The Parabatai Child

Chapter 11

    Emma could smell pancakes from the kitchen and nausea came over her like a wave. She looked in every room she could and was on her way to the music room. She knew someone was in there because she heard the piano. Emma burst threw the door and everyone except the kids were there. She knew that the kids were in the library with Mark and Christina reading them stories. She however couldn't find Dru.
Clary was sitting on top of the piano with a sketch pad while Jace was playing it. Alec was picking at a guitar playfully. As soon as Emma busted threw the door, everyone stoped what they were doing and stared at her. "I really hope this is about the pancakes I smell and not anything terrible like the look on your face." said Jace. Emma was out of breath, she didn't feel like reassuring them that everything was fine. "Can you guys- watch the kids for today? Me and- Julian are meeting up with someone." Emma huffed. Clary got up off of the piano and went to put a hand on her shoulder. "Who are you going to go see?" Emma looked at Clary. Emma knew she was a little short, but she was only about a half inch taller than Clary. Clary's mouth fell open into a silent ah. "I get it, no questions asked. I for one, feel honored that Julian trusts us enough to watch the kids." Clary said. "I for one," Jace declared. " Am an exclent babysitter."
"Well you did save the Shadow world from near extinction so you get a few points for that." Emma added. Alec got up from picking at the guitar. "They will be fine, we've watched over Tavvy in the past. This will be a piece of cake!" Alec gave a slight punch in Jace's arm. "That's what you say now." Emma muttered as she walked out of the door.
   "You ready?" Emma asked Julian who just came out of the institute. Emma was sitting on the steps waiting for a solid five minutes.
"Not really, I hate leaving the kids in a time like this." Julian responded. Emma grabbed his hands and held them tight. "Magnus, Alec, Jace, and Clary have all escaped a demon realm and a psychopath. Mark was trapped in farie and is living to tell the stories. And Cristina, just won't put up with anyone's crap. If any dares to lay a hand on one of those four kids, they will tear that things hand off of its body" Emma reassured. "I think the kids will be in great hands. The others mentality may not be that fantastic afterwards." Julian gave a slight chuckle and kissed Emma's hands as he led her to Hyde park.
  
    "Now using a shortsword may not be as efficient as a sereph blade in battle." Jace was in the training room with Kit, Livvy, and Cry. Dru was trying to focus on something other then what she had heard in the kitchen. That and she wanted to get the gruesome images of her repeatedly stabbing Malcom in the chest for even dareing to write a letter to her baby brother.
Somehow Jace was now climbing on top of a table. " In order to perfectly stick a landing while pulling out a weapon is all in the knees. You don't want to become unstable. Like so." Jace then positioned himself on the table, preparing himself to jump off. He then jumped like a cat, his golden hair catching sunlight in its tips. He reached to grab a sereph blade out of his belt, as a little navy colored box fell out of his jacket pocket. Jace did land perfectly on the ground, sereph blade in hand. He smirked and bowed. Livvy raced over to the little box on the floor and gasped when she opened it. Jace looked back with wide eyes. Livvy was about to start screaming with glee until Kit ran over and covered her mouth with his hand. Livvy," Dru started. "These things are supposed to be kept a secret."
"Dru is right." Kit said. "Jace can't ask Clary if her and the entire city of London already knows what he is going to ask her-Ew! you licked my hand!" Kit started to run his hand up and down his jeans.
"Just keep it a secret for now please. I don't want to unload all of this on her at once. I figured if I proposed the mundane way, it would be easy for her because that's how she grew up knowing how you propose marriage." Jace pleaded.
"Well don't tell Kit to keep it a secret." Dru said. "He will let it all spill while in an awkward position and drooling over my big sister."
"Ooo, Dru's got you there Kit." Livvy giggled. The low ring of the doorbell echoed through the institute. "Oh by the angel." Dru's hands went to her mouth. Jace went out of the training room to investigate. Livvy looked at Dru with a quizzical look on her face. Livvy ran over and put her arm around her sister. "You okay Dru?" Livvy said in a low voice. and that's when Dru let everything spill out. Everything from what she heard in the kitchen, to all the guilt of how she should of been somewhere where her baby brother could find her insted of being selfish and hiding from babysittying. In the end, both the girls and Kit's eyes were filled with tears. Livvy and Kit put their arms around Dru and sunk to the ground, allowing Dru to cry. When Jace entered the room with a bag of food, Kit motioned for him that everything was fine and he was free to go.
And that's exactly what he was telling Dru until she fell asleep on his shoulder.
  
