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"Well I don't know about you guys, but I'm having a ball."

"Shut up Lewis."

Alec groaned and rolled his eyes as he was dragged along by the demons that they had been captured by. Him, Jace, Simon, Clary and Izzy had been chained up whilst in Edom, trying to ambush one of the Prince's of Hell's castle.

Asmodeus. The most powerful princes of them all.

They had planned to break in, get some intel on whatever Asmodeus was planning (they had received information from helpful warlocks who had said that the ley lines weren't working properly due to demonic meddling from a greater demon) and get back to the Institute to plan a way forward.

But that clumsy vampire just had to tag along didn't he. He had been the one who had tripped and triggered a demon alarm. And now they all wore handcuffs and each of them were being escorted along by a demon in solid black armour with sharp spears.

"I'm just trying to lighten the mood." Simon sighed.

"Yeah, well lighten it a different way." Jace grumbled. "This is all your fault anyway."

"It is not Simon's fault!" Izzy yelled. "You just keep saying that because you don't like him!"

"You don't like me?" Simon asked.

"No, I'm saying it because he literally tripped over an alarm!" Jace said completely ignoring Simon. "It is his fault and you know it, you just won't say it because he's your boyfriend."

"Shut up Jace!" Izzy lunged forward to hit him but was sharply pulled back by the demon leading her. It lifted its staff and pointed it at her threateningly.

"Guys, can you just be quiet." Alec said. "If you shut up and do what the guards say, maybe Asmodeus will go easier on us."

The demons around them shook with noises that could only just be recognised as laughter.

"Alec is right. If we're going to get anything out of this mission we have to be as cooperative as possible." Clary whispered so the demons wouldn't hear.

"I don't see why we can't just break free." Simon said. "We're strong enough to break the chains."

"And then what? The demons will get more demons and we'll be over powered. If we try to break free now, we'll die." Alec said with finality. Everyone stayed quiet and peacefully followed each of their demons leading them.

"You really don't like me?" Simon asked again in Jace's direction. Everyone groaned apart from Izzy who stared at her boyfriend with a smile.

They eventually got to a large black building amidst the red, dusty terrain around them. It was just flat land as far as you could see and the building was the only thing standing higher than a few feet. However, just behind it you could see the outline of a castle of some kind. It must have been Asmodeus'.

This must just be a prison we'll stay in before we get to the real castle and see Asmodeus, Alec presumed as they were pushed through the doors.

The hall they entered was almost pitch black but they could just see each other from the red glow of outside. At the far end of the room, a pair of golden, slit pupil eyes were staring down on them. However they belonged to -you couldn't quite see their figure- was wearing a wide and bright enough grin that it could be seen, thought not as bright and obvious as his eyes.

"You highness." Each of the demons rumbled out in unison.

"That will be all my dears, I can handle it from here." The person in the distance said. Due to he voice they discovered it was a man. "Two of you stand by the doors if you will."

Just as the man had ordered, all but two of them slunk away into the dark.

"Now, now, now. What have you five been up?"

The man's voice was American, but there a a lilt to it, a slight accent that Alec couldn't quite place. His eyes blinked slowly and every time he did so the gold in his eyes would sparkle just that tiny bit more. They way his eyes narrowed while he spoke those words suggested his was smirking. None of them replied to his question.

"Ah, I see." The man laughed to himself quietly. "You shadowhunters never liked to talk much. But oh! One of you is not a shadowhunter!" His eyes widened. "You are a vampire, yes?"

Alec nudged Simon in the ribs.

"Uh, yes." His voice shook as he spoke. He was scared. They all were.

"How curious. Four shadowhunters willingly letting a downworlder travel along with them on a mission. Your little group must be revolutionary."

"It's because he's my boyfriend you ass." Izzy growled.

Alec turned sharply to glare at but she didn't spare him even a glance.

"Look at you, you're feisty!" The man laughed loudly. He started to advance towards them. "I must say, you lot are very different to other shadowhunters who had tried to enter this realm before."

"Who are you?" Jace shouted.

"Alright, calm down!" The man sniggered. "I might tell you if you were more polite."

"Is it polite for me to punch you in the face?" Jace asked.

"Well now I don't think I want to tell you." The man said.

"Hey! We're powerful enough to beat whoever you are down!" Izzy shook her hands violently, trying to break out of the chains. They turned out to be stronger than they looked.

"Four little, not even fully of age Nephilim and a fledgling against me? How precious, you're all just so adorable."

