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Clary's point of view

Dream starts:

I was standing there in the middle of the field behind the battle field again.

I could tell that it was the old version of New York.

I heard someone call my name "Clary!"

I spun around and saw one of my few Shadowhunter friends Will Herondale.

His Parabatai James Carstairs had recently become a silent brother to save his own life so poor Will was alone and fighting in the war with us and he was like me in a way.

He had ran away from home away from his family because he thought that a demon had cursed him so that everyone he loved died but in the end he had found out that it was a lie so he was now married to Tessa Grey who was half warlock half Shadowhunter or a shape shifter would be an easier way to explain her and I remember his sister Cecily who looked so much like him was married to Gabriel Lightwood.

I smiled at Will and gave him a small hug and asked "How's Tessa and James?"

Will had a son called James Herondale who had golden eyes which I remembered from somewhere but I wasn't sure where.

Will smiled and said "Both of them are good, but how about you Clary? I've come here and made loads of new friends and family but you're so quiet and reserved I almost forget that you're there sometimes."

I smiled back and said "I'm okay, the nightmares are still there but everything else is fine though."

Will laughed and said "Yeah I guess there nothing much to compare with fighting off demons for other people's lives is there?"

I shook my head and said "Nah, reckless and brave people are well worth the journey right?"

Will laughed and said "Yeah I guess so."

We walked off together in silence until we reached a lake and Will was making me laugh by trying to be a fool which he succeed in doing so.

Will may not be perfect but he was from home and right now home was kind of what I l needed.

I lost my laughter as a water demon rose and I tried to warn Will but my voice was whipped away by a sudden strong wind.

I tried to run and protect him but my legs were frozen in one place.

I saw Will look at me his eyes clearly reading 'I thought that I could rely on you to save me.'

And then the demon plunged its tail through his heart and I watched him screaming his name as Will's breathing got lighter.

I screamed again and charged at the demon and stabbed it straight through the heart before I pulled my dagger out again and I watched it disintegrate again.

I sniffed slightly before turning to the nearly dead Will who said "I thought I could trust you Clary."

I sobbed and said "You can Will. Come on stay with me."

Will then went completely lifeless and his eyes lost all light in them and they now looked like a pair of empty doll eyes.

I sobbed as I heard my name being called and hands trying to pry me away from him.

I fought against them and I was screaming Will's name over and over again hoping that he'd get back up and laugh it all off but somehow deep inside I knew that I had been the reason for his death and I couldn't have done anything to stop him.

Dream ends.

I woke up still screaming and I felt hands holding me down.

I tried to fight them away but I gave up as they were ridiculously strong and firm and a voice gently whispered "Clary? Clary wake up!"

I groaned and tried to see who it was who was holding me down and then a pair of golden eyes blinked into my vision and I finally realised who it was: Jace.

I screamed "By the angel Jace!"

Jace quickly let go of me and I breathed in and out quickly trying to calm myself down, I could feel that my cheeks were wet but I was hoping that Jace hadn't realised.

Once my breathing was even I curled up and muttered "Damn, I forgot how horrible it is to dream. I think I like that about death. No dreams just black."

Jace asked me carefully "Clary are you okay?"

I nodded and I said "Um yeah, just a bad dream, that's all."

Jace nodded and asked "You want to talk about it?"

I shook my head and said "Nah it's fine, just a little weird after blackness really."

I glanced at Jace who was only half dressed with his pyjama bottoms on and then he was shirtless.

I looked away quickly just as Jace asked me "Who's Will?"

I froze in the act of tying my hair back into a ponytail.

How could I explain to Jace that a demon killed someone by accident and I did nothing to save him?

I just shook my head and asked "Why?"

Jace half smiled and said "Answering a question with a question, nice one Clary and you was screaming his name during your dream."

I turned back to Jace and met his golden eyes and then I remembered Will's son James' eyes which looked so similar that it almost made me want to scream and run away from this place and just simply die again.

I took a breath and said "It doesn't matter about that now."

Jace nodded and asked "You want some coffee?"

I shrugged and said "Might as well."

Jace nodded and left me standing at the mirror in the bedroom staring at my reflection and wondering how different it looked to the person I really was.

The reflection showed a little girl who looked like she'd just woken from a bad dream but everything's back to normal again, she's just a bit emotional and completely harmless.

