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Shadowhunters Short Story #57 Teenage Mina Carstairs accidentally time travels.

It is a blazing hot summer’s day in June of 2030 and 17 year old Mina Carstairs has just finished a magic lesson with her mother. Mina’s powers have yet to fully come into fruition, she has accidentally used her powers once or twice, but it’s not precisely clear just what powers she has. When she was a toddler, Mina had once used her powers to replace her healthy dinner with a plate of chocolate coated pancakes, at 3 she had accidentally used her powers on the family cat Church, and turned his fur bright yellow, her favorite color. Since her older siblings’ powers came to light when they were around Mina’s age, her mother and her Aunt Cat, Uncle Magnus and Uncle Ragnor, had started teaching Mina about her magic and her powers when she turned 12. Her brother James’ powers came to light at 13, her brother Kit was 15 when he discovered his powers, and her sister Lucie was 16 when she discovered hers. Mina’s younger siblings, twins Jade and Charlotte, and her baby brother Will, have shown no signs of any of their powers yet, so for now Tessa is focusing on teaching Mina.

Usually after her lessons Mina feels very tired and needs to rest for an hour or two. Right now she is lying on her back on her bed, trying to practice a simple spell her mother had just gone over with her, but she’s finding it very difficult and is growing quiet frustrated, she wishes she could be as natural at as her Uncle Magnus, who uses his magic for anything and everything.

Mina looks over to her bedside table, where there are a few framed pictures of her family, as well as some books and other things. The picture closest to her is a picture of her sister Lucie, smiling and clutching a book to her chest. Tessa had used her powers to colorize the photos some time ago, so it looks like the picture was taken only a few days ago, not centuries ago.

“I wish you were here Lucie.” Mina quietly says, reaching out to touch the picture with one hand. “I wish you could sit with me and talk about my powers and how I can’t seem to use them properly, I wish you could give me advice. I hate that I’m never going to meet you or Jamie, or any of our Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.” Tears well up in Mina’s eyes as she thinks about all the family she has and will never get to meet. She wants nothing more than to know her other siblings and to meet her Aunts, Uncles and Cousins she’s heard so much about.

As the sadness, anger and frustration builds and builds inside Mina and threatens to bubble over, a sudden burst of light shoots through the room and Mina feels the bed fall out from under her.

The next thing she knows, she’s sprawled on the hard wooden floor of an unfamiliar sitting room. The curtains are open, but Mina doesn’t recognize anything outside the windows. There is a great big fireplace at the far end of the room. She notices there are no Tvs, no laptops, no technology at all, and there is a mural of Raziel raising from Lake Lyn with The Mortal Instruments, on the far wall. She must be in an Institute somewhere.

Mina groans and rolls from her stomach onto her side, hissing at the pain in her side.

“Shit.” Mina quietly says, when she sees she has landed on her phone, and cut her arm pretty badly.

“Who are you?!” Mina suddenly hears an unfamiliar voice with an English accent ask. Her heart almost stops when she turns around and sees a tall girl with short chestnut brown hair standing a few feet away from her, dressed in a yellow Victorian era dress.

“Lucie.” Mina breathes in shock and disbelief.

“How do you know my name?!” Lucie asks in a sharp tone, eyeing the poker by the fireplace, in case she needs a weapon.

“I-I, it’s a long story.” Mina weakly says. “I’ll tell it to you, but can you help me first? I think I cracked a rib when I landed.” Lucie’s eyes narrow but she takes a step forward.

“Landed? Did you come through a portal?” She asks.

“I-I’m not sure, I-I seem to have gone back in time.” Mina timidly says, knowing her sister isn’t going to believe her.

“What’s your name?” Lucie asks, her tone growing gentle.

“W-Wilhelmina, Wilhelmina Yiqiang Ke Carstairs, but you can call me Mina.” Mina says in a breathless tone.

“Carstairs? Are you related to Cordy and Alistair?” Lucie asks in a suspicious tone.

“Yes, my dad is their cousin, Jem Carstairs, and my mum is Tessa Herondale-Carstairs.” Mina quietly says. Lucie’s blue eyes widen and she shakes her head slightly.

“That is impossible, Uncle Jem is a Silent Brother, he never had children before he became a Silent Brother, he and mama wanted to have children but he had to become a Silent Brother before they could even marry.”

“I know, I know your dad and my dad and our mum were all in love but my dad had to become a Silent Brother to save his life, so Uncle Will and mum got married and had you and Jamie.” Lucie shakes her head again, in disbelief.

“How do you know all this?! Who are you?!” She demands.

“I’m your sister, I know it sounds impossible and crazy, but I can prove it. Mama always wears a jade pendant that dad gave her when they got engaged, right?” Mina says, Lucie nods wordlessly. Mina’s fingers go to her throat and she pulls on a chain and lifts out the exact pendant that her father gave her mother. Tessa had lent to Mina yesterday when she had a date with a girl she met in LA. Mina had forgotten to give IT back this morning, which she is now very thankful for. “My little sister is called Jade, because of this and the one Uncle Will gave to dad, my grandpa gave this to my grandma when they got engaged, then dad gave it to mum, you’re going to wear it on your wedding day, my brother Kit wore it when he got married, it’s a tradition now. I’m named after Uncle Will, my other sister is named after Aunty Charlotte and my little brother is named after Uncle Will too.”

“I suppose that would explain why you’re dressed like that.” Lucie mumbles to herself. She has never seen anyone dressed like the girl in front of her, she’s practically in just her underwear, wearing what look like short white bloomers and a white top with pink writing that reads ‘Angry feminist’ with a design of flowers underneath it.

“So you believe me?” Mina asks hopefully, letting the remark on her style go.

“How else would you have gotten that pendant? I saw mama two minutes ago and she was wearing it so it’s not like you could have stolen it. But how did you get here?” Lucie curiously asks.

