You know when you wake up in the middle of night, wondering why you were freezing? And it turns out you'd kicked your blanket off your bed. The problem for me was waking up and missing my blanket, and pillow and, well my bed.
I could feel a rock stabbing into my back. Where was I? Was I still in the my cell in Edom. No. I actually had a bed there. What happened after that? Valentine happened. Was I in my cot in the tower? No. What happened after that?
Suddenly, everything of that day flew past my eyes. Me, pushing Jace thru the portal; Simons friend being killed right in front me; Demons attacking the city; And Simon. I held in a sob. It has happened within a matter minutes, so much in so little time.
I peeled my eyes opened. They felt like they had been sealed shut. I looked around me. I was in some sort of cell. There was nothing in it really. On the walls were witch lights, illuminating the space around me. The walls and ground were solid stone and on the far left was a large wooden door with runes on it. Why did this place look so familiar?
'Because Jace Herondale once stayed in this cell when he thought he was Jace Morgenstern' said a familiar voice in my head
The Silent Brothers. Most specifically, Brother Zachariah.
"Why, out of ever were you could put me, you had to put me here" I mumbled. I remember that painful time. I'd love Jace so much, just as much as I did now, and not being able to tell him that, show him that, was physically and mentally painful.
'I thought it would be more comfortable. Your mental state when you came here was not very clear' said brother Zachariah.
The door swung open, revealing him. Surprisingly it was only him. He was wearing his regular black rob. I wonder if they wash them.
"What am I doing here?" I question him.
'I could ask you same thing. When we heard of the attacks and when you appeared on our front door steps, we knew there was a connection. And yes, we know of Valentines return. We just don't any other details. Clarissa, if we release you, do you swear to the angle to answer every question we have involving Jonathan Morgenstern and Valentine Morgenstern'
" I swear"
It has been a while since I was last here. But I'm pretty sure there wasn't hundreds of shadow hunters living here.
'They came here, seeking help and shelter. Because Valentine has drunk from the cup, as you have informed me, and all the Endarken have too, the demon blood prevents them from entering the City of Bones.'
There were not only shadowhunters, but also confused mundane a who had been brought here for protection. There was mostly woman and children. Where were they going to be put? What can they have to eat?
'They will be kept inside of the empty cells. The food is being transported as we speak, though portals outside. Under normal circumstances, we could not even consider letting mundanes and shadowhunters here, but before Valentine took full control of Idris, we were given strict orders from Idris to protect as many shadowhunters and mundanes as possible.'
"Whats going to happen? We can't stay hidden in here forever." I asked.
This time, Brother Zachariah took sometime before answering,' Thats were you come in, daughter of Valentine. You know him, more than any of us here. You are one that can save us all.'
Okay. Totally no pressure. If I mess up, everyone I love will die, and the entire world might be destroyed. No pressure. Yep. We're all screwed.
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After a long speech about how I can do it, Brother Zachariah decided to give me a break. I decided to walk around. It's been a long time since I was last here. I had hope that I wouldn't have to come here ever again. Just my luck. After wandering around a gain, I came to flight of stairs that looked strangely familiar. Once I go to the bottom I realized why. This was were I remembered. Where I started to, at least.
I remember Jace racing over to me after I fell. Jace. It was painful to just remember his beautiful face, to remember every perfect about him ,to remember that chip in his tooth, which was the one thing that made him imperfect. I remembered the first time we kissed. We were on top of the institute. He'd made the perfect little birthday picnic. Then the clock struck midnight and the flowers began to bloom. They were so beautiful, but with Jace there, you could hardly call anything other than him beautiful. And the I slipped, or he slipped and we kissed. It was magical, and so painful to remember. I leaded against the wall for support. It hurt so much to remember all of them. If I were going to do this I had to put those felling away. You have to fight fire, with fire. And to Valentine, I was simply a match. But I will be Jaces little spit fire. I had to be.
A image came into my mind, a rune to be more exact. I knew what it was. It whispered to me, begged me to use it. Dark Magic. Nothing good comes from it, but in order to defeat Valentine, in order to do what I have to do, I must use it. It was the only way.
I pulled out my stele. For some reason, I was crying. I had to do this.
No, you don't said a voice in my head. It was Brother Jeremiah. I'm telling you not to, but Valentine tried to fight fire with fire, and look what he has become. I am warning you Clarissa, if you do this, you might not be able to go back.
He was standing across the room. I looked at him ," You are a Silent Brother. You off all people know of sacrifice for the greater good."
I know. Just be careful with your decisions. With that he was gone.
I looked down at my arm. I had to do this. With that, I drew the rune I had created. This is for the best. I was still crying. Jace would never forgive me.
It was a rune of no humanity, to be able to focus, to be able to kill your enemies but it also meant killing who ever got in your way, and forgetting your past feelings.
Forgive me Jace.
Oh my god! Will Clary be able to defeat Valentine? And even then, will she ever be the same? Find out in the next chapter called ' Runes are a girls best friend.' Also, I wondering if you guys wanted me to keep on post. Like, you want me to make it short and sweet, or do you want tme to make it long, with more details, and suspense. Comment what you think. R&R.
-FayNightRaven