City of puzzles
Three friends, two worlds, one destiny.
Samantha Smith is seeing things that she had never imagined. Monsters roam the streets wearing masks of human flesh, fooling people that they are human. But when one of these monsters kidnaps one of her best friends, Aroha, her and her best friend Katie set out on a journey to save her. Teaming up with a Shadow Hunter, a vampire and a werewolf, they set out to find her best friend. But can Samantha survive this new world, a world where monsters and demons are real? Or will she perish and lose everything?
Disclaimer:
I do not own the mortal instruments or that universe but I do own the characters in this story. Well, besides Katie and Aroha seeing as they are based off my friends. This will have none of the characters in the mortal instruments series!
Chapter 1
Have you ever felt like your life was a lie? Like there was something lurking in the shadows that you just couldn't see?
Samantha knows this feeling perhaps better than anyone, the girl always looking around behind her and over her shoulder. Her eyes, blue like the sky above her, shone with curiosity as she walked down the street. She searched the crowds, looking for things that weren't ordinary, that weren't boring. Her long blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail, a strand of hair that had come loose falling on the side of her face.
Besides here were two girls, one of which had dark brown hair, almost black, that flew in the breeze. Her eyes were brown and where Samantha's eyes shone with curiosity, the girls eyes shone with mischief, as if she were planning something while walking down the busy streets.
The third girl, one that stood taller than both of her companions, had thick brown hair that was tied back. Her hair was shorter than her companions but still tied up in the same hair pony tail as Samantha. Her eyes, greener than the sea, were staring straight at her friends.
"I'm telling you, he's hot!" The brown hair girl exclaimed, speaking with a New Zealand accent.
"He is not as hot as my Korean men!" The green eyed girl exclaimed, her accent Australian and Samantha smiled slightly. By her Korean men her friend was referring to the numerous K-pop bands that she was in love/obsessed with.
"God Katie, have you seen him?" The dark haired girl exclaimed and Katie scoffed.
This had been going on for the past ten minutes, both girls exclaiming over their boy band idols. The dark haired girl was in favour of Zayn from one direction whereas Katie was in love with Korean men in numerous boy bands.
"Yes I have Aroha but he is not as any of my Korean men!" Katie exclaimed and Aroha scowled.
"They aren't even your men!"
"But I love them!" Katie whined and Aroha smiled a fake smile.
"Why don't we agree they are equally hot?" Aroha asked, annoyance obvious in her tone.
"Fine." Katie huffed in annoyance and this time when Aroha smiled it was genuine.
"Great, now what do we talk about?" She asked and Samantha rolled her eyes.
In a few minute Aroha was going to insult Katie about her obsession with anything Korean or something close to that and they would begin a fight again. Somehow they were still friends however, and have been for longer than any of them could remember.
Samantha had met the two girls throughout her life, Katie being the first that she had encountered. Their parents had known each other prior to her birth so they had been best friends since they came into the world, screaming and crying. Well, since Katie had came into the world screaming and crying seeing as Samantha was older.
Aroha's mother had met Samantha's at the shops a few years later and since then then the three girls had been inseparable, despite their differences.
Samantha looked away, searching for something interesting on the streets. She froze as her eyes caught sight of someone in a black hood, moving like a shadow.
Normally this wouldn't bother her but the way it moved was almost as if it were floating, the bottom of the hood barely touching the ground. It covered their entire body aside from the face.
The face was like someone was wearing a transparent mask over it, one that was human like she was. But below the mask, below its fake identity, was a creature entirely different.
Its eyes were completely black, like gigantic pits in its head. Its face was grossly disfigured, its nose completely missing and scars ran across its entire face. Its ears were pointed like an elves and black fangs protruded from its mouth.
Normally someone would be afraid at such a sight but this just made her heart beat faster with anticipation. Samantha walked forward, towards the strange creature. Her eyes were filled with curiosity, even more so than before, as she got closer.
The creatures head spun around and looked at her, its black orbs staring into her blue ones and she tilted her head at it slightly.
It mirrored her, tilting its head to reveal numerous scars and burns. She resisted the urge to look away from it.
A breeze blew against her face and the smell hit her like a brick wall. It was like burning garbage, assaulting her senses. She gagged, coughing into her hand and breaking eye contact with the creature.
"Sam!" Aroha said from behind her and she opened her eyes, not realising she closed them. The smell was gone and when she looked up again all she saw was someone in a black hoody and not the creepy kind. He stared at her for a moment before walking away.
"You ok?" Her New Zealand friend asked and Sam nodded, blinking back tears that had come with the horrid smell.
"I'm fine," She lied, turning back to her friends, "Let's hurry up and get to school."