Season 1 - Episode 1
Part two

Chapters four -five
(in book)

Célina's POV

      My eyes fill with tears as I take in my father's form. He looks just the same as I remember him. His soft blue eyes that have tears brimming them and look so much like my own. His hair is almost white in color and short, showing off his jawline. His warm face holds a small smile, that looks so similar to CeCe's. His arms are huge and he looks like he could easily fight off multiple people at one time without even breaking a sweat. Though when his giant arms wrap around my small form, he's as gentle as can be. My eyes snap to the side where another man stands. He has short brown hair, glasses, and dark eyes.

   He stands beside us with a smile, unshed tears shining in his eyes. He looks familiar. I hug dad tighter and close my eyes, savoring his warmth. "I thought you died! Jocelyn said she killed you and that we should have died with you.." I mumble and the tears I've fought so hard to hold back, come flowing out. His arms tense around me and he pulls back, wiping the tears from my face. "I'm so sorry Célina. I should have been there for you and Celeste" his voice cracks as we hold each other tight.

    I push away from him and wipe my eyes "what happened? Where are we? How do I get back to CeCe? And who's that?" Dad holds his hands up "woah slow down. One question at a time alright?" I nod in agreement. He pulls the older man to us, his arm casually wrapped around him. Are they a thing? My eyes bounce between the two, analyzing their body language. "This is Richard Lovelace, my best friend and um soulmate" dad introduces with red cheeks. My eyes widen but a large grin fills my face and I wave at him. "That's where I know you from!" I quickly pull my wallet from my back pocket and pull out the old, crinkled photo that I keep in there. I unfold it to show Richard, Jocelyn, Dad, Luke, a blonde, a dark haired couple, and a few other people. "This is you right?" He nods his head yes, eyes wide. I grin and hold out my hand to shake his "Nice to meet you! You're awesome by the way, I've read every book about your family! And uh I'm fan-girling sorry" I mumble with scarlet cheeks.

   He waves me off with pink cheeks "it's very nice to see you again Célina. I am glad someone still reads up on the original Shadowhunter families. I have a couple of personal family journals if you'd like to borrow them?" I nod my head vehemently and he chuckles. Dad smirks at the two of us then clears his throat "okay. Ready to start the story? It's a bit long." I nod my head as he gestures at us to sit on at the small plastic table in the middle of the room. Speaking of rooms, this has got to be a laboratory. My eyes take in the dark grey walls and papers spread across the tables, that are lined with different glasses filled with bright liquids.

The lab

"Well let me start at the beginning, your mother and I-" I cut him off quickly "not my mother. Please just call her Jocelyn.. or egg donor or bitch." Richard chuckles loudly but tries to cover it with a cough. Dad raises a brow but nods in agreement, a smirk plastered on his face before beginning again "Jocelyn and I met when we were teenagers. We both had big dreams. We both wanted to be the best Shadowhunters; the next generation of warriors, along with a few friends. Luke Graymark, as you already know, then Maryse and Robert Lightwood, and lastly my best friend Richard Lovelace. There was also a couple, closer to me than Jocelyn, named the Herondale's." His finger taps each face as he names them on my old photo and I commit the names to memory.

    My eyes widen at the last couple, as they are a very prominent family in the Shadowhunter community. Well, what's left of them. Most of the family has died out and the future generations were destroyed. Céline and Stephen Herondale were the last couple before they both died, leaving his mother, Imogen Herondale, all alone. Well mostly, there is another line of Herondale's that were banned from the Shadowhunter world during the 1800's and after Tobias Herondale abandoned his fellow shadowhunters on a mission. But I think he left because of what happened to his wife, Eva Blackthorn. From stories and private messages between other Shadowhunters, it was said his wife was pregnant and very sick the night he was sent out. I think one of the warlocks they were battling tricked him or made him go mad.

   Tobias disappeared after that and the Clave took Eva's life in exchange for his. Great leadership there huh? It's been rumored that they now live as mundanes in California. As for the Lovelace's they're another prominent family but there are none left. They all left in the 1700's and 1800's, becoming mundane sheep thieves. Richard became the remaining Lovelace Shadowhunter family but was charged as a traitor after the war. As the Clave punished all who chose Valentine over them. Though I'm still not sure what they were fighting over. The Circle and all of its movements were stricken from Shadowhunter records as if it never happened.

    "I was closer with Céline. Both Richard and I were soulmates with her but we found out only after she was married" dad mutters, his face dropping. Richard grips his hand tightly and dad sends him a soft smile before continuing "her husband, Stephen, was a dick and didn't even love his second wife. He just did it out of duty and because they needed to continue the Herondale line. Especially when we were on the cusp of war with the down-worlders. Around this time, your mother" I give him a glare and he clears his throat "Jocelyn began acting strange. She kept repeating the same thing 'we must prepare for the future'. I thought nothing of it until.." he trails off and runs a hand through his short hair.

