With Loves Last Breath

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Simon put his arms around Clary and glanced smugly at Jace as they walked by. He finally had a win! He had been there for Clary when Jace was just off saving Magnus, who could take care of himself.

"Shhh, it's ok, it's going to be all right." he said comfortingly, pulling Clary into a hug. "No it's not!" she sobbed. "Three people are dead Simon. Dead ! I can't take it!" She keeled down into a fetal position and wept, with Simon covering her with his body, trying to shield her, shield her from everything. From the deaths, from the earthquakes... from their missing friends. If Alec and Magnus didn't turn up soon... they were going to have to assume the worst. It was too dangerous to go looking for them.

"Excuse me" said  voice behind them. Clary stood up so fast, Simon thought she might have flown for a second. She stared behind Simon, and when he turned around, he could see why. Behind them was a bedraggled little girl, with cuts all over her, and covered from head to toe in what appeared to be ash. "Have you seen my Mommy?" she asked, clearly an out to burst into tears. "I was with her but then she fell and told me to keep going. I tried to stay but people swept me away. I went outside behind a building and there was a huge explosion. Now I can't find her. Where's my Mommy?" Her bottom lip started quivering. Clary quickly wiped her face and knelt down beside the little girl.

"Hi." she said softly. "My names Clary. What's yours?" The girl stared at her before whispering "Brianna." Clary smiled down at Brianna. Simon couldn't believe how quickly she'd gone from scared defenseless victim to strong and important mother figure. "Hi Brianna. I don't think I've seen your mom but I promise that we'll find her, ok? " Brianna nodded and wiped her yes, were ears had started to trickle down her cheeks.

"Simon, help me with Brianna. We need to get her inside so we can bandage her cuts." Simon quickly helped Clary up, and started leading her and Brianna back into the Ballroom. As soon as they were inside Izzy ran over.

"Where did you guys go, Is Clary ok, do you know what happened, is-" she shut up as soon as she saw Brianna. "Who's this?" Clary looked down at Brianna and smiled. "This is Brianna. She lost her Mommy in the crowd and we're going to find her." Izzy crouched down to Brianna's height , which is pretty impressive, considering the size of her heels. "Hi, I'm Izzy. How old are you?" Brianna looked down shyly. "I'm ten, but everyone says that I look a lot younger than I am." Simon stared down at Brianna in shock. How could a girl this little , this young, be so, so, old?

Izzy had a similar look on her face. "You're, 10?" she asked, not quite believing it. Brianna nodded and looked over Izzy's shoulder. She gave a little shriek and started to back away. Simon turned, and gasped. There stood Alec, bloody and bruised, with what appeared to be a large black and purple gash on his arm, oozing white. Izzy screamed and ran to her brother. Jace was already behind him, holding up his arms and supporting Alec as he barked into his phone.

"I don't care!"  he shouted. "My brother is in mortal danger and he is literally dyeing on the floor. We need medical help NOW!" The voice on the phone seemed to be slightly frightened as it mumbled in Jace's ear. Jace swore as a different voice came on the phone, and his face soured with each word the person spoke. Finally, Jace just hung up and started to tend to Alec's wounds.

"Izzy" he said quietly as he worked. "Where's your parents? They need to come and see Alec now. I don't know how much time he has." Izzy stared at him, and started to get very, very mad. "Jace!" she gritted through her teeth. "You are talking about my brother. I don't care what anyone says, he's going to be fine. This will all be over, and then we can all go back to a normal life." As she said this, Alec opened his mouth, uttered the words "Magnus..... He... He's gone." and promptly fainted.

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Eyo, It's Bookworm here, and this chapter is dedicated to Malec_Is_Life29, and she has her own character in the story now, her character's name is Brianna. She has given me great ideas and has some awesome works so go and check her out at @malec_is_life29 . I will update soon and see you later Sooo,

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