The Morgenstern

The City Of Glass

   Jace where is my stele?!" Mia Herondale yelled aloud, as she searched through her room in the New York institute before going to knock on her brothers door. Jace, her brother, was currently really pissed at his 'sister' Clary for being so stubborn. Jace opened his door and looked at his older sister with a blank expression, but she could see right through him, so she hugged him. "Don't think about it, I mean what if she changes her mind."
   "Izzy put it under your dresser so you wouldn't find it," Her younger brother mumbled before he slammed the door on her face for the 5th time today. Mia rolled her eyes and went back to her room to find it exactly there. She soon after walked to her parabatai's room, knowing that her bag was all packed for the trip to Idris.
   She walked the twelve steps it took to get from her room to Isabelle's room door and opened it, only to be welcomed by an amused smile on her Parabatai's face."Thanks for hiding my stele, really smart move Iz."
   Isabelle's long dark hair came cascading down to cover her face, as she moved to sit up, grumbling in annoyance. "Who told you it was me?"
   "The one in his room worrying about rune girl." Mia shrugged. "What are you looking for that has your room looking so bad, oh wait never mind it always looks this way."
   "My whip, I can't find it," Isabelle whined as she continued to search, Mia rolled her eyes and moved one of Isabelle's pillows aside to see the whip right under. The darker haired girl noticed it also and mumbled something before snatching it up. "Mia you're amazing."
   Mia decided to change the subject, knowing Isabelle had never actually gotten up to search for the whip in the first place."Did mom say when we're leaving?" She asked, referring to her adoptive mother, Maryse Lightwood.
   "I think she said sometime after lunch tomorrow," Answered Isabelle.
   "You think Clary knows?"
   "Nope," Isabelle answered as the two girls walked to the library to find the youngest Lightwood, Max. As expected the 9 year old was lying lazily over a chair with a book in his hands.
    "Hey Max!" Mia called to the younger boy and he looked up from his book, pushing his glasses up slightly. "Is your bag packed?" She asked and he froze before he slowly closed his book and bolted for his room. She sighed, walking back to her room before grabbing her phone to call her best friend in Paris. Sebastian Verlac.
   "Herondale," Sebastian answered.
   Mia smiled and decided to speak in a British accent, "Verlac."
   Being formal, was a major fail for the two as they burst into laughter. "So how have you been?" Sebastian asked.
   "Unwaveringly beautiful as always," Mia said cockily.
   Mia could only imagine the smirk that would be visible on her boyfriend's beautiful features, "I wouldn't doubt that, I am still to this day believing that you are much too beautiful for your own good."
   "But I bet you love that about me," She joked.
   "So what's got the lovely Mia Layla Herondale calling me?" He asked charmingly.
   "You're coming to Idris right?" Mia wondered.
   "Yes, I'll be leaving quite soon, I'm actually at a bar right now, with Andrew Blackthorn of the Los Angeles Institute." The boy explained. "He is also on his way to Alicante."
    "So your just sitting in a club talking to him about what..... girlfriends, dating, weapons, ya know maybe demons," Mia couldn't hold back her curiosity.
    "There's a demon in here, once it leaves we will follow it and...." Sebastian explained quietly.
   "Play dress up, maybe threesome, or dance around like weirdos, who knows," Mia joked causing Sebastian to laugh, "Sebastian can I tell you something before I let you go to your new love of your life?"
    "Of course, but I should have you know that I am in fact straight, and you are the only love of my life." Sebastian assured.
   "Sebastian Verlac, it has been at least a year since I have seen you, and I love you just the same as when I last saw you. I love you." She said, leaving herself and him breathless, and at a loss for words.
   "You can't see me right now, but I am smiling like a complete idiot," Sebastian admitted, "And also wondering why I just admitted that out loud." The boy scolded himself mentally. "Mia Layla Herondale, I cannot wait to see you again, I promise that when I do, I will kiss you with every emotion I have felt for you since the day I met you. I love you and I miss you so much Mia." He said and tears were running down her face as she smiled widely.
   "Well I'll be looking forward to that."
   Mia heard another voice. "Sebastian she's leaving, we should go follow her now."
   "Go be a shadowhunter Sebastian, I love you." Mia managed to say.
    He sighed. "I love you." And then his voice was gone as the call was ended.
    Mia sighed and looked up just as Isabelle walked into her room. "You two are adorable." Her adoptive sister commented as she sat at the end of Mia's bed. "You should get some sleep so you don't look like a mess tomorrow when he plans to kiss you." Isabelle advised and Mia looked at her incredulously.
   "You were listening to our conversation?" Mia asked.
   The other girl laughed. "Is that bad?"
   "Have you ever listened to any of our other conversations in the past?"
    She smiled slyly, "If you're refering to the one about what you two did while you were in Paris, then yes, I did listen to that one." She admitted. "How was it?" She urged. "I mean from what I've heard he sounds gorgeous but how was it?" She asked and Mia laughed.
    Mia nodded as she blushed. "It was my first time, and it couldn't have been more perfect." 
    Izzy smiled, "Well I don't want to hear you two during the middle of the night when we're in Idris." She commented as she walked out of the room. Mia laughed and decided to go to sleep due to the time being 4:30 in the morning.
                        ×6:30 A.M.×
    Mia sat up quickly looking around for Sebastian, she had to make sure he was okay, she grabbed her phone and started to call him. The phone was answered but no one spoke. "Sebastian?" She muttered into the phone worried.
    Then she heard his voice but it sounded off, like it was his but it wasn't. "Mia, what's wrong, are you okay?" 
    "I was actually calling to see if you were okay," She clarified.
    "Yeah i'm fine, what's wrong?" He asked.
    "I had a nightmare, you died and I couldn't save you," She told him, remembering how vivid the nightmare had been.
    She could hear him sigh, "Mia i'm fine, i'm in Idris right now actually, I just walked into the Penhallows house," He assured and Mia let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding.
    "Okay, well we'll be there soon. We are portaling there so it won't take long." Mia said more to assure herself that she'd be with him in just a couple of more hours.
    "Good. I can't wait to see you," He said charmingly and Mia couldn't help but smile.
   "I'm gonna go so I can start to get ready, i'll see you in a bit. I love you Sebastian."
    "I love you Mia." He sounded off again, it was scaring Mia in a way.
    Numbly, Mia stumbled out of bed and quickly got ready, she was excited and nervous to see her boyfriend again after so long. Around lunch time, Magnus, and a woman named Madeleine had arrived and Mia, along with the others stood outside of the institute as Maryse discussed portal business with Magnus and Madeleine. Mia noticed Simon arrive, and just as quickly as she had noticed, Jace was already dragging him around the side of the institute. She rolled her eyes, already knowing Jace was up to something that involved keeping Clary away from Idris so he needed Simon's help. She was twirling her seraph blade mindlessly when she heard a shriek. She quickly looked up and pulled out her sword Raziel, the only blade with the forbidden name. She could see Isabelle with her glowing whip as she fought a forsaken. She could hear Magnus shouting at the shadowhunters to go through the portal, She saw Maryse go through with Max first, then Izzy being dragged by Alec, she was relieved but she wouldn't leave without Jace. She looked around and saw Simon trip, a forsaken about ready to kill him.
    "Simon, move!" It was Jace's voice shouting out to Simon as he ran towards the boy, trying to get up as fast as possible. Mia ran to kill the forsaken and succeeded in the kill, but not before it stabbed Simon, Jace picked up Simon and pulled her with him into the portal.