Hey guys/girls oh whatever. Anywho this is my first story so I hope you like it! Bye

Chapter 1

Clary POV

Shit, shit, shit, shit! He's really mad. I didn't do anything wrong. "Get over here!,"my father screamed in anger. I don't even know what I did wrong. "Clary!" Oh god, I need to get out of here. Ok, first I need to stop trembling. I need to take slow deep breaths. Crap, he's getting closer. I need to hide. Where to hide,where to hide. Crap, he's standing right in front of me. I back up until I slam into the wall. My whole body is trembling in fear. He's never looked this mad before and I've never been this scared. His face is contorted in anger and his right hand is cluching a knife. He slowly walks up to me, and stops when he's a few feet away. He brings up his first and starts beating me to a pulp. I struggle against him and try to crawl away but he grabs my leg. He pulls me to him so he can beat me some more. With my other leg I kick him until he finally loosens his grip. I get up and start running to the front door. I grab the door knob and I'm about to get out when I feel a sharp pain in my left leg. I glance behind me and see a knife sticking out of my calf. I throw open the door, but he grabs me before I can escape. He yanks me back into the house and pulls the knife out of my leg. Now my leg is gushing blood and my whole body is throbbing. He stands in front of me about to plunge the knife into my stomach. I roll out of the way just in time, but it still grazed my back. With my good leg I trip him as he ran towards me. Once he was on the ground, I quickly got up and ran. This time when I got to the door I ran out. Black spots were invading my vision.I fought against the blackness trying so hard to get distance between him and me. I heard him burst through the doors and his footsteps were getting louder. The blackness finally won and I passed out from blood loss.

I groggily sat up. "Where am I?," I thought to myself."Wait who am I?"I looked around wondering what the hell happened. I was sitting in a creepy ally. The sunlight was shining in the opening of the ally. It must be some time in the me was a brick wall covered in dirt and unknown things. When I stood up a sharp pain went through my left leg. I looked down and saw a bloody wound. What am I going to do? My whole body ached, I could barely walk, and I didn't know where I was. I started limping out of the ally. Once I got out of the ally I looked around. Suprisingly I seemed to be in a nice neighborhood. Nice houses were lined up across the street. On the side of the street I was standing on, there were two apartment buildings with the ally I came out of separating them. I started limping down the street hoping to find a place to stay

I had limped down 4 blocks before I decided it was useless. I still had no idea where I was or who I was. I finally decided to sit down and think. I sat down with my back leaning against a brick wall. I don't know how long I sat there, but I do know that I fell asleep.

I woke up to some one shaking my shoulder. I open my eyes, but soon closed them again because of the blinding sunlight. I sat there blinking until my eyes got used to the light. Once they did I looked over to see who woke me up. There was a tall man with blue eyes and brown hair. I immediately stood up and asked,"Who are you?"