AN: I don't really know what inspired me to write this yet again but anyway here it is my friends. Oh wait I don't have friends. Oh that was a bit of a buzzkill. Sorry about that, I have random moments like that a lot and I'll shut up and let you read the story now.

Clary's point of view

I woke up as I heard one of the pirates call out "Land ahead."

I muttered something that was meant to be "Oh shit." But I think it came out more like "Mmmh shimf"

I rubbed my eyes and then dragged myself out of the warm and cosy bed and stumbled towards my small closet type thing.

The benefits of being the only girl pirate to have ever been known and lived to see land after setting off on their first adventure.

Maybe a bit of information about me wouldn't hurt really.

My name I go by as a pirate is Clary Fray, I am sixteen years old and I have been at sea since I was six years old which is also when my parents and brother died in a house fire. Luke (the captain of the ship) who had been like a second father to me had recently brought the ship The Shadowhunter and he made me his fist crew mate on the ship. I have bright, fiery red, curly hair that fell to my elbows if I let it down but was more commonly tied in a braid, a ponytail, or a bun or some other hairstyle that keeps it out of my way, my eyes were a bright, sparkling, emerald green colour with dark eyelashes out lining them, I had unusually high cheekbones for my family and being a girl (mostly it's men with the cheekbones), I also had horrible freckles dancing all over my body as if they were clinging onto me for dear life and my skin was a horrible porcelain pale white skin which made me look like I'd been dead for two years. I was fairly short at 5ft6 and I most commonly worked with my swords, my daggers/knives, or my bow and arrows.

That's enough about me for now and anyway today was going to be the first time I've ever stepped my foot back on my homeland and in my town since I was six.

I now felt more awake than ever as I picked a load of clothes up and threw them on before redoing my braid and then I ran out of my cabin and straight to the deck.

I ran to the edge of the ship and jumped up onto the edge and held a rope to help me balance properly and watched as the land came nearer, my first ever home came closer to me.

I heard Luke call to me "Hey Claire, can you take the wheel for a moment?"

I grinned and leapt off the ledge and ran over to the helm and asked "Where am I stopping?"

Luke pointed to the area and I nodded and took the wheel carefully and delicately just like Luke taught me how to and guided the ship into the docks.

Luke soon called "Put the anchor down!"

The other men all called out "Aye Captain." And they lowered our anchor which soon dragged us to a stop.

I grinned at Luke who smiled back as he warned me "Be careful Clary, you don't want too many people to notice you and also don't be too excited the village is still the same."

I nodded and said "Oh please Uncle Luke I'll be fine."

Luke laughed slightly and replied "Yes, I think you will."

I smiled and then as soon as I could I got off the ship and as I half walked half ran down the wooden deck Luke called after me "Be back here by eleven Claire!"

I waved my hand to show I'd heard before realising that I should have probably dressed up as a village girl not my usual pirate self but oh well I'm not going back to the ship until I really have to.

I wondered around the village carefully, making sure I didn't knock into anyone or trip into someone or something stupid like that.

I walked through the market and heard a yell come out "HEY! THIEF! SEIZE THE THIEF!"

At first I thought that someone was talking about me but then I saw a boy running down the road his hand clutched around an apple.

My eyes drifted to the market seller who looked fairly wealthy but he was still insisting on catching a poor little boy.

I darted quickly from the edge of the market to block the man from chasing after the boy as the boy stumbled into people and tripped over.

The man stared down at me and sneered "Get out of my way girl."

I answered firmly "No, this boy has only stolen one apple from you when you have tons left and you're insisting on chasing him for one apple."

The man looked at me as if I was crazy and he said "Yes but I need that apple."

I groaned and pointed out "You have a whole stall of apples and you only want one out of the thousands you have there and probably back at your house?"

The man glared at me but I didn't budge and he said "Fine but I want some payment for the apple."

I glanced at the boy and I could see easily that the reason he stole was exactly because he couldn't afford that much.

