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Hex Games
5th Story
Slightly Evil Magnus Verse
When a bizarre string of events hits her school Divya brings in 'Enigmatic Investigations' first client, her favorite teacher- a Gargoyle who protects the school. Magnus is curious and eager to start their first official case, but how can one of the most powerful (And recognizable) Supernaturals in existence subtly investigate at a high school…not like he could just go undercover…
Oh crap…he's totally trying that, isn't he?
Yeah…
They may need a bit of help on this one…
Fortunately Max and Isaac are old hands at dealing with the standard supernatural craziness that is Suncrest High.
Notes:
Kay, a few things, a LOT of this story is gonna be with Max and his friends and some of the 'other' characters. Also as with the last one we will have 3 storylines going- I know it seems like a lot but there's a lot I want to fit into the 1st season of this series...
We have Magnus and Divya working the case at the school, (Raph has a few other things on his mind with this…but you'll have to read to find out what)
Max and Isaac trying to investigate while trying to keep Kasey from learning the truth,
Raj panicking cause his sister's apparently helping a freaking demon, trying to subtly investigate the guy (It's Raj…i-it doesn't really go how he plans)
And Magnus and Raphael getting some unexpected visitors.
(Alright that's actually 4 but two of them will merge together fairly quickly)
So…Like I said it's a lot…
Because it's so much there wasn't a lot of room for a ton of Malec but I have a way to work around it and if you'll just trust me I promise It'll all be worth it.
Kay enough of the standard disclaimers…
Let's see where this one goes
Chapter 1:
Don't Forget To Call Home
********~*~********~* Other-Other-Other-Other-Other ********~*~********~* (Max)"Max, you're late." his mom admonished,
He sighed, quickly nodding, hanging up his backpack as he rushed through the front door,
"Yeah I know mom, sorry everyone. We have a big project in bio and got caught up, totally lost track of time." he turned giving an apologetic shrug to his parents and siblings. Alec smiled, shaking his head, waving him off.
"It's fine Max, we all just got here too…Izzy's in the other room finishing up a work call, so we haven't been waiting for you."
Max smiled, giving him a grateful nod, moving towards the dining room with the rest of them taking their usual seats, settling around the table. Izzy breezed into the room, slipping her phone into her pocket, moving around to her seat,
W-what…
Max blinked, shaking his head faintly, trying to clear his vision…
But nothing changed,
He gulped, trying not to totally freak out, waiting for the initial fall out, hoping she can keep from reacting too noticeably.
"Hey sorry guys, the DA had a few questions for a case tomorrow, can't really hang up on them… no matter how much I may want to, man that guy can talk! Anyways h…" She trailed off, catching sight of Max, blinking in confusion, eyes widening,
Max gave a slightly nervous, overly cheerful smile,
"It's no problem Iz, I got caught up too, totally lost track of time…really busy at school, big project in Bio…actually maybe after dinner you could help me with a few things, it'd be really good to get a scientist's opinion on it, but that can wait till after dinner, no sense boring the whole family with it…
So how's work going?" He finished slightly out of breath, eyes widening faintly, hoping she'd get to be cool and they could talk about it later.
She nodded, swallowing, before slipping seamlessly along, with a shrug,
"Works good, a case is coming up for trial so I have to be in court on Friday, just to go over the evidence and help explain it to the jury. Alec on the other hand has something pretty interesting…" she glanced over, quirking her eyebrow.
Alec smiled, giving a slight nod, leaning forward,
"Yeah, actually I do. On Monday I'm heading out of town for the week. My old training officer Hodge is working in Quantico now and he needs help with a training thing, It's actually a really big honor, he chose me specifically,"
Robert gave a faint nod, Jace perked up,
"That's great, oh when you're up there you need to check out this really awesome bar on 15th, and you s-"
Max breathed a sigh of relief, Jace will keep everyone's focus for a while, it'll give him time to collect his thoughts…
How the hell did Iz end up with a freaking sight spell?
It couldn't have been too long ago, he'd seen her three weeks ago and she didn't have it then…who placed it on her? Was it a helpful spell, an accident, a curse?
She didn't seem freaked so probably not the last one, but then again who knows? It's freaking IZZY; nothing shakes her. He could totally see her turning a curse into an advantage.
