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"Time to go to the institute" James said.
"Wait, what just happened, and what is the institute" Clary asked "what's even going on" she whispered to herself.
"Just follow us, and don't ask any more questions, it's getting annoying" Joe said.
Clary just bowed her head and followed everyone else, lagging at the back a bit. She was looking around, everything around her seemed so familiar, yet so different. Does that even make sense? Clary was aware of a dull aching she had had in her stomach since she woke, but had not time to inspect. She decided now was as good time as ever. She pushed hard on her stomach to find that it intensified the pain. She lifted up her shirt to see a weird mark glowing red on her stomach. She pressed on that and black dots clouded her vision. She could feel herself falling, but didn't know any of the people she was walking with, so didn't call out. She fell to the ground in a heap and looked out to see the group continue to walk, not having noticed she wasn't walking. She tried called out but found her voice weak, barley audible. She was finally starting to stand again, when a bag went over her head.
Meanwhile at the institute Jace was pacing up and down the side walk. Alec and Izzy were getting the infirmary ready for Magnus and Max was talking about how excited he was that Clary was coming back. No one had the heart to tell him that she might not remember. Simon was sitting in the library holding on to the thin hope that she would still remember him. He didn't know how much she had forgotten, the warlock – James- hadn't told them much, but he and Clary had known each other for, well, almost for ever. She couldn't have forgotten forever could she? Did she remember her mum or Luke? Did she remember all the summers spent at Luke's farm, or the many hours spent a Forbidden Planet? All the movie marathons? She couldn't have forgotten that could she? She couldn't have forgotten him, or this whole new world? What if it was just the Shadow World she had forgotten? Was he a part of that now? Would being a vampire – something he practically did because of Clary – mean that she wouldn't remember him?
"Clary pick up the pace would you?" Joe called and turned too looked how far back Clary had doodled. "Clary" he called, no response. "Hey guys, where's Clary?" The rest of the group turned to look, and seeing no Clary all gave each other alarmed looks. Half the group started running back for where they just came from, while the other half ran to the institute to go get help. By the time they had gotten back to the seat they started at everyone at the institute was out looking for Clary. She had a million and one hiding places in this city, she could very well be in one of them. Jace had gone to central park, the place he knew she was most likely to be. He was walking near the seat, tracing the steps towards the institute when he saw something shining on the ground. He ran over to it and picked it up. It was the Morgenstern ring. Jace called Izzy and Alec and told them to go back to the institute. BY the time Jace had gotten back, everyone was there, sitting in the library waiting for him. He walked over to the table and put down the ring and simply said "something happened to her" Alec walked over to the ring and drew a tracking rune on his arm, holding the ring. He closed his eyes in concentration for a moment before opening them and looking at the ground, shaking his head.
"I assume it won't work, because she has not connection to the ring" James said
"No connection" Jace asked "That bloody ring means a lot more than you could possibly know"
"Maybe to the old Clary" James said "But I doubt the new Clary even knows what a shadow hunter is, I doubt she knows anything about the shadow world past what we told her. I'm not saying something didn't happen, I'm just saying I don't think you'll be able to track her with anything in here."
"Tell us everything you know" Izzy said
"Well, I showed up at the institute ad she was passed out in a bed ad had some glowing rune on her stomach, we then went to call you guy. When we came back she was in the corner of the room holding a knife and was really confused by everything going on. She had forgotten the whole Shadow World. The extent of her memory loss – I'm not sure. I assume she used some sort of a forgetfulness rune" James explained.
"Why would she want to forget" Kate asked
"I don't know where you've been, but Clary's had some pretty shitty last years" Izzy said "we all have" she added.
"Where'd she even get the rune" Troy asked
"She makes them herself" Jace said, almost proudly
"I think the question we should be asking" Simon said, talking for the first time "where is Clary?"
"And the beast is finally awake" a woman said. Clary still had the bag over her head. She tried taking it off, but found her arms where stuck by their sides, same as her legs. She was sitting, in a chair she assumed. Suddenly the bag was taken of her head. She squinted her eyes so they could get used to the bright light. When her eyes adjusted she was a woman standing in front of her. Her skin was a light shade of blue, but it somehow suited her. She smiled down at Clary showing a mouth full of razor sharp teeth. "Just the person I've been wanting to meet."
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