I do not own any familiar characters they belong to J. and James Patterson. I am only writing this story because I like the characters in Harry Potter and Maximum Ride. Since I like both books and after reading some excellent crossover stories I wanted to write my own and hope that I haven't copyrighted from anyone else's stories if I have please tell me. Please review if you like it or if no one reviews I won't write anymore.
SpringBabe.

Chapter 1: Escaping and a letter.

The school is where I was created, where I grew up, meet my family (not blood related) and was tested on. This changed when an old man with a long silver beard and hair came to rescue us. He shut down the school and somehow tied up all the scientists that had been experimenting on us without touching them or a rope. I immediately knew that this man was my savour and hero. This man was who I was going to look up to for the rest of my life. He unlocked my dog crate, (yes dog crate, me and my family grew up in dog crates that were supposed to be for dogs not humans.) Before I get to far ahead in explaining myself you need to know my name. I'm Maximum, Maximum Ride or Max for short around 11 years old (we don't know our real birthdays) who has never been outside the gates of the school and has a massively big secret. My family, or people who I grew up with are Fang same age and height as me, Iggy also the same age but slightly taller than me and Fang. 8 year old Nudge, dark skin and hair is the motor mouth always chatting about something and has a positive attitude. Next are the real siblings of my un relative family, 5 year old Gasman also known as Gazzy (yes there is a reason for his name) and 3 year old Angel. Both Gazzy and Angel have the same features, same blonde hair, same blue eyes and same smile. All 6 of us aren't fully human; we're part bird, well only 2% part bird and 98% human. Being 2% part bird we were created with wings, yes bird wings with real feathers and they really do work. Of course we were never able to fly past the school walls since the Erasers (wolf like creatures) always blocked us off and stood guard over us. Now this man turns up and rounds the Erasers up pointing a stick at them and muttering weird words like stupliefy and petricus toadtalis. Every time he said these words an Eraser would freeze or drop to the ground. Once everyone was rounded up and we were let too afraid to run away from our saviour the man introduced himself.

"Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel I am Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry." He introduced himself and explained himself some more. If anyone told me they were the headmaster of a magic school I would have scoffed at them and laughed in their face but for some reason I believed this guy. What I didn't believe was when he told us that we were witches and wizards.

"Yeah right I can believe you're a wizard since you did all that," I said pointing at the scientists in white lab coats, "but you can't be serious when you say we can do magic."

"Angel and Gasman were already witches and wizards so the scientists grafted the rest of your genes with magic. Only 11 year olds and older can go to Hogwarts, so only Max, Fang and Iggy can go. If you three decide to go you must call me and the rest of you teachers Professors then their last name.

"Well can we discuse this?" Fang asks.

"Sure take all the time you need but I'm sure your answer will be to come."

Nudge, Angel and Gazzy all wanted to go to this Hogwarts place even if they weren't old enough, Fang didn't care as long as it was far away from here, Iggy wanted to go hoping that he would get his eyesight back and I was willing to give it a shot.

"Well Professor Dumbledore where is this Hogwarts and how do we get there?" I asked also telling him we agreed to go.

"Hogwarts is in Britian but first we need to stop off in Arizona. Is there any belongings that you want to take and then we'll be off."

I looked around the room, finally we'll be out of here for good but I couldn't help but feel that this was a dream. Tomorrow I'll wake up and we'll still be squished in our dog crates waiting for the lab coats to try their new experiments on us. We were their guinea pigs and now we would be gone from this hell hole for good. We had no belongings all we got was the food, water and company from Jeb from time to time.

"We don't have any belongings," I told the Professor.

"hmmm, accio," Professor Dumbledore pointed his stick towards the files Jeb kept on us. The old man shuffled through the files and looked at me then back at the files before looking at each of us.

Jeb walked in with his 4 year old son Ari, "What are you doing with my files and who are you?" Jeb asked the Professor.

"I am Albus Dumbledore headmaster of Hogwarts school for Witchcraft and Wizardry, I believe you were the one that contacted me about these 6,"

Jeb nodded and Professor Dumbledore focused on me. "Max you have a bit of a problem, you're the only one with parents still alive and you need their permission to go to Hogwarts." The old man said looking at Jeb.

"I give her permission and I give the others permission but they need new names, their proper names are all in the files," Jeb said weakly. "I'm sorry Max but I am your father."