But really I was a short in height girl who had woken from a bad dream and she now remembered her friend's death which she just saw and she's very emotional about it and it shows you how harmful I am."

I heard Jace call through to me "Coffee's ready."

I called back "Okay."

I sighed as I grabbed a black fluffy bathrobe and walked into the kitchen to where Jace was holding a mug of coffee out to me.

I took it and just downed the whole mug before saying "Well I guess I should go and have a shower then."

Jace stared at me and asked "Did you just drink your coffee completely black?"

I looked at him and answered "If that's what you gave it to me as then yes."

Jace shook his head and said "You must have some kind of weak taste buds because that tastes very strong."

I shrugged and said "It wasn't that bad actually anyway I'm taking a shower."

Jace nodded and he stood there in the kitchen staring out of the window as I left the room.

I turned the shower onto cold so it would wake me up more and I can think more clearly.

'Right so today has been a shit day already. I've had a dream where one of my few Shadowhunter friends had died and I couldn't do anything to stop him doing so, I then had to have an awkward conversation with someone that reminds me of Will so much and he's probably a descendant of him as his last name isn't actually Lightwood which is also connected to Will from his sister marrying a Lightwood which is probably why Alec reminds me so much of him with his looks. Yeah the day just sounds shit already.'

I turned off the shower again and I dried and changed my clothes and I then heard Jace knock on the door gently and call through "Clary we're going to do some police investigating today okay?"

I called back "Yeah okay. I'll be ready in a few minutes."

Jace called back "Okay then, hurry up."

I brushed my hair back and I pulled it around and plaited it down the side.

I walked out of the bathroom and I asked Jace "Do I have time to fetch some books?"

Jace who was in his uniform already nodded and said "Sure."

I smiled in gratitude and ran to get my version of the Codex which Jace raised his eyebrows at until I explained "It's basically like a Shadowhunter's law book."

Jace nodded and we went down to the car and I climbed into the passenger seat and I took out my pencil and I looked at Jace quickly before turning to my notes section and starting to draw Jace.

Jace's point of view

As we drove along in the car I glanced at Clary who was currently curled up in her seat and sketching something in the back of her book.

She looked even more beautiful whilst wearing a pair of black skinny jeans that clung to her well measured legs, a black strappy top that had skeleton holding a toaster and writing across it saying 'This is evidence 564 that humans are not made out of a good insulator of heat', a pair of black nearly knee high boots and her red hair braided down the side.

I know that she said that last night Shadowhunter's were quite pretty I don't think she included herself in that one but it made sense because somehow even this morning when she was screaming loudly about Will she still looked beautiful but I don't think she realises it.

I remembered last night when she'd brought Simon up to tell us the truth.

Anyone could have told you that Clary and Simon had been friends for years. They just seemed so familiar and childish around each other.

And judging by the way he acted when Clary spoke to him Simon had a massive crush on Clary but little Clary didn't notice anything because she was to wound up in her own little world.

It wasn't until after I thought about that I realised that Simon may not be the only one who had a crush on Clary.

I think I may be in love with Clary Fray.

Clary's point of view

When we arrived at the police station Jace helped me out of the car which half surprised me though I didn't let it show.

As we walked through the doors we were greeted by the one who questioned me the other day and he was very rude to my then so I narrowed my eyes at him slightly as he spoke to Jace.

The officer then led us through to a downstairs space full of old police documents and he ordered Jace to look through a load to find any connections to his partner's death and to make sure I didn't screw anything up.

For the last part I glared at him as he walked out the room but he ignored me.

I sighed and asked Jace "Anything I can do to help?"

Jace nodded and said "You can read through these files if you want." He handed me a big pile of them and I groaned slightly before picking the top one off the pile and opening it.

This one in particular was about a man murdered in his car along an empty road found sometime later dead in his car with no skin left on his body; it was all blood and bones. No one knew what had happened, who had done the murder or what time it had happened either and with no evidence of whom the killer could have been.

I wrinkled my nose slightly and said out loud "Well this is a lovely murder."

Jace came back down the ladder he'd been on to receive the top rows of files and asked me "Which one?"

I pointed at the one in front of me and read aloud to him "A man found dead in his car with no skin or flesh left on him the only remainders were of him was his blood which was near enough everywhere in his car and his bones. The man so far is believed to be Geoff Walker whose wife reported him missing the same morning. There has been no evidence on who the killer could have been and so far no one knows what has happened or what time the murder was committed."

