Hey, so for the record, everyone who reads this story, as an author I can see. So I can see that I have a few thousand views on this story, and yet only 35 reviews. I love all of the readers who do review, so thank you guys, but for those of you who have been enjoying my hard work and not reviewing or leaving any comments behind, then I would like to make sure that you know how much it means to an author, and it is frankly super discouraging to see how many of you pass by the reviews box. Even if you don't like my story, tell me. I want to make it better so you do like it.
Okay. Now that I am done ranting about reviews, I am going to do something different this chapter. I am going to write a bit of Jace's point of view into this chapter. Don't ask me how, just read it, and please tell me how you liked it so I could maybe write another in his or another characters point of view.
Lastly, raise your hands for Malec and Sizzy. I want to know who want a multi ship story and who want it to be just Clace. Okay, sorry for the long authors note. Enjoy!
Hey readers, it's your girl Clary Morgenstern back at it again! Yeah, you know, that sounded a lot better in my head. Damn. Oh well. Okay guys, so here is the next part of my story. This might have been one of my least favorite memories from my time at The School of Sacred Waters, so…
I stood outside the dorm room that I shared with Jace and Alec, trying to work up the courage to go back in there. I know that they weren't mad at me for trying to kill myself, but after growing up the way I did, it was still hard for me to believe.
Plus, now that Jace and I were a thing, whatever that meant, I was worried that it would be awkward to share a room. Not just for us either, but for Alec. I didn't want him to feel like a third wheel, but I wasn't sure how to not make him feel that way.
Great Lucifer, I sounded like a fucking Angel with all of my worrying. I took a deep breath. I was Clary Morgenstern, Demon royalty, the best warrior that this school has ever seen. And the most powerful Demon alive.
Oh yeah. I didn't mention that part. Well, I don't want to go into detail, so I'll just tell you now. Basically, during the time I spent in the infirmary, I learned some interesting things. Like why Alec had said that I wouldn't have died from the water.
So, we all know that my father, Valentine, is an asshole. It's simply common knowledge. But what you didn't know, because I didn't know and couldn't tell you, is that he experimented on me as a baby. Yeah. He just got promoted from asshole to major asshole.
So, from what I learned, and what the nurse's told me they had found in my blood, was that I had a super high concentration of Demon blood in me. Now, you readers might be thinking, "well, she's a Demon. Shouldn't she have all Demon blood?" that would be a smart question to ask. But no. No person can be one hundred percent evil. Not even my father. Everyone has a small bit of goodness in them, and if not goodness, than not evilness. But I did. My father had injected me with the blood of a real demon from Edom. A very powerful demon. And now I had one hundred percent Demon blood, which meant one hundred percent evilness.
So yeah. I was one hundred percent evil, and that was that. Or so I thought. But it turned out that I could do things that other Demons couldn't. For example, I could drink a ton of evil water and not have any side effects. We tested that one. They made me drink a few bottles at a time and nothing happened. Apparently I had only gone unconscious the first time because it was that. The first time. So, back to the story.
I opened the door and stepped through, hoping everything would end up alright. I should have known better. I had forgotten. They had let me out of the infirmary super early this morning, and I hadn't realized it was a Friday. Shit. I have to change and go if I want to make it to the woods in time.
I rushed to my dresser, grabbing my challenge gear and pulling it on, glad the boys had already left. I didn't even look at the calendar on the wall, because if I had I might have noticed that today was the day that Sebastian was set to arrive. I didn't look though, and after pulling my hair back into a fiery high ponytail. I sprinted out of the door before remembering that I could teleport and snapping my fingers. I ended up back in the cavern with the water. I was happy now though, so I wasn't temped by the river, even though I knew it couldn't kill me. I quickly took a long drink from it, power and energy rushing through me that I could use for the challenge.
Then I snapped my fingers again and landed in the clearing outside the woods. I instantly spotted Alec and Jace in our formation, even though it looked weird without me at the head. So I ran up and stepped into the top position, nodding to Alec and Jace just in time.
The Makar then stepped out of Earth tower, looking resplendent in his flowing silver robes. I was confused. He had only worn those once before, when our old weapons training teacher left.
I quickly whipped my head around to give Alec a questioning glance and noticed that his face was as pale as a sheet. He mouthed, "Viper," to me. I snapped my head straight, my face draining of al color. How could I have forgotten.
"Today we welcome a new teacher students. I expect you all to be kind to him, even if he is not a teacher of yours. Welcome the new Demon weapons training teacher, Sebastian Morgenstern!" The Makar shouted out in his booming voice, before stepping aside and letting another figure out of the tower. My brother. Or what used to be my brother.
The Angels and Humans all gasped and took a few steps backwards. Everyone know about Sebastian. They knew how evil he was. They knew what he could do, and what he had done, and they were right to be scared of him.
He stood there on the stairs of Earth tower, silent and still, stone faced as always. I knew what he was waiting for though. So I steeled myself and stepped out of formation.
I walked slowly up the stairs to where the man that haunted my nightmares stood. Then I opened arms wide and said in a fake cheerful voice, "Welcome to school brother!" Spreading my arms wide to encompass the castles and tower all at once.
