Chapter 7
Clary was staring at the ceiling of her bedroom as she counted away the minutes until Jace and her would go and grab Isabelle and Alec. Normally it was just the two of them, they would sneak into the training room at night and mess about on the equipment they could find, making sure they were back in bed before the sun rose.
A special knock at the door shook Clary from her reverie as she recognised it immediately. Knock twice, slap three times. It was a knock that she and Jace had devised to notify one another to their presence. Already dressed in her shadowhunter gear she leapt up - hurrying towards the door handle and opening it. Speaking in small whispers they decided they would each find their possible parabatai and meet each other in the training room.
"This better be good - you're interrupting my beauty sleep." Izzy grumbled half heartedly looking around the vast training room whilst Clary rolled her eyes. Any expression off any tv show she was picking up these days in an effort to seem more mature.
"Trust me," Jace grinned at her, "it's better than good." Nodding at Clary to explain she stepped forwards, acknowledging them both.
"So we were thinking that that parabatai thing we were learning in class today? We want to do it. More specifically Jace and Alec and then me and Izzy. Our teamwork would be totally awesome and, lets face it, we're the best four shadowhunters in this place for our age, not even considering the douche Jonathan." Looking to see how they were taking the news Clary beamed as she saw the siblings were both wide-eyed and leaning forwards eagerly in anticipation for the next words.
Jace continued. "So we thought we'd do a trial tonight to see how we would work together - first a race to the ceiling and down and then a mock-fight. You up for it?"
Izzy scoffed. "Of course we're up for it. Unless Alec is all scared of the 'restricted' upper section of the room with the big beams..." Alec shoved her angrily at being teased as she laughed him off.
"I'm in too. Come on then let's go." Alec ran confidently forward towards the beam, never one to be put down by his younger sister.
"Right so what's important here is teamwork. And obviously Clary and Izzy's ability to accept their loss at the end of the race."
"In your dreams, Wayland." Izzy winked at Clary.
"Three...two...one..." Izzy said getting progressively louder.
"GO!" They all screamed as they scrambled up the first few beams, gaining their momentum and footing. Shouting various instructions to each other, Izzy and Clary began to spread out across the ceiling, working out how to block the boys from getting ahead of them as they had gained a head start. Meanwhile Jace and Alec were charging up the middle, attempting to gain as much speed as possible to close the margin between them and Izzy and Clary.
Jace and Alec had manages to overtake the girls by the time they had got to the top, but Clary and Izzy had another idea to hopefully score a late winner. Looking down from the top they aligned their angle right and jumped down 3 flights of beam. Just as Izzy was about to land in a crouch Alec appeared seemingly out of nowhere. Screaming at the top of her lungs, all thoughts of it being the middle of the night forgotten, Izzy had no choice but to land on top of him, sending them both flying down the rest of the beams until they landed in a heap on the floor. Having not bothered to put down any crash mats they hit solid wood, an audible crack ringing out through the empty space.
"Oh my god IZZY! ALEC!" Clary screamed down to the ground where they lay in a heap groaning. Suddenly she felt a hand go over her mouth, muffling her further cries.
"Clary! Be quiet! We can't get caught here and it's too loud!" Jace had made his way over and was desperately trying to silence her. When he was certain she would be quiet he removed her hand and hurriedly made his way down to assess the damage.
"Okay okay guys where does it hurt...please be okay! If we find a stele we can do an iratze...Clary's the best at drawing runes..."
Both Izzy and Alec had by this point sat up, with Izzy clutching her wrist and grimacing and Alec looking grimly at his already swollen ankle that was bent at the wrong angle.
"WHAT IN THE ANGEL IS GOING ON IN HERE." Jace didn't think it was possible to be louder than Izzy and Clary screaming combined but he was wrong, Maryse angry far surpassed any level he had heard the girls accomplish.
An almost comically synchronised gulp was heard amongst the four children as they realised how much trouble they were going to be in.
"Mom, we were...we were just.." Alec attempted before being abruptly cut off by more screams.
"I can only IMAGINE what events you were 'just doing' to result in such a stupid injuries. It is the middle of the NIGHT. You have all entered the training room WITHOUT PERMISSION to partake in activities WITHOUT SUPERVISION or adequate SAFETY MEASURES."
"I get it's bad, and it looks worse than it is but if we could just have an iratze we can go to bed and talk about it in the morning? We're going to Idris in a few days and-" Izzy attempted.
"Oh no," Maryse laughed humourlessly, "if any of you think you are going to Idris after the stunt you've pulled tonight you have another thing coming. And as for an iratze? I don't think so. It would do you two good to heal as a mundane has to - perhaps that will diminish this death wish you all seem to have because you think you're invincible. Now Alec, Izzy, come with me to the infirmary. As for Jace and Clary both of you get out of my sight. I am disappointed in all of you right now. For such promising shadowhunters you can be immensely stupid."
All four of them remained silent through their chastisement as they looked at the floor shamefaced. Most of all they were angry about missing the opportunity to go to Idris. They'd been learning about it for months and so desperately had wanted to go and meet other shadowhunters as well as clave headquarters.
As Maryse led her children out Izzy turned to Clary and raised her eyebrows expectantly. Clary understood immediately. It was a look that said "well? Did we make the cut? Are we going to be parabatai?"
After a quick look at Jace who smirked Clary nodded, gaining a little distraction from her disappointment about the trip when she saw Izzy's face light up.
As she walked back with her best friend she hesitantly wondered aloud if tonight had been worth the repercussions.
At this Jace said with the upmost confidence "100 percent. Plus don't sweat it, I have a plan that's even better than Idris. Just you wait."
