Alec woke up to an empty tent. He was confused about where he was for a moment before recognizing the tent. Their tent. His and Magnus's. It came back to him, the whole thing in the Seelie Realm. The queen had said Magnus needed to tell his secret, and then when he hadn't, the vines had appeared, made their way up his body till they were wrapped around his throat, choking him. He remembered that he couldn't breathe, and that no matter how much he fought, the vines only tightened around his throat. He remembered seeing Magnus lit up in blue, and his eyes… surely he had imagined it. He'd been delusional, he'd seen things that weren't really there.

"Magnus?" he called when he realized that his boyfriend wasn't there. Alec looked around as he sat up, he rubbed his eyes and a few moments later Magnus came into the tent.

"Hey, what… what happened? Where are we?" he asked.

"You don't remember? We were in the Seelie realm, but we left right after we spoke to the queen. We're somewhere in the woods right now," Magnus said.

"I remember that part. But there is also some things I'm not sure about. Did she really tell you to tell your secret? Or was that a dream?"

"What happened after that?" asked Magnus, he seemed upset, but Alec was still too confused to notice this.

"There were vines, I think? But that must be crazy, I mean, that would mean they were using magic."

"Alec, what do you remember after the vines?"

"Nothing, Magnus. It must have been a dream or my imagination or something."

"Just tell me what you remember, please."

"You ...Your eyes changed colour and there sparks all around you, but Magnus, this can't be true."

"Alexander," Magnus started, clearly unsure of what to say.

"You don't need to say anything, Magnus. I know it wasn't true."

"I can't lie to you anymore," Magnus said, reaching for Alec's hand. "I should have told you before but I… I was so scared. I still am. But I need to tell you."

"Magnus, what?"

"No, shush. Please just listen to me." Alec looked confused at Magnus. What was he talking about? "Alec, what you saw, it was all real," Magnus said. "I… I think it's easier if I show you." With those words Magnus raised his hand. He made a few sparks flicker around his fingers before deciding to give a real demonstration and let a blue butterfly fly out of his palm. "I have magic," he finally said and closed his hand again, letting it fall down as if he waited for a reaction from Alec.

Alec didn't know how to react, what to think. He just stared at Magnus for a long time. "You… You have magic? It's blue… oh god, you were the one who saved me?"

"I… yeah, I guess," was all Magnus said. "I was just finding out about it at the time, now I'm… well, now I control it. Well, sort of, I still have problems sometimes, but I am a lot better."

"But why didn't you tell me?" Alec asked. Did Magnus not trust him?

"Because it's magic, Alexander. And your father kills everyone who uses it and I… I'm afraid that you hate me now."

"Hate you?" Alec repeated in disbelief. "Magnus, I could never hate you. And I wouldn't sell you out, I won't. How could you ever think that?"

"You were raised in the belief that all magic is evil and should be destroyed… and it's difficult to think different if this is what you have been told your entire live."

"I've always thought my father was wrong, Magnus. People should be punished for what they do, not for how they do it. You've never hurt anyone, have you? So there's nothing to punish." Alec pulled Magnus in to a tight hug. "This doesn't change anything. I still love you."

"Alec," Magnus whispered and buried his face against Alec's neck. It felt like Magnus relaxed, for a moment, before he started to shake slightly and soon Alec could feel his neck getting a bit damp, but he didn't care, he just kept holding Magnus.

"I love you. And thank you, for saving my live. Twice. Even if you could have been a bit quicker with the vines," he said and tried to loosen the mood and make Magnus laugh.

"I'm sorry," Magnus mumbled. "I will next time. I promise," he said. "I love you too."

"Good. Now, please show me more."

"You really want me to show you? You don't just want to pretend this never happened?" Magnus asked, left dumbstruck.

"Of course not. Magnus, your magic is a part of you. And it's beautiful. Will you please show me more?"

"I… okay." Magnus opened his hand and let sparks flow out of it. He laid back on his sleeping bag and urged Alec to do the same. "Look up," be told him, and Alec did.

There, on the ceiling, were all the constellations, all the stars. It was like looking up at the sky on a dark night, except all the stars were blue, and they were inside.

