Hi guys! So, I feel like I'm sort of leading you on by saying I will only post once a week, on the weekends, so I wanna say I will try to post more often, maybe twice a week but I can't make any promises. I am gonna thank you all now for all the reviews, this is my first fanfiction and it means a lot. Thanks so much! Love you guys! I also want to add that this story is kind of an alternate ending to the MI series, like if after Sebastian/Johnathan was killed the first time, he stayed dead. DISCLAIMER: Sadly, I do not own the Mortal Instruments Characters. Cassandra Clare… you are lucky. You own them. Grr!
Jace's POV
I scarf down a muffin, eating it quickly… and then eating another… then some pancakes… then some waffles. Everyone else is eating with just as much gusto and speed as I am. The food is incredibly good and much better than what I am used to, even though Maryse's food isn't bad either. Before I know it, Clary sweeps into the room, taking away the platter of food and then taking everyone's individual plates, even if there was still food on them. She was right on time, 7 o'clock sharp.
"Hey!" Simon protests. "I wasn't finished with that."
"For once I agree with you, bloodsucker." I agree. "Clary, this food is so good. Why are you taking it away so soon?"
"We have training in an hour. If I didn't let you digest your food, you would barf it back up and it would make the training room stink really badly."
She has a point, but I still want to protest. Then I remember that I'm meeting her in her room in fifteen minutes and I get up to go to my room. I'm still shirtless, and I have on baggy sweatpants with bedhead. I need to clean up a bit.
Once I am back in my room, I take a shower, although with the comforts of that master bathroom it was hard to get out. I get dressed in my usual- jeans and a tight shirt. I add a jacket on top and leave my room, going down the hall to Clary's. I knock on the door. It swings open, revealing Clary in an outfit that definitely makes me lose my concentration.
Clary's POV
Jace is staring at me. His mouth is hanging open a little, his shock apparent. I wonder why, then I look down at my outfit and laugh to myself. I'm dressed for training, in a sports bra and tight shorts, basically the shortest shorts known to mankind.
I reach forwards and put my hand under his chin, gently closing his mouth. "You came here to explain that night to me. Please do." He shakes his head a little, seemingly refocusing. He begins to talk, and as he does, I bring him into my room and onto my bed, sitting down so I can listen properly. His words seem to play out like a movie in my head, so I close my eyes.
"I went to Taki's for lunch, because I didn't want Chinese takeout and you were hanging out with Simon. Obviously Izzy's cooking wasn't a choice, so Taki's." I see him walk into Taki's, looking around before going to get a table. "Kaelie was my waitress." Dressed in a very slutty waitress outfit, she comes to his table, leaning over so he could see down her cleavage, but he keeps his eyes on her face, not giving in to the temptation that many people would have lost a battle with. Not Jace. He orders a coffee. She smiles seductively, Jace stoically showing no reaction only a man truly in love can pull off. "I think she put alcohol in the coffee, a lot of it, because next thing I knew I was slurring and I couldn't think straight." He coughs, looking around drunkenly at the other females in the restaurant, throwing them all his heartthrob womanizer smile. They all smile back and giggle. "I didn't know what I was doing, and so when I paid for the coffee I invited her back to the Institute. She came." She lies down on his bed, beckoning him over. "And then I opened my eyes and there you were. I don't know what happened in between, but I want to apologize very sincerely. I am really sorry, and I hope you can let me into your heart again."
I sigh. "Jace, I don't know what to tell you. I already told you I forgave you, and I appreciate knowing the truth. I get it wasn't entirely your fault, but that's not going to make me break up with Brad. I need to think about this. You caused me a lot of pain." He nods, looking at his feet. "For now, get your ass to the training room, because I wasn't kidding when I said that if you were late I would haul you there personally."
With a smile, Jace gets up and leaves the room. I flop down on my bed, looking at the ceiling, which is comforting because I have painted it with an image that I dreamed the first night I slept here. It has an image of the ocean. In the background, dolphins leap and a boat cruises through the waters. It has the name of the boat in dreamy lettering. "Forever". It has two girls standing outside, their hair getting blown around in the wind. One with red hair and green eyes, and one with raven hair and violet eyes. Me and Alexa.
"What am I going to do?" I mutter. Shaking my head frustratedly, I get up and go to the training room. I pick up Jace and Isabelle, as they were both in the kitchen after getting lost. I'd forgotten they didn't know their way around the Institute. I hoped that Simon, Magnus and Alec were found and showed around by Alexa and Brad. Sure enough, when we got there, we were joined by the other five. I look at the digital clock on the wall of the training room. 7:59. Just on time.
