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It took me a while to update and I apologize. But there was Comic Con (which has really just caused my whole brain to collapse) and also I had to learn the lesson in life that most people are greedy, untrustworthy and really just suck... Luckily I still have you guys to cheer me up :) You're so amazing! So many reviews for the last chapter, WOW!

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There are some new POVs in this chapter. But there's a lot going on (and I mean a lot) and there was simply no way around it. Besides, I kinda like changing POVs. It makes things even more interesting. Read, what I consider to be interesting...

CITY OF CRYING ANGELS
chapter eleven: Isabelle's warning

"I have a question." Clary said looking at the cup in her hands.

"What is it?" Isabelle asked.

Clary looked up at her. "Do I have stupid written all over my forehead?" She probably did, because she had a pretty good feeling not drinking it would get her killed and that could be looked at as stupid as well. However, she'd rather die than drink whatever this was.

Isabelle exhaled in frustration.

"I have no idea what this is supposed to do to me but I am not drinking this!"

"You know." Isabelle said. "I would have liked it if you would have drunken it voluntarily. But we will force you, if we have to."

Clary snorted. "The hell you would have. You're demons. The both of you. You love to force people to do what you want. If you had them do it voluntarily you'd probably get bored!"

"Na na, Clary", Sebastian said and stepped besides Isabelle. "That's not true. I have wanted you to join me because you wanted to join me all this time... after all you are my sister and I value that. I would like you value it, too. Sadly you don't. And you haven't come around either. I knew, when you came here, that you would betray me, but I kept hoping that something would change your mind. That you'd come around and see things the way we do. Jace did."

"THE HELL HE DID!" Clary jumped up. She hadn't meant to yell but she couldn't help it. "This isn't Jace! You turned him into a spineless slave who would never question you! You-" she broke off. Suddenly she realized something. Her eyes went to the Cup in her hands and realized something. "You wanted me to come around on my own. But I didn't..." she frowned and looked up."That is what the Mortal Cup is going to do me. Isn't it? Coming around... It's going to turn me into a slave, just like Jace."

Sebastian shook his head. "First of all this isn't the Mortal Cup. Please don't insult it. It's called the Infernal Cup. And second of all, to be quite honest, we don't know if it'll work. As long as mother is still bound to Isabelle's body it might work, but we don't know for sure. That's were you come in. We want to test if it'll work."

"M-...mother..." her eyes went back to Isabelle. "You're Lilith."

Lilith smiled. "Do you consider yourself smart, because you figured something out my son as practically told you?" She turned to Sebastian. "I'm glad you didn't pick her. It would have been dreadful being stuck in her body until my new one is ready."

Sebastian beamed, proudly that he (apparently) he had made the right decision.

"You didn't pick me." Clary said. "But the Seelie Queen wanted you to." she remembered the conversation she had overheard. The one that had got her grounded. "You picked... Isabelle. To be the host for Lilith."

Lilith laughed. "To come back to your earlier question, there might be something written on your forehead. It says: I like to talk about things I know nothing about."

"It's not a host. Well, not permanently at least-"

"Jonathan. Let's not spoil your sister by telling her everything just yet." Lilith said and Sebastian nodded. "You should go and give Jace his assignment."

"Assignment?" Clary asked and sounded as scared as she was. "What kind of assignment?"

Lilith signalled Sebastian to leave and he did. She then turned to Clary with a cold smile on Isabelle lips. Up until now Clary had thought she'd already seen Isabelle's expression when she was dismissive but she had been wrong. "The kind were people get killed. Well... not exactly people..."

Clary's mouth dropped open. "No... you... you can't! If he hurts anyone it's going to kill him inside!" Her Jace was still in there somewhere. And he would not be able to handle killing anyone innocent. Clary felt her eyes tearing up. "Please..."

For a moment it seemed like Lilith was thinking about it but something told Clary that it was just an act in order to toy with her. "I might call Jonathan back... if you do something for me."

Clary swallowed. She had a feeling she knew what that something was... "Drink from the Cup?"

A pleased smile. "There. I knew you must have had at least one intelligent cell inside your red little head."

Her mind was racing. She needed to keep Jace from killing anyone and maybe the cup wouldn't even work, right? At least when Sebastian had been telling the truth. "If I do... you will not have Jace kill anyone?"

"Maybe."

"Maybe?" her voice was barely a whisper and a tear ran down her cheek. "That's what I'm supposed to rely on, a maybe?"

"At least that way poor Jace has a chance. But if you don't drink... he will definitely kill someone."

Clary took a deep breath. Even though Lilith made it sound like it, there really was no choice here. Never would... never could she risk Jace to ruin is life. One day he would be normal again, she had to believe that, and he would not be able to live with himself if he killed someone today.

Jace, she thought one more time and then drank from the cup.

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The group had decided to stay at Lukes house for a while. Except that really it had been Magnus, making the decision for the group. His powers needed to regenerate after going up against Lilith.

