This is set in Canada, Ontario, Richmond Hill, Trillium Woods Public School. Guess what, it's Raquel's school! Well, it was. We're doing a fanfic in that particular setting.

This chapter is just for intro. I guess you can skip this once if you want. The 2nd chapter is when the action begins.

Here, Everyone is 13, privately trained Shadowhunters. They don't know each other are Shadowhunters but I don't want to spoil it all so… here you go!

Clary's POV

There I was, standing in a classroom, stuttering my head off. It wasn't fun to stand up in front of the whole class and talk about some Canadian History. You know what? I'm jumping in too fast. Here's the proper intro:

My name, is Clarrisa Fray. Clary for short. I moved to Canada just this summer and I'm starting Grade 8 at Trillium Woods Public School. I came here once when I was in Grade 5, then I moved to NYC. And I'm back again. You know, there's the recess and everything, I'm not use to it. I have to repeat a grade! Where I come from, High School goes up to 13. Here, it only goes to 12! So if I go to my supposed grade which is 9, I'll be younger than everybody. And with my dyslexia and ADHD, I can't do that. Apparently, I'm too dumb.

My mother who adopted me, Jocelyn Fray, she is the one who made us move. After an 'incident' at the Institute of New York, she doesn't want me being a part of the Lightwood's lives anymore. It was infuriating. But, at 13, you can never do much about your mother. You live under their roof so, you're under their rules. Now that's my background, back to reality.

"Clary? Is everything alright?" Mrs. Cosens, my teacher asked.

"Oh… yeah…" I quickly continued my speech and finished it as quick as I could with my British accent that only came up when I read. (AN, Raquel does that a lot. She's from HK.) As I walked back to my seat,, I saw those golden eyes stare right at me mockingly. See, this golden boy was Jace Herondale. I wanted to smack him so hard and tear his head off, but in other words, I was in love with him. Hard to make sense of. I know. I detested everything about him when I was in Grade 5, but now that I was back, he seemed to be the most beautiful creature on earth. Sadly, ever since Grade 5 and up till now, his attitude hadn't changed a bit. He was full of himself and carried the same attractive smile, not to forget that big ego of his either. My friends that I reunited with- they knew I hated him back then. But now that I had come back and my feelings had taken a turn, I had to act like I despised every part of his perfect being.

"Nice job. Next time, I'll bring a pillow to sleep on." Jace had to sit behind me and my friends sat around me. No big deal. Annabeth, an old friend who sat beside me, nudged my arm.

"Don't let it into your head." Annabeth gave me a smile and I nodded with a forced smile as well.

"JACE!" Mrs. Cosens yelled. Our teacher went in role call order. F and H were pretty close letters. Why couldn't anyone else in the class have last names that began with G?

"Don't feel too bad. You seem well enough to drown in my attractiveness." I rolled my eyes. But he was right. I could stare at him all day. Every girl who knew him fell for his eyes, hair, toned muscles… I was rambling. I really shouldn't. Once I started, I could never stop. It was already May. School was almost ending. Everyone was talking about dates and having to go match with specific dresses… I still hadn't gotten mine. I was going to wait until last minute. I could never be a 'I have to do this. It's now or never' type of person. I also wasn't a 'hey, this homework is due next week. I'll do it now so I can get it over with' person either.

Jace stood up in front of the class. And yep, there he was, as attractive as ever. He couldn't possibly like me though. I drooled at him as he spoke, every girl did. Of course, I wasn't the obsessive kind. I tried to lay low, be myself, you know? That obviously never helped.

"Well done, Mr. Herondale." Jace bowed with an applause. Was he done already? Damn. I wanted to stare at him more. I couldn't stare at him during class since he sat at the back row. So. Not. Fair.

Even out during recess… we were just there. I saw with my friends by the portables. They consisted of Isabelle (Izzy) which just so happened to be Jace's sister. Well, Jace was adopted, but he was as good as blood. He took over his own name though. Izzy was a Lighwood. Relatives of the people back at the New York Institute. Only she knew that I was a Shadowhunter. She didn't even tell Jace. I was clear. And then there were my other friends. Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque, Leo Valdez, Thalia and Jason Grace (the twins), Magnus Bane and Simon Lewis. They were all from old times, not going to lie. We were closer than ever, and we always just sat around and talked. Everyone else around here preferred sports of just a friendly game of tag but… no. We weren't one of those people. Oh and for the record, Magnus was a warlock in training. Only the Lightwoods (including Jace) and I knew of it.

"Anyone up for manhunt?" Magnus asked out of random. We were talking about my messed up speech just 2 seconds ago.

"Sure!" Izzy perked up. I rolled my eyes and let it go. We were Shadowhunters and we were never caught. You know the rule where the first person tagged is it the next round? Yeah… We've never been one of those people, so, we often volunteer to start.

"Pick your teams!" Izzy cried. She picked Piper. I knew she would. If she picked me, we'd be done in a minute! We've got the noses and eyes for it. Even the marks under our clothes… I couldn't only picture what was under Jace's Shadowhunter body. He was in my dreams all the time.

"NOT IT!" Everyone screamed, but Izzy and I. Izzy gestured her hand for me to say 'not it' as well. I glared at her, trying to send 'no you say it' messages but she never got the hint.

"Not it…" I mumbled.