"Look, I don't have time for this." Alec said monotonously. "Who are you, and what do we have to do to get out of here." When the man said nothing, Alec reluctantly added, "Please."

"Hmm the beautiful one speaks." The man smiled. Alec blushed at his words. He wasn't used to compliments. "And lucky me, he voice is just as good as his looks. And since you asked so politely,"

The man stepped out of the shadows and revealed himself.

He had black hair that was spiked up and the tips were coloured dark red. He had a dark red shirt (with very few buttons done up) and a black blazer, paired with some very tight black jeans and dress shoes. His skin was a tanned brown colour and you could see he was powerful alone just with the view of his muscles showing from where the shirt was unbuttoned. His eyes were exactly like a cat's and his grin was like the Cheshire Cat's.

"I, am Magnus Bane." He took a bow.

No one said anything. They weren't quite sure what they were supposed to say.

"Magnus Bane?" The man said in disbelief. "None if you know who I am?"

"Sorry?" Clary said quietly.

"I'm one of the most powerful warlocks in the world? Son of Asmodeus himself? Seriously, you don't know who I am?!" He asked incredulously. "God, what do these Institutes even teach you anymore.

"Useful things." Jace grumbled. He yelped when Alec elbowed him harshly in the ribs.

"You said you'd tell us how to get out. I asked politely, so now it's your turn." Alec said firmly. "I mean it."

"Okay, calm down now Shadowhunter." Magnus laughed and smirked. "If you don't know my name you clearly don't know what I'm capable of." He stalked towards them slowly with a deadly grin.

All five of them tensed up as the Prince began to circle their little group.

"I can make you see your worst fears," Magnus wiggled his fingers in front of Jace's eyes which made him blink and shake his head. "I can make you become your worst fears." He reached Simon and snapped his fingers, his magic opening Simon's mouth and snapping out his fangs. Simon immediately shut his mouth and looked down at the floor. Magnus just chuckled. Izzy growled and brought herself to his attention.

"I can force you to watch terrible things happen to the ones you love." He pointed to Simon and then looked at Izzy with a Cheshire grin. Izzy seemed scared at that point. "I can make the ones you love turn against you, maybe in ways they have already done before." He finished then sentence with a finalising stare in Clary's direction, and then looking at Jace. Clary shivered and looked away. Magnus seemed rather pleased with the reaction he was getting.

Except for Alec.

He was still standing there with a icy gaze forward and wasn't letting anything that Magnus said get to him. He made sure to keep remembering that Magnus was just another demon who they could defeat and was all talk, no action.

"You." Magnus finally reached Alec. "You my dear, I fear will be difficult to get to."

"Try your worst prince." Alec said rolling his eyes.

Magnus made a surprised noise and smiled. He snapped his fingers again and two demon guards appeared.

"Take those four to one of our cells. Leave the gorgeous one with me." Magnus flicked his hands in Clary, Jace, Izzy and Simon's direction. Before any of them could protest, guards were already dragging them away and they were gone almost immediately.

"Now then." Magnus snapped his fingers and Alec felt all of his weapons disappear, along with his stele. He saw that Magnus was holding them behind his back with an amused grin. "I'm going to take your cuffs off, and you won't make a single move, otherwise I'll kill your little band of friends, one by one, and nice and slow for you to watch."

Alec sighed and nodded his head. His shackles clicked off and he rubbed his wrists; they were red and itchy from the metal rubbing against them.

"Can I at least have my stele back?" He asked with a fake smile.

"So you can activate your speed and strength tunes? I'm not stupid darling." The prince laughed. He dangled it in front of Alec's face, who rolled his eyes and looked away from him.

"What's your name, hm?"

"Alec Lightwood." He said reluctantly.

"Short for Alexander?" Magnus smiled as he walked towards Alec. "Gorgeous name."

Alec grunted and looked at the floor, determined not to look in Magnus' eyes. He could get that one thought out of his head.

'By the angel, that man is the most beautiful person I've ever seen.'

"I never told you what my magic could do to you, did I Alexander?" Magnus chuckled low and lifted up Alec's head by his chin. He leaned closer so their faces were only inches apart and they had no choice but to look into each other's eyes. He moved his head so that his lips brushed Alec's ear as he whispered, "I can be your best nightmare darling."

Alec shivered and willed himself to get his feelings under control. He couldn't feel like that for a demon, let alone the son of Asmodeus.

"How did you do that?" Alec whispered. "How did you know?"

