Basket of Eggs

Chapter 2: Eggs in the House

Magnus didn't know what to make of the dream he had last night. He knew it involved the future, and not that far ahead, but he didn't know if he should tell Alec about the unexpected glimpse into their future and tell him that they would have children soon. It was all too much.

"Magnus" Alec called from the hallway, breaking the warlock from his thoughts. "I am meeting Jace and Clary for lunch at Taki's. Would you like to come?"

Magnus stood up from the couch. "Sure" Magnus said. "Will Isabelle and the vampire be joining us?" He grabbed his coat and put it on.

"I'm not sure" Alec replied. He came out of the hallway wearing all black, sweater, pants and coat. "Magnus, you do not have to go if you don't want to"

The warlock walked over to Alec and kissed him firmly on the mouth. "It's ok, I'll go" Magnus said after pulling away. "But afterwards we need to talk about something" Magnus didn't want to tell Alec but that beautiful boy could tell something was wrong and Magnus didn't want to lie.

It was cold when they stepped outside and Magnus realised they had forgotten their scarves. The warlock scanned the area but no one was in sight, blue sparks shot from his fingers as two scarves, one a brilliant shade of blue that matched Alec's eyes and the other was bright yellow, magically appeared in his hands. "My darling" Magnus called. "You must not forget your scarf" He handed the blue scarf to Alec and wrapped the yellow one around his neck. Alec did the same.

"Magnus!" Alec cried. "You conjured those, didn't you?"

"I wasn't going to let your neck get cold and it's not like I stole them"

"What if someone saw?!"

"I checked first, my darling. Now come along, we must not keep Clary and Jace waiting"

Jace and Clary were already outside Taki's when the two boys arrived. Clary was wearing dark blue jeans and her green coat, which brought out the brightness of her hair and made her eyes greener. Jace was wearing black pants, a white shirt and his favourite brown jacket thrown over it, his hair was glowing in the little bit of sunlight coming from the sky. "Great. We're all here" Clary said. "Shall we go in?" and they entered the restaurant.

Taki's was empty, except for a pair of werewolves tearing into some meat. They grabbed a booth, Clary and Magnus sat near the window and Alec and Jace were on the outer of the booth. Magnus picked up a menu and flipped through it. "You should have the coconut pancakes" Clary said, looking up from her menu while Alec and Jace were engaged in conversation. "They're delicious"

After a few minutes, Kaelie the waitress, with blonde hair and entirely blue eyes, dressed in a pink and white apron, came to take their orders. Jace and Alec had their usual; Clary had coconut pancakes and an apricot-plum smoothie with wildflower honey and Magnus also got coconut pancakes and a coffee. Kaelie walked away.

"So, how have you been, Clary?" Magnus asked while examining his glittery nails.

She looked at him, tearing her gaze from outside. "Fine. Thank you Magnus" Clary replied. "And yourself?"

"Fantabulous" Magnus said with delight.

Soon enough, Kaelie came back with their food.

"So, I take it that Isabelle and the vampire aren't joining us?" Alec asked Jace and Clary.

"It's Simon and no" Clary answered. "Izzy said she didn't want to come"

"How is Izzy?" Alec asked worriedly.

"She is fine" Jace answered him. "She misses you, Alec"

"I miss her too" Alec sighed. "She knows she can come over anytime, right?"

"Right" Jace said smiling. "She just a lot on her mind, that's all"

After that, they all left Taki's. "We should do this again" Magnus said. "How about you come over for dinner tomorrow? Bring Isabelle too"

"That would be great" Clary answered. "Thank you Magnus" She elbowed Jace in the arm. "Say thank you Jace"

"Thank you Jace" Jace said still smiling.

Clary just shook her head, running her fingers through her hair and mumbling something about Jace.

They all said their goodbyes and parted. On the way back to the loft, Magnus thought about how he was going to tell Alec about their future children. Magnus could possibly tell him that they will be girls and that they already have names. The warlock found out their names when snooping through their daughters rooms. The green eyed one's name is Alexandra Madeleine Lightwood-Bane but she liked to be called Lexi. The blue eyed one's name is Lana Cori Lightwood-Bane.

Alec and Magnus got back to the loft quickly. Once in the door, they removed their scarves and coats. Magnus went to sit on the couch. "I remembered you wanted to talk about something" Alec said, walking over to the couch to sit next to Magnus.

"Yes, there was something" Magnus sighed. He took s deep breath. "But please don't freak out when you what I have to say"

The Shadowhunter looked a little worried and grabbed both of the warlock's hands and looked deep into his eyes. "I promise I won't freak out but I can't swear on the Angel just in case I break my promise.

"Ok then" Magnus said. He took another breath then told Alec his dream about Lexi and Lana. The best part that Alec didn't interrupt but just waited quietly still holding his boyfriend's hands."I wanted to tell you this morning but I didn't know what to say" Magnus finished and waited for Alec to process the information.

Alec took a breath. "Is it even possible to have kids?" He asked in a curious tone.

"I think so" Magnus said. He did not expect this response but Alec amazed him in so many ways and this was one of them. "I am pretty sure there is a spell somewhere in one of my books"

"Ok then" Alec said.

A thought appeared in Magnus' mind. "Alec?" Magnus asked slowly. "Do you want to . . . uh . . . have . . . children?"

Alec closed his eyes, took a deep breath and was silent for a long time. Magnus studied his face, searching for an answer, finally the Nephilim whispered "Yes"

Magnus gasped in surprise and smiled. "When do you want them?" He asked.

The Nephilim opened his eyes and couldn't stop himself from smiling along with his boyfriend. "Excuse me for being so forward" Alec said charmingly. "As soon as possible" and he kissed the warlock on the mouth, wrapping him in a satisfying embrace.

"Tomorrow then" Magnus said. "I seem to be caught up in other business" and continued kissing Alec. "Shall we move to the bedroom?" Magnus suggested. Alec stood up quickly, grabbed Magnus' hands and dragged him to the bedroom.

The next morning, Magnus and Alec got everything ready for the spell. Magnus found the spell in a book bound in purple velvet.

"Is everything?" Alec asked looking at the round table covered in herbs, a cauldron for mixing everything in, the spell book and whole heap of other stuff.

"Yep, seems so" Magnus replied, quickly scanning the book to make sure everything was there. "Alec, my darling, would you please get me a sharp knife from the kitchen?"

Alec went to the kitchen while Magnus continued reading, to make sure they hadn't forgotten anything.

"I got the knife" Alec said and sat it on the table. "Do we have everything?"

The warlock looked up from the book to the table. "Yes, we do" He said. "Are you ready?"

The Shadowhunter nodded and Magnus started chanting and adding the ingredients into the cauldron.

"Alec" Magnus called. "Give me your hand" then continued chanting as raised other boys' hand and cut it with the knife, making blood fall into the pot then Magnus did the same with his own hand.

As soon as Magnus put his blood into the mixture it turned green then blue then black then gold. Magnus chanted the last few words and the cauldron dissolved and in its place were two eggs, they were both divided into four parts for the different colours, both had three horizontal stripes and one vertical stripe going down the middle. One of the eggs had for the horizontal stripes, black at the top, gold for middle and green for the bottom, the vertical stripe was dark purple. Magnus guessed that one was Alexandra Madeleine Lightwood-Bane.

The other egg had for the horizontal stripes, black at the top, gold for the middle and blue for the bottom, the vertical stripe was red. This egg belonged to Lana Cori Lightwood-Bane.

"I would like to introduce you Alec" Magnus announced proudly. "To our daughters, Lexi and Lana"