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

{𝕊𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖 𝔾𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖}

"Welcome to the Seelie Glade, Clary and Camille Fairchild."

Meliorn's greeting echoes through the lushly light green forest, the pearly white dust motes floating softly through the air. The Seelie Realm was like a weird hybrid of a normal mundane forest and a fairy's playground, fitting considering Seelie's are faeries.

"How did we get here?" Clary ponders, her gaze lingering on the air. It was an artist's paradise, this place, the perfect muse

"There are entrances all through the mundane world" Jace explains

"You just have to know where to look" Meliorn adds

"How is coming here going to help us find our father, again?" I frown, stepping over a rather large, knotted tree root

"Because of your sister's necklace" Meliorn turns to gesture at the large purple crystal hanging from Clary's neck and my frown deepens, "It's a Portal shard."

"Tell us something we don't know" Jace scoffs, checking behind us anxiously. He'd been doing that for a while now, glancing behind us shiftily, almost like he was expecting some huge monster to burst from the glorious ferns

"How does it work?" Meliorn inquires, gesturing to the necklace again

"When I touch the crystal and I think of someone, I can see where they are" Clary describes

"I'm curios, Shadowhunter, who knows so much about portals" Meliorn taunts, looking at Jace pointedly, "Did you never wonder why this Portal shard doesn't behave the way normal Portals do?"

"Normal Portals can only take you to places you've been" Jace admits grudgingly, "I guess I never really thought about it."

"I see Isabelle is the smart one in the family" Meliorn comments and I snigger. Jace glares at me but I ignore him, "That Portal shard works the way it does because it's a piece of a Portal from another dimension"

"Another dimension?" I echo

"You're saying there's a Portal in some other universe that can take us to anyone if we just think of them?" Jace gapes

"If you can find the only Portal still standing in that dimension...it will take you to your father" Meliorn nods, his pace slowing as we near a clumped group of trees forming some kind of archway-like door, which he points to, "These trees are where the alternate dimensions intersect the Seelie realm."

"How is it possible that the Clave doesn't know about your dimensional doorways?" Jace interrogates and I resist the urge to growl. This stupid fucking Clave is getting on my nerves.

"They are our most guarded secret" Meliorn clarifies, "We are their protectors. Only Seelies know of their existence"

"Why are you telling us, then?" I wonder

"I owe you a life debt, Camille Fairchild" Meliorn deduces, "And I don't like being indebted to anyone."

"What would happen if-"

"If the Seelie Queen finds out I've shared this with you?" Meliorn finishes, "I could be executed."

"Then there is no reason for you to do this, don't risk your life for my sake Meliorn" I protest and I note the surprise in his features

"Another surprise" Meliorn breathes, "I've never known a Mundani to care so much for a mere Seelie...or anyone from the Shadow World, you're kind are usually quite hostile."

"You know what I am?" I gasp

"It is in your aura, yes. Rare though you may be, you're easily detectable through your aura" Meliorn considers, "Though I can detect something else, something that fluctuates your nature...what it is though, I can't be sure."