A.U.

I'm sorry for the wait, I have been really busy lately, I hope you love this chapter, there isn't kissing or anything, but there's some news coming up!

Will stared at Tessa, he could tell she had many questions and he would be able to answer them but there wouldn't be enough time in the world. Then she busted into laughter, she was bending over and wiping her eyes as if he was telling a funny.

"You're hilarious, trying to scare me." She grabbed her bags and headed towards the door.

"Tessa, you think this is a joke?" He backed up and blocked the door.

"Yes, because you are joking, there's no such thing as a Shadow Hunter….what do you guys even do chase and hop on the shadows in the daylight?" She chuckled again imagining the image running through her mind.

"Tessa, this is not a joke, I'm serious, and whatever was in that forest was out to get you." Will grabbed her arms and stared into her eyes. Tessa's mouth turned into a straight line, her eyes focused on Will's, his eyes were gorgeous, they were dark blue as the ocean before a midnight storm.

"I want proof."

Will looked at her then quickly looked down, he was hoping that she wasn't one of the girls, she wasn't going to be apart of the world he was in, where they would sneak around at night but in the daytime they would act like they were normal students. He was tired of seeing one of the missions going wrong resulting in death, then all the sudden his eyes widen.

"Will….WILL?!" Tessa looked at him with worry.

"Damn it." He muttered before letting go and sprinting out of the room. Tessa stood there then grabbed their stuff and ran after him. She heard people mumbling as she ran past them, Will was faster than she thought even with regular clothes on. They finally made it into the main institute building; the secretary looked frazzled as she ran to the main door of Starkweather's office.

"It was whatever attacked her in the woods that killed her parents!" Will exclaimed as he leaned over the desk. "Someone wants her, and will kill everyone around her!" He exclaimed

"William, I need you to breathe, she is safe in this perimeter." Starkweather said in a matter of fact way.

"They know she's here." Will turned towards the window looking out. Right then Tessa stormed in, she was out of breath, her face was red from running but her eyes were a dark grey as if a storm was about to happen.

"Who knows? Who the hell knows Will?!" She stomped to his shoving him on the window. "Who the hell followed me here?! Who killed my parents?! Who the hell are you?" She looked at Starkweather. "Someone say something to me, stop leaving me out, I need to know something!" She cried out, Will grabbed her hands as she tried to shove him again. "Someone talk to me!" Tears quickly filled her eyes as Will sat her down.

Will stared at her, she looked like a painting, the lighting on her face hit the lighting in her eyes perfectly, the tears streaming down her face which was so strong the first time he laid eyes on her and now it was a all coming down, the walls she built around her slowly tumbling like Jericho and some reason his heart felt like it was being grabbed, he looked down and stared at Starkweather.

"Theresa." Starkweather grabbed his cane and slowly made his way to her, she looked up slowly, her eyes were red from crying, for a moment she looked like a little girl, Starkweather thought of his daughter, he pursed his lips before taking a deep. "I need you to calm down; things are going to be okay." His sighed as she looked down.

"I need to know something, just anything." Tears filled her eyes again and then she stood up. "I'm going home." She said firmly as she turned towards the door.

"You can't." Starkweather claimed as she went back to his desk and leaned against it.

"Why can't I?" She raised her brow.

"William, you are now excused, thank you." Starkweather nodded. Will opened his mouth up to protest before Starkweather gave him a look that made him think again. Will looked at Tessa one more time before leaving the office shutting the door behind him. The room filled with a eerie silence before Starkweather let out a husky cough. "You're family is under investigation, the Council needs to look at the family records." He finally let out. "It just seems like you appeared out of no where, and then to be separated from your brother is even more difficult to understand." He leaned off his desk and made his way around to sit down.

"My parents felt as if it was a better investment for us to separate because it's easier for him to attend a Boy's school to stay…focus." Tessa stared at him. "He had trouble in at the last school, he was a lot of trouble, he always tried to stick up for me or fight people." Tessa tapped her delicate fingers on the sofa trying to distract her mind.

"Theresa, we accepted you here because you have a sort of blood that only this institute accepts, but your brother doesn't." Starkweather pulled out a file. "But your blood seems to be mixed with something else, either way the blood of the angel is very dominant." He opens the manila folder up looking through it.

"The Blood of the Angel…" Tessa looked at him questioningly. "What is that?" She asked before looking outside.

"This means part of you is a Shadow Hunter, someone who hunts demons, the law enforcers of the underworld." Starkweather explained briefly.

"There's that Shadow Hunter again, and Demons and underworld…This is silly, these only belong in books." Tessa chuckled as if she just heard a silly tale.

"No my dear, it's not, we Shadow Hunters are skilled trainers, we travel the world, stay in different cities and we also investigate anything under suspicion that could harm one of our own." Starkweather sighed deeply before leaning his head back.

"But my parent's were regular people, they shopped in groceries, we lived with neighbors, we even had a dog named Sam, we were a normal family." Tessa explained not remembering anything odd at all.

