Chapter 04

"Magnus, me coming back into your life should have by now reawakened the fact that you met Alec, Isabelle and Jace when you took me under your wing," Agatha told him as she stood with Alec at the window. Alec was not happy with what they were doing.

"Agatha, you can do it. I know that you can," Alec told her as they turned back around from the window to face Magnus.

"Alec, it isn't that easy," Agatha told him as she guided him over to Magnus and got him to take hold of the older man's hand. "What happened before I brought you here?"

Magnus needed Alec's help to heal Luke, Agatha stood behind them she couldn't do it and both Magnus and Alec knew this. Jace looked to Agatha and then at Alec before Agatha started to make her hands flicker.

"Aggie?" Isabelle questioned, as another portal opened up behind her.

"Izzy go, it'll take you straight to outside the institute...Your mother is looking for you," Agatha said quietly and calmly before she added. "I'll be there soon, I promise," Agatha stepped forward and gave her a hug.

"Aggie...fine, but only if you promise that you'll follow soon," Isabelle looked to the older girl reciprocating the hug and then stepping through the portal and disappearing to outside the Institute.

The portal closed by Isabelle as she arrived outside the institute, she looked behind her in time to see the purple fade into nothing before she walked inside and went to find her mother. She never knew how Agatha always knew that the older woman was looking for any of them. Isabelle ran into Max as she walked inside the small boy wrapping his arms around her.

"Alec you and Jace need to talk, you're brothers, parabatai," Agatha told him pausing before she continued. "Stay with Magnus he needs your help," Luke had been healed and was lying on the couch.

"But..." Alec started to say, before Agatha knelt down beside him.

"Trust me, like you always have," Agatha kissed the top of Alec's head giving him a hug at the same time.

Agatha was hoping that Alec wouldn't question the fact that she had inadvertently told him that Luke was her Uncle. Agatha loved Isabelle, Alec and Jace and sometimes she wished that she could tell them more than what she was able to. At the institute Isabelle was finding things were getting ready to change and she wasn't sure that any of them would like the changes. Isabelle hoped that Agatha being back might sway things in the favour of the Lightwood children, the Clave had to know that she was one way to help.

"Jace, come for a walk, we're taking the long way back to the institute. Clary will be okay here, I'll come for her soon...she needs to stay and talk with Luke," Agatha told him as she motioned for him to follow her.

"I'm not leaving Clary," Jace said almost stubbornly as he looked between Agatha and Clary.

"She'll be fine, Magnus has always watched out for her and so has Luke," Agatha told him before she grabbed the younger boys arm and dragged him towards the door. "Magnus, I'll open the portal for Alec, Luke and Clary within the hour – tell them the institute is what they need to have on their minds,"

"Never you worry child, now go – be on your way," Magnus told Agatha and Jace ushering them out the door. Jace looked behind him and saw that Alec had taken off his jacket and was starting to clean the couch.

"Aggie, why do you trust Magnus so much?" Jace questioned as he reluctantly followed behind Agatha as they left for the institute.

"I told you that a long time ago, you'll remember in time," Agatha told him as they continued the walk passing silently by the mundanes who were completely unaware of their presence. "What did you find out from the Seelies with Izzy?"

"That they're in mourning, Valentine killed their scouts," he replied as they continued to walk, his occasionally glancing at her wondering if she was really back.

"That's terrible...Meliorn?" Agatha looked to Jace with a curious look on her face.

"He's how we found out," Jace answered seeing the look on her face.

"Mother will never be happy that I'm here and you know that," Agatha told him stopping short of the entrance to the institute they'd gotten their faster than they had originally thought.

"Aggie, she'll come around one day," Jace told her pausing briefly, this time it was his turn to grab her hand and drag her into the building.

Jace and Agatha walked into the Institute, preparing for Maryse to yell at them for leaving Clary alone. Inside the institute Isabelle was talking with her parents she had been told that she had to restore the Lightwood family name by being the diplomat; she wasn't happy with what Alec had to do, nor was Alec which was why he had turned Agatha and Magnus. Agatha and Jace stood with in the doors of the institute before walking to the weapon's wall and replacing their weapons before heading into the training room where they had decided to wait for Maryse to talk to them. They didn't have to wait long as Isabelle brought Max to them.

"Jace!" Max exclaimed running up to the older boy as he let go of Isabelle's hand and Isabelle walked over to Agatha.

"Hey Max, what happened in Mumbai?" Jace asked crouching down and giving the nine year old a hug.

"He started a fire, mixed up the heat and nourishment runes," Isabelle said wrapping an arm around Agatha as she spoke. "Max, you won't remember Aggie," Agatha smiled at him as she listened to Isabelle talk. "She's Jace's big sister, just like I am yours,"

"Max, those two runes look nothing a like," Jace laughed, he had the same reaction to what Alec and Isabelle had, had earlier.

"Hi, where's Alec?" Max questioned, grinning as he continued to hug Jace.

"He'll be home soon, promise," Agatha answered knowing that Jace and Isabelle didn't exactly know the answer to that. "Where's mother?"

"In her room, she still pissed that you're back," Isabelle told her quietly so that Max couldn't hear them.

"I gave Alec and Clary till the morning before I reopen the portal..." Agatha said quietly before she moved to go talk to Maryse.