I felt slightly sorry for him and I turned to the man and said "How much?"

The man looked taken aback and he said "A silver coin."

I gave him a weird look and said "No wonder they steal from you not many carry silver coins these days."

The man lowered his gaze slightly and I muttered "Complete rip-off for an apple. At least give him three of them for that price."

The man sighed and snapped "Money first please."

I shook my head and said "I'd rather have the apples first."

He glared at me and I glared back which he seemed slightly taken aback by and he turned around and gave me another two apples which I traded him for a silver coin.

As he walked away muttering about stupid girls and thieving boys and how he'd been ripped off and everything, I walked to the boy and handed him the other two apples and said "There you go mate."

The boy stared at me and asked "Why did you do that?"

I shrugged and said "I had a family once but they're dead now so I guess I wanted to make it up to them by doing some good for the poorer people."

The boy nodded and said "I'm sorry about your family."

I smiled slightly to show that I wasn't about to kill or hurt anyone as I replied "It's fine mate, been gone a long time now, go give your family the apples oh wait and take this too."

This time I found three silver coins and handed them to the boy and judging by how his eyes widened he hadn't seen this much for a long time.

I smiled at the boy and whispered "Go on, back to your family."

The boy whispered "Thank you."

I smiled and watched him run off again before turning back and walking through the streets until I found the place where my house used to be.

No one had built on it again and it remained as lumps of coal and ashes as well as a few metals and other stuff.

I noticed a sign post and I walked over to it and read it.

'This was the house of the Morgenstern family. On September the twenty second 2004 this house caught on fire for an unknown reason. Valentine Morgenstern, Jocelyn Morgenstern and Jonathan Morgenstern's bodies were all found after the fire leaving the daughter Clarissa Morgenstern the only survivor of this disaster. No one knows where Clarissa is now but we can all presume that she is in safe hands and will be recovering from her loss fairly well now.'

I stared at the sign post and thought "Well how nice of them, they've basically told everyone how I'm doing without knowing me. Thanks village."

I then heard a voice from behind me say "That's where the Morgenstern's used to live Miss."

I looked behind me and saw a man who was wearing posh and rich looking clothes and if there was one word to describe him it would be golden.

His long, curly hair that fell into his eyes was a light golden colour, his eyes were a darker golden colour almost like a lion's eyes, he had golden skin and a very flirtatious smile and well he was probably hot in a normal persons book but after living full time with men for ten years you don't tend to love them at first sight or something stupid.

I replied carefully "I gathered that from reading the sign post thanks sir."

The man nodded and said "You have quite a sarcastic tone for a lovely young lady like yourself Miss."

I had to try not to wince at his horrible description of me as a lady, ha I act more like a man for my living so I don't think I count as a lady.

I smirked at him instead and said "I'm not like a little lady who happens to be polite and respectful unless the person has earned it, and I really don't think that you're able to class me as a proper lady."

The man chuckled and said "Well Miss, you happen to have a lot of courage in you too, maybe we should take you in for the royal army. Your looks would probably stun people to death."

I looked at him slowly getting creped out now as I answered "Sorry but I have a job and I have no interest in joining a royal anything."

The man ignored me as he said "Or someone could probably cut themselves by slapping your cheekbones."

I stared at him and asked "Are you trying to chat me up there or are you merely stating that I have high cheekbones?"

The man winked and said "Whichever one suits you best Miss …"

I felt my brain start swearing instantly and I rushed out "Smith. Anna Smith."

The man smiled and said "Well Miss Smith you could take my words anyway you want them if I end up with you in my bed."

I almost wanted to gag or attack him and run away but instead I replied sarcastically "Well sir, I happen to not be staying here very long, me and my family are just merely passing through on our way to the next city along."

Then a female came into view this one had long waist length black hair with charcoal eyes, she was tall and she wore high heels too and she was ribbon slim which was kind of irritating slightly.

