Note: In this story, Jonathon Christopher is Jace; halfway through it changes to Jace so I apologize if that is confusing.
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I've Only Ever Known You
"The Council has decided, you are to be freed of all crimes, but you must live in the New York Institute for now on. Also, and this is against my vote, but your son is to stay here and live with Michael Wayland." Jia Penthollow said sadly, looking at the small black haired baby in Maryse Lightwood's arms.
Maryse looked outraged. "You're taking my baby away from me?!" she asked.
"It was not my choice. The council felt that, as a baby he shouldn't be punished for his parents' crimes." Jia said.
Robert sighed. "So, it is already decided. And we have no say in this?" Robert asked.
"I'm sorry. But I am the one that suggested Michael; after all, he is your Parabatai. Before my suggestion, Alexander was going to live in the orphanage." Jia said.
Robert looked down and said nothing while Maryse looked at their two year old son.
"Someday sweetie, we will see each other again." Maryse said and hugged him before handing him over to Jia.
Jia frowned as she watched the scene and watched as Maryse and Robert packed and left Idris.
She held the baby tightly as she wrote a fire message to Michael Wayland, telling him about the decision the Clave and Council had made regarding Alec. A few minutes later she got a reply from Michael. "It's fine if I take him in, my son would love it. We're living in my country home off the coast of Wales."
Jia nodded and headed through a portal with the baby in her arms. When she got there Michael was waiting outside for her, he smiled as she approached and he took the crying baby from her.
"So, are planning on having him stay a Lightwood even if he's living here, or is he now a Wayland?" Jia asked.
"It would be too confusing if he was still called Alexander Lightwood, so I'll be changing his name." Michael said.
"Alexander Gideon Wayland, very well. " Jia said looking down. Michael smiled and waved goodbye to the woman before going inside his house.
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Michael walked over to a playpen that had two other boys Alec's age in it. Alexander, meet Jonathon and Jonathon Christopher." Michael said before putting Alec into the play pen with the other two boys. Alec stopped crying as he looked at the other boys. Jonathon had light blond hair and black eyes and Jonathon Christopher had blond hair, gold eyes and gold skin. Michael looked at them before leaving the room, heading down into the basement.
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Eventually the three grew used to each other. When they were 5, they sat at the small dining room table eating breakfast; Michael came up to them later holding three small baby falcons.
"I want you boys to raise these birds." Michael said and gave each boy a bird.
All of them smiled and went outside with their birds. Jonathon had named his Reaper and had begun to train it. Alec had named his Talon and had sat on the grass with the bird petting its soft body and feeding it bird seeds. And Jonathon Christopher had named his falcon Castle and had given it bird food.
When the birds had become adults Michael had watched them. Reaper had flown threw the woods near the house and had come back with a large dead rabbit. Michael nodded in acceptance.
Talon was next; it flew high in the air, did a flip and landed on Alec's shoulder nuzzling the boy's neck lovingly. Michael frowned and shook his head.
Finally Castle was up. It flew around the house flying around trees before it landed on Jonathon Christopher's arm. Michael walked over to Alec and Jonathon Christopher; he looked down at each bird in disgust and grabbed Alec's bird.
"The point of this was to teach you. By turning these birds into pets you broke them." Michael broke Talon's neck and threw the dead bird at Alec before grabbing Jonathon Christopher's bird. Like with Alec's falcon, Michael broke Castle's neck and threw it back at Jonathon Christopher.
Alec looked at his dead falcon teary-eyed while Jonathon Christopher stared at his in shock.
"Now get inside, all of you." Michael said with a sigh.
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As they grew, Michael would give them tasks, for Alec and Jonathon Christopher it was to go to the store and pick up groceries, for Jonathon it was to cook and clean. The boys were now 8 and based on where they grew up, they had slight accents as they spoke.
"We are having pot roast." Alec said as he read the grocery list. Jonathon Christopher nodded as the two boys entered the store.
"Here let me see the list." Jonathon Christopher said looking over Alec's shoulder.
"Okay, I'll do top half, you do bottom?" Alec suggested as he memorized the list.
Jonathon Christopher nodded and the two went off in different directions. Alec got baby carrots, pineapple slices and baby red potatoes, while Jonathon Christopher got the roast and butter. When they met up with each other, they were at the check stand. The cashier smiled at them as she put the food in a paper bag. They handed her the money they had and left the store, heading back to their home.
