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To Be a Morgenstern
Chapter 1
Part 1
Valentine Morgenstern strode through his home, a tiny flailing being wrapped in a soft pink blanket held securely in his arms as he made his way to the end of the hall; towards the prepared nursery. Valentine looked down at his daughter as she started to whimper, and briefly ran his finger down the side of her face to calm her. No doubt she was hungry and tire from the long journey home.
As Valentine walked into the nursery his eyes did a quick sweep of the room to make sure it was empty before gently setting the baby into the soft mattress inside of the crib. The room had a big window, and pure pale blue walls, all the wood in the room was a dark oak, and all the metal tapestries a solid gold color. The curtains that adorned the window were the same blue color of the walls but had gold thread weaved throughout and were pulled back to show off the view of the county side.
Valentine quickly cared for his daughter, feeding her and making sure she needed no changing before laying her back down and watching her fall asleep. He quietly shut the door, and headed to his office to finish the unattended business with his comatose wife. A couple minutes later, a miniature version of the man who just left totted into the room and looked around with big dark eyes.
Jonathan Morgenstern took a long look around the room that his father had spent a majority of his time for the past two weeks. It was bright and neat, new. Jonathan shut the door quietly and took a few steps more into the room before spying the crib that sat in the middle of the farthest wall. Cautiously walking over he peeked through the bars and at the bundle wrapped tightly in a pink blanket.
Curiously, Jonathan stood as high as his little two year old legs and feet would allow and tried to see what the bundle was before it moved. Suddenly he was face to face with a pair of green eyes. Black eyes and green eyes stared at each other before the bundle moved some more, flailing its arms outside of the blanket. The baby was tiny, with thin red hair and red cheeks. Jonathan reached one of his hands through the bars and touched the baby's hand, immediately the baby gripped one of his fingers and Jonathan felt a warmth go through him.
The door to the nursery opened and Jonathan quickly took his hand from the baby, which caused a horrible wailing sound, before replacing it and turning to face the door. Valentine stood there with a curious look on his face as he surveyed the scene before him, his demon son being gentle with his angel daughter. Jonathan had a guilty look on his face, probably from being caught in a room Valentine specifically forbad him from going into.
"You know you are not supposed to be in here Jonathan," Valentine said "but seeing as how you are, I would like to meet your sister."
"I have a sister?" Jonathan asked, looking back at the baby with the green eyes.
"You do now, you are a big brother Jonathan. Do you know what that means?" Valentine asked already knowing the answer.
"No." Jonathan whispered.
"It means, you have someone to love, watch over, and protect for your entire life. She will be your companion, when she is older you will be able to play and train together, you will grow up together and share many memories. "
"What is her name?" Jonathan asked while trying to understand what his father was telling him.
"Clarissa Adele Morgenstern."
Part 2
The past two years Valentine had observed his children, he spent as much time with them as possible in between trying to wake up Jocelyn, his time with his other son, and his search for the Mortal Cup. Clarissa, or Clary as Jonathan called her, now being two was a very intelligent child for her age, she was able to read and had an exceptional skill with drawing. Valentine knew it was the extra angel blood in her system, accidentally given to her while she was still in Jocelyn's womb. It did not mean that Valentine could not enjoy the fact that he had two very gifted children.
Jonathan was a slightly different story, while he was just as exceptional as his sister he was more physical. Progressing faster physically than an average four year old. He was strong, fast, and agile which was why Valentine had decide that it was time to start training him to be a shadow hunter. The earlier he was trained the more skilled he would become, and someday his skills would be very useful to Valentine.
Although the skills of his children were a joy to observe for Valentine he found that his favorite past time was observing their interactions with each other, but specifically Jonathans reactions and interactions with Clarissa. Valentine had expected Jonathan to be watchful but distant with Clarissa, the demon in him naturally repelled by the angel in her but he was quite surprised when Jonathan took quickly to his baby sister. Keeping watch over her in the nursery when she was just a newborn, dictating to the nanny when and how Clarissa should be fed, what her bed time should be, what books were appropriate, how and how not to pick Clarissa up, what faces to make to get Clarissa to laugh. Jonathan was not only watchful over his sister, but loving, affectionate, and protective.
Valentine was astounded at the behavior Clarissa elicited from Jonathan, showing that there was more to him than his demon blood. Jonathan's behavior towards other however remained cold, he was distant with the nanny and only allowed Clarissa to touch him freely. Jonathan had no problem letting the nanny know when he was upset, and his temper could sometimes get out of hand. Once Clarissa had tripped over a broom left out by the nanny and Jonathan would have stabbed the nanny in the eye with a fork had Valentine not intervened.
To Valentine there were two different sides to Jonathan, the demon and the boy he should have been.