Disclaimer, I don't own anything but the plot (which is sad because how cool would it be to have invented Magnus Bane?)

This is set after both Clockwork Princess and CoHF

"-but Mr. Bane, sorry, Magnus, are you sure this will work? Portals are still new us all and this is the longest distance one has ever been used for." Charlotte Branwell, polite as ever, struggled to hide the doubt in her voice.

Really, Magnus didn't see what they were all so worried about. This was the fifth time he had made a portal and it had only failed once, even then only one person had almost died. He thought they were all being ever so slightly over dramatic though of course refrained from telling them so. He prided himself on being ever-professional.

"Well, you don't really have very many alternatives so I suggest you make your mind up as to whether or not this meeting really is worth the risk, a factor, which I might add, is not worth even thinking about. "

"I can't speak for the others but I value my life more that I do my attendance to an irrelevant Clave meeting." Cut in another voice from a figure neither Magnus (to his chagrin) nor Charlotte had realized had entered. "Although," he continued upon seeing Charlotte's expression of dismay, "I certainly am one to enjoy a risk so I suppose you can count me in."

"William Herondale, early, for once? I didn't think you'd be here until we were at least 10 minutes late."

"Thank you for the vote of confidence Magnus." The sarcasm was tangible. "I like to surprise people every once in a while, I can't doubt you'll understand that." Will had a fair point, the warlock had to hand it to him.

"Have you seen Tessa yet?" Charlotte asked, she began pacing about the large living room of the London Institute, which anyone could see was not a good sign. "It's 11.45 the meeting starts in 15 minutes."

"Calm down, once I create the portal you'll be in Idris in seconds. I'll wait 10 minutes for her to get here, if not you two will have to go without her."

"Ah, no, change of plan. Henry and I agree that it wouldn't be good for the baby if I... If anything, were to go wrong."

Henry had chosen to stay behind at the meeting to work on an invention he had almost perfected ('almost' being the key word in the equation, he had destroyed numerous random objects around the house and Charlotte taken to putting her valuables on shelves too high for her husband too reach in his wheelchair.)

"Alright, just Tess and me then." Will smiled, clearly happy to be having some somewhat alone time with her.

"Oh, and me," Magnus added, a slight detail he had accidentally on purpose forgotten to mention, knowing it would definitely dissuade his present company. "Well, that is, if you want to return to London I would bring me with you, there are no warlocks, besides Tessa who can't create portals yet, on good enough terms with Shadowhunters in Idris for the week so you'll need me to portal you back. Besides, I haven't been there in about 50 years I fancy a trip."

From then on he tuned himself out of what was being said. After 200 or so years he was able to perfect the art of not hearing, and he found it got him through quite a few awkward situations. He busied himself with preparing the portal, hoping Tessa would arrive soon enough of they really would be late.

It wasn't long before a rather flustered looking Tessa burst through the door. "Sorry I'm late, I completely forgot, I was halfway across the city. I still get lost here you know, I don't know if I'll ever be able to find my way about like New York."

New York, despite Magnus's love for the gas-lit streets and multiple types of tea that could only be found in England, he longed to be back in that city. He tried to keep his mind on Idris, he found that the most important thing about using portals was picturing the place you wanted to go so vividly it was like you were almost there. He closed his eyes, seeing the soaring towers and trying his hardest to conjure up the worn streets and multiple weapons stores that could be found practically everywhere.

But then again, he hadn't been there in 50 years. Were the demon towers colorless or slightly silver? Was the smell he could feel so strongly in his mind from Idris or another memory from New York? He knew these details were important, but the meeting was in 5 minutes and there really wasn't time for problems like this.

Finally finished with the preparation of the portal, a shining silvery blue circle appeared before them, it was a strange indescribable mix of smoke and a substance that appeared to be water but left you dry if you touched it.

"Ladies first?" He offered his ringed hand to the much younger warlock, which she promptly ignored and stepped into the swirling portal without his assistance. She was quickly followed by Will who didn't wait for an invitation but gave a cocky salute to Charlotte before running through.

"We should be back by Monday, I doubt the whole business will last more than a weekend," He said as a farewell and quickly entered the portal, making sure it closed behind him. This was only his second time traveling this way, but he didn't think he would ever be used to the dizzy feeling it caused.

But it was over in a second and before he knew it he was lying face down, slightly out of breath on a hard, unfamiliar material. He pushed himself onto his back, only for his head to be filled with an earsplitting noise that had him covering both ears.

"Hey, watch it!" He heard someone shout, as an unfamiliar and foul smelling shape swerved past him. Still shaken from the portal, he struggled to two feet and cast his eyes about for his two companions. They had landed a few meters from him, away from the danger of the fast shapes, both Will and Tessa were looking around puzzled and only now did Magnus take the time to actually get an idea of what this place, which definitely was not Alicante, was.

He saw a lot of people walking alongside the road, which is what the strip of land the fast shapes traveled on must have been, but the clothes the people wore were vastly different to kind he had grown accustomed to, most outfits were revealing enough to actually make him almost blush, young women with bare legs and, was he actually seeing this? A man without a shirt?

It was all a lot to take in, he figured he would probably be best off if he regrouped with Will and Tessa. As he made his way over to them Tessa shot him a questioning glance. As if he would have any idea what was going on?

"Well," Will said, once Magnus was with them, not bothering to conceal his obvious distaste for his surroundings, "I certainly don't think we are in Idris."

Sorry if it isn't great, I haven't written a fanfic in ages. Tell me what you guys think, I'll post the next chapter soon :)