CHAPTER 3
Magnus
"Simon!" shouted Clary, running towards him and bending down. Tears streaming down her face, she drew an iratze on him but it sank into his arm, without a trace. Runes weren't working.
Gently, Magnus pushed her aside and lit his hands up. "Alec, see that no other demons come near and Clary, I want you to tell me if you feel anything different through your bond. In this state, we cannot get him through the portal and I don't know what demon did this. I need some time" Both of them nodded in agreement and Alec started walking around the beach, looking for any signs of demonic activity.
Magnus moved his hand over Simon's arm and the tough material of his gear melted away as if it was butter. With a snap of his fingers, he cleaned up all the blood and assessed the wound. He started to chant under his breath, spells to prevent blood loss and to remove the poison.
The blood stopped flowing as freely but the poison resisted all his efforts to come out. Upon further inspection, he realized that the wound was not made by a regular demon. He cursed under his breath.
Clary looked up, suddenly panicked "What's wrong Magnus?" "I'm sorry biscuit, but I cannot heal this wound. It was not made by a regular demon, but one of the Greek kind." Clary looked confused, but tears were already forming in her eyes again. "Magnus, please, I lost him twice already, I can't lose him again, not for good. Magnus please, you have to do something" she gasped between sobs.
Even as she said that, an idea was slowly unfurling itself in his mind. " I may have an idea of who can save him, but we need to move fast." he said. Though he knew it was a terrible idea, he knew that if anything happened to Simon, all his friends would be devastated and he could not see his friends in that kind of pain. Magnus knew all too much about death and so did all shadowhunters but after going through so much, he could not bear to see the ones he loved in that kind of pain.
"Alec!" magnus called as he started to make a portal. "Carry Simon and both of you, hold on to me" he stated. They emerged near a pine tree, with a dragon curled up at it's base, its eyes glittering maliciously. The tree was overlooking a valley with strawberry fields and a large house. Magnus snapped his fingers and the dragon promptly fell asleep.