New York City, New York- May 21
Every girl at Alicante High School for Girls adored Clary Fray. She was a junior at Alicante, and she was the kindest person that most of the other girls had ever met. One thing that everybody liked about her was that she didn't try to be popular. Everyone just loved her because she was kind. No one found her overtly attractive- she had lots of curly red hair, an abundance of freckles, pale skin, and bright green eyes. She was pretty short, but nobody seemed to notice or care. Her circle of friends was almost as kind as Clary herself, but they were the ones that would be noticed when walking into a room- not Clary. There was Kaelie Whitewillow, the platinum blond with unnaturally blue eyes; Seelie Queen, the fair-skinned redhead who looked similar to Clary; Aline Penhallow, a pretty, Asian girl with long, dark hair; and Helen Blackthorn, who had curly blond hair and slightly pointed ears. On this particular day, the girls at Alicante were just about ready for the school year to be over and for summer to start- it was May 21st, and there was only a week left in school. Clary and her friends were heading towards the school cafeteria when Clary noticed a throng of shrieking students crowding around the bulletin board outside the office. Many girls were jumping up and down like it was the best day of their lives. Clary hurried over and asked one girl what was going on. The girl stepped aside so Clary could read the new notice that had been put up on the board. Clary's eyes widened as she read the notice and she thought, Well, this is going to be interesting… before turning to face her friends. Seelie and Kaelie were hopping up and down, squealing, and grabbing each other's hands, while Aline and Helen just stared, dumbfounded by what they had just read.
Jace Wayland was Idris Academy for Boys' golden boy. He was golden in the literal sense- he had golden waves of hair, perfect golden skin, and mysterious tawny eyes. He was also golden in that he was the most popular boy in the junior class, he was the captain of the soccer team, and he had gotten straight A's since he had come to the school. The teachers didn't find him quite as amusing as many people did, though- he was always fooling around during class and in the halls. He would make fun of all of the boys that he and his lackeys deemed "uncool," play catch with his friends across the room during class, and ask the teachers ridiculous questions just to waste time, all with his signature smirk across his face. He sauntered through the halls with his cronies like they owned the place. His top lackey was Sebastian Verlac, whose black eyes looked mockingly upon the group's chosen victims and all those beneath him. His white-blond hair was unnaturally light, but it set off his dark eyes. Some of Jace's other followers included dark-haired Alec Lightwood, who was the only one in the group who wasn't constantly around Jace or on the soccer team, and Jordan Kyle, who was an athletic boy and played goalie for the soccer team. Everyone except Alec was on the school soccer team, which won the New York City Boys' Soccer Championships every year. Alec wasn't as bad as the others; he wasn't always with the group, and he was Jace's adoptive brother. When he wasn't hanging out with Jace and the others, he was off somewhere else. (Nobody knew exactly where "somewhere else" was, but they didn't ask.) Now, Jace's favorite target was Simon Lewis. Simon was, with no other way to put it, a nerd. He had dark hair and glasses, and he loved anime, manga, comics, and Star Wars. Simon was reading a shocking new notice on the school's bulletin board when he heard a familiar voice that always filled him with hate and dread.
"You're blocking my vision, Ratface," snarked Jace, who shoved Simon out of the way.
Simon, boiling, watched as Jace read the notice and gave a low whistle. He turned around slowly, a smirk spreading across his features.
"I am pleased to tell you that… Idris Academy for Boys will be merging with Alicante High School for Girls, effective immediately at the beginning of the upcoming school year," he drawled.