This is my first story so take it easy on me… Please :) And I know the epilogue is short but bear with me here. And I promise that the actual chapters will be longer than this. And I'll try to upload at least every seven days, if not less. I love you if you read it. Feel free to criticize.

Epilogue

"Bwuby" three year old Clary screamed at the top of her lungs with huge tears staining her small, pail face. Her hands were balled up into fist at her side, her nails cutting into her soft baby skin.

"Hey Clair-bear, what's wrong" Jace, her five year old step-brother, said running into her nursery breathing heavily with a panicked face.

"I fall down, and mama said dat I was dust a spoiled bat, and-and" she broke off as she started hiccupping through her sobs. "-To go to my woom."

"Did she now" Jace said through clenched teeth trying hard to keep a calm face on. He picked her up and walked her to his monk-like bedroom. He hated it when Jocelyn treated Clary like this, which was most of the time any more. She was her daughter, but yet she looked at her like she was nothing more than a piece of trash. Even Stephen, Jace's dad and Clary's Step-father, loved her like his own daughter, when it was obvious that Jocelyn wanted nothing to do with her.

Jace knew that at one time Jocelyn was a wonderful, loving mother, he had heard that much from his step-aunt, Amatis, when she was talking to his father. Apparently there had been an accident, a fire to be exact. Clary's father, and brother, didn't make it out. Clary and Jocelyn barely did. Clary still had burn scars that started at her neck, and went down to the small of her back.

He laid her down carefully onto his bed and then got up to go change into his sleep cloths. "No go Jacey, I scared by mysewf" she said trying to keep her eyes from closing, which was becoming more and more hard.

Jace smiled and pulled the covers back and scooted in beside her pulling her back against his chest and putting his chin on her head. "I'm not going anywhere Clary, I'll always be here to protect you" he promised. They both fell asleep in each other's arms smiling.

4 Years later

Clary woke up to screaming, ugh, not again,she thought.

Jocelyn and Stephan had been fighting constantly lately, and she hated it.

"Jace, go get your sister now" she herd her mother scream.

"Don't talk to my son that way, you have no right" she heard Stephen scream back.

She heard foot steps outside her door and quickly laid her head back down pretending to be asleep.

"I know your awake Clary" she heard him say quietly, like he was sad. Her head shot straight up. He gave her a small smile and then set on the end of the bed, not making eye contact. "There's something we need to talk about"

"Jace" she said drawing out his name. "Whats going on"

"Mom and dad are getting a divorce", he said finally looking at her. His eyes filled with unshed tears.

"But we, we, we still get to, to like see each other right" she said her eyes now filling with tears, she already knew the answer, but had to hear it out loud, just to be sure.

"No Clary, Dad and I are moving to New York" he said looking at the floor.

"New York, but that's so far away" she said, more tears falling. He wrapped his arms around her small seven year old form and she cried herself to sleep in his arms.

Moving Day

"Good-bye Stephen" Clary said wiping away more tears. It seemed That all she had been doing lately was crying.

"Good-bye Clary, I love you" he said tearing up.

"I love you, too" she said

"Clary" someone said in a quiet voice beside her. She looked up to see Jace standing there holding something in his hand.

"Uh, hi Jace, I uh, have something for you" she said holding up a folded piece of paper.

"Me too" he said, holding out his hand. "On three" he said."One"

"Two"

"Three" they both handed each other their gifts.

"Oh Jace" she said letting more tears fall. "I love it." It was a medium sized stone that reflected to sun, so it looked like a light.

"I love mine to Clary, I love you" he said back with tears in his eyes. It was a skech of the two of them at the park, and he was pushing her on the swing, and they both had huge smiles on their faces.

"I love you, too, Jace" she said with a small smile.

"Good-bye Clary" He said pulling her into a bear-hug.

"Good-bye Jace". Clary watched as the two boys got into their car and drove away, along with a piece of her heart.

And if your wondering whose parents are who READ THIS.

Jocelyn+Luke= Clary, Jonathan

Stephen+Celine= Jace