Author's note: Hey guys, sorry I've been kind of gone, but this chapter things will start getting good!

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Tessa sat in her room staring at the pages of her book, but the words kept blurring in and out of her focus until she finally set the book on her nightstand. She sighed as she stared around her new decorated room; the lamp was covered in a teal sash which gave the lighting a blue tint to it. She heard a gentle knock on her door, then underneath the door slid a piece of paper. She stared at it again until she heard a knock once again; she opened the door only to see a small girl standing there. The girl was probably 1 or 2 years younger than she was; her black ink hair was down in curls and her make up was done.

"Don't be scared to let me in, I'm Cecily." She smiled softly as Tessa raised a brow, "Well are you going to let me in before Charlotte starts asking questions?" She smiled as Tessa moved to the side and Cecily slid past her. "I know what you're thinking, why is this strange little girl barging into my room as if she knows me, and the truth is, I don't, but I will." Cecily smiled as she plopped on Tessa's bed. "Tonight, there's a little get together, invite only, but of course no one pays attention to that, I was thinking you should come with me." Cecily smiled innocently as she played with her hair. "Okay, you will, let's see what you can wear!" She turned to open Tessa's closet, "Oh my god, you have such a selection, doesn't it suck wearing ugly uniforms though?" Cecily rampaged through her closet, throwing out shirts, pants, and leggings and a mirage of other things.

"I need to stay and study actually." Tessa finally spoke out which made Cecily stop mid-toss and turned. "I mean, it's not even allowed is it?"

"Of course it's allowed, we wouldn't do it if it wasn't." Cecily smiled as she turned and looked at Tessa who was wide eyed, and her face was a little flushed. "I know Tessa, I'm just barging in your life, but please come tonight, you'll see some of the best people fall flat on their faces with drunkenness." Cecily smiled as she looked down at the clothes covered bed and then finally picked up burgundy pants, with a cream colored crop top, and a grey leather jacket. "Perfect."

Cecily left quickly claiming she had to go get her friend Sophie as Tessa got dressed. She added grey riding boots to match her jacket. She threw on some jewelry and looked at her hair. She grabbed the mousse and put as much as possible to let the curls activate and hold through whatever might happen, she put on some eye liner and mascara, which made her eyes look grayer and put on some dark red lip stick. When she heard the other knock she opened the door she heard a gasp of amazement from the two girls standing in front of her.

Cecily was now in a pair of black leggings with blue tom's and a blue shirt to match, it was long sleeved. Behind her was a face Tessa saw in some of her classes but usually she was hidden. "This is Sophie, Sophie this is Tessa, now we need to get in this room and lock the doors and wait for Charlotte to check on us." Cecily smiled and laid down a bunch of blankets and pillows on the ground to look like a sleep over was going down. Tessa looked at Sophie, on her face was a faint but noticeable scare, other than that she was beautiful with her silky brunette hair flowing around her face. She was wearing skinny jeans with some flats and a cute PINK sweatshirt.

"Why do you look so familiar?" Tessa stared at Cecily was looked at her with her dark blue eyes, Cecily smirked and stood up.

"You might know my brother William?" She rolled her eyes and made little circles in the ground with her finger.

"Oh my g-" all the sudden there was a knock on the door and Tessa got up to answer. "Hello?"

"Oh, Hello Mrs. Gray, I'm just checking up on you before I go to bed, also Ms. Herondale said that she and Sophie were sleeping in your room tonight?" Charlotte smiled a little smiled. "May I see them?" Tessa opened the door wider to show Cecily and Sophie under the blankets waving innocently. "Alright, well, good, I mean, goodnight ladies, behave." Charlotte nodded and made her way to the next room. Tessa closed the door and locked it.

"The window," Cecily smiled as she made her way across the room, she opened the window and looked down and smiled. "You're not as far as I expected, it's going to be easy." Then suddenly she jumped as Tessa rushed to the window, she looked down only to see Cecily on her legs waving her down. Sophie climbed up and made her way down too, she landed smoothly and looked up waving Tessa. "Come on Tessa." Tessa blinked.

