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Chapter Two : More Confessions?
They had teleported in front of a large house. Except for it, Clary could only see grassy land stretching towards the horizon on either side of her.
"Where are we?" She asked.
"Germany," Sebastian said, grinning down at her. Clary didn't understand what about the situation was humorous but she slowly realized the reason. Morgenstern- Germany, of course.
"I wonder why," she said, the words dripping with sarcasm.
"Oh, guys, enough of your not-really-funny jokes. I don't know about you, but I need to get some sleep," Jace said, vaguely annoyed.
"No need to be so snappy," Sebastian said. He then walked forwards and ran his hands through the air in front of him, as if he was touching an invisible wall. He took out his steele and drew a rune in the middle of the air. When he pulled back, a ripple ran all the way around the house, as if an unknown force had been released.
"And, what was that again?" Clary asked curiously.
"A force field placed around the house, so nobody uninvited just marches in. Or marches out. There are other runes as well, to make sure we can't get tracked and nobody portals here," He said, his words holding meanings that didn't need to be said out loud.
"In other words, it's a prison," Clary said, deadpan.
"A very luxurious, comfortable and homely prison, in my opinion," Sebastian mused, "Now come on let's go inside."
They all walked together to the inside of the house, with Clary in the middle of the two boys. The house was in fact quite luxurious, with a comfy lounge, a flat screen T.V, glass stairs leading up to the second floor (with was visible as there was no ceiling separating it from the first floor) and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling roof that was quite high up. But that was not what caught Clary's attention initially. It was the man with ivory hair and black pits for eyes that demanded her recognition as he stood in front of the trio so he could greet them.
"Well, how nice of you to finally join us Clarissa," Valentine spoke, his lips turning up into a smirk.
Magnus
Magnus was fast asleep and have a particularly pleasant dream, when he was awoken by the sound of his doorbell ringing. He has installed a microphone onto the side of the door- both inside and outside- and one in his room. So he spoke in the mike next to his bed.
"WHO DARE DISTURB THE HIGH WARLOCK OF BROOKLYN," he said, his voice amplified by the mike.
"News flash-you're not in Brooklyn anymore."
Ugh… It was the Daylighter. Magnus never had much patience with him; it was only because of Clary that he tolerated him. Umm… he wondered if Clary was with him…
"Shut up, Simon," this time it was Alec. Magnus sighed, he was going to have to let them in now, "Hey Magnus, Raphael has drunk spiked blood and needs a potion, fast. Before he embarrasses himself more."
The last sentence was lined with giggles. He gathered that there were two girls with them as well, probably Isabelle and Clary. Magnus got out of bed, guessing he won't be able to finish his sleep now. Still he would get to see Alec… and Clary… also two of the world's most irritable vampires and Isabelle. At least angel boy wasn't with them. It would have made this much harder.
"Come inside and sit down on the lounge. I'll be right there," said Magnus. He quickly changed into different clothes and walked out into the living room… to be greeted by some unexpected sights.
Firstly, Clary wasn't there, instead it was the Penhallow girl, Aline. Magnus was more disappointed than he would like to admit. And Raphael seemed to be in a state of delirium, singing love songs and occasionally substituting random words for Clary's name. He raised his eyebrows, wishing he never got out of bed. Raphael was clearly too drunk. Still, what's done is done and he was going to have to help him now.
"Where's Clary?" Magnus asked, then inwardly groaned, regretting the question as soon as it left his mouth.
"Why do you care?"the Daylighter asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
"Because, you two are usually together and you wouldn't have had a reason to visit me without her," Magnus said offhandedly.
"Well, she needed her sleep, especially after controlling me in my drunk state and then putting up with Raphael singing to her in the middle of the night."
Raphael was singing to Clary? Now that is unexpected. "You were drunk as well?" Magnus asked. He was only half-involved in the conversation, he was thinking about the spells he could use to get Raphael sober again.
