The Wonders of Malec

Chapter 11

Alec POV

Simon let out a small chuckle, but stopped when he saw the seriousness on our faces. "Wait, you guys are actually being serious?" I could tell he was hoping that we were just playing around, pulling his leg as mundanes would say, and part of me wished that were true. This situation would be a lot less dire if my father was abducted by a normal, low level demon with a bone to pick with shadowhunters.

Clary looked at us confused, "Who are The Mortem and why haven't I heard of them before?"

Magnus decided to take this one, "About three, maybe four, decades ago there was a shadowhunter who believed that all of the shadow world needed to unite. His name was Damien Bellewood. He approached the Clave with his theory. He thought that we would all be stronger together, but of course they turned down his offer. They told him to never even utter those words again. Their rejection only fueled his resolve.

He warned them that one day they would regret their decision and stormed out of the building. No one really saw him after that. The Clave decided not to tell anyone since they didn't believe him to be a threat. They left every shadowhunter and downworlder blinded to what was truly going on, even though they didn't know themselves.

Years passed and there wasn't even a whisper of him. He was the last of his bloodline, so none of you would recognize the name. After a while everyone just assumed he died, and it was a shame too, the Bellewoods were well known. After his parents death the Clave decided to just take the name out of history, since there was no one to continue the bloodline.

One day out of the blue a werewolf child went missing. Then shortly after a fey, warlock, and newly turned vampire disappeared. Once the warlock disappeared I confronted the Clave about it. They denied any part in the abductions and were furious that I even asked. No downworlder believed them of course.

So naturally, some tried to fight back. They attacked institutes and even tried breaking into Alicante.The shadowhunters fought back of course. Catrina was keeping tabs on everything, as was I.

We knew there was a plan to attack Alicante again, but instead of sitting by and doing nothing we went to try and stop the massacre that was bound to happen. When we arrived the battle was in full swing, hundreds of dead bodies littered the ground. I saw a man walk out of the trees, his stride determined. No one else noticed him till he spoke,

Your fighting is useless, yet you do it anyway. You know that you will never be able to get through alone, so why not ban together and fight your common enemy?

I will never forget those words as long as I live. The fighting ceased after he spoke. A Clave member, Aiden was his name, recognized him immediately. That's when they put it all together. Damien had kidnapped the children, trying to make an even bigger rift between everyone. He wanted them to fight.

Before anyone could speak he called out a name, Vladimir! There was movement heard from the trees and from the branches a man leaped out into the open.

The moment I saw him I knew something wasn't right about him. As he got closer I saw that his hands were surrounded by green fire, he had extended canines, and claws. His hair was a spiky dark blue while his skin was pale. I was speechless. I couldn't believe what was in front of me.

But the most shocking thing about him had to be the powerful silver wings that adorned his back. He didn't have them fully extended, nor did he fly in on them, but I could tell that they were powerful. It almost felt like power was radiating off of them. As he walked up to where Damien was standing he passed by me and I got a glimpse of his eyes.

They were black. He had no irises, his whole eye was consumed by the color. It was the darkest shade of black I had ever seen.

People from all species cowered away in horror of the being in front of us. When he finally made his way up to Damien he stopped. Aiden stared at Damien. From the look on his face I could tell he knew something. Damien spoke again, I told you! I warned you! Aiden was disgusted, "What did you do you fool?Have you no decency? No respect! Damien turned toward the crowd, almost like he forgot Aiden was even there.