"Magnus… this is beautiful, so so beautiful. How could you hide this from me for so long?" Alec asked and turned his head to look at Magnus for a moment before he looked back up.

Magnus was looking away. "I guess I didn't want to break what we had. I knew that the longer I waited the harder it would be to tell you, but… I'm sorry." Magnus flicked his fingers, and the stars changed to a dragon. "I don't know if you know about it, but your father has a dragon in the basement." As Magnus spoke chains appeared on the dragon, stopping him from flying. "His name is Ithuriel. He told me it was my destiny to help you defeat Lilith, to keep you safe."

"Wait, what?" Alec exclaimed and looked at Magnus again. "You're joking, right?"

"About what part? The dragon? Or my destiny? Both are true." Magnus changed the scene again, a village burning, people running, dragons flying over them. "You weren't alive during the war. Not much of it, anyway. There were some people called dragonlords, they can talk to dragons, and they can control them. They made good dragons do bad things. The dragons never wanted to be part of this war in the first place. But they were forced into it, and they caused more destruction than any man ever could." Magnus changed the scene again, dragons flying away and knights chasing after them. "When your father ended the war, he had all the dragons killed. Except that one. It was kept hidden, locked away as an example." Again, the scene was changed. This time Magnus let the sparks fly around the room like fireflies.

Alec didn't know what to say. What were you supposed to say in a situation like this?

"The dragons were wise and Ithuriel still knows so much. He told me it was my destiny to help you, to prepare you for that fight where you will free the downworlders. Vampires, werewolves, and warlocks, or you die trying. And I won't let you die," Magnus said. Alec threw an arm over his shoulder to pull him tight.

"You've been doing an excellent job," he told him. "I wouldn't have come this far if it wasn't for you. I probably wouldn't even be alive."

"I would have done it anyway. I didn't do any of it because it was my destiny, or because Ithuriel told me to. I did it because I love you."

"I know, but it adds up nicely," Alec grinned and kissed Magnus.

"Yeah, guess you could say that," Magnus said. "Now I need to sleep a bit and then I guess we should train. You've slept all night so I guess you are full of energy, if you stay a hundred meters around the fire you will be safe, I've put up some wards to protect us and since I'm going to sleep now you better stay within for a while, please?"

"Of course. I'll stay here, actually. I like cuddling with you," Alec said and held Magnus closer.

"Who am I to say no when my prince offers to cuddle with me while I sleep," Magnus chuckled and snuggled closer against Alec before he closed his eyes. Alec watched as Magnus drifted off and held him tight. He noticed how the sparks slowly fell down and disappeared as Magnus fell asleep. He was surprised about all of this, no doubt. But he hadn't been lying, he still loved Magnus, and he would still do anything for him.

Magic had always been something distant for Alec, something he knew existed but had never actually seen. Until now. And it was just beautiful and exciting, and Alec did't understand how his father could hate it so much. Yes, it could be dangerous, but magic was so much more than that, and so it wasn't difficult at all to love that part of Magnus as well, especially when Magnus used it to help Alec, to actually save his life.

"I just wish you would have told me sooner," he whispered and caressed Magnus's cheek. Magnus was already too far away from this world to hear him, but he leaned against Alec's touch, a smile on his lips. "Sleep well, Magnus," Alec said and kissed Magnus's forehead.

Magnus slept for a few hours, and when he woke up he was still in Alec's arms. It really was his favourite place on earth and Magnus didn't care about anything else, the world could end but he'd be happy, as long as Alec was there.

"Good morning," he mumbled, kissing Alec's shoulder lightly. Alec smiled down at him.

"Good morning," he said. "Well, more like good day." Magnus blinked to get used to the light as he looked up before looking at Alec again.

"Are you hungry?" He asked Alec. He was starving himself, so he assumed Alec was too.

"Yeah, a bit. Do you want me to get the food?" Alec asked, starting to sit up. Magnus pulled him back down.

