"So what can we do for you?" asked Jace as he sat down on the sofa next to Clary, facing Zachariah.

Poppy and Greg had left after Zachariah arrived, presumably to continue their game of chess, so Jace, Clary and Zachariah had headed up to the library to talk.

"It's actually something I can do for you" admitted Zachariah. Clary frowned a little. "What is it?" she asked. "I hope it's ok with you, but I asked Tessa to come along too. You remember Tessa, don't you?" said Zachariah. Clary nodded. "She should be here in a few minutes, she's just...catching up with an old friend." he said.

"So how's life been since, you know, the wedding?" asked Jace politely. Zachariah smiled. "Good. We've travelled a bit, Tessa and I. How about you? How long until...?" he replied gesturing to Clary's stomach. Jace smiled. "A few months still to go, but we're excited." Jace said. "And what about the twins? Youngblood, right?" asked Zachariah. "The twins are great. A pain sometimes, but great." said Clary smiling affectionately.

The doorbell rang once more and Jace rushed off to show Tessa in. Once the group were settled down, Jace asked "So what is it?". Zachariah looked to Tessa, who nodded slightly. "We should probably have told you sooner, but it's a little painful to talk about the past." started Zachariah. "You see, Jace, you are, or were seeing as you have a baby on the way, the last of the Herondale line. But, in times gone by we both knew another Herondale. His name was William Herondale and he was your great-great-great grandfather. And he was my husband. I am your great-great-great grandmother." said Tessa.

There was a moment of silence while Jace took this in. "But...but you're hot..." he stuttered. Tessa smiled and Zachariah laughed. "I think Jace means, you seem young, but you're a warlock aren't you?" clarified Clary. Tessa nodded. "But warlocks..." Jace began. "Can't have babies?" suggested Zachariah. "Yes. But Tessa tore up the rulebook on that bit." Jace nodded a little, still slightly in shock.

"You said that you both knew William Herondale, so how do you know him?" Clary asked Zachariah. "William Herondale was a lot of things to me. Mainly trouble and a pain in the neck but he was my parabatai a long time ago." said Zachariah smiling a little, lost in the memories. "Parabatai?" echoed Jace. "But I thought you were a silent brother..." Zachariah smiled. "It's a long story, but basically before I became a silent brother, I was a shadowhunter like you. Will was my parabatai. In fact my real name isn't Zachariah, it's James, James Carstairs." said Zachariah.

"Carstairs? Like Emma?" asked Clary. Zachariah, or rather James, nodded. "Are you going to take it back? I mean your real name?" asked Jace. James laughed. "Two people turn up at your door and tell you they are, or were close to, your ancestors and you're worried about my name?" he said. Jace laughed. "Are you, Zachariah? Taking Carstairs back?" asked Clary. "Yes. We've just come from talking to Emma. She is perfectly happy with me becoming a Carstairs again, so I've decided to take it back. " he said. "Please call me Jem, that's what I used to be called." he added.

Clary left Jace to his newly discovered family and went off to find the twins. They were, not to Clary's surprise in the greenhouse. She could see the chess board pushed against the wall, one of them had obviously won already. They were now sitting back to back, each of them wedging themselves upright against the glass of the greenhouse.

"Who were they?" asked Poppy as Clary took a seat on the bench nearby. "They were a few friends, from a while ago. They wanted to talk to Jace." she explained. "We're not 5, we can cope with a proper answer." said Greg raising his eyebrows. "Turns out that they were Jace's family. But neither of us knew. They're talking just now." said Clary with a sigh.

"Can we talk to them?" asked Poppy. Clary frowned. "Why do you want to talk to them?" she asked. "They sound interesting." said Greg. "And the man was hot." added Poppy. Clary raised her eyebrows. "Poppy Youngblood! He is married, and he's 152 years old!" said Clary. Poppy's eyes bulged. "Well, I think he is looking very good for his age." said Greg quietly. Clary smiled a little. "Come on then. You probably should introduce yourselves." she said leading the twins out of the greenhouse.

Clary met Jace, Zachariah and Tessa at the front door, just as they were saying goodbye. "The twins wanted to introduce themselves properly. Without swords pointed at you." said Clary smiling. Jem grinned. "I'm Poppy Youngblood." said Poppy shaking Jem's hand. "Greg Youngblood." said Greg introducing himself. "Nice to meet you two" said Jem kindly and Tessa smiled and shook their hands. Clary joined Jace and the twins to see off Jem and Tessa.

"Well that was a bit unexpected." said Jace as they closed the front door. Clary took his hand. "Are you ok?" she asked. Jace smiled. "Yeah. Bit shocked to see my great-great whatever grandmother turning up, but good other than that." he said.

His phone buzzed in his pocket. "Hello. Yeah, sure. Tomorrow? Sounds good. Ok. See you then. Bye." he said. "Looks like we've got some visitors coming round." he said.


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