Hey! It's Hikari again and OH MY GOSH! I AM SOOO SORRY for the atrocious grammar and spelling in that first chapter (I'll fix it!)... This is what I get for typing at midnight. And I also noticed how... slow that went... oops well I sometimes rush things and now I over did it... .

Okay so I hope that this chapter will go better...

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Mortal Instruments series. And so happy I do not in a way because if so, then it would not be as amazing. But Alyssia Jackie Stroughn is mine.

Now on with the story.

Chapter 2

Isabelle's boots clanked against the paved floor of the church as she walked over to the girl in Jace's grasp. She brought her hand to the Shadowhunter's chin and forced her head up. Isabelle jumped back with a gasp. Her face full of astonishment and terror. Tears were brimming in her eyes and threatened to fall.

"Alyssia!"

Jace's hold on Alyssia laxed a bit due to Isabelle's reaction. He kept glancing between the two female Shadowhunters as they exchanged silent conversations the same way he and Alec converse when necessary.

"Of course it's me Izzy. It's just... why are you here?" Alyssia gave a face far from ecstatic joy from seeing her friend. Her silver orbs were clouded with fear and held a need to run away again. Alyssia was tugged out of Jace's hold and was continuously shaken by Isabelle. Her tears streamed down her face bringing make up with it.

"Why did you leave? You know we would have taken care of you! And you made a promise!" Isabelle knelt down in front of her old friend.

Jace continuously stared between the two and shook his head, tried and a bit annoyed of being in the dark.

"What has the world come to when a charming and handsome being, such as myself, is being ignored?" Jace raised his brow curious to see their reaction.

His female company glared at the teen who rose his hands up in defence. His charming face held amusement as Alyssia sneered at him and playfully stuck her tongue out.

"Jace, Alyssia. Alyssia, Jace. I'm sorry about him by the way. Unfortunately he is naturally like that." Isabelle introduced rather bluntly before she bonked Alyssia on the the head.

"Naturally charming and good-looking." He snuffed out before taking a seat to be part of the triangle. "So I would like to know about the enchanting young lady who managed to hold a blade to my throat."

"Even though you have a girlfriend you're still coy!" Isabelle scoffed. "Well if you must know-"

"Yes I am and my life depends on it. You wouldn't want the world to lose such a magnificent Shadowhunter now would you?" Jace interrupted. Isabelle quickly clapped her hand over his mouth from saying anything more. Alyssia couldn't help but watch the duo's little sibling argument and laugh quietly to herself. Jace couldn't help but be entranced as he heard her blithesome laugh.

"Now as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted," Isaelle elbowed Jace's arm harshly and was rewarded with a quick glare and muted profanities. "This is Alyssia and she used to stay at the Institute when I was 6. And she disappeared a year before we adopted you, Jace. We used to train with each other and make pranks on Alec. Though I don't know if anyone else remembers you. It's been so long and your disappearance was quite sudden. We searched for you with a tracking rune but it was like you never existed. Where did you go?" Isabelle was combing through her hair. A habit she does when her mind gets preoccupied with a question. Alyssia gave a quick glance at Isabelle before finding interest in her scuffed shoes.

"Oh you know. Around... the world." Alyssia finished. She moved her attention to her nails and scratched the dirt off of them.

"Nuh-uh! I need details missy! How did you pull that off?" Isabelle pressed on, leaning in closer to Alyssia. Jace drew his golden gaze to Alyssia as well. Curiosity filled his mind to find out more about the newbie in his dreams.

"Ugh well I don't know really. I just took up jobs, slay demons, bargained for seraph weapons, the usual. I traveled across the United States, ugh had a run in with some oni demons in Japan, stayed a bit in Greece. The food is rather bland to my liking." Alyssia stuck her tongue out in disgust and she remembered the plain taste in her mouth.

"You lucky bitch!" Isabelle gasped and smacked her friend's shoulder. "That is so not fair!"

"I still have a question." Jace perked up. He looked to both Isabelle and Alyssia motioning that either of them could answer. "What was the promise that you mentioned earlier?"

Isabelle turned red and held a cheesy smile on her face. She scratched the back of her head flustered and looked to Alyssia for help. Alyssia shook her head in defeat and made eye-contact with Jace. It was the first time silver clashed with gold and neither of them knew what to do. She stammered for her response which faded on spot and he was perplexed with how someone's eyes can look so stunningly silver.

"I-we-Isabelle-and-I..." Alyssia forced her head to look away and tried to get her thoughts in line. She felt blood rush up to her cheeks and her face warm up slightly. Jace coughed lightly and turned to face the opposite direction now interested at how many cracks there were that decorated the marble pillar. Isabelle noticed the duo's reaction and couldn't help but smirk in delight and also glare at Jace in frustration.

"Isabelle and I made a promise to become the first female Parabatai." Alyssia finally worded out she faced back towards the middle of the group trying to avoid Jace's luminous eyes. It took most of her strength to not subconsciously look up when she saw him face her in her peripheral vision. The corner of Jace's mouth turned up into a smirk.

"Female Parabatai?" He turned and gingerly smirked at Isabelle who acted as though she heard nothing.

"Oh be quiet. It's not fair that currently only guys get to be Parabatai-" She stopped as she heard a large grumbling sound that erupted from Alyssia's stomach.

"... Sorry... I haven't eaten yet..." Alyssia confessed, her cheeks were lightly dusted with a rose hue.

"Well neither have we. We got side-tracked from going over to a friend's house for brunch." Jace stood up and held his hand out which Alyssia didn't noticed was offered to her so stood up on her own. Her balance was slightly off when she stood up and Jace was quickly by her side to prevent her from falling.

