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I woke up to find myself strapped to a chair. I groaned, but managed to untie the ropes. (The rope tying lessons help, and I never thought that would come in handy)
I ran to the large, dark, ebony wood door and twisted the handle. It's locked as I thought. I fished my stele out of my pocket and drew an open rune on the door. It flashed once and disappeared. "What in the name of Raziel is happening? This normally works..." I trailed off. I heard footsteps behind me. "I wouldn't bother try. This door is extremely well warded." I spun around to find Sebastian walking up to me. "How did you get in here then?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
"That's for me to know and you to never find out."
"Are we in your hide out?" I asked.
"What do you take me for? I'm not dumb enough to do that. This is simply one of my many extra places I stay at, for time to time."
"What do you possibly want from me?" I scowled.
"Five years ago I almost found a way to win over my sister. She was never on my side, though. But I think maybe you will. after all, don't you hate your brother? He is the one who is giving you so much trouble with your life. Everything you've done, it's to get better than him. Is that right?" he stepped to the ebony door.
"Partially. But that doesn't mean I'm willing to let him perish. You have to be more clever than that. I'd rather die a million times than be on your side." I scowled.
"There are things much worse than death." he whispered.
"And I'd go through it all to save the ones I love. I'd go through it all to save the world. I hardly have a life to live anyway. I train all day for a living, and I do that on my own will. I have to face the harsh truth. No one will have respect for me, ever. And so there is no real point to live. However, I am going to make my mark. If I die, I will die as a warrior, saving the ones I love. And I will make my sacrifice worth it. Because when I am determined, I will. Get. What. I. Want." I closed my eyes, and imagined what he might do to me. He was enraged, but i suppose I got lucky, because soon, his red cheeks turned back to normal, and he shook his head. "You sometimes remind me of Clary, a little bit. Both of you might as well be known for being extremely stubborn. I will have you, though, to rule with me instead."
"Aren't I a little young for you?" I asked.
"Yes, but you will suffice. once you drink from the Infernal Cup, you will be willing to do anything I say. You will be obedient."
"Not unless it's in my power to change it!" I quickly swung the wooden chair and banged it against him. I didn't have a blade with me. But the chair did catch him off guard. There was a window, and as I approached it, I saw that it was at least twenty feet in the air. I didn't get time to think, though, Sebastian was already stirring. So I ran into the glass, and found myself hurling myself out of the window. The air whipped my golden hair everywhere. Then, my feet landed onto the concrete ground. Pain seared up my legs, and I fell to the ground, scraping my arms and legs. The pain was agonizing, but I had to keep going. Sebastian was already catching up to me. I scrambled to my feet and ran, pushing the thoughts of pain away. I took a turn, and was out of sight, but not for long. he would eventually find me. But I thought back to a conversation I had with Antonius, right before we were interrupted by the attack on the institute.
"Anthony, something weird happened last night. I was thinking about this character from a book, that I just finished. It was very interesting, and I couldn't shake it from my mind. I thought about what it might be like to be that character. Then I decided to get a snack in the kitchen. But when the cook saw me, she gasped as whispered the character's name. I wondered what that meant, and i even saw a glimpse of my hair. But it wasn't my hair. Or my clothing. My natural hair colour was a gold. This, was chestnut brown. What I was in, it was a gold dress, whereas I hardly ever changed out of my training gear. Panicked, I remember looking away, to see if i was hallucinating. When I looked down, I no longer saw the character I was reading, but I was completely me again. The cook looked as if she saw a ghost." Celestine finished off.
"So you are saying that you think you turned into the character?"
"Yes. But I didn't change into the character. I morphed into shape, I supposed. Because to change, is to realize what is happening. To morph, I guess it is different."
"I don't think it is, Celestine. But, you know how Clary has a special ability to draw runes not even written in the Gray Book?" He asked, as I nodded, "well, I think you have an ability too. Yours, is to Morph into anything. On your own will, without anything to guide you. And not just real people, but characters in a book. perhaps even items. Only con is that you will not be able to feel the feelings of what you Morph into."
"And how do you know about all of that stuff?" she had asked.
"Because my mother, she had the same ability. She died, because of it. The Clave, they disapprove anyone who can do that. And the more often you do it, the easier it will for them to find out about you. so promise me that you will seldomly use it. Only extreme emergencies."
"Okay. I promise." Celestine had said, right before someone had barged into the room, and said that there was an attack. Instantly, Antonius ran out and got his bow and arrow. Yes, it was Antonius who had taught Celestine how to use a bow and arrow, and he is the reason why her aim is flawless.
I decided that this is the time to Morph. I haven't done it in three years though, not since our conversation, I wasn't sure I still remembered how to. But I decided to Morph into a modern teenager, with earphones, and a crop top, with denim shorts. I also imagined heeled boots, just to top it off. My hair was now jet black, and straight. I had loads of mascara and eyeliner on. All I needed to do now, was to casually walk, and pretend I'm not seeing Sebastian, because mundanes cannot see the shadow world.
It worked like a charm. He walked right past me. And into a different direction from the cave that Emma, Julian, Caius and I was staying at for now. So I took off towards the cave, and not daring to even Morph back.
When I got back to the others, they told me how worried they were. Caius saw my cuts, and he immediately started to treat them with iratzes. I told them everything, only leaving out the small conversation with Sebastian. The only bit of the conversation I told them about was what Sebastian had wanted from me.
"We need to get moving, now." Emma had said.
"Yeah. Emma's right, Sebastian could be coming for us at any moment." Julian said, packing all his things.
And so here again, we started to trudge again through the woods.
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