Magnus Five Years Old Pov- I walked around the palace halls alone like I did everyday trying to find something to do. I had no siblings and my parents were the king and queen meaning they were always busy. The only time I ever really seen them was during my prince lessons. "Ah Magnus there you are" my mother said walking up to me.

She picked me up smiling and started heading to the throne room "Mommy and daddy have business with an important family and they brought their little boy over to play with you." I clung on to her shirt smiling "Really?" She nodded and went to the throne room where dad was sitting with two dark haired adults. One was a pretty woman with long black hair and brown eyes. The other also had black hair only his eyes were blue.

My mother set me down and my father smiled at me "Come over here Magnus." I walked over to him and looked at a little boy sitting on the couch in between his parents. He had black hair and blue eyes like his father but for some reason I couldn't take my eyes off of his. "Magnus this is Alexander Lightwood; will you be so kind as to show him around the palace" my father asked watching me.

I looked up at him nodding before looking back at Alexander who was looking at his mom shyly "it's okay, go ahead" She said rubbing his head. Alexander hesitated before getting off the couch and walking up to me. "Hi I'm Magnus" I said holding out my hand to shake his. He hesitated before slowly putting his hand in mine shaking it "Alexander... it's nice to meet you Magnus" he said so quietly it was almost a whisper.

The shyness only added on to how cute he was. I smiled pulling him by the hand out of the room and into the hallway. "What do you want to see first?" Alexander looked around the hall before looking back at me "Does this palace have a library?" I nodded smiling pulling him to the library "It's huge and has so many books."

We made our way there and the moment we went inside his face lit up with excitement "Wow!" He let go of my hand running to the a random book shelf pulling out books and looking at the covers. "Wow you must really like books." He shrugged pulling out a new book and stroking the cover "This is my favorite book."

Magnus walked over and looked at the big chapter book shocked "You can read that big book?" He nodded "Can't you?" I nodded "Yes but only because my mom and dad got me a teacher, dad said people in the kingdom couldn't read a lot and you're only five." "You're five too you know" He mumbled shoving the book on my chest. "Have you read this book smart boy?"

I grabbed the book looking at the cover. It was a story book full of fairy tales. "My parents only let me read school books." Alexander smiled "Read this one, they are a lot of fun."

I looked at the book again "Why would I read a book about fairy tales when I'm a prince?" Alexander shrugged and went back to looking at the shelves "It's a change from school." Magnus put the fairy tale book on a table by him "You didn't answer how you know how to read so good." "My mom taught me, she grew up in a noble family but she gave up all her money to be with my dad."

Dad had said that if you wanted stuff you had to have money. My parents are trying to make it so everyone can get an education but for right now it was something only the rich could afford. "it's a good thing mom learned how to read then." before I could answer I heard the sound of someone screaming echoing in the hallway.

Alexander looked around before looking back at me "What was that?" "It sounded like my mom" I said softly before running out of the library. Alexander ran after me going with me back to the throne room. when we made it into the room I screamed seeing both my parents bleeding on the floor with Alexanders dad standing over them with a sword covered in blood.

Alexanders dad looked at me before looking at him "Alexander get over here." Alexander hesitated not moving and his dad yelled "Now" making him flinch and run over to him. I watched Alexander frowning before looking down at my parents shaking. "Magnus... you have to run" My father said in a shaky breath before coughing out blood.

I backed up to the door before turning and running yelling for someone to help me. There were normally servants all over this palace but the one time I needed them they were no where to be seen. "Magnus over here" our head chef Luke said grabbing me from behind and pulling me into the library. I looked around before looking at him "What's going on Luke? Why did they hurt my parents?"

He made sure the doors were locked before opening he window and looking around outside "They over threw your parents so they could have the throne, You're the only one who can stop them now." I frowned shaking my head "I'm only five what can I do?" Luke moved over to me and got to my level putting his hands on my shoulders "Magnus listen to me, you and I need to get out of here. We will hide among your people gaining their trust over the years and someday you will be able to take back your kingdom."

