City of Stone

prologue.

The music of the club surrounded the room, with its deafening stereo and strobe lights, flashing in carious colors, as teens of all ages danced carelessly as if there were no such thing as a tomorrow. The Pandemonium was a popular all-ages club in New York, and a typical hangout spot for Clary and her friends, the Shadowhunters. Jace had wandered off somewhere in the club to get some drinks for all of them.

Not much has happened in the months after the events from their time in Alicante. Luke and Jocelyn had recently gotten married a few weeks ago, and they happily moved in with each other, knowing that their apartment was no longer liveable, recalling the Ravener incident from before. All was quite normal for her now that she had Jace and all of her friends with her. Simon with his occasional visits, he was now a wanderer. Keeping his loyalty to the Mark of Cain, that still showed lightly behind his hair on his forehead. He didn't think of it much as a curse, more of a privilege. Maia, being a werewolf, was able to tag along with him some of the time in his travels. as he explored more of the wonders of the open world.

Clary looked around willing to find Jace with their drinks in his hand as she walked towards the side, trying to catch a better view near the clear wall windows at the back. "Clary!" It was Jace with the drinks, looking nonchalantly smiling, heading towards her.

As she let out a happy wave, the whole room seemed to begin moving in slow motion. Jaces eyes slowing moving towards the glass window, as it shatter and their side. A person came crashing to their feet, headfirst. The first thing Clary saw were the eyes. Theyy seemed to look the way Jace's were whenever he was seemingly caught off guard at some point, which was rarely. As the figure hit the ground, all the motion started coming back, to its original state, normal movement.

The sound system bursting through all four walls, so loud, that it made the rest of the people oblivious, no one had even noticed what had just happened, and they just kept on dancing the night away. While she watched the figure left itself up a little, a sudden impulse ran through Clary's body instantaneously. Like a wiff of adrenaline ran among her veins, the figure patting off the fragments of glass that clung to their clothing. And then she noticed how the eyes were again, the mouth, now looking as if it were...smirking? The figure hoisted itself onto its two feet and stepped one foot out the broken wall. not saying a word.

And then it stopped for a moment, half way out the window, and turned their head to face Clary. The city lights filtering from the outside made it more easily to see the figure now. The look on the persons face was a smile, looking as if this were all for fun, not even worried about the wall or the shattered glass. Suddenly, a passing car's headlights made the figure so clear to her. She saw the shape of the face, the eyes. He was wearing a light colored zipped up hoodie, a bonnet covering the top of his head, and a sort of sleeveless undershirt, and some kind of gym shorts. She saw the dark hair that came from under the hoodie, locks peaking from the back of her neck, changing colors with the strobes of the club lights. And then she realized it was a girl.

She looked to Clary's side for a moment, and then she'd realized that Jace was right next to her. His super speed made him move so fast, that he didn't even bother to make a sound. He too was looking at the girl, with a puzzled look on his face. Clary was about to open her mouth and a sudden,"HEY YOU!" came out. She blinked for a moment and realized that it hadn't come from her mouth. But the girl's glance was so quick that as the car's headlights began to fade, she stepped through the window before the bouncer from the entrance could get to her. Both their eyes still gazed at the broken glass pane that had shattered before them, the scene still had them pondering through their mind.

Jace's hand rested on her shoulder as the bouncer slowly approached the broken, followed by some other teenagers in utter shock. The impulse that Clary had felt was now gone. A man in a suite also approached the area as well. His hand went through his hair, looking as though he was in utter grief. She could hear him muttering words under his breath, too soft for her to hear. She looked him over slowly, and saw his badge that read, CO-MANAGER.

'Poor guy...'Clary thought slowly, as Jace began to walk with her away from the scene silently. She looked back over her shoulder, still picturing the girl, crashing through the pane, and landing on the shards of glass, leaving them with her go lucky smile. And just then, Jace's sensor went off. Demons.

But that was just part of the story, lets go back. Yes, let me take you back, way, way back. To the very beginning of this story. The story of a child, who's destiny was yet to unfold into a collision, a clash of how there ever even became the places of Heaven and Hell. The story of a place so secret, it was said to be hidden. Deep under the Earth itself. So mysterious, that, it was a whol new place, hidden deep underground.

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thankyou for reading!! i hope you review this, almost done with first chappie.

please support me, i loved this book trilogy, and i thought, what the hey? I should

at least make one more book to complete this awesome series. And so here we are.

Oh!, and if you liked this, you should totally read my other fanfic! worked on it with a

veryvery close friend of mine;)

BLISS

Echoes of Angels.

the first one has kind of like the shadowhunter theme, but i loved it writing it, i love it.

it was sooooo worth writing. please check out my other fics, please and thankss soso much.

well, payce!!xoxo.

--annecrystal.