Then a malicious grin split his face, looking unnatural on his face. He opened his arms too, pulling me towards him into a hug. He lifted me up and spun me around in that hug, seeming to anyone watching like a loving brother happy to see his sister for the first time in a while, but he whispered into my ear while we spun. He whispered, "I look forward to our time together sister." That was it. No emotion, just that. But that was all it took for a coldness to envelop my heart, dragging me back into the vortex.
He let me go then, stepping back to join the Makar on the side of the steps. I moved back too, back to our formation. I saw Alec shoot me a small smile, trying to tell me to stay positive. But I was focused on Jace. He looked like he was about to explode with rage. His fists were clenched behind his back, and his jaw was tensed, ready to punch something. I understood the feeling. I imagined it was difficult for him to watch me, the girl he loved, have to touch the man who had abused her for her whole life.
I brushed my fingers against him as I turned, and he relaxed a little. I shot him a sad smile, letting him know I would be fine, before turning to the Makar.
"Today we have a special challenge. It is a partnered challenge, and it is tournament style, focusing on your endurance and skill to carry two people during a difficult time. I mean this figuratively of course. No actual carrying of people," he finished, before letting us pair up and go into the woods.
Ten minutes later we were all paired up. I was with Alec, and Jace was with that Kaelie bitch, her being the only one available. He was shooting me help signals while I just laughed and smirked at him.
We were all in front of a cliff, the one we were supposed to race up for each match. It was by group, so the top Angel, Human, and Demon pairs would face off at the end.
I waited a long time to go, seeing as Alec and I were last. We were against Maia and Jordan, and we were fairly confident in our win to say the least. And we did. Quickly. Not that we didn't have some trouble, we did. Just not nearly enough to make us lose. There may also have been more than a few mumbled curses as we tried to make our way up the cliff while tied together. It wasn't easy to climb up the face of a cliff in tandem, especially when there is no gear to use. But we still won.
We scaled the cliff while tied together a few minutes faster than the other pair, who were struggling a lot with the whole thing. When I got to the top and looked down I saw Sebastian watching with what I think passed as his version of pride. I saw how he had that look on his face, the one meaning that he was silently taking credit for my accomplishments.
Then I had to wait a long while longer for the next interesting race. It was the final three teams. Isabel and Helen for Angel's. Simon and Lily for Humans. Jace and Kaelie for Demons. I was fairly pissed about not being in the finals, but someone had hit Alec with a spell to make him go unconscious halfway up our last race, and I had tried to carry both of us up, but he was heavy and I was small.
So now it was Jace and Kaelie. The Makar shouted for the teams to begin climbing and it was immediately obvious who would win. Jace and Kaelie were dominating, but only because Jace just made Kaelie climb on his back and he was carrying them both up the cliff. I watched in pride as my boyfriend reached the top, way ahead of everyone else. I watched in less pride as Kaelie climbed off his back and hugged him. I watched in utter horror as he hugged her back. I watched in fury as she kissed him and he didn't pull away. I snapped my fingers and disappeared.
Jace! What are you doing! Give me back my book! Jac-!
Hey readers! The names Herondale. Jace Herondale. As you might be able to tell, I just took Clary's diary from her and am now taking over. Oh wait, she says it's not a diary. It's an informative blog. Wow. Big difference.
So currently, Clary is sitting underneath me, trying to get out from under my "Obscene amount of fat." Her words, not mine. Wait, wait, hold on.
Okay. She tells me that if I am going to keep her away from the book, that I have to keep writing what she was writing. I can do that. Okay, I see where she left off. Got it. Back to our story.
I shoved Kaelie off of me, before looking down at the students waiting for us to come down. No red headed ones. Shit. I don't know what had happened. One moment we were hugging and the next Kaelie was kissing me as I tried to get away. Clary must be so angry at me. Shit, shit, shit! Now she probably thought that I was a fucking scumbag. She had told me that she loved me and now she had to see me kissing someone else.
I saw a small number appear on Kaelie's back, a one. I assumed there was one on mine too, because the Makar disappeared from sight, probably back to his tower.
I climbed down quickly, ready to go after Clary, hoping she would let me explain before killing me, but I didn't get the chance.
Alec stopped me, his face a storm cloud. "She loved you, and you do that? She told you about her past, and you fucking do that to her!" he hissed at me. I tried to explain, but I again didn't get the chance, seeing as he punched me straight in the face. I felt my nose break, hot liquid streaming out of it, and I fell over, almost getting knocked out.
I stood up and Alec was gone, probably after Clary, but he was replaced by someone that scared me way more. Clary's brother. Sebastian.
"She loved you?" he asked me, his voice deadly calm. I nodded, gulping. "And she watched you kiss that girl?" he said. I nodded again, feeling sick and guilty. I needed to find Clary and explain.
Then I was struck with excruciating pain, and saw Sebastian swirling his fingers in the air. I gasped for breath, trying to breathe through the pain. My vision started to get black dots at the edges, and I thought I was going to pass out. Then the pain lifted, and I was gulping in breath. "You're lucky as fuck that I can't kill you Angel boy," he spat at me before stalking off into the woods. Shit.
I was so screwed. And I might have just lost the most important person in my life. Shit, shit, shit.
So I didn't do terrible right? Clary is saying I did. Oh well, she's the one who's stuck. Ha! Come back next time.
Till next chapter! Bye!
