Hey everyone! I hope you liked the first chapter and I hope you like this one as well. Read it and tell me what you think. Any mistakes? Let me know! I will try to update this once or twice a week. I start high school in a few weeks and I still have to finish my summer homework but don't worry, I'll remember to update. Enjoy reading!

~Tiliger

The next few hours were a complete drag; Clary still couldn't get the image of her dead mother out of her head. She had a feeling it would haunt her for the rest of her life. Part of her felt like it was her fault that Luke and her mother were dead. If she hadn't gone to that club that night, none of this would have happened. But another part of her said it wasn't her fault, it said she still would have lost Luke and her mom anyways. And now her best friend was missing because of this battle that happened—

"Earth to Clary," Isabelle said, interrupting Clary's thoughts. "Are you okay? You keep tuning all of us out."

Clary nodded. "I keep getting lost in thought, sorry."

Alec looked at her. "Well can you stop, you're going to start worrying Jace," he said as he pointed to Jace, who was a little further ahead of everyone. "And we all know that he can't concentrate when he's worried about you."

Clary looked down at her feet; a few stray tears had found their way down her cheeks. Isabelle put her arm around her.

"Alec," Isabelle said in a warning tone. "How many times do I have to tell you—"

"I'm sorry, okay," Alec asked, interrupting his sister.

Clary looked at Alec who still had a sad face. "Magnus," she whispered.

Alec heard her and he looked away. "I don't know," he said before she said anymore.

"What happened," Clary asked. "We've checked every corps and not a single one is Magnus, Simon, Maia, Jordan, or your parents. Where did they all go?"

"That's the thing, we don't know," Isabelle sighed. "We were lucky to find you."

"How did you find me?"

"Pure luck," Alec suggested.

Isabelle glared at him and continued talking. "We heard a shriek over by the hills so we started running in that direction, figuring someone just found a dead body of a loved one. We didn't know it was you until we rounded the corner and saw your fiery red hair."

Alec laughed. "Jace nearly had a panic attack when he realized it was you."

Jace whipped around and walked up to Alec. "It wasn't funny! I actually thought she was dead."

"Well, she's not so now we can laugh about it," Alec said

Jace glared at Alec. "At least I found the love of my life."

"Alec, can I talk to you for a sec," Isabelle asked Alec before he could say anything. Isabelle dragged her brother ahead of Clary and Jace.

Clary looked at Jace. "You shouldn't have said that."

He kicked at a rock on the ground. "Yeah, well, that's me. Always saying things I shouldn't."

"Jace, why haven't you used your stele yet?"

"Um, I forgot." He started walking away.

Clary ran to catch up to him. "Jace, your head is still bleeding." She put her hand on his chest to stop him from walking.

He looked into her eyes. "I'm perfectly fine, Clary."

"Stop, Jace, I know you're not."

He said nothing and looked away.

"Hey," she said, turning his head to look at her again. "You are not okay. Please, use your stele and stop playing tough guy."

"I'm fine and someone has to."

"You're right but it doesnt have to be you"

She started to walk away when Jace grabbed her hand. "You scared me, Clary. You weren't in the place I told you to stay."

"When do I ever listen to anyone?"

"I thought you were dead, Clary! I thought you were dead until we found a weeping red head. I wouldn't have forgiven myself if I couldn't find you or if I found you dead," he said. "It would be entirely my fault and I—"

Clary put her hand on his cheek. "Jace, I'm okay."

He kissed her and whispered in her ear. "I know."

How did you like it? Please let me know! I'll be posting sometime next week if anyone wants to message me about what they would like to add. I'll take suggestions. :)

~Tiliger