She then called "Jace, are you really chatting up another girl? Well she's not your usual type I guess but seriously, you know perfectly well how your father reacts when you bring them home."

I smiled politely and said "I was just leaving Miss; I wanted to just have a look at the house quickly before heading back into the market and getting some stuff for my family's journey ahead."

I turned on my heels and walked away heading back to the market seriously hoping that the man wouldn't follow me.

Jace's point of view

The girl soon disappeared from my view as she slipped into the crowds of the market place.

For some reason when I saw her reading the post I was memorised by her fiery red hair and her emerald eyes that were focusing hard on the post, her pale skin sparkling slightly under the sun and she had a small scar cut across her freckled cheek.

Now she'd left it was like a light in my brain had gone out and I doubted that it would ever light up again unless I saw her as much as I could.

I turned to Izzy and asked "What is it now? I would have had that girl practically begging me to kiss her in a few more minutes but no you have to come along and destroy my plans."

Izzy smirked and said "Sorry your highness but I have to inform you that your mother wants a word with you about the ball in five weeks or something and I hate to tell you but that girl looked more creped out by you than falling in love with you."

I sighed and said "Fine I'm coming and you would know correctly if you hadn't interrupted me Isabelle Sophia Lightwood."

Izzy laughed and said "Oh come on Jonathan Herondale, I'm sure Aline or Kaelie will have sex with you tonight, they always do."

I sighed and answered "Yeah but I'd prefer if it was Anna Smith personally."

Izzy giggled and said "That's a completely false name isn't it?"

I frowned and asked Izzy "What do you mean false name?"

Izzy rolled her eyes as we started walking through the crowd "She sounded uncertain when she answered your question so conclusion is that she was probably lying to you because she doesn't want you stalking her."

I nodded and felt slightly disappointed but I cheered up instantly when I saw Alec and Max waiting for me and Izzy and we all broke into a conversation but only one thought ran through my head.

"If Izzy is right and her name is not Anna Smith then what the hell is her name and why didn't she tell the truth to me?"

That was the last thing I remember thinking before something large and metal whacked me on the back of the head and I fell to the floor half unconscious trying to look at my attackers and it didn't take me too long to figure out that they were pirates probably wanting to take me on board so they can bargain with my family for me back home safely.

I soon wondered as my head fell into near darkness "What if the girl was a pirate slave and that's why she lied to me."

Then everything faded to black but I still heard a few things and swear I saw a few flashes of stuff too.

Such as the men dragging e back to the ship secretively and somehow no one noticed. Or a girl's voice snap "For Raziel's sake you three can't you guys not knock anyone out and make the prisoners for one trip?" Then it was another one of the same girl voice but another male voice arguing what to do with 'them' which I guessed meant they got the Lightwoods too but the girl seemed to lose as she snapped about her cabin before I fell into darkness again.

Clary's point of view

I glanced up as some of the crew came down the docks quickly dragging something heavy.

After the boy had spoken to me I had come straight back to the ship and told Luke about him.

Luke had told me to relax and stay on the ship and I had done just that until I recognised him and I hissed at Luke "Luke, the golden one was the one I talked to earlier."

Luke who was typically drunk just laughed and congratulated the men on bringing the royals here.

I sighed and grabbed Luke's arm and asked "Are you crazy? These people are royal and you're taking them with us?"

Luke looked at me with his hazy and misty blue eyes and said "Not crazy and yeah they come with us."

I moaned "Luke this will have the whole world searching for us and we really don't need that right now so put them back on the street now."

Luke typically ignored me and the four people ended up tied up to our post and I ended up screaming stuff at Luke before storming off to my cabin insisting that I would talk to them when they wake up and sit in the interview too.

I sat on my bed restlessly, I wanted to punch something to release my anger but the last thing I punched was now broken due to the time I threw it at Luke's head when he came in whilst I was in my pissed off mood and clearly wanted to be alone.

