This is an AU fanfic, the characters are human. You do not need to know the books to understand this story.

I do not own any characters mentioned in this story

Clary sighs, looking into her childhood room once more before shutting the door and walking down the stairs, her suitcase trailing behind her. When she reaches the bottom, she watches her mom scrambling around the house while Luke is sitting on the couch seemingly lost in thought. She walks toward him before taking a seat next to him; it's silent for a few seconds before she decides to speak up.

"I'm going to miss you guys", it's only a mumble and when his soft blue eyes meet hers, Clary feels her heart sink. What could she possibly say to him? Nothing that she'd say would show how much she appreciated him, cared for him, or how thankful she was. She watches him contemplate whether he'd make a joke out of it or accept it, he goes with both.

"It'll just be until Thanksgiving, I think we can manage", he grins,"but I'll miss you too Clary." He reaches across and hugs her tightly, "Your mom is going to have a panic attack as soon as you step on to that plane though," he laughs and she joins in. As if on cue, Jocelyn, her mom, walks into the living room and looks at them.

"God... I can't believe you're going to college already", her eyes tear up slightly. Clary smiles at her before standing up and wrapping her short arms around her.

"We should get going, your flight leaves soon and we're already running a bit late", Luke speaks up grabbing Clary's bags and heading outside to the car; Jocelyn and Clary following behind.

After walking around the airport for a while and checking in, Clary's flight is called. She looks at the clock and bites the inside of her cheek, turning to look at her mom and Luke before hugging them tightly.

"Call us as soon as you get settled in", says Jocelyn, kissing her head and caressing her hair while Luke rubs her back soothingly. She was scared out of her mind, but she was also extremely excited to finally start her journey towards doing what she loved. Nodding, she says her goodbyes before walking to the gate.

She takes deep breaths as the cab approaches NYU. She had been planning what her life here would be like for years and it was finally happening. When she received the letter saying she'd been accepted everything sort of blurred out and all her focus concentrated in making college the best experience she could have.

Once they arrive, she pays the man, rushes out of the cab, and gets her things before heading into the campus.

Looking around, everything looks as amazing as it did when she had visited in the summer in an attempt to get more familiar with the place. There are groups of people everywhere: Sappy moms kissing their babies goodbye, dads standing to the side smiling proudly giving the occasional pat on the back, disoriented freshmen staggering through the crowds trying to find where they're supposed to go. She laughs lightly before going to find the office.

A sharp eyed woman hands her the dorm keys and Clary can't help but notice the way the lady seemed to be glaring at her. She simply smiles at her kindly, picking a fight with the staff the moment she arrived wasn't something she was looking for, before turning away from her and walking out to find her dorm room.

As she makes her way through the halls, she stars panicking. What would her roommate be like? Would they get along? What if she hates her? She bites her lip when she gets to the end of the hall. Looking up, she stares at the door that matched the letter and number on her key. Taking a deep breath she slides the key in. She turns the lock and opens the door just a bit, gasping slightly at the brown, almost black, eyes starring back at her with no emotion. She quickly recovers and pushes the door open wider, stepping into the room.

"Uh, Hi. I'm Clarissa Adele Fairchild but everyone calls me Clary. I'm very glad to meet you and I hope we can be friends", she rambles, going over the speech she'd written in her mind over the past few days; her face heating up when she realized how stupid and childish it sounded out loud. The girl raises her eyebrow at Clary before turning away, adding things to her bed stand. Clary huffs but raises her chin nonetheless before going to her bed and sitting down. When she gets up to start putting clothes in her side of the closet, after what seems to be forever, the raven haired girl finally speaks up.

"I'm Isabelle Lightwood", she says in a foreign accent, which catches Clary off guard. Clary turns around to look at Isabelle, who is struggling to smile. Now it's Clary's turn to lift an eyebrow, Isabelle sighing before standing up. She walks over to Clary, making her realize not only how tall she really is, but how beautiful she looked; with her long black hair reaching her waist and her eyes, which up close seem to have small golden specks in them.

"I'm sorry about that a few minutes ago... I'm just not used to meeting people, specially not girls, but I would like to give friendship a try too", Isabelle explains, this time more softly and kindly. Clary is about to respond but she finds herself being interrupted.

Suddenly the door is slammed open and a black haired boy with striking blue eyes bursts in chuckling, with a smirking golden eyed angel following behind him.

Hi! Okay so, this is my very first story and I really hope you can enjoy it. I am new on here so please bear with me. Thank you so much for giving the first chapter a try, I promise that it'll get better. As I said before, it's an alternate universe and the characters are completely human. I also apologize for ANY mistakes made, I still have a few years before I go to college, making any information I have purely based on research. I really like suggestions and feedback is really appreciated; I'd like to think I take negative and positive reviews well, as they help me improve. Again, thank you so much for reading and I hope you have a good day.