So this is my first Mortal Instruments story YAY

Hope you like it and please review

Sarah xxxx

Clary sighed as she fixed the bottom of her dress this is as good as its going to get. It was Halloween and Isabelle had decided that they should all go to pandemonium tonight. Jace was up for it as soon as he heard and when he was told that they had to dress up he was even more excited. She smiled at the memory of him and Isabelle arguing over who would have the best costume.

Clary had decided to go with something simple that didn't require too much effort so she was going as a masked beauty. This consisted of wearing a black lace dress which fell to just above mid-thigh; with a strapless corset and black flower coming out at the top. She had borrowed Izzy's black platform high heels along with her lacy tights. She was not thrilled with the length of the dress as you could practically see her ass cheeks-which Jace would love- and she was sure to fall in the sky high heels but she had to admit she did look awesome.

Izzy had done her hair and make-up, doing the hair in an elegant yet messy bun which was held up by a small dagger. The make-up consisted of black eye shadow done in a smoky eye effect but with subtly hints of green which really made her emerald green eyes stand out and blood red lipstick. She had on a gorgeous black lace mask with a black feather coming out at the side.

She was putting on my thigh sheaf when Izzy knocked on the door letting Clary know that they were leaving now. She did one more turn and made sure the back of the dress was straight and the crossed the room and opened the door to face her best friend.

She was dressed up as a pirate, with a brown corseted dress which seemed to be shorter than Clary's, if that was possible. She was wearing thigh high brown high heeled boots and her long, black wavy hair down and she had a large brown pirate hat sitting at an angle. She had her gold whip coiled around her wrist making it look like a bracelet and also a cutlass.

"Wow Izzy you look amazing." Clary said after giving her a once over.

"Well I'm not the only one, you do clean up good." She replied with an approving look. Clary smiled as they linked arms and started to walk down the hall – towards the lift and where the boys would be waiting.

She hadn't seen Jace's costume and he hadn't seen hers, so she didn't know what to expect when they got the end of the hallway.

There was no one there. Both girls looked around the foyer confused, the boys are always waiting for them at the lift. Clary was about to ask Izzy if she knew what was going on when something jumped down from the ceiling, landing right in front of her.

She screamed and fumbled for one of the blades hidden in her dress, She then noticed that it was a person standing there, not just anyone but Jace, dressed as a ninja, wearing an all black outfit with a mask which only exposed his golden eyes. He of course had two blades sticking up at his back, but they could easily be mistaken as part of the outfit.

"You ass! You almost gave me a heart attack." Clary shouted at him and hit him on the shoulder. Hard.

"I'm sorry Clary but that was so funny." He replied through fits of booming laughter which echoed around the room along with Izzy's small bell of a laugh.

After calming down a little he took in what Clary was wearing and his golden eyes burned with passion and lust. He pulled down his mask so that he could kiss her when Alec walked in. Wearing his shadow hunter gear.

"Alec!" Izzy whined at her brother, "You were supposed to wear a costume."

"But I am wearing a costume." This out to be good "I' m going as a shadow hunter."

Clary burst out laughing at this point and soon enough everyone joined in. She noticed the time on the clock and realized that they had better get going, after pointing this out they all sobered up enough to call for the lift and waited for it to grind to a halt at our floor, tonight though it seemed to be going painfully slow taking a good couple of minutes to arrive.

She was about to go through the doors when Jace caught her arm, pulling her back to him, letting the lift doors shut leaving her and Jace alone. He pulled down his mask again but this time there was no interruptions.

He kissed her with hot passion; it took her by surprise but in a good way. One of his arms was wrapped around her waist pulling me toward him and his other was on her ass of course.

She laced her fingers behind his neck, pulling him towards her and when they broke apart Jace whispered in her ear "You look unbelievable." Making Clary shiver slightly as his breath brushed the stray hairs around her neck.

When she pulled back to see his face he had already put his mask on but his eyes were still exposed which were filled with the kind of fierce hunger that always makes her go weak at the knees.

Jace held out his hand which Clary was more than willing to take, and with that they left to catch up with Alec and Isabelle for a night of demon hunting and mystery.

…..

Pandemonium was alive with lights and music which seemed to pulse right through your whole body, luring you into a land full of possibilities. Clary wanted to go to the dance floor and lose herself for a couple of songs, but she couldn't, not tonight. Tonight she had a job to do. She was the bait so she had to stay focused on pulling in the targets.