    Dad takes my hands in his and smiles ruefully "this is where it gets dicey. So let me know if it gets to be too much ok?" I nod my head but grab the edge of my chair in anticipation. He sighs and looks down at his hands "Jocelyn had begun to test herself and me with angel blood. I did not know that she had been doing this for years. Not only was she testing me but also Richard, his daughter Manon, and you two as well. I didn't realize what she was doing or would have stopped her especially when she moved on from Angel blood." My eyes widen and my stomach churns. Are CeCe and I more than just Shadowhunters? Is that why we have magic? Jocelyn always said we were just enhanced nephilim.. I didn't realize she meant enhanced with other species.

   My heart thumps in my chest and my hands get clammy with the information as dad continues the story "but I found out the hard way when I awoke to her stabbing me with a knife." My jaw drops at the revelation and my mind plays back all the death threats Jocelyn has made to CeCe and I. "She kept screaming, 'I won't let you get in my way!' And as I lay dying, she told me what she had planned. She had killed Richard first then killed Céline Herondale. She said you, Celeste, and Manon were next. You were both around one and had already shown great abilities from the testing. But what I didn't know, was that she was pregnant again. And that she planning a war. One that would end everything. She was going to make new Shadowhunters. Ones that could destroy all the down-worlders and possibly the Clave along with it."

     A little tear slips from his eye and swipes it away. Richard winds his arms around him and I pull knees up to my chest, hugging them to my body. "And I died. I died without knowing if my girls were safe. I thought I would end up in hell, a very fitting place for someone like me." He shakes his head, reliving memories. "But instead, I was brought to this new world. It was bright and everything seemed to float amongst the clouds. Somewhere called, Olympus. And the rulers, actual Gods and Goddesses, blessed me. They said that their souls were slowly dying and passing into the next generation." My eyes widen at the description of a place both CeCe and I have been before. If I'm right, that means we are all going to die and become Gods or angels depending on the mythology.

He continues, not noticing my face "and they said I had a pure heart. They said I was just the beginning but that soon others would join me. They then brought me Richard, who was reborn again just like me. They said all of our girls would eventually join us but we both assumed it would be after you all passed." He hangs his head in shame, wiping a tear from his face. I furrow my brows at him, I'm not dead so why is he emotional? He clears his throat and continues "And they said Richard and I would rule over Olympus as the Titan Kings of the Gods and Goddesses. Along with our girls, the princesses." My mouth fully hangs open now as the dots begin to connect themselves. Oh my gods. I knew it! I knew dad was the good guy!

     He sits back up and clears his throat with a smile "we waitied a bit before coming back to this world. I thought Céline would be reborn like us but unfortunately she never was. So when we did leave Olympus, the first place I went was to see my girls. But I was surprised to see Luke playing father to another baby while you girls were mistreated. Manon was no where to be found and we assumed she was left with another family. We also noticed a lot of Clave activity so we had to leave quickly, not wanting to go to jail or worse since Jocelyn used Richard and I as a scape goat. She blamed everything on us so we would be enemy number one." He shakes his head in anger. Richard pats his leg in sympathy and dad intertwines their fingers. That makes sense as to why she ran from Idris and the Clave. They would have put her on trail and found out she was lying.

   "You see, Jocelyn had created a group called the Cirlce which had a few prominent families and friends that I mentioned before. All in that photo you have. The Circle was going against the Clave and all their rules, so they sought out to destroy it. Especially when rumors ran about testing with Angel and demon blood. But when Jocelyn killed Richard, Céline, and I one night, just to blame everything on us. Which was fairly easy to do. We were dead, how could we fight it? She walked off free and we were damned to the shadows. I eventually made my way here along with Richard. His daughter, Manon, is like you two. Though we still haven't found her. Jocelyn ran tests on the three of you mostly.." he trails off.

     He scratches the back of his neck and avoids eye contact. "What do you mean, like us? We are just Shadowhunters, right? And why can't you find Manon?" Dad sighs and tucks a hair behind my ear. "I'm sorry for this" he whispers before placing his finger on my forehead and a bright light engulfs me. Pain flashes through my head like a crack of lightning and images, memories, people, emotions, all run through me at once. My eyes flit back and forth as so much knowledge and memories are forced into my head. The pain radiates from my forehead and sears down my body like a wave of molten lava. Tears prick my eyes as I feel my powers building in my chest.

