Origins, Memories, Family

Chapter 1 : Remembering

It had been fourteen years, and Jace was now a young man, a young shadowhunter. He been through a lot. The girl he loved was his sister, the she wasn't. So many lies, so many emotions, none in particular that he want to deal with presently.

He was in the middle of fighting a demon on the street when he heard a popping sound behind him. He'd been around Magnus enough times to know that sound. He looked behind him to see who was there. He nearly knocked into whoever it was, but before h could get a good glimpse they had portaled away from the fight.

"What the hell" he said. He looked around and saw he was in the City of Bones. "Who are you and why did you bring me here?"

"You need to remember" the mysterious person said.

"Remember what?"

"What you were made to forget"

Brother Jeremiah walked in at that moment and touched him on the head. There was a flash in his mind and he began to cry. He remembered. "Why?" he asked.

"Because the best kind of soldier is a loyal one" said the figure, now stepping into the light. "And seeing your father killed does not loyalty breed."

"But why now? Why come for me now? Who are you and what do you want from me?"Jace pleaded with that figure who remained in the shadows.

"Soon I will tell you. But for now, go back to your friends, they need to know what's happened." And we need them, the figure thought.

"But – " Jace began to argue. He was cut off by the figure grasping his shoulder and in a flash he was back in the alley, the demon he had been fighting was on the ground with an arrow in its chest. In front of him stood Alec, his best friend and parabatai, with a look of confusion on his face.

Jace couldn't help it now. The stress of everything that had happened, the emotion of remembering and realizing what had been done to him was too much. He got on his knees, looked up at the gray sky and the glowing white moon, and cried.