I am so sorry for the weird post, I don't know what FF did to my document. It looked fine when I posted in my document manager, I always look at it again before posting it, but maybe that's what messed it up.

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I have taken a long time to post, and apologize to those who have been waiting for the next update. Life has gotten hectic for me, but more than that, if I'm being honest, I was disappointed by the lack of interest. I have more chapters already written and edited waiting to post, and I will start getting back to a more normal posting schedule. Mostly because of the encouragement from Aubreylovesgames, thank you for being so encouraging and for always leaving a review.

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Disclaimer: I do not own the Mortal Instruments or anything associated with them. I just love Cassie's characters.

Chapter 6:

She looked at Luke aghast, then switched to stare at Magnus hoping he would say, 'got ya' and clear up this ridiculous mess. When Magnus simply nodded his head with a serious face and regret in his eyes she knew it was true, absurd but true.

Magnus decided to jump in here, after all there was something very important that Luke did not know about Clary's particular Angel blood, and Luke seemed to be loath to continue for fear of putting Clary back in shock.

"Biscuit, it's true. I know it sounds insane, but we do live in an insane world. You my little biscuit are called a shadowhunter, you belong to a race of shadowhunters who all have Angel blood. There are not nearly as many of them as there are humans, but they exist and they walk among us every day. There are so many different races besides the boring every day humans, who by the way are called mundanes in our world." He gave her a smile, warm and jovial, hoping the little humor would help ease some of the tension in the room. He didn't really want Luke to wolf out on his expensive leather couch.

Giving her a moment to digest it all, he could see all of the questions floating around behind her eyes. He had to allow her a moment to collect herself, knowing that today was a day that called for extreme patience.

With sweaty palms and a dry mouth, Clary managed to choke out the most relevant and urgent question in her mind at the moment. "What other species are there, exactly?"

"Well there are quite a few, but the most common ones are; Mundanes, Warlocks, Vampires, Werewolves, Fae, Demons, and of course Shadowhunters." Magnus saw Luke flinch at the mention of werewolves, and again at the mention of demons, but it couldn't be helped. He and Luke had agreed last night while Clary slept that they would tell her the whole truth, and answer any questions she had honestly. It was the only way they could hope to move forward from this disastrous event and have any relationship at all with Clary.

After giving all of them a moment to collect themselves and let the revelation sink in for Clary, Magnus knew it was time to drop the bomb on them of what Jocelyn had shared with so many years ago. "Clary, you know that I've known you for almost your entire life and you mother for longer, at least by association."

"When your mother first brought you to me, it was because you had already developed the sight; that's what we call the ability to see the shadow world. She was alarmed that you developed at such an early age, you were barely a toddler at the time, and you could see through some of the most powerful glamours, even then. A glamour is powerful magic designed to keep mundanes, and some supernaturals, blind to what is going on around them. They are meant to confuse and misdirect the viewer, but you seemed unnaturally able to see right through them. Your mother knew this made you special, even when compared to the Angel's children, the shadowhunters."

By now, Luke was partly glaring at Magnus; already aware that there was something Magnus and Jocelyn had been keeping from him for what had to be a very long time. The scrutiny of someone he considered a friend made him uncomfortable, but he knew that in the end Luke would understand. He had to understand given how many of Jocelyn's secrets he himself had kept.

"The reasons behind your early development and advanced sight were not apparent to me, and Jocelyn was hesitant to reveal much initially. She wanted me to remove your sight permanently so that you both could live in the mundane world, in the hopes of keeping you safe and to keep you from a life of violence and fighting daily at the risk of your own life."

Clary seemed to be frozen as Magnus continued his explanation and Magnus grew concerned that she might be in shock again, so he waited a moment until she finally blinked and urged him to continue. He supposed it was just a different kind of shock that was keeping her so still and silent.

"I explained to your mother that it was not possible to remove the sight, that it could cause permanent brain damage or even kill you. In her desperation she begged me to find a way to block your ability. She didn't want you to see the shadow world, because when you see it, it sees you. I created a spell that would make you forget everything about the shadow world even as you were seeing it, and was hesitant to use it because there was the very real possibility that if you should ever decide to become part of the shadow world, there would be no way to retrieve the memories that were blocked."

