Clary's POV
(In a dream)
Mist forms around me. I look left and right; this mist is all there is apart from pure darkness. There is a flash of blinding light and a swirly character shines in front of my eyes. This must be another rune. It is strong and solid but has soft curves. I reach out to touch it but it disappears. I search for it, disappointed of its swift dismissal. I fall back into dreamless sleep.
When I wake I find I'm alone. I grab my sketch book and copy the new rune down from memory. It looks like no rune I have seen before. I close my sketch book and throw it on the vanity and start to detangle my hive of hair. I am in the middle of straightening my mop when Izzy walks into the room with two piping hot coffees.
"Hey sleepy head" Izzy says handing me a cup, "you ready for breakfast?",
"Nearly, just need to put some finishing touches on my outfit and we're off" I reply. Izzy helps me choose the appropriate amount of eyeshadow and blush to put on to go with my outfit, at least today I can wear what I want because gear is already getting old. I have dark blue jeans and a navy tank top, Converse and a leather jacket, I guess I'm ready for shopping.
Jace comes up behind me and grabs my elbow, spinning me around to face him. I make a noise one can only interpret as a gasp as he makes this movement, it could have been anyone.
"Hey Clary" he exclaims, looking dashing with his golden eyes and golden hair,
"Hey Jace, you scared me there!" I say, he pulls me in for a fleeting kiss before I drag him to the cafeteria. Alec caught up with Izzy and they are already at our table. I take a moment to drink in my life. It seems like it couldn't be much better. We will have to wait and see if what Jace and I have is just one of his flings or if he is serious. That's when I will be truly happy.
We say our goodbyes after breakfast and Izzy and I walk back to our dorm because I have something to show her before we go, my rune drawings. We get inside before I say what I wanted to show her, she is better with surprises than me because she doesn't pester me once about what it is. I instruct her to sit on the bed then I grab my book an open to the pages where the runes are, "I looked through my runes class book and I haven't seen either if these before" I say, handing Izzy my sketch book, she looks long and hard at them, which starts to confuse me, surely she has seen them somewhere,
"Look Clary, to be completely honest I saw this drawing of yours the other day, you must have left your book open" Izzy confesses, pointing at my first rune drawing," and no I have never seen either of these runes before. I asked Magnus about this first one and even he hasn't seen it before, may I ask why you drew these?" ,
"They both came to me in dreams, one a couple nights ago, and one last night. They just show up, then I copy them down." I say confidently, "so they could be anything, they don't have to be runes". Izzy insists we visit Magnus and ask him about my second drawing before we commence our shopping, I oblige being as curious as she is about the meaning of my drawings.
Magnus opens the door to his apartment groggy eyed and in only boxers, I lock my eyes onto his as to show him respect, not looking at his half naked body, "What is it young Nephilim?" He demands,
"It's me, Magnus, and Clarissa Fray, the one who drew the drawing I was asking you about." Izzy says,
"Oh, Izzy, what brings you to my humble abode at such an ungodly hour?" says Magnus,
"Magnus, it's 10:30" Izzy comments, stepping over the threshold, pushing Magnus out if the way, dragging me behind her. "She says these runes, if that's what you want to call them, come to her in her dreams, like a vision. There was another last night." Izzy hands my sketch book over and just like Izzy he studies it's contents for a long while,
"These do look like runes, but, they are not from either the Book of Grey or Book of White" Magnus says, "the only way to test my theory is to draw the runes on a shadowhunter, any volunteers?",
"I'll do it" I say, "but how will we now if has worked?",
"If it isn't a rune then the mark should sink into the skin, if it is then we will have to find out what it does, which is the hard part" Magnus confirms,
"Lets do this!" I say, not being quite sure how I want this to turn out.
YOU ARE READING
Raziel High
Teen FictionClary is thrust into the world of shadowhunters at the age of 16, when her mother decides to finally confide in her about her past. Clary has to learn the hard way the ways of the shadow world, but she is helped by her new friends Izzy, Alec and Jac...
