protector or destroyer. (shadow hunter fanfic)

hello brother

Turning around Jace finds the room empty. He didn't even hear the door open. He goes to have a shower washing away the confusion. When he got out and dressed it hadn't worked. He was confused and he felt his stomach knot with concern. Frustrated he eft his room with a band and headed to Ria's.

He arrived and knocked. Once. Twice. No answer. He was about to leave when he heard a muffled "Johnathon." Jace entered the room it wasn't like anything he had seen before. His room was neat and precise, Alec's was too but not as good. While Izzy's looked like an explosion had gone off - He smiles at his thought. He stood as the door shut itself staring at Ria's room. The shelves meant for books had cacti and other plants all over them. The only piece of this era was the mini fridge in the corner. Books stacked up in towers surrounded her bed. Ria lay on top of the navy covers still in her wet clothes.

Jace noticed that she lay the motionless. Almost too still. He made his way over to her making sure to not wake her. he took the Herondale dagger out putting it against her nose. After some time, a breath fogged up the metal. He blew a breath out he didn't know he had been holding in. he turned away and was almost at the door when she said "Johnathon" again. He turned surprised.

"Ria?" silence. He stood still for a fee moments before Ria stood up pouncing at him. She pushed his back into the wall. His other dagger uncomfortable pushing into his side. Jace looked up to find Ria floating in the air, hair silver and her eyes completely black a tinge of green appearing and disappearing.

"Jace Herondale. Or should I say angel boy, adoptive son of Valentine, my brother." He looks at her unable to speak. "it has been a long time since I have seen you. And I have never been in this institute."

"Ria?"

Ria tils her head in confusion. "it's me, brother. You know the one who is dead."

"exactly your dead. You shouldn't be able to be here."

"hasn't stopped me before. I have cheated death before."

"and then we killed you."

"yes. Yes, you did." She says a little glumly. "speaking of family how is my sister. Still with you. Still beautiful. Ooo she did look great in the red dress. " grinning he thought it was menacingly but there was something different about him.

"don't you dare talk about her like that."

"don't worry Jace we can share her. can't we? We did it with dad and that worked out."

"no."

"no? well no sharing. she is my sister." Enraged Jace pulls his blade out and into Ria's chest. Ria's eye close and reopen, blackness gone. Her hair fades back into her red. She stumbles away. "J-Jace." Her voice small. his face lights up with horror realising what he has just done. She steps back. And falls. Jace moves quickly and grabs her holding her in his arms.

"Ria. No. Ria, I'm so sorry. HELP." He shouts. "HELP please someone HELP."

"please stop." She pleaded. "it hurts so much please stop."

"I won't ever do it again. I just wanted him to see me. I won't do it again." Sebastian's face blurred next to Jace's. "listen to me. You are going to be ok. tell him, you are going to be ok."

"Jace" she choked out. "I'm going to be ok."

"I'm so sorry."

"Jace I'm going to be ok." he takes the blade out of her chest holding his hand onto her wound. "Jace I'm ok." blood spilled out of her onto the floor. Staining her and his clothes. She grabs onto his hand trying to take it off.

"no, we need to apply pressure. Until someone gets here. Why didn't I bring my stele?"

"no one is coming trust me."

"b-but-

"trust me." He does as he is told and let's go. A stunned silence follow's and he is frozen into place. There is no wound. No cut. Not even a mark.

"what? How?"