(DISCLAIMER: I do not own TMI it belongs to Cassandra Clare.)

Blood Is Thicker Than Darkness

Chapter 4

Secrets Unleashed

(Magnus's POV)

"Will you keep your damn hoods up?! We can't afford for anyone to see you ya know!"

In reply I get two disgruntled replies of "Ok" from my traveling companions, already they can't stick to the plan and we just left the apartment.

"Why are we walking again, why not portal over?" I hear from behind me and sigh, "Because I need the extra time to think."

"What could there possibly be to think about, all we have to do is show up and get them to listen to our story whether they believe us or not is up to them." To this I grunt in frustration "Yeah, but we have to bring it up in a way where they will want to listen, too much is riding on this for them to be stubborn!"

After my outburst I hear in a small voice behind me "If this goes bad Mags will you still be there for us, can we still be a family?", and my anger and worry slips away at the lost and confused tone of my companions voice and I turn around and look at them.

"Of course we will still be a family, I won't abandon you" which grants me two beaming smiles and I glance back over my shoulder "We're here so game faces on, hoods up and lets go."

"Um why do we have to have game faces on if no one can see our faces?" which makes me smirk and we turn to head into the institute.

(Clary POV)

"Does anyone know what this is about?" I ask after about fifteen minutes of waiting for Magnus to show up. And as I look around the kitchen I see everyone is just as clueless as me, "No idea he just called and said he had something really important to discuss, and that we should all be here." said Alec with a worried look on his face.

After only a few more minutes of waiting we hear the door bell and the door being slammed downstairs, so we all run out into the hall and down to the elevator to wait for Magnus. We can here the elevator clanking its way up stairs and come to a halt, I start to fidget from foot to foot and Jace has to put a hand on my shoulder to get me to stop.

Finally and agonizingly slowly the door slides open and inside is Magnus Bane, "What took you so long?" asks Alec as he pulls his boyfriend from the elevator. As they embrace I notice Magnus looks kind of anxious and as soon as they separate he immediately looks anywhere but at us.

"So how's everything going guys?" he asks and we all look at him like he is off his rocker, but then I hear someone snort with laughter. Isabelle, Alec, Jace and I look at each other as if to say "Was that you?", once we discern that none of us was the culprit of the laughter we turn back to Magnus. That's when I notice that the elevator was in fact not empty and that Magnus was standing (more like hiding really) two more people behind him.

Turns out I'm not the only one who noticed our unexpected guests "Who's that there behind you Magnus?", says Isabelle who starts to lean from side to side trying to get a better look. At this he tenses up and moves to the side so we have a better view of the two mysterious figures. Both of them were dressed in identical outfits of head to toe black, which included heavy duty combat boots to die for, a black hoodie which concealed their faces completely, but while one wore black jeans the other wore skin tight leathers.

All in all their attire only stood to confuse me even more as to who they are "Well they are what I wanted to talk to you about actually" said Magnus with more of his natural confidence.

"But I think this conversation would go over much better if we went somewhere more private, like the library?", Jace grunts in annoyance and we all reluctantly lead the way to the library.

As we enter the room we all take seats while Magnus and his guests remain standing, and we all wait expectantly for some answers.

Finally after what feels like an eternity of silence, but was only a few minutes Magnus speaks "I asked to meet with you all today because I wanted to confess something I've been keeping a secret for months, ever since we got back from Alicante." He glances over his shoulder at the two people dressed in black and one nods and he continues "While in Idris I was hiding out waiting for the shit to hit the fan and we all had to come together to fight off Valentine and his demon army. After everything was over and the dust started to settle, I ran into these two and they told me who they were and their story. I was absolutely shocked at what they told me and couldn't risk leaving them there in the Glass City, so when it came time to leave I created a portal for you back to the Institute but created a separate portal for them directly to my apartment and they have been living with me ever since."

To say we were all shocked was one thing but Magnus' story still left something to be desired and many questions still to be answered. I went to go and ask the question I was sure was burning in everyone's mind but Jace beat me too it "That's all great and what not, but who exactly are they?"

Magnus gave kind of a smirk and looked at the two dressed in black again "Well they are brother and sister, fraternal twins to be exact. They are both shadowhunters raised by a monster of a father," his voice dropping to a growl but then his demeanor changed and he said in a much more airy and carefree voice "and a rather brilliant mother that they have never met. They have two other siblings' one who was raised with them and one who doesn't even know of their existence. Well that is until today of course and I do belie-" but he was interrupted by another snort of laughter from the one in the leather.

"HALEY! Will you knock it off this isn't supposed to be amusing this is serious!"

The girl in leather, Haley apparently cocked her head to the side and looked at Magnus (at least I think she did I couldn't really tell with the hood in the way) as if trying to communicate with him silently. He sighed like he was frustrated but had an amused glint in his eye and with a fond look on his face and a smirk on his lips he said, "Well yes I suppose you're right, why don't you two reveal yourselves then if you're going to be so impatient."

We all sat holding our breath waiting for our mysterious guests to show themselves, and then in unison they both reached up and pushed back there hoods. At first all we could see were two heads of dark brown hair, but as soon as they raised their heads and looked up I felt my heart stop and I gasped.

Because there standing in front of me was me.

Well that's Chapter 4 and I hope you all enjoyed it! The next chapter I will really get into who my new characters are and I hope you will think it gives a new little twist to the story. I haven't really gotten any feedback on my story yet so please review and let me know what you think!