Hi hello! Sorry for not updating sooner or making the chapters longer but I'm mean't to be on holidays but since I don't want to just leave you guys with nothing I just gave you something?

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The next morning all the guys except Magnus and Simon went out hunting. Jordan shared his idea and they took off after breakfast, Clary supplying them with weapons. Simon decided to clean up the barn while the Clary and Isabelle sat in the living room, Aline joining them while quietly reading her book.

"Your friend Simon's pretty cute," Isabelle commented.

Clary seemed surprised. "Hmm, really?"

"Yeah," She leaned back into the arm chair. "In a dorky kind of way you know?"

Aline popped her head out of her book. "Yeah definitely," She agreed.

Clary scoffed and pulled her feet up so they were tucked under her thighs. "Izzy you should definitely talk to him," Clary suggested.

"I don't know, maybe."

Footsteps thumped down the stairs and into the living room came a bright Maia. She still had red marks around her throat but other than that it looks as if nothing really happened to her. "Morning," She smiled and plonked herself on one of the arm chairs.

"Morning...Maia how are you feeling?" Clary said unsure of what to think.

"Good to be honest," She seemed to relaxed and bright for someone who tried to commit suicide the day before.

"So Maia, is it?" Isabelle began. Maia nodded. "Did you come from any group?"

"Nah, I've been on my own since the beginning really. I've wondered from place to place and decided to come back to my home town," Maia looked at her nails, which were all bitten to the nub.

"Are there any other groups around here?" Isabelle asked curiously.

"I think…I think there's another camp nearby."

"Like us, on a farm?" Isabelle asked Maia.

"Yeah, I was wondering around the forest area when I came across a field which I knew wasn't part of Mr G's farm. I jumped over fence and started lookin' round. The place seemed empty. But there were caravans everywhere. They had a whole bunch of animals and crops and everything. It might've been where the town took refuge at or something because familiar cars were there too. I decided to take the chance to steal a hen and even some crops, you know to maybe start growing my own too. I didn't get caught though, I bolted outta the place."

"Do you still have the chicken?" Clary asked.

Maia nodded. "Yeah I put it in the barn. I've been going back every few days since then. Nicking things and stuff."

Clary leaned forward. "So do you know whose farm it is? Like the town wasn't that large in numbers..."

"I think it was Morgenstern's farm, but I'm not too sure. It could be the Blackthorns though," Maia replied.

Morgenstern. Clary thought. That's where grandpa's animals are.

"Can you show us the camp?" Clary asked.


The girls left a note for Simon and Max on the kitchen bench saying that they were just going for a walk and will be back in an hour. Clary only had one gun, but didn't expect to run into any walkers on the way. Isabelle and Aline both had a knife each anyways. Maia led the three girls through the forest patch, hoping not to run into the boys on the way.

"Have you run into any walkers while walking down here?" Clary asked Maia.

She shrugged. "I think two or three at the least. But they're usually wonderin' like 20 feet away so they ain't causing trouble."

The girls finally made it to the other side of the forest and came to a barbed wire fence which was around 4 feet tall. Maia lifted up the wire and slid through with ease. The girls stared at her. "Come on," She waved her hand, indicating for the girls to follow.

The paddock was full of trees and shrubs. In the distance Clary saw the large house that was like a mansion more than anything. It was mostly how Maia describe it was like. The grass was a lot greener and more lush than their half-dead light green grass back at the farm that had the occasional dirt patch here and there. "Keep down," Maia whispered. She pointed to the tall man holding a large gun who stood close to the house.

The four girls hid behind the trunk of a tree and watched the man carefully. Maia cursed. "Dang, there's actually a guard hangin' round this time."

"Maybe they've started to notice they've been missing some chickens?" Clary sarcastically suggested. Maia ignored her and they all crept closer to get a better look. "We aren't actually stealing, are we?"

Maia grinned.

"No come on I just wanted to see the farm!" Clary said with a firm whisper. Isabelle agreed with her.

