Chapter 1
Shadow hunters
if you guys have any questions feel free to comment and ask and i'll answer you all
SPRING OF 2011
One day, Theressa Cecily Herondale or Reese was just in her room reading her book out of boredom
"*sigh* I'm soooo bored! *closes book and places it back on its shelf* why must college start soooo late?!*stands up and walks to bed* haaaaaah! I rather spend my day in college with my friends than stay here at my unit ALONE!*plops on bed on back* IF THERE IS ANYTHING I COULD DO WHILE COLLEGE DOESN'T START PLEASE HAPPEN!"
Suddenly a light appeared in the middle of Reese's room and a very tall girl with a short black hair appeared.
"*eyes widens* w-who are you and what are you doing in my room?!" Reese suddenly said out of fear and surprise. The unnamed girl smiled with unusual cat eyes. "I'm Kristella Sophie Lightwood one of your fellow shadow hunters but please call me Stella*shakes hand*" "hi Stella I'm Theressa Cecily Herondale but call me Reese" "I know. Will has been nagging me and my mother to let me track you down so that he could meet you" Reese, having mixed emotions with what's happening has a very straight face "you know my great grandfather?! And he's still alive up to now?!" "*chuckles* yes Reese I know him, that's very normal for all shadow hunters to know and meet their own ancestors since well even though we have our own great grandparents or other relatives, were considered as their descendants" "oh…..okay*nods in understanding*"
While the questions come and go and all are answered by Stella, the said person's phone suddenly started ringing. "*gets phone out of pocket* wait hold on sorry *goes by the window and talks to the person on the other line*"
REESE'S POV
Wow! Another shadow hunter! It's so cool to be friends with one of them! Kristella Sophie Lightwood….. wow she's soo tall and not to mention a beauty with brains! Gosh I'm so lucky to have her as my real best friend! Even though we just met and talked we still managed to know each other more. I haven't asked her how old she is though…..*sees Stella coming back* oh! Here's my chance! "Hey Stella what-*gets cut off with a frantic looking Stella*" "REESE WE GOTTA GO NOW!*grabs wrist and goes into the same light where she came from*" OH MAH GAD! WHERE IS SHE TAKING ME AND WHY DOES SHE LOOK LIKE A SQUIRREL WITH CAT EYES THAT'S DEPRIVED OF ACORNS?!
STELLA'S POV
crap! WILLIAM HERONDALE IS GONNA MURDER ME! Oh gawd why did I forget that he's waiting for us back at the London Institute with the others?! Gaaaaaaaah mom and uncle Jace will kill me! "*shuts eyes and sighs* I am sooooo dead*facepalms*" "*tilts head* what happened bro?*" oh nothing it's just that your great grandfather will slaughter me after my mom and dad tortures me " I forgot to tell you that we were supposed to leave two hours ago *stares at the institute*" "*blink blink*" we were talking with each other that long?!*takes hold of Stella's shoulders and shakes her* what is wrong with you girly?!" well getting to know you with high chances of you being my parabatai is what's wrong with me "*gets dizzy* Reeeeeeeeeesssssssssssseeeee ee! Stoooooooooooooooppppppppp shaaaaaaakiiiiiiingggggg meeeee!" "oh oops *lets go of Stella* sorry" "*takes hold of the door avoiding the incoming fall* oh my head!*clutches head* next time*goes inside the institute with Reese following from behind* make sure you warm me next time!" "*rushes beside Stella* okay then…. But wait how was I supposed to know?!" oh yeah that's right I didn't tell her about the time *mental facepalm* imma stupid, stupid shadow hunter TT_TT
NO ONE'S POV
Stella and Reese reach the library and see two tall men standing in front of the doors one with black hair and blue eyes and the other one with black hair with green cat eyes.
