Merry Christmas!

You are invited to….

A CHRISTMAS PARTY

Hosted by the fabulous warlock Magnus Bane

Party will be December 23rd at my house

Bring gifts!

"My eyes…they burn!" said Clary looking at the invitation.

"I do wonder if there are any sparkles left in New York…" Jace mussed.

"I bet there all either on this invitation or on Magnus!" chuckled Clary. "I wonder if it is for all of us or just Alec."

"Probably all of us," Jace replied. "Will you go show this to Alec and Isabelle? I have some more training to do."

"Sure thing." Jace gave Clary a quick peck on the lips and then walked off back into the institute.

Clary tapped on Isabelle's door before entering. She found Isabelle sprawled on her bed studiously flipping through the latest issue of 17 Magazine. Clary coughed pointedly and Isabelle sighed and rolled over, book-marking her spot.

"What?" she asked exasperated.

"Well, we got invited to Magnus's Christmas party…"

Before she could finish Isabelle leaped off the bed with new interest and snatched the invitation out of Clary's hand.

"A party!" screamed Isabelle. Her forehead crinkled slightly as she read the invitation, "I like the invitation, it's gorgeous…to bad I can't copy this." At this Clary looked slightly bemused, but wisely didn't comment.

"If you're done," Clary reached for the invitation, "I was going to go give it to Alec because I bet it is for him."

"I wouldn't do that right now," said Isabelle wisely shaking her head, "He's in denial," she whispered. "I would avoid him at all cost."

Clary nodded seriously, taking all of Isabelle's words to heart. "Why?" she whispered back.

"Because," said Isabelle looking around, "he has NO idea what to get Magnus for Christmas!"

"Oh my…"

"I know," Isabelle sighed, "such a tragedy, and this party will increase his deadline by two days. It won't be pretty."

"Well I guess someone else can give it to him some other time…" said Clary.

"No! I will help you get it to him now."

Later, Clary and Isabelle snuck down the hall, silent as mice, decked out in deadly shadow hunter gear. They had the black suits, masks, gloves, and shoes on, along with various daggers, swords, and Isabelle's whip for good measure.

Isabelle tip-toed to Alec's door, listened carefully for a moment, and then motioned Clary forward. "He's asleep," she whispered so quietly Clary had to strain to hear her.

Clary jiggled to doorknob, "What are we going to do, it's locked?"

"Hmmmm." Isabelle carefully inspected Clary head to foot and then suddenly reached out and snatched something from her hair.

In her hand, Isabelle held a bobby pin and quickly set to work on the lock. Approximately 30 seconds later the door swung open with a satisfying click. Clary now eyed Isabelle with a mixture of awe and fear.

"We're in," Isabelle whispered.

They snuck across the room avoiding a mixture of scattered books, discarded clothes, and various weapons strewn about. They reached Alec's bed and looked down at him, fast asleep and snoring gently. Clary carefully reached into her pocket and pulled out the invitation and laid it on his chest.

Clary and Isabelle shot each other triumphant looks and edged out of the room.

So filled with success, Clary was less careful and let her inner klutz out. She stepped on the hilt of a knife, which was balanced like a see-saw. The knife, hit another knife which went flying across the room, barely missing Isabelle and impaled Alec's wall along with the hook on the wall. All the stuff hanging on the hook fell to the floor with a crash. At the same time, Clary continued to fall into a dresser and two of the drawers popped open, spilling yet more stuff.

Isabelle didn't even turned but grabbed Clary and they ran out as fast as they could, now, without any regard to noise.

They slammed the door and made it down the hall before they slumped to the ground, exhausted. Soon, Jace came running, breathless down the hall.

Stopping to catch his breath, he said, "I heard….I heard crashes so I came as quick as I could."

They all jumped and turned quickly when screams erupted from Alec's room.

(A/N) Hope you like this. It should be finished before Christmas and it won't be super long. Just thought this would be a funny story. It will have some Jace+Clary, but is mostly Alec+Magnus…R&R please! Happy Holidays!