Jace nodded and said "Ah that one was specifically horrible. Me and my ex-partner Frank worked on that one. It wasn't pleasant."

I flicked through some of the photos and I said "Doesn't look it either."

Jace stood behind me and said "You have a very strong stomach, after seeing that most people puke."

I realised that it was probably true about that and I replied "I've seen a lot worse than that, trust me."

Jace nodded but didn't ask what I'd seen or why it had been worse than this.

Jace then asked "As we're probably going to be here for a long time how about we get to know each other?"

I didn't see it as much of a problem so I shrugged lightly and said "Okay, you first."

Jace considered this and he asked "Why did you leave your family?"

I winced slightly but I answered as simply as I could "Well I had my memories hidden by a Warlock so I couldn't see the evil they did as a kid but when I was twelve I needed to go more often to get it hidden and I sort of never told my family that so I spent like a year seeing all of this evil which they did and I decided that I should run away and join the good side. And after I did run away with a few people my family disowned me and hunted after me by sending all sorts of demons and other stuff."

Jace sounded genially sad as he said "Oh right."

I remembered that this morning Jace had asked me about Will but I didn't answer and he probably deserved an answer so I said quietly "He was my friend."

Jace asked me "What? Who was your friend?"

I explained slightly "This morning you asked me who Will was but I didn't answer you properly. Will he was one of my few actual Shadowhunter friends. Will was one of the people I ran away from my family with, I mean it wasn't much but when you have so many memories with some people it's hard to leave them behind no matter what they do to you and Will always made me feel like I was at home. He was a fairly happy man though he had a wife and a kid and well he had a great family really. One day when we were just walking and talking by a lake during one of our days off the war, a … a water demon of some sort attacked him, I wanted to warn him but I couldn't it was like my body refused to work so it stabbed him and in the end I managed to move and kill the demon but I was too late to save Will. He died there and then and well I've blamed myself ever since really and I've dreamed of that night a lot since it happened. It's always the same one every time. In the dream I can't move or speak and every time I have to watch him die I almost see that his eyes are telling me that he thought he could rely on me to protect him but I'd failed. It just makes me feel guilty each time because I could have saved him and killed myself earlier, it wouldn't have mattered."

I could tell Jace was looking at me as I stared down at the files and I said "And the reason I didn't want to tell you was because then you'd know what a horrible thing I am and you also remind me so much of him it's ridiculous really."

I felt tears fall down my cheeks but I had my back to Jace luckily and I quickly brushed them away to hide them.

Jace's point of view

After listening to her talking about her friend's death as if it was her fault it made me wonder what made her so self-hating.

She seemed to wipe her eyes afterwards but I didn't care as I touched her arm which seemed to make her jump and she swirled around to face me but then as she saw it was me she looked away again as if she saw her friend Will instead of me.

I asked her gently "Clary why can't you just look at me?"

She whispered so quietly I almost missed it "You remind me of Will. It's like he's been reborn in you but you look just like his son James though well yours eyes do anyway. I just can't look at you because I remember James crying when I told him that his dad had died and wasn't coming back."

I stared at her and asked "So you think they're my relatives?"

She nodded and asked me "That's presuming that your real last name is Herondale of course?"

I stared at her and told her "Yeah that's my real one at least."

She hung her head as if she was ashamed and she apologised "I'm sorry about that then."

I automatically just stepped forward and gave her a hug.

Clary stiffened as if she'd forgotten how to hug someone.

I let go of her and I whispered "It wasn't your fault okay?"

Clary obviously didn't believe me but she nodded anyway.

Then a voice interrupted what I was going to say next by asking "Is that little miss tough girl from the other day crying?"

Clary looked at the man and said "Oh it's Mr one who thinks everyone is a murderer man from the other day wondering if I'm crying which would be a yes because of reasons that you need not to know."

I knew automatically that it was Sebastian Verlac and I told him "Leave her alone, she doesn't need it."

He asked me "Why? What she says is nothing true it's just in her brain."

Clary growled and said "I am not a liar you little idiotic Mundie."

Verlac raised his eyebrows and asked "Excuse me?"

Clary repeated "I said I am not a liar you little idiotic Mundie."

