A small shaft of light that shone strangely through the high window, directly into Tessa's eyes awoke her from a fitful sleep, her first night at The Institute. In New York.

In 2008.

It took her a moment to adjust to that thought, and she sat up slowly, pulling the linen pyjama set, that Isabelle had given her back down from her torso, where a strip of her stomach was showing. How had this happened? She thought, dumbfounded by the events of the past few days. The people she had met, the places she had seen, the worries that she had gone through, the years that had passed hurt her head.

She rose out of bed and pulled on the same clothes as yesterday, eyeing her normal dress that hung over the furniture with a strange longing. But she didn't miss the corset; she pulled on the velvet shirt again and smoothed her hair down, still slightly frightened to look in the mirror. She was never fond of it anyway. She was pulled out of her sleepy reverie by a sharp knock at the door. She swung it open, Jem stood there, in a pair of worn blue pants with rips at the knees and a plain grey T-shirt that hung of his slim frame, it was slightly to big. He looked unkempt, the way she should expect Will to look. But his face was bright, his eyes shining silver rings and colour in his cheeks. He smiled warmly at her. The drug, she remembered.

"Good morning, my love." He said and his lips brushed softly against her cheekbone, he brushed her hair away and tucked it behind her ears. They both blushed simultaneously as he led her out of the room. "Breakfast?"

"Yes, I'm starving. Are you feeling better?"

"I hope to God that he is." Will said from behind them, he appeared out of a doorway now wearing similar attire to Jem's but Tessa noticed a line of sequins around the waist of his pants. He mustn't have noticed, she thought, she decided not to mention it. "Do not let Magnus take me out of this place again; he decided to give me a personal tour of New York and his apartment for some reason. Let me tell you, that cat, as glittery as it may be, is evil." He hissed.

"Look!" He held out his forearms that contained dozens of small red scratches.

"Surely you've seen things more evil."

"That cat was Satan."

" Why did you not use an iratze?" Tessa inquired, noticing Jem's attention had been turned to a moving shadow down the corridor.

"Isabelle told me to take it like a man." He grumbled quietly, folding his arms across his chest and looking in the direction of Jem, who had stalked off down the corridor. Will looked worriedly at her, his eyebrows furrowed deeply together and the two of them wandered after him. They passed down corridors, with identical furniture and doors until Tessa could hear the voices of the Isabelle and Jace.

"CHURCH!" Jem shouted, hauling up a gray cat into his arms. Tessa was sceptical, never had she liked that cat or was it logical for it to be alive. She watched Jem as he cradled the usually vicious cat against his chest. Isabelle swung the door open peering out into the hallway.

"Church, I told you to fetch-"She began, her mouth suddenly dropping open as she saw the cat in Jem's grasp.

"So, this is Church?" Will inquired, staying as far away as possible and edging towards Isabelle with his hands held up. Isabelle nodded as Jace appeared behind her. "Damn it! I really do hate cats."

"What are you doing?" Jace sighed, looking to Will, who was pressed against the wall, his chin turned away from them all as if he was concealing himself, camouflaged in with the wall.

"Avoiding my imminent death." Will said before running full pelt into the doorway behind Jace, Tessa stifled a laugh.

"Oh, do be quiet William." Jem said, petting the cat's head that was now falling asleep and purring gently. How was that cat still alive, but then again how were they here? She wondered wandering in after Will.

"Who knows?" Magnus said from behind her, with a voice as soft as velvet despite the groggy tone of sleep. She must have spoken out loud and she blushed furiously as Alec passed by her, with a smile on his face. She noticed that his stamina rune was faded to silver.

"Come on, I ordered waffles." Magnus said, pressing his hand into the small of her back.

The group of Shadowhunters sat around a fireplace, that was unlit, sprawled across various armchairs and devouring waffles. Tessa had never had them before but they were delicious and satisfied a sweet tooth that was always ignored. She sat in a plush chair with Jem next to her and Will perched on the side, she could smell smoke and night time on his clothes, which gave her the incline that he hadn't slept last night.

"So what's the plan Magnus?" Will said, rubbing his hands together.

"I need more time. You remember the last time I did something for you, don't you William?"

Will raised his eyebrows and his lips pursed, a look of pain flashing across his face. "How long?" He said ignoring the comment about past events. "Cecily will wonder where we have disappeared to. Charlotte and Henry as well, we mustn't worry Charlotte by any means."

"I know. I'm sorry; just give me a week or so."

"You could be a little more precise." Tessa added, her impatience getting the better of her. Magnus sighed heavily and Alec squeezed his hand reassuringly, Isabelle huffed.

"Fine. Give me two weeks."

"Deal." Jem said eagerly ploughing through the last few bites of food and wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, a gesture that shocked Tessa slightly. Where were his manners?

"I can show you round New York! Tessa I can take you shopping, we'll show you the sights." Isabelle said suddenly, startling Tessa, her black hair falling out of its tie. She paused. "Jace, text Clary she'll know where the mundies visit."

"Clary will just end up taking you too the comic book store or something." Alec said, "She's lived in Brooklyn her whole life and I bet she's never seen the sights."

"Ask Simon then." Isabelle said, her excitement still evoked in her voice and she pulled that bright device from her pocket again.

"No, he goes where Clary goes, face it; he's never seen them either." Alec said.

"My God, have a little faith." Jace said, "Clary will show you." He looked directly into Tessa's eyes as he spoke to her and she noticed that they shone a dark gold in the dim light of the room, like coins almost. He put his plate on the floor and sauntered out of the room, running his hands through his golden hair.

"Why can't I show you? I showed Will last night."

"You what-?" Alec started, his voice was angry before he was cut off by Will.

"Because you have a job to do." Will patted Magnus' spiky hair and stalked out of the room after Jace.

Hi! This is just a bit of a filler chapter but I hope you like it.