Jonathon scowled as he cooked and convinced Alec to do it for him. Alec read the recipe and began to cook. He had just put it in the Crockpot when Michael came up the stairs. Jonathon quickly pushed Alec out of the way and made it seem like he had been the one cooking the whole time.
"Smells good Jonathon." Michael commented and left the house.
"But I_" Alec started. Jonathon glared at the black haired boy but Michael was already long gone.
Jonathon set the timer and turned to Alec. "We're going to play a game." Jonathon said darkly.
Alec backed away from Jonathon. "No, I don't want to play!" Alec said looking scared.
"Too bad, because you are anyway." Jonathon said and put a blindfold on Alec. He led Alec through the woods to the deepest part and backed away quickly. Once he was far enough away,
"You can remove your blindfold now." Jonathon called out. Alec did and looked around his eyes wide with fear and worry.
It was dark and Jonathon Christopher, Jonathon, and Michael were all eating dinner. "Where's your brother?" Michael asked noticing that Alec wasn't eating with them. Jonathon said nothing while Jonathon Christopher glared at him.
"In the woods somewhere. Jonathon thought it would be funny to take him out there." Jonathon Christopher said.
Michael glared at both of them. "Both of you go out there and look for your brother." Michael said sternly.
"Both?! Why?" Jonathon Christopher asked.
"Because no matter the situation you should never rat on your family. As for you Jonathon, you should never blindfold your family and leave them defenceless in the woods." Michael said looking at Jonathon.
Jonathon flinched and stared at his father. "How did you know I blindfolded him?" Jonathon asked.
"Because you are smart, you would want to make it so he had a harder time finding his way back, and because I saw you lead him out with a blindfold on." Michael said. Jonathon sighed and got out of his chair with Jonathon Christopher already at the door.
"Oh right, take this, it'll make it easier to find him." Michael said handing Jonathon Christopher a witchlight. Jonathon Christopher nodded and he and Jonathon ran out.
They were walking through the dark woods together, Jonathon Christopher was waving the witchlight around and they came across a clearing. "I led him here and waited until he could not follow me before I had him remove his blindfold." Jonathon said looking like he wanted to be anywhere but here. Jonathon Christopher looked around.
"This way." Jonathon Christopher said pointing east.
Jonathon huffed but followed. They ended up in a second clearing and found Alec curled up crying on the ground, his jeans were ripped and his left knee was scrapped and dirty. Jonathon Christopher walked over to Alec and bent next to the boy.
"It's okay Alec, I'm here now." Jonathon Christopher said softly.
Alec lifted his head up and wiped his eyes on his sleeves. "A demon chased me, I ran to get away from it and fell into a big hole. Once it was gone I climbed out and ran here." Alec said holding Jonathon Christopher's arm tightly.
"If the demon is still around we should go." Jonathon said looking around.
Alec jumped and shook at the sound of Jonathon's voice.
"Your right." Jonathon Christopher said looking at Jonathon before focusing on Alec. "Are you hurt?"
Alec frowned and stood up testing both of his legs. "No, I'm fine." Alec said smiling at Jonathon Christopher.
"Good, then let's go." Jonathon Christopher said grabbing the boy's hand and dragging him out of the clearing. "Hey, Alexander." Jonathon said.
"What?" Alec answered with a frown.
"What did this demon look like?"
Alec looked up in thought. "Like a really big spider." Alec said.
"Should we tell father about this?" Jonathon Christopher asked.
"If we see it while we head back, we will, but other than that no." Jonathon said.
They walked the rest of the way in silence when a large spider-like demon appeared. "Was that the demon?" Jonathon asked staring at the demon.
Alec nodded; his eyes were large ad full of fear. "Yeah." He said his voice small.
"Uh, let's go." Jonathon Christopher said and the three broke off into a sprint.
They were panting and red faced when they got back to the house. Michael looked at them with a quirked brow as they entered.
"D-Demon…" Jonathon Christopher panted his hands on his knees.
"It…chased me first…then came back…" Alec said sounding out of breath.
"Looked…like giant spider thing…" Jonathon said he had recovered the fastest.
Michael frowned and stood up. "Alexander, please follow me." He said walking to the basement. Alec turned to his brothers. Both gestured for him to follow though Jonathon looked annoyed.
Alec walked into the basement and saw Michael holding a large syringe filled with a silver liquid. "Come here son." Michael said. Alec gulped but walked over. Michael rolled Alec's sleeve up and held it steady as he injected the silver liquid. Alec bit his lip before he collapsed into Michael. The liquid burned and had felt cold at the same time.
