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The Lightwoods and Jace arrived at the camp a week after they left. A pretty dark skinned girl greeted them.
"Hello, I'm Maia Kyle, welcome to our," the girl took a small pause, "home."
"Hello, I'm Jonathan Herondale and these are my cousins, Isabelle and Alexander Lightwood. It's lovely to meet you. I'm here for my wedding with-"
"Your wedding with Clary-Clarissa, yes I recognize your name. I will show you to a teepee to get ready." Maia said with a smile.
"Yes, merci," Jace replied to the girl with a plastered on smile. Maia led them to a big teepee and left. "Ugh, I am not looking forward to this."
"Oui, Jace, we know. Suck it up and deal with it. I'm sure this girl you are about to marry doesn't want to do this even more than you do." Alec reasoned.
"That girl is lucky to be marrying me," Jace said with a smirk, "Isabelle, why don't you go see if you can meet Clarissa, I know you really want to, and Alec, help me get ready for my wedding."
Isabelle nodded and practically ran out of the teepee. Alec left the teepee to see if someone could bring in some hot water for a bath, leaving Jace alone. Jace sat down on a chair and put his head in his hands. He sighed and pulled a picture of his parents out of his bag. "Mom, Dad, I know you are probably looking down on me in shame, but I'm not going to treat this girl badly. I can't promise she will be happy, but I will do my best to make her comfortable. That I can promise."
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Maia ran into Clary's teepee and shrieked, "CLARY! HE'S HERE! I MET HIM!"
Clary jumped, causing Lily to drop the section of Clary's hair she was holding, "Sorry Lily, Maia, what do you mean by 'I met him,'" Clary said calmly.
"I mean, I met him. I was looking for another pinecone for your hair when three strangers on horses rode up, and he was there. Oh, Clary, he's gorgeous! I'm married and I would totally go for him!" Maia gushed.
"What does he look like?" Lily asked curiously.
Clary rolled her eyes and Maia said, "Well, he's so big, not big as in fat but big as in strong, he's tall, he has hair the color of gold, and golden eyes. I-"
"Golden eyes? Maia, you are delirious, nobody has golden eyes," Clary interrupted, rolling her eyes again.
"Oh, they defiantly are golden, I don't know why or how, but they are." A beautiful light skinned and black haired girl said as she walked in.
"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Lily asked with a confused face.
"Isabelle," the girl said holding out her hand, "Isabelle Lightwood, but my friends call me Izzy."
Clary raised an eyebrow and slowly said, "I'm Clarissa, but my friends call me Clary."
"Oh, so you're the famous Clarissa. I'm Ja-Jonathan's cousin. Sorry to just burst in, but I had to meet you." Isabelle said with a bright smile.
Clary hesitantly smiled back, "It's lovely to meet you."
"Would you mind if I help you get ready? Ja-Jonathan practically kicked me out and I have nothing to do. I'm terribly bored." Isabelle asked with a big grin.
"Of course you can help! If you don't mind me asking, why did Jonathan kick you out?" Clary asked.
Isabelle moved behind Clary and ran her fingers through Clary's hair, "He's getting ready and I think he just wants me to meet you so I can spoil the surprise of what you look like. Don't worry, I won't tell him. Wow, your hair is so pretty. I know the whole red hair look is totally out and nobody can pull it off, but yours is totally gorgeous. I'll be right back. I have some stuff from France that I think will make you even more beautiful."
After Isabelle left, Clary looked at her friends. "Well, she's… different," Clary said with a breathy laugh.
Lily and Maia giggled a bit and talked about Maia and Jordan's trip back to Clary and Maia's home.
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Isabelle strutted into Jace's teepee while he was bathing. She went to her bag and started digging through it before grabbing the whole thing.
"Iz, what are you doing here while I am bathing?" Jace asked calmly.
"Oh, Clarissa is letting me help her get ready. I had to get my makeup." Isabelle said matter-of-factly.
"Isabelle, I beg of you, please do not turn her into some with deathly pale skin and gigantic hair," Jace said, running his hands through his wet hair.
"Don't worry, I won't. She's already pale enough, I just want to give her cheeks some color," Isabelle said, realizing she just told him Clary has pale skin.
"So she has light skin, is she pretty?" Jace asked with his eyebrows raised.
"I'm not telling you," Isabelle said with a smirk.
Jace groaned, "Come on Izzy, just tell me."
"No, but I will tell you that I don't think you will be disappointed," Isabelle said, leaving Jace to ponder that.
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"I'm really glad that Mom and Dad are okay, I don't know what I would do if they weren't. I miss them and home so much," Isabelle heard Clary say as she walked into the teepee.
"Home? Clary, isn't this home?" Isabelle asked Clary.
"Oh, no, it's not. My tribe was attacked by this one and as Maia and I were trying to get to the mountains, we were kidnapped by these people," Clary answered with a sad smile.
Isabelle's mouth dropped open, "and you are just sacrificing everything to marry my cousin and save these people, even though they kidnapped you?"
"Yeah, at first I fought it, but then they threatened me. But eventually I met these people and became friends with them, and now I'm happy to help them," Clary replied.
"What, if you don't mind me asking, did they threaten you with?" Isabelle asked again.
"They told me they would take everyone from my tribe and kill them all right in front of me." Clary said with tears in her eyes.
"Oh, Clary, I'm so sorry," Isabelle responded, wiping away Clary's tears.
"It's okay that was a year ago. I'm ready, now make me beautiful." Clary smiled.
