easily getting lost in the allure of the party Piper pinned herself to Clary's back. Barely able to keep her attention she began figiting with the red necklace around her neck. Magnus Bane was easy to pick out from the crowd, magnatizing energy drawing her in.

"Clary Fairchild." He greeted. "Jace wayland."

Piper coughed, feeling a bit left out. "Hey, the other twin here."

Magnus smiled cat like. "Piper, my favorite of the shadowhunters". He put a hand to touch her and she narrowed her eyes. Why was he so familiar with her, she barely knew him, scratch that, she didn't know him.

"I don't know you other than taking my memories." I glared. "By the way, we want them back."

He clicked his tongue. "I want the necklace, make sure it's real." Jace hesitantly held the ruby demon alerting necklace which Magnus took.

"Hm, it's really, but about the memories. I fed them to the memory demon." Magnus shrugged.

Jace groaned, rubbing his face. "Why would you do that!"

"So they couldn't torture it out of me." Magnus said, "like they did with dot before killing her."

Shock ripped through my body, Clary grabbed my hand. "She's dead?" Clary asked, gulping.

"You didn't know?" He asked before I ripped my hand away trying to get out of the building.

"Watch out!" Alec yelled, grabbing my waist and pulling me back before a demon slashed through his arm. He proceeded to stab it and the demon busted into orange sparks. I was still firmly pressed into the side of his chest, his arm around my waist.

"Thanks." I breathed, searching his eyes before he let go quickly, putting space between us.

"He got away, Magnus." Clary stormed out the side door, the lightwoods, wayland, And other Fray behind her.

"What do you mean?" Alec glared once they were all outside.

"She means that Magnus went to his lair." Jace shot at him and Alec narrowed his eyes.

"Ever Since That Fray girl got here all we've done is protect her and her princess needs." Although the words had been directed at Clary Piper felt them too, like a slap to the face. "And that stupid mundane."

In two quick steps Piper had reached him and instead of bitch slapping him like any other New York girl would have done she punched him square in the jaw making him step back. "That, was for my sister and Simon, and also...the other Fray girl." She snatched up the coat button from Clary as Jace looked at her with curiosity.

"Although he is my brother, that was a dick move so I'm taking my parabatai's side." Isabelle shrugged and Clary gave her a light smile.

A sudden jolt passed through Piper. "I-I think I can track Magnus." She closed her hand around the button. "Izzy I need your help." The black haired girl held hands with the red head, both of them put their other hand on the linked hands. They focused both their energy on the button and finding Magnus.

"What are they doing?" Clary asked Jace.

"Their tracking Magnus, the parabatai bond links them together like Alec and I." He motioned to the brooding boy who glared at everyone.

"It looks...close." Clary noticed the two standing very close together.

"The thing is they never did a official oath, so they really must be close to have the capability to create the bond themselves." Jace paused, "and this isn't half as close as they will be after awhile."

"We found him." Piper announced before they all got headed towards the warehouse the warlocks were hiding.

Piper once again found herself avoiding looking to the BFG that was Alec. She instead focused on the lines on her palms.

"Piper, look, I'm sorry." Alec spoke softly, allowing only the red head to hear him.

Piper paused, "I'm sorry must be a new addition to your dictionary, do you want a gold star?" She snapped and his eyebrows raised.

"It's just...you scare me." He admitted, the red heads eyebrows rose. "My life was the same everyday, wake up kill demons, go to sleep repeat." Alec looked out the window as he spoke. "And then you, with your flames for hair came and set my world alight."

Isabelle had never heard her brother speak so..so...openly with anyone but herself.

"I didn't mean to burn your world." She sighed, going off his words.

Alec turned his eyes to her own. "You didn't, You've simply changed it. And I'm scared that I like the change." Piper wanted to say more but they arrived to the warehouse and the other three shadow hunters were already headed in.

As she followed Clary she held one of her swords. Valentines men ran at the group and Clary dashed up the stairs and started slashing at the man who went after the warlock girl.

She was around the age of 9 and Piper sensed the fear in her. "Don't worry, I'm here to help, we all are." The girl stood, wrapping her arms around Pipers waist from behind as Clary was disarmed Piper tossed the orange haired girl her own sword.

When the next circle member ran at Piper she hands up in defense, a dome of red surrounding the girl and herself as a sword killed the confused man.

When the fighting was done Clary held onto Pipers sword. The red head putting a arm around the small girl who refused to let go of her waist.

They found Magnus and he smiled. "How suiting, a shadowhunter protecting a warlock child." The girl hugged Magnus before running to the others.

"Its Nothing really, She was a little girl who needed a guardian." Piper smiled softly.

"Zoey Thanks you". He nodded and Alec stood behind me beside Izzy. "And most shadowhunters protect downworlders as a duty, you protect our of your heart."