"They probably tried their best to keep a normal life but sometimes it catches up with you."

"Nothing caught up with them, my parents were normal people." Tessa said sternly.

"Theresa, I am not trying to upset you." Starkweather sighed.

"I need to lay down, today has been exhausting and finding all this new stuff out." Tessa shook her head covering her face, she was afraid of how she looked now especially her eyes red from crying. Starkweather nodded softly as Tessa stood up and headed towards the door. "Mr. Starkweather, if all this is true, I need to know everything about this world that decided to just come and attack me, My parents, what I am, what you are, what this school is." She opened the door and then walked out.

When she left she saw Will sitting in the chair outside, he stood up quickly and looked at her and she looked down and turned the other way walking out slowly. Will sighed and plopped down back in the chair running his fingers through his hair.

"William, get in here." Starkweather called out as Will stood up and walked in the office, he leaned against the door. "I want you to look through the woods, find any trace of what happened last night, I want to find out what was in the woods." Starkweather commanded, "Tonight." Will nodded and walked out the door.

Will was full of worry; Tessa was hurting, confused and now lost. He knew he had to live this type of lifestyle even though he didn't have to because his parents didn't, but he wanted to. He walked into his residence hall; he quickly made his way to his room and sat on the bed running his fingers through his hair. He sighed in frustration as Jem walked in the room listening to his classical music; he seemed a little brighter than this morning.

"Hello William." Jem smiled brightly as he sat down across him, his pupils were big and wide hiding his unusual silver hair.

"Hey Jem," Will leaned back on his bed and sighed again.

"Telling by your sighing and body language today was interesting, I heard some rumors that you were sprinting across campus like a madman being followed by the 'weird new girl', any idea what that is about?" Jem leaned back into the chair and raised his brow.

"Tessa was attacked last night, by something in the woods," Will let out. "It might be linked to her parents death, she has the blood of the angel in her, but also she has something else which is odd because usually anything other than that would have died off or she would be been dead." He begins spilling out. "I can't talk to her, I'm busy, I have to focus, I have better things to worry about then someone else's life." Will looked away from Jem.

"William, do you want me to talk to her?" Jem raised his brow and started fidgeting with his fingers a little, he always needed to stay in motion whenever he was like this.

"I think since you and Charlotte are secretly in love, you can get into her room easier." Will said before looking at Jem. "Tonight please."

Tessa walked back to room after various whispers behind her, she could already hear the rumors spreading around her about running after Will. She sighed and finally made it to her room when she closed the door she hid behind it and closed her eyes.

"Well it looks like you're having a bad day." She heard a familiar voice and she opened her eyes. Nathaniel was sitting on her bed looking through magazines, he was wearing his a school shirt and tan pants.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Oh, well hello to you too sister." Nathaniel stood up and looked at her.

"I'm sorry, I'm just…I'm overwhelmed and it's not a good time, Hi Nathaniel, what are you doing here?" She ran her fingers through her hair, she stared at him intensely.

"Well I hope you know that there is a ball next weekend, we have to take a girl companion, I have one but you see my friend Gabriel doesn't, I told him I would set him up with you." Nathaniel smiled brightly.

"Nathaniel, right now is not a good time to go and play around at silly dances." Tessa went towards her vanity mirror and took off her necklace, she felt bare but she just needed air.

"Theresa, I'm trying to set you up to one of the wealthiest and respectable family's here and I mean he's not even-"

"Our parents were killed by something else." Tessa interrupted.

"They were in a crash; we all know that, nothing else." Nathaniel said sternly, his eyes turned cold.

"No, something is after us, I don't know what, but something attacked me in the woods like…like a robot or something." Tessa confessed looking down; she felt another lump in her throat.

"Tessa, you're imagining stuff." Nathaniel laughed softly as if she was kidding.

"I am not."

"Mom and Dad's deaths were freak accidents, people die all the time from stuff like this, families have to move on, we have to move on, no need to dwell on it, it will hurt less." Nathaniel stared at her. "Tessa you know I'm trying to do what's best for you." He smiled and hugged her.

Tessa took a deep breath before she heard a knock on the door. She pulled away and opened the door, Jem was standing there, and his cheeks were a little pink from walking.

"Tessa we need to talk." Jem smiled sweetly. Tessa opened up the door a little wider to expose Nathan in the room with her already.

"I'm actually leaving; I have to call the cab and everything." Nathan grabbed his stuff and headed towards the door. "I need a answer for Gabriel, yes or no?" He raised his brow.

"Tell him yes." Tessa sighed.

"Okay, he's a Lightwood, a very good name to have." Nathaniel smiled before walking down the hall.

"I guess…" Jem pointed to him before she closed the door.

"My brother," Tessa said before sitting down on her bed.

"Oh, I guess he goes to the same Academy as the Lightwood Brother's." Jem made a sort of snarl when he said their names.

"What's wrong with them?" She asked.

