A Hidden World

Chapter 7

The Portal

Three days had passed and I slept without having any dreams. I was glad that the dreams had stopped, but somehow it felt wrong. I had been dreaming the forest every night for a month when I met Jace, and then the dreams changed.

I had spoken with Simon about these dreams and I had agreed to go to Dorothea just out of curiosity, but inside me I believed that all this was a waste of time. Maybe that was why I had stopped seeing them. I should be happy, that was what I wanted... but I couldn't get off the feeling that I am missing something big, by refusing to believe these dreams.

"Simon?"

"Yea?" He said not taking his eyes from the TV. We were at his house watching a movie about a war between werewolves and vampires, not that I understand the plot. The only thing I saw was that they were fighting all the time, but again it was a war.

"I don't have dreams anymore."

"What?" he said still not paying attention to me.

"I said I don't have any dreams about the forest anymore."

"Ok." Frustrated I closed the TV.

"What the...?"

"Sorry, had to do it. You weren't listening!"

"Fine. What is it?"

"I don't have the dreams anymore."

"You mean you haven't dreamt the forest again?" I nodded. "Well that's what you wanted, right?"

"Yes, but...."

"Then what?"

"I feel that I am missing something now that I don't have them.I had that dream about the forest nearly a month, then we meet the others and they changed. After we left the dreams stopped."

"Well I don't know. Maybe that was it. Maybe that was what you were supposed to see."

"If that's the case then, what does it mean?"

"I can't answer that. Dorothea maybe will be able to help you but the dreams stopped so..."

"Maybe that's why I have to go see her."

"Wait. I thought you didn't believe in dreams."

"Maybe I am. I don't have to lose anything by going."

"Maybe, expect that you'll have to see Jace again. He is so annoying!" The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." I said and went to the door. It was Jace.

"What are doing here?"

"Well good morning to you too." I was standing there without knowing what to do. Simon came from behind me.

"Speak of the devil."

"I don't think devil has blond hair or is handsome as I am, but I am sure he would like the compliment."

"What do you want?" Simon said glaring at him.

"Actually I came to see if Clary changed her mind about the...."

"Yes, I'll come."

"Oh, I didn't expect that I would convince you so easily. It must be my looks." He said giving me his crooked smile that I hadn't seen before.

"Dream on."

"We are going tonight."

"Tonight?"

"Yea, I have already made the arranges..."

"Wait. You have already made plans? Not before knowing if I would come?"

"Of course. As I said, I wouldn't leave without you."

"You never said that." Simon said.

I was furious. What did he think? That I was going to fall for his charm and follow him wherever he wants? I was so close not going with him, so close but that feeling, that it will be bad not to go, was all over me again.

"I am saying it now. So are you coming?"

"What, now? I thought we were going tonight."

"Yea, we have to get ready before we go. She doesn't live near and we might use a Portal."

"Portal?" I knew what a Portal was but I had promised Simon that I wouldn't tell them he was a shadowhunter. He thought that they might want to know more about him and his father and he didn't want to talk about. Not that mattered much since he wasn't involved with demons.

"Warlocks can open Portals and through them you can go wherever you want. You will understand when you see it."

"And who is the warlock?"

"Magnus of course."

So that's why the glitter had magically disappeared. He had used magic.

I didn't say nothing to him that I knew what he was and what the marks that looked like tattoos, meant. I just kept nodding while he explained to me.

"Alec?" He called when we entered his house.

He didn't want Simon to come with us but I made it clear that I wouldn't come without him. So now we were at his house to meet the others so we could go and see Dorothea.

"He is in his room getting ready." Isabelle came from the kitchen wearing a silver dress that came long down around her knees, leaving the rest of her legs covered up with leather boots. Her long black hair was made in a ponytail showing her face.

"I see you are ready."

"I just need to grab some weapons."

"Has Magnus arrived yet?"

"Right here." Magnus said as he passed Isabelle, who was going to get the weapons.

He was wearing rainbow pants with a black dress shirt and a long purple coat. His spiky dark hair was covered with glitter.

"Is the Portal ready?"

"Relax. We are going to a carnival. You should have fun."

"We are going to a carnival?" Simon said for me.

"Of course. Where you thought you were going to find a fortune tailor?"

This was going to be interesting.

We were outside waiting for Alec when he came holding some kind of knifes.

"Here" he said and gave Jace and Isabelle their knifes, and from what Simon had told me I could tell that those were seraph blades. Ideally for killing demons.

"I thought we were going to a carnival." I said.

Jace noticed where I was looking because he said...

"These are seraph blades and we use them to kill demons. Not that we expect to find there any, but it's better to be prepared."

"Come on. Let's go. Magnus ready?" Alec said to him.

"Always, darling."

Blue sparks came from Magnus hands as he raised them, closing eyes and concentrating. After a moment the empty space in front of him turned into a purple hole in the air. There was nothing inside of it. You could only see the purple empty space.

"Purple? Really Magnus?" Isabelle said to him.

"Why? I thought, you being a girl, would like that colour."

"Just say that it is your colour and let's go." She said as she stepped inside and disappeared.

"What the...?" I said not believing what just happened.

"Alec, take Simon." Jace said and Alec with Simon went through the Portal.

"Now our turn."

"Are you sure that it's safe?"

"Yes, I am sure." He said his eyes on me. I could see that that he was telling me the truth but I still felt a little uneasy.

He offered me his hand, I took it without asking.

"Now for the Portal to work you have to think the place you want to go, and since you haven't been there I will do the thinking."

"And what will I do?"

"Just not think."

"Easy to say."

"Oh, come on! I have to catch up with Alec and I am not planning on loosing the fireworks." Magnus said while more blue sparks blasted from his fingers.

"Ready?" Jace asked me and I nodded. I tried not to think any particular place I had visit, but my mind kept going to the place where we used to have our summer vacation. We called it the lake house.

We stepped inside and we were gone.