I was now paying the price as when I punched the wall the skin on my knuckles split open again and I just stared at my hand and muttered "You have got to be kidding me."

-Page Break-

It has been three days now and the guests or prisoners or whatever you want to call them are all still completely knocked out which I found slightly irritating.

I think Luke could tell I was getting impatient with the four people and I could almost swear that he was knocking them out when I was on a rage mode or just simply wasn't there.

When I wasn't in the shadows of the area we were keeping the royals I was walking around the ship or my cabin restlessly.

I heard one of the crew called Sebastian Verlac call to me "Go get the captain Fray."

I rolled my eyes and then asked "Where is he?"

Verlac answered with "Prisoners."

I sighed and walked off to the cabin area where we kept the prisoners.

Luke was talking about himself and the ship "I am Luke Garrowway and I am the captain of this ship, which is called The Shadowhunter."

I typically tripped as I walked in and I had to grab an old piece of wood to keep myself from smacking the floor.

Luke stared at me and asked me coldly "Why are you here? You were meant to wait for me to call you in."

I stood up straight which didn't match Luke's full height but I was like my father and I could intimidate people a lot.

I answered even colder than him "Verlac sent me because he wanted you, is that a problem?"

Luke studied me and questioned "What does he want me for?"

I shrugged and said "No idea, didn't ask him because he's a creep so it's probably like to sniff you or something."

Luke scolded "You don't speak ill of a crew member child."

I muttered "Doesn't count if he's a stalking creep."

Luke glared at me but instead of shrinking back I met his eyes and told him "Your glare really doesn't work on me."

Luke snapped "Well maybe it should."

I snapped back "Well maybe someone taught me not to care about how people look at me."

Luke stepped closer to me and hissed "And that someone also taught you how to stop your anger Miss."

I replied "And that person really shouldn't be able to talk like that considering what he did to me and you know who."

Luke glared at me and I glared back.

Both of us knew who I was on about and both of us knew that he was now lying in his grave dead.

His name: Valentine Morgenstern, my father.

Luke eventually gave up as he told me "He isn't even alive anymore."

I told him "He left other stuff behind though."

Again we was talking about when my father had turned abusive or had been abusive as I can't remember him in any other way, my father had beaten me and my brother daily and now all I have rest of my family is the Morgenstern ring, a necklace my mother used to wear and the scars that patterned my back, shoulders, arms and legs.

Luke sighed and then stormed off before calling back to me "Watch them and don't tell them your name."

I rolled my eyes and went over to a barrel and perched myself on top of it and sat there with my legs crossed feeling four pairs of eyes examine me.

The golden boy who I talked to earlier asked me "Your name isn't Anna Smith is it?"

I admitted "Nope."

He obviously tried to trick me by asking "So what is your real name?"

I replied with "Try harder to trick me next time Goldilocks."

The golden boy corrected "Jace. My name is Jace Herondale."

I said "I know."

Jace frowned and went to say "Why didn't -"

I interrupted though "I call you that? I prefer Goldilocks or Barbie if you really want."

Jace scowled and muttered "Shut up Pirate."

I chuckled slightly and asked "Is that your best insult to me? By the angel, I know someone who has never been to school who has come up with better insults than that."

Jace scowled and asked "Why did you kidnap us?"

I told him "I didn't. A few members of the crew did but I certainly had no part in your kidnapping as you call it. In fact I was the only member of the crew who voted openly that you four should be left at your home."

Jace looked surprised as did the rest and the other older boy asked me "Why are you a pirate?"

I raised my eyebrows and asked "Do you ask that because you think I'm actually going to answer it or do you ask because you can't contain your curiosity?"

The boy shrugged and said "I don't know Pirate girl. My name is Alec Lightwood."

I nodded trying to remember their names gold one was Jace the dark hair one was Alec.

The girl went next "I'm Isabelle Lightwood but everyone calls me Izzy because I prefer it to my longer name."