“I’ll explain if you help me up and patch me up.” Mina says, holding up her arm so Lucie can see the gash running from her wrist to her elbow.

“I don’t suppose you can turn into a shadow like Jamie, can you?” Lucie hopefully asks, wondering how she is going to get Wilhelmina up to the infirmary without anyone noticing.

“No, why?” Mina asks, as Lucie hauls to her feet.

“It would have been easier to get you upstairs if you could but nevertheless we will work something out.” She says.

“Maybe you could summon my dad? He’s a really good healer and he’s really good at keeping secrets and not overreacting.” Mina says.

“It is so strange to hear Uncle Jem referred to as ‘dad’, I do not think we can risk it however, papa is always coming up with silly excuses to summon The Silent Brothers in an attempt to see Uncle Jem, sometimes they’ll send Brother Enoch instead to make papa stop, if they do that this time and know who you are and where you’ve come from, they might not let you go.” Lucie says in a tone full of worry. It has just begun to sink in that this girl in front of her, is her baby sister. She can see the resemblance to Uncle Jem now, and mama, and even herself and Jamie. The thought of anything happening to her sister is too much for Lucie to bare, much as she wants to get to know her and have her around, she needs to get her sister back to her own time.

“We could use the back passages, the servants passages.” Mina suggests, thinking of the training Kit gave her, on how to get around unnoticed.

“I suppose that could work, we could at least try it.” Lucie admits.

Ten minutes later both girls have successfully gotten upstairs unseen, though Lucie decided to take Mina to her room instead of the infirmary, where anyone could walk in at anytime.

“How did you get here Wilhelmina?” Lucie asks, picking up her stele and indicating for Mina to lift her top so she can heal her ribs.

“Call me Mina, and I’m not entirely sure, one minute I was practicing my magic, then I was thinking about you and next thing I knew I was here.” Mina explains with a shrug.

“You were thinking about me?” Lucie softly asks.

“Yeah, I really wanted to meet you, I’ve heard so much about you, my amazing big sister, you’re my idol.” Mina quietly says.

“I always wanted a baby sister.” Lucie quietly says, brushing Mina’s hair back.

“Luc I_” They are interrupted by the door opening and Jamie walking in. Before he can fully register what’s going on though, Lucie flings a pillow at him.

“Jamie! What did I say about coming into my room without knocking?!” Lucie asks in a stern tone, as her brother stumbles back when the pillow hits him.

“You said I can come in whenever I want and I don’t have to knock, you said me, Matt, Chris, Tom and Daisy can come in whenever we want.” James defends himself. Then, before Lucie can reply, James spots Mina and raises an eyebrow at his sister in confusion. “Do I want to know?” He asks, wondering why his sister has a very under dressed girl with a bloody arm in her room.

“Do you promise not to tell mama or papa or anyone else?” Lucie asks, remembering all the times her brother had snitched on her as a child.

“That depends, if this young lady is a uh... ‘friend’ then I will not say anything.” James awkwardly says, not sure how to ask if the dark-haired girl is his someone his sister is courting.

“I’m not Sebastian Morgenstern.” Mina jokes, earning her an odd look from her brother and sister.

“Who?”Lucie asks. Mina waves her hand dismissively.

“Never mind you won’t get it, he’s someone from my time, well a few years before I was born and he wasn’t a very nice person.” Mina explains.

“Tell him who you are.” Lucie encourages Mina.

“Um I’m Mina, Mina Carstairs, I’m your sister. I inherited some weird powers from our mum and I don’t know how to use them yet and today they ended up sending me back in time, look I can prove it.” Mina pulls the jade pendant out again and holds it up for her brother to see.

“But... but I-I just saw mama wearing that.” Jamie stammers in confusion.

“Exactly, so I can’t have stolen it. Mum let me wear it on my date last night and I forgot to give it back to her this morning, before I could remember to I somehow got sent back in time.” Mina says.

“Jamie, Uncle Jem is her father, can you not see how much she looks like Uncle Jem?” Lucie asks,trying not to stare at her little sister, but unable to help how fascinated she is with how alike she looks to Uncle Jem.

“But how is it possible? How did you travel back in time?” Jamie asks in a confused tone. Mina shrugs helplessly and says

“I wish I knew, I have no idea how I’m going to get home either.”

“Luc we have to summon Uncle Jem, he’ll know what to do.” James says, shutting the door behind him and setting his book down on his sister’s nightstand.

“No! They might send Brother Enoch and he won’t be as understanding and he might hurt Mina, we only have a few hours together and I am not going to let anything happen to her, this is the only chance I get to be her big sister and I’m going to use it to protect her with my life.” Lucie firmly says, taking Mina’s hand in hers and squeezing it lightly. Despite having only known her for a half an hour, Lucie already adores her sister beyond words and has a strong, fierce urge to protect her and make her happy.

“What can we do then?” James asks, sitting down next to his sisters. Lucie’s eyes light up and she exclaims

“I know! We could ask papa’s Warlock friend, Magnus Bane, for help! Papa, mama and Uncle Henry have always said he’s extremely trustworthy and in the short time we’ve known him he’s been so good to us, he tried to send us gifts when we were little but The Morgensterns never passed them along, he’ll help us, I’m sure of it.”

“Yes! That’s a brilliant idea! Magnus is my godfather, he’s been helping me with my magic too, he’s my favorite Uncle, he will helps us, he’s always helped me before, and I’m best friends with his kids.” Mina says in a bright tone.

“I thought Warlocks could not have children?” James asks, as Lucie gets up and starts rummaging in her wardrobe.

“Except for mama. Uncle Magnus’ kids are adopted, in my time he’s married with 4 kids.” Mina says, turning to face her brother.

