Remember when I said prank war? Well, I meant it. Izzy and I had gone over board and there was no going back.

Simon POV- *Warning: graphic images to be written about and embodied will be resolved but in this chapter. Young Readers have been warned.*

It started on Monday. Something was fishy, very fishy. Lance kept smirking at the one person who was civil but HATED him. The senior girls were being extra nice for some reason. And to top it all off, the subs usually filled with ham and cheese had a sticky black goo.

"Squid Ink," Jordan clarified, adding emphasis on the first letters. "Where the hell does someone get Squid Ink?" I could tell he was enraged but I opted out of explaining Izzy and Clary's weird prank two weeks before.

"Simons two 'genius' friends shot that crap onto a few seniors girls and we have to suffer now," Marlene clarified. She was obviously pissed.

"Okay," I pleaded, holding my hands up. "They may have crossed a line. We would too if we had dealt with Lance the way they did. I'm not making excuses for them but the seniors are JERKS." I paused, realizing I said that a little too loud. The whole table went pale looking behind me.

"What was that freshman? What are we?" Jay Peters was behind me, QB of the football team. Shit. Remembering what Clary had told me, I stood.

"I said you guys were jerks. Who fills sandwiches with squid ink? It's lunch. If there is some kind of feud going on at least leave our food out of it." I glared up and let my fangs extend. There was no threat intended, only a point. "Now let me drink my blood in peace." He backed away and I thought he'd go away. Next thing I knew I was on the floor, the world going from color to darkness. He'd punched me. I knew a certain head strong redhead with no compassion for pointless violent acts would be up before her boyfriend could stop her.

Old sneakers stopped near my head and I knew something would happen.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? PICK HIM UP, NOW!" I felt myself being lifted into someone's arms. "GOOD! Now, leave this room before I put you on the ground myself. Thank you." She scared almost all the guys in the school now, it was pretty funny. She yelled for Jace to take me to the nurse and I blacked out. I loved my best friend.

Alec POV-

I'd never seen anything like it before. Clary yelled at Jay until he willingly gave Jace Simons almost unconscious body. She came to his chest, but her sneaker placed directly under his unprotected groin seemed to be enough persuasion. We followed them to the infirmary, but not without Maia smacking Jay on the back of the head. The idiot deserved it. Clary sat beside Simon in the nurse's office murmuring things like, "Si. Don't worry Si, we're all here." Or, "You are so brave. I'm proud of you and your sexy vampire mojo." Jace leaned on the door, afraid of ruining the moment. I walked over to knock some sense into him.

"Bro, get her out of here."

He shook his head, "I can't. She won't leave without knowing if he's okay or not."

"Look," I said holding his head in my hands. "She needs to go to classes. I have two free periods, I'll stay here and text her any updates. Do it." He nodded and went over to her. She curled into his chest as he whispered comforting things in her ear. I saw her nod and as she passed she looked at me, making sure I would keep my promise. I nodded and sat where she had. Simon looked harmless passed out. "Simon, I don't know if you realize this, but you have someone amazing in your life. She loves you like a brother and I don't know how I could see the world without her either. Never forget that. I hope you never forget."

Jace POV-

I'd seen a few sides of Clary. Angry Clary came out when I stole her art notebook. Upset Clary appeared when Jon got on her case or her dad called. She laughed when I was being a goofball. Happy Clary was normal because she usually kept her mood positive. Protective Clary didn't quit until something was resolved. Today was something else. She'd never shown guilt before. I sat in Rune class, holding her hand under the desk. She was usually drawing runes until her hands were stained black.

Professor Luke, who preferred we called him by his last name, came to our table. "Clarissa are you alright? You haven't drawn a single rune today." She barely noticed him and pulled her head up.

"I'm just thinking, that's all." Clary murmured under her breath. He nodded and went back to the front of the room. I rubbed her shoulder and tried to coax her to pick up the pen.

"Clare-bear, please. Draw something for me. Anything." She barely lifted the pen and started drawing. Soon the page was filled runes I'd never seen.

"What do they mean?" I quirked up an eyebrow.

"Invincibility, Courage, Fearless, and Angelic Power." She grinned slightly and closed her eyes. "I'm okay Jace. I mean, I'm okay now. Alec told me he's awake and in his dorm. I did something good right?"

