Ours (clace)

Nine

J A C E

"Wow, hey everyone." I greeted, raising my eyebrow questioningly as Clary, Alec, Simon and Magnus walked through the large doors of the institute.

"We need to talk." Magnus sighed, causing both Isabelle and myself to drop the papers we had been filling out for the Clave, full attention now focused on Magnus.

"What's going on?" Isabelle spoke up, gaze shifting from Magnus, to her brother, to her boyfriend, and then to Clary.

"When we were out, after grabbing coffee at Java Jones, we-" Simon began to speak, but Clary was quick to cut him off.

"A demon took over my mind. Tried to communicate with me through it." Clary interrupted, causing my eyes to widen.

"Way to get straight to the point." Simon muttered, causing Clary to glare at him playfully.

"Wait, what? How? Are you alright?" I questioned, taking a couple of steps forward until I reached Clary, caressing her cheek softly as I stared at her with worried eyes.

"I'm fine, now." She nodded, smiling slightly whilst I tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

"But why? What did it want?" Isabelle spoke up, staring at all of them with a questioning look in her eyes.

I stood aside, arm wrapped protectively around Clary whilst I waited for one of them to speak up.

"Someone wants to harm the baby." Alec sighed, running a hand through his tussled hair whilst a hurt look flashed across Izzy's features.

"What? Why on earth would anyone-" I began to question, anger and worry clouding my emotions.

"Power." Magnus stated simply, shaking his head whilst a concentrated look appeared on his face.

"Power? What do you mean?" Isabelle was the first to speak up, staring at the warlock with both worried and angered eyes.

"Your baby was formed from two powerful shadowhunter bloodlines. The Herondale bloodline, and the Morgenstern bloodline. Power has always been passed down from a parent to its child, occasionally passing on to those who are gifted." Magnus explained.

"So-" Clary began to speak up, but Magnus was quick to cut her off, his explanation continuing.

"Such powerful bloodlines aren't usually cleansed together, in shape of a child. The baby will be born with an immense amount of power running through its veins, and that's dangerous." Magnus sighed.

"Wait, dangerous as in too much power for the baby to inherit and handle, or dangerous because of what it may do for others?" I questioned worriedly.

"That is exactly it, Jace. The baby would grow to handle the power that's been gifted to it by nature, there wouldn't be any danger for its wellbeing. It's what the power can do for others. That's where the real danger lies." Magnus stated, shaking his head as he spoke.

"But what good would the power do for other people, if it isn't their own?" Simon spoke up.

"That's where the danger lies, Simon. Someone is obviously sending a warning over the baby's power." Magnus stated.

"Someone's after the power.." Clary trailed off, face paling at her own words.

"Is that possible? Can they obtain the power from another living being?" Isabelle questioned.

"That's the key. There won't be anything living left after the power is drained from the body. Once the ritual is in place and the baby is under the curse, I'm afraid..all that will be left is an empty, lifeless corpse." Magnus sighed, silence falling over the room.