A/N: I dedicate this chapter to amandita2907


Lily - Lissa's POV

I woke up to find myself in my room back at the institute. How did I get back here? I was in my four poster bed, laying on a mountain of pillows. Huh… Now that I think about it, this is the first time I have actually slept in this bed. I could lie here forever but we have a war to fight so I sat up in a sitting position causing my head to rush.

Wait.

What happened at the hotel?

The last thing I can remember was fighting with Alec and Izzy in the Hotel DuMort. Oh no. Did I go into another trance? My muscles felt tense and uncomfortable. And my head hurt. Did I hit my head?

I slowly pulled the covers off my legs. I wasn't wearing pyjama pants again. I was in a long shirt - a male shirt. It was actually quite comfy, I admitted with a blush. I used the beside table to help myself stand up. I then headed towards the full body mirror to see how I looked.

Wow.

I look horrid!

My face was extremely pale as were my naturally red lips. My hair was in its usual curls but they were ruffled into a mess. It wasn't bed head because I'm one of those lucky individuals that doesn't get bedhead. I looked tiny in the shirt I wore. It engulfed my figure, making me look more frightened than I probably was. With the length of the shirt, I could see my knees wobbling and trembling. I headed towards the vanity table and landed on the seat just as my knees collapsed, causing my eyes to fall on my jewellery box.

Jewellery box.

Tarot card.

I must have looked mental with my appearance and slight crazed look as I grabbed the box and lugged myself back to my bed. Due to the return of some of memories, I remembered some of the runes I knew when I was little. Not exactly sure whether my plan was gonna work or not. I grabbed my stele, which had been placed on the bedside table, and drew the unlocking rune, causing the lid to fly open. I quickly grabbed the card and shut the lid of the box and drew the sharing rune onto the box.

It worked!

Now on my bed were two identical jewellery boxes. I then drew the preservation rune on the cloned box to make sure it stayed here for a long time. Satisfied with my work, I grabbed the card and placed it in the original box before drawing the locking rune again. I grabbed the second box and quickly put it back on the vanity. I looked around my room hoping to find somewhere to hide the box.

That's when I saw it.

Just above the headboard of my bed were several carved patterns. I headed to the bed and examined it closely. Perfect. I grabbed my stele and drew a cutting rune, instantly forming a diamond shaped hole. Then I don't really know what I drew; I don't know what it was called but it's purpose was to make an outer dimension. It immediately sapped the rest of my strength and I collapsed against my pillows. I felt my eyes begin to shut but I fought the feeling a bit more.

I placed the wooden block in the hole and drew a sealing rune over it, causing it to stay put. I then used the camouflage rune so it looked like it did before. And then reused the preservation rune and finally the locking rune that only allowed me to open it.

My eyes fluttered shut when I collapsed against my pillows, my strength completely gone.


When I woke up for the second time, I felt much better. I looked around the room to see if anything had changed since the last time I woke up but nothing seemed amiss. This time, when I got up from bed, I was steady as I observed myself in the mirror. I still looked pretty ghastly in my opinion, I looked dead to be honest, but this is as good as its gonna get until I take a much needed shower.

Thankfully, with the return of my strength, I grabbed some clothes and my towel before quickly taking a shower. When I came back dressed, I stood in front of the mirror observing myself - not because I was being vain - but to see how much I had changed.

I had changed a lot since the night of my eighteenth birthday - if that was even my birthday…

My posture was straighter, I walked more gracefully. I was more confident, my cheeks were more flushed - from the running I suppose - and I was happy. Not that I wasn't happy before but now… It just felt right. It felt like I belonged.

I grabbed my stele from the vanity table and put it in my jacket pocket. I sat down on the chair in front of the table and reached toward the jewellery box and opened it, letting a familiar melody begin to play. I had never noticed that it played a melody before this. The little ballerina like figure twirled and turned in golden dust. I looked at it closely, mesmerised. It had turned into an angel. It was beautiful…

I knew the lullaby but not from where. Words almost seemed to form in my head but just as quickly as they came, they disappeared.

I hummed along to the tune as I fished out my necklace and ring. I didn't even question how it got there. I knew I was wearing them when I collapsed the second time so someone must have placed it into the (unlocked duplicated) jewellery box whilst I was out.

When I finished getting ready. I looked at myself once more before leaving the confines of my room for the first time in… 'Wait. How long was I out for?' were my last thoughts as I went to hunt down my friends.


As I rounded the corner into what I dubbed the 'Ops room' I heard Hodge say, "Magnus Bane… He's over 300 years old. And, as you can see, he's not exactly shied away from the pleasures of every century. His tastes are both exquisite... and quite excessive."

Clary seemed to find Magnus amusing and scoffed, "He looks like the Downworld's David Guetta."

"Guetta's already a Downworlder." Izzy stated causing Clary to look up in surprise. Izzy winked at Clary saying, "Vampire? Ever seen him in the daylight?"

Alec interrupted the fun saying, "Can you two focus? This is not a joke." By the time they said this, I was 'inconspicuously' standing near them. They're all shadowhunters, most of whom were trained since birth but they don't notice the girl in the white dress standing beside them.

"Alec's right. Now, Magnus is one of the most powerful warlocks I've ever known. He has a deep mistrust of Shadowhunters." From what my memories reminded me, I trusted Hodge's word instantly but Clary seemed hesitant.

Eventually she asked the most crucial question of all, "So how do we find Magnus?"

