I stared up at the towering gothic cathedral, so this was the New York institute, it was a church, well someone had a sense of humor to make a church a safe house for the nephilim. I looked down as I heard the door click open, and followed the group of young shadow hunters up in to the church, I let my fingers brush along the tops of the pews as we headed towards the gold elevator. Once we were all piled in the door shut and the elevator lurched up, you could hear the age of the it in the groaning complaints of the weight in which it had to carry, it came to a sudden stop, jerking me out of my reverie.

"Here we are, I'll show what room you can stay in, so you can get cleaned up" Isabelle said

I followed Isabelle through the winding halls to come to a stop in front of a plane wooden door, Isabelle opened it to show a single size bed, a night stand, and a dresser, with another door leading to the bathroom.

"Finally salvation" I muttered under by breath, and Isabelle giggled at my words.

"Well I'll let you enjoy your salvation, I'll be down in the kitchen, church will help you find it", I stared down at the cat twining through my legs with disbelief, Isabelle was already gone, I walked into the room and closed the door behind me, shedding my blood drenched clothes as I went, once I reached the bathroom I dragged my feet to the shower and turned the hot water on, it burned my skin as I got in, but I couldn't bring myself to care. After I finished my shower I got out to see the room filled with steam and chuckled, I ran the water till it got freezing. I walked to the mirror and wiped off the condensation, to see wet golden hair clinging to my face and shoulders and following down my back to end mid thigh, I brushed it back from my face and began towel drying, which with as much hair as I had could take hours, but I had managed to get it at least mildly wet so I wrapped it up in the towel, still looking in the mirror and barely recognized myself , sleep deprivation didn't look good on me. I stalked out of the bathroom and found a white dress laying on the bed, brought up for me to wear, quickly slipping it on, I stepped from the room into the hall, closing the door behind me, and found church waiting for me. I followed the cat to the kitchen, everyone was sitting at the table, including the lightwoods.

"Feel better" Clary asked

"Much" I replied

"I don't mean to be rude" Alec began "but who are you?"

"I told you my name is Raven" I knew what he meant, but didn't feel like telling him my life story.

"Do you have a last name Raven" Jace asked I consider asking if he had one, but thought better of it.

"Valentine" was all I said instead, which on its own earned me quite a few stares, I chuckled silently at the looks on Robert's, and Maryse's faces.

"As in the Valentines" Maryse stuttered

"mmhhmm" was my only reply

It was silent till Alec interrupted.

"Who are the Valentines" he asked

"A very old very powerful shadow hunter family"

Robert emphasized the "powerful" part.

"Powerful how" Alec asked

"They use runes that are very old, runes forbidden by the clave, and they get them at a younger age, while most shadow hunters get their first rune at twelve the Valentines get theirs at five" Robert explained.

"Getting runes to young causes nightmares" Jace said warily

"Do you mind I get something to eat I'm famished" I said curious to see there reaction.

"No, of course not, you can have what ever you like" Maryse said still a little flabbergasted

"I'll make you something" Isabelle chimed as she stood, looking around at the panicked faces I decided that wasn't the best idea.

"No that's ok I can manage" I hastily replied her face fell slightly but I figured she'd get over it.

"Anyway, the shadow hunter queen Illyiana Valentine disappeared almost two decades ago, and her power was passed down through the generations, waiting for the right person to be gifted, because of the wait the power grew each time it was passed on"

I walked over to the fridge, while Robert continued the story to look and see what all was there, but it was mostly old take out, so I walked over to the cabinets to if there was anything up there, but I couldn't see very well, I wasn't tall enough.

"Too short" Jace said smirking, I replied with a sarcastic grin and through myself up on to the counter top, still finding nothing of interest, I climbed back down.

"What are you" Alec asked

"Your worst nightmare" I smiled

"Right and I'm Santa clause" he said sarcastically

"Oh hi Santa" I said just as sarcastically

"Whats"-a very sparkly guy walked cutting of Alec's question.

"Well hello Magnus" I said nonchalantly

"Raven" he squealed "long time no see, how are you?"

"Lovely" I sighed

"Alec love" he said smiling, while Alec turned bright crimson " how do know Raven" he asked

"I don't, we just met her, speaking of which how do you know her" he didn't seem very happy

"Old friend, I knew her when she was in diapers" the tension in Alec's shoulders relaxed, dodged that one.

"Well if you'll excuse me I'm going to bed" I said tiredly

"Goodnight" Clary chirped, how that girl had so much energy was beyond me.

"Night" I said smiling oh it was going to be a very long night.