“Is mama happy in your time?” James quietly asks, thinking of the few times he’s heard his mother talking to his father, about how she will cope when all her family passes on and she never even gets older.

“Very, she and dad just celebrated their 22nd Wedding Anniversary, they have 5 kids together, me, twins Lottie and Jade, my older brother Kit and my little brother Will.” Mina says. James smiles softly and quietly says

“Good, I hate the idea of mama not being happy.” Just then Lucie turns back around holding a light blue evening gown.

“Will this fit you Mina?” She asks, holding the gown up for her sister to see.

“I think so, I’m not wearing a corset though.” Mina says, taking the dress from Lucie and examining it.

“Oh goodness no I wouldn’t let you, there’s no need for one, Jamie can give you a suit either if you prefer that to the dress, our cousin Anna prefers men’s clothes.” Lucie offers, wanting to make her sister as comfortable and happy as possible.

“I would look amazing in a suit but I’d rather blend in while I’m here, the dress is fine.” Mina says. “Is there somewhere I can try it on?” Lucie points to a changing screen beside the wardrobe and says

“Just go behind there, and hide your clothes, if Bridget comes in she might find them.”

Once Mina has changed into the gown, Lucie finds shoes for her and tackles her hair. Mina’s style is unsurprisingly unusual for Edwardian times, it’s cut so that it just brushes her chin and is layered, thick and curly, making it difficult to get it into an up do, but Lucie manages to make a few braids so that is not just hanging around Mina’s face.

Twenty minutes later, after sneaking out of The Institute, the three siblings are standing in front of Magnus Bane’s London Town House, waiting for him to answer the door. Lucie was the one to knock, and James is standing behind her, concealing Mina, just in case, his protective older brother instincts have already kicked in.

When Magnus opens the door and sees Lucie and James standing there, he smiles broadly at them, and opens the door further for them.

“Well if it isn’t little Lucie and Jamie Herondale, my favorite Shadowhunters, to what do I owe this pleasure?” He asks.

“We need your help.” Lucie states matter of factly.

“Of course you do, come in then. Don’t tell me, you think you’ve been cursed by a demon and you want me to find that demon and have them take the curse off you?” Magnus asks, turning and walking back into the house, with the Herondale children behind him.

“No, though if you are offering to summon a demon I won’t decline meeting my grandfather.” Lucie says in a light tone.

“Lucie Ella!” James exclaims in a stern, bossy tone.

“James William.” Lucie mocks her older brother, turning to stick her tongue out at him.

“Now now children no need to fight, what can I help you with?” Magnus asks. That’s when Mina steps out from behind James’ back, trying to hold herself back from throwing herself into her Uncles’ arms.

“That would be me.” Mina says, smiling at him.

“And who are you when you’re at home?” Magnus asks, looking at her with a mix of confusion and interest.

“Wilhelmina.”

“Wilhelmina who?” Magnus raises an eyebrow at her.

“Carstairs. It’s a long story Uncle Magnus, essentially I’m Jem Carstairs and Tessa Gray’s daughter, I was born in 2013, my dad was cured from his Yin Fen Addiction and from being a Silent Brother five years before I was born, when he attempted to heal Uncle Will’s descendant who was infused with Heavenly Fire, The Heavenly Fire burned my dad, curing his Yin Fen addiction and making him human again. I have powers I’m not fully able to control yet and somehow today, they sent me back in time from 2030 and I have no idea how and I have no idea how to get home.” Mina rattles off her story for what feels like the millionth time.

“I see, now that you mention it I do see your resemblance to Tessa, you have her chin.” Magnus says, looking the girl in front of him up and down.

“Can you help us?” Lucie hopefully asks.

“Of course I can, it might take a while to figure out exactly how to help you but not too long.” Magnus replies confidently.

While Magnus pours through books to find a way to help Mina, the three siblings sit on a sofa in front of the fireplace, quietly talking among themselves.

“I can’t believe I finally get to meet you, mum and dad have told me stories about you my whole life, we have pictures of you and all our Aunts and Uncles and cousins all over the house, all my life I’ve wanted to meet you.” Mina quietly says, holding tightly onto Lucie and James’ hands. Mina adores Kit, he is a wonderful older brother and has always been there for her, he’s one of her best friends and she can’t imagine her life without him, but she also has always wished she could have Jamie and Lucie around too, she always wanted a big sister, even though Kit does everything a sister does too, he’s often braided Mina’s hair, helped her with her makeup, took her shopping for new clothes, helped her get ready for her first date and he helped her last year when she came out as pansexual. She also gets a lot of help from her cousin Emma (who is more like an Aunt to her) Ty’s sisters Dru and Helen, as well as Emma’s best friend Cristina Rosales-Blackthorn. Even though she has all the love and support she could hope for, she can’t help but wish for her big sister and her other big brother.

“I cannot believe it either, like I said I always wanted a little sister, Aunt Charlotte just had a little girl a few weeks ago and she is the most darling little thing, I use to pester mama and papa for a sister when I was little, and now I know I have you.” Lucie softly says, squeezing her sister’s hand. She wishes more than anything that Mina could stay and they could get to know each other, Lucie so wants to help her get ready for dances and balls and train with her and go out on missions with her.

“I wanted another sibling too, I heard mama and papa talking about it after Aunt Cecily had Alexander, maybe they will have another baby.” James says in a hopeful tone. He loves helping out with his new little cousin and baby Alexander, it would be nice to have a baby at home too, he was only 1 when Lucie was born so he doesn’t remember what it was like.

“Are you really named after papa?” Lucie suddenly asks. Mina smiles and nods.

“And a character from one of mum’s favorite books, if I had been a boy I would have been William, like my brother.”

