Ashzera || Shadowhunters || Jimon || Double Puppy Dare || Jimon || Vampire Academy || Ashzera
Title: Double Puppy Dare – A Daylighter Among Moroi
Fandoms: Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments | Vampire Academy
Disclaimer: All rights to the Vampire Academy movie reserved to Angry Films, the books the movie is based off and its characters belong to Richelle Mead. All rights to the Shadowhunters show reserved to Ed Decter, the books the show is based off and its characters belong to Cassandra Clare. This fanfiction on the other hand entirely belongs to Kimmy and Takara_Phoenix. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.
Warnings: m/m, fluff, hurt/comfort, f/f, m/f
Main Pairing: Simon/Jace & Mason/Christian
Side Pairings: Magnus/Alec, Isabelle/Natalie, Jesse/Ralf, Rose/Lissa
Shadowhunters Characters: Jonathan Christopher 'Jace' Wayland, Simon Lewis, Isabelle Sophia 'Izzy' Lightwood, Clarissa Adele 'Clary' Fray, Magnus Bane, Alexander Gideon 'Alec' Lightwood, Raphael Santiago
Vampire Academy Characters: Christian Ozera, Mason Ashford, Natalie Dashkov, Edison 'Eddie' Castile, Aaron Drozov, Jesse Zeklos, Ralf Sarcozy, Vasilisa 'Lissa' Sabina Rhea Dragomir, Rosemarie 'Rose' Hathaway, Dimitri Belikov, Victor Dashkov
Summary: By becoming a Daylighter, Simon Lewis became an exception. The first turned vampire to be accepted into Saint Vladimir's Academy. There, he makes new friends – and new discoveries.
His arrival and friendship with Mason Ashford turns the world of Christian Ozera upside down. And things don't exactly calm down when Simon calls in the Shadowhunters.
Double Puppy Dare
A Daylighter Among Moroi
Prologue: Simon Goes to School
/Simon Gets a Dad-Talk from Raphael\
Simon still felt a little hungover. Jace and the others said it came from his extended stay at the Seelie Realm. He'd buy it for now. Honestly, he was just glad to be away from the court. And the queen. A shudder wrecked him at the thought of the creepy queen.
But now - now Simon was ready for normality. Valentine was dead, Sebastian-Jonathan was dead, all the Mortal Instruments were safe in Idris, according to Clary. Peace. They now officially had peace. And Simon was so ready for peace.
"Simon."
Simon couldn't help but wince. Him and Raphael, they had a 'rocky relationship' at best these days. The older vampire regarded him nearly coldly but also in a calculating manner.
"Raphael, amigo! What can I do for you?", asked Simon with a broad, innocent smile.
"The cabinet had a meeting tonight", answered Raphael as he entered the boathouse, looking around thoughtfully. "I'm here on their behalf."
"...Uhm?", grunted Simon, unsure what to say. "What?"
"From the day you got yourself turned into a vampire, you've been stumbling deeper and deeper into the Shadow World and by moving out of the hotel and distancing yourself from the clan, you've neglected the most basic vampire training", started Raphael to explain. "Considering you did turn your back on the clan, I couldn't care less, quite frankly. Especially since you opt to keep your little Daylighter-secret. But after this third entanglement with the Seelie Queen, Luke, Magnus and even Alec agree that you need training. Training on how to behave in the Shadow World. How to be a vampire."
Simon blinked slowly, unsure how to process the words. "And… you agreed to train me?"
"No", snorted Raphael, one elegant eyebrow raised high. "I'll do what parents always do when they can't be bothered with their rebellious teens. I'm sending you to boarding school. They'll be much better equipped to teach you how to behave like a vampire without causing death and possible wars by offending royalty."
"...A vampire boarding school?", echoed Simon dumbfounded. "Are you… Are you joking, Raphael? Is this a prank? Because if it is, then I just know I'm in a parallel universe or hit my head really-really hard and I just dreamed the whole victory over Valentine thing after all."
