Back again. this chapter should hopefully answer some questions. will update again soon. leave a review xxx

Clary stared wide eyed at the woman stood in front of her. At a first glance Mrs. Thornton looked like an ordinary person. She looked alive, like any other ordinary person. But when Clary really looked at her she realized that wasn't quite the case. Although she was there and Clary could make out every small detail about her such as the colored lining of her dress, the ribbon tying her hair back and the crimson red lipstick she was wearing. At the same time Clary could see directly through her. "Is this real?" Clary asked hoping she was still dreaming.

"Yes Clarrisia. I can assure you this is very real." Cassandras voice was soft and calm. Clarys Jaw dropped "But Your dead I saw it. I-I saw you die" Clarys hands trembled at her sides she desperately tried to steady them but couldn't bring herself to concentrate. Cassandra reached out and placed her hand on Clarys shoulder and much to Clarys surprise, she felt it. "Clarrisia what you saw did indeed happen that is how myself and my husband died. But we never truly left." Cassandra looked deep into Clarys eyes as if she was looking into her soul. Clarys words came out in a stutter "That means you're a g-gh-ghost" Cassandra nodded "that means all the things that happened here the noises. The things moving back into the cupboard. It was you?" Cassandra nodded again. "Your son, Oliver I'm so sorry. Do you know what happened to him?" Clary glanced towards George who was still frozen, her heart ached to hear him cry or see him move but she knew there must be a reason why Cassandra was visible to her.

"I wish I knew what happened to Oliver. The clave took him away I've been trapped hear ever since. I can see many things, the past and the future but I could never see my baby boy. I cannot let the clave do to me what they did to us, to my baby" Cassandra looked as if she was about to cry. Could Ghosts Cry? Clary knew she should offer words of comfort or support but she had to know more. She needed to know what the connections were between Oliver and George and why the clave was so desperate to have the children in their possession. "Why are our families so similar?" She asked "why can George do these things, I had a broken arm and he healed it with this red glow just like Oliver." Clary felt tears spring into her eyes she had so many questions she needed to ask but still didn't really know how to ask them. Cassandra gestured towards the couch "Please sit Clarrisia and I shall explain." Clary hesitated but did as Cassandra requested.

Cassandra finally began to explain. "As you understand Clarrisia you and Johnathan are rather unique and the way you have encountered angels has given you both very enhanced shadow hunting abilities. But Jonathon was brought back to life by the angel. So he absorbed part of the angles life source. As you know shadowhunter's are part angel and part mundane, however the human half of your husband died that day so when the angel brought him back to life and he absorbed the angels life source your husband became not only a shadowhunter but a true angel."

Cassandra's words lingered in the air as clary tried to comprehend them. Could it be? Could Jace no longer be human but be a full angel instead? "How-How didn't we know? How didn't the clave know?" clary asked. She knew that if the clave found out Jace was a pure angel they would be more concerned about having Jace in their control over George. Cassandra must have sensed Clarys shock and confusion her voice grew soft and delicate. "Clarrisia, I doubt he knows himself. If you think about it you will realize that since that moment Jace became an even more extraordinary shadowhunter from what he already was. And because George is his son George became more angel than human giving him these powers."

Clary sat in silence for a moment although what Cassandra was saying made sense it explained Georges unique powers it still didn't explain why there were so many similarities between George and Oliver. Clary was slightly unsure whether to directly ask or wait for Cassandra to tell her but she decided that it was now or never, she may never get this opportunity again. "So Jace being an angel explains Georges powers but what about Oliver? That is if you don't mind my asking?" Clarys voice was very unsteady, was she overstepping a line by asking personal questions about Oliver, or was that why Cassandra was here?

The woman remained silent for the next few moments until finally Cassandra began to speak again. "Oliver is also more angel than he was shadowhunter. There is something I haven't yet told you Clarrisia. Much like Jace I too am not human in anyway." Cassandra paused as if wondering if she could trust Clary with this information. "I too am an angel. I was sent to earth to ensure that shadowhunter's where for filling their destiny to protect the humans from the demons. Whilst I was on earth I too used runes and fought in battles alongside shadowhunter's. I was never meant to stay on earth for very long but I fell in love." Cassandras voice trailed off for a moment. "my husband he was one of the best shadowhunter's since the original shadowhunter himself. He was undefeatable with a heart of gold. We met on the day the man who killed him was officially made the inquisitor. There was a connection. I fell in love. I knew my duty was to watch over the workings of the clave but I lost sight of my duty and before I knew it. He proposed and where married. He never knew who I truly was, not in the beginning anyway. We had Oliver and everything was perfect until Oliver started displaying theses powers and then I knew I had to explain everything." Cassandra turned and faced away from Clary at first Clary thought she was going to leave but Cassandra didn't, instead she drifted over to the window and starred out across the field which she died on. "the clave suspected that my brother in law had been making deals with down wourlders trading information with them which was considered as treason. They came on my husband's birthday to arrest my brother in law. My husband thought against the clave not believing their claims. It quickly developed into a sword fight. My husband sunk his serph blade into the stomach of one of the claves men. Killing him" she paused. "things suddenly happened in slow motion. Another one of the claves men leaped forward from behind him and I screamed expecting my husband to be killed. But at that last second Oliver began mumbling in my arms. He was only a tiny baby no more than 6 weeks old. I had turned his face away so he couldn't witness the horror that was unfolding in front of us but somehow he knew what was happening. His body was almost vibrating and then a red glow shone from every inch of his body. It created a shield around myself and my husband protecting us from the clave. The claves men attacked the shield with everything they had but they couldn't break it. My husband ran towards us and the second he touched Oliver we were sucked into a portal. We ran from the clave for many years they once found us and almost captured us but my husband killed two of their men and Oliver portled us away. I showed you this when you first found the nursery." Clary thought about the vision she had seen and how much Mr. Thornton's actions reminded her of Jace's actions while they were searching for their son.

"Finally we settled hear. I came clean about everything and told my husband the truth. He was furious with me I had betrayed him. he went off into the nearest village without any glamour's and someone reported our location to the clave. They sealed off the village so we couldn't leave. They sent us letters demanding us to give ourselves up but we never did. Until the day they came for us, you witnessed the events that unfolded that day."

Clary rose to her feet and walked to stand beside Cassandra unsure what she could say. "I have been here ever since and so as my husband. Our spirits could never rest not knowing what happened to our son. The clave employed a warlock to trap our souls into this property as punishment. They then burned the house down to ashes. As my sprit still lives hear I was able to rebuild he house using my angelic powers and restore it exactly to how it was without the clave knowing. I knew it was my duty to protect those who seek refuge here and vowed to never let them come to the same fate."

Clary finally found her voice. "Thank you" she whispered "Without this house, without you I think we too would have ended up with the same fate." She didn't know what else to say almost all of her questions had been answered but she was unsure why Cassandra had only just now decided to appear to her. "Why are you telling me this?" Clary asked.

At that moment Cassandra gave Clary her final message. "The clave has your family members in their custody. They have them locked on the top floor of the New York institute where they are being tortured into sharing information of your whereabouts. If you want to see any of your family again in two days' time you must portal back to the institute and save your family bringing them back here. If you don't save them before 10pm Tuesday night they will be sentenced to their deaths."

Will Clary and Jace be reunited with their family or will it be too late? let me know what you think. thanks for reading xxx