A/N: So this is my first fan fic, pretty much The circle succeeded with their uprising and Jace & Clary grow up together. There aren't any lemons in this chapter but future ones are to come :) Please review.

Clary's POV:

I felt two hands grab my waist and throw me onto the mat away from the red punching bag I was using.

"JACE! What the fuck?"

As I began to get up, Jace jumped down on me, so he was straddling me.

"Well, well, well apparently the best shadowhunter of our generation can be snuck up on, doesn't say much about us" Jace stated with hint of sarcasm.

Within a second I had hooked my legs around Jace's hips and turned him over so I was straddling him.

"A simple thank you would have sufficed for the other day. No need to get nasty because I saved your ass"

At the moment I climbed off him and went to look for my shirt to put over my sports bra. Jace was still lying on the mat looking up to ceiling shirtless. He was quite a sight. His long torso clear from any runes, just his simple golden tan and chiselled stomach. I found him attractive there was no doubt about that, every girl in Idris did; but the amount of hate I had for him cleared any attraction.

Growing up, Jace was always the golden boy. Charming, good looking & an excellent fighter had shadow hunters talking that he may be the new leader of the circle once my father, Valentine retired. Ever since we were eleven and it became clear that this was Jace's fate, I hated him, I hated him for making my father forget about me but most of the hate came from before that when he would team up with my brother Jonathan to taunt & bully me.

"Why should I say Thank you? My life was never in danger, they were just training demons, and they wouldn't have hurt me" Jace was now standing behind me.

"Hernodale, your an ass, I'm the reason there not going to make you repeat final year again" I stated with a smirk.

"They would never make me repeat final year, just because during stimulation practice I tripped and you had to save me from the demon, I one of the best that wouldn't have happened in the real world"

"True, I would never have saved you" with that I grabbed my bag and headed out of the gym. It seemed like Jace was in talking mood since he followed.

"That was a short training session, going to go see lover boy" This time Jace didn't hold back on the sarcasm.

I replied with "hmm", Jace took this as a keep talking signal as I headed to me room down the corridor where all the children of circle members resided.

"You know he is a bastard, he flirts behind your back, even the other day with Izzy" Jace said with desperation, which I assumed was coming from his hatred for my now ex-boyfriend Sebastian. Jace doesn't know about the 'ex' part, mainly due to how entertaining it is for me to see how angry Jace & Jonathan get when I bring him up.

Izzy is my best friend, who was partly the reason I broke up with Sebastian, since I could tell they liked each other but didn't want to hurt me. Being tall & beautiful would make it seem like, Izzy would be with Jace, and she said she had once kissed him but it felt weird, like she was kissing her brother.

I looked at Jace's lips as he continued to insult Sebastian; I wondered how it would feel to press those lips against mine. They looked soft & strong at the same time if that is possible, his lips looked as if they would taste sweet. I shook the thought from my head.

"Look, I don't know why you & John are against Seb, but you have no control over what I do and you have no right to insult him or me" with that I stuck my hand on the fingerprint recogniser that opened up my door. Jace followed me; this was probably the longest conversation we had ever had that hadn't resulted in us physically fighting.

"I might not, but what happens if I tell your father you are dating someone" Jace's devilish smirk appeared.

So much for the longest conversation without a fight, next thing I knew I had him pinned against the door we had just entered from. "You wouldn't" I hissed, I was unsure what my father reaction to the news that I was dating a Penhallow would be, but I was sure it was not going to be positive. My father had always made it that no boys till I was 18, which was ridiculous since he married my mother when they were 17. Considering I am 17 I should be allowed to date whoever I want.

"I would, & you know I would" Jace said has he lifted me up. No matter how good my skills where, I was always going to be small & easy for Jace to pick up.

"But I won't tell him, it will be fun to see this blow up in your face" he laughed and threw me on to the bed. As he was opening the door to leave he asked "You coming tonight?"

"well that's a stupid question, of course I am not going to be at the ceremony where we graduate and it is announced who are our partners are for the first year as shadow hunters" I stated with heavy sarcasm.

With that Jace left & I headed to have a shower & get ready for tonight.

I got out of the shower and put on my pretty dress that my mum had worn for her graduation, naturally it was a perfect fit. It was a black lace at the top up to my waist where it from then it became black silk to just above my knees. The black contrasted with my red hair in a good way. I straightened my hair, put on just a little bit of makeup and then put on my black heels.

I started heading towards the ceremony room. It was astonishing to think that we had finished shadow hunter training, and from tomorrow we were going to be assigned areas in pairs where we had to protect for one year. I was sure that I was going to get Izzy, her mother Maryse & my mother where best friends, and had talked about this since we were younger. Jonathan was obviously going to get Jace since Jace's father was my father's second in command.

I walked into the ceremony room, it was beautiful with a stage where the graduates would sit in a semi circle facing their audience; being very extravagant each seat decorated magnificently with purple & gold drapes. I entered a few minutes before the ceremony was about to start Izzy had saved a seat next to her, so I was sitting next to her and Sam Wayland. There were about 30 graduates this year, all excited and nervous about what was to come.

The ceremony started with my father making a speech on how proud he was off all the students and how this was a special year since two of his children were graduating. After him there were other officials & teachers who congratulated us. Once my father stood up, all the graduates realised this was the moment they would find out where and how they would be living with next year.

"Every year we have children that become adults, but to ensure that they safely make this transition it is tradition that they pair up & learn to fight demons & down world creatures together. I now invite Stephen Herondale to announce where each student will be going" My father then stepped back from the lectern allowing Stephen, Jace's Father to approach it.

"The first pair of Sam Wayland & Sebastian Penhallow will be in Moscow, Russia for the next year." Sam & Seb bent around Izzy & me to hi-fi each other.

"The second pair is Jonathan Morgenstern & Alec Lightwood. Who will be in Johannasburg, South Africa" The shock on Jaces & Johnathan's faces were very entertaining, as this was meant to be there year being 'awesome' together with picking up girls, drinking & killing demons.

"The third pair is Isabelle Lightwood & Aline Penhallow. Who will be in Melbourne, Australia" Now it was my turn to sit in shock, who was I going to get now?

"The forth pair is Jace Herondale & Clarissa Morgenstern, who will be situated in Paris, France" Now I was in real shock, I could feel tears welling at the corner of my eyes. I didn't want to spend the next year with Jace, we would kill each other within minutes. I didn't dare look up at him to see his reaction. Stephen continued with the list until he was finished, but I barely heard anything as I was still trying to cope with what I had just learnt.

Once the ceremony finished everyone got up to leave and have dinner in the next room. Somewhere in the back of my mind I could hear Izzy trying to comfort me; but now I had a mission to go and talk to my father about who he had placed me with. I marched up to him.

"Father, could I please speak with out now?" I said in a very stern voice.

I marched away and my father followed me out side. "Very well, Clarissa what is you want to talk about?"

"Why am I spending the next year, with Jace? You know that we hate each other"

"Well, Clarissa I thought it would have been obvious, you are going to marry him"