"Wake up"

Alec stirred but Magnus remained sound asleep. The voice spoke again, this time in a different tongue. Magnus responded sounding annoyed in the same language.

"Why are you here so damn early?"

Magnus flopped onto his back throwing his arm over his face. Alec sat up and assessed the girl that had spoken. Faith. She had the same long silver hair except this time it was tied up in a high ponytail. Her outfit was more normal as well, although it was still all white and silver.

"Alec" She said, acknowledging she knew who he was.

"Faith" he said in response, holding out his hand to her. She shook it, looking slightly amused.

"I see Magnus is still not a morning person." Turning her attention to the wining warlock in the bed.

Alec stood up, grateful that he had slept in pants and a t-shirt that night and headed out the room.

"I will go make some coffee."

Magnus mumbled thanks. As Alec exited the room Faith jumped onto the location Alec had just occupied in the bed.

Now lying next to Magnus she spoke, "He certainly is attractive. Yet it is clear he is not aware of it."

Magnus rolled over so that his arm propped up his head. "I know right? Even better naked. Dating a shadow hunter does have its perks I suppose."

"hmm. You know of course that his being a shadow hunter is my major concern right?"

Faith rolled over as well so that she was mirroring Magnus's position. In all the time they had known each other they had never drifted apart. It was never awkward between the two of them, no matter how much time had passed.

"I know… I would be worried too. But Alec can be trusted. He has already disobeyed the clave and stood by my side. Alec does not blindly follow, unlike most of his kind. I would never ask you to do this if I wasn't sure he could handle it."

A slow smile spread across her lips. "Okay baby."

She ran her hand lovingly through Magnus's hair. "It has been too long since I have seen you. Your style has completely changed."

A flicker of fear passed through Magnus's eyes. He had never really cared what people thought of him before. But with Faith, he needed her approval.

"Do you like it?" He asked nervously.

Faith laughed, joy filling her eyes. "Sweetie, I con honestly say nothing has ever represented you better."

The two shared a smile and just then Alec walked back into the room, coffee in hand.

He handed one cup to Magnus and then looked towards Faith. He spoke nervously, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.

"I wasn't sure how you liked your coffee so I left it black. I can add sugar and cream if you'd like…"

"Black is perfect, thank you Alec"

Faith took a sip of her coffee. Yum. Point to him. He made some good coffee.

"Umm… Is it okay if I take a shower first?" Alec was unsure as to how to act around Faith and it showed.

"Of course darling. Faith and I will catch up as you get ready."

Magnus hopped out of bed and ushered his boyfriend into the bathroom and shut them both inside.

"I thought you were going to stay with Faith…?" Alec asked questioningly.

"Oh I am. But first! Alec honey, relax. I know that I have made her out to be scary but that is only because I didn't want to lie to you. She is Alec, to me and to us though nothing to worry about. She is great, to be honest Izzy kind of reminds me of her. She already loves you. Just be yourself."

Alec leaned in to Magnus and took a deep breath.

"Alright. I am good… I love you Mags."

"I love you too darling. Now go shower!"

Magnus slapped him on the butt and exited the room with a smile on his face.

"Alrighty, then. So what have you been up to Fay?"

Faith got up from the bed and moved into the kitchen, hopping up to sit on the counter.

"The usual. How is Alec?"

"He is nervous. He doesn't know what to expect. But he will be fine"

"How much did you tell him?"

"I told him that you are basically my mother…"

Faith interrupted, "I am your mother. I always will be, biological or not." She paused and her voice softened. "Maggie I don't care if you aren't a little kid anymore. You can still call me your mother."

Magnus looked shocked. He had not expected her to say that let alone with so much passion. It filled him with warmth. Knowing she still thought of him as her son. Although the two of them were still close Faith often acted more like an older sister than a mother.

"I…okay"

Faith saw the shock in the warlocks face and smiled. Although it was a happy smile, there was a certain sadness in her eyes, a sadness that comes with seeing to much. Every once in a while Magnus would catch that look in his eye, and he knew that his mother had seen much more than him.

"Continue. What else does he know?"

"He knows you are powerful… he thinks you are some sort of downworlder."

"Did you tell him he was wrong?"

"No… it would have been to hard to explain without outright telling him who you are."

"Fair enough. Although in a way I am a downworlder. Well, I guess downworlders are me. Does that make me a downworlder?"

Magnus chuckled, "Let's save the philosophy for another time. Oh! He also knows that the clave hates you."

"And I hate the clave." She muttered. Brightening up she asked, "How did he take that?"

"He only freaked out a little. But he also recognized that the clave has a tendency to hate what they don't understand. He recognizes that better than most others."

Magnus clenched he jaw. Remembering how hard it had for the clave to accept Alec, but he shook that memory out of his head.

