This fanfic got.. so much more recognition than I thought there would be. Thank you sooo much! I got caught up watching kpop videos and studying, so… sorry for the late update. Enjoy!

Incase you don't remember: In the small town called Idris, everybody knows what the Circle is. The Circle is a gang of dangerous and lethal people that hunt their victims down in the middle of the night. More dangerous than any sort of Assassin, The Circle is run by a man called Valentine and his heir, Sebastian. Now, Jocelyn Fairchild, who knows goes by Jocelyn Fray, is back in her hometown Idris, creating a new group called the Shadowhunters who fight the Circle.

In the beginning of the summer, Clary Fray moves to Idris, unknowing about the Circle and its members. Little does she know that her mother has been hiding their true identity, and Jace, the boy who she thought was her brother was not who she thought he was. She was somehow connected to this town, and when she meets Jonathan Christopher Morgenstern, she learns that she had a whole different side to herself than she never knew she had. When she starts falling for Sebastian, the chaos happening in her life seems to spiral out of control, and she learns that her connection with Idris was not just a coincidence.

I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

~Sara

Warnings: Blood(?), Incest(obviously)

Rating: T (for now?)

*Disclaimer: I don't own TMI*

~Sara

Clary stood there, shaking, her hands wet with the blood of her best friend. She took her phone from the ground, and tried to wipe off the blood from the screen, only to spread it, as her tears were dripping everywhere. The phone's flashlight was starting to dim. Clary didn't know what she was supposed to do. Suppose her mother was involved with this… then what would she do? Could she trust her brother, too?

She shouldn't be doing this by herself. She'd tried and found her best friend's dead body in a bag. She clutched the kitchen knife she'd brought out with her to her chest, scared of what would happen if whoever that person was came back. Simon said that he owed a debt. If they still needed it, they could come for her… whoever they were.

The symbol on the man's neck was the same as the one on her locket. She'd assumed it was something like a hieroglyph, but now that she'd seen the same symbol branded into a man's skin, she didn't know what to think. She was too scared to take the locket off, but too scared to look at it.

She wanted to tell her mother, but a sliver of doubt filled her, so she decided to keep it a secret… for as long as she could. She thought she was stupid for doubting her mother, but then again… did she really know who to trust? How was Simon involved with this? Why did he owe… The Circle money? She was too afraid to utter the words Circle.

She closed the door to the shack and closed her eyes.

That was a mistake.

She saw Simon's body all over again. She slid to the ground, dropping the knife and the phone and everything. She wished she could unsee everything. She wished she didn't have to know how Simon died. A bunch of lies to cover what she'd seen up would've been better than finding his body in the shack on a place she'd just moved to.

But the biggest question of all- the one that held onto her the most, was-

What else did she not know about Idris?

She couldn't understand this.. She couldn't understand any of it. But she focused on what she knew at the moment. Clary didn't know how the symbol on her locket was connected to the symbol on the man's neck, but she knew that it was the same. What she knew was that her mom was the owner of her locket, but it had originally come from her father, who was dead. Therefore, if the symbol was connected to the man who'd murdered Simon, then that meant that her father- and her mother were both connected to the… circle.

That meant that Jace could also be involved in it somehow. Clary continued to panic. What if her mother had invited Simon over just so he could be killed? No… not her mom. At least, that's what she thought.

But then again, who could she even trust?

She picked up the bloody knife and threw it into the bushes, not caring if Jocelyn noticed the missing kitchen knife once it became morning. That's when Clary decided to keep it all a secret. She didn't want them to come after her, too.

What about Simon's mom and sister? More thoughts swam through her mind.

But Clary couldn't save Simon if he was already dead, could she? Clary peeled her phone case off of her phone because the blood on the case had already dried, and threw it into the bushes with the knife.

After that, she ran back into the house, fearing for her life.

The rest of the night was eerily quiet.

Clary had just begun to enjoy (if that's what you could call it) a cup of coffee. She was still scared out of her mind, but she had to keep calm around everybody else. If anybody she knew was somehow in league with… The Circle, then if they saw her freak out, they'd know why.

And maybe they'd come after her too.

Maybe they'd kill her the same way they killed Simon. The same way they'd killed her best friend.

