I'm back! Don't be too mad at me! I've been unbelievable busy and that sucks. A lot. Anyway, here's the next chapter!
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Tessa was quiet as she lead Jace and Clary to the library, at least until she heard a loud grunt of pain followed by a series of curse words.
"Will," Tessa sighed, suddenly exhausted.
The Shadowhunter appeared with a fluffy blue Persian cat in his arms and shaking his index finger which dripped red. In the low witchlight, with his dark hair and close he looked like it could melt into the shadows any time.
Tessa shook the thought away. "What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to assist our future friends with some books they may enjoy," Will explained. Tessa was sure that the books Will wanted to suggest were strange and random, maybe he wanted to try being turned into a flock of sheep. "You never know what we may need. I'm sure- Ow!" Church bit down on Will's arm with a vengeance. "Dammit. Fine, I'll put you down." The cat jumped from Will's arms and growled, his yellow eyes annoyed.
"Church?" Clary asked and the cat turned slightly at his name being called.
"By the angel," Jace whispered and scooped up the cat. "What are you doing here?"
"You know Church?" Tessa asked, forgetting her anger against Will.
"'Course," Jace scratched the cat behind his ear and to Tessa and Will's surprise he purred. "He lives at the Institute with me, Izzy and Alec."
"That's impossible," Will explained, shaking his head at Jace and the cat in his arms. "That would make Church over one hundred years old."
"Well this is defiantly Church," The cat mewed and jumped down to the ground then padded off towards the library. Jace held out his hand to Clary and followed the cat and after a moment Tessa and Will did too.
"What-" Tessa wondered after rushing to her new friends side. "Are you doing?"
"Following Church," Clary shrugged. "He knows what he's doing."
"When he's not leading me to people I don't want to see," Jace said and stared pointedly down at the creature. "He's very fickle about helping people and does what he likes. Back stabbing judas."
"Really?" Will's face broke out into a grin. "I'm starting to like that cat."
"I doubt he feels the same," They were at the doors of the library and Church sat down at its doors not going any further. Tessa stared down at the cat curiously. "I still don't understand though. It simply can't be the same cat, can it?"
"The world is full of things we do not understand." Will said to no one in particular. "Why are we here? What does it all mean? Will I ever be able to finish my drink at the bloody Devil's Tavern without getting into a fight?"
"You have that problem to, huh?" For the first time Jace actually looked at his great grandfather with fondness.
Will nodded ruefully. "Quite frequently,"
"Jace picked a fight with a werewolf pack that my Uncle runs." Clary explained as Tessa pushed the grand doors open and lead them inside. The library reminded Clary of the one in New York but it seemed much older, as if a fine coat of age surrounded everything under the glow of the witchlight torches.
"Your uncle is a werewolf?" Tessa asked Clary.
"You picked a fight with an intoxicated werewolf pack?" Will asked Jace.
"They spilled my scotch." Jace remembered ruefully, shaking his head with a smile. "So I knocked half of them unconscious. Never trust intoxicated Downworlders. And ducks."
Clary shook her head, grinning from ear to ear and Tessa found herself smiling too. Will on the other hand stared at Jace with wide blue eyes.
"Ducks?" He whispered stupefied and Tessa remembered the story of Will feeding meat lies to mallards in Hyde Park to try and breed a race of cannibal ducks.
"Nasty little monsters." Jace shrugged. "I don't know why, but I've always hated them."
"Do you have a favorite novel, Clary?" Tessa inquired, interrupting Jace and Will's banter.
Clary shrugged. Her red hair looked brighter in the low light, the same shade of a burning ember. "What do you suggest."
"You're in for it now," Will smiled, overhearing the girls. "Tessa enjoys books more than people,"
"A good book is worth its weight in gold," Jace quoted his gold eyes bright. "Though if you read the books I do-"
"So this where you've been hiding." Isabelle had appeared silently in the doorway with Jem behind her.
"We did say we were going to the library," They formed a loose circle in the grand room and Jace smiled at his sister.
Isabelle rolled her eyes, the bright red stone at her neck gleaming in light. "Did I hear you talking about ducks, Jace?"
Jem smiled at Will. "You're not suggesting breeding more duck eating mallards, are you, Will?"
"Hello?" Clary turned and saw that Simon was standing in the middle of the room, looking confused. He waved his hands in front of him and Clary opened her mouth, waiting for him to catch fire but he stayed. "Is this thing on?"
"Simon?" Tessa asked, and everyone else turned towards the vampire. "What are you- how are you here?"
"By the angel." Will gasped and stepped up toward the vampire. He ran a hand through his arm and jumped back. "A ghost vampire? How the hell did you manage to die so quickly?"
"I'm not dead you moron." Simon snapped. "Magnus sent me here. It's some astral projection thing."
"It's cool." Clary breathed, smiling at her friend.
Simon smiled back and laughed. "Help me, Clary. You're my only hope to get back to New York."
Suddenly the doors of the library opened and a small figured appeared. Charlotte.
"Good, you're all here." Her brown hair had fallen out of its chignon and fell around her shoulders in tangled waves. Her brown eyes quickly passed over the teenagers and hesitated on Simon for a moment before speaking. "We have a problem."
"What is it, Charlotte?" Jem asked, his silvery eyes wide.
The head of the institute took a quick deep breath. "Benedict Lightwood is here. And he wants to speak with all of us."
I still love writing for Simon, he'sso much fun! And he makes a lot of nerd references so… RANDOM QUESTION FOR THOUGHT! Is anyone else extremely excited for the City of Bones Premiere? I am. A lot. Even though I like books better then movies im excited to see my favorite series on the big screen. And get a bunch of Shadowhunter memorabilia.