"Um, well I'm sorry I'm not half cat! I'll just take the front door." Tessa blinked and then grabbed her key and open her door and then closed it quickly, she slipped off her boots. The hall was dark and empty; there were faint sounds of giggles, but nothing else. She locked her door and put the key necklace around her neck and padded through the hallways quietly and survived as she walked out the front door and opening it closed quietly. She threw her boots back on and Cecily and Sophie were waiting for her. "What?"

"Way to take the safe way out." Cecily grabbed her hand and lead her across the quad to the woods; the fog seemed to hit the ground thickly giving Tessa an eerie feeling. "I mean, it wasn't because we're half cat either, we were trained that way." Cecily smiled as Tessa looked at her oddly before entering the woods, they heard music in and laughing.

The music grew louder until they came to a small clearing in the middle of the woods, the bonfire was blazing, and many kids from school were there. When Cecily showed up, she and Sophie got on each side of Tessa. As they walked by many people dropped their conversations to stare at what may or may not be Theresa Gray, the new quiet book worm girl. They got to a side of the bonfire where the bench was clear and they sat down staring.

"Tessa, is that you?" Jem's voice sound confused and unsure.

Tessa turned and smiled shyly at Jem and stood up. "Yes, I feel, weird, like I don't belong here." She mumbled quietly as Jem smiled softly.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of you here, I'll introduce you." Jem smiled as he wrapped his arm around her waist and showed her around to different people. Across the clearing was Will sitting beside Jessamine who seemed to be interested in someone else. Will ignored whatever she was saying and stood up heading over to his little sister.

"A word," He growled as she stood up in all excitement. He grabbed her arm and dragged her to a quiet corner. "What the hell is Tessa doing here?" Will crossed his arms.

"Well, looks like she's here for the same reason everyone else is, to socialize." Cecily answered in a sweet innocent tone.

"I know she didn't just up and come to your room asking to go to this party." Will raised his brow questioningly and the crossed his arms.

Cecily looked over at Tessa and Jem in a group of people, laughing and talking, Tessa was actually having a good time. "Look at her Will, she's having fun, she's meeting people, she looks hot, I mean come on." Cecily smiled as she saw Tessa and waved at Cecily and Will and then returned back to her conversation.

"What do you want from me?" Will sighed and looked at the fire.

"I want nothing but your love and hope." Cecily patted his cheek and skipped away to a group of people talking.

Will looked around and then made his was to the drink station and started pumping the beer, after he was done he sat on the bench by himself. Then he felt two people sat beside him and looked over to see Jem and Tessa.

"What are you doing by yourself?" Jem asked as Will shrugged and looked at his cup with some sort of frown and threw it to the side.

"Well I mean, Jessamine was just there, and I was just there, and so I decided to drink, to make my life a little better, the truth is, it didn't, I'm still getting drunk in a forest full of teenagers, who just want to all make out with each other." Will threw the cup into the fired and looked over at Tessa, who had a kid sitting beside her talking to her. Jem chuckled a little and looked at the fire also and then leaned back stretching.

"Why don't you talk to her? She thinks you hate her." Jem looked over at Will, who rolled his eyes.

"Girls think about everything, they think their hair is frizzy, they think they're fat when they're perfectly fine, you can't change her thoughts what so ever." Will stood up and Jem shook his head.

"I think you're afraid of her, because she's like the female version of you, probably even better." Jem stood up along with Will.

"That has to be false, because the female version of me will be married to me, it would be like looking and talking to myself, the conversations would never die." Will headed over to the drink area.

Jem looked over to check on Tessa and she decided to slip away and find her way back to Cecily who was obviously flirting and Sophie looked bored.

"Hey, I'm going to go back to the room, I'm getting really tired." Tessa smiled softly and waved.

"Do you want someone to walk back with you? I don't like you going to those woods alone." Cecily gave Tessa a look of concern.