She seemed to come out of her shocked state as the truth of how she had never noticed demons before was revealed, there was a bitter and angry light in her eyes and her mouth was set in a grimace that looked like it could be permanent. He hated that he was destroying her trust in him, and knew that it would take a long time to earn it back, but what could he have done differently. He thought that he was actually helping her when he was able to watch her grow and change in such an unburdened way. She was always so light and joyful, and it was his pleasure to be able to be a part of that. Now he could only pray that she would learn to forgive him.

"For my part in all of this Clary, I can only ask your forgiveness and offer you any help you need to adjust to your new normal life. I wish that was the extent of the secrets I was made privy to, but unfortunately wishes are so rarely granted and in this case it would be a futile exercise."

"Your ability to see should have been inhibited by the spell for years, but as you recall I was frequently a guest at your home for your 'treatments'. Those treatments were actually me casting the same spell on you again, and the older you got the more frequently the spell began wearing off. I couldn't understand why such a powerful spell was so much less effective than expected until finally Jocelyn explained it to me. You are not any ordinary shadowhunter; you have extra Angel blood which will make you more powerful than the average shadowhunter. Even after she told me the truth, she wouldn't tell me how such a thing was possible."

Luke recoiled on the sofa so violently that the back bumped into the wall with an impressive thud. Magnus scowled at Luke and surveyed the damage to both the couch and wall, but Luke's angry tirade was apparently not going to be limited to violence against Magnus' furniture.

"Magnus, what the hell! How could you keep something like that from me all of these years, do you know how much more dangerous that is for Clary?!"

"Hey, don't blame me! I'm not the only one who kept secrets for Jocelyn! You know that it was nearly impossible to gain her trust, and if I had uttered one word of what she told me, she never would have let me see Clary again. God knows what could have happened to her then."

Both men were shaking in their anger and stunned condition, each feeling betrayed by the other for different reasons. Ironically it was Clary who brought them back to the subject at hand and reminded them that it wasn't about them right now.

"Excuse me, can you two act your ages for a moment and remember that this really isn't the time for your squabble about who was told what, and when. I'm sitting here learning that my whole life was a lie and that everyone I love and trusted has been lying to me daily and you don't see me throwing a tantrum!"

It was funny how immediately both men were shamed into apologizing; well it would have been funny to her if everything wasn't so overwhelming right now. After they had calmed down relatively, Magnus continued his explanation of what Clary actually is how strange to have a warlock explain what you are like some kind of science project.

"Recently Jocelyn shared the whole story of how you came to have more Angel blood then the average shadowhunter. I thought it was strange at the time that she suddenly wanted to share a secret that she had been keeping for almost fifteen years, looking back I suppose she suspected that Valentine was closing in and she needed to tell someone just in case she could no longer tell you herself." Magnus frowned at the idea that Jocelyn felt her end was near, and didn't ask him for help. He knew how independent Jocelyn was, but to risk Clary in that way was unthinkable.

"Jocelyn had become unhappy in her marriage, long before she finally left, and her husband knew that he was losing her. His solution was to lace her food and drink with Angel blood. I don't know how he got his hands on Angel blood, and Jocelyn didn't either, but she found out he had been using it on one of their friends while she was pregnant so she knew he had access somehow. After your astonishing development she made the connection of how it occurred. She told me that she remembered suddenly being very happy and in-love for no explicable reason. Apparently Angel blood creates a sense of love and happiness in those who ingest it. Which Jocelyn knew from a journal her husband had been keeping on his 'experiments'. It went on for several months before she finally left." Magnus heaved a heavy sigh, grateful for finally being able to confess this secret, but saddened by the reason he was able to and why it had to be him to explain.

When Magnus finished speaking everyone sat in a thick silence letting the revelation sink in that not only was Clary not human, but she was also not an ordinary shadowhunter. It was a lot to accept for her, and she didn't know how much more she could take, but she knew that she needed to hear the whole truth about who she really was.

Luke had a worried frown seemingly permanently etched into his face as he gazed from Magnus to Clary. Keeping her safe was going to be a challenge before this revelation, now he knew that Valentine could never find out about her existence or he would stop at nothing to either control her or destroy her. With Valentine either could happen and it wouldn't take much for him to decide to kill his own daughter. He had after all, killed his wife in an act of vengeance.