The Curse is Gone

It had been a few hours so it was about five in the morning. Tessa was still staring at Jem but her eyes were tired and she didn't even realize Will was watching her. When he decided he was done watching her deprive herself of sleep we came over to her and picked her up out of the chair.

She immediately fell asleep and Will started to carry her over to her own room. Will had always imagined carrying her, but if his dreams she was always his. When he arrived at her room he used his foot to kick her door open.

He stepped inside and walked softly over to her bed and set her down on its satin comforter. He reached down her long legs and pulled her convers off and set them on the floor. The he lifted her legs and pulled the sheets under them and then put them over her.

He lightly brushed her cheek and then walked back towards the door. He took one more longing look at her and she slept most the day away.

When Tessa awoke she looked groggily at her bedside clock. Seven ten. Damn, she had missed dinner. She hopped out of bed and walked over to her closet. She grabbed a short red flowered dress that flowed around her mid thighs. She stripped and then threw on the dress and put on her black covers. She ran the brush twice through and then let her hair flow around her shoulders.

Tessa walked out the door and pranced down to dinner. When she reached the doors she took a deep breath and then opened the door and strutted inside. Everyone stared at her as she came in and she self-consciously took her chair.

She looked around at all their faces and then asked, "What?"

"You haven't seen Jem today have you?" Will asked as if the answer was obvious.

"No…why?" Tessa asked again.

"He looks, um, different?" replied Will.

"Really! The change is working!" she practically screamed. Everyone seemed stunned by her reaction, but Charlotte recovered first.

"You don't want to know what he looks like?" Charlotte asked. Tessa got up and walked to the door.

"Nope, but I guess I'm going to find out!" and she slipped outside. Then everyone in the dining room heard a loud scream right outside the wooden doors and they all rushed outside them.

Tessa was on the ground with a shocked expression on her face and they looked up from her to Jem and all their mouths just dropped to the floor. He had darker skin and his hair was black. His eyes were a caramel color and he looked so…Chinese now.

"You guys should see your faces," laughed Jem. Then Tessa started to openly gape at him. Then he surprised turned into a friendly anger.

"James, that is really not funny. Especially since you look different now. I was preparing to see you so I wouldn't be surprised when you look different and then you scare me half to death!" yelled Tessa.

Jem was still laughing and then Tessa started to laugh and she got up and hugged Jem. She whispered softly, "You're cured," over and over again. She didn't think that Jem heard her, for it was not meant to be heard, but he did, and he smiled.

Next Will came up and gave a brotherly hug to Jem and Charlotte and and Henry came up and also hugged Jem. Then Jem and Tessa walked to dinner hand in hand with everyone falling him.

Tessa was thinking awful thoughts that she tried to shake from her head but it wasn't working. I only accepted Jem's proposal because he was dying. No, no I didn't. You love Will more than you love Jem. No I don't. The more she tried to shake the thoughts from her head, the more they seemed true. When would this mind torture end?

They all sat at dinner eating and talking and sparing short glances at Jem's new appearance. Of course, he was as handsome as before, just in a different way. All of the sudden they heard the doorbell and got up to see who it is.

They walked to the door and twisted the cold, metal handle and met a pair of electric blue eyes. Will gasped in horrible disguise.

"I'm Cecily Herondale and I want to be trained as a shadowhunter," said the girl.

She was tall for fifteen years old. She had air as black as ink, but that had thin streaks of electric blue in it. The streaks so small you couldn't see them and her hair looked like it was glowing. You could see the two thicker streaks that were on her first two waves and framed her face.

She had the same face as Will but with feminine features. Her eyes were the same electric blue as her hair and were different but still as beautiful as Will's midnight blue eyes. Her eyebrows were arched perfectly over he eyes. Her lips were full and red and her face was a heart shape.

Everyone was looking in shock from her to Will and back again. This was Cecily, Will's sister! She was staring at them all but especially at Will. She didn't seem shocked to see him though, but rather upset. Charlotte recovered first and said to the girl, "Why don't you come inside and sit down."

Charlotte ushered the girl inside. Cecily looked uncomfortable and was pulling at the ends of her leather jacket. She was wearing a black tank top under that, dark skinny jeans, and black boots that went up to her knees and had five-inch heels.

Charlotte led her to the dining room with the others in close pursuit. Cecily slipped off her jacket on the way there and revealed half of her back. All their mouths dropped open as they stared at the tattoo of a Welsh dragon that was square in the middle of her shoulder blade.

As if feeling eyes on the shoulder blade where her tattoo was she turned and stared at them. They all looked away quickly, but not quick enough and she saw them all staring at it and she smirked. She even had the same smirk as Will.

"You like?" she asked still smirking. "I got it right before I left Wales,"

"Got what?" asked Charlotte, curious to know what she was talking about. Cecily had forgotten Charlotte was walking in front of her and turned so Charlotte could see the tattoo.

"Oh, wow!" Charlotte exclaimed. Will would have laughed at her face and would have loved this sarcastic girl if it had not been her sister. However, Henry, Jem, and Will all cracked smiles. Then they continued there walk down the dim corridor back to the dining room.

Once inside, they all retook their seats. Cecily took the one right across the table. They set their hands on the table and stared at each other. Oh yes. They were definitely related. They both had an air of arrogance about their looks and they both had the right to be arrogant about it. They were both stunning.

"So," said Charlotte breaking the uncomfortable tension. "How on earth did you get here from Wales?" Everybody looked at Cecily both wondering the same thing.

"Oh I went on foot for the first couple of days because I was walking through the some forest parts in Wales. That's where I ran into some very nasty demons." Everyone looked shock by this fact. "Yes, I have seen demons before. Then I reached a small town just outside of England. There was a small bar so I hijacked some guy's motorcycle."

"You hijacked some guy's motorcycle! That's hilarious! I did that in New York!" Tessa exclaimed. "The look on their faces is his—" Tessa was cut off and looked around at everyone's shocked faces, even Cecily's. Obviously Tessa did not look the person to do that.

Tessa looked embarrassed and her cheeks turned red. "Sorry, continue," she muttered.

"Okay, so I rode the motorcycle for like five days and I was just outside of London, where of course, I ran into some very nasty vampires, so I accidentally rode my motorcycle into a small river. After that I just caught a train and rode into to about five miles away and now I'm here," she said.

Everyone continued to stare at her in shock.