"We have eleven mouths to feed and cans of soup and homemade bread ain't gonna do all that." Aline didn't speak up much, so this sudden snap surprised Clary.

"Okay so Clary, you slip into the chicken coop and grab as many chickens as you can." Then looked to Aline, "And you Aline have the honour of helping me steal some crops."

"Who's gonna be on look out?" Clary asked.

"We'll all just meet back in this tree okay?" The girls nodded. Clary and Isabelle headed to the chicken coop and got there easily without being caught. It was further from the house which was good because the guard was more close to the house.

Isabelle quietly opened up the chicken coop door and entered, Clary following her. Clary stood at the door on look out. "Just give me one and you take two," Clary told her.

"But they'll notice though," Isabelle protested.

"Isabelle there's like 20 or so there! No one will notice." Clary told her. "Look I hate this as much as you do but we can live off eggs. We can- wait is that a rooster?" Clary pointed up to the corner of the cage.

Isabelle looked up and saw the bird. "Do you think we should take it too? It can reproduce with the other hens so…"

Izzy reached up and grabbed the bird. It started to screech and flapping its wings in her face. "Look you hold it like this." Clary said. The rooster kept flapping its wings. "You gotta show who's boss don't like it show you're afraid." Clary held the roosters wings down and carefully held it like her grandparents showed her when she was 10. "My grandfather used to have a rooster just like this so-" Clary went quiet. She heard shouting. "Did you hear that?"

Isabelle heard it too and grabbed Clary's upper arm. "Quick we need to go. Now," The girls exited the coop and shut the cage door. Isabelle held two hens while Clary held the rooster, stroking it so it would calm down. They paced down the edge of the paddock.

Clary looked back and saw a panting Maia running with pockets full of vegetables. The three girls hid behind the tree. "Maia, where is Aline? Why isn't she with you?"

Maia had a grave look on her face. "I'm...sorry…they caught…us," Maia said between breaths.

"Where. Is. She?" Isabelle demanded.

But before Maia could answer the girls saw for themselves.

Aline was close by the house. Two men held her arms behind her back. She saw her struggling out of their hold.

But they were too strong.

"Oh my god! We need to go save her!" Clary tried to get up but Isabelle held her down.

"Clary…"

They watched what was happening. Dozens of people were outside now, surrounding her, yelling, shouting. Aline was shoved to the floor so she would kneel.

Then Clary saw a tall man, his hair white blond and broad shoulders. He wore weapon belts and leather. He walked over to Aline and ran his finger over her cheek. Clary saw his lips move; she couldn't make out what he was saying to her. Then he faced the angry mob of people.

"This young girl, is a criminal!" He bellowed. "Our food we rationed! Our crops we grew, she tried to steal!" The group of people were booing, calling out insults.

"Isabelle we need to go help her!" Clary started to panic. "Maybe sort some things out?" She suggested.

Isabelle sighed. "Clary we've come across people like this before back in New York. There's no way to help her now," She said with remorse. "This is what happened to Aline's girlfriend Helen,"

Clary felt like crying. This was her fault. She could have stopped this all from happening and just leave to go back to the farm while they had the chance. For some reason the thought of Jace oddly enough and can just imagine him saying "I told you so."

The man with the white hair continued to yell things, she saw Aline flinched and never felt so terrible in her life. Clary was close to crying. The man swiftly pulled out a gun and aimed it at Aline's temple. Clary held the rooster slightly more tightly when she heard the clicking of the gun.

"Kill her Valentine!" A woman shouted.

"Finish her off!" Another called out.

Aline's face was emotionless. A single tear fell down her face. Even she knew her fate.

Then she was shot.


Clary watched Aline fall to her side, eyes wide open, blood pooling around her head. Clary gasped and felt the urge to cover her mouth with her hand in shock.

She stumbled back slightly. "We have to go," Clary whispered.

