ꜰʀᴀʏᴇᴅ |ᴀ.ʟ.| ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀꜱ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ {ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍɪʟʟᴇ ꜰᴀɪʀᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴛʀɪʟᴏɢʏ #1}

{𝔸𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕤}

This will probably be the last chapter for a bit as this is the last pre-written chapter I have and I'm not sure when I'll have the time to write another one.

Anyways, enjoy!

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"What do you mean that's her curse?" Clary questions, her anger evaporating

"You wanted your answers, right?" Magnus interrogates me

"Y-Yeah" I stammer, anxiety balling up within me

"Well, you may as well sit down. All of you. Because this is a long story"

"I guess I shall start at the beginning, shall I? You mother used to bring you girls to me frequently, to remove your memories of the Shadow World. It was a routine thing, every couple of months before you could get too suspicious. However, the spells never completely worked on you, Camille, in fact, within a week your memories would return and your mother would come back, begging for me to take them. Clary's 18th birthday was the date your mother had set to tell you both the truth, as that would be when my spells would become ineffective and you would be mature enough to handle the truth. But, until that time, I kept removing the memories. By the time you had turned 18, Camille, I told your mother if I continued to take your memories from you so frequently, it would fracture your psyche. So we stopped."

"But why doesn't Cami have any memories of the Shadow World, then? She's 21 now, and you told us you stopped the memory treatments when she turned 18" Clary interrupts, confused

"That's where the curse comes in" Magnus winces, "In order for Clary to reach 18 before your mother told you both the truth, there was only one option I could offer...to re-wire your brain and turn you into a sleeper."

"A...a sleeper?" I stutter, looking around the bewildered faces around the room. No one seemed to know what it was.

"Yes, a sleeper" Magnus confirms, "It's a rare, ancient and incredibly complicated magical curse that allows someone purely mortal, purely mundane to self-erase the memories of the Shadow World from the conscious mind and store them within the sub-conscious. Since I couldn't continue to completely erase the memories from your mind, this was the only option that was the least damaging."

"So I truly am just a mundane?" I question

"In theory" Magnus allows, "You, yes, were born mundane but you were born from two Shadowhunter parents...Jocelyn and Valentine."

"Wait, wait, wait" Isabelle interrupts, a mask of shock etched into her face, "Wouldn't that make her a crucem genus mundani?"

"It does" Magnus nods, "She is, indeed, a crucem genus mundani"

The room falls silent and I watch as Alec, Jace and Isabelle exchange shocked looks before turning to stare at me, wide-eyed.

"I thought they were just legends" Alec murmurs

"Ah, yes, but all the legends are true" Magnus hums, "Is that not your saying, Shadowhunters?"

"Okay, what the hell is this crucem genus thingy?" Clary interjects, "Is it bad?"

"No, it's not bad" Magnus shakes his head, "The literal translation is 'cross breed mundane.' It's a very rare occurrence, but it has happened before, centuries ago. It's when two Shadowhunter parents produce a mundane child."

"But what does that have to do with my curse?" I was getting anxious now, this didn't sound good at all

"Oh, everything, Buttercup" Magnus assures me, "The sleeper curse I put upon you is something that can only work on a mundane from Shadowhunter bloodlines, on a crucem genus mundani. The Shadowhunter bloodline allows an angelic blooded backbone for the magic to rest upon, ensuring it works. However, it does not work on full fledged Shadowhunters, especially if they're over 18, as their minds strength of will is too strong. A crucem genus mundani's angelic backbone is the only thing strong enough to support the sleeper curse without overruling it, they way a true Shadowhunter's blood would do."