He glanced up, catching her eye. She's nodding, smiling, carrying on the conversation with Alec, Jace and their parents but he could see the wheels in her head turning, eyes sparking curiously…
He took a deep breath…
Yeah…this was gonna be an odd conversation…
1 Hour Later"Thanks again Iz, I really appreciate the help, this project is a big part of my grade, it'll really help a lot."
She shook her head, waving him off, beginning up the stairs behind him,
"Of course Max, no problem."
They made their way into his room,
"Wha-"
He shook his head quickly, tilting his head towards the door, moving over, turning his music on. He always had it going, it helped him concentrate (The fact that it was pretty useful covering supernatural conversations was just a handy bonus), it'd actually be stranger if he didn't have it playing.
He paused, taking a deep breath, trying to center himself a bit before turning around facing her,
"Kay we should be good now…"
She flailed slightly, gesturing towards him,
"What the hell Max?!" she whisper yelled, shaking her head quickly,
He put his hands up placatingly,
"I'm fine; I swear…I'm good, are you?"
She shook her head, eyes sharp and dangerous
"Yeah I'm fine, I'm an adult, you're a kid, who the hell put a spell on you? Why would someone spell a kid? Take those kinds of risks? God t-"
He shook his head
"Iz, it's fine, I swear. Sight spells are actually way safer for children. Since our brains are still developing and not so rooted in the 'real world' the knowledge of the Supernatural's not the huge, mind shattering, shock it is to most adult. There's no real 'set' safe age but in general if someone finds out before they're about twelve they can nearly always handle the supernatural.
Like I said, I'm good, totally, alright?
What about you?"
She blinked in surprise, shaking her head uncomprehendingly,
"W-what? How do you…Wait…before they're twelve? You're sixteen! You've been dealing with this for four years?!"
Max's eyes widened,
"Shh!"
She startled, glancing at the door, voice lowering faintly, moving closer, looking him over in concern,
"Four years?"
He wrapped his arms around himself, shrugging, bracing himself for the fallout,
"Don't freak, but it's actually eight years."
"WHA-"
"I said DON'T freak…I'm fine, I've been dealing with this literally half my life, I'm good, alright? Just breathe."
She swallowed, blinking shaking her head uncomprehendingly,
Finally she took a deep breath, meeting his eyes in concern,
"H-how?"
He sighed, slumping against his desk,
"It was an accident, a spell gone awry; all an honest mistake by someone genuinely trying to help."
She tilted her head,
"Who?"
He hesitated a moment, before swallowing, hoping this didn't go bad,
"I-Isaac."
Her eyes widened,
"Isaac?! What…Isaac spelled you, h-"
"It was an accident. Isaac's a fairy, his powers had just begun to manifest and he didn't really have it all the way down…He was trying to help me. Iz, he's one of my best friends, I really couldn't imagine my life without him. Please don't hold this against him, I swear it was just an innocent mistake and by now I couldn't imagine not knowing about the Supernatural…it's pretty much all I've ever known."
She softened, taking a deep breath,
"What happened?"
"So…Remember when I was really upset cause it looked like I'd have to wear glasses and I was already the shortest person in class and shy and a bookworm and that just seemed like the end of the world to me?"
She tilted her head,
"Yeah, I remember."
He nodded
"Well so I was spending the night at Isaac's and he saw how upset I was. Like I said his powers had just started to manifest-well had three months earlier- and he was already pretty confident in his abilities, he seemed to have a natural aptitude for them, he was actually already able to do some spells that take most Fae a few years to master.
Anyways, he kinda thought he had it, and he felt really bad I was so unhappy…he just wanted to help me, he hated seeing me upset. He remembered seeing a spell when he was going through one of his parent's books to fix sight…
He did the spell. And it DID work, the next morning I woke up and could see perfectly fine…
Only I noticed Isaac looked different…I asked him why he was wearing makeup, cause it seemed really odd to me he was all shimmery." Max couldn't help chuckling a bit at the memory,
"Man, he flipped…poor guy almost hyperventilated, he couldn't even get any words out…I had no clue what the hell was going on with him so I ran to get his parents and stammered out what all was happening and it took me like two minutes to realize they were all sparkly too.
