"Skylar, you can breath. Just keep trying.." Seraphina said, as the necklace around Skylar's neck glowed brightly and pulsed. Skylar felt her lungs fill with water, as she kept trying to get out of the water. Something was holding her down in a tub, she wore a white dress that was covered in blood. "Skylnn, you need to fight it!" The pain of drowning was awful, being unable to breath...it was the worst. 

~

"Skye?" A familiar male voice said, she felt his hands on her arm..shake her a bit. When she opened her eyes and gasped for air, it was Jace...he stared at her and sighed. "Hey, are you alright? I heard you coughing and gagging...I came as soon as possible."

"Y-Yeah. Just a nightmare..." Skylar said before sitting up, and running a hand through her hair. She can feel her heart pounding in her chest, this nightmare had one hell of an affect on her. "I was drowning...like I couldn't breath...and someone was holding me down in a tub...literally pushing me down."

"They were trying to kill you." Jace said before scooting over to her, he pulled her in for a hug and rubbed her back up and down, with his hand. "By well drowning you.." Skye chuckled and pulled away from him.

"I assumed that because well..I was under water and I couldn't breath but thank you for clarifying that for me." Skylar said, shaking her head as she stretched a bit. 

"Skye? Am I interuptting?" Clary asked, standing in the door way and looking at the two. The red head looked a bit, startled and hugged herself.

"No, what's up?" Skylar asked, Clary cleared her throat as she glanced at the shirtless Jace and then at her sister. 

"Um I need you to tell me everything you know about Magnus Bane." Clary said, oh Skylar knew Magnus Bane alright..very well. He was like a father figure to her, and she loved him.

"Magnus Bane is the High Warlock of Brooklyn, why?" Jace replied instead of Skye.

"Because that vampire, Camille, practically accused him of stealing my memories." Clary said, Skylar's raised an eyebrow and gave her sister a curious look.

"Where did you hear that?" Skylar asked

"When Simon told Camille someone took my memories back at the Hotel DuMort, she blamed Magnus Bane." Clary explained, she simply wanted her memories and wanted to know about this world quickly. "I keep having these dreams where this Magnus guy is with my mom and she tells him to protect me."

"You mean, like, memory fragments?" Jace asked, Clary nodded and let out sigh.

"Yeah, but they're not making sense."

"Well Clary, they're fragments after all. They won't make sense until you get all of your memories." Skylar said and ran a hand through her hair.

"Your sister is right also Magnus' magic is so powerful, he can invade even the Silent Brothers. If he's the warlock that took your memories he could be the key to everything." Jace said

"People are risking their lives to help me get my memories back. But there might not be anything there. I might not remember anything that will lead to the Mortal Cup or my mom." Clary admitted, she kept thinking about...what if...what if her memories led to nothing? No cup or anything? What if it was just a dead end?

"Clary, believe me when I tell you that finding your memories is our only shot at getting the Mortal Cup back." Jace said before standing up and glancing at Skylar who nodded in agreement. She got up as well, reached for her sweatshirt on the dresser...and put it on. Jace had left, to his room to get his sweatshirt.

"The mundie's leaving." Isabelle said as she walked into Skylar's room.

"Simon? He can't leave." Clary said quickly before leaving quickly to stop him.

"He can and he is." Isabelle added before Clary left, her eyes landed on Skye. "What a handful." Th blonde chuckled and nodded.

"The mundane and my sister....are a handful. Do me a favor, go wake Alec and Hodge. We might have a lead on the Mortal Cup." Skylar said, Izzy nodded and have her parabatai a smile before turning around then leaving.

~

 "Magnus Bane, he's over 300 years old." Hodge said as he looked through the tablet, the images he looked at appeared on the big screen. "And, as you can see, he's not exactly shied away from the pleasures of every century. His tastes are both exquisite and quite excessive." Skylar wanted to say something, she knew Magnus and they had a special friendship but she enjoyed watching everyone learning about him.

"He looks like the Downworld's David Guetta." Clary said, Isabelle smirked and glanced over at the redhead.

