Hello all, this is my first story ever! So I hope you guys like it, I will try to update at least weekly, so without further ado the first chapter.

Chapter 1

"CLARY! Get down here right now!" Clary heard her father and ran down the stairs as fast and as quietly as possible as to not make her father madder, as she ran down the stairs she went over her checklist a thousand times making sure that she had done everything that had been asked of her. By the time she found her father it was to soon and to late. "What is this?" Valentine asked, "A bag of off tomatoes, dad" Clary close to whispered while trying to stop quivering and keeping her hands from shaking, "Yes I can see that, why hasn't it been used or thrown out? It's making the kitchen stink!" "I'm sorry Daddy, I didn't notice them or the smell" Clary whimpered afraid of what was going to come. "Of course you didn't notice the smell because just like the rest of your body and personality it either hasn't developed yet or is completely retarded!" He yelled at her, Clary shrunk back her eyes welling up with tears hoping that it would end soon. "GO UP TO YOUR ROOM! I don't want to see you for the rest of the night!" Valentine yelled, Clary ran up to her room and managed to close the door before the tears started pouring down her face. She remembered what it used to be like before her Mum moved away. They had never really been a happy family, her Mum and Dad were always fighting each other, until one day her Mum just packed up and left when Clary was 5 years old. Clary was told she looked just like her Mother Jocelyn and from picture she had seen she could see the resemblance, long frizzy fiery red hair (Jocelyn's is wavy), emerald green eyes, pale skin, the only differences between the were Clary's freckles, height and curves. Jocelyn was tall and had curves in all the right places, where as Clary was short on 5'3 and she had no curves at all. Ever since that day Valentine had started drinking all the time and he started abusing her, most of the time it was just putting her down and insulting her verbally but occasionally he would hit her, one time he even got a knife and cut her back numerous times until she passed out from pain and blood loss.

Considering what her father had said Clary decided to go to bed and just sleep it off to prepare herself for school tomorrow (UGH!).

The Next Day

There was a crash downstairs followed by door slamming and a car speeding off, Valentine's left, Clary thought to herself, she smiled this meant that she could go to school in peace this morning and without any tears.

Sorry it was short sort of just an intro before the story really starts

Jace, Magnus and The Lightwoods soon!