Verlac just simply shrugged and said "Why are you crying anyway Miss Sarcastic."

Clary sighed and said "I was mourning over a friend."

Verlac fake surprised asked "You had friends?"

Clary glared at him and said "Yes and unfortunately he was one of Officer Lightwood's relatives."

Verlac raised his eyebrows and said "If what you say is true then that was around about three hundred years ago."

Clary's eyes went darker and her voice went so sad as if she had so many memories and she walked towards him as she said "Sir, have you ever told someone that their husband, son, brother, lover or even friend is dead? I have. When you watch someone's face so hopeful, so full of life. Then you watch as they realise that you aren't the soldier and they know he's dead. You get a feeling that crushes you to the core but you still hold back all of the grief that you carry and you tell them. The Director would always send me on these missions when I was free because he knew I was a girl. It crushes you so much. Then as the mother, wife, sister even daughter collapses into a pile at your feet, you can't comfort them because you're thinking, I could have saved them. Or where was I when this happened? Or the worst one I watched them die and there was nothing I could do. It kills you. Every time. Every single time, you die a little inside. And there's nothing you can do. So you keep fighting. It's all you can do right? I mean you can't quit just because someone dies. Its war, bloodshed is inevitable. The family pleads with you. They say don't keep fighting son, we've lost everything!

Yet there's nothing to do but to fight. Sooner or later the grief will catch up to you and – and you're… broken."

Clary was very close to sobbing at the end of her small speech. I don't know how I could tell but for some reason I did.

I've never had to tell anyone the news that someone they loved had died but the way her speech struck me straight in the heart so much that I was even trying not to cry and I haven't cried since my parents died when I was ten.

Even Sebastian looked slightly startled and he said quickly "Okay, I'll leave you to cry your eyes out to Jace."

Then he spun around and left again.

Instead of walking back Clary just sat down on the step she had been standing on and she curled up into a tight ball and just sat there in the ball crying.

I had no idea how to respond to that.

I had always pictured Clary as the strong one who barely cries and tries her best to be upbeat and almost happy but now she was sitting a curled up position and crying her eyes out.

I dropped the flies I was holding and went over to her and I sat down next to her and I asked her "Are you okay?"

I instantly wanted to hit myself on the head. Of course she wasn't alright you idiot. She's sitting here crying her eyes out and you ask her if she's alright? Stupid Lightwood.

Clary however just gave a muffled "Yeah, fine."

I told her "Clary can you look at me?"

Clary lifted her head slightly and soon enough a pair of green eyes appeared looking into mine.

Her eyes looked so full of pain and sadness as well as her normal self-hatred.

I told her firmly "Look if I'm one of Will's descendants then I want you to know that I don't care what you did to him back then all I want you to know is that it wasn't your fault and even if it was then I forgive you for it."

Clary half smiled and she said "Thank you Jace. I'm sorry for being such a wreck; you should probably get back to work now. I'll be fine in a minute."

I told her a bit lighter this time "Not until I see a proper smile I won't."

Clary gave a half strangled laugh and she gave me a full smile which seemed to burn into my mind so even after it left her face again and I had turned away it was stuck there in my mind.

I smiled back at her before going back down the stairs and flicking through some files again.

Clary then screamed out slightly which made me stare at her as she muttered "Oh holy Raziel that scared the total crap out of me Lewis."

She paused for a moment as if she was listening to something and then she muttered "Not funny at all. You almost gave me a heart failure."

She paused again and said "Oh shut up, I've been dead nearly three hundred years, I haven't had time to catch up on medical history. Anyway I presume you had a reason for scaring the crap out of me and using the ring."

I gave her a weird look and she muttered "Wait a sec I have to explain to Goldilocks over there."

She laughed and then she said to me whilst holding up her hand "This my dear escort is a Faerie ring. Each one had a pair and when I and Simon were in battle we used to use these rings to communicate with each other. They have a link between them and if I think hard enough about something then I can send whoever is wearing the pair ring a message or a picture which can be useful until Simon pisses about with it."

I smiled as Clary laughed and said "Oh shut up Lewis you sent me pictures of girls who were on their periods when you were drunk. If that's not disgusting then what is?"

Clary frowned before then pulling a disgusted face and saying "Gee thanks for the mental image Si. Anyway back to what you wanted to tell me."

