Alec is a 24-year-old mundane living in California, away from his family. The same family that kicked him out for being gay when he was just 16. Ever since that day, he has been busting his ass to stay afloat. His father cut him off financially and disowned him, so he needed to find a job quickly. Thankfully he was skilled with a camera and cooking.
He met a man named Luke when he arrived in California and offered him a job at his restaurant. He was incredibly thankful for Luke, and the staff in the restaurant. They made him feel welcome and adequate him feel like he had a family. After Alec explained to Luke about his situation, Luke offered him a place to stay with his family.
Jocelyn and Clary were extremely nice and helped him get settled into his own room. They took him shopping for clothes and shoes, even helped him enroll back into school. He graduated as valedictorian with honors at the age of 17. Luke, Jocelyn, and Clary were extremely proud of Alec, and they celebrated at the restaurant. Luke made him a 3 tier strawberry cake with actual strawberries on top of it, and it was absolutely divine.
Soon after Alec started taking mixed martial arts classes. He was a quick study, and he mastered each class. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai kickboxing, Taekwondo, Judo, Krav Maga. Close quarters combat, Capoeira, earning a black belt in each over the course of years. Making him a deadly weapon if he ever got into a fight, but that's never happened before. No one ever challenged him to one, not even in high school. But he still wanted to sharpen his craft, so he began taking more classes in all styles of fighting.
Training helps keep himself calm and focused. Since his temper is short, a morning of yoga and tai chi, he is much calmer. But after the day he had today, his temper was thrown the roof. Its been doing that for a month now and he hasn't been able out why. He was just fired from his job at Belcourt Magazine because he didn't want to sleep with the owner of it. She completely ruined his reputation by telling her father that he sexually harassed her. But it was the complete opposite. She pressed herself against him and saying he smelt like chocolate chip cookies, fresh rain, and vanilla. That was rather creepy, but he still wasn't interested in her. If he was honest, she made him feel sick, just a female that slept with her entire staff and ruined their careers as well.
Camille couldn't take no for an and her father Henry threatened to make sure he never works for another magazine in the United States of America. But you see, that wasn't the only thing that upset him. No, no. What set him off was..the family that has taken him in turned out to be vampires. How he found out? Oh, by walking in on his best friends Clary, Simon and his adoptive parents Jocelyn and Luke drinking blood from a blood bag. Fangs out, blood dripping down their faces as they ripped apart the bags.
Surprising he didn't freak out after seeing it. "Well I didn't see this coming, I'll tell you that much. Just to let you know, I'm cool with the whole vampire thing, what I'm not cool with is you all not tell me." With that he walked upstairs to his room, so he could be alone for a while.
They tried to race after him, but he stopped them saying he needed some time to process this new information. He locked himself in the room and paced the floor in circles. 'This can't be happening!' He shouted inside of his head. He always believed in the supernatural world, but to actually see it, was completely known to him.
Alec always loved the tales of supernatural creatures or anything with mythology. He craved for the adventure of the stories, wishing he could be apart of their world's one day, but that was always a dream but now he actually lives with vampires. What the hell was he going on? And how in the Sam hell do they walk in the fucking SUN?!
He had a million questions running through his mind but didn't know if he wanted to know the answers just yet. He was still frustrated not being told when he first arrived but finding out like this? because his family was going through some sort of a dry spell didn't help the situation any better. He taped his hands to go at it on his punching bag. He needed to get his frustrations out about losing his job, and not being able to work for another magazine doing what he loves most, and finding out his family is a clan of vampires.
After an hour of punching his frustrations out, he stopped to take a much-needed shower before he approached his family.
***** Meanwhile DOWNSTAIRS
Luke, Jocelyn, Clary, and Simon were all freaking out. They have never slipped up once since Alec arrived, they made sure to be careful. But going almost five months without a good hunt, they were losing their minds. They needed to feed quickly, and the blood bags were only in case of emergencies if Alec got hurt, or if their cravings got bigger. Normally, they would feed on animals, but that hasn't been craving their appetite anymore.
"What are we going to do Luke? Do you think he will leave or better yet go to the cops? I don't want to lose him, he's my best friend. I'm so scared." Said, Clary as she buried her face in Simon's chest. Simon rubbed her back gently and agreed with the women in her arms.
Luke smiled and reassured her that everything would be fine. But the two young adults were having a hard time believing that. "He wouldn't leave or turn us into the cops. No one believes in Vampires, werewolves, witches or warlocks anymore even if he does tell them. They would lock him up in a mental Institution. But when he comes down after he's done working out his thoughts, he will speak with us. We just need to be patient." Luke tells them.
