'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP'.
I wake up to the incessant beeping of the machine on my bedside table. I groan as I roll over to see the time. 7:00am.
"UGHHHH…" I groan at the early time. I have never a morning person, even though I am a shadow hunter, I never really have gotten used to the early risings. I surface from my thoughts when someone knocks on my door.
"Come in" I shout towards the door. The door slowly opens and a white haired boy pokes his head round. My brother, Jonathan.
"Are you decent?" He says with his hand over his eyes.
I laugh " Yes, yes I am still in bed".
Jonathan's eyes shoot open and glare at me. "Why aren't you dressed?"
"Why would I be, I only just got up?" I question as I frown at him.
He stares at me dumbfoundedly. "Are you being serious Clary! You forgot?! You're going to live in the New York Institute, remember? You got picked to go?"
My eyes shoot open and I spring out of bed and rush to my closet opening it and pulling out my outfit I already set up. Black skinny jeans, dark blue t-shirt, leather jacket and combat boots. I hear Jonathan laughing as he goes down the hall. I rush to put on my clothes and when I am finished I grab my suitcase and rush out of the door and down the hall to where my family is waiting.
"Finally, you do know you are expected at the Accords hall in 10 minutes right?" My dad, Valentine says impatiently. My mum, Jocelyn, just chuckles as she loops her arm into my dads and pulls him out of the door with Jonathan and I follow her.
Jonathan drags my suitcase into the Accords hall. I got chosen to move to the New York to get experience in demon fighting and to become a permeant resident in the city to protect it. The Lightwoods who already run the institute came to Idris in need of a person to come and help out. My dad, deciding I need to get some experience immediately jumped at the offer and I am so excited to go an meet new people and have new experienced, so I said would go along when the Consul asked me, much to me brothers dismay. Jonathan is too overprotective of me and feels I need to be protected all the time, like I was some fragile child, which I am not but he needs to let me go into the world. I chuckle at the thought and he looks at me.
"Whats funny?" Jonathan asks narrowing his eyes as we approach Ragnor Fell.
"Nothing" I smile at the thought.
"Hi there Morgensterns, I will be the one opening the portal and a warlock called Magnus Bane will be waiting on the other side to take you to the Institute, the portal will be open in a few minutes, take your time to say good bye" Ragnor said as he turned around and green sparks start to come from his fingertips.
I stop walking and turned around to face my family, my mother has tears in her eyes, my dad is looking as stern as ever and Jonathan is looking at a wall in the distance. I run up to my parents and give them a hug first, my mum sobs into my jacket.
"We love you so much Clary and we wish you all the best and so much luck." my mum sniffles. I pull back and my dad has his arm around my mum.
"We hope you write to us and visit soon, ok?" my dad smiles.
"Of course I will write and obviously I have to come home for some of mums cooking" I laugh, my eyes growing cloudy with tears. My dad winks at me. I move onto Jonathan who is finally looking at me now.
"Do you have to go? You can stay here if you want to?" His eyes look sad. I throw my arms around his neck as hug him tightly.
"I have to go, I want to go" I pull back and he nods. "I will write to you and tell you all about it ok, and before you know it I will be visiting again." I smile at him and he returns the gesture by pulling me back into a hug before Ragnor waves me over, indicating that the portal is ready. I walk over, suitcase trailing behind me, I look around taking one last glimpse of my family before stepping into the portal.
I step out into what looks like an apartment with a man standing on the other side wearing skin tight beige trousers, a loose black V neck t-shirt with a blazer, his hair was black and spikey and he had a lot of glitter all over him.
"Hi I'm Magnus Bane, high warlock of Brooklyn and I will be taking you to the the Institute" He smiles and leads me to the door. He hails a cab and directs the driver and after putting my case in the boot of the car, we head off. After a large amount of small talk we arrived at a large abandoned looking church, I frown and then the glamour starts to fade away and a beautiful large Gothic building which looked like every other Institute, very much like a big cathedral crossed with a castle. He leads me up the path to the big oak doors and pushes them open.
