Hello Malec fans! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own this stuff
Warnings: Drinking and innuendo
Over the next few days, Shadowhunters flood into Alicante and the surrounding area, living in their familial homes that have been in Idris for hundreds of years. The city was buzzing with people, but it is in a very sullen mood because everyone is worried about Valentine.
Being the only one in their group old enough to, Alec goes to the Council meetings every day and spends most of the day there. He both actively listens to what's going on, but keeps an eye on Magnus as well, listening to every word the warlock says.
"There could be Circle Members in Idris and we wouldn't know who they are!" Someone exclaims, "Anyone can be a spy!"
"What do you suggest?" A Senior Council Member asks.
"If I may," Luke says, "There is one thing Valentine hates as much as Downworlders. I think we all know what that is."
"As you were his Parabatai, Mr. Graymark, maybe you'd like to elaborate on that," the Consul says.
"Valentine lacked something most Shadowhunters and Downworlders had. A soul mark. It made him bitter and angry. He forbade us from being with our soulmate if we wanted to be in the Circle.I hardly doubt that has changed in recent years," Luke says, "That's his weakness."
"So, what do you recommend? Mark registration?" The Consul asks.
"I didn't say we had to register everyone, just check and make sure they're with their soulmate," Luke says, "A record does not need to be kept."
"A record would be more accurate," the Consul says.
"Isn't that a violation of our rights?" A female voice in the crowd asks.
"They're just soul marks. Everyone has one," the Consul says, "Unless you have something to hide, there shouldn't be a problem. Let's take a vote. Anyone for Registration of Marks, raise your hand." A lot of hands go up. Alec looks around nervously. His eyes meet Magnus's whose hand is also still down.
"Excuse me Consul, but would this law also affect Downworlders in the city?" Magnus asks, "We're not likely to be helping Valentine. Plus, if you're immortal like me, your soulmate could be long dead."
"Is your soulmate dead, Mr. Bane?"
"No," Magnus says, "But that doesn't mean others aren't."
"The law will apply to anyone in the city, no matter what species. Especially Downworlders paired with Shadowhunters, which will also protect these Shadowhunters, because Valentine didn't like interspecies breeding. He may target these Shadowhunters. So, Mr. Bane, you will be checked, but unless you have a Shadowhunter name on your arm, it will not be recorded." Alec swears a few dozen times in his head. The name on his arm isn't very legible, but Alec's name is written very clearly on Magnus's arm. The Council will find out and then so will his parents.
"This being clarified, who is still for the law?" The Consul asks and counts the hands, "And against?" Alec and Magnus as well as others raise their hands. Probably in similar situations as Alec and Magnus, or more likely they have a family member that is and don't want their family name ruined.
"Very well, the law is passed. The announcement will go out. Registration will be tomorrow. On to the next matter-" Alec zones out the rest of the meeting, knowing that it's rude to leave before there is a break. What on earth is he going to do? Alec figures there is only three options: burn it off the rest of the way, show up like it is and tell them he doesn't remember what the name is and get in trouble for damaging his mark, or have Magnus fix his arm and just face it like a man.
After the meeting, Alec heads home and goes up to his room. Clary is technically supposed to be staying with Luke and his sister, but she often sneaks out and comes to visit Jace, not wanting to sleep alone. Jace had promised Alec that they would only sleep, which Alec is happy about. He walks into the room and finds Jace on top of Clary, the pair making out.
"Excuse me while I go vomit," Alec says. The pair separate and end up sitting side by side on the bed.
"Didn't hear you come in," Jace says, putting an arm around Clary.
"Yeah, well, soundless runes are good for that," Alec says, "Most of the time." He sits down on his bed.
"How was the meeting?" Jace asks.
"Go get Izzy and I'll tell all three of you at once," Alec says, "I'm not telling the story twice and Izzy won't want to miss it."
"IZZY! ALEC IS BACK!" Jace yells.
"You could have gotten up and walked into her room," Alec says, "I don't think they heard you in Germany, Switzerland, and France."
"Wait, what?" Clary asks, clearly confused.
"What, did you think Idris was just floating in the sky? Or that it was a magical warm patch in one of the poles? Idris is sandwiched between Germany and Switzerland," Alec says as Izzy comes in.