"I'll get it," he said. He snapped his fingers, and a bread and some ham appeared in front of them. Magnus had been practicing on his conjuring, at first by just summoning something from one hand to another, and then from further distances. Now he could do it even without seeing the thing, as long as he knew exactly where it was and could picture it in his mind.

"Magnus…. You really should have told me about that sooner" Alec complained with a grin.

"I don't think I could have done this sooner either way," Magnus told him. "It's the first time I summon something from so far away."

"Magnus. You're awesome," Alec said before reaching for the food.

"I know, thank you," Magnus grinned and sat up to eat something as well. They ate mostly in silence, enjoying the food and each other's company. Magnus wondered whether Alec was really fine about this, or if he was just pretending for Magnus's sake. He really hoped that wasn't it, hoped Alec accepted him. He had seemed to like it before when Magnus showed him, and he wasn't acting any differently.

"So… ready for some training now?" Magnus asked once they finished their lunch.

"Yeah. Swords? It's been a while since we practiced with swords." With that they stood up, got dressed, and went to get their weapons.

Alec had packed three swords in addition to the shortsword, the soulsword, and the dagger, so they grabbed one each and got into position in the middle of the clearing.

"Oh god, I don't know if I remember anything," Magnus whispered as he got ready for the training.

"Don't worry, you're a natural," Alec assured him.

"Yeah of course," he mumbled. "Well then bring it on," he challenged. And Alec did, lunging forward. Magnus deflected his attack and tried to attack himself. Alec easily blocked it and attacked again. They danced around each other, swords hitting against each other. It probably shouldn't this much fun but Magnus loved it. He felt good, even if he knew he would never win in a real fight.

Alec managed to disarm him, sending the sword flying out of his hand. Magnus smirked as Alec held the sword to his throat. He raised his hands, as if to surrender. But just then he let out a blast of magic, one that hit Alec right in the chest and sent him flying back.

"Hey! That's not fair!" Alec laughed.

"I have to use the weapons I have!" Magnus protested. It felt really good to be able to be himself with Alec, to be able to use his magic so freely. He went over to Alec to help him up. "What about some hand to hand combat?" He suggested. Alec agreed with him, and they put the swords away.

They trained for a few hours before sitting down around the fireplace, which wasn't burning anymore.

"That was really good," Alec hummed, it had been exhausting but he felt so good. It had been so long since he and Magnus had trained and he felt so out of shape. He wasn't too bad, but he really should start training more often again.

"Yeah. We need to start training regularly again. Right now we really need those two weeks," Magnus said. Alec agreed with him.

"I think we should stay out here in the woods, away from civilization for a while. What do you think?" Alec asked him.

"I think that would be great. Just us two, Shadowhunter and Jem. Perfect," Magnus agreed. Alec hummed, leaning his head on Magnus's shoulder.

"I love you," Alec murmured. Magnus smiled, tangling a hand in Alec's hair.

"I love you too."

They spent a week in that place. They had some free time in between hunting for food and training, and they spent it riding around in the forest, bathing in a lake they found just a mile away, Mangus showing Alec his magic and what he could do, and just cuddling around the fire. Alec showed Mangus how to use a bow, and although Mangus wasn't the best, he managed to hit a deer for them. It was actually pretty fun, he could get why Alec liked it.

After a week they decided to keep travelling. They packed everything down, loaded the horses, and set on their way. Alec wasn't sure where they were going next, he'd said they were just gonna follow the main path until they arrived somewhere, be that a village or a new kingdom.

They rode for two days, only stopping at night to make their camp and sleep. When the sun started to set the second day, Magnus spotted lights in the distance. They steered the horses in that direction, and an hour after sunset they stepped into the village.

"Hello?" Alec called out. It was a small village, only three houses. Magnus wondered if there was more to it, hidden maybe, or if there were only three families in the village.

There was no answer to Alec's call, not that Magnus expected it. Something about the village seemed off, different. There were no lights in the windows, but it was late, so it didn't mean anything. "Should we knock?" Magnus asked, nodding towards one of the houses.

"We could try, I guess," Alec said, nodding. They went up to one of the houses, the one closest to them. Alec knocked on the door, a hand on the hilt of his sword. The soul sword. They waited for minutes, knocked again, and waited. No answer.