So then they kept asking me if I felt okay, and I got annoyed cause I was FINE it was Isaac who wasn't and I told them they had to come and help him.
So we went back in to see Isaac and the poor guy was in tears and all he could say was that he was sorry and I asked him why and he kind of stammered out about the spell and all of it.
Then I was worried cause I thought he'd lost it, but his parents said it was the truth and sat me down and explained everything.
And…well…that was kinda that.
Since then I've been able to see the supernatural, and everything else as my vision is now perfect. By now it's just like anything else in my life." he paused looking up meeting her eyes,
"Iz, I know it's a lot and as it's all new to you the idea that your little brother has been dealing with all this for so long has to seem totally insane but like I said, it's been literally half my life, I barely remember when I couldn't see all of them, it feels like it's always been part of my life, it hasn't been an adjustment because it's pretty much all I've known.
I know it's crazy, but I am fine, I really am…Okay?"
She swallowed, nodding, moving forward, hugging him tightly, he hugged her back.
"Now what about you? Like I said I've known this pretty much all my life; I can't imagine trying to realign your entire life and way of thinking to incorporate all of this…especially since you are a scientist and a cop and most every aspect of your life is firmly rooted in the 'real' world.
How are YOU holding up?"
She gave a soft smile shaking her head faintly in amazement,
"I-I'm actually doing okay, I think. It's a lot, but it's exciting, utterly fascinating learning there's an entire hidden world I knew nothing about."
He chuckled, nodding,
"Yeah I can definitely see that…can I ask how it happened?"
Izzy smiled, settling next to him, slipping her arm around his shoulders, hugging him slightly,
"Of course you can Max, you can ask me anything. My girlfriend Clary's a warlock…a few weeks ago something happened and she had to use her powers in front of me. I totally flipped. And she didn't know if I was just the usual 'holy crap magic's real' flipping out or 'losing my mind can't process this' flipping out, so she came to find me and make sure I was okay, explained what was going on and that if I couldn't handle it she'd have to have someone erase the memories a-"
It was Max's turn to blink in surprise,
"Wow, that's a really powerful spell, she knows someone who can do that?"
Izzy nodded,
"Yeah, she's best friends with 'The High Warlock Of Brooklyn'."
"She's friends with Magnus Bane!?"
"You know that too?"
Max huffed, rolling his eyes,
"Yeah? He's practically the most powerful supernatural there is; of course I know who he is."
"You've met him?"
Max scoffed,
"Uh no…I've heard of Magnus Bane. I have most definitely never met him…Don't know for sure I'd want to meet him. Dude seems dangerous as hell…"
Izzy shrugged, giving a slight nod,
"Yeah he kinda is, but he seems like a good guy under all that…and you'll end up meeting him whenever he and Alec get together."
Max flailed slightly,
"What?!"
"Shh!"
"Oh crap" he muttered, glancing over at the door, before shaking his head, looking back at her,
"What do you mean 'get together'?"
Izzy nodded quickly,
"Trust me; it is gonna happen."
Max shook his head,
"I don't know, Magnus Bane is kinda supposed to be a real player…plus he's like hundreds of years old, and Alec doesn't really seem like he'd be into that type…"
Izzy shrugged,
"No he's not usually, but I don't think 'usual' applies when someone is falling in love."
Max stilled,
"Love? Who? Magnus or Alec?"
Again she shrugged, pulling out her phone,
"Both…" she hit a few buttons, pulling something up on her phone, turning it so Max could see.
Max blinked a few times,
"Alec can dance? Why don't I know that?"
Izzy nodded quickly
"Right!? But that's not the point..."
Alec was dancing (So bizarre…seriously how does he NOT know this?). He was with another man; the guy was absolutely gorgeous, but more than that the strength of the man's power was crystal clear. A brilliant violet shimmered and flickered up his arms, his feline eyes glimmering gold, catching in the light,
Even on a video taken in a shadowy club with a nearly absurd amount of flashing lights and shimmering magic the man's power was completely unmistakable,
That was most definitely The High Warlock Of Brooklyn,
Dancing with his brother…
That wasn't weird at all…
As he watched there was a flicker of gold just off the screen, the music changed to something soft. Alec pulled the guy closer, nuzzling against his neck. Magnus turned, slipping his arms around Alec's neck, holding him tight, before slowly pulling back, giving a clear view of Alec's expression.