"They're bratty little rich kids who is too good to actually be with the rest of us sha-"He froze and stared. "I heard that your day was. Interesting," He smiled softly, it felt genuine as if he barely smiled but when he does the world seems right.

"I just, I just don't need all this, it's already hard adjusting to a new school, my parents being gone and now all this talk of being something else, having a blood of the angel, it's just…exhausting." Tessa looked down as she fidgeted with her fingers since she had taken off her necklace.

"I know, it is hard, you're almost an adult and when we were young we discovered this, we lived our whole lives training for this, this is our life." Jem stared at her. "We were trained to fight demons; fight Downworlder's who failed to follow the laws." He moved over to her and sat beside her.

"Do you die?" Tessa asked softly.

"Some of us, yes, other's live and we fight, we accept our deaths because we our fighting for the sake of a safer world." Jem pursed his lips. "While others die slowly and painfully, I'd rather die a quickly death fighting for the safety of the ones I love than to die slowly."

This grabbed Tessa's attention, she looked over at him. He was looking down and his eyes were focused on the ground, but she felt the heat radiating off of him. "You're getting a fever." Tessa said softly.

This made Jem chuckle softly. "Yeah, I tend to get those very often." He took out a napkin and coughed into it.

"Tell me." Tessa asked curiously.

Jem looked at her and knew exactly what she was asking for. He had a choice either to let her sit there and pity him til the day he dies and let her not know and continue on to what Will wanted him to do. "I don't think my issues are as important as what happened today." Jem said.

I think they're just important, I don't want to talk to a complete stranger about my secret life, especially one with huge pupils and show a lot of drug use." She raised a brow sharply. Jem looked at her with shock; she was as sweet as a hummingbird but would strike as fast as a rattlesnake.

"I'm sick." He smiled.

"How sick?" She tilted her head.

"Really sick," Jem looked straight forward, not wanting to see her face.

"So you wanted to do this shadow hunter thing, you knew any day or battle you could die, because you are going to die anyway." Tessa stared at him. Jem stared at him and laughed.

"You are quite the puzzle solver, I think only one person knows that and that is Will." He laughed again. "He's just as reckless, he doesn't care if he lives or die even though he perfectly healthy." Jem shook his head.

"Will is a code; I don't know how to break it." Tessa said.

"He won't let you; he has to figure out his own code to let anyone else in." Jem shrugged before he stood up. "I have to go, but I just wanted to reassure you that everything is going to be okay, you are safe, and you are in the hands of professionals here." Jem smiled before opening the door. "Have a good evening Miss Gray." He closed.

Tessa Stared at the door and sighed before plopping herself on her bed, she stared at the ceiling which seemed still in her world around her was spinning. She felt sick, tired, confused, hungry, maybe every emotion in the book.

Will took his steele and walked around the forest, the glowing light was dim but just enough to give him sight. He was finally was looking for footprints, anything just to prove that Tessa's story was real. He looked around before he heard a little crumble of paper under him. He looked down, it was a photo, he stared a little more and it seemed like a faded photo of Tessa, she was younger in this. On the back was a little note "Bring her back for the Magister." He blinked.

The days seemed to pass by slowly but nothing happened. Tessa was once again looked at oddly, she was the outcast especially after that episode with chasing after Will through the quads. She looked out the window of her dorm. She stared at the photo of her brother and then remember she needed to get a dress for the ball, she will have to wait for tomorrow because it was late, then all the sudden the campus was silent, the fog thickened up. Something didn't feel right, but in the back of her head a voice was telling her to check it out, she grabbed on to her necklace hanging from her neck.

Will sat in his room before he looked at Jem, who was staring out the window. "Something isn't right." Jem mumbled. Will turned to look at him.

"What do you mean?"

"Something isn't right, the fog, something is here, something not natural." Jem turned around and looked at Will.

"Do you think?" Will held up the faded picture of Tessa, the words still on the back.

"I don't know, but we need to check." Jem and Will grabbed their weapons before and opened the window; Will turned on a witch light which was use to light the way through the thick fog.

They ran to the girl's hall and up the stairs in a hurry, the girls were waking up, when they go to Tessa's hall they found her door opened, the room was empty.

"She's gone." Jem muttered before they ran out.

Tessa's eyes opened slowly, they felt as if 5 pound weights were holding them down, she kept drifting in and out of consciousness only to hear what little sentences.

"Are you sure this is the shifter?"…

…."We need to prepare her for the ball…The Magister wants her by then."…

…."We have to mold her, it will take hours before she's actually presentable." Then all the sudden she was asleep again.

A.N.

Well I hope this helped your curious little minds, I don't want to start any romances yet, because she's still going to be a damsel in distress. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I love cliffhangers! I will hopefully update more soon, a lot of things are becoming hectic because I'm moving into college, but I'm getting a new laptop. I hope you guys check out IMMORTAL INSTRUMENTS CITY OF BONES COMING OUT! I'm hoping for the best for this movie!