"uhm…..h-hi m-mommy *smiles sheepishly*" "*arms crossed over chest* Kristella Sophie Lightwood where have you been?!" the blue eyed one said. "Mom I went to Theressa Herondale's house like what you and Will told me" "uh so sorry to interrupt but did Stella just call you mom?" Reese who hasn't introduced herself yet received a glare from Stella's so called mother. "Yes she did. What's it to you mundane?!" "*gasps*mundane?! You brought a mundane IN the institute?!" the cat eyed man said. "*sighs* mom, dad, if you please make me talk, I'll explain everything" "if you say so Stella" "okay so as I was saying before dad interrupted, mom, dad, this is Theressa Cecily Herondale, the great granddaughter of Will *puts and on reese's shoulder*" "*gasps* oh my angel! I'm so sorry for calling you a mundane Theressa!" "oh no worries sir it's very understandable since my mark is covered by my sleeve *rolls sleeve up and shows the mark on right hand* see?" "*nods* if you don't mind me asking how old are you? Before you answer that, I'm Alexander Gideon Lightwood. Stella's mother"
REESE'S POV
*pales mentally* I never knew guys could get actually pregnant….O_O oh well that explains Stella's black hair and blue eyes. Although their eyes are a bit different cuz Stella's eyes are very much like a cat's eyes and Alec's eyes are very human. "nice to meet you Alec! Please call me Reese" "well it's a pleasure to meet you Reese" "*smiles* now for your other question, I was born on November 25,1995" "oh! Kristella is a year older than you!" cat eyes said. "Magnus! Don't be rude! Introduce yourself!*whacks Magnus on the head*" "OUCH!*rubs head in pain* my apologies, I'm Magnus Bane, Alec's husband and Kristella's father." So that explaine's Stella's cat eyes! He has the identical eyes like her only his are green and hers are blue like her mother's. meh who am I to judge anyways?! "hi Magnus I'm Theressa Cecily Herondale but you probably know who I am and what to call me since well *points at his arms around Alec's waist* your clinging on Alec like a koala" "ehehe*gets flushed and releases Alec to shake hands with Reese* nice meeting you Resse" "*loses it* HOOOOKAAAAAAY ENOUGH WITH THE NEVER ENDING INTROS!*grabs Reese by the collar and drags her further in the library* okay like what day told you, I was born a year earlier than you. Specifically on February 14, 1994 I'm half warlock which explains my cat eyes and half nephilim which explains my marks." GAAAAAAAK! FOR THE LOVE OF ANGELS! THIS GURLY IS GONNA KILL ME WITH HER IRON GRIP ON MY COLLAR! I just hope that this won't leave a mark on my neck line! "*trips on a random book lying on the floor* gaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! Stella! By the angel! I know you wanna know what my great grandfather needs to tell us but…. HELLO?!*points at self-* HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO NOT TRIP ALL OVER THE PLACE?! Dayum girly you gotta lose some strength on me when we're not fighting or trainging!*says hi to the pillar* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW WWWW! MY NOSE! STELLA!*glares every possible weapon at her*" gaaaah seriously I think I know that when she gets this panicky or frantic she'll turn violentish "sorry Reese!*sees another tall man with the same hair and eye color as Alec* WILL!*runs to him completely forgetting that she's still holding on Reese's collar*" "*trips and bumps into things*STEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLL LLAAAAAAAAAA!" that's it I'm gonna murder her later!
NO ONE'S POV
Stella finally releases Reese from her death grip and sparing Reese's life and stands in front of the man she saw who she called Will. "Will this is Theressa Cecily Herondale*looks down at Reese* you never told me that she was this short yet very pretty and younger than me by a year*smirks*" "*still having the death glare locked on Stella* hey! I'm not THAT short! I'm practically taller than most female mundanes!" "oh yeah? How tall are you then?" "I'm 5"5 tall!" "see now that's short for female nephilim in this era" "*ignores her and looks at Will* hi! I'm Theressa Cecily Herondale! You must be my great grandfather William Owen Herondale?" "*smiles and hugs her*my! My! Theressa! you grew so tall and beautiful!" "*snorts* tall pshh yeah right! Although I do agree on her being beautiful" "how tall are you then since your sooo confident with your height" "*chuckles and releases Reese but still holding her shoulders* Theressa *looks down at her* Stella is the tallest female nephilim I ever knew. *looks at Stella and smiles* Kristella here is 5"11 tall. The average height of female nephilims now is 5"7 tall"
REESE'S POV
