Rebekah
The Lightwood siblings didn't look happy having to deal with the Silent Brothers. While we were shuffling out the door to leave , Amara grabbed my arm. She said nothing but looked at me. I felt and itch, a tickle pushing against my brain, scratching my head I heard. 'Someone close to you knows more then they want you to think, and is not to be trusted.' I just stared at Amara wondering how she was able to do that. She just smiled and let go of me. I caught up with Jace who was watching us by the door and we met the others by the sidewalk at the bottom of the stairs. That cold sensation washed over me again as we walked over the barrier. Walking back towards the van I look at everyone who was walking besides me and try to think who would could be the one to turn on me. I can't see anyone doing that, maybe Alec he seems to dislike me, but would he do that to his sister and Jace, who he seems very close to? I was quiet on our way over to the van and as we got in Simon asked the Shadowhunters where they were going and Jace responded 'The Cemetery.' Simon gave him a weird look but listened.
We arrived at the cemetery, but we have Ben just sitting around. I glanced out the window and saw the gates that was closed since it's so late at night. There's fog slowly moving it's way through the cemetery between grave stones and across the mossy grass. Simon and Karla are sleeping up front while the Shadowhunters are just sitting there with bored faces.
"Why are we just sitting here where the night seems to be hot and sticky and inside the van is seems to be no better? I thought I was going to be meeting with the Silent Brothers?" I asked them.
"We are, but as Jace said we can't walk up to them and just demand to see them." Isabelle said.
"The Silent Brothers are Shadowhunters with superior powers." Alec drawled with that dull voice of his. " They will lower the Mortal Sword to retrieve your memory, which can also kill you so there's that."
"Alec." Jace glared at him while Simon who I thought was asleep said.
"You know your bedside manner is abysmal." Alec just glared at him before turning to me.
"We've broken about eighteen Clave rules, we shouldn't even be here." I just rolled my eyes at him.
Suddenly in the cramped space the van glowed with an orange hue as flames slowly emerged before a small sheet of paper. Jace grabbed it out of the air before nodding his head. He passed the paper to Isabelle and Alec, who also nodded. Isabelle took out her own stele which was reddish pink, while I only seen Jace's which was silver. She drew a rune where the paper caught on fire and surprisingly leaving no ashes that should've been there. Alec moved to open the door, making Simon shake Karla awake. As we all moved out of the van I watched as Jace took out his stele placing the tip on the gate where the keyhole is and twisted it to the right, making the gates open. He turned to me holding out his hand and I move to take it. Locking his fingers with mine he turns to Alec.
"You and Izzy stay with the mundanes. Keep an eye out and if you see or hear anything let me know." Alec didn't look happy with Jace telling him to stay but nodded.
Jace and I passed the gates which swung shut with a slam as we crossed. I glanced back at my friends who gave me a thumbs up, Jace moved through the cemetery. The grounds were so quiet you couldn't even hear crickets, and since the moon was covered by the cloudy sky, the cemetery was pitch black. I had to cover my eyes as it was dark a few seconds ago, was suddenly glowing with light. I looked around for the source and see Jace holding a little stone.
"Witchlight, us Shadowhunters carry it around to remind us that light can be found even in the darkest of places." He then gave it to me.
Holding it we walked deeper into the plot till we came across a small mausoleum which what looked like Latin on top of it. Jace let go of my hand and leaned against the side of the stone wall on the left and just stood there. Guessing we have to wait till the doors opened, I glanced around to see a fresh grave with the shovel lying on the ground next to it. I turned my attention to Jace as he stood up straight, He pointed to a figure in long black robes and as I could see as he got closer runes all over his face and his lips stitched shut and his eyes too.
"We have received your letter from your watcher Hodge Starkweather." I jumped at the echoed voice that was suddenly ghosting in my head. "He told us that Rebekah Fairchild seem to have a block in her mind, we will help you young Shadowhunter as a favor to your mother who joined with her kind with the DownWorlders at the Accords to stop Valentine and the Circle."
The Silent Brother moved passed me and just like Jace placed his stele against the gate and the door slowly opened with a loud creak. The Silent Brother went through demanding us to 'Come'.
"That's Brother Jeremiah, he's what you can call the grounds keeper of this place."
Jace took my hand and we slowly descended the dark gaping hole that was in front of us. As we reached the bottom the torches lite up and Brother Jeremiah was waiting patiently for the two of us at the spiral stairs case that at landings held big gold doors. It finally opened up into rows and rows of walls with skeletons on them.
"When we Shadowhunters die we are buried here." Jace tapped the wall. "Even in our death we're still working to protect the Bone City."