Clary turned and walked over to the bar; she ordered a drink and gazed around the room. Everyone was in costume which would make it slightly more difficult to identify who was a demon and who was just dressed up. She couldn't see Izzy, Alec or Jace they seemed to have disappeared into the shadows, but then again that was normal and part of the plan.

Clary had been standing there, sipping her drink when she felt her phone vibrate against her thigh. Reaching down trying to be inconspicuous she pulled it out of her thigh sheaf.

11 o'clock. Green hair. Will follow. Be careful X

It was from Jace once she read it she returned her phone to its hiding place and turned to find that her target was standing a couple of inches away from her. She was startled slightly by how close he was but also by his stench, he smelled like he had been living in a landfill site for weeks – which was probably true.

"Oh, you startled me." She said in an innocent tone and flashing a seductive smile.

"Well I'm sorry. Let me make it up to you." He whispered in her ear making her shiver in disgust.

She nodded and took his hand, leading him over to the backroom where she had been many times before. This time though she made a fatal error. She had her back to the demon as they walked into the room. Clary didn't realize her mistake until she heard the lock on the door click. The door was locked. The others were on the outside. She was all alone.

"Now that I have you to myself, little shadow hunter, the fun can begin." The demon snarled at her, making her stomach churn but she didn't let the demon see this.

Instead she turned and gave him a sly smile as she pulled the dagger out of her hair. Clary was just about to through the dagger at the demon to wipe the smirk of his face when she felt a portal behind her. Instantly she turned to face 3 more demons crawling into the room, their bodies seemed to crack whenever they moved.

Her initial target took advantage of the fact that Clary had her back to him and he launched himself across the room at her, but years of training with Jace meant that Clary was fast and she turned just in time to stab the demon in the heart and took a second to watch him convulse on the floor.

"Tick tock. Tick tock." He said to her, his voice barely a whisper. Before she could make sense of what he had said he disappeared – going back to his own dimension.

Clary didn't waste anymore time before she turned to the creatures which had appeared mere seconds ago, she was outnumbered by 3 to 1 and the door was still locked.

Typically as she contemplated how she was going to take down these opponents, the door went flying off the handles – landing with a crash on the floor. She turned to see Jace setting his leg back on the floor after kicking in the door. Alec and Izzy was with him and they took no time in launching an attack on the demons. Jace on the other hand walked over to Clary and checked her over making sure she was okay. When he was satisfied with his search he kissed her on the top of her head and pulled her into a hug, glad that she was okay.

"What happened?" Alec asked after taking down the last of the demons.

"I lead the demon in and as I had my back to him he locked the door." Jace made a sound of disapproval after hearing about her mistake but she didn't take any notice of it. "A portal appeared, those things came through, I dealt with the first demon and before I could get round to going after them you appeared." She rushed through her explanation, missing out the fact that the demon had said something both haunting and strange to her.

"Well Clary you're very lucky you were not hurt or worse." Jace flinched slightly at Alec's words but didn't say anything against them.

"I can handle myself Alec. I'm not a mundie anymore! I'm a fully trained shadow hunter, just like you." Clary shouted at him before pulling away from Jace and storming out of the backroom and made her way to the entrance of the club. She heard Jace shout on her to come back but she didn't stop or turn around she just continued to walk.

When Clary got outside the club she just walked down the street her eyes stayed firmly on the sidewalk. She didn't know how long she had walked for and she wasn't quite sure were she was when her phone went. Again.

She took it out of her thigh sheath and looked at the caller ID before answering to Magnus.

"What do you want?" She didn't care that Magnus hadn't done anything to her, she was in a fowl mood.

"Well hello to you too miss sunshine." He said sounding a little hurt

"Magnus what's wrong? Why did you phone me?"

"There's a small demon problem in Central Park, just thought you would like to know seeing as that's…." She hung up on him before he could finish what he was saying and called for a cab to take her to Central Park.

Okay she knew that it was stupid but she felt like she had to prove herself to Alec, she can take care of herself she doesn't need him or Jace or Izzy to look out for her.

Okay so what did you think, please be gentle :D

I have got a good idea for this story so saty tuned

sarah xxxx