I think I should cover that Raja hitam means the black king. I stole it off google translate :P Its Indonesian. Once again reminder that this chapter is in Magnus POV. I apologize for any grammar mistakes it's like 12:45 in the morning
Warning!: This story includes topics of self harm, abuse, and maybe some lemons, if you are uncomfortable with these topics, please don't read
Magnus POV:
Magnus had always stuck out like a sore thumb, and he loved it. He couldn't imagine a world where no one noticed him, nor did he want to. The attention of mere strangers was better than no attention at all. This was a lesson only years of neglect could teach.
He awoke in his bed just like he did every day and silenced his phone's alarm. He pressed his thumb to the home button and it opened up to his home screen. He swiped his screen until he found what he was looking for - Twitter. He waited for the app to open and smiled. I knew the Cavs would win. Better luck next time I guess. He thought with a smirk.
He tapped the search button and typed in ' BlackedOutAli' He smiled at the latest posted picture. It was a mirror picture of a teen with an expensive looking phone. He had a huge smile plastered on his face and a hand making a peace sign towards the large wall mirror. He had on a pitch black turtleneck that clung to his lean form, equally black tight jeggings, and black Jordans. It captioned. 'First day of school, I'm so excited! Not.' Magnus smiled at the tweet. The boy was pretty attractive if you asked Magnus. With his long, messy, emo-ish black hair that framed his perfectly sculpted face, but what Magnus liked most were the boy's beautiful blue eyes. Magnus could stare at them all day, and still not get bored, and that was saying something, considering Magnus' short attention span, but something was off. The boy's smile didn't reach his eyes. Magnus sighed as he heard a knocking on his door.
His girlfriend Camille poked her head out from behind the door. "Good morning Maggie."
Magnus furrowed his brows and frowned. "How did you get in my house?"
Camille smiled. "Your roommate let me in. Hurry up and get dressed, Ragnor's going to drive us to school." Before he could question her some more, she was gone. He sighed and crawled out of bed. He set his phone on his pillow and made his way over to his bathroom. He brushed, flossed, and whitened his teeth. He then walked over to his shower turned it to a steaming hot temperature.
He slipped out of his pajamas and placed them in the clothing hamper and stepped into the shower. He flinched when the hot water landed on his arm burning him a little. He reached over, turned the knob and waited for the water to change to a cooler temperature. He slowly eased his way under the water. He sighed in contentment and grabbed the bar of soap next to his him.
As he showered, he couldn't help but think back to the emptiness he saw in the boy's eyes. What he wouldn't do for a chance to meet Ali, but then again, what would he say if he ever got the chance to meet him? A loud banging interrupted his thoughts. "Magnus! Hurry up!" Magnus rolled his eyes. He rinsed the soap off his body and stepped out. He grabbed a towel to dry his hair and another to wrap around his waist. He walked over to his closet and dropped the towel around his waist.
Within minutes, Magnus had decided on an extremely tight pair of fuchsia jeans, a black leather jacket over a deep red form fitting V-neck, and black timbs. He checked himself in the mirror. Feeling satisfied, he walked back into in bedroom. He grabbed his phone off his pillow and made his way over to his dresser. He looked down at his outfit. Magnus picked out of series of makeup products of different colors that would match his ensemble and walked into his bathroom.
Minutes later, Magnus walked out of the bathroom looking completely transformed. Black eyeliner rimmed his gold and green eyes. Dark pink and black eyeshadow covered his eyelids and his lips modeled a sheer, light pink lip-gloss. His spiked tips colored dark pink to go with his outfit. "Where did I put my glitter?" Magnus asked himself as he wondered around his room, checking underneath his bed, dresser, in his closet, but his jumbo tub of glitter was nowhere to be found. He saw a little movement in the corner of his eye and furrowed his brows. "Chairman Meow?" he slowly made his over to his window. He pushed the curtain back a little. "Chairman, what are you- Oh my god!" Magnus quickly picked up his cat. "Chairman!" Magnus frantically tried to remove his cat's upper torso from inside the jar without injuring the poor feline. After a few tugs, the chairman came out with a satisfying pop!
He stared at his cat in disbelief, sighing deeply. "For the last time Chairman, glitter is not for eating!" Magnus tried to wipe off some of the gold and silver flecks off the cat's fur. "You'll be crapping out glitter for days!"
He looked down to see what remained of his glitter supply. More than half of the jar had spilled onto the floor. He glared at his cat. "You're buying me a new supply." He dropped the small animal as it began clawing at him as if to protest Magnus's statement. The cat glared back at Magnus before escaping underneath the queen sized bed.
"Magnus I'm serious! If you don't hurry up we're leaving you!" Camille yelled from the kitchen.
Magnus rolled his eyes. "Like they'd even think about leaving the magnificent me behind." Magnus grabbed 2 handful of glitter and dropped them over his head. He shook his head get the excess glitter off and brushed his shoulders. He grabbed his rainbow leather backpack and ran out of his room. He went down to the kitchen and filled Chairman's bowl. He reached into the overhead cabinet and grabbed a nutria-grain bar. He violently tore it open and ran out the back door, locking it door behind him and somehow, even in his skin tight jeans, hopped the fence.
