Chapter one:

Clary's POV

I was drawing the lake under the willow tree when I heard a rustling sound in a bush near me. I looked at it and thought of it as nothing, but my curiosity got the best of me, so finally I set down my sketchbook and went to go find out what was making the noise. What I saw was not what I expected- it was a mouse. Before I could jump back I felt something hit my head and then everything went black.

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I woke up to people talking, everything was very fuzzy so I didn't understand what they are saying.

Oh. I guess I should introduce myself while I'm down here. My name is Clary Fray, I am 15 years old. I have a lovely (note the sarcasm) twin brother named Jonathan, who was at a friends' house when I got captured, and Simon Lewis my nerdy/geeky best friend who just got up and left to go to the bathroom before I was captured. Speaking of Simon, I wonder what he is doing right now.

Right when my train of thoughts left the station I was picked up and got blinded by the artificial light and then being put in a dimly lit room by myself. After what felt like hours, a woman walked through the door. By then I was very aware of my surroundings and what was happening. The woman handed me a pair of loose fitting pants and a loose T-shirt and told me to change into them while she went to get her clipboard. When she came back in I was fully dressed and that is when the questioning began.