Sorry it's been so long since the last update. I've had this chapter written for weeks, I just haven't had the time to post it. I've had archery competitions, AP stuff, papers, missing school, and a lot of other crap happen. Any grammar or spelling mistakes is my fault. I have finally finished the Mortal Instruments series officially of…..a week ago, despite it feeling like a longer amount of time than that. I have just started the Infernal Devices series this afternoon. Anyways, enjoy and review for me! Thanks!

I stepped back when I realized who it was. "Leo, it's okay." Isabelle told me, holding her hands up in front of her. "The irony of that is he nearly broke my arm." I said, looking at Jace. "You went at me with a knife!" He defended himself. "I thought you broke in! Which you did and I want to know how? I locked that door." I told them.

"It's hard to explain." Clary replied. "How hard? Harder than explaining how instead of being, what was the term? A mundane, instead I'm a-a Nephilim. Which I still don't understand the meaning of or why my father, before he was killed by demons, left me a necklace" I held up the necklace after pulling it out of my pocket to show them. "that's a piece of a seraph blade? Or why you were able to know I was what you think I am, just by this Mark on my wrist? Is it that hard? Because I'm not sure there is anything that could be more difficult than that." I snapped back, several things fueling my anger.

"Who told you all of this?" Alec asked, his voice threatening. I turned to look at him and glared at him. "None of your damn business." I hissed through my teeth. "Leo, if you'll just come back to the Institute with us, we can explain everything there." Clary said, stepping closer slowly. "I'm not going anywhere other than home." I said before shoving past Jace and Alec to get to the door. I stopped and turned to look back. "And get out of here before I call the cops." I threatened before shoving the door open and running home, quietly going inside the apartment and to my room.

I sat back down on my bed and pulled the picture of my parents out of my pocket. I turned it back over and read the back, but noticed something else written on the back at the very bottom left corner. Your silk pouch will come in handy. –D

I looked back at the box of stuff from the orphanage and started pulling things out, looking through the contents, right at the bottom was a small dark blue silk pouch tied shut. I opened it and pulled out a piece of metal with the same stone as the piece of seraph blade on my necklace. I pulled out a small slip of paper and unfolded it, reading the small hand writing.

Here are some runes that could come in handy. Use the stele I've left you and just write them on the area you need them.

I looked down the paper and saw a bunch of symbols, some matching the tattoos that were on Jace, Isabelle, and Alec's arms, with their meaning or what they did under them. I couldn't help but smile when I saw one that said 'iratze/healing' under one of the runes.

I picked up the stele and examined it before deciding the stone was what I used to write the rune on my skin.

I moved my hand up to my left shoulder and started the first line and pulled back when it burned, leaving a black line. After marveling at it for a few seconds, I finished drawing the rune and set the stele back on my desk, already feeling the pain in my shoulder dissipate quickly. I saw that it was past three in the morning and groaned before falling onto the bed, falling asleep a few minutes later.

~TMI~

I opened my eyes and sat up quickly, seeing nothing around me was familiar. Everything was white and…..fluffy? "You should recognize everything around us." A voice called. I turned and stood quickly, seeing a figure approaching. The figure was beautiful in everyway possible. His eyes made me think of the clearest, bluest ocean I'd ever seen. "Where am I?" I asked. "Everywhere. Nowhere. It is all the same place for the ones who reside here." He replied, his voice soothing me, calming every nerve in my body.

"Why am I here?" I asked again. "So full of questions. You are here, because your friends are worrying. You need to trust them, let them help you." "How? They lied to me and tried to practically hide it from me. I'm not sure I could trust them." I said, looking down away from him.

He stepped closer to me and I felt a warm hand on my collar. "You have lived without true family. If you do not trust them, you will never find the family you are meant to have, the family that is closer to you than you think." He said, making me look up. "They are?" I asked in amazement. "Indeed. Anger can harbor mistrust, but wanting the truth can lead back to trust. Your friends want nothing but to help you. You just have to trust them and accept that they want nothing but good for you, in here." He moved his hand over my heart.

I wiped away a tear that slid down my cheek. I nodded. "I'll try. Thank you." Right as everything started fading away, I noticed the wings attached at his shoulder blades. "Who…are….you?" I asked, my voice sounding groggy. He smiled and opened his mouth to answer, but before I could hear it, everything went black and my hearing faded back in to the sound of my alarm clock.

I sat up and slammed my hand down on the snooze button. I ran a hand through my hair before getting up to get dressed for school. Trust them? I told him I'd try, but I just need to let the pain of the mistrust I have to wear down, the feeling of betrayal still a little too fresh to handle.

~TMI~

"Oh my God! The party Friday night was unbelievable! You really should have come." Jessica ranted on to me at lunch. I nodded my head, scraping the food around on my plate. "Whatever, you are out of it today." She said as I only half heard her. I glanced up and saw she was texting away on her phone, so I slipped my headphones in and started playing some music, pulling my sketch pad out, trying to draw the…angel? Ya, the angel from my dream last night. As I drew, I mouthed the words to the song.

I knew that I'd found a home for my heart beats fast

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How can I love when I'm afraid

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All of my doubt certainly goes away some how

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I have loved you for a thousand years, I'll love you for a thousand more.

I looked up when I barely heard the bell ring. I stopped the song and put my headphones away and my sketch book back in my backpack, the face of the angel perfectly drawn on the page.

I walked into the gym and saw coach waiting for everyone to get in the gym. I reached into my back pocket and slid the picture out, looking at my parents again, still unable to stop looking at them in the picture and wishing they were with me.

~TMI~

Behind Leo, Jace and Alec had been sitting in the gym all lunch, talking. They saw Leo sit down and pull a picture out of her pocket and just sit staring at it. "Hay, look." Jace said, pointing to the picture. "What about it?" Alec asked. "I swear that looks like Clary's mom in the picture, the guy in the picture looks familiar too." Jace answered in a whisper.

"You're right." Alec said, examining the picture as best he could from the distance they were sitting away from Leo. Leo stood up and as she walked over to the coach, she put the picture back in her pocket.

~TMI~

Coach let me sit out when I said I hurt my arm yesterday trying to lift boxes at work, which was never a lie, it's just on different days. I sat down on the bleachers and plugged my headphones back in my ears and started back on working on the drawing. By the end of gym, I had the picture finished and the details made it look like I was back in the dream again. I smiled and put my sketchbook back in my bag before walking to my next class.