𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 | 𝐆𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐓
𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 | 𝐌𝐎𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐔 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐎
❀𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕❀
"There you are." Izzy says to Clary.
"You look depressed." I say to Clary.
"I saw my mom." Clary says. From another glowy thingy. What is it with things glowing here. "Then your brother—"
"I heard." Izzy interrupts Clary. "And believe me, there have been many times where I wanted to kill Alec." Izzy says making me pout.
"But how can you want to kill a grumpy cat." I say sarcastically.
"That's because I'm the grumpy cats sister and you the one in love with the grumpy cat." Izzy tells me. I glare at her. She sits down next to Clary.
"Look, I know my brother can be a real pain in the ass... but he means well. That necklace is very dangerous." Izzy says.
"I'll take the risk on my own." Clary tells Izzy making me roll my eyes.
"The problem is, you're not on your own, Clary. You're part of us now." Izzy says.
"I just— I wish I knew what to do. All of this, it's so new to me. I just... I'll do anything to save her." Clary says.
"Something you should do is try not to go to places you're not supposed to." I mumbled.
"I get it. You love her." Izzy says as she glares at me. I shrug.
"More than anything." Clary says. I feel like a third wheel.
"What's your mom like?" Izzy asks Clary.
"She's kind. Fun. Uh... the kinda person you always want to be around. I have friends who used to always want to hang out at our house just to hang out with her." Clary says making me snort as I lean against the wall.
"She sounds more like a friend then a mom." Izzy says making me frown. I know Jocelyn wasn't mine and Liv's biological mom but she was our mom. Clary's not the only who lost their mom.
"She was both. She's basically sacrificed her life for me, and I'm willing to do the same for her." Clary says.
"Just because you can't have that necklace, doesn't mean you won't see her again. Walk with me. Tell me everything about her." Izzy says. I groan.
"So, Alec blew right by you and did what he wanted. I'd be angry too." Clary says to Izzy.
"He took the only way I had to see my mother." Clary says for the hundredth time.
"No! Really!" I say sarcastically.
"Not only that. He kept asking what Valentines's room looked like." Clary says giving me a look. Clary presses the elevator button.
"He was interested in Valentines'a style?" Izzy says sarcastically.
"Fascinating..." Clary says in a sarcastic tone. "No, he thought I might have seen something that could help us find him."
"And did you?" I ask her.
"I didn't see anything there, but... I think I know another way." She says as the door opens. Someone goes through a portal. It was a beautiful woman. She looked like Izzy and Alec. She struts in. Period.
"Dress to impress, I see. And you're been playing with the family heirlooms." She says to Izzy. I frown.
"Hi, I'm Clary Fray." Clary says all sweetly.
"Clary Fairchild. You look just like your mother. We know all about you in indris." She says to Clary, and not in a good way. Smirks.
"Indris?" Clary says.
"The Shadowhunter homeland." I say. What? I read. The women looks at me up and down.
"If you think the institute is well-hidden, wait until you see that place." Izzy says to Clary and I. "How's max? We all miss him." Izzy says. Max is her little brother. She told me about him. You can say we are besties.
"Little brother. Cute but clingy. Kinda Simon-ish." Izzy says.
"Roberts picking him up at the Mumbai Institute." She looks at me and smiles. "You must be Arielle or Olivia Drozdov?" She says. I smile.
"Yes, I'm Arielle, my sister is Olivia. My I ask how you know who I am?" I ask her.
"I knew your parents. They were like royalty to the Clave, your mother even my best friend." She tells me. My eyes widened.
"If you don't mind me asking, would you ever be willing to tell me about them." I say. She smiles at me. Yes just go on the mothers good side.
"Yes, absolutely. Now where's Jace?" She asks. "We have a situation in hat has to be handled now." She says bumping shoulders with Clary and Izzy. Izzy looks at me and mouths.
"How?" I shrug. "Well, thats my mom." She tells Clary. I hug Izzy. I would be sad if my mom treated me like that.
We go up the stairs of the training room or what ever it is. Jace is using a sword weirdly. I want to laugh but ain't no way I'm making Mommy cat angry.
"Is you mom always like that?" Clary asks loud making me roll my eyes.
"Clary don't be rude." I scold her. Clary told her eyes.
"She didn't even hug you." Clary says. Izzy chuckles.
"Shadowhunters aren't big huggers." Izzy says. Jace does a wired pose almost making me crack up. I breath in and out.
"Maryse." He says. So that's her name. "They it's great to see you." They hug. Wow. "How's everyone in Indris? Where's, uh... where's Max?" He asks her.
"No Max. Just Mom with her hair on fire." Izzy says. I can do that.
"I love how Shadowhunters share. A hidden brother, and a secret country. And private portal." Clary says making me chuckle but softly.
"Something you can't do." I say to Clary. She glare at me.
"Mother. Welcome back. We didn't expect you." Alec says walking in.
"You should be prepared whether you expect me or not." Maryse says sternly as she hugs Alec and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
"I am. We are." He says.
"We'll talk about the Institute later. Right now, we have a bigger problem. The seelies have stopped communicating with the Clave and won't explain why." She says going around Clary and Izzy.
"My guess is they're still upset we asked them to send scout to look for Valentine, but no one in their realm will talk." She walks behind Jace and Alec now.
"I have Seelie friends." Izzy tells her.
"Yes, I know about your friends." She says as she walks to Izzy. "Isabelle, we stay separate from the Downworld for good reasons. The wrong move, the wrong word... Do you think there is such a thing as harmless rebellion?
"Who knows what offends these creatures? Maybe you told them... them... something they shouldn't know. Maybe you trod on one of their ridiculous customs without knowing it." Maryse says.
"Wait, Wait. I don't understand. You're laying all this on Izzy for having a friend in the Downworld?" Jace says. He's got a point.
"When someone upsets the natural order, everything falls apart." Maryse tells Jace.
"Natural order? What are you saying?" Clary says. Wrong move.
"I can help. I know how to talk to Seelies." Izzy says.
"She's right. She can visit with Meliron and see what he knows. I could go with her if you want." Alec says.
"I'd rather Jace goes along this time. Alec, you stay with the Fairchild girl. I want her under control. She's caused enough trouble already." She says. I smirk. That's right.
"Maybe that's because I want even a Shadowhunter until a few days ago!" Clary says.
"And what an exciting few days it has been. The Clave counts on us Lightwoods to maintain order here." Maryse tells us.
"You don't need to tell me that. If the mission is important to the Clave, I would prefer to be the one who goes with Isabelle." Alec says.
"You're all so eager to do what you would prefer. It's the time to face the truth. Life is not about what you want to do, it's about what must be done. I have given you your assignments, now carry them out.
"You and you with me, now." She says to Jace and Izzy. "Oh dear, I didn't even see you there Arielle. You stay with Alec and Clary." She says to me. I just nod. She's scary. "How come they can't be like you." She muttered walking away.
"Well, that was a window into the weird. What did you do to piss off your mom?" Clary says to Alec.
"I'd guess, for a start... all the unsanctioned missions on your behalf don't go over that big either the Clave." He says walking away.
"Wow, how do you feel now that you made them get in trouble." I says. Clary glares at me.
"It's all not my fault." She says.
"Sure it isn't." I say walking out.
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