"Well we better leave I have already contacted the police and they are coming here, so I suggest that you and your son leave now." Dumbledore said and we all said our goodbyes.

"Goodbye I hope I'll be able to see you all again."

After a few minutes of silence Dumbledore broke the silence by asking us to hold his arm. He pulled out his wand and waved it. I felt this weird feeling that I was spinning and I fell on my knees in the soft red desert sand. I looked at the others and knew that they were feeling how I felt like I was going to throw up. Dumbledore however was gliding through the front gate and towards the door of a pretty little cottage with a nice neat garden. After the nausea feeling left I stood up and went to help Gazzy and Angel stand up while everyone else was starting to rise. I looked back to the cottage, Dumbledore was already at the door and knocked. We quickly went in the gate and I felt nervous this was probably all a lie and we were really going to be kidnapped. The cottage looked nice though with moss covering the red brick roof, and ivy creeping up the cream coloured walls. The door opened and a woman with tanned skin, hazel eyes and dark hair looked at Dumbledore then to us confused.

"Hello Dr Martinez, I am Albus Dumbledore. Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. May we come in I have something I need to tell you."

The woman led us into the living room where a small girl was lying on the floor writing in a book. Dumbledore sat down on the couch next to DR Martinez and began telling her why we were here. I was trying to listen in and listened closer when Dumbledore mentioned Jeb and his daughter.

"DR Martinez your daughter is here. Max is your daughter." Dumbledore told her and I was pulled into a tight hug.

The little girl on the floor stood up and hugged me too oviously listening to the conversation. She introduced herself and told me her name was Ella.

"I've finally met my daughter," Dr Martinez/mum whispered and sat back down on the couch so Dumbledore could tell her more.

"Hogwarts is in Britian and the other children here don't know who their parents are and need a guardian, I was wondering if you would be willing to move to London and take care of these children. The staff at Hogwarts and Ministry of Magic will help you out if you need anything."

"Of course I will be willing to look after these children but I don't know if I can leave my job and house here?" Dr Martinez told Dumbledore.

"Not a problem with the house and furniture one has already been set up for you. You are alowed to bring anything you need from this house and I can easily transport it to London. Now do you have any family here?"

Mum shook her head and mumbled something that only Dumbledore could here.

"If you want we can leave straight away because I know that a plane leaves in 3 hours to arrive in London tomorrow morning but if you are prepared I can get you on that flight or another one during the week. The earlier you leave the more settled the children can be before they leave for Hogwarts in September." Dumbledore babbled on and on before we decided that we would leave on the first plane out.

Dumbledore wanted us to grab his arm again but since Mum and Ella were driving I asked if we could fly to the airport. He agreed but Angel would have to go in the car since she wouldn't be able to go the whole distance. Once we got the coordinates Fang led the others to the airport and Dumbledore disappeared followed by a quiet pop. I saw mum and Ella drive off with Angel in a seat then joined the others in the sky.

It only took half an hour to fly to Arizona airport and I had to drag Gazzy along since he was getting tired and didn't have as much strength that we had. We landed behind the building so no one could see flying children and met Dumbledore inside holding 9 plane tickets. I didn't want to go on a plane since we could fly and they were so big and bulky but I knew that we couldn't fly all the way to London. Mum and Ella joined us carrying a sleepy Angel and we hung around the airport until we could get on the plane. Dumbledore stuffed Jeb's files in his pocket which could probably fit a lot in it and told us we could board the plane. Apparently we were flying in first class seats so we wouldn't be squished like the people flying in economy seats and we had a lot of room. I was sitting next to Fang and mum. Mum and I had a lot to catch up on but she told me to try and get some sleep since it would be morning in London and she didn't want me tired during the day there.

10 hours later the plane landed in Heathrow airport. I hated the feeling of being so high up in the air and not spreading my wings out, looking over at Fang I noticed that he had the same feeling. We got out of the airport and saw that the sun was just rising giving the sky a pink glow (luckily we all got some sleep on the plane). Dumbledore got a tea pot out of his pocket and asked us to touch it. I hoped that this wouldn't be like apparating with him. Once we were all touching the tea pot it pulled away and spun us around.