She had me thinking. "Well, you did call Jay off and look hot doing it. The seniors are already pissed so you couldn't have done any more damage." The look Viper, the only senior in the class gave me said something else. "Any way, want to hang out in my dorm after this period? We can watch a few episodes of The Walking Dead if you want." She nodded and we drew until class was out. I couldn't clue her in to what they had started until later. Catherine had told me to do it when no one was around. When we walked into the main dorm building seniors were lined up in front of the elevators. I acted like it was nothing while Clary put her brave face on.

"Names please," Catherine said, stepping up to meet us. She gave me the look and I nodded.

"Jace Herodale and Clarissa Fray."

"Current relationship?" She further questioned.

"Dating." Clary answered. She was as frustrated as I was.

Catherine got out of our way and we got in the elevator.

"That was odd," she said taking out her phone. I assumed she was texting Izzy. I nodded and looked over her shoulder. She just pretended I wasn't looking.

Contact: Izzy

Subject: Crazy Seniors and suspicious shit

Izzy, the seniors are standing in front of the elevators demanding names and relationship status (Jace and I walked in together). I think we started something.

-Redhead-

"Redhead? Really, you sign off with that?" I almost died laughing. The elevator door opened and she slapped my shoulder. "What?"

"YOU peeped! Don't judge me. You sign off yours with golden one." She huffed, putting her hands on her hips. She half smiled and nudged the door open. "Shall we watch blood and guts?"

"Young lady, wait one second! How did you know about that? Hey, don't hide!" She disappeared and left me sitting on my bed. "Clarissa, you have ten seconds. I know where you are." I heard a giggle and slowly moved toward it. "Ten, nine, eight, seven," she still said nothing. "Six, five," this was not a game she wanted to play. "Four, three, two, one." I noticed a head of red hair and grinned. She popped up and tackled me. "Okay, okay, we need to talk." She froze up and I had to push her off. We sat in the floor and spoke in a whisper.

"What's going on?" She was panicking beside me. We had leaned on the end of Jon's bed.

"Remember how I told you about the safe period? The seniors have ended it early and are coming after you and Izzy. Catherine texted me last night."

"We aren't safe…" She dropped her voice extremely low.

I grasped her shoulders, "No, you are. Jon and I told my mom about what was happening this morning and she agreed to let you stay with us at night." She looked at me with a look of pure joy. "We need to get your stuff then. Also hide anything valuable, they are malicious." She nodded and we went to their room. Izzy was already inside.

"I got your text. Mom told me a few minutes ago. Just pack your clothes because I've done everything else. We're in their room for a week. Maybe more." Izzy was direct and got back to work. I helped Clary pack up her chargers, devices, and anything else she needed. We made it back to my room before anyone else saw us. While the girls settled in I heard Magnus, Alec, and Jon come in.

"You told them?" Jon asked, helping his sister with the blow-up mattress.

"You bet. Now we need a plan." I answered, helping Izzy out as well. We sat there for an hour, thinking of something. Clary's phone rang and she went into the bathroom and left us out of earshot. Who the hell had her number other than us?

Clary POV-

'Unknown' pooped up on my screen and I left the group to ponder while I talked. No one besides them knew my number. What the hell?

"Hello?"

Someone breathed then answered. "Clarissa, how are you?"

I knew the voice, I thought I did. "I'm fine. Who is this?"

"We are currently scouting your room and can't find the safe. Wait! We just did. What's the code?"

I took the call outside the bathroom and put it on speaker. "Hello? What's the fucking code? What's the code to the safe?" Izzy looked up and grinned. She was up to something. I saw her mouth, "I have the real safe. The one in our room is fake." I nodded and proceeded.

"If you haven't tried 0000, I recommend that." The guys looked between Izzy and me before picking up the hint and hiding their laughter. The line went silent before it picked back up again. "Get it?"

"Yes," it came out as a growl, "I didn't expect the hot cheese though. Now who came up with that? Hmm. Watch your back Fray, and tell Izzy the same. We aren't done." He, it sounded like a guy, hung up.

