Hello my faithful readers, and welcome to new ones!

For people who are new here, Let's recap: Basically, Clary falls in love with Sebastian, he dies, then she falls in love with Alec. For more info, read "That Was Not Expected."

To those who have read "That Was Not Expected," welcome back! Thank you to Ruth M who gave me the idea. This story is dedicated to her. Thanks for all the love and support!

Okay, I just want to state that I have never been pregnant and don't have experience with the topic, even though I've just finished researching it heavily, I understand that each pregnancy is different, so please don't be offended if I mess anything up. Also, I don't allow any hate.

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Clarissa Adele Morgenstern-Lightwood: 33 years old(Tryna make her young as possible)

Alexander Gideon Lightwood: 35 years old

Christopher Jonathan Lightwood(Like the name?): 15 years old

Lily Seraphina Lightwood: 6 years old

Xavier Penhallow-Herondale: 15 years old

Meg(Chris' girlfriend): 16 years old

*disclaimer. I don't own the Mortal Instruments characters, and I never will.*

Let's get on with the story!

~Sara

/dream, or is it?/

"Clary." A familiar voice whispered. The sense deja vu blew up in her mind, but she just couldn't place where she'd heard the voice before. "Clary, it's me."

Alec's warm hands that usually protected her were gone. She started to reach for her stele, but a hand stopped her.

"Look at me, Clary." The hands moved up towards her cheeks, and he was cupping her face. "Don't you remember me?"

His eyes were black.

Clary gasped as she opened her eyes. She hadn't dreamed of Sebastian since he'd died.

"What's wrong, Rissa?" Alec mumbled from next to her.

She shook her head. Alec didn't need to know about this. "It's nothing."

Time skip, couple weeks later.

"When's Meggie coming over again?" Lily asked her older brother, who paled slightly.

"Oh-um-soon, I promise." He replied uneasily.

"Did something happen between the two of you?" Clary asked in a worried tone. "Should I be concerned?" Chris hadn't been talking about her lately. Then again, this was the first time he'd ever dated anyone.

"No, mom." Chris answered back in a tone that said that he didn't want to talk about it. "Anyway, Xavier's coming over in a sec, so…"

"You didn't tell me about this." Clary and Alec said in unison, and then they both laughed.

"But what about MEGGIE!" Lily started to screech, but the door swung open with a crying Xavier.

"Welcome Xavier Herondale into your household!" He yelled, twice as loud as Lily. Usually, he would say this in a cheerful voice, but today, it was angry.

Alec coughed. Chris immediately broke the silence to drag Xavier upstairs and into his room.

"What's wrong, Xav?" Chris asked him in a worried voice. Xavier never cried.

"We broke up, Chris. L-liam broke up with me." His shoulders started to shake. "I-I n-never knew-t-that he would c-cheat."

Xavier's blue eyes seemed to be dimmed, as if the cheerfulness inside them had been stolen. His blonde hair was wet from the rain outside, and he was shivering from the cold air. This was unnatural. Xavier was the one that was always smiling, always cheering Chris up, not the other way around.

Chris was so unused to it that he almost laughed. Instead, it was Xavier who laughed brokenly.

"I look so stupid." Xavier slowly choked out, "I should be angry, not crying like a fucking baby."

Chris looked at his best friend. "You don't have to be strong all the time. There are times when even the strongest people need to cry."

"I know, I know." Xavier looked up at Chris. "It's just-I'm the one who always comforts you." He laughed bitterly.

"I wonder what's going on with Chris…" Alec whispered to Clary. "What do you think happened?"

"Should we ask?"

"I don't know...it seems like it's his business, not ours. I mean, would you have wanted your parents to stick their noses in your issues when you were his age?" Clary said.

"When I was 15, I was…" Alec cleared his throat. "We're not going to talk about that."

"Anyway, I have to use the bathroom." Clary said, walking away.

"Are you okay, Clary?" Alec asked in a worried tone. "You've been going to the bathroom a lot for he past couple of weeks."

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just feel a bit tired." Clary replied.

Sirens flooded through the silent roads of Alicante, causing Clary to jump. There was only one thing that this could be. A demon attack, which hadn't happened in years.

"Mom, what's going on?" A voice came from above the staircase.

