AN: I really hope you guys like my fanfiction. It's my first one so be kind! This story is set in an AU where Clary was brought up by Valentine with Sebastian! Her mother died twelve years prior to this story! I will try to update every week but it's a bit difficult at the moment; I have all my exams for the next few weeks! in the summer holidays I will update more often!
CPOV
I'm scared! I can hear my own heart adding to the noise of the birds, obliviously chirping around me. I silently perk myself upon a tree; the years of shadow hunter training helped me a little, if they ever do. The guards will expect me to carry on running. I can hear them, Valentine's followers, just behind me and my heart rate rapidly increases. While the guards carry on to look for me, I run over the events of my life in my head, trying to see where my life went wrong. I used to live, as a happy family I might add, with my mother, Jocelyn, my father, Valentine, and my overprotective brother, Sebastian. That is until my mother killed herself, it was a surprise to all of us, especially me. I was four then. She had come into my room that night to silently beg for my forgiveness. She said she was sorry for leaving me and hoped I could understand her actions. After my mother's death, Valentine started to become abusive. He vowed to train me, without mother's sympathy, to become a real shadow hunter, like that of my brother's violent nature. Valentine would blame me for everything, just because I look like her; like my mother. Long red curls draping down my back, now just touching my hipbones, which compliments the bright green of my eyes.
Now, twelve years after my mother's death, I am on the run from my family, if I can really call them that. Believe me I have tried a lot to get away but it never works out for me. The last time I tried this, I barely made it to the forest before my brother caught me, but this time it would be different. I've planned this to perfection, maybe a bit too much. I know nothing of the real world and I just hope that I can fit in. Earlier that night, I packed my orange bag full of weapons and seraph blades that I kept under my bed. Hopefully they will keep me going on my journey to Idris then maybe I can get some more. I just hope I can find the courage to use them against my brother because without them, I don't think I will get very far.
I'm forced back into reality as I hear my brother's menacing voice. "Clarissa, you know you can't hide from me. I am your brother. I don't think like those … stupid idiots who just ran right past you!" He paused, trying to get a response from me but I remained stubbornly silent. "I was trained to find you, and you know I always will" That's true. Whenever I try to run from him, which is a lot of the time, he always manages to catch up to me. It might be because father saw more potential in him and decided to train him more.
I look down from my safe haven just as Sebastian walks into the clearing; my breathing increases and I hope he doesn't hear me. He looks up, obviously I wasn't as silent as I thought I was, makes eye contact with me, and puts on that annoying smirk he always has when he finds me, only this time, I knew the beating would be worse and he would drag me back to the mansion I have lived in all of my life. "I've found you little sister."
SPOV
"I've found you little sister" I knew I had a smirk on my face. Only because I knew Valentine would take his anger out on Clarissa. He is going to be proud of me, he always is. I can't believe she would try and run again, she knows she will never get far, not with me hunting her down. She is an idiot; this is the third time this month. Does she really think I will let my guard down, especially when it comes to her? After Jocelyn so rudely left me, she is, technically, the only one I can call family. Valentine is just my trainer, not my father. I cant stand to loose her like I lost mother. I look up again but this time, instead of being frozen in place like usual, Clarissa jumps down form her hiding place in the tree, holding a seraph blade in her left hand. "Sanvi" she screams the name of her weapon and it immediately flares to life. I get it now, she has prepared for battle against her older brother, aww how cute! She thinks she can win.
"Please, just let me go, I'm no use to you and Valentine here. You can be the best shadow hunter that has ever lived while I go about a normal life" Ha! She is actually begging for her life. That's even cuter!
"What makes you think you can live a normal life even if I let you go? Valentine will always be looking for you and the council will never let you go unscathed. So why don't you just be a good little girl and come with me?" I reply to her, having to use my best efforts to not use violence against her, Valentine will be harsh enough to her when she finally gets back, to where she belongs.
"Like hell I will," she screamed her response at me. Her hand goes flying and the seraph blade swings towards my head.
CPOV
"Like hell I will,"I shrieked at my brother. Did he really believe I would go back quietly? I swung my blade at my brother's head but he easily ducked my pathetic attempts. All of a sudden, I came up with a plan. This is perfect, I thought to myself; maybe I can finally get away from my poor excuse of a family. My choices were either to go back to my "family" or wander aimlessly until I found signs of life; I'm going to choose the latter because the former scares me to death. Before I could stop myself, I sent my flying fist, the one not holding the blade, into my brother's face. He was caught completely of guard and staggered a bit. That brought me the valuable seconds I needed to get away from him. I may not be as strong as he is but I am defiantly faster with my small frame. I ran because my life depended on it. I can't go back to that hellhole because if I do, I may never see the daylight again. I finally find the clearing and I knew that I had crossed the line of my family's territory. Now I'm free. Sebastian wouldn't dare to come after me in this situation. Valentine would be mad to lose two children in a matter of a couple hours. The guards will definitely come looking for me though, even if it's the last thing they do. And it will be the last thing they do.
(Five hours later)
I'm still on the run, always looking behind me, to make sure they weren't following me. I wouldn't dare stop now, this is the furthest I have ever gone and if I go back now I wont have anything to live for anymore. I've been walking for what felt like non-stop for days. I'm pretty sure my feet already have blisters on them but I have to keep going. My water supply is quickly running out so I have to ration it because I'm not sure how much longer I have to walk. I have to find the shadow hunter's home, Idris. I've never seen it, so I'm not sure what to expect. All I know about it is the capital city – the glass city-, Alicante, which supposedly shines brightly and looks as though the buildings are made of glass. I look up then, finally, I see the faint glow of the glass city, which I have been told about in the stories my mother used to tell me. It looks to be a few more miles ahead. I'm sure I can manage walking that far. But what will I do when I get there? Seek out refuge. I'm pretty sure no shadow hunter is stupid enough to look after the daughter of Valentine Morgenstern. That is going to make life in Idris harder for me. I could lie about my family; tell the shadow hunters I'm on the run. What I can't do is tell them who my family is, they would totally freak out. I could use my mother's maiden name; Fairchild. It's still a shadow hunter's name so they would have to believe me. Plus, if anyone knew Jocelyn before she got married, they would see the resemblance between mother and daughter. I carry on walking to Idris while trying to think of the perfect solution to my problems. Maybe they will just accept me for who I am but I highly doubt it.
My name, my new name, is Clary Fairchild, and I'm about to make my life my own, finally!
AN: You like? i hope you do! please review, if you feel like it and tell me what i could improve on! oh and thankyou so much for reading my story!x