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Chapter 10 - An Island Of Fire

Clary could no longer see the surface as she

felt herself being pulled deeper and deeper within the water. Clary looked down to see what had hold of her. However the rivers darkness in the blanket of night blinded her, even from seeing the short distance from her eyes to her leg. But Clary could feel its grip was tight. It didn't plan on letting her go. Most unfortunate seeing as she was reaching her capacity for how long she could hold her breath. Maybe Clary's training as a Shadowhunter helped but she wasn't panicking as a normal mundane would. Clawing at the water to reach the surface. Or fighting uselessly against what grasped her leg. Because she knew she would be unable to free herself. The struggle would only weaken her more. Still, even though Clary caught her second wind. It was only a matter of time before she instinctively tried to breathe. And she would drown. Right now Clary was maintaining her discipline as a shadowhunter to not give in and let that happen. Still, you can't suffocate yourself. No one is that strong of mind. This was the perfect example of why being a mundane was terrible. Because there was a rune that would help her in this situation. It wouldn't give her gills, but it would lessen the strain on her lungs. At least that's what Clary thought. She had never used the Breathing Under Duress rune. Perhaps it gave you the ability to hold your breath longer. Either way, she was sinking faster and deeper in the water. And Clary knew she would soon fade into a different darkness. It was only a matter of time.

However at the moment there was still one thing

Clary did see. Perhaps the only thing in the water that was alight. It was the bracelet. Isabelle's bracelet still glowed within the water. That's when an idea struck Clary. Her strength was waning. But she forced herself to reach down. However instead of trying to take hold of the claw the gripped her, like an ordinary person would. Clary touched her bracelet to the demons hand. She heard bubbles and felt herself being freed. The electrum on the bracelet burned the demon forcing it to let go. But Clary, although being freed. Found she was too deep to get back to the surface. She wasn't even sure if the demon would stay gone. Clary felt arms grab her around the waist. Since her eyes had already closed. She assumed it was the demon. If Clary wasn't drifting so much, she would have noticed Isabelle's bracelet had stopped pulsing. Instead of feeling herself being pulled even deeper into the water she was being rushed to the surface at a swift speed. When Clary broke the surface it took her lungs less than half second to reach for air. Clary was gasping and coughing. Not coughing up water. She just felt as if she couldn't catch her breath. She held it so long. Now that oxygen was available to her. Clary was finding it hard to breathe again. Only then did Clary notice through her labored gasps she was moving again. She felt as if she was flying on the surface of the water. Suddenly she noticed herself stop. Clary felt herself being placed on rocks. Wet rocks.

Clary opened her eyes and realized she was staring

up at the night sky. She turned her head and saw what looked like silk beaded with pearls within the water. Clary's eyes traveled upwards and saw one of the most beautiful women she had ever come across. She was almost as pale as the moon itself. Her hair was light purple and it fell long down her shoulders and it looked as if pearls were sewn into it. Then she saw as she looked down the woman's body she had a shimmering silver tail. In the moons light each scale shone a different color. A mermaid. Clary had never seen one before. She looked into it's crystalline light blue eyes. The woman, the mermaid, didn't smile. Perhaps she was waiting for Clary's gratitude. So Clary gave it. It's not like she wasn't going to thank the mermaid for saving her life. Things were just happening very slowly and quickly currently. She had been nearly killed and then saved by a mermaid of all things. Clary had only just gotten back to herself. "Thank you, for saving me." The mermaid smiled, when she opened her mouth to speak Clary noticed sharp teeth with her mouth. Who knew behind those lilac colored lips, would be a shark like incisors.

Clary was finding this silence awkward so she went

on to introducing herself. "My name is-" "Clary". She was cut off by the mermaid who had finally spoken. "I know who you are." Clary noticed when the mermaid spoke it's voice was almost melodious. As if she were singing. It reminded her of Ithuriel's voice. Not his screams of agony, but when she saw him strong. Perhaps this is what they meant by sirens luring sailors to their death in old folk tales. Their ships would crash open the shore's rocks because they were all hypnotized by the sirens song. Clary couldn't blame them. Her voice was mesmerizing. But Clary still kept focus. "My name is Arabella." The mermaid said to her. "Why did you save me? How did you know to?" The mermaid, Arabella was now laying on the beach next to Clary. the lower half of her body still in the ocean. Her hair splayed out across the sand. She looked almost as if she was tanning from the moonlight. "A piskie." Clary was confused. "A what?" Clary asked? "A piskie saw you leave that new downworlder restaurant. That you somehow remembered the shadowworld." Clary was then curious. "Why would a pixie tell a mermaid-" Arabella rolled her eyes "Piskie not pixie." she paused then explained. "Piskie's are faeries who were exiled from the seelie realm. They now live in the mundane world. One saw you leaving a downworlder restaurant and told the king. He found it suspicious. Then he told the rest of the fey to watch out for you."