I frowned "What if I can't gain their trust, maybe they will like the new rulers." Luke shook his head no "trust me Magnus nothing good ever comes from a Lightwood." He stood up and tore the curtains of the windows off starting to tie them together "We need to hurry." I went to the window before looking back at the table where the big fairy tale book still sat.

Luke tied the curtain rope to a leg of a table before dropping the rest of it out the window "Climb down." I nodded looking out the window thinking "Wait I need something" I said running over to the little table and grabbing the fairy tale book. "Why do you need that?" I shrugged dropping the book out the window "I just feel like I shouldn't leave it" I said before grabbing the curtain rope and climbing down to the ground.

Luke climbed down too before grabbing me and the book running into town. "Where are we going to live" I asked looking around the unfamiliar town. I have never left the palace before and I didn't really know anyone here. How am I supposed to get people I don't know to respect me and want me to be their king?

Luke knocked on a door and a lady with bright red hair answered sighing with relief "thank god you're okay Luke" She said pulling him inside. Luke put me down in a living room before hugging her "I had to save Magnus." The lady hugged him back before letting him go and getting to my level "Hello prince Magnus" she said holding out her hand to shake mine. I grabbed her hand "Just Magnus is fine" I said softly not really used to talking to other people.

She smiled sadly at me "I'm sorry about your parents sweetie but Luke and I will take great care of you and someday you will be a king again." I nodded watching her and looking at the hallway when I heard someone say "Mom, Clary woke up crying again." A little blonde boy about my age was standing in the hall holding a baby with the same red hair as the lady's. She rushed over to him taking Clary before rubbing the boys head "Thank you for getting her for me Jonathan, you can go back to sleep now."

Jonathan looked passed her looking at me "Who is he?" "This is prince Magnus, he's going to be staying with us for a while. You can't tell anyone he's the prince okay, we all can get in a lot of trouble if they find out." Jonathan nodded before looking at me again "Did the Lightwoods kill your parents?"

I frowned and nodded not really letting that sink in till right now. "They killed my dad too... I want them to pay" He said before turning and going back to his room. I watched him before looking up at Luke "Are you sure this will be okay?" He nodded handing me my book of fairy tales "Everything will work out and you will lead us out of the darkness the lightwoods will cause."

Magnus 13 years later (present time) Pov- "How does this look and be honest" Clary said holding up a painting she just finished to put in her shop. She had a little booth in the trading grounds where she sold her amazing art work for money. "Beautiful like always darling, though I think you could sell it for more then ten dollars" I suggested, seeing a small tag on it with the small price. She sighed "it should be worth at least fifty but I know I won't get more then ten it's tax week."

"Every week is tax week" Jonathan said coming into the house with a sack of potatoes Jocelyn sent him to get. He was right though every week was tax week in this town. King Robert makes everyone pay ten times more taxes then my father ever did and in return the people are left with only a few dollars to scrap by on. Either you paid the taxes or you would be forced to move to the palace where you would be either thrown in jail or become one of the many Lightwood servants.

"Maybe you should sell some of your art to the royal family" I suggested helping her carry some paintings outside. She rolled her eyes at that suggestion "Like they would be interested in anything I have." "Just last week the guards collecting the taxes said that her art was trash" Jonathan said helping carry paintings to her booth. Once we got to the trading grounds we set up all the paintings.

"Hey Magnus when are you going to make your move on the Lightwood family" Raphael Santiago asked leaning on the booth for his meat shop. "That's a good question Magnus we're all ready to retaliate when ever you are, I don't know why you're waiting so long to make your move" Jonathan said setting up the paintings. I looked at them both "It's not that easy, I don't know any of the Lightwoods weaknesses." Raphael rolled his eyes "How do you suppose you would learn any of those. You have a week until Alexander Lightwood becomes king that's not a lot of time."

I frowned thinking about the little boy I met the day my parents died, I could barely remember his face but I would never forget his blue eyes. "I can't get close to the palace, no one can so I need a way to spy on the Lightwoods. Us barging in there and attacking could just end in disaster I'm sure they're prepared for such action." Jonathan looked at me "Then how do you suggest we go about getting our revenge? I don't want to wait any longer this town deserves better and your parents and my father need to be avenged." I nodded "Yeah I know."