“I was named after a book character too, and Jamie was named after Uncle Jem, as you know. Mama says if he had been a girl he would have been called Jemma so he would still have been named after Uncle Jem, and if I had been a boy I was going to be named Nathaniel, after mama’s brother.” Lucie says. She often goes to her parents for inspiration for character names, they’ve both read so many books and named two children, they’re practically experts on names. Lucie had been thrilled when Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Henry had asked her for help on a middle name for their new baby, Matilda. She had given them many suggestions and in the end they settled on Matilda Louise Fairchild, and asked Lucie to be her godmother.

“Lucie is going to be a famous author someday, she is an amazing writer.” James says in a proud tone, squeezing Lucie’s hand encouragingly.

“I know, I’ve read your books Lucie, they’re amazing, I wish I had them with me so you could sign them for me.” Lucie’s eyes widen when she hears that she’s actually written and published multiple books, and they are still being read hundreds of years in the future.

“Really? Are they very famous?” She asks in a hopeful tone.

“I would say so, especially your children’s books, the ones you wrote and Matthew Fairchild drew the pictures for? My siblings and I loved them when we were younger, I still have copies on my bookshelf, if I have kids when I’m older I want to pass them onto them.” Mina says in a hopeful tone. The idea of sitting with her child and reading her sister’s books to them, just as her parents had sat and read them to her, seems so lovely to Mina and is something she very much looks forward to.

Just then Magnus strides back into the room holding a large black book open in his hands.

“Alright I think I have figured out a solution to your problem Mia.” He announces. Mina rolls her eyes, knowing that her Uncle has a reputation for (deliberately) forgetting peoples names, he’s never forgotten hers, though he has come up with some odd nicknames for her.

“It’s Mina.” She reminds him, as he indicates for her to stand next to him.

“Same thing. Give me your hand a minute.” He says, balancing the book in one hand and holding the other out to Mina. Furrowing her brow she holds her hand out to him. He clasps it in his and is silent for a minute, before releasing her hand. “From what I understand it seems you have the ability to travel through time.” Mina’s eyes widen and her jaw drops.

“R-really?” She stammers. She knew her powers could be like non other, but this is completely new and unheard of, and scary.

“Yes dear really, as of right now you can’t control it, it will take a lot of practice and work before you can. What seems to have happened is that like most Warlocks who are new to their powers, when you became overwhelmed with emotions your powers took over, you were thinking about your sister before it happened right?” Mina nods. “When you use your powers, much like a portal, you simply need to think of a time and place or a person and you will be transported there.You were thinking of your sister, so you were transported here, to her time.”

“If she cannot yet control it how is she going to get home?” James asks, placing a protective hand on Mina’s shoulder when she sinks back onto the sofa in shock.

“That is where I come in, I can infuse an object from your time with magic to help bring you back, if you hold onto the object and think about your home, it will bring you there safely.” Magnus says, causing a wave of relief to wash over the three siblings. Mina had momentarily feared she would be trapped here.

“Here, my mum’s engagement gift from my dad.” Mina says, unclasping the chain from around her neck and handing it to Magnus.

“Tessa still has this hundreds of years later?” He asks in a soft tone. Mina nods. “I hope you three know how lucky you are to have such a wonderful mother and two wonderful fathers, I know Jem is not as present as would like to be with you, James and Lucie, and Mina I am sure William wishes he could be with you and your mother and father more than anything, but I know William will consider any child of Tessa and Jem’s his, and Jem certainly considers you two as his own.” Magnus firmly says, looking between the three of them.

“We do, we couldn’t love them more or be more grateful to be raised by them.” James quietly says, thinking of the nights when he as a child, had been sick, and Uncle Jem had been summoned to his bedside. He, Tessa and Will would stay with James all night, Jem often cared for James and Lucie when they were ill as babies, and though she does not know it, Will has often cared for Mina and her siblings as babies too.

Twenty minutes later Magnus has infused the pendant with his magic, and sent the three siblings on their way. They are currently walking through the institute to get to Lucie’s room, so Mina can change and go home. However just as they are about to reach the staircase leading up to the floor Lucie’s room is on, they meet Charlotte with little Matilda in a sling across her chest, and Henry in his wheelchair, at her side.

“Hello you two, who is your friend?” Charlotte brightly asks, smiling warmly at Mina, who is trying not to gape at her Aunt and Uncle.

“Um, I’m Mina, uh Mina Starkweather.” Mina says, quickly thinking of her mother’s Shadowhunter Maiden name.

“Oh are you related to the Starkweathers from York?” Charlotte curiously asks.

“No, I took the name when I ascended a couple of months ago.” Mina quickly fabricates a story for herself.

“Oh how wonderful! It is always so nice to meet those new to The Clave, have you been posted here to London?” Charlotte asks.

“Yes.” Mina says, not knowing what else to say.

“You’ll enjoy it here I daresay, Tessa and Will are very kind and you will receive excellent tutoring and training here, I am sure Jamie and Lucie can attest to that, can’t you?” Henry lightly says.

“Only because you were not here to blow everything up, Uncle Henry.” Lucie teases. Henry laughs and says

“You become more and more like your father everyday Lucie, you look like your mother but you inherited all your father’s personality.” Lucie smiles proudly. Her father and Aunt Cecily often say she reminds them of her Aunt Ella, who passed away long before she was born.

“I do not mean to be rude but we must go, we are helping Mina study for the upcoming exams.” James says, placing a hand on Mina’s back.

“Oh of course, we don’t want to keep you, Charles is here you know, he could help if you like.” Charlotte offers.

“No thank you Aunt Lottie, darling Charlie would likely terrify a new student like Mina.” Lucie says. Though Charles is very kind and patient, he can also be a bit intimidating at times.

“Yes you’re probably right, well good luck to you Mina, I hope you enjoy your time here.” Charlotte lightly says, giving Mina another warm smile.

