Wicked Enchantment (TSC crossover)

Complicated

Will heard the institute door being pounded on, then he heard muffled and overjoyed greetings, these must be the new york shadowhunters that the consul had talked about with magnus, he had heard them talking after he had changed, tessa had still been in another room with the dark haired man and he didnt know what had happened to theri daughter or the herondale boy, and so now he simply looked at the spines of the books, the library was still similar to how it was, though new furniture took the place of the peices from the victorian era, the titles of many books had puzzled him, one about 'the clockwork war' another called 'Spells and curses for nephilim' and yet others referring to 'the dark war' 'the blitz' and even the 28th volume of the shadowhunters codex, the one he had was only the 7th. He couldnt get over how colorful the spines were and how bright the paint on the walls was, it all seemed to just be so much color. Not to mention the clothing he was given, at first he had thought it a mistake, that he was not given all of his clothing, which consisted of thin pants made of a thicker blue material, a streatchy itemp of clothing that was similar to pants, however was far too short, and a top that cut off the sleeves just beow the shoulder, he couldnt help but feel exposed. Then he had remembered what tessa had been wearing how the trousers were fo the same material as the ones ha had been given but lighter, even if he ignored the fact that she wasnt wearing a dress, the tighter pants clung to each curve in her legs which accounted for much of her height, he hadnt realized that before, nor had he been able to see the bend in her waist or the flaying of her hips, or the curve of her breasts. He remembered when she had worn mens clothing in order to fool Nate Gray, but even them the clothing didnt show his this much of her. And she seemed so comfortable in it, as if it meant nothing. then will thought of the way she had looked at the dark haired man, and he at her, and the jealousy that had shot through him, the thought made new wave of the bitter feeling go through him again. He wasnt necessarily jealous of Jem though, never, he was happy for him, but his feeling surrounding jem and tessa were muddled, of course he was happy for them, of course he loved jem more than he loved himself, he did tessa as well, and it was the twisting complexities that made the whole situation that much worse for him, that and the fact that Jem, was dying. Just then he was snapped out of his reverie by a hand on his shoulder, he didnt need to turn to know if was jem
"James" He said
"william" Jem replied mimmicking his tone, will's face cracked, the shadowy thoughts from a moment ago forgotten
"Magnus said to find you and bring you to the dining room with myself" Jem continued "something about informing someone something about new york and the clave and then he started muttering about somebody names caterina"

"Another lover you reckon?" will said sarcastically as he stood up, the both knew where they were going
"Oh, hush, he's married now. honestly, she seems happy" Jem said
"Yes, do you not find it odd though? Magnus bane- married to a shadowhunter, nonetheless a Man" Will said ironically jem rolled his eyes
"Youre one to talk william. Hows six fingered nigel?" Jem retorted, they both chuckled as they headed towards the dining room, and they pushed the door open they caught the edge of a conversation about soembody called cordelia, the conversation halted and eyebrows rose, all of the attention on will
"I know Im handsome, but its considered rude to stare" he said, his welsch accent curling his words, he saw tessa almost smile, her hand was clasped in what was his name? Zachairaiahs
"He's the herondale right" A readheadded young woman said, she was small and had a dusting of freckles on her face beneath her green eyes. She had a wry smile on her face, she looked just like charlotte, the stubborn set to her face and all, but the blonde haired man next to her stiffened, will looked at her with mild suspicion
"So" Magnus said as silence fell over the group "Will jem, why dont you sit down, we'll get you introduced"
"Wait hold on a second, Im confused again" Another guy said, he had glasses and the edge of a parabatai rune was visible beneath the cotton shirt he wore on it were the words 'Legends never die' and beneath it was a triangle, a circle, an x and a square "I though Jem was" He sarted to continue but magnus cut him off
"Sylvester, shush for a moment" He said urgently but not unkindly Tessa and Zachariah appeared confused but the dark haired girl next to him and the redhead just looked annoyed
"Oh right the timeline" Simon said in realization, clary looked at him curiously "Like in Back to the future" He clarified
"Wait are they related too or something? YOu never told us about that magnus" Clary aasked puzzling out the details
"Listen people, I cant send them back yet. But when we do, they cant know about the future. Trust me when I say one wrong detail or look could end the world" At this jem and will appeared suprised
"You hear that Jem, it sounds like were important" Will said sardonically before pulling out a chair and sitting down calmly
"How do you know you havent already changed something?" Jem said
"Because if we had, at least 4 of them wouldnt exist" At this, the New Yorkers eyebrows rose
"Who?" Alec asked magnus now appeared exasperated
"Clary Jace, Julian, possibly emma and possibly ALec and isabelle" magnus said quickly "But thats not the point because then theres the clockwork war, the princes of hell, lilith the first time yada yada" At this both Zachariah and tessa froze
"Princes of hell?" the COnsul asked while the blonde boy asked "Lilith- the first time?"