Simon must have said something fairly long because it felt like Clary was taking forever to speak again.

Clary nodded and said "Okay and do I really have to wear a dress?"

Simon must have said yes as Clary wrinkled her nose and said "Urgh I hate dresses."

Clary then said "NO! No way is Isabelle going to do my hair, makeup and a stupid dress, nu uh."

Clary then sighed and said "Fine but it's only this once! And I'm going now so bye Si."

Clary slid off the ring and she muttered "That was not what I wanted to hear at that moment."

I asked her "What's happening?"

Clary stood up and sighed before answering "It appears that my friend Magnus Bane has become the High Warlock of Brooklyn and he is hosting a party tonight at eleven thirty and I am being forced to have Isabelle do my hair and makeup as well as wear a dress. And they're picking us up at seven thirty so we can have some time to be prepared."

I laughed and then stopped as I realised "Oh god I have to come with you don't I?"

Clary nodded and said "Good job you, Alec and Isabelle are all Shadowhunter's then."

I stared at her and said slowly "We're Shadowhunters? We have to fight demons and be badass?"

Clary admitted "Well you don't have to but it's much more fun when you do and I would guess so because judging by your last names Lightwood and Herondale both of those held Shadowhunter blood in them so it's a likely chance that you'll be Shadowhunter's and Simon's told the other two by the way."

I nodded and tried to let the information sink in. Somehow I am a badass demon fighting Shadowhunter just like Clary.

I soon just accepted it and then said to Clary with a big grin across my face "Well we have a lot of work to do then don't we?"

Clary smiled ever so slightly and she said "Better get started then."

Clary's point of view

At around nine thirty I was already in Isabelle's room waiting to have a 'makeover' which sounded even less fun then finding out which girls were on their periods when Simon was drunk.

Soon Isabelle bounded into the room and sung "Makeover time! Hmmm I think we'll do makeup first."

She dragged me over to her chair in and then she started working on my makeup.

She asked me "So Clary, what's your favourite colour? Minus black I mean."

I answered her "Well Isabelle-"

She interrupted me "Izzy, not Isabelle just Izzy okay?"

I smiled slightly and then started again "Well Izzy my next favourite colour would be either green or blue."

Izzy nodded and said "Awesome, mine is purple and then gold and black in joint second."

I half nodded to show that I'd heard and Izzy then asked "So three hundred years ago you were alive?"

I laughed and said "I look good for my age don't I?"

Izzy laughed with me and said "Yeah I guess so, what was it like back then?"

I shrugged and said "Um buildings were tall but not as tall as these ones, streets were normally packed full of markets and people. You get the idea."

Izzy nodded and asked "So when's your birthday?"

I thought about it before saying "Twenty third of August."

Izzy squealed and said "That's like four days away! How come no one told me of this?"

I said more to myself "Well I guess I'll be spending it in a mental institute but better than my fifth tenth I guess."

Izzy looked at me slightly confused so I explained "My fifth tenth was one of the days during the war; I died about five days before my sixteenth birthday."

Izzy laughed and said "Happy death day for yesterday then."

I chuckled and said "Yeah."

Izzy then started pulling out different dresses as I asked her "Is Alec gay?"

Izzy froze and asked me "How did you know?"

I said "Oh it's not really that hidden really. He stares at Jace most of the time and as far as I've seen him in shopping yesterday he never once looked at a slutty girl walking past whereas Jace did so that was the main two points."

Izzy lost any happiness on her face as she said "You better not have told anyone or will tell anyone otherwise I may have to whip your little ass."

I answered back "Fair enough deal and I swear on the angel I won't tell anyone unless you tell me to or I happen to be extremely drunk."

Izzy smiled at that and said "Good."

In the end I was wearing a ridiculously short, strapless, mini black dress which barely covered my thighs, black fishnets, thigh high, black, high heeled boots, and a small cardigan. I also was covered in glitter as if I was a sparkly fairy or something. I was wearing my Morgenstern ring along with my Faerie ring and a clockwork angel necklace that Tessa had given me ages ago. My makeup was black eye shadow, black eyeliner, a small amount of blush, mascara, and foundation. My hair was tied up in a strange sort of ponytail/bun thing.

Izzy however was near enough the same as me but in a deep shade of purple and black lace.