"Yeah, someone decided to give me spiked blood but turned out to be stupid enough to drink it himself. And ten times as much as me."
"Great, exactly the kind of vampire we need to represent his species in the Clave. How did you three get dragged in this?" Magnus asked, referring to Aline, Alec and Isabelle.
"Oh, Raphael happened to pass by our house while singing and waking everyone up. So we joined him in going to Clary's house where he confessed his undying love to her," Isabelle said nonchalantly.
That stopped Magnus in the middle of recalling spells. He tensed as he felt a strike of anger run through him. Raphael loved Clary. That was ridiculous; Raphael should not feel anything about her. Like the way you shouldn't feel anything about her? A small truthful voice asked inside his head. Magnus dismissed it immediately; his attraction to Clary was purely based on the fact that he had watched her grow up. Besides, it's not as if Raphael means anything to her, she was dating Jace. One day he would watch her marry him, have kids and then she would die and he would live on, her being nothing but a distinct memory. Yes, and so will you. The intensity of the truth was almost overwhelming for Magnus but he ignored it, the same way he had been ignoring the empty space in his heart for years.
Magnus snapped out of is reverie as he heard Alec talking.
"- make a potion or use a spell to get him sober again?"
"Yes, I just remembered a spell," Magnus said pushing away any thoughts of Clary into a dark corner in his mind. He walked towards Raphael, so he was facing him and took his hand into his own. Blue sparks left his fingertips and turned red as they settled onto Raphael's skin. Magnus watched as Raphael's dark eyes started to come into focus and he stood up straighter.
"What the hell happened?" Raphael yelled, jumping back and tearing his hands out of Magnus's.
"You drunk spiked blood and confessed your love to your crush-who shockingly is Clary," Magnus said.
Raphael paled, and tensed, "N-no. I didn't, I would remember if I did."
Magnus sighed and snapped his fingers, a smoking, purple drink appearing in his hand, "Here drink this, lover boy. It will help with the memory. Meanwhile, can I talk to you Alec?"
Raphael took the drink cautiously and hesitatingly sipped it. Alec stood up, with his camera, and followed Magnus into his bedroom. He closed the door behind him.
"Magnus I know we haven't done it in ages, but I don't think we should make out right now."
Magnus exhaled (he seemed to be doing that a lot today) "Alec, I am sorry if this is impromptu but I think we should-,"
"Break up, yeah. You like Clary, don't you?"
Magnus was speechless. Had his feelings really been so obvious?
"Don't worry, nobody else knows. I suspected it for a while and you confirmed it tonight. And I only considered it because you seemed kind of distracted lately, especially around me. Well, that explains why everybody says we are so similar," Alec said, surprisingly grinning.
It took Magnus a second to understand what Alec was trying to convey, "You like-,"
"Clary as well. Of course, unless you were thinking about the fact that we are both gay? Or bisexual now… I guess," Alec added awkwardly. They both sat in uncomfortable silence until Magnus decided he rather resolve it then, than go through years of it.
"Well, we could still be friends, right?" Magnus said quietly.
"You mean apart from the fact that we will be fighting over Clary?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Do you want to see the video I filmed at Amatis' house?
"Of course. Wouldn't pass up an opportunity like it."
They sat in silence, watching the video. It was ridiculously humorous, Clary was unbearably embarrassed. Magnus was surprised when he felt jealously run through him, as he saw Jace in the same room with Clary. But it was quickly overpowered by the shock when he saw a glimpse of something that should have been impossible. Rubbing his eyes, Magnus asked Alec to rewind the tape. There it was again. A flash of ivory hair and porcelain skin, sketched with a smirk.
Magnus looked at Alec darkly and when he returned the expression, they knew that they were about to learn a hell lot about a dangerous situation.
Raphael
Raphael couldn't believe how stupid he had been. How had he not have noticed that he was drinking spiked blood and stopped? He knew how to handle spiked blood; he had drunk plenty of it through the years. But he was hungry, and didn't stop until he had finished two bottles. If he had drunk less, he would have not made a complete fool of himself in front of Clary.