"You got ten seconds. Hup Hup Hup!" I stood up first and grabbed Annabeth's hand. I pulled her up the hill and around the back of the portables. The gap between the portables and a large hill behind it was narrow, and was often slippery in the winter, but we never cared. We would always hide back here, peeking around the portable corners and in case of emergencies, we could run up the hill to get away. Easy win. Unless it's Izzy coming after us. No one knew our tactics, which was good.

"Stalk her," I signed. Annabeth nodded. This was really good Shadowhunter stealth practice.

We peered around the portable corner and watched as Izzy finished counting to ten. From a distance, she looked slightly gothic, but not as much as Thalia. She wore knee high black boots, a tight red skirt, and a black tank that stretched just to 3 fingers wide on the straps. Just the limit. She looked around, Piper did too. Piper had her classic layers of clothing and wore a pair of converse, ripped jeans, and a tee with a denim vest.

"This way!" Izzy called Piper away from our side. Annabeth and I sighed in relief. When they rounded the corner, I secretly sniffed the air for Izzy's perfume. She was on her way towards the field.

"Safe." Annabeth gestured for me to walk over to the other side of the portable. We peered around the corner and our heads poked out from the tarmac. Piper was checking behind, Izzy in front. Once the 'it' duo had reached the field, Annabeth and I made a run for it. We went all the way from the farthest portable to the once closest to them which was just beside the field. Where we stood, I could see Magnus' glitter all over the place. It must have caught Izzy and Piper's attention. So, we went through the shortcut. We opened the portable door and stepped inside. It was dark in the portable, but we were in other words, alright.

"They've been here," Izzy said devilishly. Piper nodded, I could see through the window. Soon, they headed towards the hill. I opened the door slightly- carefully so it didn't creek.

"Left or right?" Annabeth asked.

"Only one way to find out. Split up." I went ahead with going up the hill and towards the left. Annabeth went up the hill too, but right. To the right were the portables, to the left was the open field where most boys played football and other guy stuff.

"CLARY!" Behind me was a screaming Annabeth, running from an enraged Piper. I looked around. There was left, right, and down the hill.

"Down!" I shouted to her. She made a 90 degree turn down the portables, stunning Piper. I ran down the hill too, careful with my footing. Annabeth was quite the runner for someone who wasn't a Shadowhunter. We looked behind us.

"Tarmac!" Annabeth yelled at me. I followed her cue. We went towards the Seveners and moved around them. We were quite close with them seeing as we were in a split class. We begged for them to hide us, and they did with ease. Piper and Izzy got confused and decided to go for the easy runners. Simon and Leo. They were trying to sneak past them but ended up being caught. Annabeth and I looked at our surroundings. There was a huddled up Magnus and Jason by a group of boys playing cards. We waved but didn't join them. We had to keep an eye out to see who else gets caught.

"We're safe for now. But, come on!" I dragged Annabeth up the sun dried grass and sat at the silver benches up on the top of the hill. Everyone went there and it gave us enough cover. It also had a good view of the open field and tarmac. I was surprised to see Thalia racing away from the crowd along with Hazel. We instantly knew why. Izzy was coming with Leo behind her. Annabeth and I stayed put and watched as the team split up so it was a harder catch. But… they were caught. Everyone was caught except for Magnus an Jason. Or not. Piper was bringing them over, rallying the tagged people.

"We're the last ones!" Annabeth whispered in glee.

"As always," I smirked with pride.

"I'll follow Izzy and her lot, you follow Piper'." Annabeth nodded and agreed. As we watched the teams split up from hill to tarmac, we both knew where to go. The middle of it all. Portables.

We split up, hiding behind crowds of people as we got closer to the group. They never noticed our presence. I gave a nod of encouragement to Annabeth and left once she nodded back. Izzy's group was by the second portable so I ran and stood behind it. I kept going as they did. That was until I heard someone scream out my name. Annabeth. Izzy turned around in an instant, grinning devilishly as she spotted me. I stood there in panic. But once Izzy moved, I ran.

"ANNIE!" I called out. Izzy was right on my tail when I spotted her running up the field. I followed her, dodging every person I could see. Until Jace. I stopped in my tracks, looking behind me to see how close everyone was. Izzy was just a few metres away, stopping as she saw her brother bump into me. It was like we had our own moment; Jace and I. I could see his gorgeous golden eyes and smoothly tannish skin. As a surprise, I didn't yell his name in frustration. What I did was look down and back at Izzy then say, "Holy shit." It was like there was a whole mob with her. I had to run.

"You and I are going to have a serious for trying to hit on Clary," I heard Izzy say behind me while the rest of my friends tried to capture me.

"Man, what was that? You like, totally had a moment there!" Percy pointed out the obvious.

"No, we didn't." Though Jace's voice was faint, I could still hear the denial in his voice. Was he really saying all that?

"Yeah, you did." Alec Lightwood bumped in. His adoptive brother. His blue eyes were so deep, even Jace could see that Alec was just trying to make him see the truth.

"Well, picture that with you and Glitter Boy. Let's see how that moment is." Alec pouted. Jace knew he had a crush on Magnus. Every time they were paired up in an assignment, he would let his face burn like a chilli pepper. Alec just turned away and let it go. I laughed. Silly, silly, Alec. No wonder. Of course, not everyone knew he was gay. The Lightwood family knew (that included Jace) and I did. That was it. Oh, and so did Magnus. It was obvious that they had had little moments together but nothing too extreme. It was enough to know they loved each other.

Turning away from the scene, I made a sharp turn for the hill. Once I reached the top, the bell rang and shouted in victory. HAH!

This is just the intro to a few of the main characters. I swear, it gets better.