Note: I have adapted the Parabatai Oath and not the ceremony because I just find it kind of annoying that old English is used instead of modern, it has not been changed much just tweaked and still holds the same concept.

But if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?

Jonathan POV

Sitting on the opposing end of Lilith, I cut at the fish on my plate, she sat watching, her lips on the obsidian goblet sipping. I had for the record never witnessed her eat, taking another bite she placed the goblet down and clasped her hands against the table.

"I've been informed that you have been watching your sister."

I opened my mouth to defend myself but she hushed.

"Valentine visited."

"He did?"

She took another sip, before snapping her fingers, the food before me was replaced and instead a box was in its place. I unlocked the clasps and opened it, inside a beautiful goblet laid, it's power screamed in my ears. I tilted my head. She rose and came to stand by my side, picking up the goblet I was surprised by the weight.

"What is this?"

"This is my gift to you, you know of the mortal cup, don't you?"

"I do."

"Well this cup will create an army for you, using my blood you can turn whom you wish into someone who will obey and serve your will."

Clary POV

{Flash Forward to age 16}

Stepping into the circle, I grasped Isabelle's arm, we had been waiting for this day since our first training session, as we felt the flames erupt around us, the clave official nodded his head, allowing Isabelle to commence the ceremony.

"Entreat me not to leave or to return without. For where they go I will go." She smiled

"For where they stay I shall stay, their people shall be my own. Their religion my religion." I continued

"Where they die, I shall die and there I shall be buried"

"The archangels do so to me and more so only separate us in death" We spoke in unison

The ring of fire erupting into a shower of gold, as the silent brother who had up till now remained silent placed in our respective hands identical steles, ceremonial steles. Isabelle unbuttoned her shirt and tossed it the side, myself doing the same. We had discussed in advance where we wanted our Parabatai rune placed, for Isabelle she wanted her rune to be placed above her left hip, whereas I wanted mine covering my right hip. We both flinched at the burning of our skin, both of us were focused and trained on ensuring the rune we applied was without fault or mistake, at the finishing of the Parabatai rune we place the steles back into the silent brother's hand just as the fire extinguished and we embraced, it was like a gateway that has been closed to before had been opened for the first time, there was no way to exactly describe the euphoria of feeling her thoughts and feelings like my own we had been so concentrated on each other, we were only aware of the applause moments after as we separated and turned to meet our respective parents, both of quickly buttoning up our shirts. Linking my right hand in Isabelle's we walked towards the armoury where our Parabatai set of weapons awaited us, there Diana Wrayburn waited and next to her Hodge.

"Congratulations, Izzy, Clary."

"Can we please see our gear?" Isabelle was far more excited than I was at this point

"Course darl." Diana lifted the cloth off the table

There laid our weapons, Isabelle equipping her new electrum whip which could also when used correctly become an electrum staff, I on the other hand picked up the dual kindjals that awaited me, our clothing on the other hand, we walked into respective change rooms and soon departed as a team, with Jace and Alec awaiting us.

"Time to go on your first mission as official Parabatai, that and it appears we've been permanently assigned as a team the four of us, just as we requested!"

Jace fist bumped both Isabelle and I as Alec tied his shoelace. Today had been just like we had hoped as a team, perfect in every single way, just as Jace helped Alec up, we heard a heart wrenching scream, with looks of almost sheer panic, I reached for the first of my kindjals, as Simon a fellow shadowhunter skidded to a stop.

"What's going on?" Alec sounding extraordinarily calm

"Valentine. He's here. The four of you, need to get the hell out of here. Head Lightwood's orders. Go."

Our faces became ashen, we wanted to fight but it was an order. Taking out my stele, I began to draw a portal rune, this was something that only very few knew I was capable of, pushing the rune in front of us, the portal opened quickly, taking Isabelle's hand as well as Jace's who took Alec's. We took a shaky breath.

"Seems Alicante is no longer safe, to Los Angeles we go."

"STOP!"

Did we stop? Course not. We ran head first into the portal… the last thing the four of us heard as the portal closed was Simon screaming.