"You'll be stronger Alexander. With the blood of the fey mixed with the blood of the warlock, you'll be strong." Michael said and rolled Alec's sleeve back down before carrying him back up the stairs.
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The three boys were now 10, and had been practicing fighting. Everyday after practice, Alec was told to come down to the basement. At first the liquid was agonizing, but now Alec was used to it. The liquid had lightened Alec's eyes as well as his hair. Thanks to the daily doses of faerie blood Alec was given, Alec had become faster, incredibly so that when he practiced firing a bow it looked like a blur and then you'd see the arrow sticking into the target.
Jonathon had become skilled as well, when he practiced with a sword the tree he practiced on would end up with a large deep gash into the bark.
Jonathon Christopher on the other hand had become quiet dexterous. They would play hide and seek in the woods and Jonathon Christopher would climb to the very top of the tree and wait, or if he was seeking, he would climb and jump from tree to tree and land like a cat next to them.
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A year later, Alec and Jonathon Christopher had been sent to get groceries, when they came back their house was engulfed in flames. They threw their groceries down and ran in, trying to find their brother and father.
"Dad…" Alec yelled before he had begun to cough the smoke was affecting his lungs. Alec couldn't see around him, the roof was about to crumble above him when Jonathon Christopher ran to him and pulled him out.
They were both cough and covered in burns.
"Did you find either of them?" Alec asked his coughing getting worse by the minute.
"No, you?" Jonathon Christopher responded with.
Alec shook his head. "No." Alec said.
"Come on, we should go find help." Jonathon Christopher said dragging his brother away from the burning house.
They wandered for a while, Jonathon Christopher's coughing had finally stopped but Alec was still having difficulty breathing. As they passed people on the street people would whisper. Finally they reached a large building that looked like an old Catholic church. They walked in and a young woman ran over to them. She took them into an infirmary and sat them down on an all white bed.
Alec rested his head on Jonathon Christopher's shoulder while Jonathon Christopher spoke. "Our house was on fire, our father was in it." Jonathon Christopher said. Their father had told them that if they ever found other Shadowhunters or found themselves in an Institute to say they never had a brother, something about how Jonathon was said to be dead.
"Who was your father?" the woman asked while she went to Alec's aid next.
"Michael Wayland." Jonathon Christopher said simply and watched as Alec winced his eyebrows furrowed as the stele touched his soft pale skin. The woman looked to Jonathon Christopher.
"He's really sensitive to steles, it's okay though." Jonathon Christopher said. The woman nodded and finished drawing the Iratze.
"I'm going to contact the Clave; you two should get some rest." She said softly and left the room. Jonathon Christopher moved away from his brother and laid him on the bed before moving to the bed next to him.
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The woman went to the office and wrote a fire message. "To Jia Penthollow,
Michael Wayland's sons have come here. They were covered in burns and had smoke in their lungs. They say their house was on fire with their father inside.
From Melissa Heartfire."
She sent it and frowned, the boys looked so sweet, she hoped they'd be alright.
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Jia was drinking coffee in her house when the fire message came to her. She read it and gasped. She ran out of her house and through a portal, hurrying to the Wales Institute.
When she got there she ran in and Melissa Heartfire stood waiting, her long brown hair was in a braid and she was looking at Jia with concern. "Where are they?" Jia asked.
"In the Infirmary." Melissa answered and followed Jia in.
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Jia gasped as she looked at the both of them. They were asleep, and though she didn't know Jonathon Christopher that well she knew Alec, and saw how light brown his hair had become. As if they were aware Jia had been looking at them, both boys woke up and looked at her. Jonathon Christopher blinked gold eyes at her, while Alec rubbed his light blue ones.
Jia cleared her throat. "Hello, my name is Jia Penthollow, I am a part of the council, how are you feeling?" she asked then mentally slapped herself, of course they wouldn't be feeling well, they had been in a house fire that had killed their father.
"Are you going to separate us?" Alec asked.
Jia looked taken aback. "No, by the angel- why would you think that?" she asked.
"Because our dad said that if something happened to him, the council would come and separate us." Jonathon Christopher said moving to Alec's bed as if to block him from her view.
"I promise to keep you two together, but can you come back to Idris with me? I need to arrange a few things there." Jia said softly.
Alec and Jonathon Christopher looked at each other. "As long as you give us new clothes, these are covered in rubble and soot." Jonathon Christopher said looking at his jacket sadly.
Jia nodded. "There's a clothing store in Idris, you two can go there and pick out whatever you want." Jia said.