"Omigod, not the time people, ill tell you about cordelia and James and Matthew and Lucie later" magnus now just sounded like he was trying to get something out but they all kept prhibiting them
"James?" Will asked and tessa stiffened
"Magnus" tessa warned as if they were approaching a subject she didnt want to discuss, he gave her a knowing look while zachariah squeezed her hand reassuringly as magnus continued
"Look, we know youre from 1878, but hwen precisely? Is anybody engaged, what about Mortamin" At this tessa paled and Zachariahs face hardened
"Mortmain is still a threat, and Tessa is to be my wife" Jem replied softly tessa closed her eyes here and the dark haired man looked down, everybody at the table seemed to know things that will and jem didnt, just then another blonde boy took a seat at the table not interrupting anything, he leaned over to Zachariah
"What's I miss?" He asked
"Nothing important" Zachariah replied solemnly
"What about the lightwoods?" Magnus inquired, and will laughed at this both zachariah and tessa smiled
"Lightworm is no longer a threat. Aside from that bastard Gabriel, gosh cecily we must..." WIll started mock-seriously both Alec and isabelle looked taken aback while magnus' mouth turned up at the corner
"Im sorry- did you say LightWORM" THe golden eyed boy asked, mischeif in his eyes
"Oh, yes, it is a wonderful story you see-"
"And you will tell it year after year at christmas to your children, neices, nephews and grandchildren- literally" Tessa replied rolling his eyes
"No wonder gabriel was always so put out at christmas time" Magnus replied wryly
"Well that and because he owed will twenty pounds" Zachariah replied
"I think that was made up for in stolen Carraiges" Tessa chuckled at her own joke about will who now looked utterly confused
"What in the angels name are you speaking of" will said indignantly, glaring at zachariah, tessa and zachariah froze as if suddenly realizing will was there, sometimes speaking of will was humourous and fun like recalling the happiest times of their lives, but sometimes kit did everything he could to avoid the subject of will as it also seemed to devestate his parents, as some things even time could not heal.
"Doesn't matter, lucie's retelling in her novel was much better anyway" Magnus said with finality "Anyway, how long ago was the battle with Benedict lighwood?" Mangus inquired
"About a frotnight ago" Jem replied, his silver eyebrows furrowed in puzzlement
"So it happens soon" Zachariah murmured, looking at will, who looked back in confusion
"Alright. Well this just got alot more complicated," Magnus said, Zachariah and tessa looked as if they agreed
"Oh will" Zachariah said with pity, will couldnt understand wy. But tessa and magnus knew it was because of the way will looked tired dark circles around his eyes, cheeks almost sunken in, and he looked at jem with love and admiration but also with a jealousy that was twisted in the complexities of relations between the three of them
"He looks more like J... him than I remembered" Tessa murmured wistfully, both greif and joy in her voice before looking back down and her place mat, her eyes were puffy but she held back her tears, raising her head and straightening her spine, like she had been doing it all her life
"Ok, well we should introduce the people here, as its seems more important now" Magnus said "You two first" He gestured to Emma and julian who looks suprised
"Im Julian Backthorn and Im from LA- thats pretty much all you need to know" he said gaurdedly. Since his parabatai bond had broken and his sister, helen came back, he seemed infinitely lighter, but years of lies and mistrust still added to the natural suspision of nephilim. He then turned to the blonde next to him, unlike him, she had deep brown eyes
"Im Emma Carstairs- Nice to meet you" She said calmly, both jem and will appeared suprised at this statement
"Clary farchild" Clary chimed in "New york"
"makes sense" Will said wryly at this, he small stature and stobborn jaw and hair like henry's, around the table most looked confused but tessa smiled
"Right?" She asked in agreement
"Huh?" clary asked
"Nothing" Jem replied kindly, clary was touched by his kindness, but still wanted to know, she decided to ask later though
"Jace herondal" The golden eyed boy chimed in "Yepd, im from your line" He said, pointing at will arrogantly, will looked stunend and then confused, then seemed to resign himself to it, a lingering sad, confused look was visible on his face though