"Okay, where's the real one Izzy?" Jon questioned once she explained.

She grinned," When mom told me about our current situation, I came up with something devious. So, I rigged the fake safe to spray hot cheese and packed our real one. It's right here." I looked over as she whispered and saw it beside her bag.

"You only had a few minutes!" Jace said normally.

Izzy rested on our blow up mattress, "if I recall correctly, you and Alec taught me how to rig traps when I was eight. Remember when we sprayed our cousin William with glitter? He looked like Magnus on a normal day."

"He was pissed," Alec recalled. "Then mom yelled at us for ten minutes before succumbing to laughter. She'd held it longer than any of us could have."

Magnus spoke up, "I guess I know where Alexander's fetish for glitter comes from."

"Shut up Mag," Alec blushed. "We don't want to clutter anyone's thoughts with that. It's personal."

"So, you like glitter?" I asked, making everyone laugh. "Alec, you are quite strange."

"As are you miss 'I wonder if Jace would mind me drawing him naked'."

"Alec," I screeched, "you had no right!"

"I am ready and willing." Jace whispered in my ear while running his fingers down my arm. I felt myself get goose bumps and noticed Izzy's face. Damn her, she really needed to not make that face. I was referring to her "I am suggesting naughty things" face.

"Izzy has an idea," she said.

Jon stood up, "Okay, then tell us."

"Spin the bottle." Jace grinned after she said that and grabbed an empty glass Pepsi bottle.

"Shall we?" He asked. We nodded. The worst game known to man had started.

Magnus POV-

Whoever gave birth to Isabelle Lightwood didn't know how devious she would be. The tricky girl turned a simple game of 'Spin the bottle' into 'a perverted mix of games that don't belong together.' No wonder she was so good at pranks. Clary and Jace were making out because Jace wouldn't kiss Alec or take his clothes off. Long story short we were playing Spin the strip truth or dare. It made no sense but at the same time it did. Alec spun the bottle and landed on Simon, who joined us ten minutes ago.

"Hell NO! I'm not kissing him!" Alec spun and opted to make out with me. Izzy laughed and shook her head.

"Nope, strip or kiss." Alec almost screamed from frustration and threw his ragged sweater off. His reaction made Izzy fall on her back laughing. "Thank the lord I got that on tape!" She came back up and froze.

"What was that about a tape Isabelle? Hmm?" Alec moved forward. Izzy shook her head and grabbed the bottle. Unfortunately for Izzy, Alec snatched the bottle from her and pointed it. "Show me the tape Izzy." She stuck out her phone and let him watch the video. We had a good laugh before he deleted it. "There. Now spin the fucking bottle Izzy." He sat it down and waited. Alexander shared his sister's evil genes more than he could imagine.

"Not until I have my phone brother," Isabelle added with an evil smirk. Someday, I feared, they could plot to destroy the world and not get caught. A white envelope under the door caught my eye and I moved Alec off my lap. When I reached it, ignoring his curious gaze, I recognized the hand writing.

"Guys," I said busting everyone out of their trance. "We have a letter from the seniors." Clary immediately hopped off Jaces lap and snatched it from me. The girl was on a mission.

Sophomores and Freshman,

Welcome to the prank war of all prank wars. Due to the recent squid ink incident of two weeks ago we are authorized to give your group a warning. To the ladies, the senior girls await your return to your dorm next week. They have a special welcoming planned. To the men, because of the circumstances we aren't allowed to enter your room without permission. But don't assume you are safe because of this. We will be waiting for your retaliation. Let the war begin.

-The Seniors-

P.S. Alec and Clary might need to watch their mouths. Seniors are quite ruthless in all senior classes.

She threw the letter in the floor and landed face first on Jaces bed. "We meed a pwan."

Jace lifted her head and positioned her body in his lap. "What was that?"

"A plan Jace. We need a plan." I noticed the look on her face. Anger had mixed with guilt, forming a look I'd never seen before. Clary grabbed a pen and sat with Izzy. After twenty minutes we became extremely impatient.

"Just show us already!" Simon almost screamed. Jace nodded and pulled an ear bud out.

"Little Red, I fucking love you. But we need to know, now." The girls looked up and grinned. They had created the ultimate plan.