Raphael leveled a very unimpressed glare at him. "The St. Vladimir's Academy… doesn't normally accept turned vampires. Only high-born ones. But when I talked to the head-mistress and told her about your… special circumstances, she was more than eager. Apparently, Daylighters are even special enough for the Moroi."
"Did… Did you just say born vampires? As in, birth-born? As babies?", asked Simon stunned, still somehow expecting Alec to pop up with a hidden camera, screaming 'PRANK!' (which would have been about as befittingly surreal as all of this).
"Your grasp on biology troubles me, Simon", grunted Raphael. "Hopefully, they'll cover that in classes too. Yes, being born usually implies being a baby."
"What is a Mor… Morol?", asked Simon with a frown.
"Moroi. And I'm shipping you off to them so I won't have to explain everything to you", sighed Raphael. "Pack your things. Your flight is tomorrow. No arguments. It's an order from the whole cabinet. If you want to keep being involved with the Institute, Alec insists on you getting a proper education. Luke and Magnus seconded that."
Simon's frown deepened as he looked at Raphael. He had to admit, Raph was right. A lot of this mess - all of it, really - could have been avoided if he had been properly educated about the Shadow World. If he hadn't insisted on tagging along to the Seelie Court without knowing anything about Seelie customs, then he would have never had his heart broken and shattered by Clary. Not thinking about that, Simon Lewis. Not thinking about the two people he loved kissing each other. There was a reason he had kept to himself and away from the Shadowhunters since then, because the thought of Clary and Jace happy without him broke something inside of him. Not thinking about that. The queen would have never gotten to toy with him like that if he had known to just stay away from the creepy trees. And he knew he had put everyone in danger when Clary, Jace, Izzy, Maia, Bat, Luke and Magnus had to come and save his butt. Not that he wasn't eternally grateful for his rescue-crew, because the Seelie Court was so not his ideal vacation destination.
"You… You can't just send me away, Raphael", argued Simon with a glare.
"I'm just the messenger and the arranger. I organized you a spot in the academy. Whether or not you go, that's not my problem", drawled Raphael. "But go to the Institute and hear for yourself what Alec thinks about you tagging along to missions without the education."
"Fine. Yeah. That's what I'll do", huffed Simon defiantly.
That was exactly what he was going to do. Go to the Institute and talk sense into Alec. He wasn't just going to some crazy boarding school for vampires. Surely, Izzy and Clary would back him up on it. Maybe even Jace. Jace had allowed him to tag along to the Seelie Court to begin with, after all. And called him a great ally. (The thought of the nice, sweet things Jace had said to him in the Seelie Realm still sometimes made him blush at the memory.)
/Jace Says Something Stupid\
"No."
Simon looked at Alec with betrayal in his eyes. It was true that he wasn't expecting the Head of The Institute to agree with him right away, but he expected Clary at least would back him up… or Izzy. Or Jace. Anyone. But apparently all his friends were very eager to send him off to St. Vladimir Academy… which was quite worrying, since when he asked for more details it's become clear neither of them has any actual information about the place.
"But… Guys", started Simon and turned toward the other Shadowhunters present.
Clary looked down in avoidance, like she was torn between backing him up to show her support and actually agreeing with Alec. Isabelle made a great show about checking her nail-polish. Jace was staring at him. Maybe Jace would back him up.
"Jace. Come on. You said I'm a trusted ally. I don't need to go to some vamp school", tried Simon, staring pleadingly over at the blonde.
He wasn't sure what he had expected. What he had hoped for. This was Jace, after all. But part of him, the part that was stupidly in love with Jace, had hoped the blonde would support him, back him up at least a little. Show the others that he thought Simon was good enough.
Jace looked at Simon with a weird expression, as if he wanted to back him up but simultaneously couldn't wait to just put Simon on the plane to Montana already.
"Sorry, Mister Vice-President, you need to go to school."
