Disclaimer: I do not own the Mortal Instruments, but I do own Ailiz Nightwolf, Hildegard Nightwolf, Maksim Applehood, Kirilli Applehood, Stephen Nightwolf, Cecile Nightwolf, Sergi Applehood, Lena Applehood, Ruby, Amethyst, Clio Ravenstorm, Anko Yamada, and Nyra Frostflame (not the order in which they debut)

Ailiz Nightwolf shoved her sword into her sheath, then she tied the sheath to her weapons belt. She then looked at her friends and partners, the brothers Maksim and Kirill Applehood. They were young, idealistic Shadowhunters of New York, and they were about to go on a demon hunt.

Maksim grabbed his spear from the closet and grinned. "This thing never lets me down."

Ailiz looked up. "Seraph blades always come in handy too."

"I was getting to that," Maksim answered.

Kirill opened the drawer and picked up his two chakrams. "Yeah. We know."

Ailiz picked up her stele. It was ice blue with silver entwining it. On top, the silver was carved into a wolf's head. The wolf was the symbol of the Nightwolfs. The Nightwolf family ring was a howling wolf's head. She slipped her stele into her pocket, thengrabbed two seraph blades and tied them to her weapons belt.

"So where are we headed?" Kirill strapped a dagger to his belt.

"Anywhere but Pandemonium," Ailiz pocketed a hunting knife.

"Why?" Maksim twirled his red and brown stele in his hand. "Thats the best demon place."

"True," Ailiz mused. "Too bad the Lightwood trio beat us to it."

The Lightwood trio was actually Jace Wayland, along with Alec and Isabelle Lightwood. But Jace was practically a Lightwood, Ailiz thought. Shouldnt he assume the name Lightwood?

The hilarious thing about the Lightwood trio was that Ailiz, Maksim, and Kirill had encountered them two months after they transfered to the same Institute. Everytime Jace, Alec, and Isabelle were home, Ailiz, Maksim, and Kirill would be out. When Ailiz, Maksim, and Kirill were home, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle were out. Or all six could be out but at different places. Not once were they at home at the same time, except for when they slept. They had encountered each other on a demon hunt. Yes, a demon hunt. Even after that, they hadnt interfered with each other much. Mostly because Alec and Ailiz HATED each other.

Ailiz, Maksim, and Kirill were originally raised in Idris. They were neighbors, along with a Shadowhunter girl named Clio Ravenstorm. However, Stephen and Cecile Nightwolf moved their two children, Ailiz and her younger sister Hildegard Nightwolf to the New York Institute. Stephen and Cecile remained in New York. Sergi and Elena Applehood originally planned to move Maksim and Kiril to the Moscow Institute, but instead moved them to New York. Sergi and Elena stayed in Idris as well. However, Teodric and Alison Ravenstorm kept Clio in Idris until Clio was bitten by a werewolf. Out of pure fright, Alison kicked Clio out of the house. Ailiz still dosnt know what happened to Clio. Her two options were: (1) Clio joined the Brocelind Werewolf pack, or (2) Teodric turned in Clio to the Clave. (Ailiz never really trusts the Clave, even though she's a full member)

Ailiz, Maksim, and Kirill walked out of the Institute and down the streets. They were glamoured to invisibilty, passing undetected through the mundane world. The trio took the subway to Central Park. After all, if the Lightwood trio occupied Pandemonium, they would try Central Park.

If there was one thing about Central Park, it was always occupied, mundanes, Downworlders, demons, and Shadowhunters alike. (Same goes for Pandemonium).

Maksim held up his sensor and pointed it in different directions.

"Find anything?" Kirill questioned.

"Maybe," Maksim mused. "Come on." Slowly he inched forward, Kirill and Ailiz trailing behind. They went a few feet when Maksim announcd. "I got something."

"What's the target?" Ailiz questioned

Maksim pointed across the park to a fountain. A woman was sitting by it. "That thing."

"Come on," Ailiz cut through the grass. She had her sword drawn, then she hid it behind her back. The moonlight shined on the blade, and would have given them away. When they were behind the fountain, Ailiz rolled forward and ended back to the fountain. She looked up qbove the fountain as far as she dared. The demon was still looking away. When the demon had fully turned its back, Ailiz grabbed the piece in the middle of the fountain and swung across the fountain and attempted to pierce the demon. The demon turned and Ailiz missed. The demon injected its claws, and swung. Ailiz dodged, then attempted the stab again. It missed again. One of Kirill's chakrams whizzed through the air, then returned to Kirill's hand. Maksim jabbed the end of his spear into the demon, pushing it foward. Ailiz swung her sword for the stab a third time. Finally, it hit the target. Black blood exploded from its chest as it burned away, back to where it belonged.

Kirill grinned as he jumped down from his perch on a tree. "That was fun."

"Yeah," Ailiz said dryly. "Good thing we were glamoured. Come on, let's go."

When they got back to the Institute, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle were back too. They were greeted by Hildegard Nightwolf, Ailiz's fifteen year old sister.

"So how was it?" Hildy asked, completely ignoring Jace, Alec and Isabelle.

"One demon in Central Park," Ailiz said.

"I take it that you had to deal with a thousand mundanes afterward," Jace blandly commented. Jace was always the sarcastic one of his group, making st aleck comments which could get really annoying.

Ailiz whirled around to face Jace. Her hood fell off in the process, but Ailiz ignored it. "We were glamoured." She crossed her arms and turned to face Alec and Isabelle "News flash. Jace Wayland isnt the only smart Shadowhunter."

"I never said that," Jace said.

Ailiz smirked. "But the thought was there."

Behind her, Maksim, Kirill, and Hildegard burst out laughing. Ailiz turned to them. "Let's go." Ailiz walked up the stairs closely followed by Hildegard, Maksim, and Kirill.

Ailiz plodded onto her bed in the room she shared with Hildegard.

"Still plodding down?" Hildegard questioned. She slipped quietly into her bed.

"Does it really make a difference?" Ailiz shrugged out of her gear and tossed it onto the floor.

"Well I'm going to go to sleep," Hildy said flatly.

"Fine by me," Ailiz shrugged as she slipped on her pajamas. "12:58." Ailiz observed. "You were up way past your bed time." Hildegard was already asleep. "Yeah, yeah, go to sleep hoping I'd forget about it when I wake up," Ailiz muttered. "There's going to be a storm coming." Ailiz laid in her bed for thirty minutes before fully falling asleep.