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TIME SKIP!
Third personJace walked out onto the field. Since Valentine had declared battle by right of the blood king, Jace's father couldn't refuse. He had given the army had a day to pull together, summoning everyone who could even swing a sword or shoot a bow. Clary was on archery, looking down from her position in line. Sundance was in the barn because she was in season and distracting all the stallions; especially Moonblink. Instead, Clary was perched upon Justin's back. She glanced down at Jace, who was with Moonblink, sitting in the grass and speaking to the king. Valentine had called off his army, giving the army of Evershire a chance to assemble. He only did this so he could slaughter them all at once. His army outnumbered the one they were opposing around three to one. Unfortunately for Valentine, his soldier were perfectly happy with the size of their kingdom, and didn't believe in slaughtering their neighbors, especially when there was no reason. This gave the defending army another advantge. They knew the terrain, were all loyal to their king, and were fighting for their lives and homes.Jace pov
"Father, shouldn't we be getting ready?" I asked, glancing around at our army, sitting in the grass, talking to one another as their horses grazed nearby.
"If it were any other situation, then probably. But Valentine has given us 24 hours and we still have at least three left. There's no use getting everyone tense. We want them to relax and conserve their energy for the battle," father responded. Well I guess that made sense, but I didn't have to like it. In fact, it absolute irked me. I wanted to get this over with; I just wanted to kill valentine and then go back home. I didn't like this waiting.I led Moonblink over to Clary and sat down in the grass next to Justin's feet. She looked down at me And dismounted, dropping Justin's reins tithe ground. "stay, boy," she said, holding up her hand. He snorted in reply and bent his head to pluck at the short grass.
"hey," she said and sat down. I scooted closer to her and draped my arm over her shoulders. She leaned her head on my shoulder and sighed.
"I don't like waiting," she said, as if she read my mind.
"me neither," I admitted. She laughed, but the bell like sound was swept away by the wind. She looked at me again and my heart sped up. A gust of wind picked up her loose mane of red curls, spinning them around her face in a tornado of fire. She groaned, frustrated, and pulled out a hair tye. She quickly braided it into a fishtail at the side of her head. She pulled a Bobby pin from her back pocket and opened it with her teeth. She pinned back her side bangs with a sigh.
" what's wrong?" I asked quickly.
"us. You. Me. What if valentine wins?" she asked," he's gonna try to take me and Justin back... You know that, right? Not only that, but he wants to kill you for taking out Sebastian. " she said, looking at me with concern.
" you know there's only one option then?" I asked her. She looked up at me, a question on the tip of her tongue.
" we take him out first," I said, standing up and pulling her to her feet." up," I commanded Moonblink who immediately picked up his head and sidestepped so I could mount. Grabbing his reins in one hand and he back of the saddle with the other, I put my foot in the stirrup and hoisted myself up. I looked up, expecting to have to encourage Clary, but she was already in her saddle.Clary povI lept into the saddle, looking at Jace expectantly. He looked up and couldn't keep the surprise off his face. We were going to find valentine. If we could surprise him and kill him before he got to the battleground, his army wouldn't continue to fight. We were relatively safe as Jace was an expert fighter and we both has warhorses who were completely loyal. I was trained since I was a child in the art of archery, as all the children in evershire were. Evershire had something of an expert army, as the king was slightly paranoid and always wanted to be prepared for times like this. So we set out, sneaking away from the arm and into the surrounding forest.
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