"Arigato gozaimasu." Alyssia graciously thanked Jace shyly. She could feel sparks and fire on her arm where Jace had held her steady. It was the only spot unnaturally warmer than the rest of her body, besides her cheeks. She glanced back at Jace and they made eye-contact once again. The buzzing resounded in her mind telling her to look away. She could feel Jace smirk behind her and his golden eyes pierce through her soul.

Jace noticed Alyssia glance at him again. When she was caught she flustered and drew her attention else where. He couldn't help but smirk at her reaction.

"Don't worry. I personally am envious of you that you get to look at my handsome body whenever you want while I can only admire myself with a mirror." Jace brushed his bangs to the side and made a personal note to get a hair cut soon. "Though, I must say you're not so bad yourself Luna Bella." He spurted out without thinking. That was a bad habit of his but shrugged it off since he was lazy to do anything about it. Jace could see a faint blush spread across her cheeks. His satisfaction grew when Alyssia turned back to face him. Her face puckered and scrunched together with an embarrassed expression. She was adorable.

"Stop that! I thought you have a girlfriend? And why did you call me luna bella?"

"Yes he does. And it's because you are quite the jail bait hun especially with your silver eyes. Also your birthmark is showing through the rip of your gear." Isabelle spoke up and answered. Even though her words were sweet yet bluntly stated, she glared at Jace. Alyssia looked down at herself to see that Isabelle was right. The slash revealed her crescent moon shaped birthmark on her toned stomach.

"Now I am going to go call Clary and give her the heads up that we are going over." With that Isabelle turned on her heels and dialled Clary's number on her cell. "Oh and no making-out behind my back." She warned while the call was going through.

"Luke! Isabelle, Jace, and someone else are coming over for brunch." The fragile yet fiery red-headed spirit yelled into the bookstore. A tall man with brown hair came into view of the doorway. He was cleaning his glasses and brought them up to the light.

"Someone else? So you got caught up with Jace's name that you forgot all about Alec?" Clary's soon to be father-in-law chuckled.

"No!" Clary gasped although she did feel light and fluttery with just the mere mention of his name. "Alec went to go see Magnus. I think her name is 'Alicia' or something like that." Clary raked through her hair with her fingers, wincing as she came to a knot. Her mind couldn't help but randomly drift off to other thoughts or more specifically Jace. She remembered their incident with Lilith and remembered how glassy and empty his eyes were. Void of any sign of endearment or care. That was mostly what her nightmares were about now. Not that Jace affections for her diminished to just friends but that he stopped caring for her altogether. A shiver ran down her spine.

'He wouldn't do that. You're just paranoid about what happened with Lilith…' Clary reassured herself. She was in the dining room and set up the table. A red blur rushed past her peripheral vision and instinctively turned her head.

"Six plates? Who all are coming?" Jocelyn asked. Her hair tied up in a bun holding two paint brushes. She walked over to Luke and he rested his arm around her shoulders. Clary couldn't help but think 'Awe' and 'Eww' at the same time.

"Isabelle had issues with the batter and stove back in the Institute."

"So it's Isabelle, Alec, and Jace?" Jocelyn's face scrunched together and her brow knitted together at the mere mention of her daughter's boyfriend's name.

"Ugh not Alec." Clary looked past her mother's reaction. "She's a friend of Isabelle. Her name was Alicia or something like that."

Jocelyn quickly stole a grave glance to her fiancé. They were having that silent conversation where their words were only theirs and not even the air around them can catch it.

"Do you guys know her or something?" Clary looked between the two adults who replied with a shake of the head or a shrug of the shoulders.

A knock echoed through the halls and the quarters. Luke walked to the back door to invite the three expected guests in. Isabelle and another black-haired girl entered the dining room. What caught Clary's attention first were her silver eyes as it stood out in contrast from her hair. Her gear was in tatters and her arms were bare and were prideful to reveal her Marks. Clary assumed that Jace was talking with Luke but couldn't decipher their quiet talk from where she stood.

"Hello. My name is Jackie. Pardon my attire I ran into a bit of trouble." The stranger's voice sounded forced yet rehearsed like this was this first time properly introduced into someone's house yet has said the same thing dozens of times. Clary gave Isabelle a confused look which Isabelle passed the same look to Alyssia when she introduced herself as Jackie.

"Well then Jackie, you can go clean up in the bathroom in you like. There are spare towels under the sink. It's down that hall and the second door on the left." Jocelyn gestured.

"Thank you very much." Alyssia and Isabelle headed off when Luke and Jace appeared.

Clary felt the warm feeling again and smiled when she saw her angelic prince. Jace didn't seem to notice and his brow was pursed together in deep thought.

"Jackie and Isabelle are in the bathroom getting cleaned up. You can go as well Jace."

He simply responded with a nod and stealthily glided his way to where the girls disappeared to. With an uncomfortable aura around the room, Clary travelled to the kitchen to get some food ready but not before she heard her mother whisper to Luke.

"You don't think it's really…"

"I don't know dear, but for her sake I hope not…"

A figure moved within the shadows of New York. The shadow spotted its target, a Drevak demon, and pounced.

"Tell him that we found the girl here in New York City."

That's the end of Chapter 2! I think that's a record for me. Updating a story within a week. Well Sweetness~. So Clary is now in the story. Now I need to get Simon to meet Alyssia and the crew is set X). Ugh though what's horrible is that I lost my plot-story board… so I have to re-write it and remember what I can haha…. I was hoping I could give you a preview for the next chapter but that will be pushed to the following chapter…

So the usual: comments/critiques/questions with a review or PM.

Well till next chapter!

~Hikari1796