A bit of a filler chapter really. Already started on the next chapter so will upload as soon as I get some reviews. In the next chapter Clary returns to the New York institute but will she be able to save her family or will it be too late?
Could that be true? Clary stood with her mouth wide open unsure what she could say. Cassandra reached towards Clary and squeezed her hand "you need to arrive at the New York institute at 8pm if you want a chance at saving them but clary you must go alone. A new rune will appear to you tonight study it carefully it will be the key to your escape."
And with her last word of warning Cassandra disappeared and time finally started again.
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Clary looked around the room her heart almost jumped out of her chest as she heard her son calling her name. "Mama play, toys" he pleaded Clary felt tears slip down his cheeks how could she explained what had just happened to Jace? Should she tell him all of what Cassandra told her or just certain parts of it? Clary dropped to her knees and pulled her son into her arms.
"Mama cry? Why Mama Cry?" George asked. His innocent face beaming up at her as he softy kissed her check. "I love you mama." Clary tried her very best to swallow her cry's but she simply couldn't. Jace must have heard her crying and he came rushing into the room. "Hey, hey what's wrong? I never heard you come downstairs." His voice was slightly panicked. Clary shook her head "we need to talk, sit down." Slowly Jace lifted George out of his mother's arms and placed him back down near his toys. Then Jace pulled clary up and held her in the circle of his arms. He softly kissed her forehead as she snuggled against him. her tears soaked into his shirt.
Together they sat down on the couch. "You're not going to believe what I'm about to say but you have to believe me okay?" She questioned him, looking into his hazel eyes wondering if he could truly believe her.
"yesterday when I went upstairs something drew me towards the nursery. I can't quiet explain it but I just knew I needed to go in there. As I went in the room there was a red shimmer like a portal at the far end. I stepped closer to look at it and it pulled me in. before I knew it I had been pulled through the portal. Only this wasn't a normal portal I stayed in this house only it was November 23rd 1764. Clary looked up at stared into her husband's eyes. She watched as her words set in "But Clary time travels never been possible before?" Jace questioned. Clary shook her head "I know that Jace but it happened, let me explain it will make sense soon." Jace nodded and clary continued to speak.
"that was the day the Thornton family died. I watched it all Jace they killed them because they wanted Oliver. Then they took him away." She paused taking in a deep breath. "I didn't understand it at first but this morning something else happed that made it all make sense. The reason you never heard me come downstairs was because time was frozen. I woke up and when I came downstairs you weren't moving I even waved my hands in front of your face thinking you were just messing with me but you didn't even blink. Then I heard my name being called. I ran to look for George but he was frozen too. Then I turned around." Jace reached out and took hold of Clarys hand he could see the tears in her eyes. "When I turned around I saw who it was. It was Cassandra Jace. Cassandra Thornton."
Clary took a minute to figure out how she was going to keep explaining this to Jace, she knew she must sound almost idiotic but she didn't know what else to do. Then she looked towards her son. George happily sat on the floor playing with his toys and munching a biscuit. She couldn't let what happened to Oliver happen to George he deserved so much more than that. "she told me that Mr. Thornton killed a member of the clave whilst defending his brother but then as one of the clave members leapt forwards to attack Mr. Thornton Oliver's body started giving off a red glow and then the Thornton's where shielded from the other men. When Mr. Thornton touched his son they were portaled away to safety." Jace nodded remembering how he had also killed a man protecting his family from the clave. He nodded at Clary as an indication to carry on. "They ran for years until they ended up here. When the day came the clave member's managed to separate the family but again George had a red glow which forced the clave member who was holding him to let him go. Cassandra pulled a dagger out of her pocket and attacked the man holding her. But as she ran towards her son she was shot dead. Mr. Thornton was across the field. He couldn't get away. The clave recaptured George and before they took him with them through the portal the inquisitor killed Mr. Thornton. Cassandra and her husband have been here ever since. The clave trapped their spirits here." Clary's tears muffled her words. Thought about how Cassandra longed to know what happened to her son, clary couldn't even begin to imagine just how difficult it must be to spend an eternity without knowing their sons fate.
A question niggled at the back of Jace's mind but little did he know that Clarys answer would change how he viewed himself forever. "But that doesn't explain why both Oliver and George have these strange powers?" Clary squeezed her husband's hand tightly "That's what I need to tell you next" she said her voice almost a whisper. "Cassandra wasn't human. She was an angel sent to earth to watch over shadowhunter's but then she fell in love with Mr. Thornton. So technically rather than being half human half angel Oliver was only 1 quarter human and three quarters angel giving him these special abilities." Jace shook his head. That doesn't explain why George has these powers though?"
His eyes filled with wonder "Are the Thornton's related to one of us or something?" he asked.
At that moment Clary knew she had to tell Jace the truth. "no were not related. Jace when Valentine killed you. The Human side of you died, forever. Then when I asked the angel to bring you back to life, the angel didn't bring your human side back to life, instead the angel transferred some of its life and power into you meaning…" Jace cut off her words as he already knew the answer "I'm not human anymore I'm just an angel…" his words trailed off in disbelief. How was that possible? He thought and how hadn't he noticed? "so George gets these powers because he is more angel than human just like Oliver was?" Clary slowly nodded.
The couple sat in silence for the next half an hour neither knew what they should really say. Jace was thinking about dozens of silly remarks he could make telling Clary to bow down to him or that every time a shadowhunter said by the angel they were really thinking about him but he knew that it wasn't time for jokes just yet.
Clary thought about Cassandras final message telling her that she needed to rescue her family if she ever wanted to see them again and that she had to go alone. She knew that if she told Jace about Cassandras message he would freak and insist that he went instead but clary couldn't take that risk. So she decided not to tell him and to sneak out when the time comes.
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Later that night when Jace was sleeping clary laid wide awake what possible rune could help protect her from the clave? She remembered the rune she created to put people to sleep when they were looking for George but what other possible runes where there? She racked her brain until eventually she fell into a troubled exhausted sleep where the rune finally appeared to her.
In Clarys dream she was completely invisible. Not the type of invisible ordinary glamour's made you. As clary lifted her hand in front of her face but saw nothing. She wondered if her mind was playing tricks on her. She pulled her hand close to her body and flattened it against her chest. She could feel her own touch but still couldn't see herself. In Clarys dream she was back in her old room in the institute, she felt a tear slip down her cheeks as she looked around. The room wasn't how she had left it instead it was torn apart draws left wide open, the mattress was over turned and there was a mountain of clothes left in the center of the floor. It was obvious the clave had trashed her room looking for any evidence as to where they may be. Suddenly the ground beneath her feet began to shake a bright flash blinded her causing her legs to buckle she hit the solid ground. Then finally the rune itself appeared to her. It was a spiral but rather than being a flattened 2d image this rune wrapped around her arm all the way up to her elbow and as its power began to fade the rune slowly disappeared.
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