"Guetta's already a Downworlder. Vampire? Ever seen him in the daylight?"

"Can you two focus? This is not a joke." Alec said, and shook his head. Isabelle rolled her eyes before paying attention.

"Someone needs to get slayed." Izzy mumbled

"Alec's right now, Magnus is one of the most powerful warlocks I've ever known." Hodge said before turning around to face them all. "He has a deep mistrust of Shadowhunters."

"Well, then why did he help my mom remove my memories? Isn't she a Shadowhunter?" Clary asked, she looked over at her sister who had been dazing off.

"Yes, one of the best.But "help" might not be the most accurate word. Now, did Magnus provide a service for Jocelyn? Perhaps. But more than likely, your mother paid Magnus handsomely for his magic."

"Warlocks usually require payment before they help anyone with anything. " Jace said before taking a seat beside Alec.

"Word from the Clave is that most of the warlocks have gone into hiding since Valentine began hunting them." Alec said

"So how do we find Magnus?" Clary asked

"We don't. Magnus finds us, we'll set up a meeting, somewhere protected. Lure him out of hiding." Jace said answering, Clary's question.

"And I know exactly where we do it." Isabelle said before getting off the table and walking over to Hodge who handed her the tablet where she pulled up a flyer.

"A Downworld rave." Skylar said and smiled a bit. That was the perfect way to get to Magnus and she knew it.

"Nice, Izzy." Jace said

"And where'd you get that?" Alec asked, giving his sister a look.

"During my surveillance of the Downworlders. From what I hear, Magnus likes to party." Isabelle said, Alec shook his head a bit and sighed.

"He'll never go for it." Alec said "Not with Valentine trying to kill him.""Of course he will, he'll blend in and hide in plain sight." Jace said, Skylar got off the table and crossed her arms over her chest.

"He'll be there, I can guarantee that but he's gonna need a push...a small one." Skylar said. 

"Something to get his attention."

"Come with me." Hodge said, they all exchanged looks before following him over. Hodge led them away, he bent down and used his stele. Clary watched as he suddenly pulled out a bright ruby necklace and held it up.

"Is that real?" Isabelle asked, mesmerized by how beautiful it looked.

"A four-karat, unheated Burmese ruby-" Hodge began to explain before Skylar stepped forward and spoke.

"And this necklace has special meaning to Magnus Bane as it was a gift from him to his then lover, Camille Belcourt." Skylar said softly as she found herself staring at the beauty.

"What, Camille and Magnus were lovers?" Clary asked

"Warlock gets around." Jace commented before Hodge looked at Skylar to continue since she knew all about the necklace.

"Magnus bought it in 1857 for the price of his London townhouse. Now, the jewel is enchanted by a spell that alerts the wearer to the presence of demons." Skylar said and let out a sigh. She had never imagined to see the necklace in person.

"It's so beautiful." Izzy whispered, breathless as she touched it.

"Magnus has longed to reunite with this necklace. Offer it to him, he might just take the bait." Hodge said, Jace nodded before beginning to walk away."I'll send Magnus a fire message to arrange the meeting. We have to get to Magnus before Valentine does." He said....Skylar was pretty excited to see Magnus plus with her around speaking with Magnus would be 100% easier than it just being Clary.

~

"By the angel, Isabelle. This dress is way to short." Skye mumbled as she pulled the dress down a bit, she shot her parabatai a glare who smirked and winked at her. 'I hate you' She mouthed the words before looking at the others heading to the rave.

"Last time we were here, this place was crawling with vampires." Clary said and let out a sigh.

"Relax, all Downworlders hang out here. We just came on vampire night." Skye said trying to reassure her little sister before once again pulling down her dress a bit.

"Do you think red's my color?"Isabelle asked, as she looked down at the beautiful necklace around her neck. Clary and Skye exchanged looks before looking at the Lightwood.

"Iz, with a body like yours, everything's your color." Clary said with a chuckle, Isabelle nodded in agreement.

"Good point." She replied "Damn, I make this necklace look so good."