20 minutes later, in Lucie’s room, Mina has changed back into her clothes and is ready to go home.

“Be safe baby sister, okay?” James softly says, pulling Mina in for a hug and pecking her on the cheek. Mina holds on to him tightly and nods, trying to hold back the tears.

“I love you.” She whispers.

“I love you too.” When James pulls back from the embrace, Lucie immediately pulls her sister close.

“Maybe when you figure out how to use your powers properly you can come back again and see us.” Lucie says in a tight, hopeful tone.

“Yeah, maybe.” Mina agrees.

Lucie pulls back and squeezes her sister’s hand one last time while James affectionately and lightly tugs on a lock of her hair.

“Tell our other siblings we said hello.” He lightly says, trying to lighten the moment.

“I will. I love you guys so much.” Mina says, not able to hold the tears back anymore.

“We love you too.” Lucie says. With that, Mina closes her eyes, clutches the jade pendant and thinks about her home, she pictures her father with his violin, her mother with a book, Kit with Ty, Charlotte baking in the kitchen and Jade sketching at the kitchen table, while Will sits on the couch with an Xbox controller in his hands, all his focus on the video game Kit bought him for his birthday.

When Mina opens her eyes again, she find herself standing in the middle of her room, as though nothing has happened. Kicking off her shoes, Mina heads to the door and goes downstairs, her heart lifting when she sees her dad in the kitchen, putting away the dishes, her mum re-organizing the bookshelf in the living room with help form the twins, and Kit standing behind the couch that Will is sat on, with his arms around Ty’s waist, his chin on his shoulder, half watching a T.V. show that Will is watching.

“How are you feeling Mina mine? Your mum said you were very tired after your lesson this morning.” Jem asks in a concerned tone, coming up to put an arm around his daughter.

“I always feel tired after my lessons with mum but I feel better now I’ve rested for a bit.” She says, resting her head on his shoulder.

“I’m glad to hear it, I know how hard your lessons are on you sometimes and I’m very proud of you for sticking with it, hopefully it won’t take such a toll on you soon.” Jem softly says, pressing a kiss to her forehead.

“I love you dad.” Mina quietly says, glad to be home.

“I love you too my Little Mina.”

“Forever a daddy’s girl.” Mina hears her mum say in a light tone. She turns around to see her mum standing beside her and her dad, smiling warmly at them.

“Thanks for letting me borrow your necklace last night mum, I appreciate it.” Mina says, handing the necklace back.

“You’re welcome my love.” Tessa says in a warm tone, brushing her daughter’s hair back

“I love you mum.” Mina says, wrapping her arms around Tessa and laying her head on her shoulder. Tessa runs her hands through her daughter’s hair and hols her close.

“I love you too my adventurous Mina.” She quietly says, pressing her lips to her daughter’s head, not knowing just how adventurous her daughter had been today.

It’s not until that night when Mina settles into bed with a copy of Lucie’s second book, that she realizes her sister didn’t make the plot of the book up, out of thin air. The book is about a young girl who discovers she has the power to travel through time. The main character of the novel (named Mia) travels back from what is now modern day, but was the future when the book was written, to Edwardian era, where she meets some of her ancestors who she must team up with in order to get back home.

She had never realized it before of course, but it suddenly hits Mina that Lucie based this book on the events of today, and even named the main character after Mina, getting as close to her name as possible without actually using it.

This leaves Mina even more determined to learn to control her powers so that she can go back again and see her siblings again, no matter what it takes.

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An L.A. Bath Remodel Reveals a Wet Room-style Vibe

Teaming up with a woman general contractor in L.A., a remodel partnership delivers a dream bathroom

“After” photos by Madeline Tolle for Sweeten. Stylist: Emily Bowser

Before: Turn a must-do gut reno into a custom master bath remodel

When they bought the Spanish Revival Mediterranean in South L.A.’s Park Mesa Heights, they’d pulled off a victory: a first-time home purchase in SoCal. But Liz and Kevin’s 1923 house had a secret: water damage beneath the master bathroom floor, thanks to a shower pan installed incorrectly a decade before. “To deal with it,” said Liz, the executive director of an education nonprofit, “we needed to take the bathroom down to the studs.” With this, Liz and Kevin started planning for a bath remodel in their L.A. home.

Liz and Kevin, a technical production senior manager at Disney Studios, viewed the dank discovery as an opportunity “to add storage and maximize space,” Liz said. But also to showcase their style. The two Mid-Century enthusiasts, who live with daughters Omari and Naiobi, love each piece they’ve hand-picked for the 1,850-square-foot home; they wanted elements of the era in the new bathroom as well. When they happened on a vintage-modern walnut dresser they liked, Liz envisioned it in a new role as a vanity. “We purchased it without knowing what the conversion would entail,” she said. Finding a contractor who could turn it into a sink while retaining drawer space below was key to their search.

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“BEFORE” of toilet alcove

A general contractor that’s the right fit

Liz had already received bids from two recommended contractors, she said, but neither wanted to do the dresser/vanity retrofit. “I wondered if I might have a different experience communicating with a woman contractor, if only I could find one,” remembered Liz. Then she came across Sweeten, posted their project and got a match with a woman-owned contracting firm. “Her bid came in lower than the others,” Liz said, “and her communication was more clear and direct.”

Sweeten matches home renovators with vetted general contractors, offering advice, support, and up to $50,000 in renovation financial protection—for free.

After: Build an on-trend bathroom with vintage-modern flair

With a general contractor who’d take on the vanity challenge now checked off, Liz turned to other essentials. First, they needed to deal with the water stagnating under the floor. The room would have a clean, uncluttered, and functional aesthetic. Spa-like, but not sterile. “It’s a bathroom,” she said, “not a museum!”

