It's time for the next chapter! Yay! I was really happy that a lot of you got the Back to the Future reference, so I wanted you to know that you made me smile. I also want to thank the people who have reviewed the story and that its getting sort of popular, so yay!
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"It's so good that you two are here," Jessamine gushed as she entered the carriage with Tessa, Clary and Isabelle following. "No offense Tessa, but Isabelle knows the do's and don't's of fashion without needing my help. And she's not even from this century!"
Clary rolled her eyes while Jessie laughed at her own joke from her place next to Tessa. Jessamine Lovelace reminded her of so many girls she'd known at Xavier High school, which seemed like a life time ago. They seemed to know all the things that bugged her, whether it be fashion or when the next party was.
"We don't have a decent coachman yet," Jessamine continued, patting down her beautiful dark blue gown, not unlike the shade of Will's eyes. Clary wondered if Tessa noticed too, "So, we will be using someone the Lightwoods sent over."
"How kind of them," Isabelle said coolly, though by the way her dark eyes blazed Clary was sure that Jessamine was getting on her nerves too. "So, what kind of dresses do you think would look best for Clary and I?"
They launched into a conversation that Clary and Tessa soon lost track of about the fabrics of the different dresses along with the colors they would need to make them look best as the carriage trudged forward.
"Red," Jessamine announced to Isabelle. "That's the perfect color for you."
"Is she always like this?" Clary whispered to Tessa who smiled.
"She could be worse," Tessa replied, remembering the goblin that she destroyed in the park with her parasol.
"At least she and Izzy seem to be having fun," The girls were still talking animatedly and ignoring Tessa and Clary completely. "Tessa, where are you from? You don't have a British accent like the others so I would assume..."
Tessa smiled sweetly. "I'm not from here. I was raised in New York but came here when my aunt died. She raised us, me and my brother, after my parents died. Except Nate..." Tessa thought grew tight as she remembered the cruel things her brother had told her, the lies and the secrets he's kept from her. "He lied to me. He was working for Mortmain and escaped with him as well."
Clary's green eyes grew pensive. "Tessa, I'm so sorry."
Unknowingly Tessa grabbed at her angel pedant, finding comfort in its rhythmic ticking and thanked her friend. "It's just so hard to find out a person who you loved lied to you for so long."
The words echoed through the red haired girl and she dropped her eyes down to her small freckled hands. "My mother stole my memories of the shadow world for sixteen years."
"What?" Tessa gasped. It had been one thing to learn about the shadow world all at once, but to have your memories of it stolen? Tessa wasn't even sure that it was possible.
"My mother Jocelyn Fairchild was born a Shadowhunter and she married a man named Valentine, you remember," Tessa nodded so Clary continued hesitantly. It seemed they both had a lot to explain to one another. "He turned my brother into a monster and after the uprising, which was a bunch of Valentines followers fighting against the Clave she ran away when she was still pregnant with me. She never wanted me to have anything to do with the Shadow World so she had Magnus Bane block my memories from me every two years. But...I remember them now."
"Clary, I am so sorry that you had to have your memories taken away from you," Tessa placed a hand on the smaller girls shoulder. "That wasn't fair."
She smiled ruefully up at Tessa. "Life never seems to be,"
They both smiled then Tessa's gray eyes grew wide. "Clary, you said your mother's last name was Fairchild?"
She nodded. "She changed it when she left Idris, but yes it's Fairchild."
That's it, Tessa thought quickly. She must be Henry and Charlotte's great great granddaughter. "Clary-"
"We're here!" Jessamine exclaimed, her face glowing with joy. "Now, we can finally get you two some proper attire."
. . .
"Admit it, we're lost."
Simon, Jace, Will and Jem had been wandering London for over half an hour yet they had not gotten any closer to Magnus' apartment since they left and the only thing more lost then they were was Simon's ability to deal with two arrogant boys.
"No, Vampire, we are not." Will replied curtly, turning down a long winding road. "I know exactly where we are,"
"It's just extremely different from where we're supposed to be," Simon pointed out, crossing his arms. He was wearing some of Will's old clothes though they were loose in places and he would have been much more comfortable in a pair of jeans.
"You are very annoying for a vampire," Will glared at Simon wearily. "Tell me, is standing in the sun and not catching fire your only power? I'm sure there must be others. Driving people into insanity with a single conversation,"
"Oh, gramps." Jace called, looking abashed. "Do not tell me that you're jealous of the vampire abilities. I'm sure you many people have been driven insane with conversations with you."
Simon rolled his eyes. "My name is Simon."
"Best let them work it out," Jem suggested, taking a deep breath. "I know how bad Will can get and Jace seems to bring out the worst in him."
Simon shook his head. "I thought you said Gabriel brought out the worst in him,"
"So did I," Jem admitted.
"I have never met anyone with so little manners," Will growled, stepping close to his great great grandson.
Will's tawny yellow eyes glowed. "Haven't looked in any mirrors lately have you then?"
They turned around another corner while the Herondale boys continued to bicker. One thing Simon was beginning to notice about London was how similar things seemed to look. With the dark gray sky no sun could spill between the clouds and into the city everything looked dark and gray, except for him and the Shadowhunters. Will's blue and black colors seemed to cut through the gray as well as Jace's dazzling gold. Jem also seemed out of place with his bright silver hair and eyes, making them all outcasts in this dark city. Thank goodness for glamours.
"And I thought the most arrogant man I'd met was Gabriel, but you-" Will shook his head and laughed madly. "You make Gabriel almost look charming."
Jem snorted. "I never thought I'd hear that,"
"Can you guys quit it?" Simon asked sarcastically. "I kind of want to get home at some point."
Jace turned quickly to face Simon. "I'm not the one starting, I'm just finishing."
Will opened his mouth to speak when suddenly the door to a large brick building opened and Alexander Lightwood appeared, his dark hair disheveled and his blue eyes annoyed.
"There you are," He sighed, tugging on the cuffs of a dark navy sweater and wearing darker trousers. "Where have you been?"
"Wandering the city of London," Will said at the same time Jace replied. "On a wild goose chase trying to find Magnus' apartment."
"We'll you found it," Alec told them, gesturing them to follow. "You couldn't have gotten here at a better time too,"
Jem looked up at the Lightwood boy curiously. "Are you not enjoying your time here?"
"With two Magnus Banes?" Added Jace, suggestively. "I would have thought you'd be having quite the time,"
Alec glared at his Parabati who just smiled back at him. "They've been talking all night about people I've never met or people Magnus will meet and it's insane. I can't get a word in at all,"
"We should be able to fix that." Will said confidently. "Whenever I enter a room no one can help but stare,"
"Like a car accident," Simon muttered under his breath as they were lead up the stairs to the two warlocks who may have been the only people that could get everyone back to New York and back to their own time.
I like how Clary and Tessa got to connect a little more in this chapter and it was fun witting Alec in. And next chapter will feature *Drum roll please* the magnificent High Warlock of Brooklyn. I'm really excited to see how the two Magnus' will like react to each other, so I hope you are to. OH, a favor to ask. I have written my first EVER one shot, featuring Will and Tessa. It's called The Dollhouse and I would really like to see what you think of it. But if you haven't read Clockwork Princess for whatever reason don't do it! Thank you and C ya!