   Suddenly it all recedes and I'm left with nothing but pain. My mind slowly clears as it registers what just happened. My newfound memories trigger a rage I've never truly felt before and a hot fire burns deep in my chest, bubbling with untapped energy. Years and years of rage begins to seep into my very core and as it burns, nothing else is left but pure unfiltered hate. My mind burns the images before me and only thing left on my mind is revenge.

"Jocelyn killed all three of us!"

      After a long conversation with dad and Richard, we all decided that I needed to go back to help CeCe and Manon, if I can find her. And help Clary too, I guess. Though dad didn't seem as worried about Clary. Honestly makes me wonder if she's even his. So eventually dad opens a portal but not before placing his and Richard's number in my phone and giving me two matching necklaces for CeCe, and I. He also gives me a third necklace for Manon if we find her. All three are magic and can track our every movement, plus if we get hurt it'll alert them.

Their Necklaces

(Lina has red, CeCe has purple, and Manon has black)

My eyes brim with tears as I hug him one more time "I love you sweetheart. You and CeCe both. And remember to find Manon" he whispers, his voice cracking at the end. I hold him tightly, committing his smell and warmth to memory. I reluctantly pull away and wave one last time as they summon a blue portal. Richard pulls dad into a hug as I pass through the multicolored portal. I stop with one foot in the portal and shout 'I love you dad!' He grins back, holding Richard close and shouts back 'I love you too, paulo amores (little love). I turn back to the multicolor portal and clear my head, focusing on CeCe. I feel my body become weightless before my feet land on hard ground once again.

     Im in a room made of grey stone with high ceilings that are painted a beautiful sky blue with little cherubs. Thats stunning. My eyes take in the dark room that has machines everywhere until it clicks that I'm in an Institute infirmary, with two bodies sleeping in the row of beds. Both who have the same carrot top hair. One is Clary while the other is CeCe. I quickly run to CeCe's bed to asses her injuries but stop when I realize she is just asleep. My magic connects with hers easily and I sigh, relieved. A deep voice calls out from behind, scaring me and I slip my dagger out immediately flinging it towards the voice. The metal whips by the black haired male and lands in the wall, barely missing his ear.

The Infirmary

   My eyes widen and my cheeks turn red "oh I am so sorry. I thought you were Jocelyn or something.." The male narrows his eyes at me, carefully watching my every move. "Hey wait! You're the guy that saved me at Pandemonium! And my soulmate." I take a second to check him out and his cheeks turn a scarlet red. "You're hit. So where are we? And what happened to my twin?" I fire off questions and he shakes his head, hiding his red cheeks. But before he can say anything else, a blonde head bobs into the room.

    Alec slowly drops his arms and a glare appears on his face as he approaches me slowly. My stomach drops and I grip the cool metal of my seraph blade, ready to protect myself if needed.  "Alec! Hey that's our soulmate! Célina!" Jace yells from the door and runs towards me with that black haired girl behind him. Alec backs up, cheeks red and throws his arms around Jace. The girl has rich black hair and dark brown eyes, to simply put it, she's gorgeous. That's when I realize she looks strikingly similar to Alec. They have to be siblings.

    Jace hugs Alec then reaches my side and immediately pulls me in for a hug. I reciprocate the action but quickly step back. Alec just stays glued to Jace, not getting any closer. "Can someone please tell me what happened to my sister? I was stuck in a portal for hours and then I just popped up here" I fib a bit, making sure dad stays hidden and safe. Alec and Jace begin whispering and speaking over each other but that starts a fight between the two so the girl slaps the back of their heads with a smile. "Boys, c'mon at least act like you've been taught your manners" she drawls with a smirk.

    She extends her hand to me "hi I'm Isabelle but you can call me Izzy and that's my brother Alec and you know Jace. They're soulmates to each other as you know.. and you now too. I am the soulmate to your twin, Celeste. She is fine, as is Clary. They both just got into a scuffle with a Ravener demon but should be waking up soon. Though Clary did get bitten and we had to-" I cut her off by waving my hand "I don't care about Clary. Let the little bitch rot for all I care" I mumble, stroking CeCe's hair as she sleeps. Without touching my stele, I activate her nourishment and healing runes, hoping to wake her up.

    Alec and Jace both snort while Izzy tries to hide her smile. "I'm going to like you!" She whispers and I send her a wide smile in return. "Also, you can just call me Lina, easier than getting CeCe and I mixed up with our normal names" I add. Jace turns his head confused "normal names?" My lips press into a flat line and I huff "my name is Célina and CeCe's name is Celeste. Hence the reason we get confused so easily. Well that and our egg donor doesn't really care about us. Just as long as we are the perfect soldier." They nod, understanding but I see the sympathy in their eyes. Though Jace's face mirrors my own, almost as if he's been through the same situation.

