Full summary: When seventeen year old Lila (Lily) gets thrown willingly into the world of shadowhunters, she knows she has to learn fast before she turns eighteen and is an adult in both the mundane and shadow world. But she learns so fast, it slowly starts draws the attention shadow-worlders everywhere. she finally finishes her training within a year (most shadowhunters take years to train fully). Then she starts juggling mundane school and shadowhunting. But will this naturally great shadowhunter get a chance to even be a shadowhunter before her world turns upside down? What happens when the world finds out the shadow-world is real?
SHINE
CHAPTER 1
"Lily! Hurry up!" Dad called.
"Coming!" I grabbed my book, iPhone and iPod and ran out the door. My suitcase is already in the trunk. I don't know why we need a minivan when it's just the three of us in our little family.
"Eric, did you get everything?" Mom asked dad as we drove away. We're going to spend the weekend with my grandparents in a little cabin in the middle of freakin' nowhere!
"Yep!"
"Turned the lights off?"
"Yeah."
"Locked the doors?"
"You really underestimate me, don't you?" he joked. I could just about hear my mom's eyes roll. "C'mon, Bethy!" I could also just about hear my dad's playful smile. I just put earbuds in and concentrated on the game I'm playing.
"Lils!" Dad yelled. I looked up. He pointed to his ears and I took my earbuds out. "Communicate, Lila. And turn that music down, I can hear it from here." My dad said in his 'strict father voice'. Which almost makes me smile, because he's the more fun one of my parents. My mom's all about rules and chores and crap. My dad's the comic relief of the family.
"So why are we coming up here again?"
"Your grandparents get lonely. It's just the two of them up here and they want to see you. I mean you're almost seventeen. They don't wanna miss your birthday." Mom chipped in.
"I don't see why Alex can't come."
"Because it's for family." My mom's voice was tight. I know what she thinks of Alex. She told me when I first admitted to her that I like Alex like that. She said, 'That boy would break your heart- rip it in two. Stay friends with him- trust me, it's easier'. I shrugged off the memory and picked up my book sitting on the seat next to me. I'm almost done with the Mortal Instruments series! I love it so much! My dad saw what I was reading.
"What did we say about those books!"
"I like them!"
"They're not Christian!"
"Just let me finish the series! Then I'm done with then."
"Ugh!"
"Lily, go tell grandpa it's time for dinner." I stopped setting the plates on the table and walked to my grandparent's bedroom. It was closed. I gently opened it a crack. At first I didn't see him. But at a second glance, he was sitting by his closet, a large wooden box at his feet. I opened the door the rest of the way and walked in.
"Grandpa, it's time for dinner." Then I stopped in my tracks. In the box was leather clothes and knives and swords. "What's that?" I pointed to the sword in his hands. It had funny symbols on ait. He looked like a deer in headlights.
"Well? What are we waiting for? Let's go eat."
"What is that?" I repeated. He hesitated.
"We'll explain during supper."
"What do you mean 'shadowhunter'?!"
"Like those books you like so much. In fact- exactly like them. Clary and Jace are real people." Mom explained.
"I don't understand. How?"
"Your grandma is a mundane. Grandpa was a shadowhunter before they met. It's illegal-"
"For a shadowhunter to marry a mundane." I finished for my mom. My grandparents and dad left the conversation as soon as dinner was done. I guess it's a sensitive topic for them.
"So he left for her. I knew the truth and had to choice to become a shadowhunter or not. I chose not it. We didn't tell you because you didn't naturally have the Sight. There was just no reason to." Mom explained.
"So you had a choice?"
"Yeah."
"Do I have a choice?" Mom hesitated.
"I guess, if you really want one…"
"When do I start?"
"You're a natural!" Grandpa said, amazed. We're still at their cabin in the woods- out in the said he would teach me some basics- which surprised us all.
"Lunch!" Grandma called from the porch. We walked back together. We were never really close, but I can tell already we're going to be super close by the end of this.
"What about when I get back home?" I live in Green Bay.
"There's an institute there. I'm sure your mother will go with you to talk to them about training." We all sat down for a light lunch.
"Mom, grandpa says theres an institute in Green Bay. Can you take me when we get back?"
"We'll see." I can tell my mom still doesn't like me shadowhunting.
A/N: So! Here's the first chapter of my new story! I really hope ya'll like it! If any of you are confused: She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. But her grandparents live in the U.P. (The upper peninsula of Michigan). The next chapter will be her and her mom going to the Green Bay Institute. Oh and pay attention to the character Alex that Lily mentioned briefly in this chapter. He'll come in A LOT later. Thanks!
Love,
C.A.M.3