Have you ever wondered how Jace and Alec became parabatai? We know how Will and Jem did, even how Emma and Julian. Personally, I would have liked seeing a little more of Jace and Alec's parabatai relationship. This is just a one-shot of how they could have become parabatai. Jace is twelve in this and Alec is thirteen.

This is a short seventeen sentence tribute that marks the seventeen anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. There are spoilers in the story. Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Harry Potter.

My whole life I've been a charity case. Not anymore. All these people, they fought for me. Now I fight for them. 'Happy endings? Those only happen in fairytales. This isn't a fairytale.'