Chapter Three
The Lightwood's and Simon were in the library as Alec was trying to track down Magnus. Jace had snuck off and was sitting on the greenhouse floor, lost in thought, staring at the pictures in his hands. He knew it was real, that she was real. That the girl in these photo's really was his sister and yet he still couldn't fully believe it. She was beautiful, unlike any other girl he'd ever seen. And he could tell from her eyes, so identical to his, that she was fierce but kind like any true shadowhunter. The sun in the photo seemed to illuminate her hair, which according to Simon was shorter now, so it looked almost like a halo around her. She looked so angelic and yet Jace couldn't help but feel like there was some darkness to this golden girl.
Jace didn't know how long he was sitting there for. But when someone came up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder he jumped out of his thoughts. Clary smiled down at him obviously happy that she had managed to sneak up on him. "You okay?" she asked, carefully lowering herself down onto the muddy floor. "Yea, yea i'm fine. You know, wake up, eat, go to training, find out you have a twin sister. Normal day." he replied with a smirk. Clary carefully wrapped an arm around his elbow and lay her head on his broad shoulders. "Talk to me." she whispered in his ear.
"She was at the wedding." Jace began "She was right there and i didn't even notice her. I mean Simon, of all people, Simon noticed her there. He can't even remember Izzy but he notices my own sister before i do. She must know your mom, Luke or Mia. She definitely knows Magnus. She must live in the city somewhere. And i've never seen her before." Clary only needed to look in his golden eyes to know what he was thinking. "New York is a big city Jace and Simon remembered Raven said that she had been hiding in the farmhouse playing cards with the vampires the whole time, she only came out to see Magnus. She seems like she was hiding from something Jace. But this isn't whats really bothering you. So whats up?" she replied calmly trying to comfort him.
"Thats it. She seems like she's hiding from something. Simon said that she didn't have any noticeable ruins, that she only has old scars, like your mom." Jace admitted glancing at the photo in his hand. "You think she had her ruins stripped?" Clary asked, she too glancing at the young girl in the photo. "No, Simon said he saw at least one ruin on her. I've heard stories, of kids, who don't want to live with their parents anymore or don't want to be Shadowhunters so they run away." "You think shes one of these runaways?" Clary questioned. "I know she is. I just don't know why she ran away."
After a while Alec came in and walked straight over to the young couple. "Magnus is downstairs." were the only words he spoke before he turned around and went out the path he'd come in. It didn't take long for them to find the family in the library sitting in a sort of awkward silence. At the sight of them Magnus jumped up, like a ball of light in his extravagant clothes. "Great you're here, now will someone tell me why i'm here?" "Do you know this girl?" Jace asked walking over to him and showing him the photo. "Do you know a Raven Midwinter?" Magnus barely took one glance at the photo and answered quickly, a little too quickly. "Don't know what your talking about, i don't know that girl. Was that it, can i go now?" but before he could slide passed Jace grabbed his arm and spun him back around. "Don't lie to me Magnus. Simon remembers seeing you with her at the wedding." Magnus took a look at the photo a small smile playing on his lips, but a look of sadness in his amber cat eyes. "Leave her alone, just leave her be. She doesn't like Shadowhunters, especially her parents, so if thats who's looking for her you'd be doing her a favour by telling them she's dead because she'd die before going back to them."
Clary took one looked between the photo and the warlock. "You love her." it wasn't a question she could tell the moment he looked at the photo how he felt about the girl in it. "Yes." Magnus answered taking a quick glance over at Alex who looked hurt and upset. "Not like that." he continued walking over to his boyfriend. "She's like a little sister to me. She's the one who gave me Chairman Meow." "Then help us find her Magnus." Jace said pulling the carefully folded letter out of his pocket. "We don't have anything to do with her parents. I think she's my twin sister." he handed over the letter the him.
After reading the letter a few times a smirk formed on the warlocks lips. "Well at least that explains her unique gift." he finally said handing the letter back to Jace. "Of course she's a Herondale she's too much like Will, and you, not to be." "Do you know where she is?" Jace asked. Magnus thought about it for a moment before replying "If i were you i wouldn't visit her at home, you'll probably leave the place in a body bag. She texted me earlier. She's at Pandemonium with some i'd be careful like i said she doesn't like Shadowhunters."
