Shadowhunters Season 4

|9| Parabatai

"You look beautiful", Maryse says to her daughter, putting Isabelle's hair to one shoulder. "Do you think it will hurt?" she asks her mother. "I don't know, but you're strong, and so is Clary. You'll be fine", Maryse reassures her. Izzy smiles softly to her mother and pulls her into a hug. "My baby girl is growing up", Maryse sniffles while wiping her tears. "Don't cry", Isabelle says while putting her hand on her mother's shoulder. "Go, otherwise you'll be late", Maryse says while lightly pushing Isabelle. Isabelle intakes a deep breath and starts walking towards the room where the ceremony will take place. 

"It's so weird," Simon says to Clary, "you'll be able to feel my girlfriend's emotions." Clary lets out a dry laugh after hearing Simon's thoughts and pats him on the shoulder. Clary is wearing the ceremonial dress for the ceremony. The dress reaches her knees and hugs her waist, flowing out at her hips. The white underdress is covered in gray lace, Isabelle wearing the exact same one. "Damn, Fray, I never knew you could pull off gray that well", Simon compliments while Clary smiles goofily. "It's a shame that I can only wear this dress once", she says while lightly grabbing the material in her hands. "Wouldn't want to be late on your own parabatai ceremony, would you?" Simon says teasingly while pushing -a bit rough, may I add- to the door. "Don't come back until you can feel my girlfriend's emotions!" Simon shouts after her, making Clary have an extra burst of confidence. 

When Clary walked in the room where she will be bonded to Isabelle for life, she saw Isabelle scurrying into the room, looking a tad bit panicked. She smiled at Izzy, making her worries disappear. Isabelle Lightwood and Clarissa Morgenstern, stand in the circle. Brother Zachariah says to them in their minds. They comply and stand in the circle, both a little nervous. They grab each other's wrists and when they did, the blue fire spread in a ring around them. "Entreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee", Clary starts. "For whither thou goest, I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge", Isabelle continues. "Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God," Clary recites while the parabatai rune glows on their wrist. "Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried", Isabelle says. "The Angel do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me", They say together, finishing the holy oath. 

The blue fire disappears and the parabatai rune is very evident on their right wrist. They hear small applause from behind them and they turn, seeing Maryse, Jace, Alec, Magnus, and Simon. Izzy and Clary both have tears in their eyes from happiness and without thinking, Clary flings herself onto Jace, arms wrapped around his neck. He steps back a little from the impact but lets her hold onto him nonetheless, savoring the moment. Clary soon realizes what she's done and steps out of his embrace, clearing her throat. "Sorry, I got a little overwhelmed", she apologizes while blushing madly. "No worries, I'll always let you hold onto me", he chuckles while Clary -if even possible- blushes harder at his comment. Alec and Magnus give each other knowing glances, already seeing that the parabatai bond brought Clary and Jace closer too.

When Clary ran to Jace, Izzy walked to Simon, pecking him on his lips. "You did great," he compliments while resting his hands on her waist, "but I'm still freaked out that my girlfriend can feel my best friend's emotions and vice versa." Izzy chuckles and shakes her head lightly at her boyfriend's silliness. "I love you, you big goofball," she says while laying her head on his chest, hearing his heartbeat, "but first I want to spend some time with my parabatai if you don't mind." "Sure, go for it", he encourages her while nudging her towards Clary. She smiled at him and strode to Clary, leaving Simon smiling back. How did I get so lucky? He questions himself.

Izzy glanced at her mother and saw a glittering in her eyes, noticing that she had tears in her eyes. "I'm so proud of you", Maryse says to her daughter while her hand rests on her daughter's shoulder. Isabelle smiles softly and walks to Clary who is blushing wildly. "Who made you blush?" Izzy asks her parabatai while wiggling her eyebrows, feeling Clary's embarrassment. Clary glances to Jace, silently answering Izzy's rhetorical question. Isabelle just laughs and throws her arm around her parabatai's shoulder, walking away with her. 

Yay! my exams are over! Guess who got inspiration? This gal! *points at herself* Because of my delay I made the chapter extra long, and because, c' mon, it's the parabatai ceremony! That alone deserves an almost 1.000-word long chapter! I really outdid myself. Somebody give me pat on the back, please! Oh yeah, btw my exams went pretty well, only French went not so good.

Love to you all,

-Maite