I don't know what to say. I don't know what to do either! A lot of the songs I got were love songs. I'm not big on romance but I'll try. R&R please! I'm working on 3 right now.
As Long as You're Mine
I landed shakily outside of the Washington Monument looking around for Isabelle, Alec, and Magnus. It was easy to spot the warlock. He and Alec were walking towards us, as Isabelle was checking her hair meticulously. My second priority was to look around to see if our glamour was working. Good no one was staring at us, or fainting, or pointing, or screaming and running around in a panic… Ok maybe some of those things wouldn't happen, but we don't want anyone seeing us magically appear.
"Ok, the Institute should be this way." said Alec pointing down one of the streets. When Isabelle finally stopped messing around with her hair we set off down the streets. To my surprisingly intense relief the streets were mapped out in a grid, like New York. Only eight blocks away from the Washington Monument I saw our new home. It was a dilapidated church with windows boarded over. I peeled off the glamour easily and saw a grand building with a spiraling tower. Gargoyles lined the ledge scowling down at the streets. It was almost exactly like the Institute in New York.
"Does every Institute look this way?" I asked.
"Well most of them are churches so, yes, they all look very similar." said Alec walking toward the door. The large double doors swung open and we entered the hall. The room was lit with witchlight instead of the custom torches. I walked between the pews behind Jace. We reached the elevator, which was the same style as the one in New York. We rode up to the top floor and I gasped as the doors slid open. The tiles of the hall were set to look like an optical illusion and doors lined each side of the hallway. But that wasn't what had caught my attention. The ceiling was curved and was painted with clouds and angels. Similar to the painted ceilings in Italy it was lifelike and in the middle was the Angel Raziel holding the Mortal Cup and the Mortal Sword. I was reminded of the time that I saw Raziel for myself. And the golden wings with an eye on each feather… I was entranced. I heard Jace laugh.
"This was the reason I wanted to come to this Institute. When I heard that this one had a ceiling like this I knew you'd love it. It's also a reminder of the great things you did." he said, smiling at me.
"What we both did." I corrected.
"I call this room!" yelled Isabelle from one of the many rooms. Alec and Magnus raced to find their own room. Jace shrugged and followed me. I pushed open one of the white doors. I looked in and fell in love with it. A big sliding glass door gave access to a balcony. I fell onto the soft bed. Jace came in and started to put his belongings into the closet.
"I'll make a deal with you." I said not getting off the bed.
"What?" he answered.
"If I can design the room I'll let you keep everything in order."
"They both seem to be in your favor."
"Well I'm not letting you turn this into an overly neat boring room." I said, remembering Jace's old room back in New York. I was lying on my back staring up at the ceiling wondering what color to paint it when Jace leapt on top of me.
"I'll let you do whatever you want to this room as long as you're mine." he whispered.
"Good, because you have the style of a monk." I replied. He laughed and kissed me lightly on the nose.
Hours later, when we had all settled in, we met in the library. Alec and Magnus were the last ones to arrive. Alec's hair was thrown wildly into a black flurry of hair. Isabelle cleared her throat look pointedly at his hair. Blushing he smoothed it and sat in one of the leather chairs. The library was a warm room complete with tall bookshelves lining the walls and a stone fireplace. I looked at the mahogany desk at the end of the room with a globe sitting on it. I could almost imagine Hodge sitting there with Hugo sitting on his shoulder. I shivered slightly with the memory of the bird that nearly clawed out my eyes. But I still felt pity for Hodge. Corrupted by Valentine and then struck down by his son. At the memory of Sebastian I gave a bigger shudder. I couldn't think of him as Jonathan. Or even as my brother. He was evil and horrible. And I remembered with satisfaction at Lake Lyn where Jace faced Valentine.
Jace smiled, a dark, sweet smile. "It was Jonathan's. He's dead now."
Valentine looked stunned. "You mean-"
"I took it from the ground where he dropped it," Jace said, without emotion, "after I killed him."
Valentine seemed dumbfounded. "You killed Jonathan?..."
The thought of the dark fathomless eyes and evil smug grin brought hate for my deceased brother bubbling up to the surface. I calmed myself down thinking in relief that he was dead. I smiled knowing I'd never have to see his face again. I heard the door to the library creak open. We all froze. Who could've entered? We were all already here… I turned to see a slender masculine figure in the doorway. Light streamed in from the hall and all I could see was a silhouette and the edge of silver hair caught by the light.
CLIFFHANGER! Who could it be? I'm guessing most who have read the series would know. The part that Clary remembers from CoG is my favorite part! I also laughed when Raziel struck down Valentine. After all his work to rule he was killed mostly because Raziel didn't like him! LOL. Remember please vote on my poll!