Finding Will Herondale (TID fanfiction)

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A/N: So the picture above......omg I love it! Don't know who made it but I love it. Who else?

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"So what can you do to help me?" Will asked Magnus once they were all seated comfortably in the living room. He and Jem had sat on the roof for almost an hour, just talking about anything and everything. It seemed that Will's fear of ducks came up more than once although Will couldn't imagine why he was scared of them.

Will had only agreed to come down once he was sure that Jem had told him everything about his illness. He hated to press Jem too much; he could see that he was uncomfortable about the topic. Will noticed how whenever his parabatai got nervous, he would always have something to occupy his hands. On this occasion, it was the hem of his shirt that he was picking apart.

"Are you alright?" he had asked him. Jem looked flushed scarlet and was slightly damp with sweat from the fever. "Are you ill again?"

"No, I'm fine," he said, clearing his throat. "It's just...well, the murder of my family just brings back some bad memories...things that I have tried hard to forget."

"I'm sorry that you have to talk about it to me again," Will aid softly. Jem smiled slightly.

"It's all right," he said. "It isn't your fault."

It astounded Will that Jem could be so brave and courageous about his illness and yet still be the same caring person that he had always been. He didn't let his illness define who he was, and that what something that Will admired about Jem. It was probably why they were parabatai.

"Memories are extremely hard to deal with," Magnus said, drawing Will from his thoughts and back into the room at present. "Normally, it is only the person who took the memories that can give them back." He paused, a mischievous glint in his cat eyes. "I, however, have often found ways to deviate from the norm."

Tessa chuckled and shook her head. Will found himself staring at her smile, at the way her eyes sparkled when she laughed. She was quite possibly the most beautiful woman Will had ever seen.

But she wasn't his.

"It won't be easy," Magnus continued. "But I can do it." Jem nodded next to Will.

"What do you need?" He asked.

"I need you and Will, that is all," Magnus said. "In order for me to draw out some memories, you need someone else with a close enough bond to act like an anchor. There is nothing stronger than the parabatai bond for this."

Will looked at Jem a little nervously. If this worked, they might be able to see what happened to him. But if it didn't, then they would be no closer to finding out what happened to him.

"All right," Will said finally. "I'll do it. As long as you're sure, Jem?" Jem nodded in reply.

"Yes, I'm sure," he said. He turned to Magnus again. "What about the wolf mask we found? Do you know anything about it?"

"I have never seen anything like it. But perhaps the answer may lie in Will's lost memories," Magnus mused. "If not...well, you're Shadowhunters aren't you? That's your job to figure this stuff out." Jem grinned.

"I suppose so," he agreed. Will watched him as he took a deep breath, running his slightly shaking hands through his silver hair. He still didn't look entirely well with his pale skin and shallow breathing.