Chapter 1 - Prologue
Clary's POV
For as long as she could remember, Clary had always been happy with her life. She lived on a farm, had a loving mother and stepfather, an older brother - Jonathan, and of course, her best friend Simon, who lived on the neighbouring farm. But now, at 17 years old, she was beginning to long for something more. All she had for friends were Simon, Jonathan, and Magnus, the farmhand. And with her brother going off to military school, and Simon speaking of his plans to go to college in New York, she was beginning to wonder if her dreams of keeping the family farm were really what she wanted. She often asked herself how it was possible to feel so trapped in a place surrounded by hundreds of acres of countryside that she could go anywhere in.
When Clary was 2, her real father, Valentine, and her mother got into a fight, which ended in a messy divorce, and Clary never seeing her father again. Her mother's best friend, Luke, helped her through that rough time, and they ended up falling in love and getting married. Clary wondered if she would ever fall in love. There weren't exactly many options out here, miles away from civilization.
Throughout her childhood, Clary had always had a passion for two things - reading, and art. Everything that she desperately wanted to do in real life, but couldn't, she did through books. She had travelled the world, fallen in love, gone to college, become a famous artist … the list goes on.
She longed for the day she could actually do these things, and little did she know just how soon that day would be.
Jace's POV
From the age of 10, Jace had grown up in a very wealthy family. His adoptive parents, Robert and Maryse, were both famous musicians, with followers all over the world. Because of this, the family was always in the spotlight, appearing in the news at least once a month. At 17 years old, Jace had been around the world multiple times, had a four digit weekly allowance, didn't want for anything, and dressed in designer labels. Admittedly, he and his siblings, Alec (19) and Isabelle (17), were quite spoilt, and the fame had only made their egos larger.
Jace Herondale was born into a very unstable family, and was abused by his father, until he was put up for adoption at the age of 10. From there, the Lightwood family adopted him, and he and Alec soon became inseparable, doing everything together. He lived a happy life from then on, although he still never fully opened up to anyone other then Alec and Izzy, and was described by the media as dark and mysterious.
Disclaimer - If anything sounds like someone else's work, that wasn't intentional, and please let me know :). There are probably some plots similar to this one out there, and I apologise if I accidentally copy someone else's work. All characters that aren't my own belong to Cassandra Clare.
Hey Guys :) This is my first, and probably last fanfiction - I mostly just stick to reading them. I will complete this one though, and please review and tell me what you think, because I have absolutely no idea what I am doing :)
Thanks, and cya next time :)
