So, I'm totally new to this. If it totally sucks, I'm very sorry. If I do something wrong, please let me know. Okayy well, here goes nothing.
"Hi. My name is Clary Fray." I say in front of yet another new class
"And where are you from my dear?" Hodge, the only teacher in the New York Institute for the extremely gifted, asks.
"Umm, I currently moved from Louisiana. But I have moved around my whole life." I reply, hoping I get to sit down soon.
"Well, do you want to share anything else with us?" he presses for more information.
"Umm, sure. I'm 15, will be 16 in two months. I have lived in six states but visited the entire East Coast. And I am an only child, that I know of. " That gets a laugh from everyone.
"And just one more important question that everyone is going to have to answer. What is your gift? Me personally, I am a fallen angel with amazing intelligence. I have what mundanes call a photographic memory, but I remember everything that has ever happened." Hodge adds with a smile.
"Ohh well that's cool." I reply with a smile. "I, umm, am part angel, on my fallen angel-never there-dead beat dads side. And I'm an artist." I say as I head to my seat in the back, fed up with being the center of attention.
"Another Part Angel. Such a rarity. We look forward to seeing your art work Ms. Fray. Thank you very much for sharing." Hodge says with a creepy look. "Now class, as it is the first day, we will all share our gifts. Aline, you're up my dear." He adds as I avoid the voices in my head.
I have another gift that I don't share with anyone. No one knows that I can read minds and hear thoughts. As I sit in my seat, I get my diary out so I can draw. I can hear, how no one wants to do this, as many of these people have been together for years and already know each other's gifts. Hodge rolls through the rows of people.
Mia, a tan girl with pretty hair, is part werewolf. Jordan, also good looking, and also part werewolf. Simon, a nerdy looking boy but kinda cute, is part vampire. Izzy, a gorgeous girl, with long black hair, is a shawdowhunter, which means she hunts downs demons. Arianna is adorable and part fairy. Daniel is hot, he has these violet eyes, and can fly. Cam, also hot, but in a bad boy kind of way, has bright green eyes like me, can also fly. Luce, a small girl but very pretty, can time travel. Everyone in this place is pretty, no one is just average looking, but me. I am pretty small, just five feet tall, with really white skin and freckles all over. I have bright green eyes that look weird with my fire red long curly hair. I don't have much muscle but I'm not bone thin. I have a little bit of meat on my bones and a small chest. My mom says I just haven't hit my peak yet.
I start drawing and this time it's wings. As I'm drawing, I hear someone thinking about ME! My head snaps right up and I catch Hodge looking at me with curious eyes, like he knows my secret. I avoid his gaze by looking towards the window. As I stare out the window, I catch a glimpse of a golden halo. I blink and realize it's a very attractive boy's head of hair and he is glaring at me. He just continues to stare at me as I look at him, so I try to focus on his thoughts but get nothing. It's like static on an old radio. This has never happened before. I can hear everyone, even my fathers, the few times he has found me. I can even hear Hodge right now, he's thinking about war. What a weirdo.
Hodge breaks my concentration by calling up the golden hair boy. He's still staring as he heads up to the front of the room, he still stares as he's up there. I look back down at my notebook. I can hear all the girls thinking about what they would do to him if they ever got alone time with him. "HA! Alone time will only happen in their dreams, and it does, a lot." My head shots straight up because someone thought that. Who would think that unless they knew what the girls were thinking and that I knew what they were thinking. I realize the golden hair boy is smirking at me. Could it have been him?
"Umm, Yep. My name's Jace Wayland." He says as most of the girls let out a sigh like his voice is the best sound in the world. "It is the best sound in the world." The voice in my head replies. "I am also part angel, also from my no good father." He smiles at me and it's the most beautiful yet irritating smile I have ever seen. Part angel, maybe he has the same gifts as I do and that's why I can't hear him. As I start to think about that, the voice returns. "If only that was the case. Nothing is ever that simple."
"My gifts are my amazingly great athletic abilities, my charming and witty personality, and my breath taking-hear stopping-amazingly gorgeous looks." He adds with a wink towards the class before taking his seat. The girls are all swooning over that wink, thinking it was just for them.