I glanced between Alec and Izzy and soon figured that they were related brother and sister most likely.

The little boy then said "I'm Max Lightwood."

I studied the three 'Lightwoods' and saw a piece of similarity between them so I decided they were probably all brothers and sisters minus Jace who was probably Alec's friend or Izzy's boyfriend or something.

I told them "Well I would introduce myself back but as the captain said I can't I'm afraid it is impossible so I guess you'll have to call me something else unless you guess my name of course."

The four of them sighed and Luke somehow yelled to me "Hey Red! Do the talk would ya?"

I yelled back "Am I allowed to say my name or am I still not allowed?"

Luke yelled back "Fine, they'll guess it later so you might as well tell them."

I rolled my eyes and yelled back "Okay I'll do the talk."

I turned to the group and said "Basically this is a ship called 'The Shadowhunter', our captain is Luke Garrowway, and I am the first in command after him as well as the only girl on this entire crew. The rest are idiotic boys who are mostly drunk. Basically we fight off different monsters and protect you all but we call ourselves pirates."

Jace asked me "What kind of monsters?"

I looked at him and said "Demons mostly, but we have the occasional siren or a water beast or a giant squid or something like that. Oh and do try not to offend the sea when you talk, she can get a bit angry and sailing in a storm is not the most pleasant thing to do so please try not to. Any more questions?"

After the last words left my mouth the fighting bell rang throughout the ship which meant demons were about to come onto the ship.

I cursed and said "Damn those demons, always come at inappropriate times you know."

Jace snorted and asked me "Do you really expect us to believe that demons and sirens exist?"

I glanced at him and asked back "Do you want me to put you in front of one to prove it or are you going to take my word?"

I went to leave them and help my crew but before I could barely move Jace called to me "You never told us your name Red."

I spun around to face them and did a mock bow as I answered "Clary Fray at your service."

I smirked at all of their surprised faces and I then ran out on top of the deck and started slashing at demons.

But it wasn't long before I heard Izzy scream at the top of her lungs which meant one had got in there and as per usual I was the one who had to help them.

Jace's point of view

After Clary had left we all stared after her in disbelief.

How can a short, fiery red haired, emerald green eyed, pale and freckled skinned with high cheekbones girl be The Clary Fray from all of those legends and stories? How is that possible?

And she also wants us to believe that demons and monsters and all sorts existed? Ha they could only exist in a fake world.

As the stairs creaked again I thought that Clary was probably coming back a smile on her face laughing at us as if we believed her that they existed.

Unfortunately it turned out to be exactly what I thought would be impossible: a demon.

It crept towards us hissing in a strange language which I couldn't understand.

Izzy screamed as it got its claws out which looks about two or three metres long and very sharp.

I stood up and said boldly "I'm not afraid of you Demon."

The demon seemed to laugh before it snarled and swiped its hand at me the claws extended.

I was prepared for them to cut my skin but an arrow shot straight past my face and into the demons arm and it howled in pain as it was pinned to the wall.

I looked over to where the arrow had come from and saw Clary holding a bow and a few arrows in a bag thing slung across her back.

I stared at her as she placed her bow down and drew out a sword instead and said "Back off of our prisoners."

The demon giggled as its arm was pulled free and it slithered towards her instead.

Clary didn't back away like I expected her to, instead she walked towards it and as it lunged she dodged and ran in front of the cage we were in as if she was protecting us.

The demon suddenly made a high pitch shrieking sound which was instantly returned and soon there was at least four of them coming down the stairs and waiting to pounce at Clary.

Clary instead of looking scared or petrified like most people would, just laughed and asked "Is that all you guys have got?"

The demons hissed something again which made her face go serious but still not at all scared or anything just normal.

Clary then said "Come have a go if you think you're hard enough."

This seemed to do it for the demons as all five of them came lunging at Clary at the same time.

Clary pulled out another sword and she yelled "Ariel! Zaphkiel!" which her blades then lit up in a bright light as she swung them straight at the demons.