"Okay! So where do you guys want to start?" I ask.
Alexa's POV
"I think we should start with my fight with Jace." I request with an evil smile. Clary returns the grin. She knows how good of a fighter I am. I look over and Brad looks like a little kid who just got a slice of cake on his birthday. I have a very uncommon fighting style that few can counter. Clary and Brad are the only ones who can do it. Jace looks smug. He's never fought someone like me. True to my name, Fairfox, I am agile and I base my fighting on acrobatics. It's disconcerting to one who isn't prepared. We both start stretching. I refrain from practicing any of my flips and spins, not wanting to give away my style.
"Jace, why don't we both fight no weapons, but with one rune on us. One that gets applied now, by anyone we want. I'll have Clary apply my rune." I say, gesturing Clary over. She comes, a stele in hand. Jace thinks I just chose Clary because she is my parabatai, and runes applied by a parabatai are extra strong. He'll pick Alec for the same reason. But actually, I chose Clary because I want a new rune she created. It's perfect for my fighting style and I want to murder this asshole who broke Clary's heart. Just like I thought, he picks Alec.
"It sounds good to me. Alec, come and apply my rune."
"Let's tell the runes after the fight. Fight until one of us gives in." I suggest, knowing that I'm setting down rules he will agree to, that give me a real advantage. He nods, oblivious to the trap I am setting. I heard from Clary that he will never agree that he has lost, so it should be worth it to get revenge easily. I whisper in Clary's ear the rune I want her to apply and she nods, a grin spreading over her face as my plan comes fully into focus for her.
She uses her stele to draw a revolving rune on my shoulder. We are dressed similarly, a sports bra and tight shorts. Not much place to hide runes. I feel immediately lighter. I've trained for hours with this rune, and I am completely comfortable with it. I step up to the mat, waiting for Jace. When he steps up, I see a speed rune on his arm. That won't be much help against me.
"Oh!" Clary says suddenly. "Before you guys start fighting, I should give Alec and myself the special parabatai rune. That way neither of us will feel the pain of this fight." She runs over and inks the swirling black rune on his shoulder, doing the same one on her wrist. "Alright, the rules of this fight are; No weapons. One rune each. One on one, spectators are not to intervene. As the rule of the fight is it ends when one admits defeat, fighters are not allowed to damage the voice box or vocal cords of the other, or in any other way disable the other from speaking. Got it?" I nod, eager to get on with it and make Jace pay for hurting Clary.
"Easy." Jace speaks. As she looks at me, I see a hint of amusement in her eyes at the prospect of Jace getting beaten up. He'll see who the master here is. Clary is the only one who can really challenge me. Even Brad is pretty easy to beat. An evil smile grows on Clary's face.
"Then, fight!" She sweeps her hand down, and immediately Jace comes at me, hoping to catch me off guard by his speed from the rune. That won't work. I immediately fly up into the air, spinning and twisting through it easily. He looks up at me incredulously, and I take the opportunity to land as I punch him in the nose. Even disoriented, he still has great reflexes, and takes advantage of the opportunity I offer, grabbing at my clothes. He has trouble getting a good hold on me, as I have few clothes to grab. Eventually, he gets a good grip on one of my bra straps and my other shoulder. I shoot up again to the ceiling, giving myself a huge advantage. I hover up there, punching him in the face and other painful places, kicking too. He can't really retaliate, because his hands are both occupied, and if he lets go he will fall. I make a disgusted sound.
"This is too easy! No fun." I grump, trying to come up with a way to make it more fun.
"Sorry to disappoint." he replies. Suddenly, I get an idea and grin happily.
"No worries, that'll change soon!" I rip off my sports bra, and one of his hands as well loses its stability. I purposely wear two sports bras for situations like this whenever I train. His eyes go wide as I pull his other hand off my shoulder. He begins to fall, and with my eyes narrowed in concentration I drop past him, abruptly coming to a stop just before the floor, catching him by the shirt, halting his fall and then dropping him on the training mat. I laugh at his appearance, since he has a broken nose that is pouring blood, and several painful bruises, whereas I have no marks on me at all.
