CHAPTER 7
Clary felt a terrible crick in her neck, her mouth felt and tasted dry and brittle as if someone put a piece of cloth in her mouth. Her back ached as she lay on the hard ground. She also heard people and lots of them. She heard men and women voices and even a little child's voice to. She craned her ears so she could her what they were saying but she could any get snippets of the conversation.
"We... Princess...Not waking...Too hard." They said.
She heard more snippets of stuff but she couldn't make out much of anything anymore. Then she heard moving, something was moving closer to her. She composed her face to look like she was still asleep, hoping that it will work and praying that they won't hurt her. But then her mind wondered to what happened with Simon trying to hurt her. She felt her face move and she quickly composed herself again as she heard the footsteps come closer and closer. The footsteps stopped beside her and then the person moved again. She then felt air coming down on her face. She knew it wasn't the wind.
Someone was breathing on her.
The breath smelled like burnt sugar. It was very pleasant smell, she kept her face passive as the person breath on her. She was scared at what the person would do to her, what the person was thinking right at this very moment. She felt and heard him move again, but this time she felt the breath on her ear. It was warm against her ear. Then she heard the person speak.
"I know you're awake." He said. There was laughter in his voice.
She gasped and her eyes wrenched opened quickly and she saw him. he was beautiful almost like an angel. Everything about him was golden. His eyes, his hair, even his skin was like he was made of gold. She couldn't take her eyes off of him.
Wait a minute. Gold eyes. Darkness. The balcony. He was the Night Owl. He is the Night Owl.
Clary grabbed a handful of dirt and throw it in his face. He screamed and cursed. She saw more people as she tried to make her escape. She got up and started running, but only made it 2 steps when muscular, golden arms wrapped around her and wouldn't let go.
She screamed, " LET ME GO!" She thrashed and scratched the arms, but nothing is working, he was stronger and bigger than her. Clary could tell her face was probably red as a tomato.
"Not a chance, Princess." He said.
She struggled some more and then she heard a name.
"Jace, let her go NOW!" The voice said. It sounded familiar to her that she stopped struggling and listened.
Jace whined, "But she throw dirt in my beautiful eyes!"
Clary rolled her eyes from where she hanged from Jace's arms. How conceited, she thought.
"I don't care what she did put her down." The familiar voice said.
Jace mumbled a fine and dropped her hard on her butt.
"Oomph" She sounded.
She turned and gasped, "Lucian"
Lucian made a sheepish smile, "Hello, cupcake."
She was shocked. He was just standing there as if nothing has happened that night at the ball. But WHY. Why would he do something like this. Suddenly Clary remembered everything from the night of the ball. The arrows blasting the windows, Simon chasing her with a vase, Her running away from fake guards, Lucian knocking her out. He and Simon planned everything.
"You and Simon did this, didn't you." She tried to make it sound menacing, but it sounded scared to her ears. Lucian whole face turned downwards as he shook his head.
"Clary, I can explain-" He started but Clary stopped him.
"NO, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY OF YOUR LIES ANYMORE!" She screamed at him. Everybody jumped at her scream. From her peripheral vision she saw Simon standing next to a beautiful girl with black hair, blue eyes.
"It's not like that at all, Clary!" Simon said but Clary didn't want to hear anything they had to say.
She shook her head, "I thought I could trust you, You're my friend, Simon, how do you think this feels for me, huh."
Simon frowned and shook bowed his head, "It's not what you think." He whispered.
"WELL WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO THINK SIMON!" She screamed at him in frustration.
"Oh, I was thinking on the lines of this." Jace cleared his throat and talked in a high pitched voice that was probably supposed to sound like her. He put the back of his hand on his forehead and batted his eyes, "Oh, Jace how masculine and strong you are. Thank you for saving me, I owe you my life. I will be forever thankful for your bravery. Take me into your strong arms and take me away."
Everyone stared and some glared at him and others rolled their eyes as if they're used to this. Clary was one of the one who glared at him with a blushing face, but he just smiled and said, "I like that one way better."
Lucian sighed, "There so much you don't know, Clary."
"Like why am I here and not in the castle." Clary sarcastically said.
"Okay, we promised to tell you everything soon." Lucian said.
"When is soon?" Clary asked. All her anger just flew out of her and she felt exhausted.
"Tonight, actually." Jace said smiling down at me.
Once they got Clary washed and dressed, it was night fall and everybody was sitting around the fire and eating stew. Clary sat a little off from everybody while she ate the stew. They had no forks or knifes so she had to tip the wooden bowl back and chug it down. It was good actually, the taste exploded in her mouth as she chugged it down. Clary saw everybody giving compliments to the girl that made it. Aline, that's her name.
Clary watch as Jace stood up and cleared his throat, "Well, I believe the Princess wanted and explanation as to why she is here and I think we should give it to her now."
Everybody turned to look at Clary, she felt a little self conscious with everybody staring at her.
A man and a woman stood up. The man and announced, "If we are to tell her now we should start from the beginning. I am Robert Lightwood and this is my wife Maryse Lightwood and we made this resistance-"
"Wait a minute?" Clary interrupted, "Did you say resistance?"
"Yes, I did." Robert said.
"Why?" Was the only thing she said.
"We are the resistance against King Valentine."
Clary has heard of resistances against her father but she never believed that they would do anything.
"So what does all of this have to do with me?" She questioned.
"We're holding you for ransom, child." Robert bluntly said.
Ransom.
"Why would you need me for ransom?" She asked.
"Ugg, could you be anymore stupid. We're taking you for ransom to get the King and your brother off the throne so we could put you on the throne, could it be anymore obvious?" Jace broke in.
Clary rolled her eyes, but stopped. Her on the throne. Impossible.
Clary shook her head, "That's impossible, I can't be on the throne."
"Why not. Your of blood." Jace advised.
"My father would never let me on the throne. Sebastian is next in line for the throne." Clary claimed.
"And if we kill him than you'll be next in line." Jace clarified.
"You just can't." Clary merely said.
Jace rolled his eyes. But Lucian spoke up. "Clary I've watched you grow from a little girl to a young lady. You were meant to be Queen."
But Clary still shook her head, "Sebastian-"
Jace broke in, "Sebastian will be a tyrant to the Kingdom, now do you want that?" Jace asked.
She just merely shook her head. She never thought about her being Queen. All She has ever done was obey her father and brother's command.
"Well how are you going to put me on the throne then. My brother and father are flaked by 30 guards daily plus thousands of guards around the castle itself."
"You are such a downer, aren't you?" Jace said.
"Only when I'm around you." Clary faked smiled at him and he winked at her. She rolled her eyes but couldn't help the butterflies flying in her stomach. Curse the butterflies, she thought.
"We have way more followers than this, Princess." Maryse sweetly said.
"Plus my beauty will stun any gender." Jace chuckled.
"How do you guys deal with him?" Clary asked everybody.
"We just zone him out." The girl Isabelle said.
Clary chuckled to herself as Jace and Isabelle stared each other down. But then she turned to Simon and Lucian, "But how did you guys end up her with the resistance?" Clary questioned.
"We both wanted the same thing." Simon said.
"And what was that?" Clary elaborated.
"Well we wanted you to be safe and we wanted Valentine off throne." Simon said.
"You guys have no idea what your getting yourselves into." Clary shook her head.
Jace smiled and said, "That's the fun of it."
Sorry it took so long, I have to study for exams.
Hope you enjoy it!