"Good. Now, while he is in the shower. Do you have a ring?!"

A brilliant smile broke out across his face. And he nodded, running into his office and coming out with a small box.

Alec walked into the kitchen slowly after his shower.

When he saw Faith and Magnus he paused. The two of them were in a tight embrace and he barely heard Magnus whisper, "I missed you mama". Magnus had his arms wrapped around her slim frame, and Alec noted that there was something in his hand. What it was he didn't know.

It was rare to see Magnus so vulnerable and he knew in that moment exactly why Magnus found it so important that he know Faith.

The two of them pulled apart and a smile lit Magnus's face when he saw Alec.

Magnus moved over to Alec, the item in his hand vanishing and pulled him into a hug, pressing a hot kiss to his neck.

"Alright" he said, "Let's get this done."

The Magnus and Alec went to sit on the couch and Faith sat in a chair across from them.

Faith spoke, "Should we start with who I am or the poison?"

"Tell him who you are first. Besides, Izzy and Jace are going to want to know about the poison."

"And they are?" Faith asked, raising her eyebrows.

Alec chimed in, "My siblings."

"Ah. Sounds good… I'll admit I don't really know where to start."

Alec could see nervousness in Faiths posture.

"Have you ever told anyone this before?" Alec asked.

"Only Magnus. And he was young, he grew into the knowledge of who I am."

"Then how about you tell me in the simplest of terms and then go into greater detail where necessary."

Faith stood up. She rubbed her hands together and then turned to face Alec and Magnus and spoke.

"Alright then, I guess I will start at the beginning. I was born in…" Faith paused and thought, "Well, I don't really remember when, but my mother was demon and my father was an Angel."

She stopped again, looking at Alec. His face was controlled but there was surprise in his eyes. Magnus motioned for her to keep going. "I am the only one of my kind, half angel half demon. So of course that gave me special abilities, not held by any other. Eventually it was decided that I was too powerful, that one person should not hold the abilities I had. So they were spilt up, and new races were formed."

Understanding now lit Alec's eyes. He knew who she was. Faith saw this, but she continued on.

"I was able to do a variety of things. I had magic, I could drink the blood of others and it would give me unbelievable strength and speed, I could turn into an animal at will and many other things. Now as I am sure you have guessed by now, I am a culmination of every type of downworlder."

Alec spoke, "You are Lilith."

"Yes"

Alec stood up abruptly, "I'm going to get a glass of water." And exited the room.

Magnus cracked a smile. "Give him a sec…"

Alec walked back in and sat down. "Okay I'm good." The shadow hunter turned his attention back to the girl, "So… you're Lilith, like the Lilith?"

"I am."

"Okay… but wait. Then why does he call you faith?" Alec asked, gesturing towards the warlock.

"I do not go by Lilith. It's an identity I generally keep secret."

"Oh. I guess that makes sense. To be honest I did not really think you were someone who was still on earth."

"Most don't, mainly because I do hide my identity. The clave knows though, I suggest you not tell them about meeting me."

Faith assessed the shadow hunter's reaction carefully.

"I won't." Alec was steady in his response.

"Good"

"Okay, so all the downworlders came from you…" Alec started, urging the girl to continue.

"Yes. However something that is not in your history book. Shadow hunters were also created from me…"

Alec looked thoroughly confused. "No, it was Raziel. We have angel blood."

"Yes, that is true. Raziel gave you angel blood, but you could already bare runes."

Faith proved her point by taking out a stele and drawing a rune on herself.

"So basically everyone who is not an angel, demon or human came from me."

"Does the clave know? That we came from you?"

"It is a closely guarded secret but yes, they do."

Alec looked annoyed and muttered of course they do.

Faith laughed. "Oh we are going to get along just fine."

It was just then that Faith sat up straighter, all laughter gone from her face. She looked grim and mildly annoyed.

She sighed, "I have to go. I will come back later and we can discuss the poison, feel free to bring your siblings Alec but they do not get to know who I am."

"Okay, but can I ask, where are you going and how did you know to go. And wait! When do I get to hear about how you two met?"

Alec stood up and with a look on his face somewhere between demanding and begging.

"I am going to do my job, it similar to that of a shadow hunters, something we can discuss at a later date. I knew because I am awesome and Magnus can tell you how we met. You can ask me questions later, okay?"

Faith had stood up in the process of answering Alec's many questions and had changed her clothes into what resembled hunting gear.

"Okay."

Magnus joined them in standing up. Having enjoyed watching his two favorite people in the world interact he smiled broadly.

"You'll be careful right?" He asked his mother.

Faith moved to pull her son into an embrace, "Of course Darling." She checked her watch quickly. "I will be back here around 5, have fun." And she vanished.