Alec awoke to a kiss being pressed on his forehead. Last nights events suddenly came back to him, causing him to smile. Late night drinking, kisses, long conversation, and an overall lovely evening with his boyfriend, Magnus. Magnus' intoxicating sent of sandalwood caused Alec to open his eyes, and suddenly he was looking up at a messy haired, cat eyed, smirking warlock.
"Good morning, darling," Magnus mused.
"Mph," Alec groaned into his pillow, earning a chuckle from his lover above him.
"I hate to wake you up, but you're needed at the institute. Biscuit called me."
"Is everything okay?" Alec said, a look of concern on his face, searching Magnus' face for answers.
"Everything is fine, love. Biscuit has created a useful rune apparently, and all the shadowhunters are being asked to attend a meeting at 9:30. I just didn't want you to be late, I know how much you hate that." Magnus explained, soothing his boyfriend.
"Oh. Did she say what the rune was?"
"Wasn't really listening, your pulchritudinous sleeping figure was a little distracting." Magnus smirked, kissing Alec's cheek.
Alec forced himself out of bed, hopping into the shower and quickly shaving before making his way into the kitchen to brew himself some coffee. Alec was curious to find out why this new rune was so important that all the shadowhunters has to attend. He would much rather spend the day reading comic books with Magnus or entertaining Chairmen Meow. But being born half angel meant this was his job, and he wouldn't replace it for the world.
"I'm off, then," Alec said as he shrugged on his jacket. Magnus looked up from the spell book he was studying and smiled at his partner.
"Be careful, Alexander, I'll be waiting for you to arrive home."
Alec nodded at Magnus before heading out the door and walking towards the institute. The walk wasn't really that bad, and he had walked it possibly hundreds of times before he had come out.
"Alec," Jace exclaimed as Alec walked threw the institute doors. "You need to hear about this rune. Time travel. I can't believe it." Jace shook his head, leading his parabatai towards the meeting room.
The room was full of talking shawdowhunters, and all the conversations were about this new rune Clary was going to tell them about. Alec felt slightly uncomfortable, until he found Simon and Isabelle smiling at him
"Big brother!" Isabelle exclaimed.
"Hey, Iz. Jace said something about, uh, time travel? What does that even mean?"
"Time travel! Like, Back to the Future! Except, were not Doc and Marty in a DeLorean, although that would be sick. You should have seen-"
"Simon, shh. We don't know what you're talking about," Isabelle said, placing a finger on Simons lips, effectively making him be quiet.
"Well, whatever it is, it better be worth our time. The demon activity in New York this time of year is always high and having all the Nephilim in one place is rather ineffective." A voice behind Alec said. Turning around, he was greeted by none other than his father, the Inquisitor.
"Dad," Alec said, a little surprised, "Shouldn't you be in Idris?"
"I had to come for this rune. According to Ms. Fairchild, this rune could change everything. Even fix the mess that... Valentine created." Alec knew his Dad had a hard time talking about the man he used to practically worship so negatively. And while in made Alec frustrated and a little nauseous, he was able to put himself and his fathers shoes and understand. Their relationship had been improving since Robert had told Alec he was more of a man than he could ever be.
"Could it really? But, wouldn't that mess up the present time now? I mean, of course it would save people, but if it wasn't for the circle, and the Mortal and Dark Wars... everything would be different." Or he could possibly never meet Magnus. That was a thing too.
"I don't know, son. But it might be worth it." Robert sighed, turning his attention towards Clary and Jace, who were making their way to the front of the room.
The room got quiet, signaling Clary to talk, "I had a vision of... this rune. Its intention is to send you back in time to moments that you would like to have been there for, but couldn't be, because of circumstance or because of not being born yet. It's also supposed to be memories of the person you love the most, more than anyone. Memories that defined this person. That's all I know... obviously I haven't tried it..."
"I'll try it," Alec heard himself say before he even thought about it. Alec had always wanted to see the moments Magnus wrote about, and based on the rune Clary had made what seemed like lifetimes ago, Alec knew for sure the person he loved more than anyone was his Warlock.
"Alec, it could hurt you." Izzy said, "could it?"
"I don't know. I haven't really thought of how the person will come back from it."
"It's okay, Clary. I'm sure the rune will wear off eventually. I'll be happy to try the rune for us." Alec said, placing a friendly hand on Clary's shoulder.
"Thank you, Alec," Clary smiled, pulling out her stele. She drew the rune on Alec, and after a few seconds, Alec saw the world go black and suddenly he lost feeling in everything and, when he saw light again, he found himself in a place he never thought he would be. Batavia of the Dutch East Indies.