Jace tried to keep his expression unreadable as he watched Simon, realising just how much the vampire had him wrapped around his finger. It cost him so much more than he thought he would to put on a cocky smirk and resort to a scathing remark, slightly wary if he gave in to Simon's pleading look he would end up confessing his eternal love on spot.
Which was ridiculous. Because Jace wasn't sure what love really was, let alone how to love. Not to mention he didn't really spend enough time with Simon for his ridiculous feelings to be anything but a crush.
He didn't spend enough time with Simon, period, his treacherous brain supplied. He told it to fuck off and settled on glaring the vampire into submission.
"Out of sight, out of mind, right?", continued Jace. "Besides, it'd be nice to go on a mission without a bumbling vampire getting in the way."
It kind of broke his heart to say it, because Simon had proven over and over again what he was willing to do for the Shadowhunters, how far he was ready to go to help - which was all the reason more why Jace needed Simon to go. Not to train at that weird-ass vampire school, but to be away from Jace. To love is to destroy and Simon was a spectacular example of just how much he was being destroyed by it. He had blindly followed Clary, for love, and had literally gotten himself killed. He had gone and sold himself to the Seelie Queen for Maia, for love, and had gotten himself imprisoned. He had nearly died at the hands of Valentine because he was too close to Clary and Jace. Jace just couldn't handle the idea of Simon endangering himself any further. The farther away he was, the better. The safer.
If the look of betrayal on Simon's face was anything to go by, Jace managed to sound convincing despite his inner turmoil. Good. Even if it broke Jace's heart into tiny pieces, it was worth it if it kept Simon safe.
Simon stormed out of the room and not long thereafter, so did Clary. The redhead however glared viciously at Jace before doing so. "Why would you even say that? I thought you got over your hatred for Simon!"
Jace flinched involuntarily at that and averted his eyes, unable to produce even the most basic cocky reply to that. And while Clary stormed off, presumably after Simon, Isabelle stared intensely at Jace. Like she was dissecting him on the table at the morgue.
Out of sight, out of mind, right?
He was about to find out just how wrong he was the moment Simon boarded the plane to Montana.
/Simon Goes to the Academy\
Simon was looking out of the window as New York disappeared and the vast foreign landscape appeared ahead of him. He had never really been outside of New York State and he thought how ironic it was that back before all of this, when he was still just a normal guy, a mundane, he would love the idea of going to a boarding school in Montana.
But things were different now, weren't they?
Jace's words couldn't stop echoing around his head. He no longer had a place in his old life, with his mom and Rebecca. He was a stranger in his own home now, torn away from his life and thrown into a new world, as a vampire. As a vampire among Shadowhunters. His place wasn't even in the clan, because he didn't know anyone there and Raphael didn't want him.
His only tie left was Clary.
Clary, who was a Shadowhunter. Clary, who dragged him into this, who was the reason he was immortal now, but who also stood by his side and introduced him to Izzy, to Magnus, even Alec… who were friends now, as weird as their little team dynamics were.
Clary who had introduced him to Jace.
Jace, who didn't want him there.
Well, fine. Let it be known that Simon Lewis was not a man who was forcing himself onto others. If he wasn't wanted somewhere, then he could leave. Jace was going to be happy about that.
And who knew. Maybe this vampire school wouldn't be so bad?
It was like a second chance at high school. This time, he wasn't going to be a nerd. He was going to cross off things from his check-list, things he had never gotten to do when he had gone to mundie high school with Clary. He was going to do the best of this.
He… He would get over his stupid feelings for the stupid Shadowhunter because there would be nothing to remind him of Jace. It would be a fresh start. Blank slate.
He could do this.
Author's Note: My friend Kimmy and I have been working on this monster-project for months now and finally it's ready for posting. It was born on tumblr, so if you're curious about us spitballing, fangirling and world-building, come visit us at kimmycup and takaraphoenix!
This story will be updated on Mondays, so stay tuned. ;)
