The following day, Clary began to make a list in her head of ways she could get kicked out of The Academy. This wasn't like the Institutes she was used to, and it would clearly take much more to get in serious trouble. She realized that unfortunately she had to learn more about this place so she could come up with the perfect plan, which meant she actually had to go to class. Her first day began early in the morning before anyone else. Clary decided to head to the training room and work on some technique before breakfast. Her best ideas had always come to her whenever she was training.
Twenty minutes into her workout, Jace walked into the training room, but she didn't even notice. He always tried to get a little workout in before breakfast, but he wasn't used to seeing anyone in there that early in the morning. He leaned against the doorframe and watched Clary for a few minutes. He couldn't help but just stare. Her battle technique was impeccable as she beat up an old battle dummy, and she also looked great while doing it. Her muscles tensed with every punch and kick and her forehead glistened with drops of sweat. This was definitely the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen.
He shook the thought out of his head and cleared his throat. She turned for a second, but then immediately returned to the dummy.
"What are you doing?" He asked the most obvious question.
"Baking a cake" she managed to say between punches. She gave one last punch, and the dummy's head flew off and landed on the other side of the room. She reached for her water bottle and her tower before turning around to face him, "what does it look like I'm doing?"
"I just meant" he shook his head as she walked up to him, "what are you doing here this early?"
"What are you doing here?" She raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"Well if you must know, I always train before breakfast" he smiled cockily, "it's why I'm the best in the school".
"Oh, arrogant much?" Avoiding his question, She couldnt help but smile when he was around, and that wasn't acceptable. "I bet I could beat you in less than a minute"
"Is that right?" He chuckled. Look at the pot calling the kettle black.
"Oh please" he chuckled, "you train in an Institute. There's no way you could beat the Academy's best".
"What's so wrong about training in and institute?" She clenched her jaw.
"Most of your instructors aren't even qualified to train you" he explained his point of view.
"Okay then" she agreed putting her towel and water bottle down, "if you really believe that, then let's battle. Right here, right now".
"I don't enjoy making girls cry" he turned around and started walking towards the punching bags.
"But you see, the thing is, I really enjoy making boys cry" she smiled and he stopped.
"I never cry" he said without turning to face her.
"Then prove it" she crossed her arms as he made his way back to her.
"Alright then" his took off his leather jackets do dropped it on the floor, "but don't get upset when I beat you".
"Oh believe me" she ducked and swung her leg right where Jace stood. The move caught him off guard and he fell on his back, "I won't".
With one swift move, he pushed himself up and into a fighting stance. "It's on".
"Hey" Isabelle sat down with her brother as he ate his breakfast in the cafeteria, "have you seen Clary?"
"She's your roommate Isabelle" he swallowed, "not mine"
"She just wasn't there when I woke up" she grabbed a slice of bread from the middle of the table.
"Speaking of Clary" he put his fork down, "doesn't she look strangely familiar to you?"
Izzy knew this would happen eventually. When Headmistress Emberbeam had said Clarissa Morgenstern was her knew roommate, she had been pretty shocked. Then She had asked to be called Clary instead of Clarissa, which led Izzy to believe she didn't want anyone knowing who she was. It was probably exhausting being a Morgenstern, and Izzy wanted to respect her privacy so she didn't tell anyone her last name.
"No" she lied to her brother.
"Really?" He frowned, "there's just something about her that seems so familiar"
"So, is Jace still training?" She quickly changed the subject.
"There he comes" he looked at the cafeteria door, "and there's Clary as well".
Izzy turned her head and there they were. They're skin was red and shiny, like they had just gotten back from a two hour run.
"Hey" they sat down at the table with the Lightwood siblings.
"So where have you been?" Izzy asked Clary.
"I got up early to train" she shrugged and reached for some of the food that was placed on the middle of the table.
"So Clary, what's your last name" Alec begun.
"Fray" she answered confidently. Clary Fray was the usual alias she used.
"you're from the NY Institute aren't you?"
"Yeah" clary took a bite of her scrambled eggs.
"So you probably know the Morgenstern kids" Jace added and Clarys eyes widened. She looked at Isabelle for a few seconds. She thought that by now Izzy would have told them already, but she clearly hadn't.
"Umm" she had to think quickly, "they're ther sometimes, but they travel a lot". She tried to keep her gaze down, but she could see Jace staring at her, his eyes full with concern
"What happened was such a scandal" Alec shook his head, "Valentine was truly a great Shadowhunter"
She wanted to get up and leave. Her dad wasn't a subject she really liked discussing, specially
With people she barely knew.
"You know his daughter was there. There's a rumor she has some kind of special powers" Alec added.
"Those are just rumors Alec" Izzy shook her head.
"Im not so sure" Alec continued, "we never got the full story on what happened". Clary couldn't take it anymore. She was about to get up when the 1st period warning bell saved her. She rushed out of the cafeteria and Jace chased after her.
"Clary!" He yelled after her, "Clary, wait!"
She turned to another hallway and quickly camouflaged herself into the crowd.
Clary did a pretty great job at avoiding people for most of the day. Her morning classes were pretty calm. History and Literature were pretty much the same as back home, but after lunch the excitement finally arrived. She had Battle Training for her last period. She thought training at the Academy would be much more challenging than training at the Institute, but it was just as boring. The people in her class were easy to beat. Only a few other students were a bit of a challenge, but it wasn't enough to please Clary. Izzy was one of the better ones, but she lacked a lot of skills Clary had already trained.
After the disappointing training, she stayed behind to watch some higher levels train. The following class was Jace's class, and she could see he was clearly better than all of his classmates. Then the Alec's class had training, and to Clary's surprise Jace joined that class as well. Jace's class was a level higher tha Clary's, and Alec was a level above Jace.
She stood on her toes as she watched from the small window on the training room's large door, suddenly Jaces eyes met hers, and she backed away and made her way down the hall. He wasn't supposed to see her.
"Hey Clary!" He called after her.
She was about to ignore him, but he was just behind her so she stopped and turned around. "What is it Jace?" She crossed her arms, "do you want a rematch, so I can beat you again?"
"Aren't you supposed to be in class?"
"I should be studying runes" she nodded, "but I already finished this Rune's chapter back at the institute"
"So you got permission to skip the class?" He asked surprised
"Who said I got permission" she smiled.
"I actually wanted to ask if you'd like to train with me again tomorrow" he encouraged.
"You didn't get enough today?" She grinned.
"I watched your training you know" he admitted and she couldn't believe she hadn't noticed him, "you're better than that class, I'm surprised that Professor Hodge didn't say anything. So, what do you say?"
"6 o'clock sound good?" She smirked.
"Fine by me" he nodded crossing his arms.
"Alright" she turned and continued to walk down the hallway.
"Be prepared" he yelled as she walked away.
"Always am!" She yelled back without looking back.