Izzy POV-

Clary and I knew was it dangerous. We were willing to take every risk though. First, we would distract the senior guys while Jace and Jon gathered more water guns and Kool-Aid. Basically, we would talk about a wet shirt contest and have them compete. Then ruin the shirts. We started with the small pranks because the large one would make us legends. Jace shook his head and stopped listening to his music.

"Stage two is worse?" He asked, refusing to let go of Clary who was on his lap.

"Don't ask questions Jace. The next stage is always worse." She kissed his nose and looked back at me. "Keep going."

"Stage two involves our free willing bi-sexual and gay boy. You guys need to lure one senior guy who is extremely gullible into this room. We'll do the rest."

Jace glared at me. "This better not include Clary in any sexual way."

"Like you already don't! I saw the hickey on her shoulder in training." Alec grimaced.

"Well she is my girlfriend. It's not like you don't have one either." Jace countered. I broke up their little argument before it got out of hand.

"Boys, she is sacrificing herself in no sexual manor. Also Jace, you have a hickey too. Just saying."

He backed down and let me finish all five steps without any more interruptions. "Questions?"

"I have one," Jon said standing up. He went over to Jace and looked down. "When did you have time to give my sister a hickey?" Clary sat between the two, glaring.

"We hang out in here and watch movies. What we do is none of your business." She puffed out her cheeks and raised an eyebrow at her brother. Jon held his hands up and back peddled.

"Okay. Just not doing the frickle frackle in our room. It's my room too." He rest his head against his bed again and looked defeated. "So, are we starting this plan in the morning or?"

I shook my head. "One day of peace then we will strike. It's fair enough." That we did.

Clary POV-

My hearing was either extremely good or the guys honestly snored this loud. Izzy and I laid on our mattress awake and sharing headphones at two in the morning. Magnus had offered sleeping with Alec so we could have his mattress but we refused. He deserved his sleep too. I checked my phone and the screen almost made me blind. 2:05. I noticed Izzy had conked out beside me and felt guilty. I was half of the reason we were in here. Jace and the guys deserved peace but the given circumstances hadn't given them any. To avoid my shame I went in the bathroom and laid in the tub. Maybe I could get some sleep in here. Eventually I fell asleep only to woken up, three hours later, by someone peeing. I gently moved the shower curtain to see plaid pajama bottoms and let the curtain fall back in place. It was only Jace. I just had to wait him out. He finished and let the water in the sink run from what I heard. I just didn't expect the curtain to fly open. Jace stood there, fly open, trying not to laugh at me. "Clary? Why are you in here?" He half whispered.

"Your snoring kept me up so I thought I could get some sleep in here. What are you doing up anyway?" I whispered back. Jace put out a hand and I let him pull me up. "Well, tell me."

He chuckled, "I had to pee. How much did you see?" We were in the room now, he had let me sleep under his covers while he slept on top.

"Not much. I just saw your plaid covered ass." He grinned and messed with my hair while I laid on his arm. "It isn't funny. What if it was Jon or Alec, or even Magnus? That would have been bad." He put a finger to my lips.

"Go to sleep. We wake up at seven."

"Fine." I said and found myself drifting to sleep in a matter of seconds. Sleep never felt so good. Waking wasn't fun though.

Jon POV-

I opened my crust filled eyes to see I had woken up ten minutes early. When I sat up I knew I wouldn't go back to sleep. My sister was asleep in Jaces bed. I didn't remember her laying there before. Temptation to wake Jace up flowed through me but I ignored it. As long as they weren't naked I wouldn't freak out. Jace moved and covered her body even more. His arm and leg draped over her covered side. If he hadn't been drooling it would have been cute. The shower called my name so I succumbed to it. Carefully avoiding the air mattress, I reached the bathroom and pulled the curtain open. My sister couldn't be understood or explained by anyone normal. She followed her own instincts and sometimes that led her down the wrong path. I thought about the plan while I showered to pass the time. I didn't want to go a date with Sadie Brooks, the bitchiest senior girl known to man. I liked, okay so who I liked was still a secret. It made no sense to like the girl so I avoided the topic. She like was a sister to me. It was weird. When I got out and changed, Jace took a shower. Anyone who had lived with Clary could pick up her scent on him, flowers and painting oil. The girls hogged the mirror while putting on their makeup. Eventually we would have to leave and I doubted mom would have let Clary out of the house with that much makeup on. Izzy was a factor though so I was likely to get bitched out if I complained. When we finally left the girls went ahead leaving me with Jace.

