City Of Bones

Chapter 2

Madeleine

Clary's bag smacked her face as she twirled in the portal unable to balance herself. She never learned how to travel through a portal without having her hair knot up and every inch of her body ache. Her mother hadn't gotten to that part in her training yet since they haven't been training very long. They only started her training three short years ago.

When Clary was born her mother had her sight blocked, enabling her to see the magic world, seeing only what an ordinary mundane would see. Magnus Bane--the high warlock of Brooklyn-- had placed the block, and for years her mother was happy about how everything was going. That was before she found out Valentine was looking for her, and then soon after Luke had come back into her life. By when Clary was ten her mother had decided that Clary wouldn't be able to survive if Valentine came back, especially since she had no training, so she let the block slowly fade allowing for Clary's sight to return.

Only a few days later Luke had found them and everything began falling into place. As they waited for Clary's sight to fully return they started to train her slowly. She received her first mark when she turned 12, and was able to fight. Her mom had sent her demon hunting with Luke, and not long after she was able to go hunting by herself without an injury.

Jocelyn had told Clary everything about her past. How her father was evil and poisoned her brother by putting blood of a Greater Demon into his body. They also talked about how Clary had more Angel blood then all the other shadowhunters. Shadowhunters are Nephilim, meaning they have angel blood in them; however, Clary has more than normal because her father, Valentine, had been giving her mother blood of an angel while she was pregnant. Last, but certainly not least, they talked about the uprising. The uprising is the time where Valentine wanted to disrupt the accords, a peace treaty between all downworlders and Nephilim. Valentine gathered his group, also known as "The Circle", and tried to murder downworlders and all shadowhunters who opposed him. Jocelyn and Luke had acted fast and tried to stop him but in the effort of trying to stop Valentine many died, while others fled.

Clary was thrown out of the portal and rolled across the grass, her hair knotted and splayed across her face. She finally stopped rolling landing on her back with her bag meters away from her grasp. Clary coughed and rolled over onto her knee then stood up wincing. Jocelyn had fortunately explained where the portal and cup were, but she never told her how to travel through the portal correctly.

The Cup.

Clary's head shot up and she scrambled towards her bag and knelt down. She slowly placed her hands on her bag and opened it--

She sighed in relief as she caught sight of the gold rim in her bag. Clary grabbed the bag and swung it across her shoulder then looked to see where she was. There in front of her stood a small gray store. The sign on the front, written in black letters, read 'Garroway Books. Fine Used, New, and Out-Of-Print. Closed Saturdays.' Clary smiled at the sight of the store, thinking about how she would spend hours a day there just reading and drawing.

Clary shook her head of her thoughts and stepped towards the store. That is when she heard a noise coming from behind a bush. Her head snapped quickly towards the noise, but as sudden as the rustling noise came, the rustling noise stopped. Clary turned back toward the store and continued to walk up the steps. This time she heard a groan which caused her stop and spin around.

"Who's there?" She demanded, but was only answered with another groan. Clary felt her pockets for her blade, but came out empty handed. She cursed softly under her breath, and stared at the bushes when a figure emerged from behind it.

A black blob appeared and slouched over to Clary. Its eyes were gone and were replaced with a line of razor sharp teeth. Clary's eyes widen and she stumbled back as it came closer to her. She shrieked and slammed herself against the door. It opened with the sound of a bell and Clary dashed through it, locking it behind her. She raced over to the back door, but suddenly the thing was in front of her smiling, sauntering over to her. Clary looked around hastily but all she saw was a cash register, too big for her to throw, and shelves of books neatly arranged in different categories. Clary tried race over to the front door, but whatever the thing was, was definitely quicker than her because yet again there it stood in front of her.