Valentine POV

{Present}

Glamour was such a useful charm, disguising myself as a now very dead inquisitor Herondale. I lit a match and watched in amusement as her corpse became nothing, though admittedly I hated that she was my only option… she would have to do in this case it would appear that no one was stupid enough to approach Morgenstern land without being fully aware of the troubles that came with trespassing. I would have to thank Malachi later, fixing her tie upon my body I picked up her now discarded stele and stepped outside the room where two clave guards stood strong and bowed their heads in respect.

"Have a portal prepared, and an arrest warrant announced for Jocelyn Fairchild. Seems according to what I have found, she has been in possession of the mortal cup this entire time?"

"And Valentine ma'am?"

"Found his rotting corpse, seems he finally went insane. No matter."

"Yes ma'am."

A portal appeared as requested, taking the guards with me I stepped into it and arrived promptly inside the halls of the New York Institute. Oh, how I had missed this place, being met by four Gard troops, they lowered their heads as I unlocked the institute door. As the door swung open I was promptly greeted by the two heads of the institute. Maryse and Robert.

"Inquisitor Herondale, how unannounced how can the institute be of assistance?"

"It has come to the Clave's attention that the exiled Jocelyn Fairchild has been seen in and around this institute, please allow the guards to do their work. She is being arrested for unfair and unjust possession of the mortal cup."

Before either could say anything, the guards swept through the institute. I stood there with only one guard remaining, a part of me was glad that no one had noticed the glamour and that I was an imposter.

"Stephen hadn't mentioned you were visiting." Robert commented

"Well, the angel sometimes asks of tasks to be done without warning, I suppose this is his gift to us the return of one of the mortal instruments. Shame the other instruments are missing."

Maryse POV

When the doors had in a sense been forced open by the inquisitor and the guards, I knew something was wrong immediately, tracing over the mental communication rune, I focused in on Jocelyn's mind and gave her the message directly.

{The Inquisitor and several guards are here, something is suspicious about this… I think it's Valentine.}

She didn't respond, she just did, moving aside for the guards I placed my hands gently against Robert who didn't shy away, instead moving closer to me. A part of me was glad that because of assistance in stopping Valentine and by revealing his plans early on to the clave they pardoned us for the slaughter of innocent downworlders, we had been given a full pardon by then Consul Wayland who thanked us for our service and for our loyalty to the Clave, the only members who were punished were the ones who did not attempt to stop Valentine in the first place, members like Hodge and Michael who were punished severely, for Hodge he was cursed to stay on institute land, whereas Michael and his wife were exiled and stripped of their runes none of the three of them would be buried in the silent city, a shame and the ultimate punishment for us as a species, to be unable to serve beyond the grave was something everyone considered unimaginable. Other members like Luke's sister moved forward with her life and became an Iron sister, Stephen and Celine were overseas in London, as the representatives there. Robert and I were respectively in charge of looking after not only our own three children but Jace and now apparently Clary.

The guards soon exited with a handcuffed Jocelyn, or at least a criminal hiding behind a glamour.

"We will take our leave now, thank you for your assistance."

"Thank you for dropping by inquisitor Herondale."

As soon as they disappeared through a portal, Robert spoke.

"Who did we send off with Valentine?"

"Some lesser criminal. I couldn't allow for Jocelyn to be so easily given back, not after everything. We have to keep her location as well has her daughter's safe. It's clear that Valentine is well aware of their existence and their choosing to return to the Nephilim."

"I feel as though everyone in the damn shadow realm knows now that the infamous wife of Valentine Morgenstern has returned to the ranks, and joining her is her daughter Clarissa Fairchild."

I wanted to correct him, yet I knew that regardless of her blood their daughter was a true Fairchild and that she would not fall victim to the wicked ways of the Morgenstern family… though that stigma would always be there and it would be her responsibility to show the rest of the realm that she was on our side, that she was loyal to the Clave and that she would be a helpful weapon and gift in our endless war against Morgenstern and his pro-death army of followers… it was no secret that half of the Clave members were secretly in league with the circle and that those who were like ourselves was greatly outnumbered… Valentine only needed the mortal instruments to truly take control of the shadow realm and become a King, not that any of us would let that happened… the entire shadow realm would lay down their lives and their families to prevent such a circumstance becoming reality.