5"11?! WOAH NOW I FEEL LIKE AN ANT STANDING NEXT TO HER! Gaaaaaah she is right I am short! And 5"7 as the average height of female nephilims?! Wooooooooow that's taaaall! I wish I could still grow 2 more inches to meet the average height! TT_TT "*looks at Reese* hey…don't feel bad! If you meet my aunt Clary, she's just as short as you or maybe shorter but still! She saved the Clave more than ones and heck! Even the nephilim! *hugs Reese*" "*smiles and hugs her back* thanks for that Stella" "*smiles* no prob!" "*smiles at the scene and clears throat* I hate to break this lovely friendship moment but Kristella and Theressa, you two are close enough in my perspective to be parabatai and the ceremony is tomorrow night" "*breaks the hug* really?! So does that mean me and Reese would be parabatai by tomorrow with Jamie and Alex?!" "*nods* that's right Kristella you and Theressa will be part of the ceremony tomorrow and you will have a parabatai. Consider this as your advance 18th birthday since you'll be an adult by next year*smiles at Stella*" "eh? I'm sorry I know that I'm a nephilim but I don't know the customs completely yet but I do know what parabatai is" "*holds Reese's hand while looking at her* in the nephilim custom, Parabatai share each other's powers and can feel a strong connection between them. They also share a part of their soul with each other. Parabatai are a pair of nephilim warriors who fight together and are closer than siblings. Siblings can be parabatai. Cousins, boys, girls, basically anyone close in age since they both have to be under 18 when they decide." "an addition to that, parabatai are willing to die for each other. I'm willing to protect and die for you Reese.*hugs Reese* you are practically the only girl my age I could trust." Wow being parabatai has its perks!"*hugs back* oh Stella! I'm now having this urge to protect you with my every bit of being now!" "but as I said they share soul with each other so if either of you dies or gets separated, you feel like part of your soul is missing" "*releases hug* Will! Don't say that! Now I'm gonna have to ask Alec and Jamie to help me train Reese to not be too clumsy and to defend herself incase I'm not with her!" O_O never knew she could be overprotective but hey I gotta admit though, having a fellow shadow hunter as my best friend not to mention my soon to be parabatai! Unlike mundane ones, you never know if they're really serious with the friendship or not. "uh Stella…if you don't mind me asking…who are those people your mentioning?" "oh Jamie Carstairs is my other best friend *smiles* he's James Carstairs' great grandson and Alexander Gabriel Lightwood is my cousin. He's the great grandson of Gabriel Lightwood and Gideon Lightwood" wow so many Lightwoods! "and Alexander Gideon Lightwood, Kristella's mother, is the grandson of Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood" *mentally dizzy from too many Lightwoods* ack how many more Lightwoods do I have to meet?! "*as if reading her mind* well now that we've met Will why don't we go to the other side of the library to meet my family and the rest of us?" *jaw drops* ohhhkaaaay this is gonna be a reeeeeeeeaaaaalllllly long day for me!
NO ONE'S POV
After the conversation between Will and Resse Herondale and Stella Lightwood, the said three headed off to the other side to of the library whereas Stella predicted the rest of the Lightwoods would be along with the other shadow hunters for Reese to meet. Suddenly a petite woman with red hair and green eyes came to Stella. "Kristella! Your back!*runs to Stella and hugs her*" "hi aunt Clary!*hugs her back*" "oh my angel! I thought something happened to you while you were getting Theressa Herondale!" "Clary Stella's fine*kisses her left temple*" the unknown guy with gold eyes and blond hair said. "yeah auntie uncle Jace is right. I'm fine! Speaking of Theressa Herondale*puts arm around Reese's shoulder* everyone this is Theressa Cecily Herondale but call her Resse. She's my soon to be parabatai *smiles*" the guy who was hugging Clary came in front of Reese and shook her hand "it's our pleasure to meet and welcome you Reese. I'm Jace Lightwood, your uncle." "uncle? But I'm not a Lightwood" "that is correct Theressa but he is my descendant. His real name is Jonathan Herondale" "oh well nice to meet you uncle!*smiles*" "*smiles back* this woman right here*holds hands with Clary* Is my wife and your aunt" "hello Reese *smiles and hugs her* I'm Clarissa Adele Lightwood! Like what Jace told you, I'm his wife and you aunt" "nice to meet you auntie!