Creating a “wet room” feel

They wanted a seamless look—the same tile for the bath floor and shower floor, no curb. They’d discussed basically keeping the floorplan, but breaking out with a separate shower and soaking tub. The contractor suggested instead that they move things around, repurposing the toilet alcove as a long, spacious stall comprising shower and tub.

They had chosen a large, vintage-feel tile which was fine for the bathroom floor but not the shower floor. A small mosaic, instead, would allow a drainage slope, and a curb would be necessary to contain pooling water. “We struggled to get on board,” Liz said. “But once we did, it was smooth sailing.” Demolition revealed the water problem to be less serious than they’d feared. They were rolling.

Multiple showstopping designs

The dresser-turn-vanity plan proceeded. Liz found a high-rimmed, shallow trough sink that would float above the drawer space beneath. The sink’s height would also raise the low-sitting dresser up to standard vanity height. Brushed-brass faucets match the shower fixtures. Old-school, frameless medicine cabinets sit mounted on a wall of vibrant penny-round tile. (“The orange,” Liz said, “felt like a risk, but a little playful, like us.”) Milk-glass pendant lights complement the shape of the tiles. Swivel towel racks offer space to air dry towels or clothing.

Deliveries during a pandemic

Putting pieces together proved perplexing. “This was our first renovation project without a designer,” Liz explained. “Taking on that role myself meant dealing with myriad decisions.” During a pandemic, it was harder. Shipping delays defied the contractor’s requirement that all finish materials be on-site before demolition could begin. “I wanted to see elements laid out before deciding,” Liz said, but plumbing or electrical couldn’t wait. By the time multiple pendants arrived for Liz to view over the tub, the electrician had installed wiring for a formerly planned recessed light. “We paid to bring him back,” Liz said.

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Communicating with your contractor

During the job, the Sweeten general contractor was capable and professional. “The crew was on time, and clear about decisions they needed to be made,” Liz said, reminding renovators to also ask for the answers they need. “Staying on the same page with your contractor ensures your project is executed precisely and saves you money.” The reno cost $26,000 ($19,000 to the contractor, and $7,000 for finish materials), allowing Liz and Kevin to stay on budget. Since they’d been braced for costly water-damage (and possibly mold) remediation, it felt like a windfall.

The final result was an absolute win. “The vanity, to me,” Liz said, “is the centerpiece of the room (even though most people comment on the soaking tub!). It makes our bathroom unique and adds warmth and depth.”

Bonus: Bids can make your heads explode. The couple’s brain saver: “Sweeten’s consultation step let me bring all my bids and talk through them with a trusted partner,” Liz said. “Sweeten helped me understand how to compare different line items, to think through what could be missing and come up with clarifying questions to ask. Sweeten’s bid-leveling expert helped me look at payment terms and project management. This helped us feel confident about signing our contract.”

Thank you, Liz and Kevin, for sharing your L.A. bath remodel with us!

Materials Guide:

BATHROOM RESOURCES: Dimensions Artifice 18 x 36 ceramic shower wall and tub surround tile in matte white; Akura Marengo 20 x 40 porcelain floor tile in matte gray; Mar Bianco Dolomite 2″ hex polished marble mosaic shower floor tile; Maravilla Rosso Venato polished-marble shower niche tile; Festival porcelain penny backsplash tile in turmeric: Floor & Decor.

Tenet shower column with shower head and arm in brushed gold: Pfister. Neodrain 24″ linear drain in brushed gold; KES swivel towel rack in brushed gold: Amazon. 59” acrylic freestanding soaking tub with brushed-gold overflow and drain: Woodbridge. Concord two-handle wall-mount Roman tub faucet in brushed brass; Concord single-handle faucet in brushed brass: Kingston Brass.

Caspian two-piece, dual-flush elongated toilet: Glacier Bay. 47″ double trough sink in glossy white: Homary. Archer frameless medicine cabinets: Kohler. Sculptural brass pendant with 8” milk glass globe vanity lighting; sculptural brass pendant with 15” milk glass Geo shade (over tub): West Elm.

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Dreaming of your own bath remodel (in L.A. or beyond?) Let these Sweeten bathrooms inspire you.

Here’s how to avoid delivery and scheduling delays when it comes to ordering materials for your project.

Refer your renovating friends to Sweeten and you’ll both receive a $250 Visa gift card when they sign a contract with a Sweeten general contractor.

Sweeten handpicks the best general contractors to match each project’s location, budget, and scope, helping until project completion. Follow the blog for renovation ideas and inspiration and when you’re ready to renovate, start your renovation on Sweeten.

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An L.A. Bath Remodel Reveals a Wet Room-style Vibe

Teaming up with a woman general contractor in L.A., a remodel partnership delivers a dream bathroom

“After” photos by Madeline Tolle for Sweeten. Stylist: Emily Bowser

Before: Turn a must-do gut reno into a custom master bath remodel

Slideshow:

“BEFORE” of toilet alcove

A general contractor that’s the right fit

Sweeten matches home renovators with vetted general contractors, offering advice, support, and up to $50,000 in renovation financial protection—for free.

After: Build an on-trend bathroom with vintage-modern flair

Creating a “wet room” feel

Multiple showstopping designs

Deliveries during a pandemic

Slideshow:

Communicating with your contractor

Thank you, Liz and Kevin, for sharing your L.A. bath remodel with us!

Materials Guide:

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Dreaming of your own bath remodel (in L.A. or beyond?) Let these Sweeten bathrooms inspire you.

Here’s how to avoid delivery and scheduling delays when it comes to ordering materials for your project.

Refer your renovating friends to Sweeten and you’ll both receive a $250 Visa gift card when they sign a contract with a Sweeten general contractor.

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from CIVICLO Construction & Interior https://civilco.construction/an-l-a-bath-remodel-reveals-a-wet-room-style-vibe/

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Doctor Who AU: Part 20

prelude/one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight/nine/ten/eleven/twelve/thirteen/fourteen/fifteen/sixteen/seventeen/eighteen/nineteen/ao3

“Oh.”