   When Emma and Julian entered the park, the queen was already there. There was a table with three chairs underneath a tree while tiny pixies flew around the tree, adding color under the shade of the huge tree. The scene was beautiful and extravagant. When Emma and Julian reached the queen, they nodded their head in respect. Originally, you are supposed to bow down to the queen but since the Dark War, no one really has any respect for the queen. The Queen sat down in a chair that was facing the other two. Julian pulled out a chair for Emma, it was very hard for her to hide her smirk. As Emma sat down, Julian sat down beside her and grabbed a hold of her hand under the table.
"Odd that we are not in your courts." Emma cleared her throat. The Queen looked up, looking astonished by the pixies. "Sometimes the beauty here is as beautiful as my courts." The Queen smiled at Emma and Julian. The two shared a glare is this the queen?
"Even though I have lived longer than the Shadowhunters, I have a tender place for you two." The Queen said, as if she had heard their thoughts.
"Not to be disrespectful, but what is purpose of this meeting?" Julian asked.
"Yes, I figured you would ask that. You see we have a common enemy here young Nephilim." The Queen responded.
"The Clave?" Emma and Julian asked at the same time. Emma started to blush. The Queen shook her head no, her red hair dropping small white flowers.
"No, Malcom Fade has returned."

   "I don't know what Alec was talking about when he said that this was going to be easy." Clary said to Cristina, who giggled at this comment. Alec was stacking blocks with Max in the corner. "I heard that red." Alec smirked. Clary had put her hands on her hips. "Until all of us experienced parenthood, you don't get to tell us ANYTHING CHILD RELATED!" Cristina shrugged her shoulders "They are normally worse back in LA."
"Ty brought frogs in here."
"He likes to investigate."
It was about an hour ago that Emma and Julian left and Clary, Alec and Cristina managed to get Ty, Tavvy, and Rafael to sleep with a book. Max however, was more interested withh playing blocks on Alec's lap then listening to a story. "Well," Cristina started. "I think I am going to take a walk around London. I've never been here before."
  Clary nodded her off. It was just her, Alec, and a bunch of sleeping kids. She sat down next to Max and Alec, putting her hand on the little boy's cheek and smiled.
"Ever thought of having one Clary?" Alec asked. Clary shrugged it of. She always thought that she would have kids.
"I've thought about it, but I always thought I would be a terrible parent."
Alec shook his head at this comment. "Because your father was a murdious psychopath?" Alec asked. Clary nodded her head "I also don't know how to raise a baby. Let alone a shadowhunter baby. My mom wouldn't even let me babysit." Just then, Jace walked into the room with a bag of Chinese food. "Now I don't know how good London is with take out, but we're about to find out." Jace said with a smile. Max threw his hands up and started to crawl twords Jace. "Ceee!" Max yelled. Clary was worried that the other kids would wake up, but they didn't stir. Max couldn't pronounce 'Jace' and she just thought it was the cutest thing. Sometimes, Max would call Jace 'Cecy' and no one had a clue where that came from. Jace quickly placed the bag on the floor and picked Max up. Jace started tickling Max, the little boy giggling while Clary and Alec shared a smile. "For what it's worth," Alec said. "Any kid would be lucky to have you and Jace as parents." And kids were all Clary was thinking about as they sat in a circle eating Chinese food.

   "I assume that you know that Malcom Fade is back by the look of your facial expressions young nephilim." The Seelie Queen said. Emma didn't know what came over her, but she told the queen about everything that had happened this morning. The Seelie Queen nodded and listened, but Emma noticed that the Queen's fingers were rapidly moving.
She was nervous.
   "I know of that place that was mentioned in that letter.  It was Fade's house before he moved to the City of Angels." The Queen said after Emma finished.
"Well me and Julian can go investigatge. Report back to what we found." Emma said without thinking. Emma knew the gaze she was getting from Julian, but she didn't care. This was for the kids. This was for him. Before Julian could protest, the Seelie Queen said she needed to get back to her courts and disappeared. Julian than turned twords her, creating a very long and awkward silence.
"Are you going to say something Jules?"
"I honestly don't know where to start. Making deals with a deadly queen, going to a murders house to play investigator AND DOING THIS WHILE BEING PREGNANT WITH TWINS!"
  Emma sighed and started to pout. "Well why don't you tell the entire world that we are breaking the highest laws ever put into place. I don't think everyone in China heard you the first time." Emma mentioned. Julian raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms while Emma rolled her eyes. "It's a house Julian. We will go in, get out. I'll be fine because you will be with me." Julian couldn't take it anymore, and shared a passionate kiss with the woman he loves surrounded by colorful pixies.

   "Why Polperro?" Cameron asked. He and Malcom were hunched over a map showing Cornwall. Malcom rolled his eyes. "That doesn't matter right now. All you need to know is this address for when she goes into labor. You've got all the stuff you need to look after Carstairs right?" Malcom asked. Cameron nodded with a smile. "This is gonna be fun."