"Will you take it off? I'm certain Magnus Bane doesn't want drool on his ruby when we make the exchange." Alec said in a serious tone, he wasn't taking this lightly. Not only were they helping one daughter of Valentine Morgenstern but two of them and he was worried that they could have been spies...you never know.

"You know, I wouldn't be so sure. Most men like it when I admire their jewels." Isabelle said with a smirk, Skye snorted and cleared her throat while Jace glanced at the girls and shook his head.

"Can you just give it to Jace?" Alec asked, Isabelle rolled her eyes before taking the necklace off and handing it over to Jace.

"You're such a buzzkill."

~

Walking into the rave, Jace stood in between of Clary and Skylar...both of the girls looking for Magnus. One was more happy to see the warlock while the other is pissed off at the warlock who took her memories. You can guess who's who by that. Skylar smiled when her eyes landed on Magnus...yes Magnus Bane the High Warlock of Brooklyn. She hurried over to him, smiling brightly.

"Magnus." She said, Magnus smiled at the blonde before standing up and pulling her into a tight hug. It had been a while since they last seen each other.

"Skylnn Fairchild." Magnus said softly before pulling away from her a little, he scanned her facial features trying to see whether she looked different. The only different thing was Skylar's eyes had become brighter as they always did every year for some reason. Magnus let out a sigh when he saw a redhead approaching, immediately recognizing her...she looked just like Jocelyn..almost the spitting image of her.

"Clarissa Fairchild, you've grown into a beautiful young woman." He said, Skylar turned around to face her sister and Jace.

"Magnus Bane." Clary said, her tone cold and bitter. She was not happy with this warlock at all...taking HER memories away from her..who does that? "So you're the one who stole my memories." Magnus held up his finger and shook it a bit, that was inaccurate.

"At your mother's request, she knew the risk." Magnus corrected, he wasn't going to let anyone believe that he simply just went and took her memories. "Show me the jewelry, Shadowhunter." He demanded, Jace showed her the necklace but before Magnus could get it...Jace had pulled back and shook his head.

"Ooh Give Clary back her memories, and you get the jewelry." Jace said, Magnus gave him a look and glanced at the others.

"I have to confirm it's authenticity." Magnus said, Jace looked at Skye who nodded at him...telling him to give it to Magnus. Jace let out a sigh of defeat before he handed the necklace to Magnus who looked right at it..scanning it.

"Amor verus numquam moritur." True love cannot die. Oh, how I've missed this jewel." Magnus admitted as he admired it, the red head cleared her throat not wanting to wait anymore. She was getting a bit impatient.

"Now, it's your turn to pay up." Clary said

"I wish I could retrieve your memories, but I no longer have them." Magnus said, Skye mumbled something under her breath...another dead end here.

"What? Where are they?" Clary asked, this couldn't be happening to her now. She needed to find her mother now...and now she couldn't get her memory back or she thought.

"I fed them to a memory demon for safekeeping." Magnus replied quickly as he put his necklace away without them asking any questions.

"And why the hell would you do that?" Jace questioned, stepping forward. Skylar hurried over to stand beside Magnus, she didn't need things to go sour.

"To protect Clary and the Cup, if Valentine ever captured me, he could torture Clary's memories out of me. Just like he tortured Dot." Magnus explained, it wasn't wrong for the warlock for wanting to protect himself. Valentine wasn't someone anyone wanted to mess with at all.

"Tortured? Wait, is Dot okay?" Clary's expression had change quickly the moment Dot was mentioned, first she was angry and now she was worried about her friend.

"You don't know? Dot is dead." Magnus said softly and sighed.

"What? How do you know?" Clary felt her world just shatter once again, everything was just getting worse and worse.

"Magnus can sense other warlocks magic, and....usually when warlocks are dead...he can't feel their magic." Skylar explained, this was awful....now Dot was dead all because Valentine wanted the cup and Dot wouldn't help him

"Valentine killed her because she would not betray your mother." Magnus said before moving towards her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Oh, my God." Clary whispered and gulped.

