Ted looked around the small room he had been living for the past days. It was dark, the only light coming from the small window high over the wall. They had told him it was a "guest's room", but it felt like a prison. He hated being here. It had only been a couple of days, but it felt much longer for Ted. He barely saw the sunlight. He missed being outside and breathing fresh air. Being here had been the scariest experience for Ted after losing his grandmother. He didn't know what these Shadowhunters wanted with him. They continued to ask him questions…questions he couldn't understand and therefore couldn't answer. They weren't happy. They would tie him up, make him drink different stuff, and continue to ask him many questions. Every night he would curl up in the small bed that was situated in the back of the room, just under the window, and cry.
And that's what he was doing right now. He had his knees against his chest, hot tears running down his cheeks as he sobbed uncontrollably. His small frame shook with each sob, his whole body aching. He hadn't eaten much. They gave him food, but he refused to it being afraid it would do something to him.
He hated this place! He couldn't understand how Magnus had let that evil woman take him away…the lady who looked like Alec had promised him they wouldn't hurt him, and he had trusted the woman agreeing to answer some questions…but then she had gone and they had locked him in this room and everything had just gotten worse.
Ted heard footsteps coming towards the door. He whimpered and buried his face on his arms even deeper. He didn't want them to come…they shouldn't be there yet. They had come a few hours ago. It couldn't be a new day already…Were they really going to question his further today even though it hadn't worked earlier? He hoped not…but all his hopes had gone down the drain when they had locked him here. It had all disappeared when Magnus had let them take him.
Teddy questioned again Magnus loyalty. He had promised him they would protect him….both Alec and Magnus had promised…were they all lies? Had they never cared about him? No, it couldn't be…Teddy refused to believe it, but it was getting harder and harder to keep believing that. Alec was gone and Magnus had betrayed him…Were they even looking for him? Were they going to save him? And if they were, why hadn't they done it yet?
The door opened and a pair of Shadowhunters walked inside. These were the same two Shadowhunters that came to fetch him for every questioning. Ted didn't know their names, but he knew they were evil.
"Get up boy!" One of them hissed
"W-Where are y-you t-taking m-me?" Ted asked looking up frightened
"The inquisitor wants to talk to you" The other Shadowhunter spoke
"I a-already talked t-to h-her today" Ted said not getting up from his bed
"Do as said you little freak!" The Shadowhunter snarled.
Teddy flinched at the nickname. He hated being called names because of his ability and in the past two days he had been called so many names he couldn't even count them…and now they were burned in his mind. It brought tears to his eyes, just thinking about it…maybe they were right. Maybe he was a freak after all.
Harry and Alec paced around the flat's living room. They all had been thinking about ways of getting into Idris to save Ted, but none was a good idea. Magnus was going to open a portal to get there, but that was all they got so far. They had thought about just breaking in, but that seemed unlikely to work. There was no way they could fight their way in to save Ted. It would create too much attention and maybe make things worse for Teddy.
"What about a disguise?" Ron suggested. His arm was now healed thanks to Magnus.
"Disguise of what?" Ginny asked
"Shadowhunters!" Ron asked "All we have to do is wear all black and draw some tattoos"
"And how do you plan on drawing them?" Magnus snorted "Using a Sharpie? You have to think of something better if you want to fool the Clave"
"Ron's plan is not that bad" Hermione said "We could disguise ourselves as Shadowhunters"
"You can't just use a custom to become a Shadowhunter" Alec said "To draw runes you need a stele and if you use one on your skin you'll die"
"They don't have to be real" Hermione said "We could make a potion to change our looks"
"There's no such thing" Magnus said "There are potions to change your appearance, but none can give you runes"
"Maybe in your world" Harry said "But we, wizards, have one! It's called Polyjuice potion and it can give you the looks of someone else"
"We need some DNA, though" Hermione said "I know how to make it and it'll be done in a few hours…but we need the DNA of other Shadowhunters so we can turn into them"
"What if you bump into the real Shadowhunters?" Alec said
"Then we need Shadowhunters that are not alive" Magnus said "And who lived too far before for anyone to recognize you"
"And how are we going to get the DNA of those?" Ron asked
"I have some" Magnus said with a shrug
"Why do you have the DNA of some dead Shadowhunters?" Ginny asked
"Oh I was friend of them long time ago" Magnus said "And you never really know when you're going to need the hair of someone, right?"
"Friend of them?" Ron asked "Didn't you say they lived long before for anyone to remember them?"
"I'm the High Warlock of Brooklyn" Magnus said "I'm 800 years old, give or take a few"
"So back to the hair" Alec said rolling his eyes "Do you really think it'll work?"
"Of course!" Hermione said "I've never tried with someone who is already dead…but it may work"
"Let's start then" Harry said.
