Disclaimer: I am not Cassandra Clare.

The angel was imposing, more imposing then Clary would have thought possible for a statue. It stood 6 feet tall and looked just like the other statue that had held up the desk except for it's eyes. They where a molten gold color and they glowed like witchlight. Everyone stared up at it in awe. When the angle spoke it was in a soft but powerful voice, he said:

"My name is Marut and I have come to you, Nephlim, to tell you where the Mortal Mirror is found. The only reason I shall find this for you and you will not find it for me is the fact that you will never find it, and shall soon need it. I-"

"Why exactly are we going to need it?" asked Jace, cutting off Marut.

Everyone turned to silence him.

"It is not my responsibility to answer your question Nephlim, especially when you will soon find out. The mirror is hidden in a pocket dimension not far away. Demons know it by the name of 'speculo'."

That's mirror in Latin, thought Clary, since when do demons know Latin?

Then the light left the statue's eyes and it crumbled to the ground. Maryse let out a little gasp.

"The desk..." she murmured.

"More importantly," said Jace "the mirror."

"Yes," added Alec, "how are we going to get that?"

An idea was forming in Clary's mind, a crazy idea.

"Well," she began, "we can't travel to alternate dimensions, so maybe we could send someone who can..?" she trailed off.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea," said Jace, "and how would we prevent that messenger from either keeping or destroying the mirror?"

Clary sighed. Jace could be so exasperating sometimes. The worst part was: he was right.

"Does anyone have any ideas about who this messenger should be?" she asked.

"Well," said Alec, stepping forwards, "who can travel through dimensions?"

"ARE YOU SUGGESTING WE USE DEMONS?!" Jace shrieked.

"Do you have a better idea?" Alec replied calmly.

Jace said nothing.

"Then I suppose it's settled then." Mayrse had spoken from were she knelt, in front of the remains of the once majestic desk.

"OF COURSE IT'S NOT SETTLED!" exclaimed Jace, "WE CAN'T TRUST A DEMON NOT TO BETRAY US!"

"We could ask Magnus." suggested Alec hopefully, "he might be able to control the demon while it's in 'speculo'..."

"THAT'S IMPOS-"

"Jace." Clary cut in, "An angel asked us to get the mirror. Therefore we have to get the mirror."

Once again, Jace was silenced.

"Alright then!" exclaimed Magnus, "what's it you want this time?"

"Eerrrr-" began Alec, but Mayrse cut him off:

"We need you to summon a demon, send it to the pocket dimension 'speculo' and control it while it's there."

Magnus let out a low whistle, which was very unlike him and said:

"What do want it to do while it's there?"

"We need it to get the mirror." Mayrse said flatly.

"The mirror?" asked Magnus.

"Yes, The Mortal Mirror."

"Do you have any idea how hard it would be to control a demon long enough to find your precious mirror?" Magnus seemed incredulous, "This is going to cost you."

"It's going to cost us?" asked Mayrse, "But this on behalf of the Clave! We're retrieving a Mortal Instrument!"

"So?" said Magnus, "I don't take orders from the Clave and I don't care about your Mortal Instruments."

Mayrse stared at him.

"Listen," Alec cut in, "let's just do it, we'll worry about payment afterwards."

Magnus grumbled something like: "Notice the 'worry'". But Mayrse agreed.

"Well," said Alec, "what kind of demon shall we use?"