Clary looked over at us shaking her head "there are customers coming stop talking about this in public." I nodded agreeing with her and smiled at a customer who walked up to her booth. He had a cloak on and the hood was up so I really couldn't see his face while he looked at the art. "Um... excuse me are you interested in one of these paintings?"

The customer looked at me and I was caught speechless by the look of him. He had amazing creamy skin, shiny black hair, and his eyes were brown. It was a beautiful color of brown but it was also so brown that it looked unreal as if the brown was hiding a whole other color. "I am actually but I don't have any money with me at the moment" He said softly. His voice was was like music to my ears.

I smiled holding out my hand to shake his "I'm Magnus, and you are?" He hesitated before slowly giving me his hand "Alec... it's nice to meet you Magnus." I smiled shaking his hand and letting it go "So you like art?" He nodded pulling his hood down and looking over Clary's work "This is a very beautiful I wish I could buy it for my home."

"I'm sure you could start a tab and pay later." He shook his head no "It's not that, my parents wouldn't like this kind of work they like paintings from famous artists." I smiled "Well Alec I'm glad you aren't like your parents." He smiled shyly at me and Jonathan sighed standing behind me "The royal guards are coming to collect taxes."

I looked over at the big group of guards coming into the trading area and Alec tensed "I have to go." I frowned looking at him "Are you in trouble with the royal family or something?" "Or something" he said smiling at me. "I hope we meet again sometime" He said before putting up his hood and running passed me.

I watched him run and Jonathan raised an eyebrow in question "What the hell was that about?" I shrugged pulling my tax money out of my pocket "You have enough to pay them?" He nodded pulling his money out "Clary?" She pulled out her tax jar and gasped seeing it was empty.

"I don't understand, it was full yesterday." "Someone must have broke into your booth" Jonathan said looking at the guards. "If I don't have money I'll get taken away" Clary said frowning. I looked at her thinking before handing her my money "Take mine."

Jonathan looked at me shocked "if you give up your money you'll be forced to be a servant to the Lightwoods. What if they remember your face?" "I was five I look nothing like I did back then. If I become a servant for the Lightwoods I can have eyes and ears on the inside and maybe i'll find out something that will destroy them from the inside out. This could work for all of us."

The guards walked up holding open an empty sack "Everyone put your money in the bags or else." Everyone put in the money except me which made everyone stare at me "Well boy, put your money in." "I don't have any tax money" I said frowning. The guards looked at each other before one of them pulled my hands behind my back and shackled them together "Then we will keep you in prison until the royal family figures out what to do with you." I looked at Jonathan and Clary before they pulled me away to go to prison.

Alec Pov- I ran away from the attractive man not to happy about it but I didn't really want to be caught... again. I always sneak out of the palace to see the people my parents rule over and I always somehow get caught. In about a week these people are going to be my people and my parents are expecting me to rule the way they did but I don't know if I can do that. The people of this town aren't happy and If i'm king I have a chance to change that... but I also don't want to disappoint my parents.

I turned an ally way running right into the head of the guards, my best friend Jace Herondale "Thought you could get away?" I smiled "I'm sorry I don't know you" I said slipping passed him hoping to get away but he grabbed me by the hood of my cloak pulling me back in front of him. "Alec, brown contact lenses aren't enough to fool me. What if someone knew who you were they would kill you."

I rolled my eyes "I was looking at some art no harm done. I even talked to one of the villagers and he had no idea who I was." He rubbed his temples "That's not the point Alec." I smiled at him "I was looking at the art of that girl you like, Clary I think her name is. Her art is amazing but she should be selling it for way more then ten dollars."

He nodded in agreement grabbing me by the arm and pulling me toward the palace "I know she should but your parents are making that hard for her." I frowned looking at him thinking about when we first met. His parents couldn't afford to pay their taxes so he volunteered to become one of my family's servants. My father saw more potential in him though so he appointed Jace the head of our royal guard which is a job Jace takes seriously.