Max swallowed nervously,
Oh man…he was nearly gone already…
"Like I said, you'll probably end up meeting him…"
Max nodded, glancing back at the screen
"Can't wait…" he muttered
Damnit…
He figured Alec had a bit of a thing for Magnus (And after seeing the guy he definitely got that) but there's a big difference between thinking someone's hot and THAT look…
This was WAY bigger than he'd thought.
The Branding murders case was nearly two months ago, he and Isaac both were sure Magnus would have got bored and moved on by now. Magnus Bane was the most powerful (And the most sought after) guy in the entire city. The man had to have more options than he knew what to do with…
So what the hell was he doing with Alec?
I mean Alec was awesome; someone falling for him was no stretch…even an unbelievably powerful, centuries old warlock…
But this Magnus dude made him wary…
Maybe he was falling for Alec…
For Alec's sake he hoped that was the case…
But if he was just leading Alec on or whatever he'd figure out some way to stop it before Alec got hurt anymore than he already would. He may be a normal human teen who accidently gained supernatural sight but no one messes with his big brother.
********~*~********~* Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec-Alec ********~*~********~*Alec took a deep breath, reaching up, quickly knocking on the door before he could rethink it.
Okay, this wasn't weird…he was just dropping by, no big deal he was j-
He startles faintly when the door opened
Magnus tilted his head, giving a bright, surprised smile, looking him over curiously,
"Well hello gorgeous, this is a lovely surprise…"
Alec blushed faintly, giving a slight shrug, scratching nervously at his neck,
"Hey Magnus…Hope it's okay to just drop by…umm…So I won't be by the club this week."
Magnus pouted playfully
"Ooh…I thought I was winning you over on the whole club thing…"
Alec chuckled, leaning a bit closer, shrugging,
"You are… at least as far as your club is concerned…well…when you're there with me…still don't think I'd want to brave that insanity without you, but it's not nearly as irritating with you there…umm I mean…"
Magnus gave a bright, soft laugh settling closer, reaching over, resting his hand on Alec's arm, squeezing gently.
"High praise indeed..."
Alec rolled his eyes, giving a sheepish smile,
"You know I didn't mean it like that..."
Magnus nodded, smiling warmly,
"Of course sweetheart…you know I cannot pass up an opportunity to tease you…you're far too adorable when you blush like that."
Alec huffed, rolling his eyes again, giving a sarcastic look,
"Magnus, I'm a a fully grown, 6'4", adult man not to mention a Brooklyn detective…"
Magnus chuckled, slipping closer, squeezing his arm,
"None of which changes the fact that you are adorable."
Alec shook his head faintly but couldn't quite hide the smile tugging at his lips,
"Anyways, I'm gonna be out of town till Saturday. I just figured I'd come by and let you know. I mean, I really didn't want you to think I'd 'forgot' about you again." he finished, smiling teasingly
Magnus chuckled, leaning in a bit, giving a warm, playful smile,
"Well thank you for the heads up sweetheart, I do appreciate it." he tilted his head, eyes flickering in interest,
"So you'll be out of town the whole week? Where are you going? Anywhere fun?"
Alec shrugged,
"Well actually it's a work thing, but I really am looking forward to it. I'm going to Quantico."
Magnus stilled,
"Quantico? You are not planning on leaving the BPD are you? Not that you wouldn't make an amazing agent j-"
Alec shook his head quickly, giving a reassuring smile,
"No, nothing like that. I'm not going anywhere…I'm really happy where I am. I'm just going to help a friend. My old training officer Hodge is training a bunch of new recruits and he needed some help with a few things. It's kinda a big deal, a non agent being asked to help with the training, but Hodge got to pick who he wanted to help and I was his first choice."
Magnus tilted his head giving an impressed nod,
"Well this Hodge definitely seems to be a great judge of character…that's wonderful darling, I'm sure you will do spectacularly."
Alec shrugged,
"I really hope so; I don't want to let him down. I'm a bit nervous about it actually…Like I said it is a pretty big deal."