"Everybody, stay calm. Stay calm, and come over here. Chris, bring your stele and your bow." Alec said in a commanding tone. "There's a demon attack." It wasn't Chris and Clary that he was most concerned about, it was Lily. She was too young to start her training, and she was all alone in the backyard of the Lightwood home. "Lily, I'm coming to get you, okay?" No response. "Lily? Lily!" Alec ran through the house, nocking an arrow into his bow.

A piercing scream ran through the city of Alicante. Alec could recognize that scream anywhere. It was his poor little girl. A million thoughts ran through his head as he pictured what could be happening to his precious Lily. He hoped and prayed that his little red-head would be all right.

He tip-toed through the tall grass of the back yard, bow in hand. Please, Raziel. Please let my Lily be alright. He begged in his mind.

Another tortured scream, followed by the sound of running, towards him. Alec ran towards the sound, and saw Lily, running away from a vicious Raum demon.

It's white, pale scales glowed in the moonlight, it's pupil-less eyes staring at Lily with hunger.

That monster won't lay a hand on her. Alec repeated those words in his mind as he shot the arrow at it, which sunk right into its flesh. The demon was about to reach Lily, but then he turned and ran after Alec.

"Lily, go to mommy." Alec said sternly, pushing Lily out of the way of the demon's clutches.

Goey slime oozed from the Raum's perfectly circular mouth, dripping onto Alec's back as he continued to wrestle the demon. Its sharp fangs tore his shirt and jacket, black ichor flowing from the arrow. All Alec cared about was defending his family. His bow and arrows wouldn't work at such close proximity, so he drew a knife from the inside of his torn jacket, his strength rune glowing.

He looked right into the Raum's dead eyes, and sank his knife through it, blinding the creature, and took the arrow that was stuck in his flesh and sunk it into the demon's heart.

"Where's dad?" Chris asked in a panicked voice as he drew a courage in combat rune onto his arm, and then drew runes around them to form a protective shield.

"I..don't know, Chris." Clary responded. "But, the siren means that all trained shadowhunters must go join the battle."

"But, mom-

"I'm sorry." Clary said, her voice cracking.

"But what about your headache? You're tired, too." Chris said. "Can't that excuse you?"

"That was the siren for the call to battle. I'm afraid that Alicante is in serious danger." Clary said. "If I don't go out there, then that's disrespect for our kind and our country."

"I can come with you!"

"Who will protect your little sister?" Clary sighed, giving him a look. "Stay in the shield, and-and don't get out until the all clear. Protect yourselves." She handed Lily a witchlight. "Mommy is gonna go fight some demons, okay? I'll be back."

"Okay." Lily said. You could tell that she was fighting tears. "We'll wait for daddy."

Clary paled when she thought about Alec. He hadn't come back from fighting a demon, according to Lily. A big one. She shook of the nerves as she ran outside to join her fellow shadowhunters in battle.

Out in the battlefield, there were several wounded shadowhunters fighting for there lives, all of them.

"For Alicante!" One Jace Herondale cried from the center of the field, hacking his way through demons as he had almost twenty years ago. His parabatai rune glowed red. Clary knew that Alec was alive, but she didn't know what condition he was in.

"Clary!" A voice behind her whispered.

"Izzy! Are you okay? Is Meliorn with you?" Clary asked.

"Yeah. Watch out!" She said as a demon swung its tentacles over her head.

"Good to hear." Clary said, watching as the number of demons decreased and decreased. She hacked down one last demon and smiled in relief, knowing that it was almost over, and she could go home.

2 hrs later…

"Daddy!" Lily cried when she saw her father, dripping ichor all over the floor, walking towards them.

Alec smiled when he saw his kids. Using every bit of energy he had left in his body, he grabbed Lily's hand, looked at both children, and said, "Thank god you're alright." He sighed.

"Dad!" Chris said. "What happened?"

Alec opened his mouth to explain, but instead, his eyes rolled to the back of his head, and he fell to the floor.

"DAD!" Lily shrieked.

Chris put his hand to Alec's head. "He's burning up."

Hahahahaha. Little cliffhanger for all of you. Mwahahaha! I know that this was a little bit fast paced, and I promise that it won't be so all over the place next time. There's just so many places that this story could go! Anyway tell me what you think and don't forget to leave review, a follow, and a favorite! Did ya like it?

~Sara