The girls didn't hesitate. The three of them ran like no tomorrow. The slid through the fence and paced through the forest. Dodging the trees and undergrowth. "Wait!" Isabelle called out. Clary stopped, as did Maia.

"I just need a second," Isabelle leaned against a tree, trying to catch her breath.

"We don't have a second Isabelle!" Clary exclaimed.

"Oh my freaking god Clary! I just witnessed one of my closeted friends be shot you moron!" Isabelle cried. She covered her mouth in realization of what she just said. Clary's chest sunk. Never in a million years would she see Isabelle snap at someone. "Clary I'm sorry…"

"No it's okay I understand," She took a step forward. "But people from their group could be after us and I don't want to take chances." Isabelle nodded, wiping her tears away.

Clary heard a sound. A snapping sound. "Did any of you hear that?" Clary spoke softly. Isabelle stopped sobbing for a moment to try and listen to the sound Clary meant.

Isabelle heard it too. "Yeah okay let's get outta here,"

It's difficult to walk quickly when carrying a 12 pound rooster trying to get out of your hold. But Clary held tight. She looked back to see Isabelle nervously holding the hens. Maia easily paced herself and was in front. When they returned to the farm Simon was walking past the house. He saw the girls and raised an eyebrow at the sight of the chickens. "What the-"

"Simon open up the barn door," Clary instructed. Simon didn't question it and opened up the barn door for the girls. Isabelle and Clary dropped the rooster and chickens inside. They exited the barn and closed the door before the hens could escape.

"What even?" Simon scratched his head.

"Not now Simon," Clary locked the barn door.

"Wait where's Aline?" Simon asked.

Then they saw the guys come walking back. Sebastian and Jordan both carried a large deer while Jace and Alec a couple other dead animals - most likely birds or rodents.

"Is that a freaking deer?" Maia asked the boys as she approached them.

Jace smiled with pride. "Shot it myself," The other boys rolled their eyes and dumped the dead animal on the grass.

Clary and Isabelle both started to walk to the steps of the front porch. "They'll understand," Isabelle whispered into Clary's ear.

"No," She whispered back. "No they won't."

"I could get used to this whole hunting thing," Jace stated. "Shooting animals rather than walkers is so much more fun."

Alec's jaw dropped. "Dude you were complaining the entire time up until you shot that deer!"

Jace place his hand behind his ear, suggesting he was short of hearing. "I'm sorry I can't hear you over the huge deer I shot," Jace smirked and looked up at the girls at the porch. His smile faded when he saw Isabelle. "Iz what's wrong?"

Guilt shuttered through Clary. She dreaded this moment.

"N-nothing," she muttered.

Jace didn't believe her. "No seriously, what's wrong?"

Clary looked over to Isabelle. She was almost about to cry. She saw Isabelle's lips tremble and eyes water. Isabelle couldn't speak. So Clary did instead. "Aline, she's...she's dead." Isabelle immediately looked over to Clary.

"Excuse me?" Jace said in disbelief.

"Isabelle, where is my cousin?" Sebastian demanded.

Maia stood forward. "She got shot for stealing crops at the Morgenstern camp," Maia explained, she tried to look as sympathetic as she could.

Sebastian's eyes widened. "She what?!" He thundered. Clary started to tremble herself. This was the kind of reaction she expected from them but hoped that they'd be less angry about it.

"Sebastian, I'm sorry..." Isabelle managed to say. Sebastian stormed away in anger, Jace was about to go after him when Alec placed his hand on his chest, stopping him. Alec shook his head at him. Jace threw his hand up in surrender.

"You," he snorted at Clary. He walked over to the steps more calmer which terrified Clary even more. "First your boyfriends sister and now Aline? You've got a lot going for ya Peach."

"Aline wasn't my fault!" Clary snapped. "You don't even know what happened so stop thinking you know everything!"

Jace scoffed and walked inside, slamming the screen door behind him.

Clary looked down at her feet then to Isabelle. "They'll understand huh?"