City of Connections

Summary: Clary and Jace always had a special connection, though they have never met. They grew up together, faced the good and the bad times together, and eventually fell in love with each other. What happens, though, when they do meet? What happens when they must face the Shadow world together, deal with Valentine, find the Mortal Instruments, and find out what exactly that permanent rune is on their hands? And why that rune seems to give them their connection?

Previously:

When I got there Jace took me into his arms and thought that it was getting late. It was 10:20. I said "okay," outloud but inside I was panicking. My mom was going to flip when I get home.

Everyone looked at us confused. "I have to go home," I said as Jace led me to the door. "It was nice meeting you all," I called as we walked out of the house.

When I got to the outside of my mother's apartment, Jace kissed me on the cheek and said "goodnight," I nodded and hurried upstairs where my angry mother was waiting.

Chapter 4: Magnus Bane

My mother did flip out at the time that I came home but I was not grounded.

Thank the Angel.

But tomorrow, Simon wanted to see Erik perform at the coffee place around the corner. He wanted tp watch Erik's poetry reading. My mother allowed me to go there and Simon wanted me to go to see Erik but the only person I wanted to see was Jace.

The next afternoon Simon came by and together, we headed over to Blue Java, the coffee place around the corner. As we walked into Blue Java, I was hit with the smell of cinnamon and coffee beans.

Simon and I walked over to the lounge and we waited for Erik to begin.

Simon was going on about some new video game coming out next month.

By the door, I saw Jace covered in a glamour walking into Blue Java. I interrupted Simon's rambling.

"Can you go get us a drink?" I asked and motioned Jace over as he left.

Jace sat next to me, out his arm around my waist and kissed my forehead.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I am here to listen to poetry," he said amused. I actually came to see if you would like to go somewhere with me. Jace thought.

Well, Simon and I are here for Erik's poetry reading and then we could do something together,

I thought.

He smiled and got up and left out the back door when Simon came back with our drinks.

Erik walked up onto the stage and started his performance.

"Come, my faux juggernaut, my nefarious loins! Slather ever protuberance with arid zeal!"

"By the Angel, he is terrible!" I laughed. Simon slid down in his seat. "If anyone asks, I don't know him," Simon said as he stared at a blonde girl who would be considered hot to guys.

"Turgid is my torment!" Erik wailed. "Agony swells within," He continued.

Do you want to come out here with me? Should I save you from that agonizing poetry?

Jace thought to me, leaning against a wall outside the backdoor.

I started to get up to follow Jace out the backdoor. "I can't stand this, I gotta go," I laughed as I walked away.

When I got outside, sure enough, Jace was leaning against the wall, arms crossed over his chest, his face the picture of ease. I longed to draw him.

"Hey," I said leaning next to him and saw his gorgeous gold eyes open.

"Hello, are you glad I gave you a way to escape," Jace said teasinigly. Seriously, he sounded like he was spitting words from a dictionary! Jace thought.

I chuckled and closed my eyes.

"Where do you want to go?" I asked. My phone ringing cut off his answer.

"Clary! Stay where you are okay! Don't come home!" my mother exclaimed, out of breath and there was a sudden noise in the background. A horrible screeching sound that

sounded familiar but I couldn't make out.

"Mom!" I yelled. "Mom, are you okay? What is going on? Mom!" I exclaimed as the dial tone came on the phone.

I turned to Jace.

Somethings wrong! Let's go!

I thought running toward my house, Jace right by my side.

I ran up the stares to our 3rd floor apartment. I opened the door and saw my house a mess. Pillows were strown across the floor, the couches were torn, my mother's paintings were rippped and thrown across the room. My mother was no where in sight.

"Mom," I called out in a panic. Where was she?

Clary, calm down. Everything will be okay,

He took at his sensor and turned it on. It immediately started beebing crazily and flashed. Jace didn't have to tell me what that meant. I already knew. Demons were in my house. Demons probably took my mother.

I turned to Jace, who I knew would be my rock right now, and whispered his name. He took me into his arms and stroked my hair while whispering comforting words in my ear.

I stared into his eyes and looked around my house again. It was inevitable and pointless, my mother was not here.

Jace and I walked to the Institute in silence.

I broke it when I asked, "What will we do now?"

"You are staying with us," Jace said, opening the door of the Institute.

"Wait!" I said realizing something. "I need to call Luke!"

I ran towards the phone in the kitchen and dialed Luke's number.

After 4 rings, he picked up, "Hello?"

"Luke!" I said. "Something is wrong with my mom! She is not at the house and the house is trashed!" I continued.

"Clary," Luke said. "I need you to go to someplace in New York. It looks like a big run down hospital, but people live there. Ask them if it is the New York Institute and if it is go to a person named Hodge. Tell him Lucian Graymark told you that you needed to see the High Warlock of Brooklyn. People will take you with him and he will explain everything! Go now, Clary and don't call again. Goodbye," Luke said then hung up the phone.

Jace opened his arms and I rested my head on his chest.

Isabelle walked into the kitchen and saw us standing there. "Guess what! I was in Taki's when I saw this!" she exclaimed holding up a piece of paper in her hand.

"Magnus Bane, the High Warlock of Brooklyn, is hosting a party tonight! We have to go, come on! Let's go get you ready, Clary," Isabelle yelled pulling me towards her room.

Jace,

I called to him in my thoughts. Magnus Bane! Why didn't we think of him before! Of course he can help us! I thought happily.

I know Clary, just be patient. We will see him soon.

After being thrown into the shower and dressed up in at least 20 dresses, Izzy finally found the "perfect outfit for me."

It was a black dress with black tights underneath with black heals. My hair was pulled up with a clip and I had a smokey look on my face from the make-up.

