The ending of City of Heavenly Fire. Well. I'm not sure what to say. So, new story. Not anime like my other one. Sorry. I have a passion for many genres. Can't blame me. NEW STORY TIME!
"Well, as fun as it is to watch you two make googly eyes at each other," Jace says, checking his phone. "I'm needed back at the Institute."
"I'll walk with you." Alec says. "I need to talk to Izzy."
"Okay." Jace replies as he gets up to go to the door.
Magnus gets up to see his boyfriend and his boyfriend's parabatai to the door. But as soon as he opens the door, A girl bursts through it. Brown hair tied up, tight navy clothes, and weapons everywhere.
As she runs in, she's shouting at absolutely nothing, it seems. Than, as if all at once, they see it. An ogre. Eight and a half feet tall, including horns, with knives the size of a large branch that fell from a tree. The girl finally turns to us and shouts "DUCK!"
Not even a second after the sound rips from her throat does the ogre throw a knife at us. The girl deflects it with some kind of magic - at least, it looked like magic - and sends it flying back at the thing. She then proceeds to take an arrow, knock it to her bow, aim, and fire right into the ogre's eye with such accurate precision. Immediately she has a sword drawn and is charging at the ogre. She jumps into the air, flies onto a tree, and scurries from perch to perch until she is at the ogre's neck. Then, leaping into the air, she goes for the final blow, and cuts straight through the neck.
The two shadowhunters, staring in awe, had never seen any type of sereph blade do that.
The girl turns around, and sees them, standing in the doorway. She looks at the blonde one, then to the one with blue eyes with indifference. It is only when she sees the cat-like eyes of the infamous Magnus Bane does she realize where she is, much to her dismay.
She sighs, and starts toward the house. Head down, as if she's in trouble.
"Well." Magnus said. "What do you have to say for yourself young lady?"
She looks up sheepishly, innocence filling her eyes. She puts on a small smile. "Can I use your bathroom?"
Magnus sighs. "You haven't changed, have you?"
She looks a little more comfortable now, as if she's treading in familiar waters. "Sorry Magnesium. Changing is not really in my nature."
Alec looks at the two of them. First at the girl, who apparently knows Magnus. She has weapons all over her body. Two swords in an 'X' formation on her back, and two more stacked on top of each other at the bottom of her spine, as well as the two that were in her hands. Two swords sheathed at either side, and a *flail next to the sword on her right. Her hair was in a bun, held together by two throwing knives. Her ankles had sleeves wrapped around them, and they had five throwing knives each. Her shins had daggers attached to them, at least ten on each side. And it looked like, based on the padding in her forearm, that she had blades hidden up her sleeves.
Alec then looked at Magnus, who didn't seem at all fazed by the large amount of blades that this small girl seemed to be able to carry. In fact, he almost seemed to welcome her presence.
"Would you like something to drink?" Magnus asked the girl.
"Do you still have the recipe for Creme de la Creme a la Edgar?" She asked.
"Alright. It'll be ready in about five minutes." He said as he went to the kitchen.
The girl went down the hallway towards the spare rooms. However she didn't enter any of them. She looked up at the ceiling, pulled down a rope that definitely had not been there before now. A staircase crashed down, but it didn't make a sound. She went up, and then came back down three minutes later. Blades gone, the ogre blood had been washed away, and she was in baggy sleeping pants, and a tank-top. No runes were visible.
"Alec?" Jace asked. "Hey. Can you hear me? Earth to Alec."
"I can hear you." Alec replies, swatting Jace's hand away.
"Well, I'm gonna head out." He calls as he leaves.
Alec turns back towards the living room, and the girl is standing by the couch. He walks over towards her, sits down on the couch, and watches her. She's doing the same thing. They are both watching each other. That is how Magnus finds them when he walks in with the drinks, and some crackers.
He sighs, set down refreshments, and go sits down next to Alec. The girl shifts her gaze to Magnus, with a look that almost asks a question. "Go ahead." Magnus says warmly. "Have a seat." And with that the girl sat down opposite them. Then, almost as if it seems so basic, Magnus says "Sloane, you can do as you wish in my loft, you know that."
The girl - Sloane - replies "I know. But you know the rules of my species. I need permission whenever I enter."
"For some reason, I always forget that one." He says, grabbing one of the cups. Sloane does the same, but she also takes a cracker and dips it in the drink. Alec looked at Magnus, obviously confused, but Sloane beats Magnus to it.
"Forgive me, Shadowhunter. I am Sloane, warrior of the Gaelic clan of *Wyre. I apologize for the Ogre. The stupid oaf had been following me since Maine." She explains.
"Well, at least it's gone." Magnus comments. A few moments pass in an awry silence. Finally, Magnus says something. "Sloane, could you give us a moment?"
She looks at Magnus, then to Alec, then back at Magnus. A small smile plays on her lips. "Of course." She replies. She takes her mug, a few crackers, and goes into the kitchen.
A few more silent moment pass before Alec asks a question. "How do you know her?"
"Well, a long time ago, back before I moved to London. She was battered, and bloody far beyond what one could possibly think. Definitely far beyond any magic I know of that could heal. She was just laying there in the grass, unconscious. I would have felt extremely guilty if I had just left her there to die. I carried her into one of the spare rooms, tried to clean her up and heal her as best I could, but it didn't seem like enough. I left to go back to my room to sleep. I didn't get much, by the way. In the middle of the night, I woke up and decided to go and check on her. Make sure she was still breathing. When I walked in there, she was doing more than just breathing. She was walking around, inspecting the room, trying to figure out where she was. She wasn't armed. I think that is what freaked her out. And she was glowing. Bright green and blue and brown. Like the forest."
"Was she healing herself? With the glowing." Alec asked.
"Yes. She was. And when she saw me in the doorway, she launched towards me at a speed I thought unimaginable. Within seconds, I was on the floor with my arms twisted around my back. But in her defense, she was in a new place and was thoroughly confused. I tried to call out peace. It got to the point where I didn't know how to communicate with her, and I just shouted Uncle. Not sure how, but she understood that. She let go of me, and asked me a question in a language I didn't know. She said "Pwy ydych chi?" I didn't know it at the time. But I understood creatures enough to know the first question is 'Who are you?' She later realized I couldn't speak her language, and transitioned into mine. From there on it's basically us getting to know each other and eventually adopting each other. She thinks of me as a paternal figure, and I think of her as a child who needs to be watched."
Alec looked down for a moment. "So there is nothing going on between you two?"
"Alexander." Magnus said in a warning tone.
"Just making sure." Alec said, snuggling into Magnus' side. Magnus looked down at his boyfriend. Still so scared of being left behind. Of being forgotten. Silly child.
All of the sudden there was a horrible shrieking sound. "MAGNUS!"