Excitement made her muscles tighten, ready to pounce as she And Izzy split, Piper making her way to the balcony and peering down into the crowd. Piper tracked the black haired girl through the crowd, a arrow already knocked and ready.

When Izzy stopped to dance with a girl Piper drew back the arrow and Izzy farted to the side clearing a path for the archer. She pressed the fletching into her lip before releasing the string and watched the arrow turn the demon to sparks which faded into the ground.

A few more times this happened, one after another before Izzy was being drug outside, a demon using her as a shield.

"Damnit!" Piper put her bow onto her quiver and drew her two swords, quickly heading out back where a small group of demons stayed around her Parabatai.

"It's been awhile since I've had shadowhunter." The nearest demon cackled before Piper saw silver electrum slithering into a whip. "How do you feel about a little demon venom?" A horde of demons joined all knashing their teeth.

"Delicious. Don't tempt me." I shot back, before charging with my swords.

Izzy and Piper made it back into the institute, scratched up and a little sore but all in all okay. After running her stele over Isabelle's healing rune and Izzy doing the same to Piper their cuts healed up.

Piper headed to her room in the institute, changing into high waisted adidas leggings and a cropped sexy and soft blue T-shirt from American eagle. She removed her makeup and washed her face letting her freckles be visible before pulling her hair up with a scrunchi.

"Night Iz, I'm heading to the hideout." She called through the wall before heading to the hideout and sitting at the kitchen table. After taking down her hair and standing up to get a book the door opened and closed, Alec walking towards her.

"Is jace here?" He asked, not stopping.

"No he's staying at Magnus's why?" Piper asked before Alec scooped her into him kissing her with hunger and passion. She answered it with one of her own before pulling back slightly. "Alec, what are you doing?" She asked as he was walking towards the staircase, making her back up them with him.

"I'm taking the next step, is that okay?" He asked almost pulling back with nervousness.

"The sex step." Piper paused. "I'm just afraid I'll loose you..you know...after.." she admitted and he pulled her face up to his.

"You'll never loose me, why would you think that?" He pushed her up against the wall. "I want this, I want you."

The words were all she needed to hear before going back to their heated make out session. He ran his hands down to her but signaling her to jump up and he carried her into her room as she giggled.

Piper blinked open her eyes, it was 7:05 in the morning as she sat up in her bed, holding the covers around her. Alec slept beside her, arm folded behind his head and the other where Pipers head had been. She smiled, biting her lip. The memory of last night still giving her butterflies in her stomach.

Her phone buzzed again, realizing that's what had woken her up. Picking it up she read the text.

Come to institute, we need to talk.
-Iz

Still smiling she quietly got out of bed, her closet was empty so she pulled on her clothes from yesterday. Her curly hair looked messy from where she slept but she ran a hand through it to attempt to fix it before heading downstairs.

She strut to the door, a huge grin still plastered on her face as she opened the door between the hideaway and Magnus's place. Alec sat at the table drinking a smoothy and turned to her smirking at her appearance.

"Late night?" He asked and she twirled flipping her hair before strutting to the door.

"All night baby." Jace choked on his drink, laughing at her boosted confidence. "Multiple times." She then shut the door curtly skipping down the hallway and out the door into the streets of New York.

The sun seemed to smile down at her as she greeted people with bright hellos and goodmornigs. Deciding on hot chocolate she stopped at a street vendor.

"You got laid didn't you?" A woman asked her, fixing her brown hair.

"Is it that obvious?" Piper grinned taking her coco. "Werewolf?" She whispered and the girl nodded.

"Yeah, I'm Maia." She grinned.

"Piper, your simons friend aren't you. If your a friend of simons then your my friend too." She smiled walking with the girl in the same direction.

"Your Clary's Sister, simon tells stories about you two. You seem cool."

"Well so do you." I replied before our paths split and I walked into the institute.

"Izzy, I got your text." I showed her my phone as Clary walked up.

"Why are you smiling so much? Did someone spike your coco again?" Clary frowned at the girl who shrugged.

"I'm not smiling too much."

"Piper had sex last night, trust me I know." Izzy said and Pipers face looked nervous and shocked. "NO no not like that!" Izzy said horrified. "I can just feel it around you, your glowing."