"She is not exactly alive and kicking... a demon possessing someone is never at his full power. But she's definitely there and pricking." he said. "And pricking for Lilith, is already more powerful than you can imagine."

They had sat down in the living room and were discussing everything all over again.

"Why do you think she possessed Isabelle in the first place? I mean if she's not at her full power, that must piss her off." Simon said.

Magnus shrugged his shoulders. It was Alec, who answered, as usual when they were talking about Lilith. In this situation him paying attention in Shadowhunter-School (or whatever they went to) paid off. "She's not strong enough to come back on her own body just yet. It hasn't been long since she's been destroyed. But she wants to be here, for whatever reason... and I'm sure Sebastian was more than happy to help her. After all he thinks of her as his mother."

There was a moment of silence while Simon was chewing on his lower lip. There was something that still bothered him. Well, something aside from everything that already bothered him. "She said she cared for me. Lilith."

Magnus sighted. "Oh, don't tell me you're crushing on Lilith now. Because if any crush was ever unhealthy - it's this one."

Simon rolled his eyes and shook his head. "What I mean is... I believed her. I don't think she was lying. But why would she care? I basically killed her the last time we met."

"Well, the possession is still very fresh. It usually takes a while for the feelings and thoughts of the possessed one to vanish completely. Until then the demon, even Lilith, has to fight against those feelings."

Alec and Simon both frowned. While Simon didn't know what do say Alec asked: "Are you saying that right now... Lilith is in love... with Simon?"

Magnus couldn't hold back an amused grin. "A very entertaining thought. But no. She's simply suffering of an echo of Isabelle's feelings. For Simon, for you, for everyone Isabelle has feelings for. She would kill the both of you, if she had to, you shouldn't have any illusions about that. But until that echo has worn off, I think she'll try to at least avoid it. Isabelle's grief would get to her as well."

"But she tried to kill me. Almost succeeded, too..." Alec pointed out.

"I think with Lilith it's save to say that if she had really tried to kill you - you'd be dead. I was there. She knew I would save your life. Attacking you was simply to get us out of the way, so she could get her hands on that sword."

"Well" Simon said bitterly. "Mission accomplished."

Magnus looked a tad annoyed but Simon knew by now that it was just an act he put on to hide his true feelings. Maybe even from himself. "Now what did I tell you about your depressions?"

"Excuse me if I'm not happy about being successfully played by a powerful demon who has taken away Isabelle."

"None of us is happy, Simon", Alec said. "But Magnus is right, we need to focus on what's important and not weep about what happened. We need to look forward."

Simon took a short laughter. "Right and what's that? Visiting Magnus' Father, which none of you want to tell me anything about, hoping that the story he told Magnus is true and then find a Fallen Angel and ask him to cry for us?" None of them said anything. "I used to think Clary's plans were suicidal, but this actually tops everything she has ever come up with."

"Our possibilities may not be very attractive right now but they're all we have. Besides, you're not going to see my father. I am."

Alec blinked at his boyfriend. "Alone?"

"Yes. He's known to kill intruders without even asking who they are or what they want."

"Wouldn't that mean he'd kill you, too?"

"I'm counting on him sensing my presence. Demons might not be the most loving or caring fathers, but they can always sense their children."

"But, if we're with you-" Alec tried but didn't get to finish.

"I cannot risk it, Alexander." Magnus grabbed Alec's hand, looking deep into his eyes.

Simon felt like this was one of those moments where we could have done the Snoopy Dance, completely naked, and none of them would notice him. He also felt redundant and lonely, because without Isabelle and Clary he really was... not even Jordan or Maia were here. Right now he was the third wheel.

After a while he decided to give Magnus and Alec some privacy and retrieved into the guest room, were he had often slept with Clary. Wow, that sounded wrong even inside his head. There had been a time were he had wished he would have really been sleeping with her, in the biblical sense, but that time was long gone. Clary had never been right for him, he knew that now. Izzy on the other hand... she was everything he'd ever want.

The moment he threw himself on the bed he felt that tiredness was taking over him very quickly. Tiredness he had ignored over the past days and nights. It had been bound to overwhelm him at some point but to be honest he had completely forgotten about it. The last thought he had was that it would be okay if he rested his eyes for a while, it wasn't like he was needed to do something any time soon.

As soon as he had drifted off he found himself standing in Isabelle's bedroom in the Institute. He instantly felt comfortable and peaceful. It was one of those dreams were you knew you were dreaming and you could enjoy yourself. Then, suddenly-

"Simon."

Isabelle was sitting on her bed, smiling at him. Yes, this was definitely a dream he could enjoy.

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Magnus bend down a bit and gave Alec one last kiss. During times like this they could never be sure that a kiss would not be their last one. Especially when one of them was headed to see the Prince of Hell, leaving the other one completely unprotected. Well, unprotected by magic. Alec was still a Shadowhunter and Simon a Vampire, they ought to protect themselves, at least when Lilith or Sebastian didn't show up themselves. Or Jace, of course. Still, Magnus felt bad leaving him. In dark times you wanted to keep your loved ones close and not be in a different dimension than they were.