"Then we'll go there with you." Jonathon Christopher said and he and Alec followed her through a portal.
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Jia had brought them to the clothing store first and after talking to the owner, she had managed to get them clothes without paying. Jonathon Christopher got a couple leather jackets, a few thin v-neck shirts, and couple pair of jeans. Once he had his clothes Jonathon Christopher went over and helped Alec. Jonathon Christopher had chosen thin t-shirts, a couple pair jeans, and a lightweight black hooded jacket for Alec. They left the store and headed to Jia's house.
Jia had them sit on her couch while she went to her office and contacted a few council members. They had come over and ignored the boys while they talked to Jia.
"Michael Wayland has died?" one of them asked.
"And those children out there, those are his kids?" another asked.
"I thought he only had one son." the third member that had come over had said.
Jia sighed. "Yes Michael Wayland is dead. And he did have only one son, but the other is Alexander Lightwood." Jia said.
The members all begun to murmur amongst themselves. "Oh, now I remember, we had him live with Michael when he was a baby because his parents were part of the Uprising." One of the members said.
"Yes, and I was thinking, the Lightwoods had paid their debt, can we possibly send Alexander and Jonathon Christopher to live with them?" Jia asked.
"I don't see why not, I personally forgot about that decision." Another had said.
Jia sighed in relief. "Thank you." Jia said with a smile. The three members all mumbled their responses and left. Jia smiled happily and went out of the office as well, she was going to fire message Robert and Maryse, but she felt it would be better to surprise them. She went over to the boys.
"You guys are going to be staying with some really nice people." She said with a smile.
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Alec blinked as he looked at the New York Institute. He and Jonathon Christopher went up and followed Jia in.
"Jia this is an unexpected surprise." Alec looked to Jonathon Christopher who shrugged as a tall black haired woman walked over to them.
"I know Maryse, but I wanted to surprise you with them." Jia said gesturing to the boys. Alec smiled shyly while Jonathon Christopher beamed at her.
"Is…that…that…" Maryse pointed to Alec before fainting alarming everyone.
"I wonder why she fainted." Alec said to Jonathon Christopher, they had been asked to wait outside while the adults talked.
"Who knows?" Jonathon Christopher suggested with a shrug. Alec frowned.
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Maryse had woken up and had a look of shock on her face. "Was that…really Alexander?" she asked.
Jia nodded. "Yes, but remember, he lived with Michael all his life, he grew up in Wales, he doesn't know you." Jia said softly.
"That boy with him, is that Michael's son?" Robert asked.
"Yes, Jonathon Christopher Wayland." Jia said.
"My son…why did he look so different?" Maryse asked, she had noticed before she fainted that Alec had light brown hair, and light blue eyes. His hair was still slightly curly, and with the lightness of his hair it looked really noticeable.
"I don't know, but it's your son. Do you want to meet him?" Jia asked and she never thought she would ever say those words.
"Yes. I'm ready." Maryse said holding the counter tightly. Robert was next to her his face grim and his arms crossed over his chest. Jia nodded and went to go get the boys.
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Alec was experiencing total boredom; he had been walking in circles with Jonathon Christopher watching when Jia came back out. "Come meet your new family boys." She said.
Both boys shrugged and followed her in walking to where Maryse and Robert stood. "Hi, I'm Jonathon Christopher." Jonathon Christopher said extending his arm out. Robert shook it.
"I'm Alexander." Alec said and also held his hand out. Both boys had very noticeable accents.
"My name is Robert, this is my wife, Maryse." Robert said feeling strange for having explained that to his son.
"I'll leave you to get acquainted." Jia said and left.
"Would you two feel more comfortable if you had the last name Lightwood?" Maryse said looking at the two boys.
Both of them shook their heads. "No thank you, I like the name I have." Alec said politely.
"I like the name Wayland myself." Jonathon Christopher said with a smile.
Maryse looked down, she had hoped Alec would have at least accepted the offer.
Isabelle, who had come down to have her mother sing to her, stopped as she saw the boys.
"Who are they?" Isabelle asked pointing at them.
"Isabelle, meet your new brothers, Alec and Jace Wayland." Maryse said. Alec and Jonathon Christopher blinked at the nicknames but accepted them. Isabelle walked closer to them and looked them over.
"I'm Isabelle, are you two brothers? Because you two don't look alike." Isabelle said. Again Alec and Jace blinked.
"Yes?" Alec said his eyebrows had shot up in surprise.
"Ooh, British." Isabelle said winking at them. Maryse's mouth dropped while Robert shook his head and Jace laughed.
