A/N Like everyone else, I do not own TMI all right goes to Cassandra Clare.

I will have to make som personality changes because of how the story will go but hope you enjoy it. ^u

Keep her safe

Chapter 2: The beginning of the beginning

MPOV:

Five years later

Me and Clary sat in the kitchen eating pancakes. Today was Clary's tenth birthday and she had lived with me in five years.

Today was time for the yearly letter I always wrote to Jocelyn. It's always use to be about have Clary's doing, how Clary and I get together and if he has come for a visit or something. I always send a photography with me and Clary in Central park feeding the small ducks. But I never let my mind wander away from reality, always looking around my surrounding just in case.

But now, sitting on a barstool beside the pretty little girl with her red curly hair in a french braid, eating pancakes with maple syrup. I can finally let my mind float in on memories from the last five years. I'm so lost in thought that I don't hear Clary until she pokes me gently with her fork asking "Magnus, can I please get some more to drink?"

I shook my head to come back to reality. "Yeah of course" I said getting up and refill her glas.

"You know what day it is?" I ask, trying to change to subject. Luckily it works and Clary's freckled face lights up."It's my birthday!" she screams out, scaring Chairman Meow on the way to the bathroom to brush her teath.

While she's busy doing her morning routine wich includes brushing her teath, puting on other clothes and making me rebraid her hair. For some reason, Clary hated her hair, but I loved it. It felt so nice to be able to brush trough her untamable hair in the mornings and then making a pretty little braid. (A/N His not a pedophile, Magnus just like her hair because he cares about Clary like a family... For now :))

I picked out the presents i bought for her last time we were outside. I know how much she's starting to hate that I use magic instead off buying the things.

When Clary comes back to the kitchen with her brush in her hand, her cute curly hair that rech her shoulders and a pretty summer dress on, I can se her eyes go trough the packets.

"If you want, I can brush your hair while you open your present." I said grabbing the hair brush.

Clary had a big smile while she opened the packets. I bought her a new sketch book - because her other was almost filled to the top with drawing after drawing, some colored pencils, glitter (when she came to that present she locked up to me and saw my smile, she rolled her eyes at me), a photo with me and Clary on and then the two last on.

I didn't buy that one, instead I got it from a person.

The first packet held a pencil-like object, and the second had a stone that started glow in Clary's hand.

" Magnus, what is this?" Clary asked while I placed an elastic band at the end off the braid.

When Clary turned nine years, I told her everything about the downworld. About the shadowhunters and warlocks, vampires, werewolves, faeries. I told her about the demons and that she was ment to be a shadowhunter whe she was older and showed her diffrent runes. Now was the time for me to take her to the institute.

"Do you remember what I told you a year ago?" I asked her. She nodded. "Well thoose things help the shadowhunters to make them stronger. That pencil is actually a stele - thats what you draw runes with - and the stone is called witchlight." When I say thoose words Clary face lights up like a lamp that gets turned on with the flick on the button.

Clary fling her arms around my neck pulling me in for a bear hug. I immediately return the hug. For such a little girl, she's verry strong. "Thank you Magnus, for being my best friend" She almost whisper in my ear. My heart swells with love for the little girl in my arms.

We never had a daughter and father relationship, more like a best friendship. I pull back to look att her face. Those beautiful green eyes that shows her happines for her birthday.

"We have too go to the institute" I tell her.

"Why?" ask Clary.

"Because you are going to get your first marks."

I see a spark off fear but it disappears as fast ass it came. She nods and shows one thing that makes my whole body swell with pride.

Bravery.

A/N I want to keep going but the Chapter would be realy long and I think this is a god place to stop.

In next chapter we are going to meet the people in the New York Institute i think, I'm not sure.

Be sure to leave a review if you like this and if you have an idea for the story. Do you think Magnus and Clary should meet the others or just Maryse. Please help me :)

/Yours sincerely Tess ^u^