Prologue

The fire was hot against my skin. The smell of burned flesh was ever present. My legs started hurting from all the running, but I knew I couldn't stop. Behind me Jace started swearing. My first reaction was scolding him for his bad behavior, father would not be pleased with his language. But that did not matter in this moment, nothing except Clary did. Finally, only one corridor left and I would see my sisters room and I would save her from this hellfire. We turned the corner so fast, we almost fell. I saw her room, right before me, only a few more steps. But then the heavens fell down. Not literally, I meant that the ceiling in all its flaming glory fell between my sister and us. I tried to jump over it, but Jace stopped me.

'No! you can't get over it! We have to go back, or we won't survive.'

I turn to him and scream back: 'I can't leave her! She is my little sister, I have to protect her. I just can't leave her.' My voice cracks at the end.

Jace looks me in the eye, his gaze hopeless and sad: 'I know, I'm sorry, maybe she's already outside.'

I turn around and look at my sisters room and make the discussion that would haunt me for years to come. 'Okay Jace, let's go, before the whole building comes down.' We run till the air leaves our longs, till everything turns black.

With a jolt I wake up and scramble for my witchlight. In my fight with my blankets I pushed it of my nightstand. I pick it up and watch the light illuminate the room and imagine it's fighting the nightmares away. Not that it would be very effective, since they are not really nightmares, but memories. A specific memory of the worst night of my life.

In the end we had to jump through a window to make it out alive. Three hours later we woke up in a hospital and learned that only 4 children made it out. Me, Jace, Sebastian and Aline. Clary didn't survive. Witch meant neither did I, because on that day, the 17th of march, my sister died and I died with her.


okay sooo this is my first fic and I am really excited!

please review, maybe you noticed English is not my first language and it would help a ton if you could kindly point out my mistakes.

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love Sara