Chapter 17: The portal shard

I looked at Jace and asked, "Do you really want to know?" He asked me. I nodded my head. "You know werewolves are real right?" He asked me. I nodded my head yes and then he said the one thing I knew couldn't be true either. "Vampires." He spoke. I looked at him in shock and didn't know what to say. All I know is I need to find a portal shard. "Is there anything else that you need to tell me that's real?" I asked. He nodded his head no.

I told him about the portal shard in my dreams and we need to find it. I couldn't lose my best friend. I got Zach and Jace with me to find the portal shard. I had to go to sleep to see more of where it is. We waited until I fell asleep and found where it was. I woke up and went to the bathroom. I put my hair up and then grabbed my blade and headed out. It was in a cave that had walkers everywhere. We found someone and brought them along. His name is Landon. We needed every help we could. Landon has short curly black hair and green eyes.

I handed him a blade and we went in and killed all the walkers. I located the necklace and put it on. We can't give this to anyone we don't know what it is used for. We had to rescue Simon, so we headed to their Lair. I touched the portal shard and showed me where Simon was located. We went into the cave and found golden carrot coffins and couches and chairs. I saw Simon with one guy in that room. He was bleeding on his top right forehead and lower lip.

"Names Raphael now if you will follow me." He demanded. He still had Simon and led us to an outside door. "We don't want the portal shard Camille did." He explained. Zach opened the door and he let Simon go with us out to the sun. I went over to Simon and hugged him. "I don't know if I could've lived without you Simon." I told him. He smiled and I kissed him on the cheek. Then he kissed me on the cheek and then we hugged.

We made it back home and Simon rested for the past couple days. I went to see him and asked Luke if I could come in. I went to Simon's room, and we talked and laughed together. "I found the portal shard." I said pointing at the necklace on me. He smiled and he told me, "I'm sorry for how I acted when I saw the drawing and about him." I hugged him and made up, but I couldn't shake that he is in love with me. While he was sleeping, I started drawing Simon and he had his normal close on arms crossed.

"I better go see how Landon is doing." I whispered to him. I will be back though I told him. I went to see if Landon was available at his house. I knocked and he answered it. His green eyes are beautiful like mine. "Hi Landon, how are you?" I asked him in concern. He shrugged his shoulder and led me inside. I saw him move his hands around and say random words I didn't understand and then I heard nothing. I didn't hear chatting or anything. "What did you just do?" I asked him.

He answered swiftly, "No who can hear us." I looked in shock and asked him what he was. "I'm a warlock and yes, all the stories are true. Werewolves, vampires, and warlocks." Landon explained to me. I looked at him and wondered if Simon was okay. "Okay well I'm going to check on Simon now." I told him quickly and left his house.

No one can say all the stories are true especially the walker one is true of course. I can't tell mom and dad no matter what. I entered Simon's room and sat down on the bed beside him. I grabbed the wash rag that was damp, and I wiped his forehead because he was sweating. I cared a lot about him. He woke up and saw me with the damp rag wiping his forehead. He leaned in close with his head on my shoulder breathing normally. I got my mp3 and earbuds from my back pocket and put one in my ear and one in Simon's ear.

The song that was playing was Fragile World by Simon. I saved his songs to the mp3 because they were so good. I looked down at his while he lay on my shoulder. He looked up at me and we locked eyes for a while. I scooted down so I was laying on the pillow. We laid there in silence, and I grabbed the portal shard and saw where Jace was. He was laying in his bed shirtless looking at the ceiling. I let go of the portal shard and took a breath. I know how it works now but we don't know what it goes too.

I fell asleep and I rolled over towards Simon not knowing and laid on his chest. A couple hours later I woke up on Simon's chest listening to Monsters by Ruelle. I looked up at him and he looked at me smiling. I leaned up and set against his headboard. He leaned up by me and we sat there while I had my sketch book. I flipped to the page that I was drawing before. It was Simon and I drew a background of an old tree. I looked at him and he was looking at my drawing.

I knew that I had to tell him about Landon but right now I didn't know how I was feeling. I loved Simon but I also liked Jace. I wasn't thinking straight and wondered if I should head back home. I told Simon goodbye and went to my house and into my room. I ripped out the pages of Jace and Simon and taped them to my wall. I started drawing Landon and then hung his sketch on my wall with Simon and Jace. I saw out my window that Simon was leaving outside the walls. It was dark out and I went walking on my own and heard some rustling by the gate. Jace came up by me and so did Landon and Zach.

We opened the gate and went out to discover with our blades. We saw Raphael holding Simon and I didn't know what I was seeing. We went into an abandoned house and laid Simon on the table. I started crying and said, "Simon come back to me." Raphael told us he went there for Camille and her blood. I looked up at him and looked back at Simon. "There is a way to bring him back." He explained. He told us I could bury him and come back or stake him in the heart. I had to make a decision before sunrise.

I didn't know what to do so I looked at Zach, Jace, and Landon. Landon and Zach left back to cover us. Jace stayed and I made a decision to bring him back. We took Simon and laid him on the ground while I started digging and Jace killed about ten walkers. I was done and Raphael picked up Simon and placed him in the grave. I took the shovel and got dirt. I threw dirt on Simon to bury him and then started crying. Jace came over and pulled me into a hug and then took me to Raphael and Jace covered him for me.

Raphael had dark black curly hair, very thin eyebrows, and honey-colored skin. He was slightly built and was about six inches shorter than Jace. He wore normally a crisp suite that fit him very well. I started crying in his arms. Raphael left to get something and Jace and I just sat on the ground waiting. We saw a hand shoot out from the ground and that's when Raphael arrived. He was carrying a black bag and Simon rose from the grave without his glasses. He was covered in dirt, and I started to get closer to him, but Jace stopped me to keep my distance.

Simon sat there and Raphael threw him some blood bags and Simon started chugging them having the blood go down his chin and all over his shirt. When he was done, he told me, "I'm a monster now." I started getting closer and Simon backed away from me. Simon ran and Raphael followed him and brought him back safely. We met Simon at the gate when the sun was about to rise so we ran back to my house Jace following me.

We got into my room where my brother slept also and closed the curtains, so it was dark. Simon came in and sat on my bed. I walked back over to Jace and told him he could come in. He saw the drawing I made of him, Simon, and Landon. He sat at my rollie chair and watched us. He finally left me and Simon alone. I was sitting on the bed with Simon and ran my hand through his hair. I got him some different clothes for now. He came out of the bathroom with his grey dyed t-shirt and red jacket with dark jeans.

He came and sat back on the bed, and I knew he had to stay with me for a while so no one knew yet. I did tell Luke and he was okay with him staying with me. "I did this to you Simon. I couldn't lose you." I explained to him. He looked at me with sadness and said, "You brought me back like this? I will not be angry at you but mad yes. We are still best friends. I'm still me and you're still you." I smiled at him and laid back into my bed.