Magnus saw the familiar green convertible and smiled as he jogged over to the passenger side. "Cam, be a dear and sit in the backseat?"
She smirked. "No way. If you wanted shotgun, you should have gotten dressed faster." He frowned at her while Ragnor let out a low chuckle. He walked over to the other side and yanked the door open. He threw his backpack into the seat, climbed in and closed the door behind him. Before he had even gotten the chance to put his seatbelt on, Ragnor had already started driving.
Magnus reached into his pocket to fish for his phone. Ok, not in that pocket. He fished around in his other pocket. Again no phone. At this point Magnus had started to get a little bit worried. He checked his backpack for any signs of his glittery phone case. Nothing. A sudden feelings of loss and despair suffocated him. How was he going to survive without being able to check up on his favorite tweeter? What if some drama went down between some random celebrities and he missed out? What if the Cavs cheated and the Warriors ordered a rematch?
Too busy worrying about what his missing cell, he hadn't noticed that they had reached the school, or that his friends had left him inside the car, nor that they had locked him in. He scowled and reached into his pocket to whip out his phone to text Ragnor to come back and unlock his car door, only to be reminded that once again, he had left his phone at home. Feeling defeated, Magnus leaned back into the seat.
Magnus looked at the locked door and raised a perfect brow. What am I stupid? I can just unlock the door. He reached over and flipped the switch. A click from the door told Magnus he was free to go. He quickly grabbed his bag and pushed the door open, careful not to hit the car next to him. He stepped out and slammed the door shut causing the whole thing wobble a little. Magnus ran full force for the entrance of the school. He pushed the school door open and ran towards the attendance office.
He pushed the door open slowly and poked his head inside. The man behind the desk looked up at him. "Hey Hodge! Um, I know this is the third time this week, but do you think you could write me a late pass?" Magnus offered his best puppy dog eyes, eliciting a laugh out of the older man.
Hodge turned his full body towards Magnus. "So what's the excuse this time, Bane?"
Magnus grinned. "Well you see, my cat thought it would be a good idea to steal my glitter. I was looking all over for it, and then I find that the little bastard thought he could not only steal it, but eat it too. But don't worry, I asked him to repay me for the amount of glitter lost." The man only offered a hearty chuckle.
Hodge leaned back into his seat. "So how much of that is true?"
Magnus shrugged. "All of it. I would never joke around with my glitter." Hodge shook his head a leaned over his desk to grab a pen. He opened his desk drawer and out a small yellow sheet of paper. He signed the date, time, and handed it back to Magnus'. The raven haired teen smirked and grabbed the pen from Hodge. He scribbled his homeroom number and gave the paper and pen back to Hodge to sign at the bottom.
Hodge looked it over and frowned. "Mr. Morgenstern won't like you coming in late to his class." He signed his signature at the bottom and handed it back to Magnus for the last time. "Now get out of my sight, I have work to do." Magnus grinned and ran out of the small room. He ran to his locker, unlocked it and stuffed his backpack inside, grabbed his morning binder and slammed the locker door shut.
He turned to run but barely managed to make it 2 steps before knocking into something, or better yet, someone. He dropped his binder and brought his hands to his mouth. He knew it was rude to stare, but he just couldn't help it. He tried to speak but the words, just didn't want to be spoken. Calm down! You're Magnus fudging bane, act like it!
He snapped out of his daze and leaned over to pick up his binder, vaguely aware of the voice in front of him mumbling some sort of apology. He put on the calmest voice he could manage in that situation and replied to boy "Hey, it's ok, I wasn't watching where I going."
The other boy frowned. "Well neither was I. I'm still sorry though." Magnus felt his heart flutter at the English accent the boy's smooth voice held. He began to walk away, hoping to avoid an embarrassing situation, when a firm hand griped his wrist. His heart started beating violently in his chest.
Ohmygodohmygodohmygod he's holding my hand. Well it's not my hand, but still! An internet famous person is touching me! The blue eyed boy quickly let go of Magnus' wrist, a blush creeping up on his face. Oh my gosh! He's so cute! Magnus grabbed his own wrist in an attempt to savor the feeling of the other boy's hand on it and saw the boy flinch a little. "Did you need something?"
The boy looked down. "I c-can't seem to find Mr. Morgenstern's class. I was hoping that maybe, you could tell me where it was?" He replied in a small voice.
Magnus smiled so wide, his face started to hurt a little. "Well you're just in luck, I was just heading there. You'd be a perfect excuse to keep me out of a detention." Magnus put his hands on his hips. "That guy, it doesn't matter if you have a pass from the president himself, you'd still get an hour detention." Magnus shook head and sighed, earning a small smile from good ol' blue eyes.
"Glad I could be of some use I guess. I, uh, forgot to ask for your name?" Magnus grinned.
"I am Magnus Bane, the high Warlock of Brooklyn!"