"Come with me, Clary. My lair can offer you protection no Shadowhunter ever could and Skylnn.....you are always welcome to come back home." Magnus said taking Skylar's hand and looking back at Clary who backed away from him.

"No! No, I'm not going anywhere with you and you can't go either Skylar!" Clary shouted

"Don't be a fool, your mother would want you and your sister to live." Magnus said

"Then help me get my memories back from whatever demon you gave them to." Clary said softly, Magnus let Skye's hand go and shook his head.

"Valentine is hunting you, too. And every moment we're outside my lair's protection, is a moment Valentine gets closer to finding us. Come with me." Magnus said before snapping his fingers, opening a portal for them all. His gaze going from one Fairchild to another, he had a pleading look in his eyes. "I won't offer again."

"No. No, I won't hide from my problems and neither should you." Clary said, until they heard Isabelle shouting at them.

"Look out!" Isabelle shouted, as an arrow shot past hitting the Circle Member who almost attacked them, Magnus watched Alec walk past him.

"Who are you?" He asked before heading towards the portal knowing he needed to get out of here.

"Magnus, wait! - You're my only hope." Clary said, grabbing his hand to turn him around.

"Valentine found us, I warned your mother this might happen." Magnus said before going through the portal quickly as possible.

"Wait.." Clary whispered before looking at her hand and opening it, revealing a ring in her palm.

"The area's secure, looks like he was the only assassin." Isabelle said walking over to the others, Alec examined the body of the assassin and looked over at them.

"He has a Circle rune on the base of his neck." Alec said, Skylar walked over to him and looked at the rune before sighing.

"He's right..." She mumbled before running a hand through her hair. "They found us, it's not safe here. We have to go." The blonde grabbed her sister's hand and followed the others out of the rave.

"S-Skye, Dot's dead..."

"I-I know.." Skylar said and cleared her throat as Alec and Jace began to speak to one another.

"You know what? This is great." Alec said "And not only did Magnus not get the girl her memories back, he took the necklace and you let that blonde on get to you."

"This is fantastic Alec, the girl her name is Clary and the blonde's name is Skylar I highly suggest you keep your voice down." Jace said back, clearly these two were getting upset.

"Why? What, are you afraid I'm gonna upset her? We have risked our lives again and again for these girls, and where has it gotten us? All right? Nowhere. We're no closer to getting the Mortal Cup, and we've lost the Institute's necklace." Alec said before Clary rolled her eyes and let out a sigh.

"I will I will never get my memories back!" Clary reminded them, Jace shook his head before grabbing the ring she tossed before walking away from them.

"You give up way too easy." He said before using his stele and using his tracking rune.

"What is he doing?" Clary asked, Skye smiled a bit when she noticed what Jace was doing. He was really trying to help them which was good.

"He's tracking Magnus." Skylar said and held her sister's hand, trying to reassure and calm her nerves down.

"Be quiet and keep your distance." Alec said looking at the three of the girls

"The button belonged to Magnus." Isabelle said, they all stayed silent as they watched Jace attempt to track Magnus. He turned around and shook his head.

"No, the signal's not strong enough. Magnus must be blocking the track. Let's do this, Alec." Jace said, Alec nodded and walked over to his parabatai. They held each other's hand and stared at each other, as they began to track Magnus..together.

"Do what?" Clary asked in a low whisper, Skylar and Isabelle exchanged looks and smiled.

"Parabatai tracking. When parabatais track, their power grows stronger. Jace and Alec are gonna track Magnus together." Isabelle said before shaking her head a bit.

"I honestly think, Izzy and I should be doing that." Skylar admitted, Isabelle chuckled and nodded in agreement. Clary gave them both a look before going back to watch Alec and Jace.

"Yeah, this whole parabatai thing seems oddly intimate, if you ask me." Clary said quietly, the girls chuckled.

"You don't know the half of it." Isabelle and Skylar said at the same time before Jace and Alec pulled away. They managed to track Magnus down, Jace smirked a bit as he looked at the girls.

