Izzy's point of View

Izzy walked up behind Theresa and Simon, catching the end of their conversation, something about the perks of being part demon. She linked her arm with Simon and started to comment too. They spend the next 20 minutes taking trips from the carriage to their rooms, delivering the clothes Izzy and Simon had bought.

Sophie offered to draw up a bath, Simon quickly agreed but Izzy thanked her and told her that maybe later. She turned to walk towards the training room unaware that Theresa had followed her. She walked in and felt immediately better seeing the weapons on the walls and the training equipment. The rafters were pretty high up, but she was on top of them in less than a minute. Her whip extended and she twirled it as she balanced on the thin rafters. When she reached the middle she turned and let gravity pull her down. She flipped mid fall and landing graciously on her feet. She struck the nearest dummy and jumped back, hitting another dummy with her whip. She began to dance among the dummies hitting them with her whip and then kicking and punching, her hair flying and her heart racing. To anyone watching she was a blur amongst the targets, her whip flashing and her hair obscuring her face.

It was when she was running towards a rafter to jump off of, that she noticed Theresa watching her. She was momentarily lost in thought and she crashed into the rafter, her cheek smashing against the sturdy wood, making her fall back and land on her butt. Theresa rushed from the shadows and tried to help her up but Izzy was too busy laughing.

"Well that was embarrassing." Izzy muttered when she finally managed to stand up.

"You are incredible ! No wonder you were capable of killing those monsters." The awe in Theresa's voice warmed Izzy's checks but she only chuckled.

"Would you like to learn some movements ?" Izzy finally asked, walking towards the weapons.

"Would it be too much of a bother ?" She asked following Izzy.

Izzy stopped to consider the weapons in front of her, wondering what would be best for Theresa.

"It wouldn't bother me. It'll help distract me ." Izzy finally reached for a long sword. It was thin and light, very pretty and easy to handle. She handed it to Theresa and walked back to the center clearing the space of dummies.

"My experience with swords is basically nonexistent, I'm afraid I could hurt you or myself ." Izzy laughed and walked towards Teresa, leaving only a 3 feet between them.

"Try to cut me. " Izzy said, standing still.

"I could never, maybe this wasn't such a good idea-" Theresa gasped as Izzy wrapped her whip on her leg and pulled making her fall to the ground with a loud thump.

"Stop being afraid of getting hurt or hurting others. Everytime you fall you will get back up stronger." Izzy stretched her hand but Theresa ignored it and stood up. Theresa looked at izzy, with a spark in her eyes and this time when Izzy told her to cut her she obeyed. Before the sword hit her skin, Izzy slipped out of the way, bringing her own whip up to stop the swords trajectory. Theresa kept swinging and Izzy kept slipping out of the way. Izzy would stop them from time to time to teach Theresa how to properly stand and handle her sword. It was very slow, since Theressa was wearing a heavy dress and she had never practiced before. After a while Izzy moved from the weapons to hand to hand combat, and was pleased to see that Theresa had fast reflexes but even then she took a lot of punches. At some point Simon and William had walked in, both silent as they observed the girls fighting. They went at it for about 2 hours before Theresa declared herself too tired.

Izzy was pleased to see that she appeared to be genuinely happy.

"This was very fun, thank you Miss Lightwood ."She said as she turned a radiant smile on Izzy.

"Please call me Izzy."

"In that case, call me Tessa."

The two girls smiled and would have continued talking had he boys not come up to greet them.

"Will, you were here ?" William stared at Tessa for a moment before he turned his back to her and addressed Izzy.

"You are very talented. I never thought I'd see a woman capable of defending herself. I thought you were all damsels in distress who always endangered everyone's lives trying to save your own. " Theresa gasped and walked off, letting the door close after her. William looked apologetic for a second but the look was wiped off his face when Izzy slapped him.

"You are an asshole." She said before falling into a fighting stance. He took the hint and took a fighting stance as well. He charged first but Izzy simply side stepped and threw her leg out effectively catching his legs and sending him to the ground. He was up in a heartbeat and his next attack was much faster, his fist just missing her torso as she slipped out of the way. He turned and punched her right in the face before she could move away, but Izzy used the moment to grab his arm and kick him in the stomach. He bent in half and Izzy struck his face with her knee. His nose popped and blood streamed out. He chuckled making his teeth red and a bit creepy. He ducked the next attcaks and managed to hit Izzy hard enough to sent her flying. She managed to land on her feet but he was upon her in an instant, kicking her legs out of her. She rolled out of the way as she landed and popped back up. William was already charging her but she doesn't back out instead she used his momentum to grab his neck and swing into his back. Her legs were on his shoulders and she used the position to choke him. William threw himself back but Izzy was strong and she help the position until William's arms relaxed and he slumped against her.

"You really are talented " He managed to say. She smiled at him and offered him her hand . He took it and stood, wincing as his new wounds started to make themselves known.

"Tessa, you like her." Izzy said and continued talking even when he started to deny it.

"Don't argue with me. You like her but your parabatti is in love with her too and they seem to be in a relationship. You would never hurt either of them so you resign yourself to being the odd one out. The thing is, you can't keep away from her, so you say horrible things to her to make HER stay away. "

His eyes were round with surprise even as he tried to hide it.

"How?" Was his only response.
"Believe me when I say that I have seen many people struggle through worse situations. But listen, if you keep acting this way you'll lose her."

"Whatever you say, goddess of love. I'm Will. "

"I'm Izzy. Seems like this will be fun after all."