"you're practically my brother Jace. If you like that girl you should forget my parents and be with her." He looked back at me "I can't, I have a duty to you and your family. Maybe when your king things will change."

I frowned looking at the ground "I want to change things but what if I can't? I'm the only one who thinks our family is doing bad Isabelle has never left the palace and she was raised to be spoiled. She doesn't see that while we're living large people are suffering." "It's how she was raised, you felt that way too until you started sneaking out like this."

I shrugged "That's true but the town isn't all that turned me around, I never let the image of that boy leave my mind. I don't remember his face but I remember him." Jace glanced at me as he pulled me through the palace gates "You were only five how do you remember the old prince?" "He made an impression on me I guess."

we walked into the palace and quickly went to my room before my parents or sister could catch me. "They never found him and at this point your parents don't remember what he looks like either. He could be living in the village gaining everyone's trust and planning to kill you all" Jace said sitting on my bed. I walked over to my wardrobe looking through all my clothes.

I had to look professional at all times that meant suits and neat shirts and pants. I love the old jeans and holy sweaters I wear when I sneak out but if my parents caught me wearing that they would have a heart attack. "He could be doing that but if that happens we deserve it." Jace frowned "Alec you can't think like that, you're going to be king in a week aren't you happy about that?"

I nodded pulling off my sweater "Of course I am but you're forgetting there's a condition I have to meet before I become king." Jace sighed "That's right you have to get married." "Married to a woman" I corrected rolling my eyes.

Jace was the only person who knew that I was attracted to guys and not girls. The reason he knew was because when he was ten and I was thirteen I told him I was in love with him and even kissed him. I expected him to tell my parents but he kept it quiet all this time.

"Are you going to do it? Your parents will be picking out the girl and knowing their taste she wont be anything you want. Are you really willing to give up your heart to be king?" I finished getting changed and took out the brown contacts before going over to my bed and sitting next to him "yeah I would if it meant I was helping people."

"But you said it yourself that there is a chance you will have to rule the way your parents are." I frowned thinking about that and Isabelle came into the room smiling "Alexander mom and dad want us to meet them in the throne room. They have some more servants for us to choose from." I shook my head before standing up with Jace and walking out of the room with them "I don't know why they bother including me in all this, they bring in all these servants and I never want one."

Isabelle looked at me "I have like thirteen servants already Alexander, you could at least have one." I rolled my eyes "I don't need one, anything a servant can do for me I can do myself. maybe you should try it. What do you need thirteen servants for anyway?"

She smiled "organize my shoe collection, keep my three walk in closets clean, keep my room clean, and to cook me what ever I want when I want." Jace shook his head opening the doors to the throne room for us "spoiled princess." Isabelle glared and punched him in the arm before going into the throne room. Jace rubbed his arm "spoiled princess who can pack a punch."

I laughed shaking my head before going into the room walking up to my parents "hello mother and father." my dad looked at me raising an eyebrow "where have you been all morning?" I thought about possible excuses "Well... I was in the library." "That was the first place I checked and you weren't in there" My mom said crossing her arms. "I was in the way back of the library where all the old books are."

She thought for a moment before looking at my dad "I didn't know we had an old book section." My dad shrugged "We're not in there as much as Alexander." I nodded "exactly so how about we get done with this servant thing for I can go back to studying." Robert nodded snapping his fingers and the guards came in pulling four people with black blindfolds over their eyes.

They took off the blindfolds and I looked over the villagers not really interested until my eyes met an unusual color of gold and green. The same eyes as the attractive man I met this morning. I looked him over fully and he had the same tan skin and black hair as him too. "I don't see the point in asking but I will anyway Alexander, do you want any of these servants" My father asked watching me. I looked at the boy who called himself Magnus for a little bit longer before looking at my father "I want him" I said pointing to Magnus.