"They must be in really deep sleep," Magnus finally said.

"So what do you think we should do? Sleep in the tent and come back tomorrow? Or not come back at all?" Alec asked.

"I guess we could try to come back. Maybe there'll be someone here in the morning. We saw light, so there has to be someone living here."

"Well, we should make our camp then," Alec said.

"Yeah, let's go."

They made the camp quickly. Or rather, Mangus did. Alec watched fascinated as the tent set itself up and the sleeping bags unfolded themself. "Come on, let's go to sleep," Magnus said once everything was ready. They got into the tent together, lying down in their bags and cuddling together. They were out in minutes after a long day of traveling. They had placed their camp a bit away from the houses so they wouldn't disturb anyone in the morning.

Well, they had planned not to disturb anyone, but when they woke up the next morning and crawled out of the tent there were men standing there, staring down at them. They all looked the same, dark cloaks that covered their whole body, hooded faces that left only the chin visible, and pale, scarred skin. Magnus couldn't deny that they creeped him out.

"Who are you?" He asked them. No way this were the people from the village, if you could call it that. There had been only three houses, there were at least ten men here. Only men. No women, no kids.

We are the silent brothers. You are on our territory. Magnus turned his head to try to spot which one of them was speaking. None of them were moving their lips, and the voice wasn't coming from anywhere. It was just there. It reminded Magnus of when Ithruel spoke to him.

"We're sorry. My prince and I are on a tour around the kingdoms, maybe you've heard of Price Alexander from Idris?"

We do not know about any prince Alexander, one of the men, if you could call them that, said. How did you find our place?

"How we found it? We followed the lights…" Magnus said, frowning.

There has been no light. Who are you?

"We saw a light," Alec protested, speaking up for the first time. "I am Alexander Lightwood, prince of Idris. And this is my servant, Magnus." Alec had his sword in his hand, unsheathed, but not like he was about to attack, it was more like a warning.

The brothers looked at Alec. Magnus couldn't see their eyes, but he felt their gaze move off of him and towards Alec. He could feel as the brothers talked, probably between each other as he couldn't catch anything of what they said. It was like hearing muffled voices, he could tell they were there, but couldn't hear anything of what they said. He wondered if it had been foolish to travel further into regions they didn't know about, but now he couldn't change it anymore and so he just waited on what the brothers were about to decide.

You have the sword, one of them finally said. Alec frowned as he looked down at the sword in his hand.

"Yeah, I do," was all he said, having no idea what the brothers were trying to say.

Does it burn when you hold it?

"I'm pretty sure I would let go of it if it was burning, so no." Once again the brothers spoke between each other, only for a short time.

You are the once and future king.

"Oh nice, so you have heard of me," he said sarcastically, Magnus had trouble holding back a laugh.

You are not marked.

"Marked? What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

You do not bear the mark of the angels.

"Yeah, because I'm not an angel." The brothers turned to Magnus, their gaze once again felt like needles on his skin.

You have the adamas , one said.

"Adamas? I don't even know what that is."

You have it. And you charge it.

"I'm sorry, I really have no idea what you're talking about and I hate it so much that no one ever just say what they mean anymore. Before this whole thing started people were just telling me what they wanted me to know." Magnus heard Alec chuckle behind him, he could probably relate.

"It was much easier then, wasn't it?" He said lowly, like he didn't want the brothers to hear. Magnus was pretty sure they could anyway. Before Magnus could answer the brothers spoke again.

Come with us. They turned, and it looked like they were floating as they made their way to the forest. Magnus looked at Alec before shrugging, and then followed the brothers, Alec right behind him.

They were led back to the houses, and Magnus wondered if they really did live there. They followed the brothers into one of them, down to the basement. Magnus wondered for a second if they were going to kill them, but if they wanted that they could have done it in the forest.

One of the brothers moved towards the wall of the room, and Magnus noticed a statue. The brother stood in front of the statue, and a minute later it moved, an opening appeared in the wall.

