Hey everyone! So sorry this chappie is so short + late! My parents took away my computer (AGAIN) but you guys will get lots tomorrow!

I STILL do not own TMI series... Characters belong to Cassie Clare.

Simon POV

I allowed Starshine to follow this new trail, thinking that maybe Clary hadn't made it to the castle after all. She trotted around to a giant rock, when she stopped. Sniffing the ground, I could tell that she found the scent of a horse. Knowing Clary, she probably stole one and escaped. Sundance sniffed the rock and climbed up on top of it. She stomped once with her front, right hoof, indicating that she had lost the scent. I was sure that Clary used this rock to mount the stolen horse, then using it to escape home. I dismounted to pluck a long, white tail hair from a nearby blackberry bush. I walked back to Star, giving her the hair. Once she had told me that she got the scent, I leaped back on her.

"Seek," I commanded. She took off again, following the scent like a hound.

As we neared a giant fallen log, I tapped her with my heels, hoping that for once she would jump. There was no way around, a boulder on one side and a steep, crumbling drop on the other. She was an amazing jumper when she was younger, but since she broke her leg, she was always worried that it would happen again. Her ears perked forward and she galloped faster, her hooves barely seeming to touch the ground. Leaning forward and standing in the stirrups, I grabbed her mane and hugged her ribs with my calves. At a full speed gallop, she rapidly closed the distance to the jump. She lifted her front legs and... slid to a stop. Falling forward, I caught myself with her mane. Rearing up, she threw me back into the saddle. I smacked her butt with a switch, telling her what a naughty horse she was.

"Star, this is no time to fool around. Get over that log." I said sternly. She backed up a few strides and looked back at me. I patted her neck and clicked to encourage her. From a halt, she took three strides and then soared over the log, landing safely on the other side.

Jace POV

I trotted through the castle doors, Clary trailing in my wake.

"Father," I called as we reached the throne room. He looked up from his advisers and battle-master, turning his attention to me.

"Yes, Jace?" He asked, his look one of patience.

"They are just outside the Western walls. I saw their armor or something in the light. We tried to warn the wall guards but the horses wouldn't let us. They started spazzing out and blocking our way," I said quickly. Father nodded at several of the knights, and they took off running for the West wall.

"Prepare the soldiers. Not the horses yet. We are safe as long as we are inside the walls. Light the signal fires," He said, everyone scrambling to follow his orders.

We walked outside, the darkness setting in as the blue fires were set. I turned to Clary, grabbing her hand.

"Its going to be okay, Clary," I said to her in my little kid voice. She laughed, turning to give me the evil eye.

"I guess I need to feed the rest of the horses if Alec and Simon can't..." She said, turning away and dropping my hand. I knew that I should be getting prepared but... I couldn't leave Clary just like that.

"Clary! Wait!" I called. She turned around, waiting for me to say something else. Instead, I ran up to her and picked her up in my arms. Pressing my lips to her ear, I whispered to her.

"I love you," I said so softly that I wasn't sure she even heard me.

"I love you too," She replied, "Stay safe," She added after a moments thought. I kissed her briefly before letting her go and running back to the barracks.

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