Clary. She was one of a kind. Raphael had been trying to avoid his feelings for her, but it was just too hard. She was so beautiful, innocent and justiceful. She treated downworlders as her equal, not like most of the shadowhunters you would find these days. Not like her brother and late father. Indeed, she was unique and absolutely wonderful. Something about her made Raphael appreciate his undead life more than he ever had before. She made him want to take a deep breath when she looked at him. His feelings for her were past all laws of attraction. It took all of his mental strength to not kiss her and claim her as his own.
Unfortunately, he couldn't, thanks to the golden boy. He couldn't understand what she liked about him. He was so cocky, ignorant and conceived and… Well, he was a lot like Raphael. But Raphael could make her feel so many things in a way that Jace could never. If only Clary would give him a chance. She does know my feelings towards her, Raphael thought, maybe she would give me a chance. But even then, he might as well have been wishing for the moon to fall onto Earth, as he knew both things were impossible.
Raphael had finished his drink (never again was he going to accept anything edible from Magnus) and was lost in his thoughts, as Simon, Isabelle and Aline were chatting. Then suddenly Alec and Magnus rushed into the living area, both of them with expressions that showed they had bad news.
"What is it?" Isabelle asked, her voice quiet by reading the tension.
"Sebastian has got Jace and Clary," Magnus said grimly.
"What!?" yelled Raphael, jumping up from the sofa. Jace didn't matter to him, Clary did. She couldn't be gone, especially with that sick bastard of a brother.
"It's all on this video I recorded. Sebastian was in Clary's room. Whatever more, he had possessed Jace again, his eyes were black. Clary must be hiding Sebastian to protect Jace. None of us actually were paying close attention, so we missed the details." Alec said.
"He hasn't possessed Jace," Magnus said with gritted teeth, "He transferred half of his demon blood into him and in exchange took half of the heavenly fire."
There was a moment of perfect silence as everybody took in the news. Then Isabelle gasped, looking horrorstruck.
"Does that mean that-,"
"Yes, that means that Sebastian cannot be killed by an instrument under or from heaven."
Even Raphael, who did not care much for the Nephilim, understood how catastrophic this would be for this entire dimension. Sebastian would turn all the Shadowhunters into the Endarkened Ones so he would have his own personal army. Then he would dispose of all Downworlders, so he would have no distractions in bringing demons here and killing all mundanes.
"Well, what do we do now?" Aline whispered, too weak to do much else.
"Half of us tell the Clave and I will go with two others to see if we can track down Sebastian, Clary and Jace," Magnus said.
"I'll come with you," Alec said, meeting Magnus's eyes for long enough so a spark understanding passed through them.
"So will I," Raphael said, his face betraying no emotion. Alec and Magnus nodded at him. They started walking towards the door, without a word but Simon called Raphael back.
"You should have some of my blood. It is going to be light soon and if you do manage to track them down, day or night shouldn't be a distraction," Simon said, looking genuinely concerned.
"Thanks for the offer, Daylighter, but I don't want to be in your debt," Raphael said, coolly.
Simon smiled, "Oh, you won't be in my debt. In fact it would be a benefit for me as I can call you Daylighter as well."
"All the more reason why I shouldn't drink from you."
"Just drink from him, Raphael. It would be nice not to have Clave meetings in the middle of the night for a change," Magnus said.
"If there is a Clave after this," Raphael said, causing Alec to grimace, "Alright, I'll drink your blood. You two can go ahead. I'll catch up."
Simon looked at Aline and Isabelle and gestured them to leave as well. He then tilted his neck so Raphael had easy access.
"I am going to regret this," Simon said, as Raphael came to stand in front of him and lowered his fangs.
"And you don't think I am?" Raphael asked before sinking his fangs into his neck.