Piper sighed in relief, before frowning. Was it people who got laid glowed or pregnant glow?? Piper liked kids but she wasn't ready for one of her own. Before she could ask Izzy put her hand up in a stopping motion.

"It's a 'I just got laid glow' " she clarified and Piper didn't drop her grin as Raj glared at her.

"Don't make that face at me." She narrowed her eyes as the man stood at the table beside her scowling. "Just because you can't get laid doesn't mean that I can't have the best sex of my life, multiple times in many different positions." She smirked, pleased with his furthered annoyance.

"Um...Piper." Clary's eyes were large as the red head turned to look at the horrified girls.

"What? What's wrong?" Piper touched her face, was there a hot chocolate mustache.

"Welcome home mom." Isabelle said and Piper turned to see Mayrse lightwood looking at her with furrowed brows.

"Heeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Mayrse." Piper sheepishly waved, as if on que the savior that was Max Lightwood walked into the room.

"Piper!" He grinned and she escaped the awkward moment to hug the younger boy.

"Madmax! How have you been? Stayed out of trouble I hope?" She first bumped the boy as his sister smiled to him joining the two as Alec walked into the institute grinning at his younger brother.

"Alec!" Max shouted running to hug him. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"I passed my last trial, I'm ready for my rune ceremony." Mac grinned, his mother with her hands on his shoulders while the lightwood siblings stood across from him grinning, Piper standing on the sidelines.

"Congratulations." Alec grinned and max pretended to take a fighting stance like Izzy.

"So you finally perfected your round house kick?" She asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, and I knocked out two instructors." He replied.

"Sadly your father won't be able to attend so Alec, as the oldest male in the family, you will be in charge of planning Max's ceremonial party." Mayrse said and Their faces fell.

"What'd o you mean he won't be able to come?" Alec frowned, Izzy's gaze settled on her mother.

"Your father is tied up back in Idris with the valentine task force, we've been on high alert after what that demon did to you...and Jocelyn." Her eyes turned to me and my smile vanished, my face looking to the ground.

"I was surprised to not see you at the rite of mourning." Izzy glared at the woman.

"Izzy-" Piper soothed but she continued.

"Dad called to see how we were doing." She stormed off, Mayrse going in the other direction and Max to walk with Alec and I.

"I thought I came here to get away from the fighting." Max sighed, rolling his eyes and Alec looked at his brother in confusion.

"Fighting." He repeated. "Mom and dad?"

"All the time." The youngest lightwood said, "dad doesn't like you having a 'unstable princess' as a girlfriend." My brows furrowed and my eyes turned to Max.

"What do you think?" I asked him and he shrugged.

"I think your pretty bad ass." I chuckled and Alec grinned.

"Max." He scolded but the younger boy and the pleased girl paid him no mind.

besides you were Piper the perfect before Piper the princess." My smile grew back and I squatted, kissing his cheek.

"I've got to go and train but your my favorite lightwood, Madmax." I ruffled his hair before walking off.

"Wait, actually can I talk to you?" Alec asked and I nodded as we walked through the hub. "How do you feel about planning a party?" He asked and I grinned clapping my hands together.

"Have you met me?" He tilted his head.

"Well it would be Max's party, but I completely understand if-" I silenced him putting a finger to his mouth, his soft lips curving into a smile and perfect white teeth sparkling.

"I love Max, of course I'll throw the party." I winked turning around, hair swirling like flames brushing the tops of my shoulders. "I'd do anything for the lightwoods."

When I got to Magnus's I saw Jace studying books like crazy about something the angel showed him and Clary. I lay sideways on the couch with my legs over his lap as I planned the party.

"Magnus, can I throw a party at your place? The hideaway is to small..it also is off record of shadowhunter business." I shrugged and he nodded.

"Of course biscuit, you are my favorite." He winked and I grinned.

"Thanks for letting me throw Max's shadowhunter party! It's Spanish themed!" I jumped up but tripped over a red haired cat and landing on my stomach. "Stupid cat."

"My car is not stupid, besides, this ones new." He snapped his fingers and four bowls of milk appeared for the four cats.

