Is it weird that suddenly I'm thinking of changing the ending? I'm actually really sorry about what I'm planning to do in the future. Please don't get mad me. Also, I'm trying to build up a cute Clary-Jace friendship to make up for what he did(killing Seb), not that he can really make up for it, but idk. I feel like he's a good character, I just don't ship him and Clary. Also, we passed 1000 views for this story! Okay, rant is done now LOL
~Sara
Clary
Alicante was in flames. Clary looked around at the city of human-angel hybrids in tears. Where were Chris, Lily and Xavier? She looked back at the flames nervously.
She had made her decision to come to the battlefield, and once she made a decision, nothing would change. She reached for the stele inside the pocket of her gear, but instead felt somebody's hand.
"Clary, you can't go in there." Jace said calmly. "I'm sure they've evacuated."
"They didn't have time, Jace. Xavier has his injuries, Lily is only six years old, and Chris doesn't even have his weapons with him! Sure, there may be an emergency room inside the basement, but if the city's on fire, then they can't get out!" Her voice rose a couple octaves due to her increasing state of panic as she sobbed into his arms.
Jace looked at the flames, then Clary, then back at the burning city. "I'll go then."
"No, Jace! You can't leave me here! If you go, then I'll go!" She struggled against his iron-hard grip.
"But what if they've actually evacuated, and you go in there and get hurt, huh? That's not good either! Let's face it Clary, I'm the one who should go. I'm replaceable, you aren't. You can create new runes, for god's sake!"
Clary looked down at her hands. This was the first time that she really, truly felt useless.
"Don't give me that look, Fray." Jace said.
"But what if you-
"We've taken on Lilith. Who said that we can't take a little bit of fire?"
"I'm serious, Herondale." Clary snarled. "What if you were to die, huh? That ruins everything!"
"You think I don't know that?" Jace took in a deep breath. "Look-if they're in there, they're alive. They're literally the smartest kids I know. But if-" His voice slightly cracked, but he continued on. "If I were to die, just-just take care of Xavier, alright?"
Clary nodded, watching him go. "Don't you dare die on me, Herondale." She whispered, a hand held out into the fire.
Jace(Yes, a JACE pov)
Xavier, you better be alive. Jace thought as he plunged through the flames, drawing a Breathing Under Duress(A/N-breathing in air and smoke-it's a rune that Clary invented-check Shadowhunter's Codex) and the Shield of Fire rune. He accidentally drew a wrong line and had to redo it. It was times like this when he missed Alec the most. He missed the feeling when Alec used to draw runes on him, making him feel ten times stronger than he did now.
Jace didn't notice that he was subconsciously touching his faded parabatai rune until he felt a little stab of pain where it once was. It was grief coming out of his rune in its physical form. When Alec died, it was like a part of him disappeared as well.
Before he knew it, he was in front of the Lightwood Mansion. He looked it over and gasped, seeing that almost half of the building was in flames.
He could either assume that they had left the building and save himself, or he could go inside and risk them not being there. The choice to pick was fairly obvious.
He kicked the flaming door down, suddenly grateful that runes existed. Where is the secret chamber that Clary was talking about? Oh, right-under Chris' room.
Jace was filled with panic when he realized that since Lily was only six years old, she couldn't have any runes applied to her skin, because it could very possibly kill her, and if they didn't give her runes-
she would either be burnt or develop a lung issue from all the smoke in the air. He prayed to the angels that they would be alright.
Don't take Xavier, please, not my Xavier. He opened the latch to the room and saw-
Chris
"Is that smoke, Chris?" Xavier asked him.
"I-I don't know, Xav. J-just draw the breathing under duress rune." Chris didn't even feel the pain as he felt Xavier carve a rune into his palm. He opened the latch and immediately saw smoke, and a shadowy figure.
He felt a sharp stab of pain, opening his eyes and seeing that there was a shax demon right in front of him, its claws digging into his shoulder. He yanked himself off of it, and yelled out, "Xav! There's a Shax! Protect Lily, please-and don't get hurt!" While he was saying that, the fire struck his shoulder as well, causing him to scream.
The pain was still there, but the urge to protect those who were below him drove him into rage rather than the opposite, which was fear.
He felt for the short seraph blade inside his pocket, and pulled it out.
The Shax demon lunged, but Chris was faster, holding out the blade by its sharpest point so that the Shax impaled itself and fell to the floor. With ichor and his own blood all over him, Chris stumbled back into the room, where Xavier was hugging a crying Lily.
"What happened?" Both Xavier and Chris said at the same time.
"Go first, Xav."
Xavier looked up at Chris with scared eyes. "S-she can't breathe. It's the smoke a-and the flames. I-I don't know what to do."
Lily couldn't possibly handle runes at this stage of her life. She was too young, too fragile. It would be suicide to attempt to draw a rune on her-but it would also be suicide to not try.
"Lily. Lily, can you hear me? It's Chris."
She whimpered, breathing in and out, and in and out again, without success. She just suffocated more.
"Do you want me to draw a rune on you?" Chris asked. He didn't want anything to happen to his sister. His sister was literally the sweetest human being on the planet. He looked deep into her tear-filled eyes.
She nodded.
"Should I do it?" Chris asked Xavier.
Xavier nodded, his fingers trembling as he handed his own stele to Chris.
Chris shut his eyes. Every moment he waited, Lily's life was ticking away. He didn't want to be the cause of Lily's death, but he desperately needed to save her.
He felt a hand on his shoulder. Xavier. He put his empty hand on his and started the first line to the rune.
He heard a whimper come from Lily, who began to shriek in pain.
What on Earth have I done?
Sorrrrrry. I feel like Satan right now. Oh well, too bad then. I have a concert on Thursday so wish me luck and also how would you guys feel if after I finished this fanfic I wrote a Xav/Chris one? Just came to my mind, please lemme know if I should do that or just more Clabastian. Also, somebody come up with a ship name for them please! LOL
~Sara