Yes, he would have to go another dimension to see his father. The only reason Magnus was even capable of opening a portal to that very dimension was because his fathers blood ran through his veins. Inter-dimensional travelling was known to be very a tricky business, because no matter how good you were you could never quite be sure to end up in the place you wanted to end up in.

"When are you going to be back?" Alec asked and sounded as worried as he looked.

For a moment Magnus was recalling a memory. "Well the last time I was there it took me three weeks to find my way back home. But I really think I can do it faster this time."

"You better. I don't know what I'm going to do without you. And to make things worse Simon is still here."

Magnus grinned. "Try not to kill each other, will you?" He had decided to take off while Simon was still asleep. He wasn't very good at goodbyes. His whole life he had hated them. Shadowhunters didn't do goodbyes in general, something, he was very fond of. Still, he was glad that Alec had made an exception for him.

"I can't promise anything." Alec joked and then let him go. "Take care of yourself."

"You, too."

When he turned around his stomach twisted. He really didn't want to see his father again but there was no other way. Taking a deep breath he stepped through the portal...

… and everything went dark.

The only light he had was coming from the portal, which- yes, of course; disappeared in that very moment.

"Great." Magnus sighted. "And I forgot my lighter." he mumbled sarcastically. Even with nobody around he still couldn't keep his comments to himself. Yes, sometimes he simply liked to hear himself talking.

The last time he had been here it hadn't been this dark. Apparently his father had re-decorated. But if he remembered one thing correctly about this dimension he knew that he needed to take a leap of faith to get anywhere. Therefore he took one step after another, not knowing if he'd still have ground beneath his feet after the next step.

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"I wish you were real." Simon said, looking at Isabelle. She was as beautiful as ever but there was something in her eyes that was unsettling – she was worried about something. Panicked even.

She got up from the bed saying: "I am real, Simon. I'm here!"

He smiled. "Of course you are. This is my dream and I dream about you all the time..."

"You do?"

"Who else would I dream about?"

Isabelle smiled at him but then shook her head. It looked like she was forcing herself to get back on track. "That doesn't matter now."

"Right." Simon was taken aback and yes, a bit hurt. "Thanks."

"No, I mean... of course it matters. More than you can imagine." There was a shimmer in her eyes and Simon could tell it was hard for her to change the topic again. "But there's something I have to tell you, something very important-"

"Really? Usually my dreams don't tell me anything important."

"Well, how can they, when you're too busy being naked in front of your schoolmates?"

Simon froze. This didn't go like any of his dreams about Isabelle and she sure as hell never mentioned other dreams of his.

"Are you going to listen to me now?"

No, not really. He was far from being ready to listen to her. "Is it really you? I mean... you-you?"

A smile appeared on her face but fainted as quickly as it had come. "Yes. I've been waiting for you to fall asleep for hours. There's one good think about having a demon taking control over your body: If you're good – which I am – you can tap into that demons powers. I did, to come visit you but I can only do it when you're asleep. I know everything Lilith is doing, I know what she and Sebastian are up to."

"You do?" Suddenly Simon was very eager to listen.

"Finally." Izzy said, relieved at him believing her now. "But we don't have time to get into any of this now, because she has send Jace to you again. She told Clary she wouldn't, if..." Sometimes you could tell when people were leaving a certain part of a story out. This was one of those times, but Simon didn't dare asking, she'd just snap at him again. "The point is, Jace is coming."

That sentence sounded so much better when it started with Santa Clause and ended with to town.

"You have to wake up before he gets there, Simon! You need to get out of there, now! Jace has the order to kill one of you and he will stop at nothing..."

Swallowing hard Simon asked: "Who?"

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Right after Magnus had went through the portal it had closed. It was probably better this way, because with it closed Alec wasn't tempted to follow him. Not that he was as stupid as Clary sometimes was, but it didn't feel right to let him go there alone. He knew how Magnus felt about his father, which was why (if possible) he loved him even more that he would even go to him.

Alec had meant what he'd said. He wouldn't know what he'd do without Magnus but not just because he loved him more than he loved his own life. Magnus was the only one who he could always rely on to find a solution. Even now, when things were darker than ever, he had thought of something.

He ran his fingers through his hair and let himself fall on the couch. What was he supposed to do now? Magnus gone, Simon asleep... Alec felt like she should be doing something, too. Not that he considered sleeping as doing something, but still.

A knock on the door.

Alec got up immediately and walked slowly, to the door, pulling out his seraph blade. With a quick movement he opened the door but there was no one there. He looked around – nothing.

He exhaled and turned around, wondering if he'd imagined the knock, but suddenly saw Jace standing right in front of him.

"I'm really sorry for this." Jace said and hit Alec so fast and hard that he lost consciousness immediately.

Oh-oh... Now, you didn't really expect me to leave you without a Cliffhanger, did you? xD A lot has happened in this chapter. Please tell me what you think :)
As usual, I'll try to update as soon as possible!