I am soooooooo sorry everyone. My computer broke again, but that is no excuse. I am so sorry. I promise to get the next chapter in on time.
Summary: Clary and Jace always had a special connection, though they have never met. They grew up together, faced the good and the bad times together, and eventually fell in love with each other. What happens, though, when they do meet? What happens when they must face the Shadow world together, deal with Valentine, find the Mortal Instruments, and find out what exactly that permanent rune is on their hands? And why that rune seems to give them their connection?
Previously:
"Maybe we should take Magnus Bane's advise and go to the Bone City," Jace said. I shot up off of the bed.
That's a great idea! I thought. Maybe they can answer our questions!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapter 8: City of Bones, Taki's and Silent Wonderings
As we stepped into a carridge covered in glamour, we rode down to the Bone City. We took twists and turns and traveled the long distance to see the Silent Brothers. Once again, I slammed into Jace. He held me tightly into his arms.
When we got to the cemetary where the Bone City was located.
Jace and I walked toward the door.
"I Jace Wayland, aske permission to enter -" the door opening cut Jace off. Jace took out his his witch light to lead us through the dark.
As we walked down the hallway, I saw the names of Shadowhunters etched into the walls. Jace lead me over to a statue. The statue was of the angel Raziel. He was holding a cup, a sword and was floating over a lake.
'The Mortal Instruments," Jace murmered. He took out his stele and drew a rune onto the ground. Be quiet, Jace thought as we walked down the steps that appeared from the floor. The dead can hear you.
As we quietly walked down the staircase, Jace took my hand. When we got to the end of the staircase, Brother Jeramiah was waiting for us.
'We have been expecting you.' He thought to us. 'Come.'
'So this is Jocelyn's daughter?' he asked after dtufying me briefly. I gasped quietly. The words echoed throughout my head, the nerve of listening to Brother Jeremiah in person was startling, especially when he asked a personal question, though I knew he would know it.
Jace, hearing my gasp and my thoughts, brought his arm protectively around my waist and tensed in caution, like a lion ready to pounce.
"Yes," I added quickly. "But my father was a mundane. My mother hid me from the Shadow world. It didn't really work out that much because I still know all I need to be a Shadowhunter."
Brother Jeremiah regarded me silently, and nodded slowly.
'We keep records of all members of the Clave. Exhaustive records,'
"Not that exhaustive, if you didn't know Jocelyn was still alive."
Brother Jeremiah ignored Jace and looked on to me.
'What did you come here for?'
"We have a few questions that we feel only you and the other Silent Brothers can answer."
'Go ahead,' Brother Jeramiah thought.
"You see, we feel that Valentine Morgenstern is trying to take over the Shadow world and change it and we feel that we should stop him but we don't know how we can do that or how he would be able to," I said.
'From the beginning of Jonathon Shadowhunter, Raziel created Shadowhunters by mixing his blood and Jonathon's blood to create us using the Mortal Instruments. I believe that anyone trying to do what Valentine may, would need the Mortal Instruments. If that is of any help, you now know. Firstly, they would require the Mortal Cup. Now,' Brother Jeramiah thought.
'But why does Valentine think my mother has the Cup. Of course, she of all people would know what would happen if Valentine got ahold of that cup but how is he going to get it in the first place?"
'Jocelyn turned against her husband when she found out what he intented to do with the Cup. It's not unreasonable to assume she would do everything in her power to keep the Cup from falling into his hands. The Clave themselves would have looked first to her if they'd thought she was still alive.'
"And so Valentine knows, obviously, that Jocelyn hid the Mortal Cup, he just doesn't know where, and that is why he kidnapped her."
'Precisely. Now, what is your other question?'
"Well," Jace said. "There is something different about Clary and I. You see, ever since Clary was born, we have been able to read each others thoughts. But only each others. And on our hands, we have the same mark on our hands but what we want to know is... why can we do this?"
'The answer lies in the secrets of our history.' Brother Jeramiah thought. He turned and walked away. I looked at Jace.
So, it looks like we have to find the Mortal Instruments. Jace kissed my cheek as we walked back up the staircase.
When we walked out of the building, it was around noon. Jace looked at me and smiled wickedly. "Guess what," Jace sang.
"What?" I asked suspicously as we got back into the carrige.
"Tomorrow, is a very special day." "
"And do you know what that day is?" I asked rhetorically.
"Of course! It's your birthday!" Jace told me, as if it was the most special day in the world.
It's one of them, he thought. We continued down the street, holding hands along the way.
We pulled up outside of Taki's. Let's get something to eat. Jace thought, dragging me inside.
Jace walked inside, me trailing behind him. He walked up to a table and sat down. Kaelie was going to serve us.
"Hey, Jace," Kaelie said flirtaciously. "What can I get you?"
Jace stared into my eyes and I looked at the Downworlder smugly.
"We will have the usual," he said still staring intensly into my eyes. I did a happy dance in my head. Jace chuckled.
When we got our food I stared at Kaelie viciously. Jace laughed to himself, got up from his seat and came over to mine. He wrapped his arm around me and kissed the corner of my mouth. I sighed and looked into his eyes.
We started leaning closer to each other until our noses touched. He was about to kiss me when Kaelie cleared her throat. Bitch.
I groaned silently in my head while Jace chuckled at my profanity.
Jace ordered his usual and I got the same thing.
"So," he asked slowly. "What would you like for your birthday? A nice new sketchbook, maybe a few seraph blades, ooh or how about a trip in the drying machine?" Jace added the last part teasingly, a small simle touching the corners of his lips.
I giggled back. "How about a bath of sphagetti?" I teased him. A small pout formed on his mouth. "Poor baby," I spoke as if talking to a child, touching his bottom lip slightly with my finger tip.
Suddenly, our food appeared before us. Kaelie gave us a grudging smile before walking away, a small sway to her hips. I looked towards Jace, who was still staring into my face, and picked up a sweet potatoe fry.
Jace and I continued to communicate through our thoughts while eating.
What do you think was so special about that deck of cards? I asked Jace on our way home from Taki's.
Well, Jace thought, I think what we should do is just analyze them to see if we can find anything to help us.
That sounds good. I thought.
Jace opened the door of the Institute for me. I walked right into Simon.
"Clary!" Simon exclaimed. "Where were you? I have been looking everywhere for you? What is going on?"
I looked at Jace. What should we do?
I think that maybe we should tell him.
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Replace the "dots" with a "." and you will see what the rune on Jace and Clary's hands are like. Just split it in half and that is what it looks like on Jace's hand (Left) and Clary's hand (Right). Just thought that you would like to see what I had in mind for the rune.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By the way, some of you may have read a Twilight story similar to this, it is based off of it, and I have permission from the author to do so.
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