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Alec was pacing in the living room, his brain racing through ideas. It was beginning to get difficult to think of pranks that didn't require the help of magic like he had with Magnus and Tessa. Now he was all by himself. Whatever complicated prank he had in mind he would have to go with and try his best in not getting caught. It was also hard just coming up with ideas in general. Almost everything they could have done had been done and each prank had to be original.
He thought on something that would he could take away from Magnus. Those pranks tended to be easier to accomplish. Stealing all of his clothes and glitter has so far been his favorite prank. He thought of something else that was near and dear to Magnus' heart. But the only thing he could think of was himself. Magnus loves Alec with all his heart, but there had to be something else Magnus would miss that was currently in his ownership.
Then finally an idea came to his mind. Alec stopped his pacing, causing Maryse and Tessa to abruptly look at him from where they were sitting at on the couch. Alec darted for the door, grabbing his car keys and coat on the way to the door and leaving the Institute in a rush. He went to pick up some supply's he thought of on his was to Magnus' flat and when he pulled into the parking garage of Magnus' flat he sat in his car, planning on how he were to execute this prank.
Once Alec finally sorted out the plan he walked to the window of Magnus' bedroom, where he could tell the lights were off and Magnus was most likely not there. He at least hoped not. Alec checked for when the coast was clear of people no longer flooding the sidewalk of this street, and placed a ladder up to the window and climbed up to the room.
As Alec had predicted, Magnus was not in his room. He was however in his bathroom, and right at the moment Alec began to shut the window, the door to the bathroom began to open.
In a panicked rush, before the window closed he stopped it, pushing the ladder over so it would collapse on the ground. Alec immediately felt sorry when he heard screams from under the window.
Alec then leaped from where he was standing and dived to the wooden floor behind the bed where Magnus couldn't see him. Alec quietly scooted under the bed fully, hoping Magnus didn't notice him. He surprised himself by hiding before he could get caught, as Magnus walked to on his dressers with a towel wrapped around his waist.
As Alec waited under the bed, occasionally peeking to see if Magnus had left, he suddenly realized how much he was starting to miss Magnus. He knew he couldn't see Magnus, considering they were the only ones left and it would break the rules. Sooner or later, as Alec sullenly waited for his boyfriend to leave the room, Magnus walked to his closet, turning on the lights and fully walked into the oversized closet.
Alec took this as his chance to set up his prank. Knowing Magnus, he was going to take half an hour to do his makeup and get dressed, despite the fact he wasn't even going anywhere or seeing any people. So Alec darted from where he was under the bed and gathered up the certain thing he would take from Magnus. He started setting out some small items around the apartment to help Magnus notice the missing item from his flat. Alec put the last piece of the prank down, and taking the window in the kitchen as an escape route.
He landed on feet on the cement and nearly fell down as a pain shot up his leg, causing him to almost drop what he carried in his arms as well. He let a small scream of pain escpe his lips but tried not to be noticed. But a bunch of people drew their attention to him and some ran to his aid.
Alec waved them off, saying he was fine but his nerves began to race when the pain in his foot didn't fade. He grabbed his leg in pain when the people left after telling the people he was fine. Alec limped to his car before Magnus noticed the small commotion he caused near his flat and gather the latter from the sidewalk and folded it up, putting it in the car.
Alec drove back home, his foot still searing in pain as he drove. He became really concerned when the pain increased. Maryse was immediately helping Alec, and questioning what happened.
"Ugh…" Maryse complained from the doorway of the living room. She brought in her steel and had a first aid kit. "You've broken your ankle."
"I'm fine though mom, really." Alec waved off her concern.
"No, you're not." Maryse sighed exasperatedly. "How did you manage to do this?"
"I was nearly caught by Magnus," Alec began explaining. "I had used a ladder to get into the flat and right when I went to shut the window Magnus walked in the room so I quickly knocked over the ladder and hide. Luckily I wasn't caught. But then I had to leave eventually and I didn't have the ladder so I escaped by jumping out of the window and I landed on my foot wrong."
