"Pandemonium in an hour, meet at the front door." Clary said. "That's not enough time!" Isabelle whined as she ran towards her room in 7 inch heels. Alec laughed. Clary walked with her parabatai, Alec, towards their rooms. "You okay Clary?" Alec asked. He could feel the tension coming off his parabatai from their parabatai rune. "Yeah I'm fine." Clary lied as she entered her room. Clary's room was different than the others. Her walls were white, she had seraph blades lining her walls, her stele on her dresser, along with the knives. Her stele was different than the others. Hers had ruby's in the hilt, a gift from her father before he died in a fire.
She picked up her knives and threw them at the target. She had perfect aim. Well, that was expected from her, she was top Shadowhunter of their age.
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Alec could still feel the tension coming off Clary from their bond. Alec hated the fact that every time they went hunting, the demons said things about Valentine being alive. Valentine killed himself, his son and Clary's father-Michael Wayland- in a fire. It made Clary feel like she was isolated again, like she was when she came to the New York institute when she was ten. Alec went and waited against the wall at the front of the institute.
Clary was already there. He remembered when she first came to the institute. He had had a crush on her, but she never noticed. It was forbidden for parabatai to fall in love. "Hey, Clary." Alec said. "Oh hey Alec." Clary answered. While they waited for Isabelle, Clary thought about their parabatai ceremony.
Clary waited for Alec to show up. The Silent Brothers always creeped her out. Clary had a hearing rune on and could hear Alec and Isabelle talking.
"You can't leave her there now. You already train together as it is. You need her and she needs you." Isabelle said.
"What if I let her down, or die. She is way stronger than me, she doesn't deserve the pain if I die." Alec said.
"She doesn't care. The only reason she become comfortable around us was because of you. Alec, stop being stubborn and go become parabatai with that short-tempered, stubborn redhead." Isabelle said, before walking away. Alec came into the training room, to see Clary laughing. "You heard us talk, didn't you." Clary just gave her signature smirk.
They joined arms in the circle. They said the parabatai oath.
"Entreat me not to leave thee, or return from following thee-
For wither thou goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.
Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.
The Angel do so to me, and more also,
if aught but death part thee and me."
Clary was brought out of her thoughts by Alec shaking her. "Clary, are you alright? You zoned out." Alec asked. "Yeah, just thinking about our parabatai ceremony. I never told you this, but I was listening to you and Izzy's conversation." Alec chuckled. That was interrupted by Izzy's heels. "Let's go already." Clary said, rolling her eyes. She was way ahead of the Lightwood's.
"Is she okay?" Izzy asked. Izzy worried for the girl she saw as her sister. "I don't know, she has started zoning out a lot more often now. Just like when she first came to the institute. I think something has happened, it's like she has built her walls up and we have to break them down again." Alec answered. He worried for the girl he saw as his parabatai, best friend and sister. They arrived at the Pandemonium.
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"Do we have to come here, you know I hate clubs." Simon said. Simon and Jace were waiting at the Pandemonium, the line was massive. "Yes, now shut up." Jace said. He saw a guy with electric blue hair, arguing with the bouncer. "But I'm a vampire hunter, see." He said as he bent the fake rubber stake. "Fine." The bouncer huffed. After a while Jace and Simon made it into the club.
The music was loud, there were colourful lights that were blinding. People were dancing, and making out in the corner. Jace and Simon were dancing, that was until Jace spotted a girl. She had fiery red hair and emerald green eyes. She was dancing with the boy that had electric blue hair. She led him into the storage room. Jace saw something that shimmered in the light, that was coming from his boot. Is that a knife? Jace thought. A boy and a girl with black hair followed. They had knives in their boots, that you could see more clearly.
"Simon, go get the bouncers. I just saw three people with knives." Jace said. Simon hurried off to get the bouncers. Jace followed them into the room, hiding in the shadows
Clary led the blue hair boy into the room. He pinned her against the wall. She peeled the glamour away, to see a demon, acid dripping from his teeth. "What's your name?" He asked. "Clarissa." Clary answered. Clary lifted up her sleeve, showing her parabatai rune. "Shadowhunter" It hissed. "Damn right I am." Isabelle's whip bound him against the wall. Clary started digging her knife into the demon. It hissed. "I know where Valentine is." It said. "So do I, he is dead, buried 6 feet underground. "Valentine is alive." Clary went t throw her knife, when she heard a voice. "Stop!" Clary spun around to see a blonde kid. "Listen Goldilocks, I have a demon to kill. " Just as Clary turned around. The demon broke out of the whip and lunged at her.
Clary and the demon were fighting, it was like a blur they were so fast. "Aren't you going to help her?" Jace asked. "We can, but there is a chance we hurt Clary in the process. She does this all the time. We just have to let her do her thing." Isabelle said, you could hear the worry in her voice. Clary had stabbed the demon, it folded up and there was nothing left of it.
Alec went over to Jace. "You almost got Clary killed." Alec hissed him. "Alec..." Clary said softly. "I'm okay, just a few scratches and ichor burns, but I'm okay." Then Clary looked down. There was a massive wound in her abdomen, blood pouring out. "I hate you Goldilocks..." Clary said before she fell, Alec caught her before she hit the floor. Jace thought that Clary and Alec were boyfriend and girlfriend. Alec carried Clary and said to Isabelle, "Call Magnus. The mundane can see us, he is most likely a Shadowhunter. Goldie, your coming with us.
Jace agreed. His instincts told him it was a good idea. They arrived at the institute, but all Jace saw was an abandoned church. "Focus on the building, you will see the glamour peel away." Alec said. Jace did, he saw a massive building, it looked very modern. "Step up to the door, if it opens, your a Shadowhunter." Izzy said. Alec was tapping the back of Clary's head, so she kept her eyes open. "Clary, don't die on me." Alec kept saying.
Jace stood by the door, and it swung open. So Jace was a Shadowhunter. They stepped inside, only to see a worried Mayrse. "Mum, we need to get her to the Infirmary now, she's dying." Alec said, and shot a disgusting look towards Jace. Clary was put on the white bed, while a sparkly man had blue sparks coming from his fingers. He was trying to cure the redhead. Alec went to the training room with Isabelle, while they waited. Jace followed them.
He saw Alec shooting arrows and Izzy with her whip. "Wow, how are you so good?" Jace asked. "This isn't good, compared to Clary, it's nothing." Alec said, his eyes seemed to light up when he said her name. "Yeah, Clary can beat us with her eyes closed, literally. She sometimes wears a blindfold when she battles." Izzy said. This Clary must be good, Jace thought. They headed back to the Infirmary, where Clary was awake and talking to Maryse. As soon as she saw Jace, she lunged at him.
It hurt her, but it was worth it. "You ruined our mission." Clary said, pinning him against the wall. "You aren't mad about me almost killing you?" Jace asked. "No, Shadowhunters die in battle. I wouldn't care if I died, I don't have a lot to live for." "What about your boyfriend?" Jace said, pointing to Alec. Everyone laughed. "He's my parabatai, and like my brother in every way possible. He is also my best friend, you mundie's are so stupid." Clary answered.
"Clary, he isn't a mundie, he opened the institute doors." Izzy said. Clary growled, dropped Jace, and walked towards the greenhouse. A while later, Alec, Izzy and Jace came up and sat with her. "I'm going to tell you a popular Shadowhunter story, that everyone knows about this one person. Izzy and Alec have heard it before, but you haven't. So let me start..." Clary said softly.