Chapter 1: The Los Angeles Institute Meeting

12 Grimmauld Place, June 1998

Harry's POV

I am sitting with my friends in the house, waiting for Magnus Bane to come. Magnus, a warlock, or is he a wizard? Really, what's the difference? I don't know.

"You definitely don't know," Hermione said. So she is reading my mind. How rude! "You should have read the book Magnus gave us."

"Hey, common. You know I don't like…"

"Hello. Sorry, I'm a little late." A tall man burst into the house. He has cat-like eyes, rings on every single finger, and a pair of sandals. Wait, why sandals?

"Magnus!" Ginny said. "You are not late at all." I can tell she is kind of lying, her tone sold her out. But who cares, she is so beautiful and amazing. I love you forever and ever, Ginny!

"So, should we get going?" Asks Magnus.

"Sure. I can't actually wait!" Ron yelled. Well, he can never wait.

"Ok. Go through this door or Portal and I will see you all there," Magus said.

"See you where?" I asked. What does he mean there? What's this "there" thing? Really, no answer?!

He didn't answer me, but we still go through this Portal thing.

I feel so weird. The feeling of everything pressed onto my shoulders. But this feeling passed quickly, you know, really quickly. Soon, we are in front a big church, I mean, a really really big church. I look around and see my friends, standing next to me. They all look as confused as me.

Magnus suddenly appeared from thin air. He smiled and said, "Welcome to the Los Angeles Institute, October 2008."

London Institute, July 1878

Will's POV

Hey, why me? What have I done? Common, common! Wait! Oh my! Am I that handsome that even Magnus stares at me. Hahahaha…

"Um Will? Are you listening?" Tessa asks with her beautiful voice.

"Oh what? I agree." I yelled out without thinking.

"Will, we are talking about going with Magnus to meet a few friends," Jem said. He looks a little pale. "Nothing about agreeing or disagreeing."

"Ok. So are you three ready?" Magnus asks. "Then let's go through this Portal."

I look at the other two. They smile at me and go through the Portal. I'm the last but I never care. I really don't CARE! As I go through the Portal, I feel something is weird. This is not like a normal Portal. What have… Just then, I see an institute in front of me. Oh, so I only came out of… Wait, this is a different one.

"I feel different," Jem said. He looks perfectly healthy now. "I…"

"Me too." Says Tessa. She still looks the same, but her eyes are looks really old and filled with knowledge.

"Ok, so where are we?" I inquired.

Before Jem can say anything, Magnus said, "Los Angeles Institute, October 2008. And by the way, Jem and Tessa, you are the same person as your future. I mean, you are right now the person who went through all those hundreds of years."

New York Institute, October 2008

Clary's POV

We are all ready to go through the Portal that I made. It will lead us directly to the Los Angeles Institute and we will meet up with Magnus and his friends.

"So, are you all ready?" I asked. Looking from Jace to Alec to Izzay and to Simon.

"Yep!" Jace said in his usual arrogant way.

They walk into the Portal one by one. I got through the Portal before Jace. Suddenly, the surrounding changed. There, in front of me, is the Los Angeles sunshine and the Los Angeles Institute. And, there are six, wait, seven people, we don't even know.

"Um, what…" I start to say.

"I will explain everything since all of you are here," Magnus said.

Magnus's POV

Oh, my! There is a lot to explain. Why did I even do this? What a mess!

"Ok, first, these people here came from the past using my amazing time travelling Portal," I said to the group of biscuits from New York. Uh, and my love, Alec. "Why don't you all just introduce yourselves?"

"Sure," Hermione said.

Yes, finally! Not me who is talking forever. The people who are standing in front of me started their introductions.

Jace's POV

"I am Harry Potter. A wizard from London." The boy who has a lightning scar and a pair of stupid round glasses said.

"Hermione Granger. I am a witch from London. A friend of Harry." A girl with brown hair and good looking face said. She smiled at me. ME! I must be that handsome.

"Hey. I'm Ronald or Ron Weasley. A wizard, just like Harry." Says a boy same age as the others, who have red hair just like Clary's. They all have this crazy, weird British accent. I see.

"Hello everyone. Ginny Weasley. A witch and Ron's sister." Says a girl with identical red hair as this Ron person.

Just as they are finishing up, Magnus gives me a signal for me to speak next. Why me? Why not the others? Common! I don't want to speak at all!

"Well. Um, hey. I'm Jace Herondale. A shadowhunter from New York." I said with a bored voice. As I am finishing, a boy that looks just like me, stared at me with surprise.

"I am Clary Fairchild. Kind of a shadowhunter." Clary said with her extremely beautiful voice. She is the best!

"Alec Lightwood. Shadowhunter from New York." Alec said with his usual calmness. The same boy who stared at me stared at Alec with anger.

"Izzy Lightwood. I'm Alec's sister." The boy stares at Izzy now with the same angry expression. So rude to my friends!

"Uh, Simon Lewis. I'm a mundane right now who had some weird pass that I can't really recall fully." Simon sounded really nervous. He really needs to remember all those things that happened before.

There is a long silence. No one said anything. Not even a single soul moved. Well, the trees outside moved, but they are not a soul.

After about a long while of silence, the girl with a long and old-fashioned dress, Tessa, whom I have known as my great great great… I don't know how many "great" grandmother, said, "Hello. I am Tessa Gray. As a lot of you have known me." She looked at Magnus. "This is weird. So I am the same person who lived in 2008. This is confusing Magnus, really confusing, but it's fine."

"Yeah. Same for me." Says the boy with silvery hair, James. I barely know him but I've seen him so many times. "I am James Carstairs. A shadowhunter and used to be one of the Silent Brothers."

"I am William Herondale. Shadowhunter from London." The boy who stared at me said. So he is my, let's see, great great great great… er… Can't count how many "great" grandfather. That's why he looks just like me.

"So we've all introduced ourselves. Why don't we start packing up and go to Disney as soon as possible." Says Magnus in an urgent voice, trying to push us to work.

Even though we started packing, no one really did anything. We, shadowhunters, are learning about the world of witches and wizards. They, on the other hand, are learning about us. Our packing took about 2 hours, which Magnus wasn't too happy about it.

"Are you all ready to go now?" He asked blankly.

"Sure. Um, let's go." Clary said. She's always the best. The best of all in this great wide world.

We walk out to the garden and wait for Magnus to create a Portal. It didn't take very long but we took a long time to stop chatting.

As I am walking through the Portal, my mind is filled with happiness. Going somewhere fun and it's not a battlefield with Clary is amazing. Ok, why am I like this? This is not me. Calm down, Jace. Calm down, calm down… But really, I am happy and excited. DISNEY, HERE I COME. Just need to remind myself again, I'm the BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD.