Idris is breathtaking. The grass is such a vibrant green, I feel like the grass back home is dead compared to this. I hear birds chirping and see nature everywhere. It makes me want to stay here forever. Sebastian's letters did Idris no justice. This, now this is something.

"Clary?" I had lost myself in the beauty of Idris. Magnus brought me back to reality.

"Oh. Yes?"

"We need to get to Alicante. Follow me I know the way."

Magnus and I walked in silence for what seemed like years. The whole time I was thinking about what he said to me back in New York. I got a sense of something different than a shadowhunter. He has to have been mistaken. My mother is…was Jocelyn Morgenstern and my father is Valentine Morgenstern. They are both shadowhunters, how could I be anything else?

As Magnus and I traveled to the glass city I got the strange feeling that we were being watched. My instincts are telling me something is up, and dad always said to trust my instincts. I let Magnus get a few steps ahead of me so I could quickly check out every direction. North is good, west is clear, east good, south… I see a figure duck down behind a tree. So I was right! We are being followed. Should I tell Magnus?

I walk a little faster and catch Magnus. "Hey we have a problem."

"I don't like problems can I decline?"

"We are being followed." He looks me in the eyes confirming what I said was true.

"Okay. We will follow the same plan if the person keeps following us to the extent of creepy, then we will take action. So act normal."

We walk for another ten minutes and then I see it. The glass city. Wow. It's gorgeous, I can't wait to be in the center of it. I looked back one more time before we enter the city and catch a glimpse of golden curls. It was short hair, my instincts say it was a man. I wonder what he wants with us.

"Alright Clary, this is the Gard, the building that I leave you at." It was smaller than I expected, but as beautiful as the rest of the city. It had two giant white pillars holding up the roof in the front and red brick.

"You aren't going to come with me?"

"No this is not my fight shadowhunter." Magnus starts to walk away, back the way we came.

"Wait, what did you mean earlier abou-" He stops me mid-sentence.

"Don't say anything about it. You don't want people getting the wrong idea. When you have finished your business in Idris, come meet me at my loft. I will notify Chairman Meow, so if I'm not there he will be your company." He turned back around and walked further away. "Oh and Clary?"

"Yes?"

"Don't forget about that little favor you owe me." He flashed his pearly white teeth at me and then rounded a corner. Now I'm alone.

I looked at the door. I wonder who awaits me inside. I don't really know many shadowhunters, Dad kept us in the dark at the institute. Now that I think about it, I've never met another shadowhunter my age.

I walk up the steps to the door and go inside. It makes me think of the museums that the mundane school always took us to. I always loved those trips. Looking at the mundane art made me feel warm inside. They really are talented when it comes to a pencil and paper.

As I walk through the entrance of the building I hear silence. It's almost as if I'm the only one in the entire building. They are probably using some kind of rune to keep them unheard. I come up to a long hallway that has a large door at the end of it. Considering it's the largest door in the hallway, I'm going to assume that the clave members are meeting in there.

I get to the door and almost knock, but figure it'd be better to just make a nice entrance. The door creeks loudly as I push it into the large room. I come in to find a bunch of eyes staring at me.

"This is the council right?"

"Yes. Clary Morgenstern, correct?" A woman speaks.

"That's my name." I see Sebastian over to the left in one of the seats. I guess since father didn't show up he had to represent our institute.

"Why are you here?" I meet the woman's face and realize she is sitting in one of the head spots at the table. She is either Inquisitor Herondale or Consul Penhallow.

"I have news for the clave. I tried to reach you through the emergency phone at the New York Institute, but my call was intercepted." Sebastian looks at me with a questioning look on his face. I guess I really shouldn't be in here, no one under the age of 18 is allowed to attend these meetings.

"Well I'm sure it can wait until after our meeting."

"No. It can't. I'm sorry I'm interrupting your precious meeting but there are other things happening right now that are more important."

"Say what you have to."

"My mother, Jocelyn Morgenstern was murdered yesterday in the institute." My voice came out shaky, filled with my pain from yesterday. I feel different, living in a world without my mother. It's like a piece of my heart was ripped out and stolen from me. The worst part is that my father, the man I'm supposed to look up to, has caused this pain.

My brother stood up from his chair. "What…what do you mean?" His eyes started to fill with liquid and I could see how confused he was.