"Got him." Jace said, finally they were getting somewhere again. Clary was determined and she was going to get her memories back somehow or someway. She needed these memories to find her mother while the other thing going through Skylar's head to finding the cup..and getting it to the Clave before Valentine found it.

~ 

"Magnus' lair is right behind that fence." Jace said, they had managed to track the warlock down and were ready to speak to him.

"Magnus lives in a warehouse?" Clary asked as she stared at the the fence, she looked around before Skylar shook her head and pulled out her sword, stepping forward knowing something wasn't right.

"Not exactly, warlock glamour." Skylar replied before turning around to look at the others, her eyes filled with worry. "Something's not right here, we shouldn't have been able to find him..."

"Skye is right, it's far too easy to get this close." Isabelle said as she held up her hand and scanned the area with her eyes. She sensed it, they all could sense that something was wrong.

"His protective wards must be down." Jace said before looking at Alec.

"You, don't get in the way." Alec said to Clary before something caught all their attentions. They saw a circle member stab and kill a warlock letting him drop onto the ground.

"Valentine found Magnus!" Clary shouted, everyone began to run and separate....this was a start of something bad..really bad.

~

It happened quickly, they managed to get rid of all of the circle members who had found Magnus and thankfully they were in a safer location now. Clary and Magnus had spoken, and now they were getting ready to retrieve Clarissa's memories during the whole time Skylar had fallen silent watching everyone and everything that was going on. This was starting to be a bit too much for her now...she sat down and ran a hand through her hair.

"Ah, much better. Ugh, it's inevitable. After each move, I get the itch to redecorate. Normally, I love a dirty lair, but this is one is just sloppy." Magnus said fixing his coffee table as he smirked then glanced at Alec, Isabelle smiled a bit to herself and shook her head. "I believe in payment for services rendered, thank you for defending the warlocks." Magnus pulled out his necklace and placed it around Isabelle's neck, who blinked slowly surprised by his form of payment.

"I couldn't." Izzy said

"Oh, but you could and you should. The Lightwoods have been wearing this for years, besides, this would look silly on your brother." Magnus said and leaned in a bit closer to speak to her quietly. "About Alec, is he more of a flower or cologne man?" He asked quietly, Clary cleared her throat clearly impatient and not in the best mood.

"Okay, so how do we summon the memory demon?" She asked, Magnus stepped away from Isabelle and looked at Clary. He was worried she didn't understand the risk this has.

"Are you certain? Summoning such a powerful demon could be lethal." Magnus warned and glanced at Skylar, he noticed her odd behavior but didn't point it out.

"I'll do anything to save my mother, where is the demon?" Clary asked, crossing her arm over her chest. Magnus nodded.

"Pretty boy, get your team ready." The warlock said, and of course Jace stepped forward and when Magnus looked at him oh boy he sighed and shook his head. "I'm not talking to you." He paused before pointing at Alec. "I'm talking to you." He took Clary away into another room needing to speak to her and he did.

Jace sat down beside Skylar and cleared his throat, getting her attention. "Is everything alright?" He asked her softly, she nodded slowly and sighed.

"It just hit me, my mother is missing and Valentine is alive..looking for a cup. My sister needs to be trained and learn about this world, and right now there is a chance that the Clave is aiming a target at me." Skylar said and ran a hand through her hair. "This is all just insane and ridiculous I mean...when did my life get so messed up.."

"It happens, but I will be honest. This is the most interesting thing that has ever gone down for me, and the others. We are finding a man who is..unstable." Jace said before he saw Isabelle lean over on the couch, and looked at the both of them.

"Bonding I see? It's actually rea-" Skylar cut her off already knowing what she was trying to do or say.

"Go admire your new jewel." Skye said quickly and shooed off Isabelle who smirked and pushed herself away from the couch, wondering off. Magnus came back and gave Skylar quite a look that meant he wanted to speak to her, she stood up and followed the warlock away. He couldn't believe this was all going down now...out of all the others days this all could have occurred or go down. Magnus had left to go speak with Clary quickly and then called in her sister.

