Chapter 1
"Got you!" I yelled. "Huh...What...!" came a confused voice. "Just admit it Hunter I beat you...what can't take being beat by a girl?" I say laughing.
My name is Star, I'm 16 years old living in the New York Institute, and here I train to be a Shadowhunter. When I was 6 years old a demon came to my home in the London and came to kill us all. My parents had told me to pack a small sack with only the most important things and run, run until I couldn't run any more. Naturally I didn't do as I was told and hid out side in the garden. That was when I witnessed the worst thing a 6 year old could, her parents being killed by demons. I was so shocked I couldn't move. I don't remember much after that. One minute I was curled up of the ground crying for my parent the next i woke up in a warm bed. It turned out that the clave, the government for shadowhunters, had shown up and sent me to the New York institute where I would continue my training until age 18 when I would be considered an adult and could do what I wanted. The couple that runs the New York institute is Sarah and Henry Bradwell. Sarah asked me first thing when I woke up is if my parents gave me a big old book. At the time just the mention of my parent sent me spiraling into tears. Two days later I went out to explore where I was and I ran into Hunter. From that day on hunter was the only one that truly understood me.
Besides Hunter, I, Sarah and Henry living in the institute there were 4 other children, all orphans like Hunter and me. Their names are will, Isabelle, Alec, and Jasmine (Jessie). Isabelle, and Alec are siblings related by blood, but we all think of the other as a brother or sister...I think.
Alec is the oldest out of us at age 18 he decided to stay at the institute when he cam of age. Isabelle, hunter, and I are all 16, Jessie is 15 and has no interest in becoming a shadowhunter at all. Will is the youngest of us all at age 14.
"You beat me at an unfair advantage," said hunter." you must have, nobody can move that fast."
"ggrrr" a deep growl came from my throat," I did not. I beat you fair and square."
" come on you can tell me." Hunter pried.
"Come on, no one's here." he yells out into the supposedly empty training room. As he said this Isabelle and will creep out from behind the weapons cart, and crawl down the ropes tied to the rafters
"WHAT!" Hunter and I yell in unison.
"Sorry we enjoy watching you fight Star, you're the best swordsman-women-whatever out of all of us. You're very graceful." said isabelle
"Ya, we wanted to see how you practiced so maybe we could beat you for a change instead of you beating us." will said
"Don't flatter me" I snap "what did you hear?" I say with a small growl.
"n-nothing much except that you have a have some skill that gives you and unfair advantage." Isabelle shuddered and ended in a whisper . She never got nervous. I must have looked really mad. At that I stormed out of the training room and slammed the door on the way out. Hunter, the person I trusted most, possibly spilled my biggest secret ever, even though he himself didn't even know what it was.I was so furious when I got to my room I punched to wall. I knew I would regret it late which I did.
I sat in my room for the rest of the day looking out the window. i didn't even go to dinner when Sophie called me down. Sophie is the helping hand around the institute. i don't like to say maid because, well, she's more than a maid, she's pretty good at fighting and a great friend. Although Sophie isn't Nephilim, (part angel part human, I'll explain later) she can see the same things we can and she can see us and demons for who they really are. Now Nephilim are half angel half human people made by the angel Raziel who combined his blood and human blood in a cup called the mortal cup and nephilim were born. Shadowhunters are another name for nephilim. We were made by the angel raziel to protect humans from demons.
I finally gave into my growling stomach at 1:38 A.M and went down to the kitchen to get something to eat to satisfy my stomach.