"Please, I knew you were gay the moment you and your little posse walked in." Magnus waved his hand. "The dark haired girl and the fledgling were obviously an item, as was the ginger one and blondie over there. No girl in Idris could ever turn down your pretty face, so i could only assume that you were gay. And now I can see that my assumptions were correct." He sounded very pleased with himself.

Alec blushed and looked once again in Magnus' eyes. The golden colour of his cat eyes flashed and his heart skipped a beat. His breathing quickened and he felt sweaty suddenly.

"You're beautiful." Alec slapped his hand over his mouth and he shook his head. "No you're not- I mean yes you are but- no I shouldn't have said that- look you're just-"

Magnus raised his finger and put it on shadowhunter's lips. He shushed him and then trailed the finger down the rest of his face and his neck. Alec shivered again.

"St-op it." Alec struggles to get out.

"You have no idea how boring it gets down here." Magnus said with a suggestive smile. He placed both of his hands on Alec's shoulders and leaned forward towards his face. "And you are just perfect."

Before Alec could react to the statement, Magnus had pulled him in for a fast and heated kiss. He kept trying to remind himself that he was kissing a son of a demon, a prince of hell. But everything just became too much and he couldn't stop himself from kissing back. His hands made their own way to Magnus' face and held it softly, moving closer to him. Magnus made a pleased sound in the back of his throat and became eager. They were kissing uncontrollably, like there was nothing in the world that could stop them, it was just the two of them there, and they could kiss forever.

Alec had never experienced anything like kissing a boy. It was better than he could have ever imagined. He had been waiting all of his life for something like this and now that he had it he never wanted to lose it. His hands trailed further down and rested on Magnus' hips. Magnus jolted and Alec put his hands up and under his shirt, but he soon relaxed into the feeling of cold hands of his stomach, then moving to his back and shoulder blades.

"Ya Tuhan..." Magnus breathed out in a language that Alec didn't understand. "Orang yg buruk sekali Alec."

Alec, hearing Magnus talk in a tongue he didn't know, managed to suddenly clear his head of cloudy thoughts that were mainly just saying Magnus' name over and over again.

'By the angel I'm kissing a demon!'

He pulled away scrambled back to the wall. He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving.

"You're- you're a-" Alec struggles to get even a simple sentence out. "I can't be kissing you."

"But dear, you were amazing." Magnus was reacting to their kiss exactly the same way. "You have no idea. Was that your first kiss?"

Alec reluctantly nodded.

Magnus looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

"Angel, why did you have to create a being so perfectly pure and beautiful." He said.

Alec blushed and turned around. Magnus saw and his eyes softened. He felt the ice in him melt and he realised how fragile and near broken the young boy seemed.

"How about I cut you a deal hm?" Magnus clapped his hands twice and called for his demons to bring Izzy, Jace, Clary and Simon back from the dungeons. Once they were all back, Magnus sat back in his throne and tapped his chin in a contemplating manner.

"So what did you decide?" Alec said clearing his throat, trying to sound normal. Izzy gave him a confused stare.

"I will let you and your friends go without having to see Asmodeus. You can go back to whatever you shadowhunters do."

Clary's mouth hung open in disbelief and turned to Alec.

"What did you do to him, kiss the man?"

"WHAT, NO!" Alec shouted, a red flush going up from his neck to his cheeks. Izzy and Jace raised their eyebrows and shook their heads, turning back to Magnus.

"But, only if Alexander there accepts an invitation to dinner on Friday." Magnus smile sweetly and clasped his hands together like and excited teen.

"Alexander?" Simon questioned.

"Fine. I'll go to dinner with you." Alec accepted, ignoring Simon.

"Why does everyone just ignore me all the time?" Simon said sadly.

"Shut up Simon!" All four shadowhunters said, even Izzy.

"Marvellous! I will make sure to send you the details before then." Magnus said, not paying any notice to the shadowhunters' display. "You may leave now." He clapped his hands and the guards by the door moved away and it opened, giving them a way out.

All of them ran, apart from Alec who shouted at them to wait for him outside. Once they were gone he walked to Magnus and leaned forward to kiss him on the cheek.

"Don't make me regret accepting a dinner date with the son of a demon prince." He said with a slight smirk.

"I promise." Magnus said in a slight state of shock.

Alec winked, grabbed his stele from Magnus' now open hand and ran out.

Magnus back up to his throne and fell back onto it.

"Did I just plan a date with an undeniably gorgeous shadowhunter?" He breathed out.

He thought about how lonely he'd been his whole life and, despite knowing he'd probably have to suffer his father's wrath at some point, he filled with excitement and clenched his fists, squealing quietly with a smile on his face.