A/N: This was a request from StormySnape. Odd, I know. But I like it. Read and review? Enjoy!

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New Mantra

Evil temptress. He just sat glaring at her; how succulent she looked staring out at him from her glass prison with her beady little eyes and those lusciously plump cheeks. Oh how he wished he could kidnap her and take her back to his room. They could get to know each other better, perhaps over milk and lemon drops.

Mmm… Lemon. He thought, his mouth becoming dry at the thought of his favorite flavor.

Perhaps if he just reached up and grabbed her, taking her breath away. Yes, that was how he would do it. Goldie would be his.

Just as he began to reach out, his mind flashed back to when Jace set up the fishbowl, containing the chubby little goldfish. Specifically, he remembered him saying "Church, now you listen to me. This is Clary's pet. You will not in anyway disturb her, do you hear me? I'm giving you a new mantra: Fish are friends, not food. Remember it."

Then he remembered his master's previous threat about being turned into a tennis racquet and thought better of it. Goldie could wait. He would find a new fling. It's not as if she would outlive him anyway.