"Honestly I'm surprised Maryse and Robert haven't turned him when he turned him or even told him about his heritage. It's sad really, but his blood smells different than theirs ever did. But maybe that's because of his soul mates heritage. It makes sense now. With all his anger, and his lashing out at random times. He needs his soul mates blood, so he could be turned by the next full moon before his 25th birthday or Their bond would snap and the both of them would die. We must help him find his one true love, he only has a month to go." Said Jocelyn. She didn't want to scare her adoptive son, but they were going to have to break it to him quick and hard.
They finish their feedings and clean themselves up before Alec resurfaced. He walked into the living room cool and calm. He sat next to Clary and took a deep breath. Clary was in tears and didn't think she could hold it back anymore. She threw herself into his arms. He tensed for a moment, but soon relaxed and wrapped his arms around his best friend, soothing her tears.
Clary pleaded for him not to leave and asked him not to hate them for keeping it a secret. He chuckled and told her it was okay, he understood why they didn't tell him, it didn't hurt any less. They didn't trust him with a big secret like this. But he still needed answers. Clary sat up and wiped her tears from her eyes and smiled at him. Alec turned his head to Luke and began asking questions.
"Who is going to turn me and is it painful?"
Luke was stunned at the question and laughed shaking his head. Leave it to Alec to ask that for his first question. Alec looked confused by Luke's laughter. Luke calmed down before answering.
"We can't turn you, only your soul mate could do that."
"Okay...how will I know that I have found my soulmate?"
Jocelyn cut at this time. "You will feel a magnetic pull like you are being compelled to be around them. Everything around the two of you would be a complete blur. Your senses will be heightened, it will feel like your body is on fire as you stated into each other's eyes. It's like fitting two halves together to make one whole. It's a powerful and invisible force that only you and your other half can feel. The connection is instant and you couldn't be more sure about it. Also, being apart for so long could drive the other one mad, and have impulses to kill or in danger an innocent if you're not connected.
Being connected to your soulmate is unlike anything you have ever experienced before. The different talent you each have come together and fulfill one another. The things you lack are the things he excels in so you can learn from him. Your soulmate is your best friend and biggest fan, they will love your heart and soul. It's an unconditional love. I could go on and on, but have you felt like that with anyone?"
Alec thought about it for a few seconds, then gasped and nodded yes. Luke asked him to when this happened and he began explaining.
"It was at Warlock Enterprises. I was shooting Magnuson Bane's new spring collection. It was going just fine before a model by the name of Maria started going crazy because I told her that her modeling sucked balls, and she couldn't pose to save her life. She started calling me all sorts of names in Spanish and stomped out of the room. She came back with an Asian man, and let me tell you, that man was sex on legs!" He heard Clary and Jocelyn snickering. "Anyway, she started going on and on about me not paying her any respect, and saying I was disrespectful, and I should be grateful shooting her. But in all honesty, if it wasn't because she slept around to get to where she is now, she wouldn't have made it in the modeling industry. I said that after she called me an 'untalented wanna be a photographer, that doesn't know what I'm talking about.' She said it all in Spanish, so when I spoke it back to her, the both of them were completely shocked and Maria looked sickly pale. I laughed at her and told her she shouldn't judge people by their skin color or education. I was packing up my equipment so I could leave. Not wanting to be in a place full of racism, when the man named Magnus walked up to me about to say something, when there was a buzzing sound in my ears when I looked into his eyes. He felt like we were staring into each other's eyes for hours but it was just a few seconds, he broke the connection looking away, and asked if I could finish the shoot, and he would pay me to double for it. I said yes of course, and he practically ran out the studio. But after he left, it felt like my heart was in pain, and ever since then, I had this ache in my chest, it's getting so bad that I start getting anger just to get rid of it, but nothing helps."
Once he was finished, everyone was looking at him, like he was insane. The silence became unbearable until he snapped yelling "What?!" Not liking them staring at him so much. Luke was the first to recover clearing his throat.
"Magnus is one of the 'original Vampire's' to be turned the strongest actually. Besides his siblings, Magnus is a hybrid. Half vampire, half werewolf, and half warlock. He has never wanted a soul mate and suppressed his urges for centuries. So hearing him act like this is kind of weird, but also lovely. Maybe he could finally be happy, now that he soulmate has surfaced. Of course, once this gets out, people will try and kill you because so many people have wanted Magnus to picked them so they could share his power, but he always said no. So you being his soulmate, you will be the second strongest vampire hybrid in this century." He finished.