"Can you thank us by getting my twin and I's memory back, and telling me what I am?" Piper wondered, Magnus looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.

"I can summon the demon who has your memories but I'm not sure you want to do that. Yours are extremely painful." He tucked some of her red hair behind her ear and she squinted at him, stepping back slightly. "As for your visions and connection I have some answers. Jocelyn came to me and asked for my protection over Clary."

"Me? Why not both of us?" Clary wondered, Piper felt hurt that her mother wouldn't want to protect her as well. Magnus sighed, offering the two girls drinks before sitting them down.

"It's because Joceleyn walked in with one daughter and out with two." Piper thought about her nightmare, how clary and her hadn't known eachother. "You stripped our memories away, and linked us together." Magnus nodded as Piper stood up, emptyness radiated through her. She didn't even know who she was anymore.

"I'm sorry, Biscuit. It wasn't like I wanted to give you up. when your biological parents died in the uprising I raised you until Jocelyn took you in as one of her own--"

"As a protecter!" Piper cut him off, stepping away from clary who tried to sooth her and the warlock. "I've just had my whole life flipped upside down I'm gonna need a minute."

"Take all the time you need, there's a spare room down the hall. Pretty boy, get everyone ready." He looked to Alec who shrugged. "Cheeto, come with me."

Walking down the hall I thought about all the time I could remember, how some things seemed off that I didn't notice. How most of my upbringing was a lie. the spare room was red and gold themed, photgraps pinned to the wall of a young piper and magnus. There were drawings and stuffed animals over the room and she couldn't help but realize it was her old room. She smiled at how nice everything was, how much care Magnus must of had for her. 

"Piper?" Magnus peeked into the room, smiling when he saw her admiring the picture of them. "That was our first christmas together, you refused to eat anything but cookies for a week." Piper chuckled, that sounded just like her.

"After this, promise to tell me everything." for some reason she trusted him, or something within her trusted him. He nodded, putting an arm around her before leading her back to the group.

Isabelle looked diffrent, like she was analyzing myself before we all walked into the room where the chalked pentagram stood on the floor.

"Each of you take a spot on your rightful place. One of you will have to sit this out." Jace stood back. "Don't let go of hands, no matter what happens."

Magnus took my hand and I felt a jolt, jumping slightly before offering my hand to Alec, who took his sisters, then Clary, then Magnus.

"The demons name is Valak and at some point he will request payment." He spoke in a language before a swirling cloud of black tunneled into the center of the star. "He wants the most precious memory of the person you love." Clary went first.

Clarys memory flashed, it was Mom looking at me while I danced in pointe shoes laughing loudly. The memory vanished and she jerked but Magnus and Izzy held onto her.

Izzy went, it was a memory of Alec grinning brightly at her. I had never seen him smiling like that before. It quickly vanished.

Alec's memory was Izzy and I on my second day at the institute. I skidded across the tile in my socks and slammed into Izzy knocking us both down at his feet.

My memory was of Clary and my mother on my seventh birthday, us sitting and eating waffles with strawberry's and whip cream.

"Piper the demon wants more memories from you." Magnus Shouted and another image appeared.

It was Me explaining teen wolf to Izzy who frequently pointed out the wrong things about it. The next was Alec teaching me how to adjust my stance. "No!" I Shouted struggling to go after he memory.

"Piper no-" Magnus Shouted But I yanked my hands back going after my memory.

I leapt into the darkness and felt he memory go back into my heart before it grabbed onto me. My face contorted as I forced every ounce of energy into my hands as I contained the demon with the help of Magnus. I lay on the floor, my hands creating a ruby red boundary that was slowly being torn through by the demon. A scream left my lips as I struggled to keep the demon off of me before it burst into orange sparks.

I felt so unbelievably tired that I couldn't move any muscles. Tears streamed from the corners of my eyes as Alec lowered his bow and Clary ran to my side with Izzy and Magnus.

"She fried her abilites, has no one been training her not to rely on magical strength?" He removed the red charm from her neck, the ruby stopped glowing and Piper began to breath calmly. "Everything has a cost, this one physical."

"I guess we've been so worried about everything else--" Clary was cut off by the warlock.

"Your all so worried about yourselves that you haven't worried about the most important warrior of the lot of you." Magnus glared. Alec stopped him, taking my body into his arms. As I slowly fell asleep.

"I've got you." He whispered, I could hear Magnus chewing out the other three as Alec carried my bridal style, my head lolling back as my eyes finally shut.

Darkness finally opened her sweet arms and enveloped me. It was soothing, calm even. I heard my name. Turning I found nothing, I heard it again. Soon my name echoed all around me and I clutched my head.