"The memory demon is a Greater Demon." Skylar began to explain as she walked over to her little sister when Magnus had left to go get the others. "The rune will be far more powerful than anything you've faced so far, Clary we don't have to do this if you aren't ready to."

"Do it, my memories are the only lead we have on finding mom...Skye. This is all we got and have at the moment." Clary said as she looked down for a second inhaling sharply.

"This will sting for sure." Skylar said pulling out her stele and drawing the rune on Clary's arm, she let out a piercing scream.

~

"Everyone take your rightful place on the pentagram." Magnus said, Skylar had decided to stay away and back since Magnus thought it was best not to get her involved in this and for another reason he rather not speak of. "We must initiate a bond.Once this bond is sealed, it cannot be broken until the demon retreats." He spoke wgen everyone was in position, they began to take each other's hand. "No matter what happens, we must not let go of each other's hands."

"You people are pathetic." Isabelle said as watched the others, she rolled her eyes and took Clary's hand then Magnus's as if it was nothing. Skye shook her head and smiled a bit at her parabatai.
"I will lead the ceremony, and you all must do exactly as I say. The demon's name is Valak, and at some point, he will ask for payment in exchange for Clary's memories." Magnus said, Jace gave the warlock a look not expecting there to be a payment needed.."What do you mean? What kind of payment?" He asked quickly glancing back at Skye then at Clary, Magnus grinned a bit and sighed.

"We will see, let us begin." He said before he began to chant a spell, as he chanted Isabelle felt the necklace she wore begin to pulse. Her eyes widned a bit as she looked down at the ruby necklace.

"The necklace, it's pulsing." Isabelle said, in the center of them all the demon had appeared looking like a tornado with eyes in it."Valak is among us, do not break the bond. It is time, the demon demands payment."

"What does it want?" Jace asked.

"We must each relinquish a beloved memory of the one we love the most." Magnus said, the others exchanged looks and all nodded before one by one the demon took a memory until it got to Alec. The eldest Lightwood eyes widened when he saw that the memory he had taken was about Jace.

"No, it's not true! The demon deceived me!" He said as he began to pull away, the others began to shout at him telling him not to break the bond and that everything was okay. When the bond was broken everyone was blown away, Skylar cursed under her breath everything was getting out of hand. Alec had moved in front of the demon...well attempted to until Jace pushed him away and was grabbed by the demon.

"I cannot contain the demon much longer!" Magnus said as he used all the magic he could to contain the greater demon. Isabelle and Alec grabbed onto Jace's arms trying to pull him back. "The demon is growing stronger!" Magnus warned, Skylar looked at Clary giving her a pleading look as she pulled out her sword.

"He's slipping!" Isabelle shouted, Skylar gulped knowing killing the demon she would lose her memories forever. "Skye!" Izzy shouted, the blonde walked over and stabbed the demon with her sword letting Jace go and fall onto the floor unconscious. She put the sword away before getting on her knees and shaking Jace like Alec and Isabelle did.

"Jace, get up." Alec said, he felt so guilty...this was all his fault after all.
"Is he gonna be all right?" Clary asked, Magnus walked over and shrugged.

"I don't know, does he normally just lay like that without moving?" He asked, Skylar gave him the seriously look that shut up Magnus.

"Get up." Alec repeated, Jace gasped for air and sat up, coughing and shaking his head.

"I'm all right. I'm just getting my second wind." Jace said, and looking directly at Skylar who smiled a bit and shook her head. Alec stood up and walked away, Magnus followed him and stopped to speak to him.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, Alec." Magnus said quietly, Alec didn't look at him and stared right ahead.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Alec replied, he did not want to talk about this at all.
"You will." The warlock said softly before walking away leaving Alec there for a second before he left.

"Thank the angel that you're alright...for a second there, I thought we lost you." Skylar said and placed her hand on his cheek. He chuckled and smiled at her.

"I don't die easily...." He said softly and placed his hand on hers for a while. "Come on, we should get back..." She nodded and moved her hand away from him and stood up. Well there lost their only lead so far..which were Clary's memories but there had to be another way..to find the cup and Jocelyn.