Hey guys, thanks for the reviews, sorry for the wait, I had to sort out a few things for this chapter, which I need to talk about.
Although the two people who voted on the poll wanted me to wait to skip ahead to Jace and Clary being teens, I couldn't, I had no ideas for them being little left. I've got a big storyline planned for now when they're teenagers.
The story will likely be from Jace, Clary and Jessie's P.O.V. from now on, instead of Jem and Tessa, but we will probably still get their point of views from time to time.
So, from this chapter on, Clary and Jace are sixteen, Jessie is fourteen, Alec is 18, Isabelle is sixteen and Max is 9. Oh and Robert and Annamarie's daughter, Adele (Addie) is the same age as Max, 9.
I also want to inform you that hardly any of the events from City Of Bones, or any of the books, will transpire throughout this series, it wouldn't fit in right with the storyline I have planned.
*Disclaimer* I only own Jessie and Addie (Adele) all other rights to Cassandra Clare.
*Tessa's P.O.V.*
*10 years later*
"What I don't understand, is why we still have to go to mundane school, when we're shadowhunters." Jessie- who is now fourteen- complains, as she and Jace get ready for school. We've told them both about the shadow world, and they have a basic education in it, but we still send them to mundane school, because they've been going since they were four, there's no point in dropping out now.
"Because we said so." Jem says.
"I don't know why you hate it so much, Jess, you're so smart it can't' be hard for you." Jace- who is now sixteen- says. He's right; Jessie is very, very smart. She has a knack for languages; she's fluent in English, French and surprisingly Irish. She looks and acts like Jem more and more every day.
"It's not; I just hate a lot of the people there." She says. Being social is where our Jessie falls down. We try our best to put her in social situations and help her as best we can, but it's really not easy for her.
"If anyone bothers you Jess, come get me and I'll wring their necks." Jace says. He's very protective of Jessie, and they are very close.
"Jace Stephen Herondale-Carstairs, if I get a phone call from the school telling me you physically harmed someone, I will not be pleased." I tell him.
"But if they're annoying Jessie..." He trails off.
"You stay with her and don't let them get to her, but if you punch them or physically harm them, you're in trouble." Jem says. Jace scrunches his nose up, like he always does when irritated, and says
"Fine."
After him and Jessie head out to school, I bring up the issue of telling Jace about Celine and Stephen to Jem.
"We agreed we'd tell him when he's sixteen." I say to Jem. He knows exactly what I'm talking about.
"I suppose you're right... should we tell him tonight?" Jem asks. I think that would be best.
"Yeah, I think we should."I say, worried about how Jace will react.
*JACE'S P.O.V.*
"Remember, if anyone annoys you, come find me." I tell Jessie, as we walk into school. She smiles at me, and pushes some of her ink black hair, back from her brown eyes.
"I will Jacey, I promise. Love you." She says. When Jessie and I were really little, she use to call me Jacey. I didn't mind then, but now, only Jessie can call me that and get away with it. If Simon or Clary does it, I get mad.
"Love you too." I tell her, as she walks off in a different direction.
I walk down the hall and into the canteen, where I find Clary. She only recently turned sixteen. It was on her sixteenth birthday, that we got together. I spent the day with her, doing whatever she wanted. I've had feelings for her, since we were thirteen, and it turns out, so has she. At the end of the day, she surprised me by kissing me and asking me to be her boyfriend. Though I was shocked, I was delighted. I love her so much; I just know she's the one for me.
"Hey." I say, greeting her with a hug.
"Hi."She says.
"How are you?" I ask. She grimaces and says
"Mhm, not too good. I think I have some kind of bug, I feel sick and my stomach hurts. But I just had my period and I keep getting spotting." She tells me. Wow that I was not prepared for.
"Ew." I say, wrinkling my nose up in disgust.
"Aw, sorry, I'm gonna talk to Izzy about it, later." She says. Isabelle Lightwood is the daughter of my parents' friends, Robert and Maryse Lightwood. Robert and Maryse aren't married or together anymore, and Robert's hardly around for Isabelle and her brothers Alec and Max. They don't go to mundane school; they're tutored about the shadow world by Maryse and Robert's friend Hodge Starkweather.
"Are you doing anything tonight?" I ask.
"No, I don't think so." She says.
"Wanna go on a date?"I ask. She smiles and says
"I'd love to."
*That night*
Unfourtenetley I had to cancel my date with Clary, because mom and dad want to talk to me about something.
"Jace, you've heard of Celine and Stephen Herondale, right?" Mom asks. I have, I assume they're related to mom somehow, since they have the same surname.
"Yeah, are they your cousins are something, mom?" I ask.
"Well... sort of. But they're also your mother and father."Mom says. What? This has to be some sort of joke. I wasn't adopted... was I?
"No way, you guys are my parents." I say.
"Not biologically." Dad quietly says. No, this isn't happening...
"Jace, your mother's name was Celine Herondale. She was a lovely young girl, from France. She met your father, Stephen Herondale, who was older than her by 5 years. She was eighteen when they married, twenty when she fell pregnant with you and gave birth to you. Stephen was killed a few weeks before you were born.
After you were born, Celine was told she was having a severe post-natal haemorrhage. She was to be given surgery, buy her survival chances were very, very low.
I was there when you were born, baby, and she knew she wouldn't live, so she asked me to raise you for her. I couldn't let you go to some strangers, I loved you from the very second I saw you. But Celine loved you too Jace, her last words were 'Mummy loves you so much, Jace'." Mom tells me. Shit... this is a lot to take in... I'm adopted... The longer I think about it, the angrier I get. I'm sixteen, why didn't they tell me sooner? Why did they let me grow up calling them mom and dad? "Jace... baby, say something." Mom says. But I don't, I get up and walk out, texting Clary to meet me outside her house.
"I'm adopted!" I tell her, the minute I see her.
"I'm pregnant." She tells me.
I hope you enjoyed, this was the only way I could think of getting this storyline started. Please review and let me know what you want to see in other chapters.