"But there is nothing between Germany and Switzerland," Clary looks even more confused.
"Exactly," Izzy says, "Mundanes can't see Idris. They just pass right through. But that's where we are. It's powerful magic. So Alec, how was the meeting? Did you actually pay attention to it today?"
"They voted to allow Mark Registration," he says, "We all have to be registered."
"What? Why?" Jace asks, "What are you going to do. It's illegal to tamper with your mark."
"They think that it'll help them find Circle Members because Valentine won't let soulmates be together," Alec says, "And thank you, I'm well aware of the fact that I'll get into trouble if they see my mark mostly gone."
"Just lie and say it was an accident," Clary says, "It's not like they can blame you for that."
"Then they'll just get healers down to use more powerful runes to fix it and they'll see it," Alec says.
"Are you going to burn it off the rest of the way and act like you never had one?" Izzy asks.
"I don't see what other choice I have," Alec says, looking at his wrist, "Magnus is going to hate me."
"Wait, if they see Magnus's, won't they know that he and Alec are soulmates?" Clary asks, "That kinda gives it away."
"Marks aren't always both ways," Jace says, "It's sad, but it does happen sometime. They'll just assume that that's the case."
"The rune will be stronger if you draw it," Alec looks at Jace.
"Why?" Clary ask.
"Our connection. When we draw runes on each other, they work better," Jace grabs his stele, "Are you sure about this, Alec?"
"I don't have a choice," he says, "This things with Magnus is new and I don't want this to happen like this. Just it, Jace. You might have to do two." Alec winces a little as the runes are drawn directly over the M and the e.
"Doesn't that hurt?" Clary ask, watching.
"Not as much as it did the first few times," Alec says, "Can we talk about anything else?"
"I was thinking of making dinner tonight," Izzy says.
"Great. I think I'd rather take 12 of these runes," Alec says.
"Hey! My cooking isn't that bad! I've been practicing."
"So, I think the actual question is where we are going to get food," Jace says, "Where are your parents, anyways?"
"Trying to fix the Lightwood name, probably," Izzy says, "They just kind of go off somewhere. I guess there's too many teenagers here for them."
"Well, I guess they trust we can handle ourselves," Alec half smiles and laughs, "As if we don't get into endless trouble."
"They should know better by now than to leave us on our own," Izzy says, "We've basically caused the evilest Shadowhunter ever to come back."
"Pretty much," Jace says, "How on Earth are we going to fix this?"
"I need a drink," Izzy says, "Anyone want to head out?"
"We're not 21," Clary says, "We can't."
"It's 15 in Idris," Alec says, "Let's go. I could use a little getting drunk." The others agree and they head out to a bar. They drink until the bar closes down in the middle of the night. Jace and Clary end up making out in an alley. Alec lost track of his sister as he stumbles along through the streets. Except, he doesn't go home. He ends up at a door that is definitely not his. The man that answers the door is a blueish color and looking very annoyed.
"Magnus, what did you say your boy toy looks life?" he calls inside.
"Tall. Couple inches shorter than me. Dark hair. Beautiful blue eyes. Why?" Magnus calls, "It's 2 am. Why the sudden intrest in my love life?"
"I'm not interested in your love life unless it shows up drunk at my front door at almost 3 in the morning."
"I'll be right there," Magnus says and heads to the front door. The oher Warlock moves out of his way.
"What are you doing here, Alexander?" Magnus asks, "How much have you had to drink?"
"All of it," Alec giggles, "I wanted to see you. You're so pretty. I missed you."
"Come inside," Magnus sighs. As much as he likes Alec, he hates dealing with drunk people. They are so reckless. Alec stumbles into the house and Magnus closes the door behind him.
"Alexander, you shouldn't be here," Magnus sighs, "You could get-" He is cut off by Alec drunkenly kissing him. He tastes and smells heavily of liquor.
"Alec, not now. You need to lay down. On the couch," Magnus helps him over and gently pushes him, but it's enough to get him to fall onto the couch. Alec grabs Magnus's arm and pulls him down onto him and tries to kiss him again.
