The Past Generation

London 1903

"Come on James, the sensor showed elevated levels on the bridge."

"How do we even know if your dad's invention works?" He asked his Parabatai sounding bored.

"Well it hasn't blown up yet has it?"

They were laughing when he heard it, "HELP! Somebody help me!"

He across the bridge and saw a girl kneeling over someone looking around franticly. She saw them and yelled again, "Oh, please help us please!"

He looked at Matthew then took off towards the girl, as they neared he noticed her runes and also the large group of people passed out around her.

"Miss, what happened?"

She was frantic, "We were attacked by a demon, I was knocked out, and I am not sure how we got here. We–"

The boy next to her gasped then sat up. "Lin what happened?"

He noticed Matthew and tried to position himself in front of the girl.

"Will it's okay, they're shadowhunters."

The boy, Will, looked at him, "What are you names?"

Mathew looked at him and nodded, he only rolled his eyes and said, "Fine, my name is James Herondale and this is Matthew Fairchild."

The man next to Will, who looked oddly familiar, sat up quickly and laughed, "At least we know what she meant by family reunion."

Before James could question what he meant the man turned to him, "Mr. Herondale would please take us back to the institute."

James just nodded and turned to the others just waking up. "Come on, follow me."

When they made it back to the institute James led them into drawing room, where Will saw a man with red hair in a wheel chair, a small women next to him, and another boy with red hair, probably his son. Then he noticed a man who looked an awful lot like Alec, a girl with brown hair and blue eyes, and his mother. Will gasped a little; his mother hadn't changed one bit.

"Welcome to the London Institute, my name is Will Herondale, this is my wife Tessa and my daughter Lucie, you have already met my son James."

Will's jaw dropped, so this was the man he was named after? Never in a million years did he think he would ever meet him.

"And I'm Charlotte Fairchild and my husband Henry. My sons Charles and Mathew."

Will nodded at Charles who just rolled his eyes. What's his deal?

Will's father spoke first, "My name is Stephen Graymark, and this is my son Will and his fiancé Linette Blackwell."

Both him and Linette looked at his father and shock, engaged?

Jace spoke next, not missing a beat, "I'm Jace Fray, my wife Clary, and our son Zachary."

"Zach, it's just Zach"

"I guess that leaves me my name is Alec Blackwell, I am Linette's uncle and Jace's brother and Parabatai."

His dad, 'Stephen', spoke again, "We all came from New York with a little portal mishap."

Will Herondale spoke next, "Well you are welcome to stay here, we were just about to have dinner. Uh Will, I am sure you've noticed, but your head is bleeding quite profusely. Would you like an iratze?"

He put his hand up to his head and winced. He lowered his hand and it was wet with blood. Zach came over with a steele and quickly drew an iratze.

"Thanks bro."

Mathew then asked, "I take it you two are Parabatai too?"

They both nodded. "Well I'll have Bridget set out eight more plates, or will there be anyone else portaling through?"

Will snorted, he was going to like Will Herondale, he just knew it.

Charles added rudely, "Maybe we should get them properly dressed first. The last thing we need is another one looking like Anna."

"Charles! That was an extremely inappropriate thing to say, apologize to Miss Blackwell this instant."

He muttered a sorry and walked off. Will just wanted to hit him, but he had a point. They were horribly under dressed.

"Mr. Fray, Mr. Graymark and Mr. Blackwell if you would follow me, you can borrow my clothes. Zach and Will you can use James' clothes, and Miss Blackwell Tessa may have something for you."

"And Mrs. Fray if you would come with me." Charlotte said sweetly

They all nodded and went their separate ways.

James' clothes fit just fine, so Will tried to start a conversation, "So James, were you named after anyone?"

Zach elbowed him in the ribs and gave him a warning look.

"Uh, yes. I was named after my uncle." Will nodded and let the conversation die. This was going to be one awkward dinner. He hoped his father was having better luck.

"So where are your wives? If I may ask." Will asked curiously. Stephen was silent for a moment then spoke, "My wife is a warlock so whilst we were in Idris she stayed behind."

Then Alec said, "Same."

"And Alec do you have any kids?"

"Yes, I have twins. Camilla and Maxwell, Max."

"I have a daughter Adele, she lives in Idris." Stephen added

"What about you Jace? Any other kids?"

"Uh, yeah. A ten-year-old, Charlotte, she's spending time with Clary's parents. And if I do say so myself, I look really good in these clothes."

He promptly received a slap from Alec. Will felt a pang in his heart, if only Jem were here.

"Thank you Miss Tessa, for letting me borrow a dress."

She smiled sweetly, "No problem. Linette, how old are you?"

"Sixteen."

"And Mr. Graymark is?"

"Seventeen."

"It seems young, but we love each other."

"I understand, I too was engaged at sixteen."

Her hand went up to her jade pendent. Tessa has it now?

She thought it belonged to Will's parents and Will and Tessa.

"Um Miss Tessa? Do you think you could help me into this dress? I have never worn anything like it?"

She smiled again, "Of course, here put these on."

She handed her some undergarments, and Linette stepped behind the changing screen. When she stepped out, she heard Tessa gasp, and she quickly remembered all of her scars.

She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to hide them. "I am sorry, that was rude of me. Let's get you into that dress. Okay."

Linette nodded and turned away from Tessa. While she tied her dress, Linette didn't speak, she just let the tears flow down her face.