"I came home from school yesterday and it looked like someone had broken in to the institute. I checked everything out and found my mother dead in her bathroom. She had bled out from a stab wound." I feel so empty. A lump is forming in the middle of my throat. "When I tried to call on the emergency phone, it was intercepted."

"Why didn't it make it here? That's impossible." The same woman from earlier spoke. She talked with so much authority behind her words.

"My father picked up. He was still in the institute and threatened to kill me if I didn't leave. I don't know how I missed him when I searched every room, but I did. I don't know where he is now, I ran after that." I need to be strong. I need to hold back my emotions, at least until I'm not being stared at by all of these people. I can't cry, not now.

"Thank you for informing us. We will send Nephilim out to look over the crime scene. In the mean while you will stay with your brother."

"Okay." My chin started to quiver.

"For now I want you to go wait outside on the steps. When our meeting is over I want to talk to you more. I need all of the details."

"Okay. Thank you Mrs…ughh…"

"Inquisitor Herondale." She looked at me funny, probably because I didn't know who she was.

"Thank you Inquisitor Herondale."

Before I turned to leave the room I looked at Sebastian. He was still standing, and tears were flowing down off of his cheeks. He was always mother's favorite. This is hitting him hard, but that's how it should be, I guess. I turn and walk out of the room. Dad favored me over Sebastian. He said I was stronger and would grow up to be a better shadowhunter, but he told me that in secret. One of the lessons I learned from father's late night visits was how to conceal my emotions.

I walk out of the Gard and sit down on the steps. Since nobody is around I let my emotions pour out of me. I can't stay here on these steps, I need to get out this anger. If I keep it in I won't be able to control it later. My tears leave a trail as I walk down an unknown street. I let out a scream filled with anger. I'm so mad right now I could punch a wall. I feel my face turning red and my body heat up from this emotion. After I finish screaming I hear something behind me. I turn as fast as I can and catch a boy behind me. He's the same guy from earlier, I could never forget those golden locks.

I run over to him and pin him against the wall. "Why are you following me?" I need to get away from this guy before I take out my anger on him.

"I was curious."

My eyes landed on his. We looked at each other in silence. His eyes are a gorgeous shade of gold, I've never seen eyes this inviting. His skin is flawless, I don't know who he is or who his parents are but they should be thanked. He is gorgeous. I have never seen a guy like this before in my life.

"Who are you?" I wonder what he was curious about. I'm just Clary.

"Names Jace. Like what you see?" He chuckled, such an amusing sound. I don't want it to stop.

"Well aren't you confident. I wasn't looking at you. I was thinking."

"Deny it all you want. I know the truth, and you do too." He has a great smile. "So you know my name, but I have yet to learn yours."

"Clary."

"Clary. Is that short for anything?"

"Yeah, Clarissa. Why?"

"Hmmm. Clarissa. I like it."

"Clary is fine."

"Do you always pin guys up against walls like this? Usually I'm the one who does the pinning, but I'm kind of liking this." He smiled, such a cocky smile.

"I'm gonna go." I released him and backed away. He was making me feel vulnerable and tingly. I didn't know what to think or to say to him, especially to the wall pinning comment. I bet he is with a different girl every day. I don't want to just be another girl that falls for his trap.

"Why are you crying?" His aurora changed from goofy to serious in that question.

"I barely know you, I don't want to talk about it."

"Okay well let me walk you back to the Gard?"

"Fine."

"So why haven't I seen you before? I know everyone."

"I don't live in Idris. Have you lived here for long?"

"Yeah my whole life. How long are you staying? Maybe I can show you around?"

"I don't know, I didn't even know I was coming until yesterday." My tears started to pick back up at the thought of my life a day ago.

Jace didn't say anything, but stopped walking and stood right in front of me. He brought his hand up to my face and wiped away some of my tears with his thumb. The whole time we locked eyes, and I felt safe.

"Uh…there's the Gard. I guess this is where we part paths."

"Yeah. Nice meeting you Jace." I can't believe that just happened. I've never felt this way about a guy that I just met before.

"See you around Clarissa." He smiled and slowly disappeared down one of the Idris streets. He called me Clarissa.

I sat back down on the steps and waited for anyone to exit the building. After about a twenty minute wait, the door opened and Inquisitor Herondale sat down next to me.

"Hi Clary. I'm sorry for the loss you've had to endure over the last two days. Please tell me anything that could help in our investigation."