"Jace, how crazy is their plan? I don't want them hurt." I adjusted my messenger bag and looked over.

"It'll work. They just need to get the guys attention today. I'm not too happy either, Jon. She is my girlfriend." I saw him turn his necklace in his hand and let him walk ahead. Clary didn't make dating her easy. When I looked back up they were talking, hand in hand. At least she was reasonable.

"Focused on the love birds again?" Izzy asked. I hadn't noticed she slipped behind them.

"Well, they are pretty interesting. I didn't really picture them dating before. Jace's reputation for not needing a girl has been pretty obvious." I mused.

She nodded. "I knew they would get together as soon as they met. Jace was meant to get a girlfriend eventually. Besides, once he saw her photo he wouldn't stop asking about her. He practically knew everything about her before school started." That I hadn't known.

"So that's why he took possession of her after the first day? Didn't know that until now, Izzy."

"The things I teach you Jonathon. You've got a lot to learn." She was right. I did.

Clary POV-

I was uncomfortable wearing so much makeup. Izzy insisted I had to for the plan though. She knew if we got their attention today, tomorrow would be easy. Lance, followed by Viper and Jay, stared in our direction when we passed the table. The next part I was by no means a fan of. Izzy and I winked in their direction while they were still looking, making my stomach sick. Jace joined us after we sat down and glared at Izzy.

"I thought you said she wasn't involved in this sexually? She looks like she'll be sick." I felt his arm wrap around my waist and leaned into his shoulder.

"Perverts," I muttered as Viper looked back and acted like I hadn't just caught him.

"Well," Izzy chimed in, "they took the bait and can't take their eyes off us. It worked." The girl acted as if she wasn't in the hot seat with Jace. Lance glanced back a second time and caught Jace's glare.

"I am going to slaughter someone." Jace mumbled into his grits. I was just grateful he didn't have a blade in his possession. Besides the glares Jace and Alec put out, the rest of the morning went normally. When Alec and I were in writing things changed though. Viper turned his chair around and joined our table for the first time all year.

"Viper," Alec tried to be respectful.

"Hello Alec, Clarissa." He sat his notebook in front of him and looked around. "We need to talk," he checked again before continuing. "I'd prefer if it was in private though. Lance is creepily possessive over how close we get to you today. If he saw me right now he'd flip, don't ask why." I saw his shoulders visibly relax when the final bell rang. Even I knew Lance was never late. "No, not now." He murmured. Something was wrong.

"Viper, what's wrong?" His face contorted before he scribbled something on a piece of paper and slid it over. Before I could say thanks he had returned to his table, like he had never been over here.

5:00, behind the dorm building. Bring Jace and Izzy. Lance has a plan he wants to put in action and it's worse than anything you've done. Don't let anyone see you. Also, wear a rain jacket you don't care about. You don't want to be caught without it.

The guy who wants to help you more than hurt you,

Viper (Real name is Victor, I just came off as mean freshman year so)

Alec pushed the note, now folded, in his pocket and nodded when Viper quickly turned to make sure we read it. Our teacher entered the room and stopped to look at the class.

"Good afternoon everyone, I have an announcement. Alexander Lightwood's and Clarissa's paper on homosexuality received recognition in the state paper. Therefore, I'd like to congratulate the two of them." She continued but we were locked in our own world.

"We didn't intend…"

"I know…" Alec said quietly.

"Are you okay?" I patted his arm.

"I'm…okay…" He stuttered, trying to ignore the stares. The whole class eyed us until Viper snapped.

"Seriously? There's no need to stare at them. They can obviously write so get over it." Gloria, who I assumed was his girlfriend, fake smiled in our direction and returned to her work. The rest of the class followed her lead, further proving how Viper got his nickname. Alec and I returned to the dorm after class to discover the rest of the gang researching something. When I looked back it was already 4:40.

