2007/2008

Agatha and Jace Wayland turned up inside the New York Institute, Agatha hadn't seen Alec since his sixth birthday and she was scared that he wouldn't remember her. They had been sent to the New York Institute after their father had been killed. Maryse and Robert Lightwood had agreed to take the children in as they had known their father.

"Jace, I want you to meet Alec..." Agatha trailed off quietly before she whispered in his ear. "He's the boy I would always disappeared for,"

"Agatha and Jace Wayland, I am Maryse Lightwood and this Alexander and Isabelle," Maryse said as the children stood before her in front of representatives from Idris.

"Hi Mrs, Lightwood. I'm Agatha and this is my brother Jace," Agatha pointed to herself and then to her brother Jace.

"Yes, Agatha I know who you are," Maryse smiled at the two children before she watched as her son ran towards Agatha and hugged her. "Now you two, no more secret meetings,"

"How did she know?" Agatha questioned, looking at Alec as she spoke.

"Mom knows everything!" Alec replied still hugging her. "I'm sorry about your dad,"

"Did you two hear me?" Maryse questioned, looking between Alex and Agatha as they stopped hugging and then at Jace.

"Yes ma'am," Agatha paused letting go of Alec and grabbing Jace's hand. "Jace this is Alec, the boy I told you about,"

"Yes mother. Hi Jace, I'm Alec," Alec extended his hand out to Jace as he spoke the younger boy looking him up and down trying to decide if he liked him or not.

"Isabelle, show Jace to the training room," Maryse said motioning for her daughter to show the young Wayland the way.

"Yes Mom. Hi Aggie," Isabelle looked at the older girl with a sparkle in her eye as she spoke. "Alec, you and Aggie come as well," she grinned grabbing Agatha's hand and dragging her along.

Alec and Jace followed closely behind their sisters Jace looking the older boy up and down as they walked. Alec could see why Agatha suddenly stopped visiting him when they were younger – it was to protect her baby brother.

"Hey Alec, Jace would like to show you his seraph blade work," Agatha grinned it was something that she knew that Alec would enjoy watching. "Jace, show him. I know you want too,"

"Do I have to?" nine and a half year old Jace questioned, looking directly at his older sister and then at Jace as he spoke.

"Go on, you know you want too," Agatha grinned and motioned for Alex and Jace to grab the training seraph blades.

"Aggie!" Alec exclaimed, before he and Jace were being handed seraph training blades by Hodge Starkweather. "Hodge, this is Agatha Wayland and her brother Jace," Alec said as he took the blade from the older man.

"Jace, go easy on him," Agatha winked at her baby brother and sat down with Isabelle to watch their brothers.

"Why are you telling him to go easy?" Isabelle questioned, looking at Agatha and then at Jace and Alex as they started to move.

"You'll see in a minute, one day when we were training he got my shoulder," Agatha said, remembering the day that she disappeared to see Magnus.

Hodge stood making sure the two boys didn't injure one another while their sisters watched them. Isabelle started to laugh when she saw that Jace was almost besting her older brother. Agatha grinned and hugged Isabelle. After a couple of minutes Alec grabbed Agatha's hand and dragged her off to another part of the Institute leaving Jace and Isabelle in the training room with Hodge.

"Aggie, you're not going anywhere again are you?" Alec asked, as they found somewhere to sit down hidden from their younger siblings.

"Not for a little while I hope," Agatha answered, resting her head on the younger boys shoulder. "Come outside with me? I want to teach you something," Alec glanced at her as she spoke to him.

"To do what?" Alec was curious now as to what she wanted to show him.

"Archery," as soon as those words left Agatha's mouth Alec's eyes lit up, now was his chance to shine.

"You teach me? I don't know about that," he laughed, Agatha stuck her tongue out at him as they stood up and she waved her hand. "Don't do that here!" he exclaimed, Agatha couldn't help herself. "Mother will have a field day,"

"Sorry!" Agatha replied, as she handed him the bow and arrow that she had grabbed without moving. "I can't help it,"

Agatha and Alec ducked outside and around the back of the institute, Alec guided her to where they could fire their bows for as long as they liked. Agatha and Alec stood in middle of a vacant park and started to fire their arrows at one of the trees. Alec missed the first 3 arrows he fired, causing Agatha to burst out laughing.

"Aggie, you can do better?" Alec raised an eyebrow at her, and then watched as she took aim at one of the higher up branches.

"See the how there is a random little bump on that branch up there?" Agatha questioned, motioning to a small bump that was only slightly larger than the rest of them. "Find something to focus on and fire, that's what I'm doing,"

"How is that going to help me?" he questioned, before doing the exact same thing as what Agatha was doing. "Now what?"

"Fire, dummy. It will work," she answered, showing him as her arrow hit the bump that she had aimed for.

"Who told you how to do that?" Alec asked, as his arrow hit the branch that he had aimed for. "I broke someone's nose last year at Kendo training,"

"Our father, wait you did what?" just as quickly as Agatha had made the bow and arrows appear she made them disappear and the two children headed back to the institute so that they wouldn't be missing.

"Broke a a boy at Kendo's nose...Aggie, you'll always be my best-friend," Alec told her as they re-entered the institute and were face to face with Maryse and Robert. "Sorry, we disappeared but Agatha wanted to show me her archery skills,"

Agatha and Alec knew they were in a small amount of trouble so they walked straight back to where they had left Jace and Isabelle and found them training with Hodge. Even as a twelve almost thirteen year old there was something about Hodge that Agatha wasn't entire sure about.