The brothers all stepped through, not even checking if they were following. Magnus hesitated for a moment, and he saw Alec did too. No one in their right mind would follow a bunch of creepy men down a dark corridor they had no idea where it ended. Then again, Magnus and Alec weren't exactly in their right minds. They were both too curious, and too crazy.

"Should we?" Alec asked, nodding towards the hole in the wall.

"Why not?" Was all Magnus said, shrugging. If anything happened they both knew how to defend themselves.

Magnus stepped in first, his hands glowing so they could see where they were going, and ready to the defend them if necessary. Alec came right behind him, his sword raised and letting out a dull glow, as it always did when Alec held it. Magnus wondered if it worked the same way the stone he'd found, if it took energy from Alec to glow. It also made him wonder if holding it could make Alec weaker, like how Magnus had been in that cave.

He soon had other things to think about as the corridor ended in a big room. The brothers were all there, looking at them as they came in, and Magnus lowered his hands.

Give us the adamas, a voice said inside their heads.

"I would, if I knew what the hell it was!" Magnus exclaimed, tired of the same scenes playing over and over again.

The stone. Give us the stone.

"The stone? What stone?" Magnus asked, but realized he didn't have to. He knew what they were talking about, he could feel it in his pocket. The stone. Magnus reached into his pocket and pulled it out.

The stone glowed in his hand when Magnus held it out, not sure which one of the brothers to give it to. After a minute one floated up to him, a pale hand reached out, and Magnus placed the stone in the palm. "What's so special about the stone?" He asked. He knew it wasn't an ordinary stone, normal stones didn't glow in his hand. But he had no idea what the brothers could possibly want to do with it. It didn't do anything special, at least not as far as Magnus knew.

The adamas glows in your touch, but you do not have the energy of the angels.

"I guess it doesn't discriminate between fallen angels and angels."

You are a warlock.

"You just got that now? My hands were literally glowing two minutes ago." Magnus realized he probably should try to act nicer, he had no idea what these people could do. But he was so tired of all of this, he didn't even care.

The king needs to be marked. We will speak to the sisters.

"Who are the sisters and how do you want to mark Alec? What is this good for and will it hurt?" Magnus asked. He didn't really like them and he wished he and Alec could just be back home or back in Red Hook, which seemed to be the only place where people just told them what they meant without being this cryptic or confusing. He wished he and Alec could just be together without anyone giving a shit about it.

The sisters work the adamas. The king must be marked with the mark of angels if he wants to defeat the queen.

"And what exactly is the mark of the angels?" Alec asked.

You will see.

"Great. So how long will this take exactly?" Alec got no answer and the brothers had stopped looking at them.

"Okay.. so we can leave now? Get back to train some more and prepare Alec for the fight against Lilith?" Magnus asked and turned towards the passway. The hole they'd come through closed behind them.

You must wait till the king has been marked.

"So you're just gonna keep us here?" Once again the brothers didn't answer, and Magnus turned to look at Alec.

"Do you want to stay and wait or do you want to leave?" he asked him.

"I honestly don't think we have a choice," Alec said. "I guess it won't hurt to wait, to get marked, or whatever."

"Yeah, because marking doesn't sound like getting hurt at all," Magnus said and rolled his eyes. "But fine, if that's what you want."

"We'll be fine, Magnus. If they wanted to hurt us they would have done it while we were asleep."

"I hope you're right," Magnus sighed. "So what exactly are we gonna do in the meantime? We didn't even eat breakfast. Do you think they have food here?"

"For some reason I highly doubt it."

"I hope this doesn't take too long."

"Me too. But we could at least sit down in the meantime," Alec suggested. Magnus didn't see any bench or chairs, but he supposed the floor was good enough. They moved to the wall where the way out had been and sat down, leaning against the wall.

"Why does this keep happening to us?" Magnus questioned after a few silent minutes. Alec just shook his head with a smile.

"I have no idea. But at least we have each other."

"Yeah, thank god."

"I don't know if I should like this trip or not. I mean I have you with me and that part is amazing but… First that Camille and then those horrible people at the Seelie Realm and now this? As well as the whole Lilith thing…" Alec sighed.

