnus Bane, flanked by Catarina Loss and Ragnor Fell, was standing in the doorway. "Isa? Isa, are you okay," Magnus asked but I could only scream. This was not me. I had curly shoulder-length dark brown hair, brown eyes, and porcelain skin. The figure in the mirror had white wings protruding from its back.
"Shh, Isa, it's okay," Magnus said, wrapping a comforting arm around my shoulders. By this point, I had stopped screaming and now I sat in front of the mirror with my arms wrapped around my torso. "Don't cry, Isa. Shh, don't cry. Everything will be okay." At Magnus's soft, lulling voice, I cried harder.
"Monster! I am a monster," I sobbed. Mother was right. I was a monster.
"No, you are not a monster, Isa. Not all."
"Mother...I want my mother," I cried. What an odd thing to say, right? Considering the fact that my mother tried to kill me and called me a monster. But my mother was my only confidant besides Father, Kirby, and Uncle Liam. My mother was the one who bandaged and cleaned my cuts; I was a very clumsy child. My mother taught me to ride a pony, how to clean and take care of weapons. My mother made Father, Kirby, and I breakfast every morning even though we had a cook. Mother read me stories every night and gave me coffee cake every time I had a nightmare. "Mother..." Magnus looked sadly at me with his gold-green eyes and shook his head.
"No, Isa, you can't go back...ever. Reece absolutely forbade it." That made me stop my sobs and look at Magnus with wide, astonished eyes.
"Father?" Why would Father forbid me from coming home? Do they not love me anymore? "They...do not want me?" I said, slowly.
"Your f-" Magnus began but was interrupted by Ragnor.
"Don't lie to her, Magnus. She needs to know the the truth," Ragnor said, sighing. Magnus looked at Catarina to confirm Ragnor's statement. She nodded, slowly.
"Isa," Magnus said, sighing softly. "Your mother is a Shadowhunter, you know this right?" I nodded with a confused expression on my face. Why was he telling me something I already knew? "And you also know that she hunts and kills demons. The reason she tried to kill you is because you have demon blood in your veins."
"No." I shook my head. "I am half-human, half-Faerie. Mother's angelic blood runs through my veins." Magnus laughed a short, bitter laugh.
"You are partially correct. While your mother's divine blood runs through your veins, demon blood joins it. Reece Brian o'Connell is not your biological father. An Eidolon demon is your father. Most likely he took the shape of your mother's husband and visited her late at night."
"What am I, then?" I asked, swallowing hard.
"A warlock." Magnus said finally.