"No, Alexander," Magnus says, "You need to lay down. On your side, so that you don't choke if you get sick."
"Magnus, I did I bad thing," Alec giggles, "Are you mad?"
"I'm not mad that you've been drinking," Magnus says.
"Not about that, silly," Alec pokes his nose, "I'm talking about my arm."
"Your arm?" Magnus asks, then pushes the Shadowhunter's sleeve up to see the two burn runes still burning his skin.
"Alexander, what am I going to do with you?" Magnus asks, looking for the boy's stele to break the runes, but he couldn't find it.
"Alexander, where is your stele?" Magnus asks.
"I don't know," he giggles, "I like your eyes."
"You're not gonna be happy about this, but I have to do it for your own good," Magnus's hand glows with blue magic and he wraps his hand around Alec's arm, allowing the healing magic to take control and work on his arm. When Magnus pulls his hand away, the magic had done too good a job. The Shadowhunter's arm now very clearly and legibly reads Magnus Bane.
"Good night, Alexander," Magnus threw a blanket over the Shadowhunter and went upstairs to bed.
Alec is very confused when he wakes up. The house he's in is an unfamiliar one. He sits up and realizes he has a splitting headache. He blinks and looks around the room and notices a blue man who is clearly a warlock.
"Good morning, sleepyhead," he says, "Do you know where you are?"
"I have an idea," Alec says, "Where's Magnus?"
"He's upstairs," the warlock says, "He'll be down soon. But you may want to head out soon before anyone catches you doing the walk of shame. Plus, you have that registration thing to do today."
"Right," Alec stands up, "Tell Magnus that I'm sorry and I'll talk to him later." Alec head out of the house and back to his. No one is awake yet when he gets there. He quickly showers and changes before drawing an iratze on himself to numb the throbbing in his head. He makes coffee and sits down and nurses a cup of it. He's almost halfway done with his first cup when Jace appears, rubbing his head. He nods at Alec and pours a cup of coffee.
"Need an iratze?" Alec asks his Parabatai.
"Please," Jace hands Alec his stele and Alec draws the rune and the golden colored boy starts to feel better almost immediately.
"Where did you disappear to last night?" Jace asks, "Because I woke up naked and I don't think you would have put up with that."
"I just got back. Apparently I showed up on Magnus's doorstep last night, very drunk and got put to bed on the couch by either him or his friend. I don't really know."
"I missed the walk of shame? That's disappointing," Jace says, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
"Did Izzy make it home last night? I don't remember seeing her leave last night. Although, I'm pretty sure you and Clary were making out in an ally."
"Yeah, it was nice. You drank a lot more than us. I actually remember last night," Jace says. He finishes his coffee, "I'm gonna go take a shower."
"Alright," Alec says, "have fun."
After all four teens are up, showered, and have healing runes drawn on them, they head to the Council building.
"Guys to the left, girls to the right!" a voice calls. They split up and go in through into their designated directions.
"A - La here," someone calls, "everyone else over there!" Alec and Jace split up, each joining their designated lines. It take about an hour for Alec to get to the front. He's nervous about the process, but his arm is blank, so what's the big deal, right?
"Next!" a voice calls and Alec is in the front of the line. He walks up to the table, "Name?"
"Alexander Gideon Lightwood," Alec says and the man flips to the L section of the book in front of him.
"How old are you?" The man doesn't look up from writing Alec's name
"18," he says.
"Date of birth?"
"September 18th, 1989," Alec replies.
"May I see your arm?" The man asks after writing Alec's birthday down.
"Yeah," Alec says, rolling up his sleeve. He flips his arm over and his eyes go wide when he sees the name is written very clearly. The man looks at it and writes it down. Alec isn't sure if he's being judged or not, he's just very surprised to see Magnus's name fully on his arm for the first time since it appeared.
"Upstairs, fourth door on the left. Someone will be up when they have the chance. NEXT!" Alec walks up the stairs and into the room, walking past others. The first set of doors is buzzing with noise. Alec walks into the room and a Shadowhunter man in his mid 20's looks up at Alec.
"I'm Jake. Welcome to the room of Shadowhunters they don't know what to do with."