The single syllable ended the brief kiss

The Doctor appeared to be experiencing a full system shutdown of sorts. Her eyes were wide and staring, her face blank. Bog's own face was burning and it only got worse when he saw the Doctor's expression. Suddenly he remembered that in reality he was covered in bark and even when he hadn't been he had still been comparable to something that had been scraped off the bottom of a shoe.

Bog moved away, finding a new seat on the tree roots, then hid his face in his hands.

“Sorry,” he mumbled, “Let's . . . just get back to deciding if I should kill myself or not. Because that is looking like a good idea right now.”

The Doctor hadn't moved. Bog wasn't sure if she had blinked.

“You okay?” Bog asked, lifting his face from his hands.

“I . . . I don't understand.”

She did blink now, slowly shading her bright eyes, then revealing them again. They were like the amber in the trees, but subtly darkening toward the edges of the iris, and so much more alive. The heaviness had gone out of them, though they still looked impossibly deep, like she too was bigger on the inside, her small frame holding so much more than it possibly should have been able to.

“I think it's pretty clear I've made a fool of myself,” Bog hunched up his shoulders, applying himself to the impossible task of trying to make himself smaller, “I'm sorry for . . . that.”

“That isn't the problem. The problem is that I don't understand why you did it at all.”

“Because I'm an idiot.”

“Nothing wrong with being an idiot. I'm an idiot. An idiot with a big blue box and a screwdriver, running around the universe getting into trouble. You are . . . you are someone who had a future that I might have taken away from you.”

Bog looked away from her, trying to pass his answer off with a laugh, “I haven't had a future in a long time.”

“History says otherwise,” the Doctor was examining his face, searching for answers, “Already you've reconnected with the past of your family, something that's been lost for hundreds of years. It will make a huge difference to the Cheem of earth, to have their heritage restored to them.”

“I'm a worthless drunk that wallows in the bottom of a bottle feeling sorry for myself. I'm less than worthless. If I disappeared right now, even without a plant army factored in, the world would be a better place for my absence.”

“You're a person who is willing to consider sacrificing their own life to save the people you care about.”

“Only because it isn't worth anything to me or anyone else. Hardly a sacrifice.”

“And you pretend not to care because caring hurts,” the Doctor said thoughtfully, head tilted to one side, her eyes still staring at Bog while he stared at the dirt. When he risked looking up he found her stare, while still confused, had softened.

“It really does hurt, doesn't it? You know that, don't you? It's easier to be selfish.”

“I am selfish,” the Doctor corrected, finally looking away, the light of her eyes disappearing in shadows, “I'm a greedy old monster that's smashed her way through life without consideration toward anyone but herself. And I've smashed your life up too. You don't like me. You hate me. I don't mind. Lots of people hate me.”

“I don't . . . don't think that I do. I mean, you're still here.”

“And?”

“And you could have dumped me by the side of the road and spun off into the sunset! Left us to deal with the plant soldiers, wish us luck as he leave. But you never even thought for a second about leaving. You just went right to trying to fix it. You really care. And I've forgotten how to care and . . . you've been though so much and you still care.”

“You're right,” the Doctor said, “you are an idiot. Don't care? You knocked the whole interface off its feet when you realized your mother might be in danger! You're an idiot. But I'm an idiot too. That must be why I want to kiss you again.”

“Oh,” Bog said, sitting up straight, “Oh! Really?”

“If you'd rather not,” the Doctor began to stand up.

Bog pulled her back down, “Why do I always have to catch you?”

“I'm elusive. It's my thing. You would not believe the bounties on my head.”

“Does this mean I've succeeded where the space police have failed?”

“Don't let it go to your head, marsh man.”

Her eyes were beautiful even when she was being abrasive.

This time when Bog bent his head to kiss her, the Doctor tilted her face up to meet him. He slipped his hands tentatively up to her face, only just touching her skin. There was a universe inside her and he almost didn't dare come too close. The Doctor's hands gripped handfuls of her jacket hem and she didn't reach out to him.

“This isn't even real,” Bog pulled back, still holding her face in his hands, “This is all just in my head, isn't it?”

“I'm not a figment, if that's what you mean. Hold on a moment.”

She shifted until she was kneeling in front of Bog, barely taller than him even though he was still sitting down. He took his hands away quickly, like he had been caught doing something he shouldn't have. The Doctor did not remark, just reached out and laid her fingers on either side of his head, mimicking how they were positioned in reality.

The forest slipped away and Bog's pain fell back on him, but he was distracted by the small hands cupping his face and the soft kiss the Doctor pressed to his dry lips. The kiss lasted as they slid back into the forest, reality slipping away again.

They stayed still for several long breaths, looking into each other's eyes.

“How much time are we wasting?” Bog made himself ask, the brief trip back into reality reminding him of their deadline.

“Not too much. When you're not actively piloting those soldiers then outside time slows down again. It's barely been seconds since this . . . this conversation started.”

“Oh. Good.”

He kissed her again.

The Doctor stood up mid-kiss.

“I have an idea.”

“Oh?”

“Ah, yes, sorry, that was very nice, and your eyes are very blue, but I'm having an idea,” the Doctor waved a hand, walking off into the middle of the clearing.

“I'm all ears.”

The Doctor bit her lips and looked strained.

“You thought of a pun, didn't you? You might as well tell--”

“Corn!” the Doctor burst out, “Okay, I'm done.”

“You sure?” Bog stood up and came over to her, noticing that the red button had disappeared when he wasn't looking.

“Yes. Here's the thing, This, all this, this forest--” she started to spin around, arms thrown out, but she caught her boot on a root and pitched forward.

