Thank you all so, so much for your patience with me! I know I haven't updated in forever, but hey, I just started high school. (So far so good!) Anyways, thank you, and I hope you enjoy this chapter!

~SeraphAnaklusmos

Cecily bit her lip as Gabriel stared at her.

"Yes Cecily?" he questioned.

"It's... I need to speak with Will, and he won't leave Jem's side."

"And you want me to..."

Cecily spoke quickly, as if he would turn her away if she didn't. "I need you to go and get him; he'll listen to you. He may not like you, but you're a proper Shadowhunter. He respects that." She looked up at him. "Please Gabriel."

He sighed. "All right, I'll go and get him. Wait here."

She smiled. "Thank you."

After five long minutes Gabriel came back with her brother.

"This had better be important Cecily," William muttered.

"Trust me, it is."

"Well, get on with it then!"

Cecily Herondale took a deep breath. "I know where Mortmain is keeping Tessa."

"This is outrageous!" Consul Wayland yelled. "We cannot launch an attack based on the whim of a child!"

"I am not a child!" Cecily countered. "I am a Shadowhunter. One of the Nephilim."

The Consul looked like he was about to retort when he realized he was arguing with a fifteen-year-old girl.

"Consul, please." Charlotte spoke softly. "If there's even the slightest chance he's there."

"He will not be in Wales! Why should he be!"

"Because," Will said, his voice dangerously low, "He's been messing with the Herondale's for years. He would think it funny to continue his little joke."

"Also," Clarissa Fray countered, "A mountain is a good place to hide an army."

"I will not listen to this! Take note Charlotte, if you act upon this, you will be removed from your place as head of the Institute."

Clary gasped. "How dare-"

"Clarissa. That is enough," Charlotte demanded. "I understand perfectly, Consul."

As the man left Cecily slumped into a chair. "What now?"

"We have to go after Tessa!" Will shouted.

"I believe you heard Consul Wayland, William." Henry said with malice.

"Well," Clary said. "We could..."

"No," said Charlotte. "We cannot even get to Wales until Henry and Magnus get the Portal working."

Clary grinned at the mention of her old friend Magnus Bane.

"Fine," Will snapped, stomping off.

"Will, I know I cannot ask you to leave my side, but please, go after Tessa."

"James..."

"Please William. There is nothing else you can do for me. I trust you with her life."

"But James, how can I just leave you?!" Will demanded of his brother.

"You would ask the same if it were Clary, would you not?"

"That is not the point, Jem!"

"Please Will. Go."

"Alright, but you must promise me you'll get better."

Jem smiled. "I promise."

Will saddled up his horse, all prepared to go after his encounter with Cecily when he heard footsteps. Thinking it to be his younger sister again, he held up his witchlight...

And was faced with those bright green eyes.

"Clary."

"Cecily told me you were out here. She said you were leaving for Tessa."

Will nodded. "I am. Now, if you'd please move-"

"I'm going with you Will."

Will froze. "What?"

"I said I am going with you. There is nothing here for me. This Institute is not my home, these people are not my family. Yes, they are wonderful, and I love them all, but it isn't my life. I know you understand that. I will go and help you find Tessa, and I will try my best, but if I die, it will not matted, will it?"

"Clary..."

"Let's go, before your sister wakes up the rest of the gang and we cannot flee."

Will laughed. "Let's go."

"Where is Will?" Charlotte demanded.

Gabriel suddenly noticed Cecily had become very interested in her shoes.

"Cecily?" Charlotte snapped, her voice sharp. "That is a lovely necklace. I don't recall you wearing it before. In fact, I seem to recall Will wearing it."

Cecily sighed. "He left to find Tessa. He and Clary."

Charlotte looked as if she might faint. "What did you say?"

"They left last night. They figured they'd have better chances of sneaking there with only two people."

"They would," Henry put in, surprising everyone, including his wife. "A whole armoda of Shadowhunters would be much harder to hide than just two of them."

Cecily nodded. "As for the Consul, he won't notice two people missing."

Charlotte sighed. "I will write to the Clave and ask them to join us in battle than."

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Looking better in black,

Yours truly,

SeraphAnaklusmos