"Let's just hope it gets better. Maybe we'll get to go home soon or we could go visit my mother," Magnus suggested. "I'm sure she'll be happy to have us there for a little while and to know that everything is going to be fine. Also that I am happy, and I'm sure she would love to meet you."

"I'm sure that would be wonderful. We can go there next," Alec said, smiling.

"If we ever get out of here."

"We will," Alec assured him, leaning back against the wall and reaching for Magnus's hand. "We will."

They didn't know how long they sat there, but at some point they fell asleep again, only to be woken by the voice of the brothers.

Come with us, it said, forcing them out of their sleep. They both stood up and followed the brother further into the dark place. They walked through endless dark corridors, the only thing that could be heard was his and Alec's footsteps and breaths.

After what seemed like miles the brother finally stopped. Alec noticed there was something shining in the brother's hand, earlier hidden by the cloak. The ceremony will begin, the brother said. You are not part of it, so step back , they told Magnus.

"No. Whatever you're gonna do to Alec, I'm gonna be here," Magnus protested.

"It's okay, Magnus. I'll be fine," Alec assured him, stepping closer to the brother. "What do I need to do?" He asked.

Raise your arm, the brother said. Alec did. The brother reached out and turned it so his palm was up, and then pressed the thing in his hand against the side of Alec's arm, right under his elbow.

Alec clenched his jaw and hissed at the pain. It felt like something was being burned into his skin. He wondered if he should fight back, but something made him stand still and just take tried not to make any sounds so he wouldn't worry Magnus.

The burning feeling stayed even after the brother pulled back, and when Alec looked down he could see his skin red and irritated, and a shape burned into it. "What did you do?" He asked the brother, jaw clenched and brows furrowed to try to hold back signs that it was hurting him.

You have been marked by the angels now. You have the gift of runes. Use it in your fight or you will not succeed.

"I don't speak mysterious. Just say what you want to say straight out, is it that hard? What the hell do you mean by runes? And how will this help me?"

Every rune will give you an ability. The brother handed Alec the glowing stick looking thing he'd used to burn the rune onto him. Use the stele to make and activate them.

"I don't know any runes, and why would I do that to myself?"

Follow me. The brother turned again, and Alec and Magnus followed him.

"Are you okay?" Magnus asked , taking Alec's arm to look at what the brother had done while they walked. "Does it hurt?" Magnus ran his fingers over the shape, or rune, as the brother had called it.

"Just stings a bit. It's fine," Alec said. They stayed silent the rest of the way.

The brother led them into a room, and as Alec looked around himself he realized it was a library. The brother went up to one of the shelves and picked out a book. It seemed he knew exactly where it was, didn't even have to look at the titles. He brought the book back, handing it to Alec.

Alec looked down at the book. It was simple, bound in black leather. Alec opened it, and on the first page was the shape he now had on his arm. Written under in big letters said: Angelic power. Under that it said in small letters: Rune gives angelic power and removes any traces of demons. Can be used on weapons to make it impossible for demons to regenerate.

Alec turned to the next page. There was another rune there, a drawing of it, another drawing showing in what steps you should make it, and information about it, along with its name. "So what am I supposed to do with this exactly?"

Draw them, get used to them. One day you will need them. I will lead you out now, the brother said and floated past them. They followed him, Alec holding both the book and the other thing in his hand. What was it the brother had called it? A stele?

They were led outside, but through another way. They came out in a cave, and the brother led them back to their camp.

"What now?" Magnus asked once the brother had left. "Do we just continue like nothing happened? What do we do about the runes? Do you think you should do as he said? Or should we just forget about it?"

"I don't know. I mean, I don't feel any different with this rune, but it wouldn't hurt to try another one."

"So it doesn't hurt? It looked painful."

"No and I mean, I could try one more, just to see." Magnus hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

"If you're sure. Which one then?"

"One we can be sure of if it works or not. Like…" Alec opened the book again, looked through the pages. "This one," he finally said, finger resting over one of the drawings. "A strength rune."

Magnus looked down at the rune. "Okay, that one looks good. We'll just make you lift a really heavy rock. But shouldn't you try to draw it on something else? Before you… burn it into your skin?" he asked.