Magnus smiled squeezing his arm, settling closer,
"Sweetheart, I doubt there's anyone you can disappoint…I told you, you'll do amazing. I know it."
Alec chuckled, shaking his head, glancing over Magnus,
"Man, I need that confidence for the class."
Magnus grinned,
"Are you asking me on a trip?"
Alec laughed,
"No, nothing like that…"
Magnus shrugged, eyes sparkling bright,
"Hey I didn't say no…"
Alec stumbled a bit before giving a kind of nervous chuckle, reaching over, catching Magnus's hand, squeezing gently,
"Magnus that's really sweet but I'm not asking you to drop everything just to hold my hand because I'm nervous about something…"
Magnus settled a bit closer squeezing his hand back,
"Once again, I did not say no…"
Alec sighed, swallowing,
"Thanks but really, I'll be fine…Though if it's okay I might text you a bit…you know, just to let you know how it's going and all that."
Magnus smiled, nodding
"That is always okay sweetheart."
Alec smiled, settling closer,
"I promise I won't too much…I don't want to bug you."
Magnus rolled his eyes,
"That is not possible gorgeous…text me as much as you like."
Alec blushed, nodding,
"Alright…you to…I mean, if you want…"
Magnus chuckled, quirking his eyebrow playfully,
"Darling you may regret that."
Alec laughed, shrugging,
"Think I'll take the risk." he leaned a bit closer, eyes flickering from Magnus's eyes down to his lips, lingering a bit before drifting back up again,
Alec startled faintly, shaking his head, coming back to himself,
"Oh, uh…I should probably head out…I'm flying out tomorrow morning at 6am, so I really should get home and get some rest, I have to be at the airport by 5."
Magnus huffed, shaking his head,
"That is far too early to be getting up…hell most nights I'm just getting to bed around then."
Alec chuckled
"Yeah well, unfortunately everyone doesn't get to make their own schedule. I'll have to be up and at Quantico at 7am every morning this week."
Magnus blinked, holding up a finger,
"Alright, slight stipulation to the texting thing: text me as much as you want any time after 10am."
Alec chuckled, teasingly quirking his eyebrow,
"And what if I really want to talk to you first thing in the morning when I wake up?"
Magnus thought for a moment, before smirking,
"Then you have to Skype me."
"I 'have to', huh?"
Magnus gave an insistent nod,
"Yes, you do. If I am going to be woken up at some ungodly hour, it's damn sure not going to be to a bland line of text. I want to see your pretty face and hear your sexy voice…
Only way it's worth it."
Alec flushed brightly, giving a surprised laugh, shaking his head in amusement, quirking his eyebrow,
"Any other 'stipulations'?"
Magnus shrugged,
"You could be shirtless…that would help a lot."
Alec blushed brighter, rolling his eyes,
"You're insane…"
"Intriguing…"
"Infuriating,"
Incorrigible"
Incredible…"
"Implausible."
Magnus grinned, batting his eyes playfully,
"Endearing…"
Alec chuckled, shrugging,
"Exhausting…"
Magnus smirked with an impish wink,
"In the best possible way."
Alec flushed, blinking a couple times, before giving a surprised laugh, rubbing at his face, gesturing over to his car,
"T-that's umm…that…I…I gotta go…Good night Magnus."
Magnus chuckled,
"Sweet dreams Detective." he called in a playfully husky tone, slipping back in the townhouse, closing the door,
Alec blushed brighter, hurrying down the steps…
Yeah, that was pretty much a guarantee…
********~*~********~* _End Of Chapter Notes_ ********~*~********~*Quick thing
Magnus has his lair but has a kind of townhouse type place that he uses when he's meeting with humans (Or gorgeous detectives with a sexy voice) It's connected to his lair- we'll just say there's a permanent portal in one of the closets
So what's the saying 'absence makes the heart grow fonder'? Yeah we're just gonna go with that…figure they can use a bit of pining for one another, and sending a ton of cute, flirty texts,
Right?
Sorry the Malec may be a bit light here (We have a ton of other stuff to deal with…I just didn't have enough space) but trust me it'll be worth it…
Anyways,
What do you guys think so far?
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