Hold on Clary thought. King? Now she was really

confused. "King? What happened to the Seelie Queen?" Not that she was the Seelie Queens greatest fan. Still, Clary wondered why a change in monarchy? But Clary of course had departed from the shadowworld before she had been made aware of the Seelie Queen's death. "Jonathan Morgenstern killed her." Clary sat up quickly at this. "Jonathan, my brother?" She asked. "When your brother killed our beloved Queen, many of us were frightened. With no leader, we were lost. Our current king helped guide us. So we fey decided he shall be our new leader." Arabella paused then smiled and said "King Meliorn". Clary was right now feeling what Simon, Magnus and Alec probably were when they saw her. Pure and utter shock. "Meliorn was made king?" So Arabella continued. "Upon our Queens death the fey folk were in disarray. King Meliorn whom was a noble seelie knight took charge. Helped bring calm." Good on Meliorn apparently. Ok now things made somewhat more sense. Clary thought, then said. "So you made him king." That was understandable, still...

"Why would the King of the Fair Folk tell

the fey to look out for me?" Clary asked Arabella. "I believe he felt indebted to you." Arabella paused at Clary's wondering look. "Indebted to you for taking the revenge so many of us desired. You killed your brother. It is unlike the Fair Folk to involve ourselves with the matters of nephilim. However upon hearing of your departure from the shadowworld some of us. Our king included, found your punishment unjust." Clary was happy to hear that. Until Arabella continued to say. "At the same time many of us thought you deserved your punishment. To pay for your brothers actions. Then there were fey who were angry at your leaving for a completely different reason. We wanted to kill you ourselves, for your brothers crimes against the fey. He killed our beloved Queen. Justice must be taken." Clary was slightly annoyed at this, but didn't show it because she was still grateful to the mermaid. "Justice was taken, I killed him." Arabella just looked at Clary. "But we didn't, we of course would have been unable to." This time it was Clary who just looked. "What was your stance?" Clary asked. "Nothing" Arabella said the continued. "As mermaids we try my best to not involve myself with the world above. We take pleasure in the freedom the sea provides." Then why take orders from the king? Clary thought. "But you listened to Meliorn." Clary said "He is our King, we will always remain loyal to him."

"So King Meliorn ordered the piskies who live outside

the realm to watch for anything suspicious. Upon learning of your return he told us to keep an eye on you. Which is why I'm here. Mermaids prefer fresh, clean water you know? I wouldn't be here if it weren't per the kings request." Clary looked at her. "You saved me from drowning." Arabella then said. "I could have saved you from the demon." She smiled showing her sharp teeth. Clary could tell that despite her beauty, Arabella could probably be as vicious as the shark her teeth resembled. "I wouldn't have been able to kill it but releasing it's grasp would have been easy enough. However I had only just arrived to see you free yourself." Clary responded to this by saying "I couldn't swim up. I was too deep, but you brought me to the surface so quickly. Then before a realized it, I was here." Arabella smiled as if impressed with herself. "The speed we could swim at would astonish you." It was clear Arabella took pride in every part of herself. From her unbelievable beauty to her fangs, as well as the apparent pace at which she could travel. Perhaps mermaids were egotistical because Arabella was just lying there, making no attempt to conceal her upper half. She was showing herself off, Clary thought to herself. Arabella's "pride" in herself was making Clary blush. Normally Clary would look away, out of respect. But she thought that might be offensive to a mermaid. They wanted to be adored, praised.