Izzy admired us two in the mirror before snapping photos of us two and she said "I think the boys are going to be almost falling over when they see us two."

I smiled slightly and said "Oh the joy of being a Shadowhunter with amazing looks; you will literally knock some things off their feet."

Izzy laughed and said "I guess both of us and amazing enough to make most things work yes?"

I agreed "Yes."

Izzy smiled and said "That's the spirit. Let's go kick some ass's girl."

She held up her hand and I frowned until she grabbed my hand and whacked her against mine and told me "It's called a high five."

I nodded and tried to keep that in my mind.

As we walked (well when I say walked I mean Izzy walked and I sort of half walked half stumbled anyway) down the stairs the boys faces were priceless.

Even Alec looked slightly taken aback.

I smirked lightly as I saw Simon's face and as we started walking towards Magnus' apartment I whispered to him "Too many pretty girls for you Si?"

Simon growled back "No."

I smiled and teased him "So why all the staring?"

Simon teased me back "Because I've never seen you in a dress let alone a really short one."

I laughed with him as I smacked his arm in a 'oh shut up' sort of way.

Simon then asked me "You looking forward to see Magnus?"

I nodded and said "At least he can't complain that my hair and clothes looks boring now."

Simon laughed almost painfully and said "Yeah at least."

I then asked him "So how did you find the invite?"

Simon shrugged and said "Clubbing one night and someone gave it to me."

I nodded and just assumed that clubbing was something that teens do now.

Simon had been saying something and was looking at me as though expecting an answer so I asked "Sorry what?"

Simon rolled his eyes and said "Nothing Fray."

I stared at him and his weird sort of awkwardness for a minute before pushing the fact aside.

We all then turned the corner to the street and I said "Well let's all guess which one Magnus lives in."

Simon laughed as he saw the house.

Every other house was boring and just plain normal colours except one.

That one house was a bright purple and slightly sparkly house with banners reading "Bane's Parties!"

We all walked towards the small house and I rang the doorbell labelled Magnus Bane on it.

As we waited Jace said to no one in particular "Well this party will be either really lame or really good."

I glanced back and said "If you think that other parties are good then you've obviously never partied with Magnus Bane."

The door suddenly opened and a strange looking man asked me "Invite?"

I held the piece of paper in and I said "I was handed this and these are my friends." I gestured to the others when I said friends.

The man stared at me disbelievingly which made me sigh so I grabbed my stele and drew a confusing rune in front of the man's face so he suddenly started to panic before he looked at me and said "Go in."

I smiled at him and gestured for the others to go in first before I drew an unconfusing rune in front of him which he relaxed at and I smiled at him before disappearing up the stairs and called to him "Thanks for letting us in." and then I disappeared up the staircase.

The others were waiting for me at the door and I warned them "Don't drink anything anyone gives you unless you're certain it's not a false drink. Trust Simon's word if not mine. Other than that have a little fun."

With that I walked into the room and studied my surroundings.

The walls were covered in banners and bright tissue paper. There was music blaring through some large speakers and judging by the people there was a few Vampires and a load of Faeries and a couple of Warlocks.

I scanned the unfamiliar crowd for Magnus as the others all started to wonder off together.

I walked through the crowd and I could see that some of the Vampires were staring at me as if I would make a lovely snack.

I mostly ignored them though as they always wanted to be intimidating but to be honest they weren't that scary unless they go completely vamp on you.

I was still half scanning the crowd for my old friend when I saw a few Faeries starting to argue over Jace who looked half dazed by them.

I made my way towards him and then when I was near enough I yelled out to Jace "Oh Jace there you are! I didn't see you come in."

I hugged him which he seemed even more surprised at as I then smiled sweetly at the Faerie girls and said "Sorry for any inconvenience, he's a little loopy if you know what I mean."

The Faeries glared at me as I grabbed Jace's wrist and dragged him through the crowd away from them and back into the Vampire area.

Now Jace was away from them he blinked and said "Woah that was crazy."

I told him "It was they're glamour, look at them now."

Jace glanced over at the two faeries casually and gasped as he saw what they really looked like.

One had vines for hair and the other had poisonous and dangerous flowers decorating her whole body.

I smirked at his face and said "They're actually fairly pretty compared to some Faeries."

Jace shuddered and said "Hey thanks."

I shrugged and said "Don't mention it."

