Magnus has been many things. A dancer, a stripper or even a vampire hunter, but he never thought he would be a groom.
Looking at his reflection was quite disbelieving. He could not believe the groom in front of him was him. The same cinnamon skin contrasting with the black suit. The same slit cat-like eyes staring back at him. His hand glided over the mirror, like he was trying to touch the impossible image in front of him.
But that image was no longer impossible, because it was happening right now. Magnus took a deep breath, trying to take in everything and concentrate, not get lost in his thoughts. He never thought he would commit to someone for the rest of his eternity, till he met Rose.
He remembered when he first saw her, and everything in his world pause. Beautiful. Smart. Kind. Immortal. Powerful. She was perfect and flawless, like a beautiful marble statue that would stay forever. She was the light in his life, that gave him the urge to go through the darkness of life-.
"Magnus!" The French grand doors, in the room, burst open revealing Rose. The wedding gown on her was beautiful and seemed to shimmer in the light, but the rose petals in her bouquet seemed to spill off the wrappings from her running, and stick on the white lace. Her once clean bun had red straws sticking out, and black lines fell over her white cheek.
"Rose, are you-" Magnus practically shouted, worried about his fiancé's messed up state.
"Altar, now!" She hurtled in Magnus' arms. Magnus brushed his fingers over her ginger hair, twirling the red thread in his hand. He knew Rose would relaxed with his touches.
"You have to be patient, dear. The wedding will start, soon."
"Just go there! It's Chairman Meow!"
"If he's-"
"He's dead."
Then his veins went cold like ice; he was frozen from shock. He could not move, feel, or speak; even if Rose spat words at him worriedly. Chairman Meow is dead. That little annoying fur ball is dead. He just can't accept it. It can't be true.
He was like a statue frozen in time; he couldn't feel anything but the warm tears running down his cheek.
"That stupid cat!" Magnus' arms loosen around Rose and fell on the carpet floor. His knees hitting against the velvet carpet, and the tears running down his cheeks fell on the velvet becoming red dots. His nails clawed in the carpet's rough fur, imagining it could've been Chairman Meow's soft silky fur. It can't be possible the his immortal little cat is dead. "Can't that cat follow my orders for once?!"
"Magnus!" Rose lowered herself, and put a hand over Magnus' now ruined coat. Stroking her fingers, making circles against his skin trying to calm him down.
"I ordered him to stay by my side forever. Why can't he-"
"Magnus!" Rose shouted now firmly. Her hands gripped on Magnus' upper arm hard, holding him. "I get that it hurts..." She whispered in his ear.
"...but please try to calm down, and remember that I'll be there for you." Rose said not in her usual cold voice, but in a warm and comforting one.
Rose let go of Magnus' upper arm, letting him relax and breath.
"Forever?" Magnus turned facing her with pleading eyes.
"Forever. Why do you think I agreed to marry you?" Rose place a hand over Magnus' palm showing the ruby ring in her finger. "Now do you think that you can go to the altar?"
"Yes"
As the silver liquid of vodka went through Nicholas' throat, Nicholas gave a sharp gasp. His hand touched the base of his jaw, it felt very hot to touch yet satisfying. But Nicholas didn't care, he knew if that if the alcohol content is too strong, it would feel as hot as coal in his throat, but as cold as ice on his fingers.
Nicholas coughed to cover up his discomfort, and set the now empty glass on the bar table. "Say John, what kind is this? It seems a bit too strong."
The bartender-John- sighed, in his usual bored face. "I don't know. The mundane was the one who gave me the drink."
Nicholas took a big breath, and tried to answer, but he couldn't. Both of his hands touched his throat; the burning sensation soon was like he swallowed burnt iron. He started choking and coughing attempting to cough out the silver liquid. Then a painful slice came in his throat; his coughs soon became louder, and few droplets of blood came out of his mouth.
He fell on his side, feeling the stone hard floor on his chest and knees. Large shadows crowded over him. Nothing was clear too him, the large shadows only seemed gray in his eyes, and John was no longer there.
The only clear image he had was the empty glass shimmering through the light, with a beautiful blue lily wrapped around it, before the darkness kissed him.
The winds of the winter night made Magnus shiver. His fingers were shaking over his upper arms, rubbing himself for warmth. He suddenly felt like slapping himself. Why didn't he wear a jacket while waking down the stony paths of San Francisco Cemetery during winter?
White snow covered the gravestones, and withering grass. As Magnus walked forward, the gravestones disappeared revealing only tall thin leafless black trees. He was still shivering and shaking from the cold. Even if he couldn't die from the cold-warlock-, it still made him numb, and his footsteps went slower.
As his footsteps went slower, he thought why was he doing this. He could leave the shadowhunter (who was suppose to be dead). He could just leave and live a happy life. But why was he still chasing his past?
The pain in his blue toes and fingers were growing, till it was so painful that Magnus couldn't feel anything anymore; the white powder falling on him froze him. He felt like an ice block, but even if he felt like he was overwhelmed by the numbness; he could still move.
But each move was painful, trying to fight the frost and ice binding his body. Magnus lowered his head looking at his shoes covered in white powder. Maybe he should go back. The cold started to torture, and this whole situation seemed impossible.
He turned around ready to leave.
"Leaving so soon."
A voice said. A voice that was very familiar yet it just felt different. It was fast and soft, like a whisper from the snake who tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit that brought a knowledge so dark and evil. It was laced with confidence yet with caution.
Magnus paused and looked up, staring at the figure with the snake-like voice.
The figure sat on a thick tree branch. It's back leaning on the trunk casually. Instead of it's eyes (well more like eye since the other eye is covered) looking at Magnus, like Magnus suspected it's eye was looking at the moon with a chin on it's knee.
"Hello Magnus." Alec turned, and faced Magnus flashing a smile that once showed innocence, but now only showed a row of sharp shark-like teeth.
Magnus had always thought that the altar was a place of holiness and purity. It was the place where he and Rose would join hands. It was the place where the priest would say the holy news of God, but he never thought he would see something so horrifying.
The broken pieces of bones scattered on the red carpet. Little bits of flesh and organs were thrown around. In fact there wasn't exactly a body, but a pile of fur, flesh, and bones laying in front of the altar.
Magnus fell on his knees, crying over his cat. Seeing the whole derelict corpse and body would've hit him less, but only seeing a pile that was once his cat. He never thought that the last time he saw his cat would be the time when he puked out that fur ball.
But even if he's pain kept coming to him incessantly. He could hear soft hushed whispers around him.
"The attack was just all of a sudden."
"No one saw the killer. The witness just saw the 'body'."
"Why would someone want to kill a cat?"
"Maybe the killer wanted to eat."
"If the killer did eat the cat, it would've only left bones."
"Sorry it just seems like the cat was shredded by a pair of really sharp teeth."
Then it all made sense to Magnus when he saw Alec's smile again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Mortal Instruments
Author's note: I'm sorry if this chapter seems really boring, short or very dragging. Hopefully you like it, and I promise to make the next chapter very good. Also sorry if my writing style at the end was lazy because I was in a hurry. Sorry for the long wait. Thanks for reading :)