3rd PERSON
After Clary leaves
As Clary steps through the portal, releasing Izzy's hand, what seems like the entire world around them falls into a deathly silence. Izzy stood by the portal rune, her thoughts evident on her face, those of hatred and betrayal, and as she turns her soaked face it is evident to who they are felt towards.
The mighty shadowhunter, Jace Herondale, he just stands there with so many emotions rushing through him with one dominant factor, guilt. The silence so daunting as he prepares his mind for what he knows will come, what he knows that he deserves.
The silence is broken by Izzy as she whispers words only just audible. "How could you?" He lets his mouth drop as if to say an answer but thinks better of it. Raising her voice that speaks more fluidly than before, refusing to look into his eyes "HOW COULD YOU? She was my best friend, the only friend i ever had outside of our family! You broke her Jace and i hate you for it. What made you believe she wasn't good enough for you, what selfish thoughts were good enough for you to take away MY BEST FRIEND" Her voice so loud it would be surprising if all of New York didn't yelp a response in fear of her words. So much anger as her fists gripped around her whip, she uses the silence after her words to let them dig in, just to hurt him even more.
"I'm sorry" is the pathetic response he musters, the look on Izzy's entire body clearly shows she isn't satisfied with his response as her grip on her whip passed through generations of her family tightens.
"Sorry" she whimpers, "In what life, what world, what universe, what damn dimension, do you think that you can fix this with a pathetic little 'sorry' your stupid mind doesn't even mean. SHE'S GONE. She's never coming back after what you have done. Who do you think you are? You had no right, you didn't even have the dignity to tell her you didn't love her, you thought it would be better to just cheat on her."
"I do love her" he responds with so much uncertainty as if he is trying to convince himself.
"No, you don't, if you loved her you would not have even thought about cheating."
"Izzy please, i don't know why i did it just help me get her back"
"No" Izzy says with a word to back her up
"What, you said she was your 'friend' so help me get her back you know where she has gone." He pleads
"Best friend, and I don't know where she is, and i won't help you find her, i vowed not to find her and unlike your jackass self i keep my promises" slowing down on the latter part to make him feel even more guilty.
"I didn't mean to"
"You can't cheat by accident Jace, i spent days beating myself up after what i saw until i finally realised it was all your fault not mine. She had enough goodness in her to forgive me for destroying her happiness because she understood what i was going through by not telling her"
"What do you mean she understood"
"Like you care, You are not my brother and i hate you Jace Herondale!" She yells with finality before she grabs her whip and unleashes its fury, gripping his ankle she pulls his leg out from underneath him sending him flying backwards out of Clary's 'old' room.
Before she can continue beating up her ex brother she has her hands pulled behind her, as she shrieks to be let go, tears yet again falling down her face. "HE CHEATED ON HER SO SHE LEFT! He made Clary leave"
"You what?" A rough voice says as they look at Jace, Izzy realising is was Alec stops fighting as he lets her go.
Jace responds "I'm sorry Alec, i was such an idiot" he says whilst punching his fist through the wall. His parabatai looks at him with so much sorrow in that moment as Alec try's to remember his vows. Being the most level headed in the group as they realise practically half of the institute including Magnus and Simon have been watching the entirety of this hysterical episode.
Alec ends his and Izzy's part taking her hand and pulling her sobbing body away, "You can heal like a mundane, head and heart, although i'm not sure you even have both of those."
Simon and Magnus follow drearily behind each exchanging a look to jace that portrayed the i-am-going-to-beat-the-crap-out-of-you-and-then-dump-your-corpse-in-a-dumpster-because-you-don't-deserve-a-funeral-you-cheating-asshole look towards his lifeless face. Alec looks at him as they leave, searching for his parabatai, before realising he was just who he always was, believing he never changed from his days as a player.
When they finally reach a clear room, the library surprisingly, usually Maryse would be in there but it seems all of the chaos cleared the room. Simon, Clary's other best friend, simply stood still, they had a bond so strong it was unbreakable, only he was breaking. He was coming to the realisation that his best friend in all of the crazy worlds that he new was gone... and he hated Jace for it. Sorrow clearly seeping it way onto everyone's face after the initial shock of anger.
"We find her" Simon says with so much certainty you could almost believe that he was about to lead warriors to battle.
"She is like my sister, Izzy, i know you promised but we didn't, she's family, we stand for each other" Alec comments for once disbanding his usual stubbornness and narcissistic comments towards the bloodsucker, he just wanted to find his friend. There bond had also grown like ivy round a tree over the years.
"I'm with my boyfriend, besides i watched that fiery red head grow up for years, i'm not about to stop now. Izzy, i know you will keep your promise, but i have a talent for loopholes, you don't have to help us, but you don't have to stop us." He says with a smirk of genius creeping onto his face towards the end.
"Ok, keep me up to date, i'll tell Jocelyn and Luke" she says frowning. "Lets find her"
It is in these moments that you finally realise, no matter how strong you tell yourself that you are, that everything is bound together in links and moments. When a link is broken, it affects them all, you can't replace it, you can't just put another one in place. It was unique, formed in a moment that will never happen again. You can only try to remember it, but that is where time plays its part, the longer you go without a jolt, a spark to put that line to use again, the weaker the link becomes. What used to be so easy to picture, to see all about a person, that luxuary starts to fade.
They say that the first thing you forget about a person, is their voice, you can remember their smile and the way they look but not their voice. So it becomes a matter of holding on to their laugh, their little quotes you would never admit to enjoy hearing, to tell yourself everyday since they go that you will see them again, because that will be all the hope that you can cling to.
Clary was not just a link, she was the spark that ignited so many happy memories, so they agree to never stop looking, however long it takes they refuse to let her memory fade. She is a connection in each off their minds that binds so many others. Strong enough for Izzy to break her vow, she knows Clary won't be mad because they practically know each others thoughts.
No matter what happens they stand together
"Agreed" they sound in harmony. United.