The party was in order, shadowhunters milled about. The music was infectious and many people partnered up to salsa across the floor. An ice sculpture of the angelic power rune on the table with the strong drinks. Magnus stood by my side like the supportive man he was and I looked at him nervously.

"I think it's okay, I mean I made the drinks strong because...I mean this could go two ways-taste this, is this good?" I asked shoving a small plate of food in his hands.

"I've had five." He walked away to chat with Jace and my eyes went wide.

"You didn't answer the question!" I shouted after him. "Is it good??" Alec walked up beside me and I turned to him.

His dark hair a combed out and neat, with a dark shirt and coat jacket over dark jeans. "I've never thrown a shadowhunter party before, what if-"

"Piper it's amazing." He smiled assuringly, cupping a hand to my face. "Max will love it." I let a small smile fall on my face before walking to the door.

"There's the man of the hour." I grinned as Max looked in wonder at the party.

"What a lovely place, quiet exotic." Mayrse looked around the room and I nodded.

"Max told me of his dream to visit Spain, so I decided to bring Spain to him." Her eyebrows lifted slightly looking to her youngest son then to Piper.

"A gift." She handed me a bow which I opened, a silver book mark inside glistening, to most it would seem quiet ordinary but knowing Mayrse this was a test.

I gently ran a finger over the thin metal. "Mom." Alec warned looking at the box in horror before I traced a rune with my stele over the ingraving to see the motto of the clave.

"Quiet ingenious, a device to sort out demon blood from angelic, it must have cost a fortune Mayrse." I picked up the bookmark that would no longer sap my energy, the engraved rune vanished into words. "I do love to read." I smiled before hearing a light chuckle much like my own. Turning a only saw people chatting about.

"Can I borrow Piper and Alec for a moment?" Magnus asked and I nodded following him away from the chat. Alec took my hand glancing back at his mother and I smirked.

"What's Up Magnus?" I asked before he crossed his arms.

"Wheres Clary and Simon?" He asked and I looked at Alec who shrugged.

"I'll go talk to Jace." Alec walked off and Piper took a sip from her drink feeling the brush of cold fingers trace across the back of her neck.

Wincing slightly she turned to see nobody beside her. She wasn't going crazy, it was just the strong drinks.

"Are you okay?" Magnus frowned at her and she forced a smile, nodding.

"Yeah, I'm just going to call Izzy." She pointed down the hall and she walked into her room at the place. Once inside the room she breathed deeply, that laugh, that feeling, it reminded her of her- "Xavier." She whispered turning to see her older brother, who was named after their father. His red hair lay in curls messily across his forehead, black runes creeping out of his black suit.

"Oh my dearest Diana Penelope, how long it's been since I've seen you." He chuckled, leaning against the wall letting his multicolored eyes like mine shine through the tendrils of red.

"Your dead." I muttered pacing the floor, running a hand down my face.

"And your alive, fancy that." He chuckled and I reached out to touch him, his hand sealing around my wrist tightly. "Curiosity did kill the cat hm?"

"Let your sister go Xavier." A warm voice spoke, icy undertone growing by the word like frost over a flower.

"Mom?" I spun around and she stood, black dress whispering around her fair legs, red hair pulled into a bun and dark eyes looking through the hair that framed her face.

"Diana, do you wish to know our biggest disappointment?" She rested her hands on Xavier's shoulders. "After creating your brother we sought out a daughter, naming you after the daughter of lighting and power you grew weak." She snarled turning around me.

"I'm not weak." I scowled, looking around but the woman had vanished leaving just my brother.

"Diana did you know that I would brush your hair for you? Because you wanted your long red hair to be straight." He pulled at my short hair. "And I would resent you for it." I stumbled as he pulled my hair before I pulled away and ran into the party, going to jaces side and sealing myself onto his arm, gripping it like it was a life raft.

"Piper?" He asked and I looked to him with wide eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Does this party seem a little...off to you?" I asked, I couldn't exactly say 'hey Jace, I'm seeing my death mother and brother! Enjoying your drink?'

"No, not really...why?" I composed myself.

"Just checking." I searched the room with my eyes finding no trace of red curly hair people.

"Come on, let's go talk to Max." Jace pulled me outside onto the balcony where Mayrse, Max, and Alec all sipped on drinks.