"Hey babe," Jace said over his laptop. "What's with the long face?"

"Jace, Izzy, grab an old rain jacket and come with us. Viper needs to talk." Alec explained while I unlocked my phone.

It's Viper, meet me after dinner. Lance got a tail I would be spilling something and has me on lock down. Pass this on. Also, the rest of the senior class has your number. Don't ask.

Alec went for the closet but I grabbed him in time for him to read the message.

"Change of plans. We'll be needing these after dinner. He's on lock down and the weather app is calling for rain."

"Lovely," Jace complained, resurrecting his laptop. "Now I need Clary for something then. Come here." Jon raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

I leaned against him and stared at the screen. The mouse hovered over the camera icon on his mac before he clicked it.

"I figured it was time to change my profile picture. No harm in that right?"

I nodded and moved closer so my whole body could be in the picture. We took about twenty before deciding the one of our foreheads touching looked the best. Jace took a minute but he changed his picture like he promised. Within five minutes he had twenty notifications from that one photo. They ranged from embarrassing family comments to girls being nice or bitchy. The best comment came twenty minutes later.

'Aww! You two are adorable together. May the condoms be ever in your favor.'

We grinned before bursting into laughter. Our friends decided to see what was so funny and ended up rolling on the floor laughing.

"That's classic. 'May the condoms be ever in your favor.' Wait till mom sees that!" Izzy roared from the floor. From what I could tell she was about to piss her pants. Magnus reached into his top drawer and chucked five condoms at Jace.

"Use them if you get the urge to penetrate sex tribute from district 12."

Alec about cried when Magnus said it and quoted Pitch Perfect, "still not a good enough use of the word penetrate."*

Jon sat on his bed and bit his lip. Dad must have been calling him. "If I hear the words 'condom' or 'penetrate' during this conversation I will kill someone. We clear?" Everyone stopped and nodded. Jon then took his phone to the bathroom and left us alone.

"Sorry to break this up but Alec and I need to go to Simon's room. We'll see you later." Magnus whispered. Izzy opted to going with them and left us alone in the room.

"You busy missy? Because I have a plan that involves your lips on mine."

I giggled and pushed Jace's chest. "I like your plan. Enlighten me."

"First, I do this." He kissed the corner of my mouth. "Then, well you know." We fought for dominance while our tongues danced together. Jace's hand found the small of my back and pulled me closer to him. I was almost in his chest when I wrapped a hand around the back of his head. Jace ended the kiss to catch his breath and grinned. "Kissing you is like clockwork, easy and rewarding." We laid on the bed for a few minutes to catch our breath before returning to our activities. Mid-kiss we heard a puking sound and tore apart.

Izzy stood with everyone else in the middle of the room. She grinned like an idiot while Alec buried his head in Magnus's sparkly shirt. "I must say, that's more intense than Malec's* kisses. Five stars, now don't make any porn videos." She slyly slid her phone in her pocket but not before I noticed.

"Isabelle Lightwood, give me your cellphone now." Jace warned while standing up. She shook her head and backed slowly into Jon. Jon's hand slipped the phone from her pocket and he tossed in onto the bed. There in her pictures were two extremely sexy photos of us kissing. I sent them to myself before handing the phone back.

She jumped away from Jon and straightened up. "Well, it's time for dinner anyway. Come on." On her arm were four rain jackets.

We were forty minutes away from finding out what Viper wanted.

Hello Everyone! I'm SO sorry for the wait. I'm going to be a high school senior so I'm taking the ACT and SAT again, which require a lot of studying. That's basically my reason but I'm happy to be back. Explanation Time!

1*I love pitch perfect a bit too much. Fat Amy is my spirit animal. (I'm also a Choir Girl.)

2* Even Izzy has a ship name for them. Magnus and Alec are amazing.

Questions:

Is Viper being sincere or is it a trap?

Has any character grown on you that you may have hated? (Viper grew on me by the time I wrote the third chapter. He's a decent guy.)

Will the plan work?

Real Life References:

Jay Peters is a combined name of two of my best-friends. Jay is ones first name and Peters is a last name.

As usual leave any comment or opinion in that section below and review please. I appreciate your feedback. I don't own TMI or any characters.