"No, I can manage my way back, thank you; I'll leave my window open." Tessa smiled softly before heading off.

Tessa made her way to the woods trying quietly. Tessa kept walking until the sound of music and people talking were distant and faint. She stayed on the path but after a while she heard nothing. She sighed softly and stopped to take a breath and put her hair in a ponytail. She never wanted to go out, but she hated disappointing people, especially a pusher like Cecily, she was such a random child but wise beyond belief. The party felt weird, she felt Jessamine's eyes on her the whole time, Jem was being the usual nice guy introducing her and once again Will ignored her as if she didn't exist. Maybe it was for the best too? She was trying way too hard for someone who seems not to care at all, he didn't care about his girlfriend, hell he didn't even care for his classes. She continued walking and hoping that she wasn't lost, her sense of direction was off but she felt like she was going the right way. She kept walking until she heard a snap, she stopped and turned around assuming someone was following her, she saw nothing then continued to walk but a little faster. She then heard leaves crumble behind her and she stopped again. "Hello?" She listened for a reply before she shrugged and then started walking again, she felt like something was following her so she started walking faster, but it seemed like the clear view of the campus was far from her.

She then saw something form beside her and she jumped, she didn't waste any time figuring out what it was either, she started sprinting and took a turn as if she could confused it, only to trip on a root of a tree. She screamed a little before she saw the form in front of her in all black, she looked up and the eyes were pure red. She kicked at its shin but only to hurt herself, it made a sound of metal echoing. She then just stared at it before jerking away ripping her jacket which was enough to have her get up and start running again and she had no time to waste because she felt it behind her, all the sudden she was yanked by the hair and she fell backwards hitting the ground hard, making her lose her breath. Tessa felt her heart beating faster, she closed her eyes then all the sudden a flash of light happened which stunned the black form and scared it off. Her necklace started ticking louder and louder as she made her way up and started running straight forward until she finally found a clearing, it was the quads of the campus she rolled onto the soft grass and started crying. So many questions filled her mind, but she looked down, her clock angel returned to its normal faint ticking sound, she looked around the dark campus, there was something out there, and this campus had something to do with it.

The next day Tessa woke up, she looked down noticing that Cecily and Sophie made their way back perfectly harmless. Their room smelled of bonfire smoke and woods, she then looked around and noticed she was in different clothes, but her sudden soreness reminded her that something happened last night. She made her way to the shower, got dressed in some leggings and a lighter sweater and put her hair in a ponytail; she slid on some shoes and left a note for the two still sleeping girls. She made her way down to the lobby where it was now filled with chatty girls talking about last night. She looked down and walked out the door and started walking towards the dining hall before she was greeted by two familiar voices.

"Tessa, wait up!" She turned to see Jem and Will walking together, both of them were wearing sunglasses and regular clothes. She waited for them and then she walked with them after being aware of them heading the same direction. "I didn't get to say goodbye last night, were you feeling alright?" Jem asked his voice sounded concerned.

"Oh, yeah, I was just fine; my head was just starting to hurt a little so I made my way back." She started fidgeting with her necklace nervously.

"Is that a scratch on your face?" Will suddenly raised his glasses up staring.

"Oh, I tripped while walking back last night." Tessa replied quickly, but she knew Will caught on to it and he put his sunglasses back on.

"You got to be careful out there, the wood is no place to be alone, I wish you would have told me so I would escort you." Jem frowned a little.

"What do you mean be alone?" Tessa raised her brow and looked towards the woods then she looked down.

"Just…weird stuff goes down there, especially at night, I've heard some stories that really give me the chills." Jem shrugged and looked at the woods, his mouth turned into a straight line.

"It's time to eat, I'm hungry." Will interrupted before starting his way towards the doors of the lunch hall.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Jem looked at her. Tessa nodded in assurance and they went in to dining hall. They grabbed their food and sat at a table, all the sudden they were joined by Jessamine.

"When is the charity event going to be over?" She looked at Jem.