"Alright." Hodge says trying to get the attention back. "Thank you Mr. Wayland." He starts with a stern look at Jace. "And Thank you everyone else." He adds a smile. "Now that wraps up the first day, enjoy lunch, class starts at ten in the morning, don't be late. And remember everyone, try to make Clary feel at home and welcome." He gives me a weird look that is kind of hard to explain. I look away. "Class dismissed." He says and walks out of the room.
I start to pack up my stuff when a giant hand slams down on my desk, and I jump. I look up to see a pair of bright green eyes staring at me. "Hey there. Name's Cam. Wanna eat lunch with me? Then afterwards, I can give you the grand tour." He raises an eyebrow and smirks. But before I can say anything, two small hands are on his arm moving it away from my desk.
"Don't you even think about it Cam. You're not gonna ruin this one too." A small hand points towards me. "Now go! Get. Shoo." she says waving her hands in his face. "Alright. Geez Izzy. I was just trying to be friendly. See you later Red." Cam says with a wink as he leaves.
"Umm Thanks." I say to Izzy. Up close she is even prettier than I first thought. She is standing there sizing me up with holding hands with the nerdy Simon kid.
"No worries." She smiles such a dazzling smile, that I think she uses to get anything she wants. She puts a palm to her forehead. "Ohh where are my manners. I'm Izzy and this is my boyfriend Simon." We all shake hands as I grab my bag and swing it on my shoulders. "Eat lunch with us, Clary. We can fill you in on the Institute and who's bad company, like Cam, and other important stuff." She says and starts to head out of the room. Simon waits for me and does a sweeping gesture with his arm for me to leave the room.
"Have fun Red." The voice in my head says and laughs again. I turn back and see Jace, still in his seat, smiling my way. Could he be talking to me telepathically? He must have. But then why can't I hear his thoughts? Can he protect them? Maybe I can do that?
Well Izzy and Simon show me around on the way to lunch. They inform me that the institute used to be a mansion for some super rich guy. When he died he left it to Hodge and he transformed it into the boarding school we are all stuck at now. We all live here, all year round. But on the weekends we can leave and visit the city but we have to go in groups. The only other time we can leave is on field trips. We all come to the institute to learn how to handle our gifts and also to be protected. There are some bad people, like my father, who want us for our gifts so we have to stay under supervision.
At lunch, we sit with Izzy and Simons friends; Mia and Jordan, who are a couple, Daniel and Luce, also a couple, and Arianne. They all seem pretty cool, and seem to like me enough. They start informing me on the institutes ins and outs. Like there is a really creepy greenhouse on the roof. And there is a back stairway you can sneak down and enter the boys dorm rooms. After a while all the couples are being all romantic and stuff and Arianne whispers to me to watch something. At that moment Jace walks in and I think she likes him until Aline walks up and flirts with him shamelessly. He politely walks away and she just walks back over to a table full of girls and that's where Arianne's attentions is. She is thinking how sexy the girls are. She's a lesbian, she sees me staring along with her and says "Pretty sexy aren't they? Too bad none will admit they are sometimes confused. It would be a lot easier for me to score." She starts laughing and I just look at her and laugh too.
I continue to look around, just to see everyone and look at the stained glass windows. I notice Jace sitting alone, staring at me. I try to focus and read his mind. For just a minute, I can see he is thinking about Izzy, but not now, back when she was younger, maybe 10. It's a summer day, they are on a beach, and there is another boy, black hair just like Izzy. She has a twin named Alec. Now Jace is thinking about how much he misses Alec. Alec is super smart so he graduated already and is a full blown shawdowhunter. He has a boyfriend, Magnus. I know Magnus! And at that, I can't read his mind anymore. "Let's take a walk." the voice in my head said. Jace got up and went towards a back door.
"Umm, I'm gonna take and walk. Look around a bit. I'll catch you guys later." I said and stood up. Arianne got up, "I'll go with you. I can't take much more of this gross love fest that's happening." she says as she flings fries at the couples that are glued to each other faces. "No!" I shout and everyone stops and looks at me. "I mean, I just wanna get a feel for the place myself. You know." I say quickly and grab my bag. "Okay. Izzy and Mia are in room 20 and I'm in room 21. Come by later and we will, you know, girl talk and stuff." Arianne says and gives me a quick hug and sits back down with her feet propped up on my chair. "Thanks guys. I'll catch you later. And Arianne, I'm in room 21 too." I say with a quick smile and walk towards that back door.