The Siren and the Vampire [Raphael Santiago]

ONE

Serena was walking across the street to Clary's house when she spotted Clary. "Hey, Clary." She yelled, and Clary turned her head. "Serena." Serena started running until she caught up with her friend. "Happy birthday, and congrats. I saw Simon's twitter." Clary chuckled. "Yeah, you're coming to see Simon's performance tonight, right?" Serena nodded. "Yeah, definitely."

Later that night, Serena was sitting next to Clary watching Simon and Maureen perform a song. Once they were done, they headed to the club, PANDEMONIUM. Serena looked around at the many people walking in and out of the club while Clary, Simon, and Maureen were talking. "So, you went on stage tonight as Champagne Enema." Maureen and Simon chuckle. "What were we thinking?" Maureen hands a spray can to Clary. "But now... we're Rock Solid Panda." Serena couldn't help but let out a chuckle as she walked over to the three.

Clary was spraying the new name of the band on the side of the truck, and Serena noticed another symbol Clary drew. Maureen noticed this as well. "What's that tag?" Clary looked as astonished as Maureen did, but Serena knew exactly what this was. Her parents had told her everything about the shadow world and what to look out for. She knew that Clary had just spray painted one of the shadowhunters' runes. "Weird, I didn't even mean to draw that. Second time today." Maureen walked towards Clary. "You know they have confirmed cases of people waking up in the morning speaking French, and they never even studied the language." Clary looked genuinely interested. "Do you think that's some kind of language?" Maureen shrugged. "Sanskrit maybe."

Clary backed up, and a blonde guy walked past and bumped into her. Serena walked towards Clary. Serena called out, "Hey, can you watch where you're going?" The blonde guy turned around, confused. "You can see me?" Clary spoke up. "Yeah, that's kind of the point, but you obviously didn't see me." The blonde guy looked in between both of them. "You two have the sight." It was then that Serena noticed all of the tattoos on the blonde guy. She instantly knew he was a shadowhunter. "How can I not know who you are?" Clary looked annoyed, and Serena glanced over to Simon and Maureen, who were looking at Clary like she had two heads. Serena turned her attention back to Clary. "Has that line seriously ever worked for you? Even once?"

Suddenly, the blonde guy heard another guy's voice, and he turned around and started walking. Serena walked over to SImon and Maureen, while Clary followed her. "Can you guys believe that blonde dude?" Simon cocked his head. "You mean the imaginary dude you were talking to?" That sentence confirmed Serena's theory. The blonde guy was a shadowhunter, and he was completely invisible to humans, or mundanes, as they called humans.

Clary turned around and gestured to the blonde guy, who was now running into the club. "No, the guy right there, running into the club." Serena grimaced, as Maureen said to Clary, "Clary, there's nobody there." Clary turned her head again. "The guy covered in tats, like..." Simon spoke up.

"What guy are you talking about?" Clary pointed to the crowd of people. "You guys seriously don't see him?" Maureen and Simon both looked at eachother, then back to Clary. "No." Clary was even more annoyed. "Okay, could you stop making me feel insane?" Maureen crossed her arms. "Could you stop acting that way?" Simon walked towards Clary, a worried expression on his face. "Clary, what was in your latte?" Clary huffed, then started walking into the club. Serena quickly hurried after her. Simon called out, "Where you going?" Clary kept walking. "To get some answers." Simon again called out, "Remember, your fake ID sucks." Serena caught up to Clary. "Don't worry. I saw him too. You're not crazy."

Inside, PANDEMONIUM was hectic. Everyone was dancing, or drinking, or a combination of both. Clary hurried after the blonde guy, and Serena hurried after Clary. Behind them, Maureen and Simon were following them, nervously. "I'm gonna go fail at getting us some birthday drinks." "I'm gonna go fail with you." "Do you want some... Clary!"

Serena noticed that Clary was walking in a room with a bodybuilder. She followed Clary into the room, then hid behind the room. There was a girl with dark long hair, covered in runes, dancing while the people looked at her. Meanwhile, the blonde guy was talking to a woman. All of a sudden, he extended a blade, and Clary rushed forward and pushed the woman out of the way. The woman's face extended, and Serena stepped back. The blonde pushed the woman onto the blade Clary was now holding.