*hugs back*" while Reese and Clary were getting to know each other, Stella suddenly came back with a boy who looks the same age as Stella with black hair and dark brown eyes and another one of the tall men whit silver hair and eyes right next to the boy. "Reese these are the Carstairs*holds the man with silver hair and eyes on the arm* this is James Carstairs who we all call Jem and this *holds the other boy with the free hand* is Jamie Carstairs, my other bestfriend and Jem's great grandson" "*goes to Reese and shakes her hand* it's a pleasure to meet you Resse. I'm James Carstairs, Jamie's great grandfather and Will's parabatai" "nice to meet you Jem" "and I'm Jamie Carstairs, Alex's soon to be parabatai and *whispers* Stella's soon to be boyfriend*winks*" "Jamie you better not be flirting with my parabatai" "don't worry Stella he's not my type anyways" "oooooooooh! You just got rejected bro!" a tall boy with blue eyes and blonde hair said while coming up to them and slinging and arm over Jamie's shoulder. "my apologies princess, *takes Reese's hand and kisses the back of it* I'm Alexander Gabriel Lightwood, Jamie's soon to be parabatai and Stella's younger cousin by a year but call me Alex*winks at Reese*" "*flushes* n-nice to meet you too Alex *smiles shyly*" "*in a teasing tone* looks like someone's gonna be a Lightwood soon~" "*hits Jamie on the head with a book* oh shut it Jamie! You're gonna irritate her and you already irritated me ever since we were kids*goes to Reese* here*gives the book to her* this is the Codex. Everything you need to know are all in here" "*takes the book from Stella* thanks Stella! I'm really gonna need this!*smiles*
ALEX'S POV
Wow…she is the most gorgeous nephilim I've ever seen aside from Stella…what's her name again? Oh yeah Theressa Cecily Herondale….even her name is pretty… "*notices Alex staring at Reese with googley eyes* yo!*hits Alex's head* maan! What is up with you?! You've been staring at Reese like a lost puppy desperate to be owned!" "*snaps out and glares at Jamie* you better thank that Stella likes you and that I'm helping you get together with her or I'll be choking you to death right now" "*throws hands up in defeat*" *smirks mentally* heh it's great to be his weakness's cousin!
NO ONE'S POV
After the get together, Stella went to the 2nd floor of the institute to give Reese a tour of the place. Unknown to them, Jamie and Alex, the two hopeless romantics, were following them a few meters away.
"*stops in front of a room with two big metal doors* this is the weapons room. This is where we keep all of our weapons for battle and protection" "woah….are we allowed to go in?" "well as long as were with an adult or with Sarah, our weapons keeper, we can go in but other than that it's a big nada" "oh okay then" while the girls were talking about the weapons room, the hopeless romantics were talking about the said girls.
"Could you hear what they're saying?" "Gee I don't know since I'm obviously not a vampire or a werewolf who could hear them meters away!" hissed Jamie as low as he could for the girls not to hear. "well I'm so sorry Mr. Carstairs! I just wanted to know if they were talking about us" "*rolls eyes* look I'm not THAT desperate to be with Stella!" "pchoo~ then why the heck are we following them in the first place?" "….." "Uh-huh yup I see*sees the girls already headed to the next room* get up! They're heading to the next room!" "*scrambles to follow Alex*"
On the other hand, Stella and Reese found themselves in front of another room but this time the doors are painted white with flowers. "this is our room*opens the door* come on! You have to see this!*holds the door open for Reese* "*goes inside and sees two queen sized beds with floral bed covers and plushies on the shelves and books over the bed's headstand* waaah~ the room is so pretty! *gasps* and the plushies!*grabs a random one* this is choo~ cute!" "*smiles and also grabs a random plushie* I know right?! This is practically our paradise!"
While the girls are in the room chilling, the two hopeless romantics are hiding behind the door watching them. "you know I feel like a pervert" "*hits Alex's head* this was your idea!" "ouch hey!*hits Jamie back*" while the two dumb bells are quarreling the girls noticed them and went to them without being noticed. "*whispers* on three we kick the door where they're hiding behind" "*nods* okay one" "two" "three!*kicks the door making the two idiots roll in the room*" "*stands over Alex* Stella are you sure you're related to him?*looks at Stella standing over Jamie*" "*sighs* sadly yes, yes I am" before any of the girls do anything, a tall girl who's slightly shorter than Stella came in the room. "STELLA, ALEX, JAMIE, REESE! YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE MEETING ROOM ASAP!" and with that the unnamed girl rushed out of the room followed by the confused teens.