Magnus Pov- I looked around me at all the shocked people before looking back at prince Alexander who just hand chose me to be his servant. "What happened to 'what ever a servant can do for me I can do for myself'" Princess Isabelle asked staring at her brother. Alexander looked at her before looking back at me meeting my eyes with his gorgeous blue ones. They were also the same eyes as Alec only not brown. How could I have not seen that Alec was prince Alexander?

They both had the shiny black hair, the beautiful creamy skin. Everything was the same except the eyes which I knew deep down that they weren't really brown. "This is so unlike you to choose servants Alexander" King Robert said watching his son. Alexander shrugged "I'm going to be busy preparing to be king, I decided it would be nice to have an extra hand. I want this boy to be my personal servant and only my servant."

I looked at Alexander wondering why he was bothering with all this. He obviously didn't know that I was the true ruler of this kingdom, so why was he trying so hard to get me to work for him? Then again this would be a great opportunity to find out all his weaknesses so I can over throw him. "Very well, you're in charge of him then go take him to the dressing rooms."

Alexander nodded saying "Come with me." I followed him out of the throne room and down the halls that should look familiar but were decorated so differently. "So you were trying to tell me to buy art when you yourself had no money for taxes" Alexander asked still looking ahead. "You lied, you said your name was Alec. What happened to your brown eyes?"
"They were contacts, If I went out there with blue eyes everyone would have known it was me and I would have been killed on the spot."

I nodded agreeing "it's true you would, the villagers hate your family." He glanced back at me and smiled sightly "Do you hate me, am I going to find poison in my tea?" The truth was that I did hate him, he may not have killed my parents but he was there and his blood makes him just as guilty. "I don't hate you at all, in fact I was hoping you would choose me to be your personal servant."

He stopped walking and turned to fully look at me "why would you want to be my servant?" I shrugged "Why would you choose me to be your servant? From the sound of it you don't have one." He shrugged and went back to walking forcing me to follow him "I'm going to be king soon so I need help preparing."

"Let me guess; you will be just like your father and run the kingdom the way he has." Alec frowned walking into a room full of closet space "I want to rule my way." He grabbed a servant uniform and placed it in my arms "You get three uniforms and you may wash them when ever you like. Your job is to assist me with anything I need. I have a hard time waking up in the morning so I would like it if you could help me with that, maybe bring me coffee and breakfast."

I wanted to yell that I wasn't his butler but the sad truth is I was his butler. He can tell me to do anything and I couldn't say no. "You don't have to clean anything, your job is to assist me and maybe help me sneak out of the palace." That caught my attention "If you don't mind me asking, why do you sneak out of the palace?" He shrugged walking out of the room again "I like being among my people and see what they need."

"Do you even care about what they need?" A sad smile appeared on Alexanders face "Believe it or not Magnus, I do care a lot about what my people need." 'Could have fooled me' I thought following him. We walked into his room going right to a desk covered in papers. "Whoa what's that all about" I asked looking at the stack.

He sat at the desk grabbing a pen "My father said I need to get used to signing documents so he gave me all of his paperwork to sign." "Your father is already pushing his work on you? He must really not like being king" I said pulling off my shirt. "I don't know" Alec said turning to look at me "My father... what the hell are you doing" He yelled his face getting bright red.

I blinked confused "changing into my uniform, do you have a problem with that?" His face got redder and his eyes searched my chest before he quickly turned back to his papers "No, carry on." I must have been seeing things, it looked like Prince Alexander was checking me out. That couldn't have actually been happening... right?

I shrugged it off and finished changing into my uniform before looking in the mirror fixing my tie and hair. "Do you have any hair product, I can't have flat hair it's very unflattering." Alec thought for a moment before getting up and walking over to a drawer and pulling out some hair gel "Is this okay?" I took it from him and gasped looking over the label.

This was a top branded hair gel that no one in town would ever be able to get there hands on. It wasn't surprising that Alexander had it but I never thought that I would ever see it let alone use it. "Are you giving it to me?" Alec nodded "I don't like putting stuff in my hair but I have to for royal functions. It seems you will get more use of it then I would."