The other boy chuckled. "Well Magnus, you can call me Alec." Magnus' heart soared, he instantly fell in love with the way his name sounded on Alec's lips. I knew Ali wasn't his real name! Does anyone else know his real name? What if we become best friends! Would he tag me in pictures. Oh my gosh this is so exciting! Magnus smirked and wrapped his arm around Alec's shoulder "We're going to be the best of friends; I can already see it, Blue Eyes." Alec winced and pulled back a little. Thinking he went a little too far, Magnus' quickly pulled his arm back to his side and smiled. "Well then, let's hurry up and get to class!"
Magnus was so full of happiness, he nearly skipped to calculus class. He looked over his shoulder and immediately caught eye contact with Alec. He decided this was a good time to make small talk with his internet 'senpai'. "So Alec, where you from?" He asked a little too excitedly.
Alec didn't seem to notice and responded "Oh I'm from Kensington, London." He replied with a huge smile that seemed just a bit fake.
"So, why'd you move?" Magnus inquired. He heard Alec sigh, quite loudly, and wondered if it was a sensitive topic. He raised a brow. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to." I'd get it out of you eventually anyway.
Alec shook his head. "It's nothing really. We moved because our parents found a new job here. I don't see why they couldn't leave us back in London though, we had a really friendly housekeeper, I'm sure she would have been more than happy to take care of us."
"They 'claimed' the reason was because they wanted to still be able to see their kids grow up. It's complete bullshit." Alec smiled sadly. "I finally made some friends there. But their son's social life and happiness obviously isn't their top priority."
Magnus nodded his head in understanding. "So, you said 'our parents' right? You have siblings?"
Alec's mood immediately picked up. "I have 3 siblings. My youngest one is named Max. He's in love with comic books. He's pretty smart for his age. He kind of reminds me of myself when I was younger, I used to always have my face stuffed in books. Then there's my adoptive brother, Jace. He's really…out there? He's never single. It's funny how fast he goes through relationships. He's a neat freak too, and it's so annoying! It's because of him I started locking my door." Alec smiled fondly and followed Magnus into the large stairwell next their school's gigantic cafeteria. They both ran up the stairs, Magnus skipping every other step.
When they made it to the right floor, Magnus pushed open the door and held open the door for Alec. Magnus finally remember something as they began nearing their destination. "Hey Alec? Didn't you say you had 3 siblings?" Magnus asked softly, enjoying the easygoing mood they had going.
Alec rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, if you ever see or hear about someone that goes by Isabelle Lightwood, run." He shook his head. "I refuse to believe that she is the same species as myself. Iz is beautiful, and she knows it, that's how she traps her victims. First she twirls her hair, then she does this sickening giggle, and then to make sure you're under her spell she blows you the wettest kiss you could imagine. It's so disgusting." Magnus snickered; Alec shivered. "I can assume you won't fall for the same tricks?"
Magnus nodded. They stopped in front of a dark oak door. "Well this is it. Before we go in, can you hand me your phone?"
Alec gave Magnus an odd look before reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone. Magnus' eyes lit up as he saw the device. He was right about it being an expensive one. He gingerly accepted the phone from Alec and went to unlock the phone. He frowned when he realized a passcode was necessary.
"What's your pin?" Alec lowered his tone and whispered.
"0618."
Within seconds, Magnus had added himself in Alec's contact list. He smiled at Alec and handed his phone back. "Make sure to text me later." A faint smile possessed Alec's lips. Magnus reached over, grabbed the handle, and pushed open the door.
"- And there's your answer. Ah, Mr. Bane. How nice of you to join us." Magnus rolled his eyes and sashayed into the class. "Good morning to you to, Mr. Morgenstern. I was just showing our new student around." Magnus turned to point to where he had left Alec, but there wasn't anyone there.
"I'm really sorry sir, I'm new here and I couldn't find your classroom. Magnus here was kind enough to stop and help me out." Magnus turned back around, confusion written all over his face. When had the he gone ahead of him? Mr. Morgenstern didn't look too pleased but seemed to accept the excuse.
"Very well, introduce yourself to the class. Magnus, take a seat." Magnus frowned but still did as he was told. He didn't miss the looks the girls were giving Alec. He flopped into his seat next to this brown haired rat. What was his name again? Salmon? Stewart? Oh yeah, Simon. He tapped Simon on the shoulder. Simon just simply glared at Magnus and put a finger to his mouth. Magnus scowled and crossed his arms. "Well Alexander, you can take the seat next to Clary."
Magnus head whipped to the front. Alexander!? What the hell! And next to Clary! There's an open seat right behind me! Magnus' mood turned sour as he watched Alec laugh at something Clary said. He felt like throwing an eraser at the red headed girl when she whispered something in Alec's ear, and felt like throwing the desk when he saw Alec blush. He sighed and looked back at the worksheet in front of him. Magnus had missed his chance to ask Alec to sit with him at lunch. He scribbled answers on the sheet of paper not caring whether or not it they were correct. He could only pray that Alec would text him. He nearly cried when he remember his phone was left at home. Today was going to be a long one.