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My life was exceedingly boring.

Nothing happened. Ever.

My mom and Luke knew Clary and I weren't normal, and had forbidden us to ever go to Greek, Roman, mythical exhibitions in museums. Clary was my younger sister and she simply shrugged it off and told me that they had their reasons.

My mom was over protective of Clary, which meant she didn't let her go to any nightclubs or parties without me or our friend Simon. Mom used to take Clary out for a few days each year and left me and Luke to watch over the bookstore while she was gone. When they came back, they talked for hours about treatments and a man named Doctor Bane.

I suspected something wasn't as 'peachy' as my mother had told me.

And that's how I, Kate Fray learnt about Shadowhunters.

So when I was fourteen, I followed them. How did I follow them? I hijacked a car. It was scary, and extemely daunting but totally worth it. I followed my mom's car to this block of appartments and watched her get out. She pressed a buzzer for one of the appartments and a few moments later the door swung open to reveal a man dressed in glitter.

I raised a eyebrow and slowly parked my car eight spaces away from their's. The mans eyes seemed to follow me as I parked it and got out.

"Is that Kate?" He asked, there was something in his voice that seemed to ring victoriously as the man spoke. It made me freeze for half a second, half a second to many. "Yes indeed it is!" He said, his voice changing to a rather cheerful tone. "Kate Fray!" He called out to me, waving, "Come over here!"

I swallowed hard before taking a step away from the appartments. "I said, get over here!" The man's voice went dangerously low and I felt like I wasn't in control of my feet anymore. "That's good. Now hurry up!" I winced as my legs took into a sprint.

Mom stood looking at me like I'd shot someone.

"Mom. I'm so, so sorry." I started, "I needed to know what happened here. It was k-"

The man cut me off. "Lauren. You would learn about it soon enough. Please come inside, I'll explain. Come on Joceyln, Clary."

We followed him inside his appartment and he told us to watch the stairs as they had a reputation for tripping Nephilim up. Abruptly we all tripped, which made the man to laugh and my mom to smirk. Once we got to the top of the stairs, he stood and leaned on the door frame, "I do apoligize Kate." He said, "I am Magnus. Magnus Bane, the high warlock of Brooklyn." I raised a eyebrow and barked a laugh, "What?" He demanded, "Do you not believe me?" He cocked a eyebrow.

"As a matter of fact, no." I said.

"As you wish." Magnus said, before grinning.

"Magnus, no!" Squeeked mom. Magnus ignored her and grinned at me. He snapped his fingers and I fell flat on my face. I quickly scrambled to my feet.

"Okay." I said breathlessly, "I believe you." Magnus grinned down at me and held out a hand to me, I took it and he yanked me to my feet. Clary was stood there, looking faintly confused and kind of annoyed at me. I shot her a grin and she scowled at me.

"So do you do... Magic?" She asked him, staring at his hair, in complete awe.

"Not as you mundanes would call it." Magnus said, raking a hand through his hair, causing glitter and other sparkly things to fly off it. "I did not attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry before you ask. That is a completely fictional thing. Thus I cannot bear to watch one of those videos as I see them as complete blastphemy in my eyes."

Clary looked angry and I laughed. Mom stepped forwards, "Magnus. We have business to attend. Please don't forget the fact I am actually paying you for this."

The warlock looked at her and I seen a small smirk playing around on his lips, "Alright." He said, then he turned to me, "We're wiping your sisters mind due to the fact your mother won't allow her to see what is there to be viewed."

I raised a eyebrow, confused. "What?"

"You know like I'm a warlock? Well theres many other creatures in the world like me. Not all are immortal and not all are as well known." He explained, "There are werewolves, vampires, faeries, warlocks which are obviously well known. And then there are the Shadowhunters." He smirked, "And thats what you are."

I laughed slightly, "I'm a what?"

"A shadowhunter." Said mom, "Shadowhunters are a band of warriors on a mission to protect human from creatures that should belong in childhood horror storys. We also inforce the law and make sure all downworlders keep in line." Mom looked at Clary, "Magnus, we need to do this." She urged.

Magnus nodded and then took Clary by the arm. "Come along girl." He said before taking her into a room to presumably wipe her mind.

Mom took my hand and looked me in the eye, her emerald green eyes burning into my more catlike ones. "Kate. I'll give you two options." She took a deep breath, "Would you like to train as a shadowhunter and stay with Magnus or stay with me and get your mindwiped?" Mom asked me.

"I'll stay if thats alright." I said, my voice breaking slightly.

Mom pulled me into a hug and kissed me. "You'll need this." She said, handing me a penlike object. "It's a stele. In time you will learn how to use it." I took it from her and slipped it into my pocket. She turned so she was facing away from me, "Please Kate. Do one thing for me." Her voice broke, "Stay away from your sister and I."

I was taken aback, "Mom please-"

"No Kate!" She almost yelled, "Stay away! I left the Clave because of your father! Just stay away!"

I felt sick to my stomach and felt like I was going to collapse when Magnus suddenly reappeared. "Kate, go in there." He said kindly, Clary was in his arms, asleep. He passed her to mom and put a hand on my shoulder, "I'll explain later." He said.

That was the last time I seen my mom.

And it broke my heart to feel disowned.

But Magnus explained everything about the shadow and downworld to me over the next year. Then one night he told me I was ready to go and live with my own kind, but I was welcome to stay with him anytime.

So I moved to the institute at fifthteen.

And there I met my true family.


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