"This girl seems rather scary." Alec whispered to Jace.
"Might we trouble you into leading us to our rooms? We had a frightful night and wish to sleep as soon as possible." Jace said winking back at the girl. Isabelle squealed and grabbed their hands, leading them up the stairs quickly.
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Things got calmer after Alec and Jace turned 12, Isabelle had begun to see them as family and they were getting used to New York. Alec and Jace had gone through the Parabatai ceremony a week ago and were now sitting in the music room of the Institute.
Growing up, Michael had taught them how to play instruments. Jace was best at playing a piano and Alec found he was good at playing a guitar. Alec was playing a song with the guitar that was in the room but stopped as they both heard the Sanctuary doors open.
Alec put the guitar up and the two ran in to the Sanctuary to see who was in there. A young looking vampire was standing there wearing a tailored dark suit.
The vampire flashed his fangs as he saw the children. "Dios, please tell me I am not going to have to deal with children." The vampire muttered before looking at them carefully.
"We're not children, we're 12." Jace said glaring at the vampire.
"What are your names?" the vampire asked with a frown.
"I'm Alexander." Alec said halfway hiding behind Jace.
"And I'm Jace." Jace said.
"Boys! Go back to the library with Hodge." Both boys cringed as Maryse Lightwood entered and they ran off leaving Maryse with the vampire.
"We already learned all this though with dad." Alec said with a slight pout as he and Jace entered the library. Jace shrugged and the two boys went in the library anyway.
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When Alec and Jace had turned 14 they went to Idris with their new family.
There they met Aline Penthollow.
"Hey Jace, shall we play hide and seek in the woods?" Alec asked looking at the woods in Idris.
"Hide and seek in the woods can I play?" Aline asked with a smile.
"Of course," Alec paused and blushed as his preteen voice cracked.
Jace grinned and finished for him. "We would love it if you joined." Jace said cursing under his breath as his voice cracked as well. The girls laughed and they all ran into the woods.
Alec was stuck counting. "…18, 19, 20!" he called and climbed up the trees, knowing Jace would be up there and spotted his brother looking around in one of the trees near him and wondered how painful it would be if he fell.
'Let's see, if I were to fall from this height, both legs would be broken and I would have back pain…' Alec thought and climbed back down, choosing to play it safe and climbed up the tree Jace was in.
"Found you." Alec said sitting next to Jace.
Jace swore but climbed down, with Alec right behind him.
Alec then ran a little further ahead and stopped as he spotted a shadow. Alec looked around thinking it was one of the girls and went over to the shadow.
"Hello Alexander, long time no see." Alec's jaw dropped as Jonathon stood by him.
"What are you doing here?" Alec hissed.
"I came to catch you up on your doses." Jonathon said holding a silver box. Alec gulped as Jonathon grabbed his arm forcefully and rolled up his sleeve, sticking the large needle filled with silver liquid into Alec's arms.
Alec felt his body go numb as another injection was made and another until three years worth of liquid was in Alec and then Jonathon rolled down Alec's sleeve and lowered the boy to the ground. The liquid had made Alec's hair a little lighter, his eyes lighter as well. And the tips of Alec's ears had tiny cute little points now.
"How interesting." Jonathon said and vanished into the shadows.
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Jace was beginning to worry for his brother, Isabelle and Aline had given up after a half hour and still no Alec.
"You two stay here, I'm going to look for him." Jace said and ran to the area he saw Alec run in. He looked around and saw Alec walk toward him.
"Your hair looks lighter somehow." Jace commented.
"Let's just go home, I have a really bad headache." Alec said gripping his head.
Jace nodded but felt concern for his brother, he wasn't sure if it was the fact that Alec looked like he had light, light brown hair, or the fact that it looked like Alec's eyes were a pastel blue color.
That night, while they were all asleep, Alec felt like he was on fire and Alec had the strangest dreams.
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Alec and Jace were now 17 and Maryse and Robert had to go to Idris and had taken Max Lightwood with them.
"Hey boys, there's a changeling demon in Pandemon." Isabelle said with a smile. Alec and Jace smiled as well and got ready.
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So, basically it's an Alternate story where Alec has lived with Jace his whole life and Alec doesn't know he's Isabelle's brother, or that he is not the same age as Jace. Also if it's confusing at all please tell me and I'll try and explain it to you.
And also if you are confused about Michael Wayland's role as well as Jonathon's role, it's simple: Michael Wayland is actually Valentine and Jonathon is his son.