The grey sky reflected the destruction taking place on Earth. A red haired girl was making her way through the empty streets. The street wouldn´t normally be empty at this time of the day. Normally children would be running around, playing with their friends and neighbours. Women would be chatting in front of the stores as they made their way to different stores getting all the groceries they needed to cook a pleasant meal for their husband as they came home from work. Men would be filling the cafes' terraces talking about sports and politics or listening to the radio as the city´s sport team was trying to defend their title.
Right now no were men talking vividly about something, no women were walking with their groceries and no children were playing. Only a few men in khaki uniforms with loaded guns resting on their shoulders were patrolling down the streets, making sure order reigned in this small part of the French town. A red haired girl was walking down the street as fast as she could without attracting the attention of the soldiers. She turned into an empty alleyway and stopped in front of an old wooden door. Knocking three times rapidly and five times more slowly, the door opened and she disappeared inside.
The little boy, who had opened the door jumped in her arms after she had locked the door behind her. They stayed in their embrace for a couple of minutes.
"Come on. I brought you something to eat." The little boy jumped up and down in joy. The young woman smiled as she saw his youthful energy. They made their way to their small kitchen and she drew out a couple of things for under her dress. She had hidden a small loaf of bread as well as a few vegetables in hidden pockets she had sewed in her dress in case she had an opportunity like this. She cut two small pieces of bread handing one to the little boy. He practically threw himself on it.
"Eat slowly Jonathan. You know we don´t have much." His shoulders slumped as he weakly nodded. It broke her heart to see him like this. He was so young and with so much energy, but she couldn´t provide him with as much food as she would have liked. There simply was nothing left. After finishing their meager meal, they decided to head to bed. It had been a long day and the coldness of autumn intensified. She scooped the tired boy up and laid him down in bed and threw the covers on him. He rapidly fell asleep after he had curled up to her side, trying to keep himself warm. She was lulled to sleep by the soft snoring of the young boy.
Hi everyone!
So this is my first story based on the characters from the Mortal Instruments series!
I finished the books a long time ago and a few weeks ago I just started thinking about them again, I have no idea why.
I hope you liked this small first chapter! :)
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