I told her everything I knew, about the institution, my mother, and even Magnus helping me. I left out the fact that my dad used to torture me, and Magnus' claim that I'm not only just a shadowhunter. Inquisitor Herondale sat with me through my detailed explanation of yesterday's encounters, and after I finished she turned soft.

"You know Clary, I just lost my son and his wife a couple years back. They were wonderful people, not deserving the fate they got. I was filled with pain and anger for a long time after their passing, until I realized that my anger and hate was accomplishing nothing. Once I let those feelings go I started to work and do my best to capture the man that murdered them."

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know you had been through this. Did you ever find the man?"

"Thank you. We haven't found him yet, but I will never give up on finding him. I think you are feeling a lot of emotions right now and I want to give you some advice from my experience. Take the anger and hate that you are feeling and turn it into motivation to catch the man responsible for the murder of Jocelyn. If you ever need to talk I'll be here." With that Inquisitor Herondale got up and left me alone.

I waited there, wondering where I was supposed to go, and then I remembered Sebastian. I got up and went back into the Gard. When I got to the room that everyone was in earlier, I found it to be empty, except for my brother. He was sitting in the same chair he was in during their meeting. He hasn't moved at all.

"Seb? It's me, Clary."

"Oh hey. I've been waiting for you. Come on lets go home." He sounded numb, like me.

"Are you okay Seb?"

"Don't worry about me Clary, I'll always be fine."

"Okay. Where are we staying?"

"We are staying with the Lightwoods. They are a very nice family, and I have informed them of your arrival."

"What are they like?"

"They have three boys and a daughter. The oldest son is almost a year older than me. Then the daughter and adoptive son are your age, and their youngest son is twelve. You will fit right in."

"Okay, sounds like a good family. I can't wait to meet them."

We walked through Alicante in silence for about thirty minutes until we reached a big house. It looked like it could have twenty people living in it at the same time. We walked up to the front door and on the way up I thought I caught a face in one of the windows, but maybe not. Sebastian opened the front door and we walked into the living room. There was a man and a woman waiting for us on the couch.

"Hey Sebastian! This must be your younger sister." A man got up and shook Seb's hand.

"Hey Robert. Yeah this is Clary. Thank you so much for letting her stay here."

"It's nice to meet you Clary. I'm Robert and this is my wife Maryse." They all looked at me and I started to feel trapped. "Maryse why don't we have Izzy show her to her room?"

"Great idea. I'll go find Izzy." The woman left and came back shortly with a girl that looked like a model.

"Hi! I don't have many friends my own age that are girls! This is going to be awesome." Izzy grabbed my hand and dragged me along with her up the stairs. "So as you may know, my name is Izzy, short for Isabelle. I'm seventeen, aren't you seventeen?"

"Yeah I am. My name is Clary, short for Clarissa. I've never met another shadowhunter my age."

She looked at me and her jaw dropped. "No way! Wow, I'm honored to be your first." She winked at me and we both laughed.

"I actually did meet a boy earlier." I could feel myself blush a little, remembering his thumb on my cheek.

"OOooooo YASS! You like this guy! I can see it on your face, you're blushing." She looked at me and laughed. "Well I want to hear all about this guy, but first I want to show you your room. You'll be rooming in between me and one of my brothers."

She showed me her room. The walls were a deep purple and the carpet a dark grey. It looked like a room straight out of a magazine. Her bed had one of those canopy things covering it and her closet was full of clothes. I want to try all of them on. After her room she showed me mine. It had the same dark grey carpet, but the walls were white. The closet was empty and the bed bare.

"We can decorate your room in any way you want! I love to decorate."

"Wow it's pretty big. Thanks for showing me the way to my room!" I expected her to leave, but she didn't.

"Oh I know what we forgot to do. Come on." She grabbed my hand and dragged me back into the hallway.

"Where are we going now?"

"I forgot, I need to introduce you to my brothers!"

"Oh yeah. Maybe one of them knows where Jace lives. I want to see him again."

"They are down the hall in our game room. They are either always hunting demons or playing board games." We walked up a little further and reached the end of the hall. She opened the door and we both walked in to meet three boys. "Hey guys, this is Sebastian's little sister. She is here to stay with us for a while."

They all turned around and looked at me. Two of them looked exactly like Izzy, dark hair and fair skin, and one was….

"Clary?" Jace.

So here is chapter 3 of my story. Things are about to pick up in the next chapter! I have really great plans for this story, so stick with me! Thank you to all that favorite, follow or review this story. It really means a lot!