Bog caught her arm and hauled her up. She kept moving as if she hadn't been just about to fall flat on her face.

“This forest, the interface, the AI Roland corrupted—they're the door. I've been thinking that we had to use the door, but why use a door? Doors are boring. Everyone uses doors. It's been done.”

“I suppose Time Lords have something way better than doors, but your point is . . .?”

“The door forces us to go a certain way, think a certain way. But what if we went through one of the walls? All the protection is on the door, it's assumed that the walls will take care of themselves.”

“Look, if we can't open a door, how are we going to smash a wall?”

“All this,” the Doctor started to spin again but Bog grabbed her by the shoulders and keep her facing him, “This is the interface, meant to filter the information stored in the pendant, make sure the user doesn't get overwhelmed. The amount of information in here could make your head explode if it hit you all at once. You were overwhelmed with the data dump you got earlier, but that's just skimmings. The interfaces are wired against us, but what if we bypassed them altogether?”

“Doesn't that end up with my head exploding?”

“Not necessarily.”

“But there's a chance?”

“There's also a chance you won't. Which is better than anything you have if you push that button. Are you going to let met go?”

Bog still had his hands on her shoulders.

“No. You'll run off and pitch yourself into a tree.”

“That was once--”

“Nearly twice.”

“Are we going to try this or not?”

“Yes, but I have to do something first.”

“Hey, mom.”

The phone felt too smooth in Bog's hand and his root-like fingers were not designed to operate it. The Doctor had dialed the call for him and then gone off to tinker at the console in preparation for their next attempt while Bog talked to his mom.

Possibly for the last time, if things didn't go well.

“Yeah, I'm okay, mom. Got to a . . . a friend's place. Are you okay? Where are—where?!”

“At the hospital,” Griselda King replied, “as a volunteer, dear, not as a patient. The ER is crammed right now because—well, you know. World’s gone mad. It's all over the news and some oddball scientists are claiming this is the earth's response to our reckless pollution of the air and water. Anyway, I'm just taking a five minute breather, you called at a good time.”

“Good. I just wanted to check on you. Let you know I was okay.”

“You sure you're okay? It's been pretty rough out there today.”

“Uh, yeah,” Bog shifted, wincing at this sore ribs and trying not to tangle himself up in the cables, “Fine.”

“As in actually fine? Or as in you don't want to talk about it?”

“Um, actually,” Bog took a deep breath, keeping in mind that his next words were guaranteed to make his mother happy and that he would at least have given her that much if he didn't make it back, “Actually, I sort of met a girl.”

Bog anticipated his mother's reaction and had the phone well away from his ear when she screeched in her excitement over receiving such long awaited news. When Bog put the phone back to his ear he was met with a barrage of questions about this potential daughter-in-law.

“What's she like? Have I met her? What's her name? Is she a nice girl?”

“Ha! Nice isn't exactly one of her primary character traits.”

The Doctor nodded in agreement, bent over her work.

“But you like her?” Griselda persisted, “She a keeper?”

“I . . . she's . . . hard to describe. She's a . . . a doctor. She's someone I would like to get to know better, maybe.”

“Sound serious.”

“Mom, no. We just met. Everything sounds serious when the plants are mutinying against humanity.”

“Does she make you happy?”

“I don't think . . . I don't think I really get to be happy.”

“Pah!” Griselda scoffed, “You deserve happiness and you'll get it someday, maybe with this girl, maybe with someone else. When do I get to meet this lovely doctor of yours?”

“Meet her?”

“I don't do family dinners,” the Doctor warned him, “And I don't deal with people's mothers. I have a rule.”

“Well,” Bog said, feeling a smirk on his face, “We've got that family get-together coming up, don't we, mom? The early hanukkah party?”

“No!” the Doctor straightened up and shot him a deadly look, “I don't do parties!”

“Maybe I can bring her then, if she's still around.”

Griselda's exclamations of delight mixed with the Doctor's snarls of anger.

“That's wonderful, son! Oh, they're calling me! Back into the trenches. Stay safe!”

“Wait! Mom?”

“Yeah, still here.”

“I . . . I love you, mom.”

“Aw, she must be good for you if you've softened up enough to say that.”

“Plants are rising up against us, mom, that’s all.”

“Well, I love you too. See you soon?”

“Yeah. Soon. Bye.”

The Doctor snatched the phone out of Bog's hand and ended the call.

“You are not dragging me into a huge crowd of desperately cheerful holiday celebration and small, sticky children.”

“I kind of think you might. You owe me.”

“Look, just because our lips touched and I agreed to go see one of your shows does not make me your girlfriend.”

“No, but it kind of points that way, a little bit.”

“I am the Doctor, the Oncoming Storm, not Broden Broderick King's girlfriend.”

“I know. Just yanking your chain. I'm not exactly the kind of guy girls stick with once they realize how messed up I am. That was just to make my mom happy. Her life's dream is to see me married off and settled and I could at least give her the sort of potential for that to be real. I’ll set the record straight if I get through this with my head intact.”

The Doctor stared at him. Bog was coming to think that she stared that way while her brain processed new information. She caught up with herself fairly quickly this time, however, and pointed the wrench she was holding—which didn't seem to be either sonic or laser—at him.

“Listen, I'm the messed up one in this . . . this . . .” She rubbed a hand through her hair, trying to summon the right word.

“Relationship?” Bog ventured.

“This relationship . . . ish. This relationship-ish thing. And it won't be anything at all if we don't get around the interface, so don't count all your chickens in one basket. And if you say anything to my sister about this I'll jettison you into a supernova.”

“Right. So, are you coming to the party, then?”

“This is getting back at me for all those plant puns, isn't it?”

“Mm. Might be. Look on the bright side: if my head explodes then you won't have to go to the party.”

“I can only hope.”

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