protector or destroyer. (shadow hunter fanfic)

glamour off. anger on.

"my name is Ria Khali," Maryse breath hitches as she takes the glamour off. Her hair turning black to red. Skin turns to a very pale tone. And one of her eyes turn greener than the other.

There was a stunned silence. Robert and Maryse paled.

"you are supposed to be dead." Maryse says barely audible.

"sorry."

"you guys know each other?" Jace asks in confusion.

"yes." Ria replies.

"how?" Alec asks.

"we grew up together." Robert says.

"uh...like you knew her parents?" Alec asks.

"not quite. Ria never had any parents. We looked after her." Maryse says. "she used to look after you Alec."

"looks like you gave my room away." Ria says pointing to Jace.

"yes, well we thought you were dead, and you remember your room?" Robert asks.

"well yes I chose it because it had a clear view of the city and I may or may not have scratched my name onto the wall."

"I'm really not surprised."

"hey, you did the same to your room." She says pointing a finger at Maryse and laughing.

"yes, but mine was in my childhood house and not an institute."

"hey, I don't see there in the clave handbook that we can't carve our initials into the walls." Ria says putting her hands up in defence.

"Where is Alina? Did she come with you?" Robert asks Ria. Ria feel tear prick at my eyes when she hears her sisters name. A weight pushes down on her shoulders as she feels a lump form in her throat.

"she is gone."

"gone?"

"she disappeared one night I have been trying to find her but I'm losing hope."

"and you have been doing this all on your own?" Clary asks. "did you inform the clave?"

"clave. No. they don't even really believe I am still alive and I have had help I have been asking a friend if he could keep an eye out for her but he has strict parents and a hard life so I doubt he will ever see her to be honest."

"why didn't you come to see us." Robert asks.

"I did. I came her years ago and I saw that you had three beautiful children and you were all grown up. I couldn't bear the thought of me destroying your happiness."

"so why come back now." Isabelle asks all her lovingness and niceness from this afternoon gone. Her crystal blue eyes narrow at her with suspicion.

"Isabelle." Maryse warned.

"no. I'm just asking why now. why do you come here now?" They all look at Ria expecting an answer.

"I came now because my friend needed me. I was just walking around, and I came back to the institute because I almost felt drawn here." Isabelle eyes narrow further. "you have to understand I saw your parents in your features and felt at home. It wasn't till I was in the institute what a mistake it was. But I couldn't just leave. I had to make an excuse up, and then." She thinks about the MJ laughing and running away from her and how he who the boy who was never relaxed, was. "I started to feel safe and belonging. And I haven't felt that way in a long time."

"if you know my mum and dad -

"I'm just like you guys. Same age. Same everything." She says cutting Alec off.

"but I ran your blood and you had demon blood."

"you ran my blood!" Ria says shocked.

"Isabelle." Maryse shocked as well.

"hey, you were acting strangely. Always talking to yourself. Trying to get into Max's room. I was just making sure you weren't anything dangerous."

"you had no right to do that."

"why do you have demon blood in your system!"

"I'm a hybrid."

"hybrid? What's that?"

"I don't know, I don't know ok so will you please drop it. I'm different. Get over it." Isabelle and everyone were taken back by her outburst. She then flees the room. Maryse following Ria out the kitchen.