Chapter 1:
"ALASKA!" yelled the woman from the downstairs floor. She couldn't believe her daughter took almost a whole hour to get ready. "I'm going, mum." A beautiful girl, about the age of fifteen walked down the stairs in black shadowhunter gear. She had beautiful long, straight, jet-black hair that fell right above her bum and piercing blue eyes that could make almost anyone melt.

"I'm sorry about this Alaska, but I really need to meet with the Clave." Said the woman. "It's alright, mum." They walked out of their home and onto the street, making small talk as they arrived at a nice house in the center of Alicante.

The woman knocked on the door and it swung open to reveal a young girl, couldn't be much younger than Alaska herself. "Elizabeth. What are you doing here?" asked the girl. She had dark brown eyes and hair almost identical to Alaska's and even though she looked younger than Alaska, she was a bit taller.

"I am just dropping off my daughter, she always causes trouble when she's alone at home. Your mother said she could stay here. Is tha taillight. " Alaska rolled her eyes and smiled at the young girl. "Yeah, its fine. My mum and dad already left for the Gard." Elizabeth nodded and waved as she left. "Goodbye, don't cause them too much trouble, Ally."

"Ally, that's a nice name." said the girl. Alaska's gaze flicked over to her. "Oh, that's a nickname. I much prefer my full name, Alaska."

"I'm Isabelle." She said, holding her hand out for Alaska. "Nice to meet you."

"You too."

"Isabelle- Oh we have company." Said a boy from the top of the stairs. He must've been about 16. His looks deeply resembled Isabelle's. The same color hair, similar cheekbones, their noses were identical. Alaska supposed they were siblings, or at least related. She had no other explanation for their similar looks.

"Hello." She said. "I'm Alaska." Alaska was quite bold; she was never a shy person and always spoke her mind. Her mum said that she was brutally honest, wasn't afraid to tell the truth even if it meant hurting someone she loved. Alaska could've taken it as an insult, but instead it was a compliment to her. Honesty is virtue, right?

"Alaska? What an unusual name." he said walking down the steps slowly as if making a dramatic entrance. "Yeah, can never find it on key chains." She joked; they didn't seem to get it. "Alexander." He said holding his hand out as he reached the bottom of the staircase. "But if I like you, you can call me Alec."

"Only if you like me? I'm not generally a very likable person, you'll probably hate me." Alec shrugged. "Guess you'll just have to call me Alexander then."

"That's long though. Try saying it ten times fast." She teased. "Alexander, Alexander, Ale-" Alaska messed up horribly causing Isabelle to laugh. "Well I like you."

"I'm glad." A small smile formed on Alec's face. "Alright, you can call me Alec. But only because you have trouble saying my full name."

"Come on, there's some other people I want you to meet." Said Isabelle leading her up the steps. She followed, Alec soon behind her. "Beautiful home."

"Yeah, but we don't live here. We live in the mundane world actually, we're just here for a bit while the Clave sort some things out." Explained Isabelle. "That's really interesting. Where in the mundane world?"

"New York City." Said Alec. "That's really cool. Sounds better than being stuck in this hellhole."

"You don't like it here?" asked Isabelle. Alaska shook her head. "Why not?" asked Alec. She shrugged. "There are no demons here to fight. It get's quite boring. We're trained for all of this fighting, but never actually get a chance to do it. " They finally arrived at their destination and Isabelle opened the door to reveal a boy, about Alaska's age with brown eyes and blonde hair.

He was bowing his head, without even noticing our presence. He played every key on the piano with grace as he moved his fingers in sync. He paused suddenly, lifting his eyes from the grand piano in the center of the room. His bright blonde hair that reached his shoulders was pushed behind his ears as he stood up suddenly.

"And you are.."

"Alaska. Her name's Alaska." Said Isabelle for Alaska who was too busy making out every detail of his face to answer. He was beautiful, in a way that would make any girl swoon. It was obvious he was used to girls fawning over him, but she didn't make a move. "I'm Jace."

"Nice to meet you." she told him before turning back to Isabelle who was tapping her shoulder.

"You fight?" asked Isabelle. Alaska nodded. "Clearly." She said pointing out her gear. "Can you help me out? My parents only just started letting me fight about a year ago and I'm not very good." Alaska nodded. "Of course."

"You could've just asked me." Said Jace as they walked away. "You would only make me feel like crap." Responded Isabelle.

"Choice of weapon?" asked Alaska. "Knife." Alaska tilted her head sideways. "You sure?" Isabelle nodded.
"You look like more of a whip girl." Isabelle scrunched up her nose. "Really?"

"Yeah, you got one?" Isabelle shook her head. "Here" She said as her whip slid its way down her arm like a snake.

"I'll teach you." Alaska grabbed another one from around her foot and jogged down the stairs and out the front door. Trees surrounded the home on three of its sides. "Over here." They walked towards a clearing amongst the trees. "Alright. First, you're going to need to know how to pull something towards you. Watch."

Alaska gripped her whip and swung it over her head. The long whip made its way around the tree, clinging to it harshly. "If I wanted to, I could pull it towards me. But that won't work if it's a tree. But this is practice."