Jace told the her the bad news, "We don't. Magnus finds us. We'll set up a meeting, somewhere protected. Lure him out of hiding." by the end of his mini speech, a planned was formed.

"And I know exactly where we do it." She took the tablet from Hodge and start swiping across the screen. Soon enough, an invitation to a downworlder rave appeared. "A Downworld rave. Nice, Izzy." Jace quickly complimented, definitely impressed. "And where'd you get that?" Alec asked in concern.

"During my surveillance of the Downworlders. From what I hear, Magnus likes to party." she shifted her shoulders, like a peacock showing off its feathers.

"He'll never go for it." Alec said doubtfully, "Not with Valentine trying to kill him."

"Of course he will." I countered Alec, steeping forward to finally announce my presence.

They all spun around to face me. I waved at them as the shock slowly faded. Clary broke out of it first and practically tackled me to the ground. "You're awake. You're okay. You're alive! We thought you were gonna die… Simon's gone." She ended off sadly as she informed me on what had happened whilst I was asleep.

"First of all, nice to know you guys had so much faith in me! Second of all, Clary I knew the other stuff already because I'm standing here alive and healthy tells me that I am alive and healthy. Third of all, I know Simon left because I heard your argument on my way here. And finally, let go your squishing my ribs… I can't breathe" I ended off dramatically, pretending to cough my guts out.

Izzy then came up to hug me and even Alec did too. Surprisingly it was Jace who had frozen on the spot and not reached out to hug me. I held my arms out waiting for his hug. He eventually got out of his shock and hugged me tighter and longer than the others. "I'm so glad you're okay." he whispered in my ear, "I was so worried." I hugged him back tightly in concern because I had never seen Jace so emotional and vulnerable and as a way to show him I was alive and was still with him.

I carried on with my sentence, "Magnus would never miss a party. He was at Pandemonium when the circle members were there and he's confident in his magic. A little too confident in it. Plus, all he has to do is blend in. Hide in plain sight. Something which is actually quite difficult for him, he loves extravagance." I finished off and spun round to face the others. They all looked at me wondering how I knew so much. "I got some of my memories back," I admitted, "He was in them…" I trailed off shyly. Jace went to ask me something but Hodge cut him off.

"Never underestimate Magnus' hedonism. Or his greed. Come with me." We all followed him. As Jace walked by me, he grabbed my hand and dragged me along with him. I could practically feel Clary's laser eyes burning into the back of my skull.

Hodge walked into a room that had several runes on the floor. He went to one of them and drew the rune on it. It's just like the one I made in my bedroom I realised with a tiny gasp that no one heard. The rune released the tile, revealing a beautiful necklace.

"Is that real?" Izzy questioned in awe.

"…from him to his then lover, Camille Belcourt." Hodge explained the significance of the necklace.

"What, Camille and Magnus were lovers?" I questioned Hodge.

"Warlock gets around." Jace sniped beside me. We smirked at each other.

I felt that stare attempt to burn me again. Hodge continued to explain to us how valuable the necklace was. "Magnus has longed to reunite with this necklace. Offer it to him. He might just take the bait." Finally concluding his plan.

Jace started moving away from the group, making me let go of his hand, "I'll send Magnus a fire message to arrange the meeting." He turned to us with a grim expression, "We have to get to Magnus before Valentine does."


I was on my way to my room to take a short rest (nap!) when Izzy kidnapped me and made me stay in her room. We spent the next hour or so trying on clothes. As the amount of outfits I tried on increased, more and more of my skin seemed to get exposed.

Clary walked into the room as I was getting changed into another outfit, "Jace said you wanted to see me?"

"That's right." she reaffirmed before asking, "What are you wearing to the Downworlder party tonight?"

"I don't know. I was just thinking about wearing this." I peaked my head around the changing divider and laughed along with Izzy as I shook my head at her naivety.

"I don't think so. No Downworlder would be caught dead in that. Plus, it's a party, not a poetry slam." She started ruffling through the clothes on her bed as I stepped out. "How's this one look?" She saw my outfit and wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Got it. I'll get changed."

"Lily, take that outfit off and pass it over to Clary. It will probably suit her more than it did you cause it will match her hair." I shouted in agreement and removed the outfit. I peaked around the divider and tossed Clary the outfit. Izzy then passed me another outfit. I changed as quickly as possible and stepped out. Clary had already gotten dressed and was ready and so was Izzy.

What happened? Did I just step into another dimension? How didn't I hear them getting changed?

"Wow Lils! You look great." I looked at myself in the mirror and actually believed her. There was a lot of skin showing so I put on a red cape that Izzy gave me. I left the room with a quick, "I'll meet you at the entrance! I just gotta get something." to the other girls before running off to my room. I flew straight to my closet and found several thigh holsters. I grabbed one for each leg and wrapped them around my upper thighs. I then slipped my stele in my holster and my seraph blade hold in the other. Ready.

I hurried to the entrance of the institute to find everyone waiting for me.

At the sound of my heels clicking against the floor they turned around to greet me but the boys stopped in shock at the sight of my revealing outfit. "Go change!" Alec said over-protectively.

I pouted, "Does it look that bad?"

Izzy shook her head at the boys before exclaiming. "Ignore them Lils. We gotta go cos we don't have anytime for you to change. You look wonderful by the way. Ignore my brothers… They're clueless."

And with that we walked off to the 'best party in history.'