The Legend of Cheryl Morgenstern

Maturity And Fighting Skills

After that day, I've been living inside the walls of an old factory in Chernobyl where my father experimented on mundanes, downworlders and other shadowhunters except from me. Probably he wanted me strong and not being affected by demonic forces or injuries. He started training me in pretty much everything. The first thing, he taught me was archery. I have to admit that I was quite good. I just had to focus.

Then, he started teaching me using other kind of swords except from the usual ones. At the end, I ended up choosing the kindjals. Dad was proud. He said both he and mom had one. I can say I wasn't proud of choosing the same weapon as a crazy father and a mother that abandoned me, but I liked using them, so I kept them.

A little later, he starting talking to me about the history of the Circle and the Circle Rune. He also did me one. I didn't wanted to but I had no other choice. I had to do whatever he said and be the perfect daughter as long as I didn't hurt anyone to protect Jace. Dad explained to me that my mother left him for his parabatai, Lusian. I felt a bit sorry for him. Not about mom leaving him, but the consequences that had to him. I knew that no matter what mom have done, craziness would come out of him, but maybe he wouldn't be who he is today, if my mother acted differently.

If I'm not wrong, her name was Jocelyn Fairchild. He said she was a really sensitive and good woman. She had a kind heart. She cared for everyone around her and always tried to protect them. That didn't explain the fact that she left me, but him talking so good about her, tricked me for some seconds. I've actually thought that he may had a little piece of heart inside him, but it all returned back to normal when he said that all those qualities made her soft and weak and that this was the reason she left him and the Circle when things got hard. After that, I was sure he wasn't a shadowhunter at all anymore. All those injections of demonic blood destroyed everything good inside him and only brought his craziness out. A part of him was demonic now, even if he didn't notice that...