A Shadowhunter's Tale

Chapter 11: Where's Mother?

I stood there shocked. "Wait, my mom's alive?" I asked.

    "Yes, but I'll explain everything at the Institute," he said.

    "How do you know about the Institute?" I was about to ask but he had already hung up.

I waited for Luke in the library. Everyone was in the room. Simon was wearing a black shirt and gray jeans. Clary wore a green shirt and gray sweats. Alec had training gear. Jace wore a white shirt and black sweats. Izzy was wearing a dress and high heels.

    Luke entered the library and looked at all of us. He was about to speak but Alec's mom entered the library. "Lucian?" She said in shock.

    "Lucian?!" Us teens yelled in unison.

    "Yes, I'm Luke Garroway, formerly known as Lucian Graymark," he said. "I was part of the Circle but helped stop Valentine. I am the leader of the New York Pack."

    "The Circle?" I asked confused. "New York pack?"

    Alec's mom answered instead of Luke. "The Circle was a group of young Shadowhunters that was lead by a Shadowhunter, Valentine Morgenstern. He slaughtered many Downworlders. And Lucian was turned into a werewolf during his time in the Circle. He planned to stop them with your mother," she said pointing at Clary. "Your mom probably hid here in New York and then Lucian became the leader of the werewolves in New York."

    "I don't mean to be rude," I said. "But what about my mom."

    "Ah yes," he said. "That wasn't your mom. That was a demon that was a shapeshifter. So it posed as your mom. She still might be alive. I know your going to go so you might as well spend the rest of the day training. My pack is searching for her. I'll tell you when we find her."

    I nodded and headed to my room. I changed into the training gear they had.

    I entered the training room. I grabbed a bow and a quiver full of arrows. Alec entered the room. "Ready?" He asked.

    "Always," I said. According to Alec I had to learn to fight with my quiver on my back and my bow.

    I got into fighting position. Alec swung at me. I jumped back. I lifted my foot and kicked him in the stomach. I swung my other foot to kick him in the face but he grabbed it and pulled my foot. I landed on my back. I grabbed his hands and put my feet on his stomach. I flung him with my feet.

    "Good," he said. "But not good enough."

    He got up and gestured for me to come at him. I ran to him and swung at him. He dodged and grabbed my arm. He spun me and my back was on his chest. I could feel his chest rise. I couldn't get distracted. This was a fight after all. I elbowed him in the face. He staggered back in surprise.

    "Sorry," I said. "You could've used it as a distraction."

    He smiled. "Good," he said. "Now let's do target practice."

   I went to where the target was. I stepped behind a line. I lifted my bow and placed the arrow on the bow string. I pulled back aiming for my target. I begun to breathe slowly. I let the arrow fly. It was close to bullseye.

    "Faster," said Alec. "They could kill you if you don't move fast enough."

    I pulled back. This time faster. I let the arrow fly. Close to bullseye.

After many tries I started shooting faster and hitting bullseye almost everytime.

    Jace was teaching me how to jump from high places. He showed me first. He climbed a rope really fast and jumped. He rolled on the ground onto his feet.

    "Now you try," he said.

    I climbed up forgetting I had my quiver. Well Alec said you always train with your weapon, I thought to myself. I took in a deep breath. I jumped off and tried to roll to my feet like Jace taught me. It was really difficult.

After like a million tries I got it and he made me do it over and over. It was so tiring, yet I loved the adrenaline.

    After training I showered and changed. I sat on my bed then laid down. I closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep.

A blue lady. This lady helped a lady in a cell give birth. She took the baby and cared for him. Like if he was her own.

    I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my door. I looked at the time. 9:00. I must've been really tired. I never really napped at all.

    There was a knock on my door again.

   "Mason." It was unmistakably Alec on the other side of the door.

   "Yeah," I said rubbing my eyes.

    "They found your mom."