Summary:


Death was boring, Heaven was boring, even meeting Jonathan Shadowhunter himself was boring. Alec sighed as he wandered the green fields that made up Heaven's Realm.

"You are not Happy here." A booming voice said.

Alec startled and looked at the Angel Raziel who had appeared next to him, "No, I'm not."

"Is there something that we could fix?" Raziel asked, tilting his head in curiosity.

"No." Alec said, "I miss my family and my fiance."

"Magnus Bane." Raziel said, knowingly.

Alec nodded, "Yes."

"You know that as a Demon child he will never be welcomed to this place." Raziel said.

"I know." Alec murmured, looking away from the Angel.

"I have never seen a love so pure as yours, Alexander Lightwood." Raziel informed Alec.

"What...?" Alec tried but felt his throat close up and his body fade away, he looked at Raziel in panic before the Angel vanished.

Alec blinked awake slowly, his entire body ached and felt hot like he had been burned and pieced back together.

'You were.' A booming voice sounded in his head forceing Alec to grab it in pain as he sat up.

A glowing man stood before him, not nearly as bright as when Alec had first seen the Angel in the Mortal plane.

"What is going on?" Alec groaned.

'We have seen the destruction Magnus Bane wraught when faced with your demise, therefore, it has been decided that you are to be given a second chance at life.' The Angel boomed within Alec's mind. 'He keeps destroying his plants due to nightmares.'

Alec frowned, "Magnus can't grow anything for the life of him."

'No, but he can for the memory of you.' Raziel told him, his arm sweeping out and encompassing the surroundings.

Alec gaped at the beautiful things that grew as far as the eye could see, realizing that he sat in a white, ivy covered Gazebo that was surrounded by white lilies and red roses.

"So, what happens if I die again?" Alec asked.

'We thought of that, take a look at your right knee.'

Alec pulled up the loose green pants he was dressed in to see a new Rune on his kneecap.

'It is a Rune of Immortality, one that can only be granted by the Angels.' Raziel told him.

Alec looked at the Angel, tearfully, "Thank you."

The Angel nodded, 'Farewell, Alexander Lightwood, and good luck and glad tidings.'

The Angel vanished, leaving Alec alone in the Gazebo dressed in green silk pants and a long sleeved green silk shirt.

Alec stood slowly, his legs a bit wobblely as he leaned against one of the Gazebo pillars for support.

"What way should I go?" He wondered aloud as he looked around seeing no buildings but the Gazebo.

"Hey!" A young male voice shouted.

Alec turned and stumbled down the Gazebo stairs to land on his butt in the grass.

"Sorry about that, it's just the Council wasn't supposed to send anyone until tomorrow." The boy said, "I'm Bane."

Alec stared at the boy, he had Simon's hair and Izzy's eyes, and, unfortunatly, he seemed to have inherited Simon's ability to talk.

"Alec." Alec said as he let the young man help him up.

"Well, that's just cruel." Bane said.

"Why?" Alec asked.

"Because Magnus is supposed to be there."

"Where is Magnus?" Alec asked, "I would like to see him."

Bane frowned at Alec, "Don't you mean meet him?"

Alec shrugged, "Which way?"

"Follow me." Bane said and walked down a path between two rows of trees.

They arrived a few minutes later at two houses with a barn behind them.

"Mom!" Bane shouted, "The Council representitive is here."

"They're early." Simon's voice called back.

"Yeah, what do I do?"

Alec hid his grin as he listened to the shouted conversation.

"Bring him in!" Izzy shouted, "You know guest ettiquete!"

"Come on, do you want something to drink?" Bane asked.

Alec nodded, "Just water is fine."

"Okay." Bane shrugged, "You can sit."

Alec nodded and sat on the black couch that was against one of the walls. As he waited Alec looked around the room, finding the influences of both Simon and Izzy along with some influences that he did not recognize.

"You aren't supposed to be here until tomorrow." Izzy said as she entered the room.

"To be fair I never said I was a Council Representitive." Alec said as he stood.

"Alec." Izzy breathed.

"Hey, Iz." Alec grinned as he opened his arms as his little sister threw herself at him and huggedhim tightly.

"What, what is this?" Izzy asked as she pulled back, tears falling from her eyes.

"A gift from the Angel." Alec said, "I'm here for Magnus."

Izzy wiggled her eyebrows suggestivly, "Of course you are."

"Izzy!" Alec cried as Jace came careening into the room.

"My Parabatai Rune is back!" He shouted and stopped short when he saw Alec.

"Jace." Alec said as he was crushed to Jace's chest in a bone crushing hug.

"You're back, I don't even care how or why, you're back." Jace sobbed.

"Yeah, I'm here, Jace."

"You haven't aged a day, big brother." Izzy grinned.

"The dead don't age, Iz." Jace said.

"Alec?" Twin voices said as Clary and Simon entered the room.

"Yeah." Alec shrugged.

"What is this?" Simon said as he stared at Alec.

"The Angel sent me back for Magnus, I even have an Immortality Rune." Alec told them as he lifted his pant leg to show them.

"Wow." Clary breathed, "I sent the kids to get Magnus, he's going to lose it when he gets here."

"Good lose it or bad lose it?" Alec asked.

The others looked at each other.

"We don't know." Jace said, "He's been mourning you for almost twenty-six years, Alec, even now he only wears white and his hair is streaked white, the only color he ever wears is red embroidery on his clothing, a red rose and a cream colored lily."

The door opened and several young people stumbled through and stepped to the side the clear the doorway and then Magnus stepped through and stopped short, staring at Alec.

"Hello Magnus." Alec said, softly.


Author's note: I took the color Alec wears from the rhyme below. For reasons you can probably guess.

"Black for hunting through the night For death and mourning, the color s white.
Gold for a bride in her wedding gown,
And red to call enchantment down.
White silk when our bodies burn,
Blue banners when the lost return.
Flame for the birth of a Nephilim,
And to wash away our sins.
Gray for knowledge best untold,
Bone for those who don't grow old.
Saffron lights the victory march,
Green will mend our broken hearts.
Silver for the demon towers,
And bronze to summon wicked powers."

Shadowhunter children's rhyme, City of Heavenly Fire