Death is only the beginning

AN – This is going to be the last chapter I will write for a while because I have a lot of work to do for school. I will still try to update ASAP but it may take some time.

Intoxic – That is exactly right. That will happen in this chapter

Chatterbox – I know right. Whatever will happen now that one of the main characters is dead?

ChocolateWriter – Thank you for your compliments. Hopefully I can keep you thinking like that for the rest of the story

RedCoral – I agree with you. Losing a Parabatai must be hell. You will find out what will happen in this chapter.

Chapter 3 – Is this the end?

Alec's POV

Where am I? That was the first thing I thought when I awoke in a pure white room devoid of any furniture, doors and windows. It seemed to have nothing that resembled human life except me. I was dressed all in white which was the colour of mourning in the Shadowhunter world. The last thing I was wearing was my gear. I could see no one and realized that the person who had dressed me in this white v-neck t-shirt and white jeans I currently had on, had disappeared. I looked around for anything that might give me an indication of where I was until memories began to rush back to me. I had memories of myself killing Abaddon. Memories of the pain I had to endure. I remembered the last burst of pain before there was nothing at all. Was I...? No. I couldn't possibly be.

"Am I dead?" I whispered lightly

"Yes you are" came a voice from in front of me

I looked in front of me to the figure that was standing there. His hair was long and white and reached down past his shoulders. He wore a long white robe and neither hand, which he held together, was visible as each was covered by the sleeves. His face was friendly and he smiled at me as a father would smile at his child. A large pair of white gleaming wings protruded out from his back and grew so they were the same length as his body.

"Raziel" I muttered so low that no one would have been able to hear me. However, he did.

"Hello Alexander" He said to me.

"I'm dead" I could not believe it. What would happen to me now? Is this where Raziel would tell me I was an abomination and send me down to the pits of hell with Satan, Lucifer and all the other Devils. Would I never see my siblings again? I never even got to say goodbye. Would they be okay without me? My parents were not really parents as such. They were never home. I just hoped they were okay.

"You are worrying about your siblings, aren't you?"

"How did you know? Can you read my mind?"

"No" Raziel replied "I allow my children to have their thought. I could tell by your face. I have been watching you Alexander. I know what each of your facial expressions is like. When you are sad, happy and worried. Right now, you are worrying. I have been watching you closely. More than a lot of Shadowhunters."

"Why? What's so special about me?" I asked

"A lot is special about you Alec." I realised that he started using my nickname and I was grateful. I didn't really like people calling me by my full name.

"You dedicated your Shadowhunter life not to only help humans but to keep your family safe. Doing both at the same time is a gift. No one recognised you for what you did for your brother and sister. They were always ridiculing you for not killing a demon and praising the others for killing demons. However, you never wanted recognition. You were not doing it for the fame."

"I don't understand" Raziel was confusing me. I looked after my brother and sister but what did that have to do with anything.

"Your heart is the purest that I have ever come across out of all my children. You are the most dedicated to protect other, especially your family. Although this can happen often, your case is very unique. No one has been like you. That is why I am offering you a choice."

"What choice?"

"You can either continue on which will let you go into the light of heaven or you can stay here with me and others of your kind to be sent back to earth as a guardian. A guardian is an angel. He is one that is sent to earth to protect a person from the dangerous perils that may befall them. They are gifted with eternal life and youth to protect their subject until it is their subject's time. They will then protect someone new. So, what do you think? Will you do it?

I had a chance to go a see my sibling again and look after them. Just as long as it was someone close to them.

"I will do it" I said "I will become a guardian"

Isabelle's POV

I couldn't help but scream when I saw my brother lying lifeless on the bed in the infirmary. I had assumed since Magnus had been here, that he would be okay. I was wrong. I had lost my brother. The brother who had cared for me and who had protected me. I couldn't look at him and ran straight to my room with tears streaming down my face, leaving Jace all alone with his body.

I ran straight to my bed and sunk my head into the pillow. I cried my heart out for him. I didn't know if I could survive without him. It suddenly dawned on me that Jace had lost his Parabatai. He was going to need more help than me. I just could not stop thinking about my dead brother and my heart broke.

I quickly picked up my phone and dialled the number of a person who I could seek comfort from and who Jace could seek comfort from. We would need more than just each other to get through this.

On the third ring, the phone was picked up.

"Mum" I cried "He's...He's gone. Please come home. He's gone mum. He's gone."

"Izzy" her worried voice said "What is it? Who's gone?"

"Alec" I said "Alec's dead"

Alec's POV

This is it. I am going back home. I hope. I really hope that I am.

"Who am I going to be protecting?" I asked

"That will be told a little later. First I need to brief you on some rules. Number One: You are not going to be able to be seen by anyone. It is your job to keep it like that. You can't tell anyone or even hint to anyone that you are there. However, mistakes happen and so it won't be your fault if your subject finds you themselves. Only those who find you themselves can uncover you. You are free to interact with them and only them.

Rule number two: You must do everything in your power to protect your subject. Finally there is only one rule left. Under no circumstances at all must you ever, ever have an intimate relationship with any of the subjects you are assigned to. This could be now or in two thousand years."

"That's fine" I said "I am not very sociable anyway"

"Good. Now your subject is one who we consider to be very important to help the Shadowhunter's succeed. He is a Warlock who has unimaginable power."

What's his name?" I asked

The two word that were uttered from his mouth changed me

"Magnus Bane"

Oh fuck.

AN – That is the third chapter done and so I hope you like it. I might not be able to update for a while now and update s might be slower but I will try to find time to update as much as possible.

I decided to take A Level physics and I am shit at Physics so I will be working extra hard on it.

Live long and prosper readers of this story.