We walked down to the living room where Jace and Alec were waiting. Jace looked up at me and started to stare.

Clary,

he breathed in his thoughts. By the Angel, you look beautiful.

He walked up to me and pulled out the clip in my hair. My hair carassed by shoulders and my back, floating down in gentle waves.

"You look perfect," Jace murmered taking my hands in his and kissing my knuckles.`

Alec coughed to brake us out of our moment. His eyes shown with jealousy. Poor Alec.

We got into the elevator and waited until we got to the bottom floor. Jace handed me a seraph blade and I hide it under my dress. Finally, we reached the bottom floor and we walked out of the front door.

We called a taxi and got in it and told him the directions to Magnus Bane's house.

When we got out of the car, Jace grabbed my left hand and we walked around the corner and up the short staircase. Next to that, we saw a bunch of vampire motorcycles. Jace took out a bottle in his coat and dumped it onto them. Holy Water. I thought and watched as Jace smiled at me.

He walked back up the staircase and took my hand again in his, and I loved the look he gave me. It was full of love and adoration.

Isabelle rang the door bell and Magnus Bane opened the door. He had glitter in his hair and had rainbow leather pants with a matching sparkly shirt. He looked at all of us but his eyes seemed to be glued to Alec.

"Children of the Angels," he said looking at us. "I didn't know that any of you were invited to my party."

Jace walked forward and told him, "We need to talk to you," Jace said, his voice full of authority and pulled me to his side my our connected hands.

Magnus looked at me. "Clarissa," he said. "How nice to see you again, how is your mother. Of course you probably don't remeber me, I am Magnus Bane, High Warlock of Brooklyn," he said winking at Alec.

"No, it is okay, we know who you are, and Clary does remeber," Jace said smugly.

"Well," Magnus said. "Why don't we talk? Hmm? Follow me," he said, walking in the other direction.

As we were walking I saw Simon waving to me from his seat in the corner of a room, next to a fairy.

"SIMON!" I exclaimed. Jace turned to see Simon right next to us. "Why are you here?" I asked.

"Luke told me you would be here," he said. Magnus cleared his throat and motioned toward the door and then tapped his wrist.

"Look, Simon," I said to him. "I don't have time right now, okay? I will talk to you when we are done. Oh," I said remebering something. "Don't touch, eat or drink anything, okay?" I said turning around following Isabelle while pulling Jace with me.

When we opened the door on the other side of the room, Magnus pulled us all in there and locked the door.

The room looked like a rainbow. It had a curvy white table in the center, with multicolored chairs strayed across the room. Couches were adorned with pillows that matched the chairs and with sparkles across all of them. The walls were also white but with a tan tint to them.

He motioned for us to sit down. Isabelle, Alec and Magnus sat on seperate chairs while Jace and I sat across from them on the couch, hands still connected.

"Now, Clary," Magnus began, "Can you tell me what happened?"

Jace,

I thought, leaning my head on his shoulder, Can you? He squeesed my hand. Of course.

"Clary's mother was attacked at her house. We detected demon activity. However, while walking back to the New York Institute, we called Luke, a close friend of Jocelyn, Clary's mother, who told us to go to you and that you would know what to do."

"Ahh," Magnus said. "Yes, I suspected this would happen eventually. You see, when you were a baby, CLARY," he put emphiphus (Not sure how to spell that- Sorry, by the way, I know that is wrong) on my name looking pointedly at Jace, "your mother wanted to protect you from the Shadow world by having me put a spell on you that erased your memories when you saw something of that world. You see, your mother left the Shadow world to protect you and herself and she thought you would be safer not knowing that you were a Shadowhunter."

"We know," Jace and I said.

Magnus raised his eyebrow. Damn, I always wanted to do that.

Don't worry

, Jace thought amused, I can teach you how to do that.

"Jace and I can..." I left the sentence hanging. "Read each other's minds. Have been ever since she was born," Jace finished.

"Really? I have never heard of anything like that," Magnus said staring at us and our intertwined hands like we were a science experiment.

"Anyway," Magnus said after awhile. "Demons probably took your mother and you will have to get her back."

"What!," I said even though I knew that that was probably what happened. "How are we supposed to do that! How am I supposed to be able to get my mother back!" I screamed at him.

I felt hands on my shoulders. Jace's hands. It is okay, Clary. I will be with you all the time. I always have and I always will, every step of the way. Remember that. I love you.

I leaned into his chest and closed my eyes. I know. I thought. And I love you, too.

Jace kissed my forehead and I opened my eyes. Magnus's eyes stared back at my left hand and Jace's right. He grabbed both of ours and examined them.

"Hey, now!" Jace said, "I know I am sexy and everything but there is no need to start grabbing me. I only belong to Clary," Jace said smirking while I rolled my eyes.

"These marks, on your hands. Did you put them there?" Magnus asked. I shook my head while Jace told him of our birthmarks.

Magnus smiled. "Interesting. They look like Runes or Marks. Though, I have never seen them before. Interesting," he murmered, fascinated.

I shrugged and asked Magnus what we should do. He said that we should try to go to the Bone City. Isabelle looked at him and spoke for the first time, "How the heck does that help us?" She exclaimed. Magnus shrugged and walked over to Alec and winked at him. Alec looked over at Jace who was staring fixatedly at me.

"Let's go," Isabelle said more cheered at the fact of being able to party.

When we went out the door where Jace dragged me to the dance floor.

Let's dance,

he thought as the song Your Love is my Drug by Ke$ha.

As we danced I couldn't help but notice how perfect our bodies seemed to fit together. Like we were made for each other. Jace thought. I nodded and moved myself closer into his arms.

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