"Charity case?" Jem blinked

"You know, the new girl." She smiled twisting the stem off her apple. "She's starting to linger."

"The new girl is right here." Tessa rolled her eyes and leaned in her chair.

"Back off Jessamine, don't you have other people to harass." Will poked at his cereal.

"Excuse me, people are starting to talk, I want to keep your name on high levels, and you can't do this around people with low morals and standards." She bit into the apple and stared at Tessa.

"I'm sorry, I forgot you were talking." Tessa looked at Jessamine, who shot her an evil glare.

"Excuse me? Who are you to talk to me this way? Do you know who I am?"

"I don't know how many times you given this speech, I don't care either, I know who you are, you're an insecure selfish little girl who thinks bringing other people down is a hobby, and one day all this shit is going to come to end, today is the day, so goodbye." Tessa snapped at Jessamine before standing up and storming out of the Hall.

Jessamine looked around the now quiet hall as people stared at her. She scrunched her face up angrily. "Who are you looking at? Go eat your carbs!" She snapped and stormed out of the building too.

"Welp, had my drama of the day." Jem sighed and looked at his watch. "I have my appointment in a little bit, I'm going to head over now, and I'll catch you later?" He looked at Will and as Will was focused on his food and made a little wave. Jem smiled and then he left also leaving Will looked up from the food and then stood up to throw it away and follow Tessa.

Tessa couldn't believe what just happened to her, she just lost it. She never has been able to actually lose her temper that way, she let's those words slid off. Her mind was just too full of other things to take any of Jessamine's comments today. She walked across the quad and stopped in front of the woods staring into it before looking around, then she noticed a building. The building was old and gothic, but it looked dark and empty as if it was abandoned. She made he way to it as she gotten closer she noticed that it was an old Arts hall, she opened the door and looked inside, there were footsteps in the dirty hall way which was probably couples sneaking in to make out. She made her way to the end of the hall way, she opened the door to see a beautiful black grand piano sitting there, the light from the roof shined on it, it was still glossy and spotless as if it was recently cleaned. She saw little notes of paper around it with musical notes. She sat on the bench and slowly slid her fingers again the keys. She sighed softly noticing how smooth and delicate these key are.

"I knew you would find this building." She jumped and turned to see Will at the doorway. "Something about it is, quiet, peaceful, it's like a get away place." He smiled softly. Tessa looked down but didn't reply. "My favorite part is the piano, I take care of it, it's my therapy, I play it all the time." Tessa looked down noticing the faded black keys on the piano and she ran her fingers across them.

"How long has this been closed down?" Tessa asked.

"About 8 years actually, it was replaced by a new music hall, bigger, better, grander." Will mocked with a loud booming voice.

Tessa looked down and then started to put her hands on her necklace.

"Tessa, I know something is up with you." Will looked at her, he then all the sudden dragged a chair by the bench and faced her.

"I'm fine, I swear." Tessa nodded and smiled brightly.

"No, you're not, something happened in the woods last night, it freaked you out." Will looked at her, his dark blue eyes were pleading with answers.

"I…I…I was walking, then all the sudden I felt like someone was chasing me, but then it had red eyes, It couldn't just be anyone." She took a hard swallow before looking down. "I ran but it grabbed my hair and yanked me back, I felt so…useless, I couldn't move, I could have died." Tessa started shaking a little before Will reached out and grabbed her hand.

"It was probably a demon." Will said stearnly.

"Demons? Like monsters?" Tessa looked up as if he was joking. "I tell you this out of complete fear and you throw it in my face to pick on me?!" Tessa ripped her hands away from his and grabbed her necklace.

"No, I'm dead serious, Tessa there's a lot of things about this school you don't know about, we started young, but you just joined this year. I think we need to talk to the dean about this." Will stood up and started pacing.

"What?" Tessa stared at him in complete confusion.

"You need to know about the other world we live in now, you have to." Will stared at her.

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm a Shadow Hunter." Will looked up at her.