We made it out further and there explains the heat at the bottom laid huge rows and rows of machinery that what looks like the mundane way of cremating our bodies.
"The dust from the Shadowhunters bones are used to protect this place."
" And what do the Silent Brothers do?" I asked Jace.
"We keep records of our fellow Shadowhunters for the Clave. Some people call us scholars, librarians, and healers. The Silent Brothers are opposite to our Iron Sisters who creates the weapons that all Shadowhunters use."
"How about sleeping? Do you guys ever sleep?"
"Sleepp?" Brother Jeremiah sound as if he didn't know the term.
"You just had to ask." I can just picture the smirking that's gracing his Jace's face.
A few more levels down we finally made it to where we're supposed to go as the large golden door seemed to be open. Walking in the room was huge. That held several archways. The middle had an eye and as I look up there's the sword Alec mentioned. Jace gently pushed me to the middle of the room as he took several steps back. Hearing footsteps with swish of clothing, I see several Silent Brothers moving about the room till they filled each archway. The seven Silent Brothers placed their hand on the stone sword in front of them before letting out a loud groan. I jumped as my arms was suddenly encased in vines that I never realized was moving through out the room.
"What is this?"
"The Vitis Veritas were a gift from the Seele Queen. You must hold still young Shadowhunter, you're already risking your life using the Soul-Sword to unlock your memories , the vines will keep you from moving too much which can kill you, as we try to gain what you have lost."
I looked up as what I can hear seems like gears moving or something unlocking, and I was right, the Soul-Sword is slowly lowering its way towards me. And as it got closer the sword looked sharp and like everything else in the Shadow World gold, that had runes on it like I seen on Jace's seraph blade. I closed my eyes as it touched my forehead and my vision turned dark, before a bright light that slowly turned to shadows that cleared to show me sitting on my couch with tears running down my face. And to me I looked to be around eight.
Looking around my apartment still looks the same, I moved closer to my younger self and I can pick up voices coming towards the back door that leads to Dot shop. Moving into the kitchen where the voices are coming from I see a younger Jocelyn and Luke.
"You can't keep doing this Jocelyn, she's going to start questioning why all the other classmates and Simon can go and she can't"
"Your right, I know your right but what am I supposed to do?" She moved to a drawer in kitchen and pulled out a piece of paper. I quickly moved to see what she was showing Luke and on the paper was what Jace explained to me was the angle rune. "I asked Magnus Bane to give me a sign so I can know when to come back to him, He told me if she drew this the spell he placed on Rebekah to block her from seeing the Shadow World is coming undone. If I let her go on her class trip, can you only imagine how frighten Rebekah will be if sees something that no one else can."
My mom moves to the living watching my younger self go to her bedroom.
"And what if she sees a demon I won't be there to protect her, she can get herself killed!"
Luke slammed his hands on the kitchen bar.
"And who's fault is that?" I've never seen Luke so angry before. "Bekah should've known her true self two years ago! Rebekah being kept in the dark is putting you both in danger, After everything you've been through, losing both your children, running from Valentine-"
"It's because of my husband I lost my kids!"
"Are you afraid that she'll be like them, because she's not Clary or Johnathan."
The scene suddenly changed as I watched my mom and my younger self make their way in the snow towards an apartment building. Holding my hand she pressed a button and I ran over and glancing at the names that's holds the tenets in the building, she pressed the button for Magnus Bane.
"You can come up Jocelyn."
My mom opened the door and we walked up a flight of stairs that turned out to be an open space. There's seem to be no more stairs leading to other apartments, and walking out of a room I can only assume is Magnus Bane.
Taking out a piece of paper. "She's drawing it again."
Taking the photo Magnus looked it over before snapping his fingers making the paper disappear. "Do you have the painting?"
I watched as my mom hands over to Magnus a painting of a man who is my father and a women who I don't recognize, But what I do remember is that's supposed to be my mother smiling face instead of the raven haired woman. Magnus nodded placing down the painting in the corner by the window before walking over to me, he smiled as I was petting a cat who curled up on my lap.
"Come on Chairman Meow, daddy needs to work." The cat let out an angry mewl before Magnus picked me up and the scene went black.
I woke up on the floor with Jace and Brother Jeremiah looking over me. I sat up and then slowly tried to stand but my body was feeling weak. "I think I know who took my memories."
"Magnus Bane." And I gave him a 'How do you know look' "You kept saying his name since the sword touched your head."
"Do you know him?" Jace nodded but didn't say anything else.
"Well it looks like we'll be talking our leave Brother Jeremiah." He wrapped his arm around my waist and with the aide of Brother Jeremiah left the Bone City.
