"Ok, I will begin now", Luke said solemnly. Clary nodded her head, a small signal to start.

It was Autumn, as you probably remember. Your mother and I had decided it would be a nice idea to go bird watching. You were quite young and obviously you were very excited. Your mum packed a picnic basket and you took a drawing pad and pencils and we set off. I can remember vividly what sort of day it was. The sun bright and was shining, the grass was lime green and there were plenty of birds flying around in the tall trees. We sat sown and had lunch while your mum painted and I showed you how to work binoculars. After lunch, we set off down the little path and started looking out for birds. Every time you saw one, you would look in the book your mum had brought and written down its name. And you drew birds next to them telling me that you wanted to remember what they looked like. I don't know if you remembered all this Clary, but then we started walking back. We got a bit lost but your mum found a nice little patch of grass with a couple of benches scattered around. We sat down and looked at the map. We were so busy studying it and trying to work out how to get home that we didn't see them.

"Who?" Clary asked. She couldn't contain her questions.

"The followers of the man who has started this dark war", Luke replied gravely.

Your mum saw them first, there were about ten of them. They wore gear which was red symbolising they weren't ordinary shadowhunters. I told them to leave but they asked for you Clary. They wanted you. Of course we wouldn't hand you over so we begged and told them that they could have all our money but they refused.

"Why did they want me Luke?" Clary whispered. Everything was falling into place. She simply hadn't remembered any if it. However, deep down she had a suspicion that Luke may still be lying.

"I can't answer that question Clary, I have often asked myself, I have no idea", Luke said looking down at his hands.

They caught hold of you hands and pulled you away. Your mother screamed but nobody came. We were trapped with no weapons. They kept repeating that you would not be hurt and that they'd kill us if we didn't hand you over. Desperate, your mum whispered for you to run and you did. Clary, you could run very fast. I then told Jocelyn to go after you but she wouldn't. I couldn't think of anything else so I told her in a hushed whisper that I wanted to go with them. I told her so many lies Clary, I will never forgive myself. I kept repeating to her that I worked for them but she wouldn't have it. I then told her I had summoned them here and something clicked inside her. Tears formed at her eyes and she ran after you leaving me with them. Clary, you have to believe me, I never intended it to happen.

Clary sighed, she didn't know what to believe. Part of her wanted so badly for that to be the explanation, but the sensible part told her that he was probably lying yet again to her.

"Prove it", she said and Luke simply stared at her like a lost puppy.

"Prove it", she repeated and this time Luke heard her. With shaking hands his dug into his pockets and took out a scrunched up piece of paper. It was slightly dirty and the corners were ripped but Clary could make out what it was.

"It fell out from your pocket when your ran, I kept it to remind myself of you", Luke said sadly. Clary didn't mover forward she couldn't. As in the palm of his hand was her bird log with all her coloured in pictures.

She couldn't stand it any longer. She sank down on her knees and cried until strong hands pulled her back and away.

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Hey everyone,

Hope you like this chapter! It was rather short but it was only the chapter for explaining Luke's story. But who pulled her away? What should Clary do?

Please r&r and I might post another chapter later this weekend :)

Thanks,

Heartshade