I arose to the shaking of my bed. I almost fell over when I saw glitter falling onto my bed. The source, actually not Magnus.

"Hey silly. Get up. We need to go to the Institute. It's tea time!"

I shot out of bed, making my bed fast, and changing clothes in two minutes. I loved tea time. Finished tidying up, I grabbed a bag from my closet, filled it with clothes and food, and weapons. I ran for my portal, and jumped in, catching Mia by surprise after she had come back. Her blue eyes serious, but I had to laugh. It had seemed the twins had rigged another trap, and she was covered in silver glitter. Her brown hair was tied back in a loose braided also dressed in all black a lot of the time, but her wardrobe also included other colors that were black or grey or brown or dark green. I shook my head, thinking of the twins.

"Hey, Mia. Where are they serving tea?"

"Right outside. Let's go enjoy." She gave a wicked grin, and we raced out side, her running through the halls, I jumping off the balcony. I reached the demons a moment before her, killing off one while I waited. My seraph blade glowed gold, and filled the forest gloom with a bit of light, illuminating 6 more demons. By then Mia had caught up, and we began to have some tea. Or rather fight demons. But when Mia was younger, apparently she would hear her parents call it tea, as to avoid scaring her too much. So she just kept that term for demon hunting. We finished up, and then raced back to the institute.

I got there, and then slowed, Mia crashing into me.

"Wha-" Mia got out before she saw the Silent Brothers carriage.

Mia, please head inside. I would like to speak to Clarissa. Brother Z was here, and he didn't look happy. Not that any of them every looked happy, but I had once seen him smile. So yeah, not happy.

"Yes sir?"

Clarissa. I must tell you that Jace Wayland was discovered gone from his tomb in the City of Bones. And also that the silent brothers have absolved you of all charges. We had identified that you did not appear until four minutes until he had been stabbed. The Lightwoods will be told after we have completed this talk.

Clary.

I looked up. I had been studying my hands. I caught his eyes, and they spoke of sorrow.

Goodbye.

I nodded, and tears filled my eyes as he returned to the carriage. I watch the carriage leave my sight, and then climbed the wall up to my deck. I laid there on my porch, just rocking myself back and forth. Jace was gone from his grave. Why?

Tears spilled down my cheek. I just sat there as it grew dark. The sun was slowly making its decent when Mia came up and brought me into her arms. We just sat, hugging each other. Our breath soon created a fog in the night, the stars visible here. I loved Washington, despite the fact it rained A LOT of the time. It was so close to nature. The sky was visible, and smog nonexistent. New York, where you could never see the stars, was so different.

I slipped into sleep. The stars my last sight before sleep once again pulled me in.


The fire's warmth felt amazing when I woke. Until I realized there was a Silent Brother hovering above me.

Clarissa. You must remain in bed for the next couple days to heal from the coma. Do as we ask, or we have to bring you to the Bone City for further examination.

Shock jolted me out of sleep.

I had fallen into a coma.

"What is today's date?"

The 14th of October.

No. No. No. 3 bloody month. How? Why? Who?

"Clary?" a voice came from over by the door, and I saw a brunette looking in.

"Mia!" I exclaimed. She came over to me, and we embraced. She took a bowl of soup from the bedside, and I ate. The Silent Brother hovered for a few minutes more, before departing.

"Mia. How did I fall into a coma?"

She began to tremble. Mia looked like she was about to cry.

"I was holding you, and did not think to bring you in until the next morning, after I woke. But your skin, "She sobbed "Your skin was so cold. You were so sick, either shivering or with fever four almost the whole length. We tried to feed you, and had the Silent Brothers come in. They had to give a bit of angel blood they had found to heal you. I think you will heal. But just...Just stay safe. J'aime tu." She gave me a smile, but her cheeks were tear stained already. I hugged, and we stayed in the position for a few hours, before I once more fell asleep once more.

My dream that night was about Jace. I thought of my sketch of him. I imagined him animated, watching over me with concern as I lay in a coma. I woke the next morning, his warm breath still felt on my cheek.

Scratch that. The warmth on my cheek was Sophie. I opened my eyes to see my cat lying next to me. And then gazed beyond, into two sets of hazel eyes.

The twins were watching me. I sighed, and pulled myself into a sitting position. The twins. Mark and Jeanne. Or, as I called them, Death and Love. Basically, Jane (as we called her) was a little sweet she-devil, and Mark was like 3 times worse. I groaned, in their hand a single loaf of bread. They claimed it to be in my training to try and poison me every possible chance. So, I was not happy to take the bread.

"Guys, I don't want to practice yet. Please?"

Their faces were super pale, when they realized I could talk already. They mutely handed me the bread, shaking their head. I laughed a bit; guessing Alice had already gotten to them.

The twins both looked a lot like their mother. Alice, the head of the institute had deep blue eyes that matched all three of her children. Her husband had died a few after the twins' birth. Her hair was a dirty blond, and the twins had hair somewhere between their sister's deep brown and their mother's dirty blond. In actuality, Alice's hair was blond, but the Washington weather guaranteed that no one here had natural blond hair. all shades of brown and black and a few dark colored redheads were the hair diversity in Washington, where the rain is ever lasting, so we complain, and when the sun finally breaks through the clouds, it's either beautiful, or "Too Bright". Washington people complain A LOT. But anyway I digress