He gets up, and begins circling me more cautiously. I mirror his moves, waiting for my chance. Soon it comes. He glances away for a moment, just an instant, but it's more than enough for me. I fly up and land behind him silently, digging my knee into his back before he has a chance to see that I have moved. I remember the pain I felt from Clary before we were even parabatai. She just exuded hurt. Then when we were bound to each other, it was even worse. I lay awake night after night, feeling but not hearing her sobs. Eventually I started going into her room at night, rubbing her back and calming her down until she fell asleep. It was awful. Remembering the pain, I gritted my teeth and shoved Jace with all my might, which was an awful lot.
He reacted instantly, rolling over in time to see me descending onto him. I scratch his face with my nails, then wrap my hands around his throat and begin to squeeze, choking him.
"You… win…" he wheezes, hitting at my hands and ineffectively trying to get me off. I feel a burst as Clary flows back into me. I loosen my grip in confusion as I see blood streaming down her arm. She had cut her rune, making it so I felt her.
"Let go of Jace. Stop choking him. You see me? I'm okay." She speaks slowly, like she is talking to a child. All of a sudden I snap out of my trance, releasing Jace in horror. My hands fly to my mouth as I take off, my thoughts rushing into my head as I spin around in midair. Clary draws the same rune I have on her arm, flying up next to me and stilling my motion as she hugs me close.
"Shh. It's okay. You won. You beat Jace for me. Thank you. But you're my parabatai. Don't do something like that again. I don't want to lose you." she murmurs in my ear as I calm down, taking a deep breath.
Isabelle's POV
That was amazing. The rune that Alexa got must have been created by Clary. Incredible. And she was an amazing fighter. I'd gotten a little scared for Jace when she dropped him, but then she caught him. But when she started to choke Jace, and then to snap her out of it Clary had cut her rune, getting her to get back into her brain. Now they were both hovering in the air, Alexa spinning around mindlessly as Clary comforted her, whispering in her ear. I was a little scared of Alexa now, playing with my long black locks as she got it together, landing with tear tracks down her face. Jace scrambled to his feet, getting in a defensive stance.
She just laughed. I admired her resilience. "Relax, Jace. The fight's over. I already won." He gave her an apprehensive look, then respect spread across his face as he shook her proffered hand.
"You did indeed." he agreed.
I felt a twinge of jealousy at how close Alexa and Clary are. I thought that eventually Clary and I would become parabatai. But I guess it's just another thing to blame on Jace.
Jace's POV
Alexa was amazing. A little scary, but truly incredible. She most certainly won. I'd shaken her hand and let my respect show. I had never come across such an amazing fighter. I loved the rune she had used and really wanted to try it.
"What rune did you use?" I asked curiously. "I obviously used a speed rune, which didn't work for me."
"I used one of Clary's best runes, Levitate."
I looked at Clary with a newfound respect. "Wow. That's impressive." She grins slightly.
"Thanks. Here, let me heal your wounds." She drew a rune I had seen yesterday on Johnathan's snout. "You fought well, despite the obvious disadvantage. So you got a special reinforced healing rune." I smile at her.
"Shall we get to training?" Izzy asks.
"Definitely." Alexa replies. "Just no fighting each other. Clary and I will be going around to everywhere to train, and we can help you if you want something. The only rule other than no fighting each other is only one of you newbies at a time can try Clary's Levitate rune. If she has to apply too many at a time, it won't feel good for her." Everyone nods.
"But why can't we fight each other?" Alec asks curiously. Clary and Alexa smile mysteriously.
"You'll see." Clary answers. "Do you all want a chance to train with my new rune?" We all nod. "Okay, so since we will be training for 4 hours with Levitate, I will train with Alec with it first for an hour, then an hour with Izzy, and then Jace."
"What about the other hour?" I question. She rolls her eyes before lifting an eyebrow. By the Angel, I wish she wouldn't do that. It's scary.
"I do need to train with other things, Jace."
"And when are you going to train with Alexa?"
"Alexa already knows how to apply the rune, and she's gonna train with it on her own. Alexa's the only other person who knows, and before you ask, it's probably going to stay that way. All right then! Let's get training. Alec, come to me so I can train with you." We all disperse, except for Alec.
Hi guys! Thanks so much for reviewing and all. It means a lot. I decided to have Jace and Alexa fight this chapter, and Clary will fight Jace next chapter. So! On to the reviews!
Author Autumn: Thanks so much for the advice, I agree that Jace is not my favorite person at this point. How could he cheat on Clary?!
tmifan118: I definitely like the idea of Jace getting knocked out. It'd be funny if he was knocked out by Clary because he was going easy when he really shouldn't have.
So thanks so much guys! This is my first fanfiction, and I've had the idea for ages. I love you people! Bye!