"Alright. I think I've got it." Said Isabelle confidentially, she grabbed her whip and slashed it towards the tree. It did just as Alaska's had done, but it was even more tightly wrapped. "That was great. I knew you were a whip girl. Now try it on me."

"What?" asked Isabelle. "Try it out on me." Isabelle shook her head. "No way."
"Do it, I trust you." Isabelle took a deep breath and stepped back. "Alright."

She thrusted the whip toward Alaska, it wrapping around her perfectly. "Now pull." Isabelle did as she was told and pulled Alaska with her whip. Alaska ended up right in front of Isabelle before Isabelle dropped the whip's grasp around her. "That was excellent."

They heard claps coming from their right and they turned to see Alec and Jace walking towards them "But can you fight me off?" challenged Alec. Isabelle glared at him. "Of course I can't-"

"Of course she can." Interrupted Alaska. Isabelle's evil stare move to her. Before they knew it, Jace and Alaska stood by the trees and watched as Isabelle kicked Alec's ass. Jace watched as a huge smile grew on Alaska's face.

"You're a good teacher." He said. Alaska's eyes flicked over to him. "Or maybe Isabelle's a fast learner."

"Maybe it's both." Alaska bit her lip and clapped as Isabelle finally knocked Alec down. "Your turn." Said Isabelle. Alaska raised her eyebrows. "What?"

"You and Jace. You guys fight now." She said, helping Alec up. "Um, I don't think so."

"Why not?" asked Jace. "I promise I'll go easy." Jace could practically feel Alaska's cold hard stare. "Alright, pretty boy. Let's see what you got."

They both made their way to the center of the clearing. Alaska grabbed the knife she always kept on her ankle and played with it in her hands. Jace wasn't the least bit intimidated, even though he should be. He had no idea how good of a fighter Alaska was.

"On your marks," called Alec. "Get set, GO!" Alaska ducked swiftly as Jace's sword swung above her. She grabbed his feet making him groan as he landed on the hard ground. She swung her legs around him so he couldn't get up, her small knife was held by his neck. "Nice one, princess."

He rolled them around so he was on top but she slid out from under him and walked back. Her gaze moved to the knife wrapped around her ankle. She grabbed it. She had knives in both hands and she knew exactly what she was going to do with them.

Jace's back was near a tree and Alaska took the opportunity to throw her knives. They landed on either side of his arms, piercing through his clothes. She threw the two other knives that she kept in her back pockets and they stuck his jeans to the bark as well. She grabbed the last knife she had on her and pressed it to his neck. "Surrender?"

He shook his head. "Too bad." Yelled a voice very familiar to Alaska. "Alaska, we need to start heading home." She sighed once she realized it was her mother and ripped all of her knives out of the tree. Isabelle passed Alaska her whip and hugged her goodbye.

"Come back tomorrow. Please?" she begged. Alaska nodded and promised she would. She waved goodbye to Jace and Alec and followed her mum out of the forest and back home. The sun was already setting by the time Alaska and her mother got home.

"You and that Jace kid looked pretty close." Alaska rolled her eyes at her mother. Elizabeth was convinced that Alaska would die a lonely cat lady. Or so Alaska thought. She tried to get Alaska to talk to boys, but Alaska was never interested.

"We were fighting mum. Don't be ridiculous." Elizabeth grabbed some left over food from last night and put it in the microwave. "I'm just saying, he was cute."

"Mum."

Jace, Isabelle, and Alec walked back to the house in silence. "Well she kicked your ass." Declared Izzy, stating the obvious. "She did not." Argued Jace.

"Did too."
"Did not."
"Did too."

"Enough. You don't want to wake Max." said Alec as they passed by the five year old's sleeping body lying on the couch. "Do you think mum will let me get my own whip?"

"Depends on what you'll use it for." Young Isabelle didn't get the sexual remark, but Alec smacked Jace across the head causing Izzy to look at them strangely. "Anyway, Jace likes Alaska." She teased.

"Do not."
"Do too."

"Are we doing this again?" asked Alec. "Sorry." The apologized still glaring at each other. "I approve." Said Izzy. Jace rolled his eyes. "I don't like her."

"Really? You seemed to enjoy it when she pinned you on the ground." Alec was even glaring at his little sister by this point. Though Isabelle had no idea why. "She is an attractive young girl, of course I enjoyed it when she pinned me to the ground." Said Jace pushing Isabelle's bedroom door open. They usually used it to talk and hang around until the adults arrived from the Gard.

"Are you sure you don't like her?" asked Isabelle. "She seems like a nice person." Answered Jace. Isabelle rolled her eyes. "I mean like like." Now it was Jace's turn to roll his eyes. "Unfortunately my one true love still remains myself."

"Anyway, we are heading back to the institute tomorrow night. So it's not like you to are going to have a chance to 'fall in love'." Said Alec through his teeth. Jace didn't seem to notice his attitude, but it certainly caught Izzy's attention.

"We wouldn't 'fall in love' if we had all the time in the world, Alec." Jace had no idea he would take back those words in due time.