Simon's blood was better than any other he had ever tasted. He knew it was because of the extra Angel blood from Jace but he couldn't feel disgusted. Instead, his mind wondered to his fantasies where he imagined drinking Clary's blood. Would she be as sweet? Probably better. He just wished he could do it, amongst many other things he could do to her. As those thoughts went through his mind, a sharp stab of pain went through his chest.
Raphael pulled back from Simon, his chest heaving. He shouldn't have felt that, it was impossible. Simon looked at him, oblivious to the fact that he was slightly panicked. There was something in his eyes that Raphael couldn't pinpoint as they stared at each other.
"Do you love her?" Simon whispered, taking deep breaths even if he didn't need to. In fact both boys were inhaling and exhaling deeply.
"More than you could imagine," Raphael said quietly, his eyes closing up. He felt more vulnerable than he had ever since he had been turned.
"Oh, I assure you, I can imagine," Simon said, smiling sadly at him, "I loved her. Sometimes I think I still do," he sighed softly before continuing, "I'm coming with you."
"No, you are not," Raphael said firmly.
"She is my best friend; I have to be there,"
"We might not even be able to track them down. Besides, you're the Daylighter, Sebastian would have more interest in you than you will like."
"And you are the vampire representative the Clave,"
Raphael made a non-committal noise, "Fine."
"Just for your information, I have a feeling we will track them down. A vampire thing, you know?"
"I do know," and with that they both set of towards Amatis' house, running to find the girl they loved.
When they got there, it seemed they had arrived just at the right time. Magnus had just finished making a portal and for some reason Luke was there.
"Why are you here, and where's Jocelyn?" Simon asked.
"Long story short, Sebastian got demons to kidnap her and I came home to make sure Clary was safe and I found these two trying to trace them."
"He's really insatiable," Simon said, looking displeased.
"In more ways than one," Magnus said darkly. Before anyone could ask him what he meant, he winced as if he was hit by something invisible, "Hurry up and go through the portal, Sebastian is fighting me. A-and there is someone else helping him."
Alec went through first, followed by Luke and Simon and just before Raphael stepped through he glanced at Magnus and said,
"This is a suicide mission, we both know it."
Magnus nodded, "Clary is worth it."
Raphael sighed in agreement and went through.
Unexpectedly, he was hit by a blinding light on the other side and for a second he thought he would go blind. Then he felt the heat. It was almost overwhelming; he had not been so warm in years. Raphael fell onto his knees, just as he felt the Daylighter come to stand in front of him, his shadow casting some coolness onto Raphael's skin. Wait a second, Raphael thought, Daylighter, shadows, heat. Shit! It was morning. Raphael's eyes flew open and he looked around, immeasurably pleased to see the world in light again. True, all he saw was fields and a two-storey house, but it was still beautiful. Almost as beautiful as Clary. Clary…
"Where are we?" Raphael said, standing up onto his feet and brushing the dirt of his jeans. The intensity of the heat didn't bother him, and he was surprised that he had adapted to sunlight in a matter of seconds.
"Germany," Magnus said hardly paying any attention to him. He was overlooking from Alec's shoulder onto a piece of parchment on which he was scribbling furiously. Luke was observing the house with an expression of intense distaste and Simon was staring of into the distant, occupied in his own thoughts.
Raphael snorted and said, "Sebastian and his sick sense of humour."
Simon looked at him, blinked once and said, "I don't get it."
Raphael sighed, he didn't want to go through this now, "Someone missed a lesson in languages," he said and then ignoring Simon he asked Magnus, "What is that?"
"We're sending a fire message to the Clave to inform them where Sebastian is and also that Simon is with us so Isabelle doesn't freak out," Magnus said, "Hurry up, Alec, I can sense Sebastian, Jace and Clary coming out. And also someone else I can't quite place down," he added.
Alec scratched down one last thing and the letter disappeared in ashes and just in time as four people appeared at the door. Raphael raised his eyebrows when he saw the unanticipated person.
"Well, it turns out that Sebastian is not the one who has a sick sense of humour with languages." he said, his mouth curling in disdain.
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