"Ok this is where I leave you I'm afraid biscuit, I think Isabelle will meet you by the elevator" he said, patted my shoulder and turned walking down the path. Five minutes into a new city and I already have a nickname, I chuckle. I walk in pushing the doors closed behind me and when I turn around a tall, slim girl with cascading black hair down to her waist is waiting for me, a big grin appears on her face when she sees me.
"You must be Clary, I'm Isabelle Lightwood and I live here and I shall give you the tour. I am so glad to have another girl my age!" She says running over and hugging me.
"Hi Isabelle, it is great to see you" I smile as I hug back, a bit surprised by the whole meeting.
"Ok I will show you your room first and then we can meet everyone else after you have settled in if that is ok?" She smiles as she releases me.
Once Isabelle had showed me to my room which was simple yet spacious with a large four poster oak bed in the corner with white linen on it and on the opposite wall, was an oak wardrobe and lots of shelves and cupboards. My room also has an en-suite which is a simple white bathroom with a toilet and a bath/shower.
After I had hung all of my clothes in my wardrobe, put my art supplies in a cupboard and organising things on my vanity, I ventured out of my door and went down two doors to where Isabelle's room was. I knocked twice before a sing song voice called out "Come in".
I push open the door and enter into a similarly laid out room like mine but the room is pink with black accents, it looked like a boudoir. Isabelle was sat on her bed polishing a seraph blade, she looks up and smiles and pats the bed next to her.
"Hold on let me just finish polishing this" she says as she does the finishing touches to her polishing, she looks at it, content with her work and sets the blade down on her bed.
"So the tour then" She claps her hands and pulls up me after her.
After Isabelle showed me the Institute and begged me to call her Izzy, I followed her into the kitchen which is a large open plan kitchen with an island in the centre. There were three others in the kitchen, two teenaged boys who look about my age, sixteen, and a younger boy looking around the age of ten.
"Hey guys this is Clary Morgenstern, she's the young shadow hunter who is going to live here with us from now on." She smiles at the others and seems to give them an encouraging glance.
"Hi I'm Max, the youngest and greatest Lightwood of them all" Max says coming over to me and pushes his glasses up his nose as he clutches his book and walks out of the door.
I chuckle and watch him leave. The next person to introduce himself was an extremely handsome blond haired boy with eyes golden. He was mesmerising.
"Hi Clary I'm Jace Herondale and this is Alec Lightwood, Isabelle's brother and my parabatai" He said smirking at me, there was a look in his eye which I couldn't quite recognise. Alec looks up and some of his dark hair falls into his face and he flicks it away with one swift motion of his head.
"So Taki's?" Jace said, his golden eyes sparkled.
"What's that?" I ask the three of them.
"Just the best restaurant in the whole of New York you will love it Clary, come one" Isabelle said looping her arm round mine and leading me out, I look behind me to see Jace and Alec discussing something in hushed tones, Alec scowling. Jace catches my glance and winks. I blush and turn back to Izzy who is telling me what they serve at Taki's and what she recommends.
We walk into a restaurant and the bell rings as we walk through the door. Izzy finds a booth in the far corner, I slide across to the window and before Izzy can sit by me, Jace swiftly slides next to me bumping hips. Izzy scowls at Jace but settles with sitting next to her scowling brother, who's expression hasn't changed since I met him. He is sitting opposite Jace and glares at me.
"So you're a Morgenstern eh?" Jace says nudging me with his elbow. "I have heard of your mom and dad, they are like legends!" He was looking me right in the eye and then turned, quickly breaking our eye contact when the waitress comes to take our order.
"Hi you three who's your friend you got here?" The faerie waitress says, touching Jace's shoulder.
"This is Clary she has just moved here this morning" Izzy replied smiling at me.
"Hi I'm Kaelie, can I get you guys anything?" she said.
"Jace and I will have our usuals and Iz what do you want?" Alec said turning his toward Izzy who was still eyeing up her menu.
