The Clawed Child- A Mortal Instruments Fanfic

Chapter 5-The Pets End

        Mason sat in the crib wiggling around restless. He was asleep when his mom left, he almost always was. He wouldnt mind if it wasn't for the part where he was completely bored without her. Megan left him only to attend clave meatings, but when she did leave she left the german sheaperd with him so that if an intruder some how found there way into her home the dog would protect mason. The dog sat starring at the door away from mason. The dog would instinctively protect mason but that didn't mean he liked mason. Mason got it in his mind that he wanted to pet the dog. He called not cried but called out to the dog "c-c-oo-m-e. Coome". It was not that mason couldn't talk, it was just that he didn't for he did not see a point in it yet so it was unfamiliar to him. Mason did not remember the dogs name because it was rare that his mom used it. The dog did as he was commanded he did not like mason but was still an advancely trained shadowhunter dog. When the dog got to masons crib mason leaned over the crib and stretched his clawed hand out. Mason pet the dogs head with the rough carelessness children usually had. But he was no normal child and his claws dug into the dogs head the dog yelped and bit out at masons hand yanking him out of the crib. The dog mostly had masons claws in its mouth but wear it had flesh darker then usual blood spouted out. Mason felt a sense of sadness and anger in his gut that was until now completely unknown. Mason slapped at the dog in pain trying to get it to release him, doing so sliced the dogs throat open. The dogs blood splattered all over tiny masons body, the dog fell down to the floor and soon ceased  to move. Masons claws had loged into the flesh in the dogs mouth, thats the reason it never released his hand. Mason yanked his hand from the dead dogs mouth and looked at it. There was a deep bite from a few teeth right behind his nuckles, because of his demon blood he wasn't loosing much blood and it would scab over quicker then usual as well. His hand was coverd with his own dark red blood and also the dogs bright scarlet blood. He put his hands down and looked at the dog its throat cut ragidly. A few tears rolled down masons face as he looked at the thing that was supposed to protect him laying dead. An over whelming amount of feeling betrayed and hurt flooded him. He layed down not far from the dog suddenly exhuasted and went to sleep.

Megan returned to the house a half an hour, at most, later. The first thing she did was head to masons room, upon arriving megan slowly opened the door expecting to find the dog and mason asleep. But instead the sight of the room horrified her. Mason and the dog lay in a puddle of blood on the floor, her immediate thought was that she had messed up some how and that some one discovered masons existence and killed both him and the dog. A feeling of shock and despair took over her and she unknowingly let out a cry. But at hearing the cry mason sat up looking around as if he wasn't sure where  he was until his eyes landed on the dog. Then masons eyes retreated to megan filled with sadness and he reached out for her. Overcoming her shock she rushed to him pulling him up into her arms. He stayed still in her arms being careful not to touch her with his claws, he had learned a very hard way to be careful and gentle with his claws. Megan grabbed up his hand which had a massive scabed over bite when on such a tiny hand. She rushed him to the bathroom and washed it out, then wrapped it up with some bandage. Mason sat still, holding his throbbing arm out starring sadly at magen. After she finished she took mason to her room sat him on her bed and hand him his favorite toy, a soldier that he had scraped all of the eye except for the black pupil off. She continued to go into the other room to send a fire message to calyn, telling him of what she had found on arriving home and asked for his assistance as soon as possible with healing masons wound and possibly cleaning the mess (magic made it a lot easier to clean up blood and despose of corpses). Calyn knew where to portal to and how to get past the warding around her home in fact he had even helped upgrade its protection upon visiting mason a checkup. He arrived knocking on her door around twenty minutes after megan sent the fire message. "Sorry it took so long" was all calyn said as he walked in a serious look on his face. He was always serous about masons safety and health. Being a warlock you don't get to be around children often and babys even less often. So calyn grew a strong connection and concern for mason very quickly. It made being immortal that much harsher never being able to have children.

After calyn healed masons arm he had agreed that he would watch mason while megan took care of clave business. Calyn slept in the guest bedroom which megan only ever remember getting used once before. The next time megan went to a clave meeting when it ended she spoke to the inqesitor lightwood of only being invited to meetings that involed decisions or war since she was retired, he agreed to her request.

         So this is placed about a year after city of heavenly fire, mason is about two. He is behind in talking for he doesn't yet see a point in it. Although he is very advanced and understands a lot. Hope anybody reading this enjoys, I had writin this the same day as the last update and its been tough not posting it. I'm gonna try to update weekly now, but if I am not feeling it I am not going to force it. The next chapter is going to be about clary, but I will say that after cohf the original this story will not correspond with what happens in those books. Though there may be things like simon and isabelle getting married that I will of course include. I have the next three chapters all done so its all set up.