the shadow in Shadowhunters

chapter 56

meliorn "it is..."
meliorn "but it isn't."
jace "could you be more vague?"
meliorn "it is an alternate timeline, in a sense."
meliorn "there, shadowhunters and demons no longer exist."

jace "what?"
meliorn "and downworlders have conformed to the mundane way of life to avoid detection."
clary "what happened to the shadowhunters?"

meliorn "their survices were no longer required, because they won the war against demons, centuries ago."
meliorn "once they sealed the rifts between their worsds..."

meliorn "their culture faded away."
meliorn "once you arrive in the alternate demension, you will assume the body of the clary in that world."
meliorn "same as leo."

meliorn "you will think and feel just like them."
clary "but i'll still know i'm me, right?"
clary "i'll know i have to find the portal?"

jace "there's a catch."
jace "with seelies, there's always a catch."
meliorn "your alternate self could consume you if you let it."

clary "is there a way to not let it?"
meliorn "focus on the differences between that world and ours."
clary "find something or someone to keep you grounded to this one."

clary "easy enough."
meliorn "it will be more difficult than you think."
meliorn "if you don't hurry, you could cease to be this world's."
clary "and be stuck in that world forever."

meliorn "it's time."
clary "meliorn, i appreciate the risk you're taking, but a life debt requires you ensure my safety."
clary "i'll agree to go..."
clary "but if i find this alternate portal, i won't be able to face valentine on my own."

jace "she'll need backup."
meliorn sighs "if you find the portal, you may come back for him."
meliorn "shadowhunters need seelie permission to go through."

meliorn "only demons can pass through unaideed."
this door opens and you could see a blue light and orange light. me and clary walk through.

i saw blood everywere. there was my family dead, murders by who knows what.

i teloported out and there we stood who knows were.

i leaned against the wall and desided to close my eyes for a bit. i wish i hadn't seen that.