Chapter 10,
Clary sat down on a fallen log in the clearing, Simon had gone off with Izzy to get the stuff from the beach, and Jace, Alec and Magnus were trying to find a shelter, Clary and Maia had been told to 'guard the campsite' Jordan was off looking for food.
Clary sighed, there wasn't much they could do, but every so often, Clary would glance behind her looking for Lerial's amber eyes, they were always present, and Clary had mixed feelings about it.
"So…" Maia started, trying to break the silence, but stopped when she saw Clary sigh and pull out her sketchbook, to Clary, there was too many odd surroundings not to draw them. She had started a sketch of one of the oddly-colored trees when she heard a familiar-sounding yell.
"I have the cupcakes! I make the rules!" Clary identified it as a female voice and turned around quickly, Lerial was gone. She looked at Maia, who nodded and the two of them slipped off into the forest in the direction of the yell,
After walking for a few minutes, they came across a large clearing that was half in-closed by a large cliff wall, in the center there was a huge tree with platforms nailed around the trunks and doors seemingly going into the tree. There was a waterfall coming out from over the cliff, and multiple smaller trees with doors and platforms surrounded the big one, they were all connected by vines and shabby bridges, looking closer, there was the phoenix-girl Chloe standing on a rock by the river that came out from the pool in which the waterfall cascaded down to.
Chloe stood there facing a dark-haired girl with faerie-wings, Chloe was holding a tin which held cupcakes, wait, cupcakes? On a jungle-island?
"Chloe, I have no intention of taking your cupcakes." The faerie-girl said, sounding exasperated. Chloe folded her arms and narrowed her eyes,
"How can I be sure?" Chloe asked, mock suspicion on her face, the faerie-girl did a face-palm, she had a one-shoulder backpack on and was wearing jeans and a purple T-shirt, she was barefoot, like Chloe, but had small knives in sheaths on a belt around her hips. The faerie-girl's eyes were a bright violet, and her hair was dark brown, she had an Indian/Pakistani look to her, and was obviously pissed off at Chloe.
"You two are fucking idiots!" Came a voice, Clary turned in her hiding spot next to Maia to see Lerial jump down from a tree and walk over to the pair.
"But she-" Chloe started, Lerial slapped her, and Chloe punched Lerial in response, Lerial didn't seem to be affected.
"What's it this time?" the fae-girl asked, looking curious.
"Ugh, well, I think Chloe told you about our guests on the island?" Lerial asked, the fae-girl nodded. "Well, it turns out one of them is in the middle of Sebastian's plan." Lerial said casually.
Clary felt Maia stiffen, and she herself forgot to breathe for a minute while they digested the new information.
"Really? How'd ya figure that one out?" the fae-girl asked, Lerial shrugged.
"It made sense, they fit the bill, plus Drakiel came by, he says hello by the way." Lerial said, the roaring of the waterfall suddenly became very interesting for Chloe.
"I'm gonna go now." Chloe said, and started to walk away. Lerial rolled her eyes and the fae-girl grabbed Chloe's arm.
"No." the fae-girl stated.
"But Roxy-" Chloe started,
"No buts," the fae-girl, who must have been Roxy, said.
"Roxy's right, we need to think this through, Drakiel came here asking if Sebastian could use Nightshade's island as one of his bases." Lerial said, pushing Roxy and Chloe apart, Clary held her breath to hear the next part, but Lerial didn't say anything more.
"Well, when Jacob gets back we can talk about it, where is he anyway?" Roxy asked, looking around, her violet eyes showing curiosity.
"Spending time with his dad, Destiny wanted all the Higher Warlocks to come to hell to get acquainted with their parents." Chloe responded, Clary noticed that Chloe had a slight accent to her voice, one that sounded European.
"Huh, maybe you should go." Roxy said, glancing at Lerial, who just shook her head and sat down on the edge of a rock.
"Nah, Azazel's got too many kids to care about me, and Lilith is banished for the time being, I wouldn't fit in." Lerial muttered, looking downcast.
"Aww, Leri is upset." Chloe said in a baby voice and patted Lerial's head, Lerial looked up and glared, but she was smiling.
"Thanks, at least I can count on you guys-" Lerial didn't get to finish her sentence because a boy came tumbling down from the sky and landed with a splash in the water.
"Oh, so that's where Jacob is." Chloe said casually. Roxy burst into laughter, and Lerial chuckled.
"So uncalled for!" the boy yelled, getting up, he had ice-blond hair and one blue eye and one red eye, he had black track pants and a blue T-shirt on, there was a large sword at his belt, and a bunch of smaller knives in a clear sheath on the belt as well.
"Yes it was, you ditched us you bastard." Lerial said, grinning, the boy, who must have been Jacob, frowned.
"Stupid force-fields," he muttered, Chloe just laughed some more.
"So, how was the reunion?" Roxy asked, smiling and trying to cover more laughter and Jacob's sopping wet form.
"Good, I learned some epic fire-powers." Jacob said with a smirk, and a maniacal expression came over his face.
"Oh god, Chloe start fire-proofing the island please." Lerial said in mock worry, but she punched Jacob lightly and smiled.
"It's good to have you back." Roxy laughed.
"Oh yeah, Sebastian says hi." Jacob said, taking the edge of his shirt and squeezing the water out, which did nothing to his soaking wet attire.
"Well, he can go fuck himself." Lerial said with a poker face expression, Jacob grinned.
"I thought you'd say that." He chuckled.
"So what's the verdict?" Roxy asked, by this time Chloe had slipped behind Jacob and was preparing to do something.
"Fireball!" Chloe yelled, blasting Jacob with fire, Roxy and Lerial collapsed to the ground laughing, as Jacob was now covered in soot and ash and was no longer wet, but very dry.
"Once again, so uncalled for!" he hissed. Clary had heard enough, and turned to Maia, Maia's eyes were wide and without speaking they slipped away to warn the others about the coming threat.