Clary's blood went cold for a moment when she saw a person she didn't recognize talking to Jace outside.

It was only until now that she'd realized that her trust in everybody and everything had been completely wrecked. A while ago she would've said that she trusted her brother with her life.

Now? Now she wasn't so sure.

They both walked in. The person that she didn't recognize seemed to be a girl around her age. Long locks of hair the color of a raven's feathers went down to her waist and she had the sort of aura that said that she was confident with how she was.

Clary wrinkled her nose in disgust. Was this another one of Jace's hook ups? Because if it was, she wasn't going to be able to live in a house full of sluts and dead bodies.

Her mother was the next one to wake up. Her eyes widened for a moment when she saw the girl, but her face changed back to a normal, blank expression as quickly at it came up. Clary could've imagined it, but there was a feeling in her gut that told her that Jocelyn knew this girl somehow.

The girl, however, didn't show much emotion. "Hi, Ms. Fray."

Clary was quick to watch for her mother's expressions. Her mother seemed to think of something, because she smiled at the girl. "Hello, Isabelle. It's nice to see you, but can I please ask why you're here… in my house?"

"I contacted Jace since last night there was another atta-"

Jocelyn dropped her cup of coffee. "Oh god, I got this on Valentine's day."

The girl, Isabelle spoke up again. "I was going to contact you first, but you weren't answering your phone."

The next thing Clary noticed was the tattoo on the girl's hand. It was in the shape of a diamond, but with two arches sticking out from the middle in opposite directions (A/N: The angelic power rune). The same symbol hung around her neck along with a ruby pendant.

"Wait.. Wait. Mom, how do you know this person? And Jace… what the hell? How do you know somebody mom works with?"

"S-she's an intern at the company, and Jace was visiting and showing her around since it was her first day."

Clary couldn't tell if it was a lie or not.

"Well, I'll talk to you later about the mug I broke. You know, about the Valentine gift?" The way that Isabelle said valentine gave Clary chills. "It was very nice to meet you, Clary. Walk me out, Jace? We should talk a little."

Whether it was meant to be flirtatious or serious, Clary knew that she was going to be following them.

She waited until her mother got occupied with something else before tip toeing after the two.

Once she caught glimpses of the conversation, she knew that she had been right that they were lying.

"-But did you really have to come at four a.m and expect to be let in when my sister, who may I remind you knows nothing was here."

"I know, but there were ten more killings last night. Valentine is angry and so is Sebastian. We need our best Shadowhunters-"

"Can't we get one day without chasing them around? There are plenty more Shadowhunters."

"We lost five last night, Jace. Next time it could be Alec and Magnus. Or Maia. Or Raphael." Isabelle warned, "Imagine if we lost Alec or Magnus right before they get married."

Jace looked down. "You're right. I was careless. Just go before my sister hears anything. I'll see you tonight at the institute." Jace said quickly, motioning towards a car where a boy that looked a little older than Jace but had the same physical features as Isabelle did.

"Alec, I get it, I'm sorry." She said, a melancholy look on her face as she got into the car.

Once the feeling of disbelief from listening in on the conversation wore off, Clary started to panic. Valentine? Killings? Alec and Magnus? Sebastian? What was all of that about? Shadowhunters? Institute?

Killings… had Simon been one of those killed in what seemed to be that string of murders? Valentine. Who was Valentine? He didn't sound like a good person. What was the Circle?

She had nobody she could trust to ask any of these questions. And from the conversation she'd heard, Jace knew what going on and had been lying to her. How much longer were they planning to hide it? Forever? Did nobody think that she was worthy of knowing things?

What she knew right then was that there were definitely three people that knew about whatever was going in Idris: Jace, Isabelle, and Jocelyn.

She just had to find somebody else who knew something. Somehow. Somewhere.

She remembered the bloody words that she'd read last night.

We're coming after you.

Nowhere to run.

This is the hunt.

Sorry that the chapter is so short! I've been busy with exams and tests since it's the end of the school year now. But once summer starts I'll be pretty busy too. Don't worry, I won't leave without a reason. :) I hope you enjoyed! Leave a review and favorite or follow!

~Sara