   A groan is heard behind us and I quickly turn my attention back to the beds as the sheets move, praying that Clary isn't the one waking up. Please tell me it's CeCe that's awake and that Clary is actually dead. The others snicker behind me and I pretend to cover my mouth as I turn towards them "oops, did I say that out loud?" I turn back around to see both girls sitting up, one staring daggers at me while the others is filled with tears. I quickly pull CeCe into my arms and cry "oh I thought I lost you!" Clary huffs beside us "um what about me? Younger sister here?"

    I send her a 'what the fuck' look before focusing on CeCe again. "Are you okay? Oh gods, I have so much to tell you" I whisper, eyeing the others as they listen in. "We need to go home and talk" CeCe shakes her head no though. "The house was destroyed with the fire.." she whispers. My eyes drop to my hands and guilt eats away at me. I caused the house fire. I almost killed my sister. Oh gods, Paddles and Cannibal! It wasn't your fault. Jocelyn is the reason it burned down. And they're fine, I had them with me when they saved us. So they have to be here. CeCe's voice rings through my mind.

Jace steps forward with a smile "you all can stay here as long as you need. Along with your animals, though I'm not too fond of the duck." The others giggle as he glares at them. "You are all Shadowhunters right?" Alec narrows his eyes at us but only at Clary as I shrug "yeah. Clary should be too but Jocelyn hid the Shadowhunter lifestyle away from her. Hell, she thinks her stele is a fucking paperweight." The others snort as Clary's face turns a dark red. "We need to find our mother! She's missing and Valentine took her!" She screams.

My eyes widen at the information and I shoot off a quick update to dad on my phone, pretending that I'm pulling something up for CeCe. She watches over my shoulder, eyes glued to the screen. I cut my eyes towards her and speak in her mind. Dad is alive CeCe. Go through my memories, you'll see. I feel her weed through my brain until the exact moment pops up like a television screen but in our minds. CeCe grips my hand as she watches while I distract the others. "Yeah right. Jocelyn probably kidnapped herself with the help of Dot. What we need to be looking for is the cup" I state. Clary turns as red as her hair and is about to yell back at me but Alec cuts her off "like the cup? The one that's been missing since Valentine ran off and died?"

I grind my teeth together while CeCe holds my hand, now caught up on everything. "And who says that Valentine was the leader of the Circle? Couldn't it have been Jocelyn? Look. I know she had it. And I know where she left it too." They all look my way but a ringtone cuts me off. Clary quickly takes the phone call "Simon! What? No I'm okay" she chatters away. "Wait. You're here? Good! Let me change and you can drive us home. We have to save my mother" she sneers towards us. She then hangs up and looks around for her clothes. "Um where the hell are my clothes? And what are these? There's no way I'm wearing something like that!" She complains at the black Shadowhunter clothes that lay on the end of her bed.

Izzy looks sad but quickly smiles when CeCe grabs the clothes on her bed with a smile and a thank you. Jace sets two vials next to Clary and CeCe "these are from Hodge, our tutor. They are for nourishment and healing." I pick up the vials and sniff them before taking a swig of CeCe's. The others watch me curiously as I swallow the tonic. "Hmm it checks out. He used Lavender, Holy Basil, and Moringa Oleifera" I state, passing the vials to Clary.

"You need them. I already activated CeCe's runes so she's fine" I say. Clary scrunches her nose at the tonic and I sigh "please take it. I promise it won't hurt you. It didn't hurt me right?" She nods her head and downs the liquid with a disgusted face. I then turn back to the others, seeing Izzy and CeCe eyeing eachother. They are so fucking cute. Shut up! CeCe whines in my head. Both girls cheeks stain a dark red as they stare at eachother and I smile, happy that my sister finally gets someone else in her corner. "Well aren't you absolutely gorgeous" Izzy purrs and CeCe all but hides behind me.

"Sorry she's a bit shy at first and doesn't speak much. But that's my fault as I am losing my hearing so we use ASL." The three look at me as if I've grown a second head. "You don't know what ASL is?" I ask. They shake their heads no and my cheeks burn with embarrassment. CeCe signs out her name before speaking "that is ASL. It's for deaf people. You need to learn it if you plan on sticking around." Jace bids his head as Alec steps forward, his eyes narrowed on me and CeCe "so where is the cup?" He accepted me but still acts like I'm the enemy. I shake my head "oh yeah!"

"Who's ready for a field trip?"

Authors note: hey guys! I am sorry for the lack of updates on all my books but I am slowly getting back to writing. Thank you to everyone who has continued to support me throughout everything!

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