I smiled excited, maybe something good would come out of this after all "Thank you prince Alexander." A small blush appeared on his face again and he cleared his throat before crossing his arms and looking away "When we're alone call me Alec." I nodded watching him "Alec then, thank you Alec." He nodded and went back to the desk sitting down.

"I have been thinking a lot about your friend at the art booth today." I sat in the chair close to the desk "Clary?" He nodded "I wasn't lying when I said I liked her art. When I become king I will make sure to buy something from her."

That shocked me "Really?" He nodded "yes but I intend to pay way more then ten dollars. I can tell she puts a lot of heart and effort in her paintings she should be paid as such." I narrowed my eyes trying to figure Alec out.

He was a Lightwood, he was there the day his parents murdered mine and yet he seemed so sweet. Was this the real Alec or was he like his parents and just good at deceiving people? "So Alec... do you have a girlfriend or a princess you like?" Alec frowned "Well... it's complicated."

"How is it complicated?" he shrugged "I've never been in love before but I'm going to have to be if I want to be king." Now that made me confused "How come?" "I need to be married before I become king so I can have kids to rule after me."

"So an arrange marriage huh? Is that really something you want?" He glanced away sadly and suddenly I remembered the way his face got red and his eyes searched my chest when I was changing. It was clear to me right away why it was really 'complicated'. It had nothing to do with arranged marriages, the problem was Alec wasn't attracted to women.

"I'm sure you could find a wife Alec, you're gorgeous so any girl would like you." Alec's face got red again when I called him gorgeous confirming my suspicions. I smirked feeling like I could use this to my advantage. This could be the weakness I need to bring down the Lightwood family once and for all.

"Right well enough talk about all of this marriage stuff. I need you to go into town and get some things for me since I wasn't able to get them myself. You may pack some of your things and bring them here while you're at it." I nodded watching him jot down a list and hand it to me.

"You know what this means don't you? You need to get evidence so we can use it against them" Jonathan said excited. "What do you mean by evidence"I asked frowning and Raphael rolled his eyes. "He means you flirt with him and get pictures or video of you two together."

Jonathan crossed his arms "Homosexuality is illegal in this town, it's Robert Lightwoods own rule. Having his son and our future king breaking that law will show that he's not right to be our king." I frowned thinking that over "Well what will that say about me then? I'll be the guy kissing the prince right?"

Jonathan put his arm around me "Magnus think about it, you can break the law because you are the rightful king but Alexander breaking the law is him disrespecting his fathers laws. If he doesn't respect his laws why should their subjects?" He made a really good point. If Alec broke his fathers laws then that would make people start to question everything.

"There's another problem though, I don't like guys" I sighed. "Yes but you flirt with boys when you're bored yes" Raphael asked crossing his arms. He had me there, I had a habit of flirting with anyone I found interesting and Alec Lightwood was definitely interesting. "Fine I'll trick Alec into liking me."

They both blinked confused "Alec?" "That's what Alexander wants me to call him" I said shrugging. I pulled the shopping list Alec gave me out of my pocket "Speaking of his highness I'm supposed to be finding supplies for him." Jonathan nodded meeting my eyes "Don't forget we're all counting on you Magnus. I'm counting on you to avenge my fathers death for me."

I nodded meeting his gaze "you can count on me Jonathan I swear it." he nodded letting me go and I waved them before heading to the house where I used to live. Luke and Jocelyn were both out working as were Jonathan and Clary so the house was completely empty. I looked around the place where I spent most of my life feeling a little bitter sweet about leaving it behind.

I always knew someday I would have to leave and go back to the palace but I never knew it would be like this. Working for the enemy was never part of the plan but it seemed like the plans had changed. Now I need to somehow convince Prince Alexander to fall for me. I walked into the bedroom I shared with Jonathan and went right to the book shelf where the fairy tail book Alexander wanted me to read was sitting.

I have read this book over and over again through out the years trying to get a hold on the shy smiling boy talking about these stories he loved so much. If I wanted to get Alec to like me I had to take pointers out of this book and be like these princes. I had to sweep him off his feet and make him forget all about finding a wife and becoming king. A part of me felt bad for taking advantage of his poor heart but it had to be done.