Chapter 11

CECILY POV

I gasped in shock as Tessa revealed her ….parentage? I always knew she was hiding something but this? This secret is the best kept secret of all time- well… know worst kept secret but still! I could hear murmurs collecting and surrounding me as people began to whisper. I knew Tessa had lied to us and I was angry but most of all I felt sad and guilty. She had kept all that on her chest and had hidden it…. It was her own terrible past that we'd tried to uproot from her and make her tell us by plotting. I felt that she needed to backed up for keeping this secret not disgusted. So I pushed my way through the crowd up to our very own headmistress.

"Just because Tessa kept this secret" I started as angry and annoyed voices started to rise, I shushed them and carried on "doesn't mean she should be shunned everyone keeps secrets about their past….. We shouldn't judge her…. Especially some of you" I finish. I look at Tessa who sends me a generous looks then looks back pleadingly at Jem. Will just looks betrayed along with Jem. I go back to my rank, ready for the horde of demons to come back at the send of Asmodeus.

TESSA POV

I watched as Cecily went back to her rank after saving me from the other Shadow hunters. I decided to ignore Will and Jem, if they wanted to sulk then they can, firstly I'm sending my father back to hell! I turned around back to Father, I saw his normally angry face, smirking back at me with mischief. It only angered me.

"Well Daughter" he slowly said, I flinched when he said daughter though, "now you've betrayed your friends, I'm sure MOST of them don't want to take you back in, eh? You might as well as come home with me!" he says boastingly.

I snarled "I'm NEVER coming home with you, you had your chance you monster!" and with that I transformed using my magic and shape shifting abilities to grow into an 11 foot grey demon, with sharp claws and elegant wings. I'd found the spell in one of my books, it transferred you into your own demon. This was my demon state, me.

Several rows of Shadow hunters stepped back to avoid the sparks flying off me. My favourite Parabatai pair included. Before we could fight, I heard a whistling sound then a bang, when the cloud had disappeared, Father was on the ground slowly getting up with an injured wing. I looked around and found a sparkly warlock. He walked up to us and said "Father you have mistreated me, you will not mistreat my sister!" I gasped, which sounded like a little whine/snarl in my demon form. Oh, how embarrassing?

I turned around to Father and sent a barrel of flame at him, aiming at his injured wings and burnt arms. He howled in pain then suddenly the legion of demons were upon us, charging towards the institute. The school charged forward silently, using shadows to hide their weapons and slicing the demons apart. I saw my brother fighting our apparent cousin. I snarled then turned back to Father who had finally gotten up.

"Why do you want me?" I growled to him as we sent and blocked spells at each other. "It's easy really I want your power on my side, so we can finally destroy Shadow hunters!" he laughed manically. Was he crazy? Wait yeas he was but deranged? He thought I would kill my fellow comrades, my true family? "You forget, I'm half angel!" I yell and grab onto the aura of my necklace.

I painfully transform into Ithuriel as I enlarge, the angel blood burning away the demon of me that I had changed into. I knew I had kept it under wraps and tried not to think of it much but it was my last resort I wasn't going to be able to kill Asmodeus as a demon, a lesser one at that but as I higher angel. That could help me get rid of him forever.

I saw everyone cower in my presence as I now had the power of an angel…

Oh I am in deeper shit now….

All rights go to Cassandra Clare. Sorry that was all mumbo jumbo but oh well. Please review and hope you enjoy this rushed chapter. Ave atque vale x