Malec Tales Series 1- The Nephilim and the Warlock- Beauty and the Beast AU

Chapter 1: A Most Piacular Nephilim

Alec Pov- I walked into the city of Alicante taking in the nice silence of the morning. The mornings in Idris were always peaceful at sunrise, before the morning rush. Of course, it couldn't last forever. The moment I stepped foot in Alicante, doors to the shops opened and everyone started moving around in a hurry.

It was a shame that Shadowhunters couldn't seem to take time to relax. They are always on the move, preparing for possible wars and protecting mundanes. Even my own family seems to always be doing something. I don't remember the last time we were all together.

"look who decided to come into town" my best friend Jace called out to me. His family owned a weapons shop and he was sweeping the street in front of it. I smiled walking up to him, "you make it sound like I've been hiding away in my home forever. I was here two days ago."

He rolled his eyes, leaning against the store building and crossing his arms. "You left your house to go to the library. That's the only place you ever go." I crossed my arms glaring, "now that is not true at all. I stopped at your family store to buy some more arrows. I have been busy training, which is something you should try occasionally."

Jace rolled his eyes at that. "Oh please, everyone knows you do more reading then training. If it was possible to shoot an arrow while reading I'm sure you would do it. You always have your nose in a book."

"Which is also something you should try occasionally. It wouldn't kill you to pick up a book," I said walking away. He leaned his broom against the building before following me down the road. "It wouldn't be a bad thing if you were actually reading something useful. With how much you read, you could be a scholar instead of being on the battle field. You don't read the codex or the gray book. You read fictional stories that aren't even true."

"All the stories are true" I pointed out, stopping in front of the library. He shook his head, "not these ones Alec. Stories about angels, Jonathan Shadowhunter and the story of our history is real. Stories about Vampires, Werewolves, and warlocks are just ridiculous. There's no such thing as magic or creatures that are half demon, yet have souls."

I sighed, shaking my head, "why would there be stories of them if they didn't exist?" He shrugged, "I don't know Alec. Maybe mundanes wrote them and they somehow ended up in our library. The point is, you should stop wasting your time with fiction and start focusing more on your training. You're my Parabatai and we need to be at our best."

I sighed laying my head on the wall before looking back at him. "Fine, I promise I will stay out of the 'fiction' section in the library. I really do need to get some research material for the next mission we get sent on. Is that alright with you?"

He looked at me skeptically before nodding, turning and walking back to the store. I watched him, making sure he left, before I made my way into the library. Lucian Graymark was standing at the desk, smiling when I walked in.

"I was wondering when you would be back Alexander." I smiled at that, "I was here two days ago, Luke." He shrugged, "you usually come here every day so I was surprised when you didn't show up yesterday." "It wasn't my choice. I was behind on my training and my father took notice. He made sure I was stuck in the training room all day yesterday."

He nodded, taking the book I handed him. "I understand. What did you think of your latest read?" I smiled excitedly, "it was amazing Luke. The lore of Werewolves is so interesting. I feel sorry for them when they get turned. They can't control their anger and could just hurt anyone around them... or at least they would if they were real."

"Who says they aren't? After all, all the stories are true, right?" I sighed, "that's what I told Jace but he just told me I was being foolish. Everyone in Idris thinks the possibilities of Downworlders ever existing is ridiculous. What's so ridiculous about it?"