A/N: I decided to have Sebastian's hair silvery – blonde (like in the TV show), but Clary, Jace, Izzy, Alec, Simon and the others still don't know that he is Clary's brother or has demonic blood. Also, I apologise if I get my facts wrong – I've tried to get up to speed, but I haven't read the books in a while! ;)
Enjoy!
Jace hadcombed the whole of the grounds for Clary, but still he could find not even a flash of her strawberry hair or emerald eyes. Dread filled his heart, as he wondered what had happened to her. Was she alone somewhere, hurt? Even dead? What had Sebastian wanted to talk to her about?
As he continued his search for his girlfriend – sister!Sister, Jace thought. He can't keep thinking of her as more than that. It wouldn't end well for either him nor Clary. As he continued his search for his sister, he caught sight of a crown of silvery – blonde hair amongst the shadows, in the otherwise empty grounds. He strode briskly over to where he saw it,and sure enough, it was Sebastian. He looked flushed, as if he'd been running. But why would he run? Unless…
"Hey, Sebastian – have you seen Clary?" Jace asked. "I've been looking everywhere for her." Sebastian averted his gaze; almost as if he was hiding something, Jace thought.
"Not since I last spoke to her. I thought she went back to the Hall to look for you?" Sebastian said, shifting nervously.
"Huh. Well, if you see her, tell her I'm looking for her." Jace gave him a small smile. "Thanks, Sebastian."
Jace brushed Sebastian's arm as he said it, then put his hand in his pocket. The other boy nodded, almost as if he was pleased their conversation was over. Jace stood, watching Sebastian walk away and back towards the Hall. As soon as his back was turned, Jace let his smile drop. Withdrawing his hand from his pocket, he saw that his earlier instincts had been correct. There had been a strand of hair on the other boy's sleeve. Curly. Strawberry red. Clary's.
Jace sank to the ground. Clary. The last time they even spoke, properly, he was screaming things he didn't mean, breaking her spirit everyway he knew how, just to get her to go home and back to safety. And for what? His plan had backfired, making her even more reluctant to leave. It was because of him that she was gone, and now she'll may never know why he said those things. Sebastian had taken her, and he never got a chance to resolve his feelings for her.
Jace drew himself back from his pain spiral with a determined ferocity in his heart. So many things he had yet to tell Clary… and he swore to himself that he would, when they saved her. But first, he had to tell the others about Sebastian. Then, he would use a tracking rune to find her, and together they would rescue her. He refused to think, even for a moment that she was dead. Jace didn't think he could cope with her loss – he loved her with a passion stonger than death.
Jace set off towards the Hall at a steady jog, but saw Magnus, Alec, Izzy and Simon – so they had managed to rescue Clary's nerd friend, Jace thought, relieved – making their way to the side entrance. Jace changed his course to intercept them.
"Jace! Hey, did you find Clary?" Simon asked.
Jace brushed him off, instead speaking to his parabatai, "I couldn't find her!" Jace did his best to keep the panic out of his voice, but his voice betrayed him.
"She'll be fine though, right? I mean, she's ran off before. There was this one time when we were eight when she -" Simon broke off when he saw that the others were staring at him in exasperation.
"Simon. Stop talking." Izzy said, not unkindly. "She isn't eight, and she wouldn't have just 'ran off' in the middle of a war! Jace, as you were saying…"
"Anyway," Jace said pointedly, "I think I might know where to find her," he said triumphantly, holding the strand of hair aloft.
He filled them in on his suspicions about Sebastian, and how he seemed almost too eager to escape his conversation with Jace.
"I get where you're coming from, Jace, but, that doesn't prove anything," said Alec.
"I know, but it's a start. Let's at least track her," said Jace, desperate to make his best friend understand.
"Fine," Alec said, glancing around. "But let's go back to the Penhallow's. At least that's somewhere more private."
The others nodded, and the group turned and made their way back to the house.
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When Clary came back to consciousness, she found herself in the same hollowed out cavern, this time bound to a chair. Sebastian was nowhere to be seen – nor was Valentine, for that matter. She wondered if Jace even knew where she was. Clary attempted to break free of the callous rope binding her wrists and ankles to the oak chair, but to no avail.
She gave up as she heard heavy, lumbering footsteps coming her way, their sound increasing with every step closer. Clary tried to listen to their echoes to give her a clue as to how large the cavern was. She assumed that it was a network of tunnels, sometimes linking back to each other, but some twisting around hopelessly. Slumping across the chair, it dawned on her that it was probably safer for her to stay in the one room and risk her chances with Sebastian, than losing her way escaping and starving to death in a damp, cold chamber.
However, to her surprise, it wasn't Sebastian who approached her. It was Valentine.
A/N: Sorry for the abrupt ending! I'll try to update at least once a week. Thanks for reading guys, and please take the time to review! I love reading your thoughts. Xx