Alec shrugged, not caring about power. He only cared about the man. He was sad that people only wanted him because of his powers. It made him sick room his stomach. Alec has been in a few relationships, but they all ended with him getting cheated on, or used in order to become a famous model. He hated the world sometimes, but kept the darkness inside himself, and released it when he was training with his sensei's. He still had questions, so he ignored the elephant in the room and started asking them.
"How are you able room walk in the sun?"
"We have daylight rings" Simon answered, finally speaking after an hour or two.
"What is a daylight ring exactly?"
"It's spell protected, and keeps us from exploding in the light."
"Okay, that makes sense. Are you still able to eat human food?"
"Yes. We can survive off both, but sometimes we have dry spells if we don't drink mundane blood every once and a while. We could go on a crazy killing spree if we are repressed for so long." Clary piped in.
"Okay, how the hell is Clary and Simon vampires if they haven't met their soulmates yet?"
"They were born as a vampire. So it's different for them...though you shouldn't be having these crazy impulses seeing as you are from the Lightwood clan."
At that Alec face grew confused, then anger set in.
"What do you mean 'Lightwood clan'? And Vampires can have children?" He asked dangerously. Everyone gulped. Alec may not be a vampire, be he is a deadly weapon when he gets upset. No vampire or werewolf could hold him down. He would kick their ass before they could even lay a finger on them. So they trod carefully before answering.
"Your family is one of the founding family's to ever live. You may not know this, but your ancestors are still alive. They may be in different parts of the world, but they are pretty much alive. They all have their own coven, but your family is the largest clan out there. I'm sorry you haven't been taught your history. But you are different from the rest of your family. That's probably why your mother and father reacted the way they did when you came out. Your scent is different, everyone could tell. It's like, it sets them off, and make them want to have a taste of your blood. But they also get a lingering scent of your soul mate that makes them recoil and leaves you alone. And yes male and female vampires can have children. That's how we produce new vampires into this world." Jocelyn says.
"Well, fuck the Lightwood clan and everyone in it. They're dead to me, have been for a long time now. I don't want to deal with any of them, and yes that includes my siblings. I want nothing to do with them, they are grown adults and haven't reached out once to me, so as far as I'm concerned, they don't care about me. Now back to my questions." He shrugged off the pain residing in his chest. "Will it hurt when I die?"
"Well, it depends on how you die. But first you have to ingest your soul mates blood, in order to come back from the dead, and once you've done that, then you will become a newborn vampire, and your training will begin." Luke filled him in.
"Okay, sounds easy enough. Will I still be able to live with you once I've bonded with my soulmate?"
"Yes of course, but you will be apart of the "Bane coven" and he might want you closer to him once you've been turned. Like Luke explained to you people will not like the fact that you are his mate, and would try and cause problems for you'll. Oh well forgot to mention, that the 'Bane' and 'Lightwood' clan have hated each other with a passion, ever since Robert killed Magnus' father Asmodeus Bane for no reason at all. Once the news gets out that you are mated with Magnus, I'm sure your family would be on the next plane out here to try and kill you or take you away from him. But Magnus and his clan wouldn't let that happen. " Jocelyn says hesitantly.
Alec moves to hug her tightly and kisses her forehead. "It will be okay, don't worry so much mom. We'll get through this. Now, are their bigger clans on the west coast then it is on the east coast?"
"Yes, there is actually. If you put, 'Garroway-Fairchild, Santiago, Fell, Loss, and Bane's' we cover the entire east coast clan. We are a family, and we take care of our family no matter what. The name of our coven is called 'Downworlders' and the east coast coven is called 'Nephilim' we've been enemies for centuries. It's getting rather boring if I do say so myself, but no one could change that."
Alec looks slightly amused. "So this is some biggie and 2pac type shit huh?"
"Language!" Jocelyn scolded. Alec smiled innocently.
"Sorry mom, but that what it sounds like, some real old school type beef. But I get it. Now, I just want to know.. when are we calling Magnus? I would like to get this party started." He says excitedly.
"You are the weirdest mundane I've ever met dude. You are actually happy about dying and becoming a vampire hybrid. Are you sure you're okay with all of this?" Simon asked making Alec roll his eyes and nod yes.
"Relax Si. You of all people should know I live for this kind of-" his voice was cut off due to a sharp pain coming from his wrist where his black leather bracelet laid. He hissed in pain his wrist. Luke immediately came to his side making sure he was alright.
"Where did you get this bracelet,? It looks ancient." Luke asked surveying the red chaffed skin. One the pain subsided, he answered.
