The Guardian~Magnus Bane Love Story

16. I hate demons

Magnus jumped off of the horse before we reached Idris and he disappeared.

I brought the horse back and walked back to Amatis's. When I opened the door I caught a glass plate that was sent flying through the air. I looked at the poor plate and sat it on the table.

"Did you know?!" Clary screamed. I looked up at Clary and..Jace in surprise.

"Did you know Simon came through the portal here?!"

"Honestly..I just got back and I feel so attacked right now." I saw Clary's eyes and realized it wasn't a time to joke.

"Yes, I knew he came through the portal..why?"

"The Clave said they'd send him back to New York. I found out the Inquisitor has been holding him in a cell." Jace said. I groaned.

"You know what, you two are gonna go get that spellbook. I'm gonna go try and save Simon."

"Don't break him out yet until we know we can get him out without causing the entire clave to come after us," Jace said. I slowly nodded.

"Alright..I'm gonna go to the Penhallow house to check on everyone." They nodded.

So that's what we did. I arrived at the Penhallow house and hung out with the teens but felt left out, so I hung out with Max. He was a cool kid, he reminded me a lot of Simon. We read some manga and chatted.

"Nobody believe me," he muttered. I looked at him confused.

"What didn't they believe you about?"

"I saw people climbing up the demon towers." I looked at him for a long moment.

"Stay right here!" I shouted. I bolted up and ran down the stairs. Just in time to see a demon grab Aline through the wall and yank her out. Isabelle screamed and ran after her. Alec went to run out, but decided against it and began pacing impatiently. Isabelle soon came back and explained how Aline ran after Isabelle saved her. Alec told us to wait here. Which I, of course, didn't listen to.

I ran behind Alec and the sight I saw scared me.

There were demons all on the streets. Dead bodies lay scattered. The wards protecting Idris were down. I let loose a battle cry before jumping into the battle.

Have I ever mentioned how much I hate demons?

They're evil and mean and plain rude. Well there was this one demon named Meg. She and my angel friend Castiel kinda liked each other and she was a demon. But then there was this one chick Ruby. She was a jerk. She tricked Sam and got him hooked on demon blood..and don't even get me started on Crowley, I mean he wasn't terrible. Or that butt face Azazel. I'm getting off topic. I need to focus.

I turned around just as a demon came lunging at me. I didn't have time to react but a blue cloud of smoke hit the demon and it went flying to the side. I turned to see Magnus using his magic. I smiled from ear to ear.

"Hello, darling," Magnus said. I threw a knife hitting a demon behind him.

"You see my love. This is why we make such a fabulous team," he smiled. I chuckled as we began to fight off demons.

Then the werewolves showed up.

Luke had apparently assembled his old pack and came to assist us. Which thank heavens they did because it resulted in the demons retreating. I ran back to the Penhallow house with Alec, Jace, Simon, and Clary (They had gotten back during the middle of the fight, bringing Simon with them.) We reached the house and I saw Maryse, Robert and Isabelle crowded around a tiny figure...then I realized it was Max. I ran forward towards them but Magnus held me back. I caught a glimpse of the small nine year old boy. I felt my knees buckle and Magnus went down with me, holding me tightly in his embrace.

Maxwell Joseph Lightwood...was not breathing.