"It had to have been a kappa. A water

demon, they kill by pulling their victims underwater." Apparently it wasn't just people she remembered. Clary recalled the demons she had learned about. Ridiculous, Clary thought. She had a shadowhunters knowledge without being an actual shadowhunter. Clary then noticed Arabella was slowly going back into the water. She was leaving Clary. "Wait!" Clary called out to her. "Where am I?" Arabella smiled. Only her head and shoulders now visible. "Fire Island." Clary thought for a moment. "Long Island? You're leaving me in Long Island? I live nowhere near here." With a laugh Arabella said. "You shouldn't complain about how people save you." And with that she left. The last thing Clary saw was the shine of her silver tail fin sink beneath the water. Clary thought calmly about her options. She didn't have her phone. She purposely dropped it when she was grabbed, hoping someone could GPS track it. Even if she kept it with her, the water would have ruined it. Clary never believed the whole "water proof" sales pitch of phones. If Clary didn't know any better. She would assume Arabella left her there out of spite. Or perhaps for her own personal humor.

Jace arrived at Clary's apartment. He knew Clary

wouldn't bother leaving him a key outside. She knew he could just use the unlocking rune. So Jace pulled out his steele, opened the door and went inside locking it behind him. The lights were out. Jace assumed Clary had already gone to bed. It was late, and he hadn't come straight to her place after fighting. He had to shower. So Jace decided to surprise her in bed. However when he went in the room it was empty. Clary's bed was still made. It hadn't been slept in. Perhaps she hadn't even gotten back yet. So Jace took out his phone and decided to call her. After his second attempt with no answer he had started to get worried. So Jace took hold of a paint brush next to one of Clary's canvas's and activated his tracking rune. Annoyed Jace called Alec. "Hey, are you still in New York?" "Magnus and I were just about to leave." Alec replied. "I'm heading back towards the Institute, wait for me." Alec was confused. "Why?" Alec asked. "I'll explained later." So Jace left the apartment with Clary's brush.

Jace walked through the Institute doors and saw

Alec waiting for him. "I can't find Clary. I tried calling but she wouldn't answer her phone, and I couldn't track her." Jace showed Alec the brush. Alec took Jace's hand as they tried to track Clary together. Jace was getting frustrated, even their Parabati tracking was proving fruitless. Alec, seeing Jace's irritation attempted to ease it by saying. "If Clary is still at the pier, then the water would interfere with the tracking." That was understandable. But why would Clary still be there? She said she intended on going back home. Jace and Alec headed towards Isabelle's room. Magnus had told him they he would be there speaking with her. Magnus being Isabelle's confidant this past year, she had quite a bit to say.

"I know, I saw it with my own eyes, but

still... I still find it hard to believe." Isabelle said to Magnus. "I never thought I'd speak with her again. Magnus what if Jace is right to be afraid. Couldn't the angels just erase her memory again?" If Isabelle were anyone else, he would tell them to go speak to a therapist, not himself. However Isabelle was not just anyone. Not even just Magnus's friend. She was technically his sister-in-law. So Magnus tried his best to comfort her. "You know Clary reminds me of Santa Claus in a way." Izzy just looked at him confused and wondered what he was getting at. Magnus explained. "She shows up, spreads happiness, then vanishes. But one thing stays certain, she always comes back." Izzy smiled and sighed. "More like cupid" Izzy thought aloud. Because it was true. What were the chances Alec would have met Magnus? Maybe not impossible, but still. Then there was Simon, even if there was a chance Alec and Magnus may have met. Perhaps if the Institute needed the High Warlock of Brooklyn. It was Clary who brought Simon to her. It was also Clary who helped her mother and Luke get reacquainted. Jace was right in what he said to Isabelle once. About how Clary brought so many people together. It was completely unfair the romance Clary herself had, had been broken. "No, she's definitely cupid." Izzy said laughing. "Well doesn't love bring the greatest source of happiness." Magnus asked rhetorically as he smirked. "Yes, but it can also produce the greatest source of pain." Isabelle said. Alec and Jace then walked in the room.

"Magnus we need you to portal us back to

the pier." Jace said quickly. A part of him was very worried. Because it wasn't just water that could block tracking. You can't track someone, if their dead... Curious Magnus, looking at Alec asked. "Are we not going back to Alicante?" Alec responded faster this time grabbing Jace forearm attempting to silently say. Calm down. "We are having trouble locating Clary." Magnus was slightly annoyed. Normally he wouldn't mind. But right now Magnus had hoped to go back Alicante and give Alec a real reason to be happy. But of course something had to come up. So Magnus opened a portal to the pier where they were. "She's not here" Alec said. They were right next to the water. If Clary was somewhere along the pier the rune wouldn't work. So he decided to call her. They all heard a ringing and walked over to what was Clary's phone on the floor. "She could have dropped it." Izzy said, trying to remain optimistic. Jace picked up the phone. He saw Clary had missed calls, all from him.