Two of them she cut in half in one blow.

Another two she beheaded.

And the last one who managed to knock her swords away from her laughed evilly before choking slightly as a dagger from what seemed out of nowhere stabbed it straight in the heart and it screamed out loudly before disintegrating just like the other four did leaving only a dagger covered in black liquid left behind.

Clary bent down to collect her dagger and made a disgusted face as she picked up and muttered "Demon blood. Gross."

She glanced at us and asked us "Did any of them touch you?"

I shook my head but the rest of my family were too speechless to move apparently.

Clary looked at them slightly worried and asked me "Are they okay?"

I nodded and answered "I think they're in shock."

Clary looked slightly surprised for a second before muttering "Of course, you royal people know nothing of demons and monsters let alone girls fighting them and you are probably going to freak out any minute now."

I stared at her and asked "How long have they existed?"

Clary looked at me and replied "I'm only sixteen, and according to legends they always have lived. Just no one notices that they're still alive because it's the crew of The Shadowhunter's job to kill or capture any threatening demons or monsters before they harm someone. We just get assumed as pirates because well I guess we are really just demon hunter pirates."

Izzy then stuttered "You just … just ... killed demons."

Clary muttered "Oh Raziel here we go."

She then said louder "Yes I am a female pirate who sails the seas and kills demons and monsters for a living."

Alec soon said "But that's impossible, females can't use weapons. They're too weak and small to do so."

Clary looked at him and told him "I am very offended by that. I may be a girl but I find that rather sexist that you assume that girls are too weak, small and stupid to handle weapons and kill something."

I quickly covered for him "He means in the kingdom we rule, girls aren't allowed to carry weapons, only boys can."

Clary asked me "What makes you think I come from another kingdom?"

I frowned slightly as she carried on "I am from the same kingdom you rule Mr Herondale so I wouldn't try to cover him up that way, though it was a nice try."

I frowned and said "But you don't look like anyone from around our kingdom let alone a local."

Clary rolled her eyes and said "I've been a pirate for a long time mate, and today was the first day I've set foot on that land since I left it. So no I'm not a local really. I'm an outcast, a good thing about being a pirate."

The man from earlier came running down the stairs his eyes looking worried and scared but as soon as he saw us he covered up his emotions again just like Clary did and stood next to her studying her.

He asked her "Clary are you okay? They didn't scratch you did they? Those were Raveners you know …."

Clary snapped coldly "I'm fine Luke, I can take care of myself perfectly well and I know what they were, you should remember that I knew plenty about demons before I set a foot on this ship."

Luke sighed and said "Clary I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier."

Clary just narrowed her eyes and asked out loud "But is that the alcohol talking now? Or is it actually an apology? Because you know what you don't listen to me at all, you're just like the rest of the crew and you think I'm too weak to handle myself because I'm a girl just stop apologising and stop making the same mistakes."

Clary pushed past Luke forcefully and stormed out of the cabin which Luke then yelled out after her "Try not to punch anything again."

I heard Clary's fist punch the floor above us making the whole cabin rattle slightly and Luke sighed softly as her scream came down "There I punched something! What are you going to do now?"

Luke closed his eyes as her footsteps stomped above us and then it faded as she moved further down the ship.

Luke said out loud as if to himself but he looked straight at me "She has always been a stubborn and angry girl, got that off her father no matter how much she looks like her mother."

I nodded slightly and Luke then unchained us and showed us to our cabins and hammocks before leaving us with the orders to sit back and relax for today.

So we did just that and as we sat in our hammocks Izzy, Alec and Max all started talking about home but I blanked them out and listened to the soft sound of the sea in the background, somewhat surprised how much it calmed me.

AN: Sorry that this chapter is pretty shit but I didn't know how to end it and well I wanted to end it so I can start on the next one with something else. Anyway I hope you liked or enjoyed reading it and please review.