Aftermath (a shadowhunters after story

Pilot

"Matt? MATT?! HEEEEEELP!!! MATT WHERE ARE YOU?!" He hears a woman screaming at the top of her lungs, and a man wailing for help. "Huh? Where am I? Wh-who's there." He says confused, as he looks around clueless. As he's turning around in an extreme panic, he catches something in the distance, something bright, and orange. "What is that?" he asks himself as he walks toward the light. The smell of burning wood invading his nose like an army at war. He keeps walking, puzzled as the voices are getting stronger. He finally arrives to see his house, on fire.

" mum? Dad?" he chokes up as he bursts into tears watching his house burn to ash, with his parents inside. There's a crippling feeling of pain and guilt as he watches his parents perish in the fire that left him on his own. He felt helpless, he tried to move, to run in and help them, but he can't move, it's like he's paralyzed. "MAAATTTTT!!! WAKE UP!!!" He hears a woman's voice as he's struck with confusion. "Why would she scream for me to wake up? I'M ALREADY UP MUM, I'M HERE! I'M SORRY" "Wake up Matt!!!" "What is she on about?" He turns around to try to speak to a police officer, when he hears the voice again, telling him to wake up. He stand there wallowing in confusion, until he realised, the voice isn't coming from the house, it's coming from the officer. "Wake up Matt." She says before lifting her hand into the air, only to bring it back down with a loud "SLAP!!!"He feels a strong pain across his face as he jolts up and comes back to the real world. "OWWW!!!" He screams as he realizes, that it was just a dream.

In the year 2014, when Matt was 6 years old. It was the end of the school day and he was getting picked up from the school by his best friend, Kayla's mum. When they arrive at his house they're met by the sight of a huge fire surrounded by police and firemen. That was the day his life fell apart. The terrible news of the death of his parents left a huge pain j his heart

Matt is a 16-year-old boy who lives on the streets of New York after he moved there at 14 to look for more family. His best friend Kayla insisted on moving there with him. They may look like normal, mundane teenagers but that's where you're wrong.

(hey, so this is the end of my chapter, if you couldn't tell they're probably going to be quite short. I'm not very confident in my writing so please tell me if you want more. because if you don't then I would be writing for no reason. thank you for reading this far, feedback is greatly appriciated)