Emma POV

I stood in the decorated hallway of the Gard waiting for someone to escort me. I was dressed in gray, which is the ceremonial color for a parabatai ceremony. I could hear the voices coming from the Gard. But as I paced back and forth nervously in the hall, there was a certain voice that broke me away from my thoughts.

"You're gonna wear a hole into the floor by doing that."

I turned to find Jules walking toward me with an amused look and a crooked smile on his face. He was dressed in a plain gray jacket embroidered with runes of friendship to match his gray pants.

"And what do you care?" I said giving him a playful sneer.

"Well, I don't know about you but I don't want my parabatai destroying the Gard's lovely halls," he said sarcastically, gesturing to the hall they were in.

"Might as well they still need to fix this part of the Gard up after the Mortal War."

"True."

"Hey you two it's time for the ceremony," Helen whispered grabbing the two of them. "You two would never be able to get anywhere if you were left alone."

Helen is Jules older sister and she also seems to be our babysitter at the moment. As if we need one.

"Ok you two know what to do?" Helen said fussing about with Jules coat and my hair.

I pushed her hands away from me, "If we didn't know what to do then what were all those practice sessions for? Seriously I don't think I'll ever be able to forget those words. Whither thou goest, I will go, blah blah blah."

"This isn't something to take lightly Emma. Those words will bind you together as partners forever."

"Yeah yeah yeah," I muttered under my breath.

Helen finally ended up leaving us to ourselves and went into the Great Hall so she could get ready for the ceremony.

Jules POV

I didn't blame Emma for acting like this. I mean this is how she deals with stress, but can she not take this more seriously? "Ready Emma?" I said taking her hand.

"Totally… not."

I smiled. That's my girl. We walked into the Great Hall together. Though the crowd was small it was still nerve racking. As we walked out I noticed that Clary and Jace had come to support us. Clary was smiling ear to ear, and Jace just gave us a wink. I knew that Jace had been through this ceremony before. And ever since the Mortal War Emma and Clary have become good friends. After the war Clary has come down to the Los Angeles Institute often to see how Emma and I were doing.

Emma and I went to the middle of the hall where there were three circles drawn on the ground. In one of them stood Helen who we had decided was going to be there as our shared circle. Once we reached the middle of the room Emma and I left each other's side for the first time since we entered the room. I suddenly felt very small in the big room, with all these people staring at me. I looked over at Emma and of course she seemed as calm as ever, so I took a deep breath to calm myself and mentally prepare for the ceremony.

Emma's POV

The ceremony was actually really boring. Jules and I were asked a bunch of questions like do you except Jullian as your parabati. This went on for who knows how long. Once that was done and over with we were told to perform the oath. Jules took his stele out from his belt loop and I took out mine from my boot.

"Emma. Jules," Helen said gesturing to both of us. "Please recite the parabatai oath,"

I looked over at Jules and I held out my arm so that he could take it. He placed the hot stele onto my inner arm. As he began to trace I said the first half of the oath:

"Whither thou goest, I will go:

Where thou diest, will I die

And there will I buried:"

I watched as Jules finished tracing the parabatai rune. He offered out his hand so I could trace the rune on his arm. I took it and started tracing as he started to say the second half of the oath:

"The Angel do so to me,

and more also,

if aught but death part thee and me."

I finished tracing the last part of the rune. I looked down at both of our runes, and I could tell that Jules had done a much better job than I had done. I took Jules hand and gave him a hug. Everyone then stood up and clapped. I was so happy we were finally parabatai. It took forever to get to this point but it was worth it.

"You did great." Jules whispered in my ear.

"So did you. How did you draw the rune like that? It looks perfect." I asked. Jules looked down at my new rune. He picked up my hand and examined it.

"I did do a good job, didn't I?" he said in a sarcastic tone.