Jace saw that I was pushing his hand down on one of my runes which he then asked me which one.

I answered him never taking my eyes off the crowd "It's a clear sight rune. It helps you see things for what they truly are."

Jace glanced back at the faeries and said "Yeah, might want one of those."

I smiled and said "I can draw on for you if you want one."

Jace raised his eyebrows at me and asked "How?"

I got my stele out and said "Using this, it hurts a bit but it does the job."

Jace nodded and asked "And if you were wrong about me being a Shadowhunter then I won't become a Forsaken right?"

I laughed and said "I'll kill you beforehand if you're that nervous."

Jace half laughed and then held out his arm for me to draw on.

I held my stele correctly and I asked him "You sure?"

Jace hesitated and asked "What happens if you screw up or you draw it wrong or something?"

I looked at him and said "I've studied runes for a lot of my life; I'm pretty sure that this one won't be wrong and let's just say I have a way with runes."

Jace then said "Go for it."

I took his arm gently and drew it quickly and easily.

Jace then looked down at his arm and then he said "That looks awesome actually."

I smiled and said "My personal favourite is the fearless one."

Jace raised his eyebrows and I showed him the light scar of it on my arm.

He muttered something like "Awesome." Before I turned back to the crowd and said "I better draw them on Alec and Izzy too."

Jace said "Good idea." And he followed me through the crowd and waited with me as I drew on the rune on each of their arms.

I then saw Simon standing moodily in the corner and I mouthed at him "Come on Grumpy, do something."

Simon mouthed back "Like what?"

I mouthed back again "Dancing or talking."

Simon rolled his eyes and then he came towards me and whispered "Found Mags yet?"

I shook my head and said "Nah, he's hiding probably."

Simon nodded and got dragged off to the dance floor by Izzy which made me smile properly for once as Izzy trying to teach him how to dance.

I then heard a voice come from behind me "Well I don't remember inviting any Shadowhunters to my party."

I turned around and saw a man who I presumed was Magnus standing behind me casually leaning against the wall and I said "Magnus? Magnus Bane? And we came with my Vampire friend."

The man looked at me as if I'd lost my head and he said "Yes I'm the Magnificent Magnus Bane. As familiar as I appear to be to you I can't say the same for the other way around and you guys befriend Vampires now?"

I asked him "Is nearly three hundred years all it takes for someone to forget their best friend? And occasionally I guess."

Magnus' cat eyes blinked at me and he asked me uncertainly "Clarissa? Clarissa Mor-"

I interrupted by saying "Um Magnus, its Clary Fray now."

Magnus stared at me and said "It's you?"

I smiled lightly and said "The one and only my dear old friend."

Magnus laughed and asked "Are you too old for a hug?"

I grinned this time and said "Never too old for a hug."

Magnus grinned back and stepped forwards and pulled me into his massive arms.

I hugged him back and said in his ear "Thanks for the upper class style cave by the way."

Magnus laughed and said "It said in the brochure it was five stars."

I laughed and said "Yeah could do with some cushions next time."

Magnus laughed and said "I normally would say I'm glad to see you but this time it means we have a rather big problem."

I nodded and said "Yeah I half know about it, I'll just collect my friends okay?"

Magnus nodded as I caught Jace's eyes and yelled "Get the others!"

He nodded and pushed his way through the crowd as I asked Magnus "So any reason why you're holding this party?"

Magnus shrugged and said "I like parties and it's my cat Chairman Meow's birthday."

I smiled and said "Okay not strange at all."

I could see that Jace and Alec were struggling against the crowd so I put two fingers to my mouth and whistled loudly over the music.

Everyone looked at me and I yelled "Let the Shadowhunters and Simon through!"

Everyone stared at me and then I remembered Chairman Meow so I added on "And don't forget to say happy birthday to Chairman Meow!"

Most people laughed and a few called out "Happy Birthday!" before they went back to dancing after letting the others through.

I turned back to Magnus who grinned at me and shaking his head before leading the group of us through the small apartment until we reached another room.

As soon as we were all in Magnus shut the door behind us killing off the music before turning around his cat eyes sparkling with sadness but also happiness to and he said "Right then we better have a talk."

AN: Thanks for reading and a special thanks to Emzo456 for writing the small bit of this chapter when Clary talks to Sebastian about war and stuff. Please review or PM me and let me know what you think of it.