"In the Night."

Chapter 11 "Don't Leave Me."

Clary POV

The feeling of being lifted into the air was what woke me up, I opened my eyes and looked around and all I saw were trees. I looked around and all I could see were trees and a beautiful blue sky, I was alone well at least it seemed that I was.

"Dad?" I yelled and looked around again. "Jace?" I stood up and walked a few feet till I heard foot steps coming behind me.

I turned around quickly and saw my dad's curly brown hair come into my vision. Relief washed over me instantly I walked towards him but then stopped once I saw blood on his shirt. "Dad where is Jace?"

He looked at me and then looked down at his feet. "Hopefully he's still at the apartment."

"What? He wouldn't let us leave that easy, he would've argued that I had to stay." I said mostly to myself trying to figure out what was going on until I heard my dad's heart beat pick up its pace as I stood there talking to myself. I looked up from my feet and glared at him. "What did you do to Jace?"

"Nothing of permanent damage, I hit him over the head when you fainted." He said and started to fidget. "He'll be fine if they give him an iratze." He said which made no sense to me what so ever.

"Why did you take me? We had a plan; I was going to go back to the institute to protect you. Now Valentine is going to get suspicious and hunt us both down and skin us." I growled at him and felt myself get angrier and angrier the more I thought about Valentine skinning me. I clenched my fists and hissed as my claws penetrated my palms making blood leak down my forearm.

"Clary let go, shift now." He said with all seriousness.

"What? Are you crazy? I can't just shift in the middle of the day, someone can see me and it's not even a full moon." I said as I felt my ribs begin to crack.

"Clary you have to change. If you don't lose yourself." He said and cupped my face; the pain was burning away all my emotions, all I could feel was fear.

"What?" I whimpered not realizing I was crying until he pushed away some tears.

"When you first shifted you only shifted for a few minutes, the first shift is crucial you have to shift from the full moon till the next moon of the next day. If you don't your body will start to take control of your emotions and push them away until you lose control and go rogue." He said and placed a kiss against me forehead. "You need to shift or you will lose yourself and any pack that knows of a rogue wolf will kill them without a second glance."

I backed away from him feeling my legs begin to shake, I looked at him with hot seering tears burning my eyes. I crouched down to all fours allowing my body to shift, my legs snapped and then my spine, with every snap the louder I screamed. I didn't remember my first shift being this painfull, I looked up from the ground at my dad who was sniffling as he watched me struggle.

"Why does it hurt more?" I panted between screams.

"Because you are fully changing, nothing should be able to shift you back until tomorrow night." Was the last thing I heard him say.

The next thing I knew I was running past him and into more woods, I looked behind me and saw him starting to run after me which only motivated me to run faster.

Soon he slowed and I lost him in the trees, I never felt so alive I howled and ran until I was lost in the middle of the forest. I was sure I'd be able to get out but the sounds of car horn honking peaked my interest. I followed the sound for a couple of miles until I came to a bridge where cars were driving fast out of the city and fast back into the city.

I looked up at the sky and saw the sun, I wouldn't be able to get into the city without being seen. So I hid in the tree line and waited for the sun to go down so the city would be full of shadows.

Jace POV

I walked limply back to the institute with Isabelle, Alec and Jon who all three kept looking at me with questions on their mind. I looked down at the side walk most of the way home thinking of the how Valentine would tear me a new one once I stepped inside.

I was mostly thinking about Clary and how worried I was about her, if she doesn't shift she'll die. Thinking about her dying makes my chest begin to hurt more than my head does at the moment.

I was so deep in thought I didn't even realize I was walking up the steps into the institute until I heard the familiar sound of the creaking heavy wooden door opening. I looked up and Izzy was stepping through the door, I followed behind her quickly but not as quick as I would usually be.

Its not every day a werewolf hits you on the head.

I stepped through the door and Valentine was standing by the grand stair case with Jocelyn waiting for us to return. I looked at him and saw the disappointment in his eyes as he saw that Clary wasn't with us, I went to walk over to him until I was hit hard in the chest.

The object took my breath away, I looked down and saw Max wrapping and squeezing his arms around my torso. I smiled down at him and returned the hug, well til I couldn't breathe.

I pulled away and looked over at Jon who was snarling at me and rolling his eyes. I rolled my eyes back and looked over at Isabelle who was next to her mother and father who had concern all over their faces. "Jace by the Angel what happened?"

I cleared my throat and scratched the back of my head. "I took Clary to her apartment, and suddenly this man came out of one of the bedrooms saw me and started yelling and yanked her away. I went to pull her back and he hit me on the back of the head and next I was waking up to Izzy fussing over me."

I looked over to Valentine who was shaking his head and glaring at me, I swallowed and waited to be yelled at. "So you just let a mundane over power you?" Valentine sneered at me.

"If that's how it appears." I snapped back which made everyone raise their eyebrows.

Valentine's jaw was set and his eyes were fuming, he licked his lips and turned to Jocelyn. "Well Jace let my wife examine you and I would suggest you go train afterwards. We can't have a Shadowhunter that can be defeated by harmless mundanes."

Valentine glared at me for another moment then turned around and walked up the stairs with Jon following close behind him. I looked over at Jocelyn who was sending me a pity smile, I nodded towards her and she turned around and went up the stairs.

I looked over at Izzy who was crossing her arms and rolling her eyes at me, I ignored her and followed behind Jocelyn to the infirmary.