"The other one- the one that lives with tessa though, hes a herondale too" WIll now sounded confused
"Your uncle- tobias herondale, famously was sentanced to death, which was truly unfair but that is a story for another day, anyway, as you know that sentance was carried out on his wife and unborn child, however the child lived, and that is the line kit is from" Tessa explained, will appeared as if he was trying to puzzle the situation out, then seemed to have given up
"I don tunderstand" will said half to himself
"Well My mother was-" kit started timidly, will put a hand up
"No I understand you" He siad, still appearing as if he wanted to be left alone, he then shook his head and turned back to the table, his bored prince look returning to his face, only to be met with a variety of eyes looking at him in sympathy, now he looked even more puzzled as he first saw green blue eyes and brown eyes that had known what it was like to be in love with soembody who could never lov eyou back, he saw emrald green and bright gold eyes that seemed to understand what it was like to think that loving the one you did was wrong on every level, he saw dark and lighter brown eyes that seemed to sympathize with betraying or being betrayed by someone you love, and then he met with Tessa's eyes that he theorized could see right through him, oddly he got the same feeling from Zachiariah, and the gaze felt painfully familiar, when he saw bright blue ones that had now lost their suspision the next pair of eyes on him were catlike ones that seemed to rememebr the pain of losing lvoe ten times over and the last pair was another set of bright blue eyes that knew what unrequited love felt like the younger herondale boy. How strange it was to think that his line continued, that he would ever love someone other than tessa. Will sighed shaking his head again
"ANyway... whos next?" He said lightening the mood and after a beat, somebody broke the silence
"Im Simon Lovelace" at this wills arm dropped flat on the table, simon appeared suprised by the reaction as jem's eyebrows rose as well
"What?" Will asked, zachariah smiled and will turned his gaze on Zachariah
"Sorry you mystery man that seems to be keeping everything a secret, I dont know what or who you are, I dont know your love story, but I dont like you and, I am just suprised that the girl in love with Tessa's psychotic brother ended up producing a line, maybe with him who knows what that monster did to Jessi, she horrible, but she was also just an innocent girl at one point! I have watched tessa hurt too many times by people like her and even more by kiniving people like Nate Gray. I cant stand to see her hurt by you either" Will raged, his face red, his voice loud, the room was quiet enough that you could hear a pin drop at that point zachariah remained still until with shadowhunter prescision and speed he rose, leaning towards will, he slammed his hand on the table
"YOu have no right to talk like that to anybody will- you arrogant boy. Im the one keeping secrets. Me! YOu lied to everybody in your life for 6 years and only let your parabatai in because he was dying, you pretended to be a drunk idiot, you hurt and took advantage of tessa over and over again even if it was to protect her. YOu pushed away everybody for so long, Charlotte and Henry and Even jem, you couldnt even tell him the goddamn truth? For 6 years, the six years he shouldnt have even had because he was dying, you never told him you were in love with her, you never told him anything! Dont you dare treat ME like a monster, or a liar" Zachariah said, his eyes burning. this was more shocking than the appearance of will himself, as jem was consistantly kind and softspoken, Magnus hadnt even heard Jem talk like this to mortmain. The entire room was shocked, everybody knew him, everybody had spoken to him, knowing his kind demeanor even in the face of events that could shatter the world. Immediately after he was done, will noticed Zachariah was crying, the rage fell from his eyes immediately and the guilt in his face told him everything, zachariah looked stunned at his own action before tessa rose up in front of everybody as did Jem, the two made eye contact at first as if trying to convice the other that this wasnt normal for them, that really they were wonderful people, but tessa already knew that. The two looked like they both wanted to scold and defend the person they were next to, but then five heads jerked up in alarm, will, julian, jace, kit and Zachairah all looked inexplicably panicked, but all were gazing at the same thing- or lack thereof