So they all just continued to search the area.

Jace's panic growing greater. However Jace thought jumping to the conclusions that something might have happened to Clary, wasn't conducive to a successful mission. But maybe when you love someone, you always tended to worry more. That's why Valentine always told him love was weakness. He said once you bring yourself to care for someone, you become vulnerable. It was Clary whom taught him Valentine was wrong. That love wasn't weakness. If anything it was the opposite. It gave you the strength. Ever since he met Clary, Jace always felt they were stronger together. After checking the entire pier they all came to conclusion Clary was no longer there. So if she wasn't near water, was she really in danger after all? Jace thought. "I could try a locator spell." Magnus spell. "I can't say it will work but we are getting nowhere." Whatever Magnus was planning to do got interrupted by a ringing. Clary's phone, it rang. There was no id "Answer it" Magnus said to Jace after he third ring whilst looking at him as if he were dim for hesitating. "It's a phone not an atomic bomb." So Jace answered.

Clary walked along the beach. There was something a

little frightening and whilst enjoyable about being there. Being all alone, at night, on a beach far from home, with nothing to defend herself with. Yes Clary was scared. However the oceans breeze. The moon, which was close to full tonight gave made the waters surface shimmer. If it was clouded over, she knew the water would only look black. It also gave her more some brightness to light her way, that way she wasn't in total darkness. Still, she was in Long Island and she lived in Manhattan. Also speaking of the wind, whilst she loved taking in a deep breath of the oceans salty air. Being soaked as she was, she was very cold. Clary was sure she would wake up with a cold tomorrow. Another thing she missed about being a shadowhunter. Clary was pretty sure an Iratze would be able to take care of the common cold. Speaking of cold she started to shiver and missed her Heat rune. Once Clary was away from the rocks and the reeds she started to walk up. To get away from the water and maybe ask to borrow a phone. Though how would she find someone out here at this hour she didn't know. Clary doubted she'd run into any psychos. However even she did, her shadowhunter powers may be gone. But she still knew how to kick ass. Even if she was less durable, weak, slow and out of practice. Jace was right, Clary thought. She thought so little of herself. Upon self reflection Clary knew she was still a good fighter. However doubts still crept in. They came from the part of her who longed to be nephilim again. Either way none of that would help her current predicament.

Walking through the sand up the beach was like

dragging her feet through mud. If it weren't for the leg exercise's she used to do. She was sure her muscles be would straining more. Clary had no idea how to get to the main road, if there was one. So she just kept walking. Even if she found a road, Clary didn't feel much like hitching a ride. She lacked the trust required to get in a strangers car. Luckily however she saw a pay phone. Clary smiled and ran to it. Damn, she thought. Of course she needed coins. Clary pulled out her wallet, all her dollars were soaked and useless. But her quarters were just wet, still usable. So she put them in, but wait. Who to call? Simons number and Jace's number which used to know by heart escaped her. However Clary did know one thing. If Jace couldn't find Clary then he would look for her. She could only hope, that he started at the pier. If he couldn't track her with a rune because of the water. He may try to track her phone. Which is why she dropped it. So Clary called her self, she was desperate for someone to answer. Clary didn't have enough coins for a second call, and what she had now, only gave her a few minutes. After what felt like an eternity there was an answer. It was Jace, just like she knew it would be.

"It's Clary." Jace said to the others. Isabelle asked

"What happened? Where is she?" Jace himself was going to ask the same. "Clary why didn't you return home?" Clary cut Jace off before he could say anymore. "I don't have time. I'm on a pay phone. Jace I'm somewhere near Fire Island beach, it's in Long Island." Jace was beyond confused, "Why in the name of the angel are you in Long Island?" "Long Island?" Izzy echoed Jace's curious voice. "I'm going to need more specifics if I'm to open a portal." Magnus said to Jace. "Fire Island." Jace quickly said. "That's 31 miles worth of sand, give me more." Hearing Magnus's voice, Clary looked around. She saw the light house still a ways away "Tell him to portal to the lighthouse, I'm still a little far from it. But I'll head there." So Jace passed along Clary's message and Magnus opened a portal. Unfortunately once he stepped in, the phone call was cut.

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