"By the Angel…" Maryse sighed and Tessa giggle with a smile in the chair next to him. "I think you should just quit this."
"No way!" Alec yelled and hissed between this teeth as his mom began to draw an Iratze on his ankle forcefully.
"If you get hurt one more time I will make this little prank war end, okay?" Maryse looked up at him with a glare.
"Okay…" Alec said after a few seconds. Next time he will keep in mind that he shouldn't jump out of a window three stories high.
Magnus walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist, letting the steam from the shower he had just taken flood out of the bathroom and into his bedroom.
He let himself take some time in figuring out his makeup and clothing ensemble this day. He knew it would be pointless since he wouldn't be seeing any people most likely. So after about a half an hour, Magnus had finished his choice in clothing and matching makeup and walked into the living room.
He sat down on the couch in the living room and noticed a stuffed animal sitting on the other end of the couch. He figured it was probably one of Chairman's toys loitering around the house, so he let it stay where it was. Since the prank war had been coming close to an end he has been very perspective of what may be different.
As Magnus watched TV nearly an hour later he almost let out a shriek when he saw a big roach climb up the white wooden coffee table in front on the couch. Magnus swatted at the roach with a newspaper that was sitting on the table and let it fall on the floor, unmoving.
"Ugh." He groaned dramatically. "Damnit. Alec I swear if you let roaches loose in this flat so help me!"
Magnus pulled his feet up on the couch and laid out lazily on the couch. He looked at the coffee table again and noticed a book sitting on the coffee table that defiantly hadn't been there before. It was a small child's book about cats. Magnus had no idea why there were a child's book in here, considering there was no need for one. Had Alec done something to mess with him? He thought.
Magnus picked up the stuffed animal and looked at it since he didn't recall the toy. The toy itself was actually nearly the size of Chairman Meow. Why on earth would they have it?
Magnus then realized what was going on. "Chairman?" He said his name in question. He hadn't seen the feline since his shower. Since there were small roaches most likely crawling around the flat that must mean Alec definitely stopped by to prank Magnus while he was in the shower. He probably let roached loose, since Magnus flooded the Institute with spiders. And he must have taken the loving cat that lived in his flat with him.
Before Magnus automatically assumed Alec had taken the little fur ball that lazily slept around the flat, he looked in every possible place the cat could hide. He looked in all of the cupboards in the kitchen, under all the chairs and the table in the dining room. He checked the medicine cabinet in the bathroom. He looked under his bed and in all of the dresser drawers. He even checked behind all of the racks of clothes in his closet and his closet that contained his glitter. But Magnus had no such luck. The poor cat was nowhere to be found. Chairman had been stolen
Magnus stomped into the living room in anger, picking up the book that sat on the coffee table and threw it on the floor in anger. When the book hit the floor a small note flew out of the pages. Alec had written him a small note. The note informed Magnus of the thievery of the missing Chairman Meow, and some other things Alec let loose around the house. Those things happened to on fact be roaches, but he hadn't gone as extreme with it as Magnus had with the spiders.
Magnus crumbled the note in anger and tossed it across the room. All Magnus knew, was that Alec would pay for stealing his cat. So Magnus presumed to grab his jacket and head out to go gather some supplies he would need for a prank.
He stopped by the warlock store again, gathering supplies and being greeted by the creepily excited owner.
Magnus soon got back to his car and headed to the Institute and used the same route to get in the Institute like he had last time. He went into the hallway and checked to see where Alec, Tessa, and Maryse are. To his luck they were all gathered in the living room. He set the cage that contained the prank he had down in the kitchen. So far Magnus wasn't having as much trouble laying out this prank like he had with the other.
Inside the cage was a small dog that was irresistibly cute. Magnus set the cage in the far corner of the room before unlocking the cage. The dog was currently asleep, so eventually it would wake and leave the cage to be found by someone in the household. So before the animal could wake up, he fled the Institute without being noticed.