"That's probably a good idea," Alec agreed. "Do you think I can burn it into a tree?" He asked. Magnus just shrugged. Alec went up to the closest tree and held the book up so he could look at the drawing while he pressed the stele to the rind. It seemed to work, the stele left the tree black as he moved it, so he could see where he drew. It took only a moment before Alec pulled back to admire his work. He compared it to the drawing in the book. "I think that's good. Where do you think I should put it?" He asked Magnus.

"I don't know. Your bicep maybe? It's strength, so maybe it works better placed over a muscle, and it would look good there. But draw it one more time on the tree, just to be sure,please." Alec smiled, seeing Magnus worried about him made him feel loved.

"Okay. One more time," he agreed, putting the stele to the tree again. He showed Magnus it once he was done. "Good?" Magnus sighed but agreed.

"I'm glad you find it good enough," Alec chuckled and pulled off his shirt. He lifted the stele and took a deep breath before he started to draw the rune on his skin. He hissed at the pain, but managed to draw it.

"Are you okay?" Magnus asked once he was done, a hand resting on his shoulder.

"Yes. Yeah, I feel fine. I guess. I guess I just have to get used to the feeling if I am supposed to use those things in my fight with Lilith" he mumbled and looked around. "Now.. what do you want me to lift?" Magnus looked around himself before spotting a big, heavy looking stone. He snapped his fingers and made appear in front of Alec.

"That," he said. If this rune didn't work there was no way Alec could carry it. Alec looked down at the stone before leaning down. He grabbed it in his hands and pulled it up like it was nothing.

"Okay, it definitely works," Magnus said.

"Yes, I agree" Alec said and let the stone down again before he stepped closer to Magnus and pulled him into his arms.

"Whoa, Alexander," Magnus chuckled as he leaned against Alec's chest. "Take it easy. That rune is still working"

"Sorry," Alec said, letting go of Magnus. He had to learn how to control it.

"I said take it easy, not let me go," Magnus complained and leaned up to kiss Alec quickly. "And I guess we should read a few things about those runes now, learn how they work and all that," he said.

"Yeah, let's do that," Alec agreed. "I guess we can stay here for a day while we read through it all."

"Sure. And then we'll move a bit and just stay out in the wilderness for a bit while we train and get you ready. We have met with all those we needed to. Let's just enjoy the time alone, even though it might be difficult for you not to hear from your family or to be able to send to them."

"Actually, the worst part is I'm not getting my answer from Izzy. I had some questions I wanted her to answer…" Alec blushed as he remember what he had written to his sister.

"Right, we left the Seelie realm early, so we never got an answer," Magnus remembered. He probably hadn't been expecting an answer from Luke, so he hadn't noticed that he didn't get one. "You know, I think it might be possible for me to get it. If I can visualize it and know somewhat where it is, it should be possible."

"Really? Magnus, that's awesome!" Alec exclaimed. "It'll probably have the royal seal, you know what it looks like. And the envelope will be yellowish, and my name will be written in it in Izzy's handwriting," Alec said, describing it. "I'm guessing it'll be somewhere in the Seelie Realm." Magnus closed his eyes, probably trying to see it in his mind. Alec saw his hands glow, as they always did when Magnus was reaching for his magic. Magnus snapped his fingers, and Alec only heard a thud as something hit the ground. He looked down and saw what he had described, an envelope with the Lightwood seal. But it looked like there was a package with it too, something Alec hadn't been expecting.

"Thanks a lot, Magnus. I'll go inside to read it now."

"I'll make a fire and feed the horses," Magnus said. He kissed Alec's cheek before going to collect wood.

Alec went into the tent and sat down comfortably before he opened the letter.

Hey Alec, it's nice to hear from you! I'm happy for you and Magnus and I'm glad you came to me for help! I have some experience with boys, as you know, but I also asked around a bit. So, what you need to do is...

I know adamas glows red at Magnus's touch, but I honestly hadn't planned this far ahead, and blue fits just as well. I hope you're all fine with that. Either way it's not the first detail I've changed, that's what fanfiction is for.