"Clary you go I am still deciding" she mumbled from behind her menu.
"Hmmmm, I think I will have some chips please" I said to Kaelie, she just nodded as she scribbled it down on her notepad.
About one hour later we had finished our meals and headed out the door, with Jace grinning, Alec scowling and Izzy talking to no one in particular.
"How do you feel about going to a party later Clary?" Izzy said wiggling her eyebrows at me.
"I would love too, who's going and where is it?" I ask curiously.
"I got invites to Magnus's and everyone who is cool going..." She started.
"So I am going then?" Jace smirked and put one arm around me and one around Isabelle.
"Well you can come if you want... Alec wanna come tonight?" Izzy turned to her brother who was walking down the street beside her.
"Yeah sure why not, I have nothing better to do" he said shrugging.
"Well mum is away, Max will be happy to have some peace and quiet in the institute, it's starts at 8 so meet Clary and I at the elevator 7:45 sharp! And don't be late!" Izzy shouts dragging me with her to leave the boys standing together in the street.
"So where are we going?" I laugh as Izzy pulls me down the high street.
"I am going to get us outfits to wear tonight" She says as the pulls me into a shop.
"Oh no Izzy it's fine you don't have to I can wear jeans"
"Absolutely not to this party, anyway call it a welcoming present and it gives us time to get to know each other" she says picking up a top then putting it down.
Thirty minutes later you could class me and Izzy best friends, we seem to know everything about each other now. I will give it to her, she's relentless.
"Ok last shop I promise, it is a special shadow hunter shop" she says as she pull me down an alley and into a dark shop. I walk in and that's when I spot it. A beautiful short black bodycon dress with lace covering the top part of the dress and diamond cut outs on the sides. I stop on my tracks and Izzy stops too looking at me.
"What's up Clary?"
"That's my dress" I say pointing to the dress on the mannequin.
"That's your dress alright, I have some great shoes to go with that, you can borrow them" she says squealing.
"Izzy hurry up" I laugh as she is looking in the mirror just doing the finishing touches to herself, I walk into view and look at myself. If my parents could see me now I think. I am wearing the black lace dress, my crimson hair is curled in big elegant curls and(not like I needed them anyway, my hair is naturally like this) I have black stilettos on boosting my height a couple of inches. I am still at least a head smaller with Izzy in her heels. Izzy helped me do my makeup as a simple cat eyeliner and a blood red lipstick. We both look beautiful. Isabelle is wearing a floor length red dress with a slit on the right side exposing her long legs, her hair is up and her eyes are smokey with a red lipstick like mine.
We walk to the elevator, it is 7:40. Alec and Jace are no where to be seen.
"Ughhhhh they take longer on their hair than us" Izzy tapped her foot impatiently.
I laugh "Really?".
"Oh yeah, it's ridiculous" She says irritation edging into her tone.
Jace and Alec come barrelling down the hall shoving each other jokingly, they stop in the hall and they both stare at me like I'm a foreign object, Jace's expression is more positive than Alec's.
"Hey I'm know I'm new but don't look so disturbed" I laugh as I nervously fiddle with the hem of my dress.
"You look great Clary, don't worry" Izzy says rubbing my bare arm. Jace is still staring at me, his golden eyes sparkle as he just looks me up and down and takes me all in, I catch his stare and he smirks as we get into the elevator. I stand next to Izzy, and Alec and Jace are behind us whispering about something, all I can tell is Alec angry about something, which seems to be stuck emotion since I arrived.
As we walk down the sidewalk several men catcall me and Izzy but we take no notice as they are quickly dismissed by Jace and Alec, I just cannot believe this is my new life, I am going to a party! Something I could never do in Idris as Jonathan would never allow it because it is too dangerous in his opinion. And now look me now I am in a dress, a very short dress with new friends, kind of. As we get to Magnus's Izzy goes up and knocks three times with the big brass door knocker. A doorman opens the door, smiles and let's us in, the big heavy door shuts behind us with a thud.