"It was a gift from Magnus when I received my payment. I thought it was beautiful, so I put it on and have never taken it off, but I want to now because it was burning like hell!" He screamed out, scratching to take the bracelet off, but it wouldn't budge. Alec began panicking when the bracket wouldn't come off. "What's happening?" He asked voice hoarse from screaming out in pain. Just as Luke was about to answer, a portal opened up and four figures stepped out carrying an unconscious Magnus Bane.
"Hello Luke, Jocelyn, Clary, and Simon. We are sorry to barge in like this, but as you could probably tell, these are pressing matters. Magnus is two seconds from going on a rippers spree if they don't complete their bond. We didn't want it to happen like this, but he almost attacked four mundanes in his club. So can we get this on the road." Raphael says gritting through his teeth.
Alec's wrist was still on fire and it was becoming unbearable. "Shit! This shit burns! Somebody get it off!" He screamed out. Catarina ran over to his side to inspect his wrist and grimaced cursing under her breathe.
"Their bond is at its breaking point. We need to do this quickly before they both die." She said calmly
"Die?! What the hell do you mean die?!" Alec snapped, but Catarina ignored him, conjuring up whatever she needed.
Luke and Jocelyn gasped forgetting to explain that of course. "Sorry, we didn't this before, but if you aren't bonded before your 25 birthday, then your bond would snap and you both would die." Jocelyn said carefully, not wanting to set Alec off anymore.
Alec laughs loudly. "Well isn't that fan-fucking-tastic no only is my soulmate on the brink dying right in front of my eyes, but I will die right along with him. You know you'll suck huge balls for this shit! Give me the cup of his fucking blood someone snapped my neck to get it over with quickly."
Catarina handed him a full cup of Magnus's blood, he drunk it down without gagging and swallows each drop. "Oh, I like this kid. He has some balls, just what Magnus needs in his life, someone that isn't going to take his shit. Where are you from kid?" Ragnor asked humorously.
Alec raised an eyebrow in his direction while drinking the second cup of blood. Why he was drinking so much, he didn't know, but he didn't question it. If this saved his soul mates life, along with his then he would drink as much as he needed to.
"New York I thought that was obvious, clearly not." He said rolling his eyes at Ragnor. Ragnor, Catarina, and Raphael smiled at Alec with toothy grins. He thought it was weird but chose not to question his apparent in-laws. "I'm done, kill me now please because this shit hurts!" He said rather loudly. Visions started forming in his head of Magnus and his family before felt hands on his head and everything went dark.
Raphael and Luke carried Alec to their coven to prepare his body to join the spirit world and awaken to be reborn as a vampire, werewolf, slight warlock hybrid. They undressed him leaving his boxers on, and began wrapping his body in white cloths. Chanting century old incantations.
"What is this going to do exactly?" Clary asked voice full of concern. Not like her best friend, brother being killed in front of her. Even if it's only for some day or so, she still didn't like it. Neither did Jocelyn a and Luke. They didn't show it, but you could sense their weariness when Raphael snapped Alec's neck.
"This will help him with the process of his transformation. He and Magnus need to be bonded in the spirit world. Their souls are on a journey to connect and become whole finally after decades of searching. Alec will be stronger than any newborn vampire, his impulses will be higher so will his hunger. The waters will help lessen both, so he could be at peace once he awakens." Catarina filled them in on what she was doing. Once she was done with wrapping Alec's body, she and Ragnor both pushed his body all the way to the bottom of the spirit water.
"Now we wait. It will take some time for the two souls to connect. Only a day, but we should discuss what is going to happen now once they are mated. It's nothing bad, calm your nerves. It's just Alec will have to leave here with us of course, to train in hand to hand combat. He needs to be able to protect himself from any and everyone." Ragnor started but stopped once Simon snorted.
"Is there something you would like to share with the class Simon?" Ralph hissed out. Simon smiled smugly just to piss Raphael off even more before he answers.
"Yes, I would actually. For being the first original vampires you all are pretty dense when it comes to this lovely individual. It's rather sad Magnus doesn't know that his own soul mate could kill him with a freaking finger if he really wanted to." The siblings raised eyebrows for him to continue. He sighed then Bahn talking once more. "Alec is a black belt in every fucking fighting technique you could think of, and learning even more. He's literally a killing machine is need be, so hand to hand combat shouldn't be a problem." He finished with a smug smile just to annoy Raphael.
Whom just shrugged and smiled brightly. "Oh, we'll see about that, won't we?"
