The air was cold and crisp as Rose stepped out onto the side walk, on her way to school. She wasn't very smart, but Rose saw the world differently. She saw magic and beauty in everything. She was running to school, a book clenched tight to her chest. She usually didn't carry any books to school. She always tried her best to hide the nerd inside of her, but lately she was reading every book there was about Shadowhunters or Nephilim or Downworlders. She had been reading a series called "The Mortal Instruments" by Cassandra Clare. She believed everything written down in those books and she was determined to figure out how to peel away a glamour and see a Shadowhunter or even a demon. She had drawn runes and had a book that she wrote in. If she ever saw anything supernatural she saw it as another clue to get closer to seeing a Shadowhunter.
Everyday Rose drew a rune with a sharpie on her arm, so today she drew the sight rune on her wrist, three circles overlapping each other. She had also painted runes on her nails with black nail polish. She once thought she had seen a Shadowhunter two years ago at the park. Rose had decided to tell her best friend, Lucy. When Lucy heard the story she had frozen and tried to convince Rose that she was crazy or had only imagined it. Lucy stopped talking to her and moved away, she never heard from Lucy again. But Lucy's sudden disappearance only made her more curious and more determined to see a Shadowhunter.
Rose didn't tell anyone else about Shadowhunters and never made any new friends because she was afraid of getting hurt again. She didn't pay any attention in school today and ran strait home before anyone tried to talk to her. She walked into her house to find her mother sitting on the floor with boxes all around her. Rose's mother, Natalie, had thin brown hair messily clipped up and out of her way while she was getting rid of junk they didn't need in the house anymore.
Natalie looked up, her dark brown eyes shinning, and smiled at Rose as she come in the front door. "How was school," she asked, "make any new friends?"
"Why would I want to make new friends when I have you?" she asked and in response she made a face at her. "I am going out tonight though," she said and with that her mothers face light up with happiness.
"Where? With who?" she asked overly excited about the matter.
Rose suppressed a laugh before she could answer, "I'm going to a party everyone will be there so I guess I will go too."
"That's great! You're finally going to make new friends!" she jumped up and gave Rose a big hug that wasn't very much appreciated. "I'm so happy for you."
"Well," said Rose pulling away from her mother, " I need to go get ready." Rose was already up the stairs and to her room before her mother had time to respond. When she got inside her room she went to the closet and got out a short black dress and put it on. Then she put on black heeled boots and ran her hands through her brown curly hair. She took a sharpie and traced a love rune on her forearm, then she retraced over the faded sight rune on her wrist.
She sat on the edge of her bed staring out the window, trying to see something different, something unusual. After a while she gave up and grabbed a bag from under her bed. She then shoved a pair of dark jeans and a black tank top into the bag. She put on a pair of black fingerless gloves and stuck a dagger down into her left boot.
"Sorry mom," she whispered to herself, " I'm not going to a party, I'm going to find a Shadowhunter."