"Hey Max, I got you something." I grinned, reaching my hand through the wall and retrieving a narrow box and handing it to him.

"Thanks." He accepted it, glancing down to my shoulder. "I heard that the royal family are born with a rune, can I see it?" He asked and Alec put a hand on his shoulder.

"Max, you don't just ask to see the royal family rune." Alec scolded but the younger boy shrugged the hand away.

"It's fine, I would have done the same thing." I shrugged off the shoulder of my dress and unzipped he back a Little exposing my left shoulder blade. A rune on a crown the size of a dollar coin showed, small fingers touched my spine and I winced.

"Whats this?" Mac referred to the narrow purple-gold line down my spine like a lightning bolt.

"Max!" Jace snapped. "You can't just poke someone's scars..apologize."

I stood zipping my dress into place, and shook the hair from my eyes. Xavier smirked darkly, looking at me from the railing. "It's fine." I shook off letting them talk as a family I walked inside.

"Running now are we?" My mother whispered in my ear, walking on one side as Xavier took my other side.

"She won't get far." He chuckled and I raced for the door an arm caught me back.

"Let me go Xavier!" I spat before seeing it was Magnus.

"Biscuit what's wrong?.." he frowned at me calling him my dead brothers name.

"Magnus." My eyes darted searching out the red haired two, mother waving at me amused at my fear. "I can see my mother and brother." I whispered lowly.

"Piper...their dead." He soothed and I shook my head showing him the red mark from Xavier's vice grip on my wrist.

"Look. This doesn't say dead to me." I showed him and he frowned deeper. "Their right there." I pointed and he raised his eyebrows.

"Piper your hallucinating." He decided and I shook my head opening my mouth to say something.

"Magnus! Piper, Mayrse just tried to kill me." Jace panted, running a hand through his hair.

"What?" I frowned before seeing Izzy walking with Clary.

"Izzy." I ran over to the group and spoke with the two.

"I've got to go." Clary shook her head, glaring at me. "I can't believe you Piper, you have a boyfriend." She spat and I cocked my head at her.

"Yes, and you have blonde hair?" She stormed away setting her drink down and I turned to Izzy. "Whats with her?" The dark hair girl shrugged and I noticed the fading of her healing rune.

"It's nothing." She caught my gaze, "just twisted my ankle is all." She smiled but I could tell it was forced, she didn't want me to know something and she was trying awful hard to keep me from knowing it.

"Have you seen any people with hair like mine? Strangely pretty? Dark clothes?" I asked looking around but seeing nobody.

"No, only one red head and that's you." She replied and I turned to face her as she raised a glass to her lips.

Thinking about how everyone was going crazy at this party I looked to Clary's have drunken glass, remembered Jace carrying one and Alec and Max sipping one. "Izzy no!" I shouted swatting the drink from her lips watching it break on the floor.

"Piper, what the hell?" She gasped and I took her face analyzing her features with my eyes. "If your going to kiss me, you might want to loosen your grip." She spoke sarcastically and I let her go.

"Did you drink any?" She nodded her head and I groaned, taking the clip from my hair and running my hands through the red curls.

"We need to find the others-Magnus." I spotted the warlock following Jace and I grabbed Izzy's hand pulling her with me.

Inside the room Mayrse lay on the floor with Jace backed far away from her. "She tried to kill me!" Jace said and Izzy ran to her mothers side.

Then my eyes drew to Xavier holding a silver hair brush and twirling it into a gold dagger, my mother chuckling as he slowly walked towards me. "Magnus! Magnus they're here!" I said backing away.

"Who's here?" Izzy looked to me as her mother came to and Jace pointed to the bookshelf saying something about an axe.

"Diana." My mother spoke in a cruel sing-song voice. "Diana with her hair so bright."

"Dearest Diana, don't run away." Chuckled the red head boy as I pressed my back into the wall.

"No no no." I muttered jumping onto the bed and backing into the far corner. "Magnus!" I whimpered. "Their going to kill me!"

"Piper nobody's there." Izzy looked at me and I pointed to my mother and brother.

"We've all been played by a warlock." Magnus realized and I heard Clary shouting for Alec to 'get down' from outside.

"Alec." I muttered before dodging pat my family before running outside to see him fall backwards.