protector or destroyer. (shadow hunter fanfic)

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Ria woke to her own name sung in a sing song voice. "oh ria. Wakey wakey, rise and shine. Time to wake up." She sunk deeper into her bed. She knew it was Sebastian, he was right on time. First, he would ask her to join him, when she denied he would punish her. Under the covers she traced the bruises over her arms and legs, they signified that she was his, but she wasn't she wasn't anyone's and he will understand that when she outlives him because she always does. She felt his fingers climbing up her leg through the sheet. "oh, Ria, how are you today?" her silenced answered his question. "we are going to be having guests soon, I want you to see this day, it will certainly be a day to remember. Ok? Ria." He said, she knew she was irritating him with her silence, she knew he would be scowling, and it made her smile that she was still able to irritate him. "get up!" he snapped. When she didn't move, he ripped off the sheet yelling, "get up you, stupid bitch." She slowly got off the bed without taking her eyes off him, he had made the chains longer as a present of good behaviour. "good now get changed." She followed his finger to the wardrobe she knew that four dresses were inside, two black mocking the shadow hunters' colour and two red signifying she was his. She pulled on the red short dress.

He took her chains off quickly and then replaced them with smaller ones not connected to anything. He pulled on them making her follow him. They walked for a while, Sebastian walking in a quick pace and Ria stumbling behind him. The rubble tore at her feet and the air choked her. no matter how many times she washed she still felt dirty. They arrived at a room, on the far side was two thrones behind them where two windows, one looked out to Edom and another was a bright and brilliant view of the glass city, Idris. He pulled her forward she was then hurdled towards a small cage she had barely noticed. Sebastian then turned and left.

Ria sat there in the silence for such a long time that she had manage to scratch her name into the stone floor with her nail. She didn't dare use her claws, especially with the guards around the room who would attack. The doors opened suddenly, and Sebastian came in slamming them shut. He walked up to the thrones and paced. His eyes never looking towards Ria. The door opened again, and a blonde boy and ginger girl came in. They were all muted, but Ria still watched as they talked and fought before the girl went and sat on the throne, only then was when Sebastian looked at Ria with sheer delight. The door swung open again and a group of more shadow hunters came in, among them were a day lighter, werewolf and a warlock. She could not make out any of their faces. Except two a raven-haired boy and girl. She watched as they all talked, the eeriness now irritating her. she watched curious at these people she knew that there were people here, she had seen the bright light searing into the sky, but they were all so human like. She watched as the ginger girl come down the throne and go to kiss Sebastian until a ray of golden appeared and then she heard an awful scream, her own.

Ria screamed a horrible screeching noise. She fell to the floor tears streaming onto the floor. She watched as Sebastian fall to the floor, blood around him. He was gasping, she couldn't hear what he was saying, she frantically pounded on the cage. She knew she wasn't going to get their attentions, the slight shine to the cage meant she was invisible to them camouflaged in the darkness. "Jonathon." She shouted over and over again. the younger ginger girl walked away leaving the older ginger woman with Jonathon. Ria sat there helplessly watching them all. She turned towards Jonathon and he was staring straight at her. His eyes where calm and soulless, she knew at that moment he was dead. She felt a lock open inside her and the memories she had kept hidden, everyone she had taken and made him forget were now filling him up and they made him glow. He looked like an angel. She watched and shouted as the group of people one by one disappeared her eyes not looking away from the young raven-haired girl and the boy who both looked so much like Maryse.

She continued shout even after they all disappeared. Her muscles ached, her nails torn, her hands bruised black and blue. She lay on the floor counting all the moments and memories she shared with him. That night she felt herself being moved, whoever moved her placed her on a soft ground, at first, she thought it was a bed but as she moved her hands across the surface, she knew it was grass. She looked up and found no one, except a little boy, MJ. "Ria. Good you are awake." his voice small and so light. She sat up and a wave of pain hit her like a bat in the head. "no. your too weak. You need to rest."

"MJ how did I get out?"

"you don't remember?" she shook her head. She didn't remember she had no idea where she was or why she was here. "Edom spat you out."

"Edom?"

"yeah. You were there for months."

"oh. I don't- oh..." she remembered, flashed of a fiery landscape and the throne room. She looked around even more confused they were in a cave the walls had drawings all over the walls, she was lying on a pile of blankets. There were baskets of food and vials of medicine. "where are we?"

"oh yeah, Raganorfell found you and put you here, you were coming in and out of consciousness so I don't think you will remember him saying that it is protected by wards and that we can stay here."

"where is here?"

"Idris."