CRASHDOWN • Shadowhunters

Prologue

The growls and hisses behind her made her run that much faster. Her bare feet connecting with the pavement and leaving right after.

Her arms and legs were all scratched and bleeding. She was wearing jean shorts, and a black tee. The rain had soaked her hair, and spotted her glasses. She noticed a gorgeous church. That's it.... She jumped over a fence and ran to the church. She realized it was a dead end until an opening at the side of church caught her eye. She sped towards it, her feet becoming muddy and grass sticking to them.

She rounded the corner and stopped, stepping as close to the church as possible. She saw the tentacles enlarge at the end she just came in and took off. She was panting heavily, and tears slipped down and off her cheeks and moulded with the rain.

She saw stairs. She made a run for them and pressed her hands on it as she climbed up in the side and bounded the steps as quickly as her short legs could go. Once she got to the door she pushed it open, not expecting to be blinded by bright light and chattering people. She stepped aside as people ran out. She gasped, and collapsed to her butt her legs in dire need of a break.

A boy with blonde hair ran up to her, a blade pointed at her. She gasped, her breath caught in her throat. She let the breath go, her still needing to catch her breath. She was panting and she stood slowly. "Who are you?" The boy asked.

"S-Scarlett Forbes." The blonde girl shuttered, her arms and legs prickled with goosebumps.

The taller blonde lowered the blade. "Your Forbes' kid?" He asked, staring at the sopping mess in front of him. Scarlett simply nodded and the boy in front of her stared at her. She had no runes, didn't even seem like she knew what the blade that he was holding was.

"Jace!" A brunette girl about Scarlett's age walked in, along with another brunette. He was taller then the girl.

"Izzy, Alec. Meet Scarlett Forbes." Jace said proudly, as he still stared at the shivering girl. Alec stopped walking as Jace spoke and looked at the girl.

Scarlett felt threatened by the three of them staring at her. "Why doesn't she have any marks?" Izzy asked.

"It seems she has been raised so far as a mundane." Alec said, crossing his arms. He had short hair.

"How old are you Scarlett?" Jace asked.

"T-Thirteen.." She said, her voice shaking as her teeth chattered. She was freezing. She hugged herself and stared at them through her smudged glasses.

"Same age as me." Izzy said, smiling warmly at Scarlett.

"Alec! Jace!" A woman, quite taller then the kids walked in, her heels echoing off the walls. Izzy rolled her eyes slightly and then straightened her posture as did the two boys.

"Who is this?" The woman asked. Scarlett stared up at the woman, the smudges making it hard to see her.

"Scarlett Forbes." Alec said, his voice a little more serious than before. "Oh, your Liz Forbes' daughter." The woman said and walked up to Scarlett.

Scarlett gulped heavily, looking up at the woman. "Yes." Scarlett mumbled.

"Alright then. Come along here. Your mother sent you here for a reason did she not?" The woman asked softly to the still trembling girl.

"Y-Yeah. She said that I needed to come here and t-that she'll come and get me later." Scarlett stammered, her still freezing and teeth chattering.

"Alright well, let's go get you warmed up. Isabelle, get Scarlett some clothes of yours please." The woman said, placing a hand on Scarlett's back and pushing her forwards into the main area with all the screens. Scarlett's eyes lit up at the technology. She had always been a tech nerd, having repaired and built a computer by herself.

Scarlett looked around as she was pushed through. Alec and Jace following behind the two girls. Scarlett stared at the three steps up and thought of it as a challenge. The woman stepped up the three and stopped at the top to stare at Scarlett.

Scarlett simply smirked and stepped back, and ran a bit and jumped the three steps, landing in a crouching position by the woman. She stood up and smiled proudly at the woman. Jace and Alec both started clapping at the girl.

Scarlett felt the cold diminishing the slightest bit as the four walked into a bare room. Izzy had ran up to them and handed Scarlett clothes. It was a pair of leggings and a black long sleeve. There was also a bra and underwear in there.

Scarlett smiled a thank you at Isabelle and then looked up to the woman. "Umm...." Scarlett paused, not knowing her name. 

"Maryse." The woman said and smiled. "We'll be waiting in the hall." Maryse said, shoving the three kids out and closing the door.

Scarlett changed quickly and took off her glasses. She wandered to the bathroom that was attached to the room and turned on the tap. She ran her lens under the water and then grabbed the hand towel and softly dried them. She put them back on and pulled her fingers through her knotted hair. She grabbed the elastic off her wrist and put her hair up in a bun and walked out to the door.

Scarlett opened the door and stepped out to see Maryse roughing up the two boys hair.

Maryse stopped and pulled a tool off the table near her and walked up to Scarlett. She bent down and motioned Izzy to come over.

"Izzy, do you remember the healing rune?" Maryse asked as Scarlett stared wide eyed as Maryse searched for a space on Scarlett's arm that wasn't covered in scratches.

"Yes." Izzy responded. She grabbed her own tool that had multiple different designs on it and put the tip to her own skin and began to draw a jumble of lines.

Maryse nodded and offered Scarlett's arm to Izzy. Izzy smiled as this was the first person she could actually rune.

"It might sting a bit." Jace said, a smug smirk on his face. Scarlett glared at the boy and turned back to Izzy. Scarlett nodded and Izzy quickly put the tip of her tool against Scarlett's skin and began to draw.

After that, Scarlett watched in awe as her cuts and sprained wrist all seemed to close together and the pain diminishing. Alec and Jace were chatting quietly together, and both of their eyes never left Scarlett.

Once all her injuries were healed, Maryse began to talk again. "Alec will show you around the institute." Maryse said and then walked off.

Alec smiled softly to himself and then smirked at Jace. Alec walked up to Scarlett and smiled at her.

"Let's get started..."

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Hello! Welcome to my fan fiction! I know, almost everyone seems to comment. 'But Alec is gay.'

Yes. I know. I ship Malec but I wanted to write a fic where Jace and Alec both are interested in a girl, and that. There will be lots of mixed shows. ( There's already one... hint hint.. )

But yeah. I hope you enjoy, and fall in love with Scarlett as much as I did.

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