destined angel (on hold)

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morning star

I groan as I stretch my limbs only to find myself restrained. My eyes snap open and I look to my wrists to find thick metal cuffs on each of them I find a chain on each that connects to matching ones on each ankle which have another chain connecting to a metal pole behind me.

I take a few deep breaths to stay calm before feeling on the energy in my body only to find that I can't. I can't feel the energy or even summon Luna or Ari or any of my drawings.

I feel my panic increase as I carefully move my hand to my hair only to find my stele no longer there. When I realize I am actually stuck I flick my eyes up only to find my father standing before more people than I can currently count holding up the mortal Cup. Upon noticing I'm awake he smiles and comes over to me.

"Ah, Adelina, you're awake. I'd like you to meet my army." He says with a smile as he comes and crouches down at me. "I'm sorry about the chains but I can't trust you right now. When you decide to accept me as your father and join our army then I can release you." I don't say anything, nor do I move when he pushes some hair out of my face. "Here." He places my bag down beside me. "I've already removed everything that could be dangerous." He says and right now I wish I could summon a weapon to my hand but I can't even do that right now.

I turn away and lean against the pole I am changed too and instead watch them as I do my hair instead. I do Dutch braids diagonally on either side of my head and around into a bun while continuing the braids around in the bun. I find a gold leaf hairpiece and put it through the bun. 

I keep my eyes on them all but get out my sketch pad and pens and begin to draw a realistic looking water dragon. I made it different shades of blue, pink and purple with a fin running from its head to its tail with gold eyes. I figure if I can get out of these chains this will help me get back to shore. 

I notice Valentine arming himself and disappearing off and I quickly realize there is nothing I can do at the minute so I grab a pencil and just start drawing whatever my hand wants. I don't pay attention to what I'm drawing and only look down at it when my hand stops and I find that unconsciously my hand has chosen what colours it needs and on the page is now a realistic drawing of a boy probably a few years older than current me probably the same age as if I hadn't temporarily stopped ageing. 

The boy has red hair the same colour as mine and green eyes the exact same shade as Clary's and features like our mums. for some reason I just know that this is what my twin brother Jonathan would look like if he was still alive. I guess after facing Valentine my mind just automatically drew what would remind me of what he's done. 

I close my eyes as tears fall at the thoughts racing through my head. I don't even notice when I fall asleep nor do I realize that some-one has picked me up and moved me until my eyes snap open and I find myself laying on a surprisingly comfortable bed. I am still chained but the ones on my wrists are gone and now its just one on my left ankle connecting to the bed frame by a very long chain. 

Realizing I am finally alone I scan the room for anything that could break the chain only to find absolutely nothing except a bed a dresser and a desk with a single chair. going over to the dresser I find it filled with clothes of all sorts for a girl my size and age. resigning to my fate and realizing staying in these clothes and being uncomfortable would have no positive benefits as I'm likely to be here awhile. I change into a knee length long sleeved grey hoodie style dress that had criss cross straps on the shoulders and a large slit at the neckline. I also take off my gloves and shoes and put on a pair of black Nike air trainers with a gold outline of the tick. 

When I'm done I let out a sigh and lay back on the bed and stare at the chain on my ankle preventing me from being free. no longer than five minutes passes when I become bored- I really do have a terrible attention span sometimes. I decide instead to work on my current book. The one I am currently writing is set in the real world I am living in right now but all the events and characters are different. It's set in a time after this war in a world where we win and everything is slowly becoming better. 

I actually finish the remainder of the book fairly quickly and I email it to my editor. My family knows that I have published a fair amount of books but they don't quite know how much money I now have saved up because of it. See I was smart and both saved and got Dot to invest my money so my wealth sky rocketed, its one of the few secrets I keep in my life. 

My editor responds quickly saying. 

Hey Adelina, haven't heard from you for a few weeks, is everything okay? 

Anyway, can't wait to read through it and I'll contact you quickly with any changes then pass it on to be published like all the rest. 

wish you well, talk to you soon. 

Mary

I smile after reading the quick reply and send back a response saying I'm okay and that I've been having a lot of family drama at the minute but it was all okay. No need to worry one of my few mundane friends to worry about me and try to find me like Simon did. 

I let out a sigh before I am suddenly hit with an idea. I log back onto my emails and send one to Simon, Clary and Luke saying everything I knew about my current location and what I knew of Valentines forces along with my situation. I know that it is unlikely that any of them will read it but I thought it was best to send it just incase. 

Just after sending the emails there is a knock at the door and I freeze. I slam to laptop shut but don't say anything as the door is slowly pushed open by Valentine. "Ah my daughter I see you are awake." I don't say anything and just stare at him blankly "What not happy to see your father?" I still don't respond. "I even brought you a gift." Valentine says before pushing something forwards. 

As the man stumbles into the room I say the first thing I have since being kidnapped. "Jace?"