"Let go everyone," Dumbledore shouted and we all looked at him like he was crazy but still let go knowing that we could spread out our wings before we hit the ground metres below us. We landed on the ground in front of a massive house that looked like it had room for us all with lots of space left over. Dumbledore opened the door to the house and we looked inside,

"What does it look like?" Iggy asked.

"Big," I replied, "it has three floors plus an Attic, 9 bedrooms (2 spare) 4 bathrooms, a massive kitchen, a dinning room two living rooms, a laundry, a games room and wooden stairs leading upstairs."

Everyone ran upstairs and chose a room. Angel, Ella, Nudge and I were on the second floor, Fang, Iggy and Gazzy were on the third floor with the second living room. Mum's bedroom was on the first floor with her own ensuite, the 2 spare bedrooms. The furniture was all brand new with a few bits and pieces from mum and Ella's own place. Nudge and Ella got along instantly and looked like they were going to be best friends. Dumbledore called us into the dining room so we could look at Jeb's files. I knew that these files would revel our Birthdays, parents' names, age and our own names without opening them. Fang's was opened first his real name was Nick Harden and his 11th birthday was on the 23rd of June, his mum name was crossed out and the word dead was written next to her name while there was a blank spot for the father's name. Iggy was next his mother Miriam died in childbirth and his father Jack was jailed, his real name was Dylan Fressen and was also turning 11 on the 23rd of June. Dumbledore opened mine after. We already knew my parents name and I had a choice of last names, I could keep Ride, or change it to Batchelder or Martinez. I had already turned 11 on May the 13th. Nudge found her own file from the bottom of the pile and got her own information, Her father Hayden was murdered before she was born and her mother Salome left her at the Hospital since she couldn't cope. Nudge's real name was Monique Sanchez and would turn 9 on August the 2nd. Gazzy and Angel's files were combined and I was hurt to know that their parents sold them to the school. Angel's real name was Amelia Denton while Gazzy was called Hamish Denton. Angel's birthday was on August the 29th where she would turn 4 and Gazzy turned 5 on the 4th of June. It was going to be hard to call each other by our real names but I was lucky and could keep my name Max since that was the name I chose when Jeb let me.

"Now we need to sort out how you are all related." Dumbledore told us.

I was easy and would be the daughter of Dr Martinez and half sister of Ella, Iggy/Dylan, Gazzy/Hamish and Angel/Amelia would be my cousins and their mums were Dr Martinez's sisters that died in a the same car accident. Iggy would be the cousin of Gazzy and Angel not their brother and we would tell people that their mums were in the same car accident. Fang/Nick and Nudge/Monique would be my adoptive siblings. Once this was all sorted out we had to get us to calling each other by our birth names. In the end I decided that I would keep my last name as Ride but Nick and Monique's last name would be Martinez. Hamish and Amelia's last name would stay Denton and Dylan's last name would stay Fressen.

"Now Dylan I know that your blind but if you come with me to the St Mungos the healers should be able to fix your eyesight and you can have an early birthday present." Dumbledore told him. "when you want say my name and I can take you there."

"Can you take me there now?" Ig Dylan asked.

"If you want and I suppose the rest of you can come too hang on a moment, and the healers can also get rid of your wings if you don't want to hide them at Hogwarts," Dumbledore said.

"Professor is it alright if we think about it for a while then decide about the wings?" I asked not sure if I wanted them or not.

Dumbledore nodded and went outside and we heard a screeching sound. A big red Double Decker bus had pulled outside our new house, steam coming out of the bonnet.

"Welcome to the Knight Bus, coming to the aid of a stranded witch or wizard." A pimply faced guy droned. "Professor Dumbledore," he gasped.

"Hello Martian, we would like you to take us to St Mungos if you can." Dumbledore said.

"Of course we can take you anywhere, within the country of course. Climb aboard and take a seat." The guy named Martian said pushing us onto the bus.

Once we got a seat the bus sped away so fast that it had to weave in-between the traffic. It didn't take very long to get to St Mungos since the bus was so fast and in what felt like no time we stopped in front of a closed down shop.

"See ya Professor," Martian shouted as we got off and the bus sped away.

Dumbledore explained to us what we had to do, all we had to do was walk through the glass window without the muggles or anyone else watching us. Dumbledore demonstrated and went first. When he disappeared we decided to follow, after ensuring that no one was watching we walked through the glass. Dumbledore was patiently waiting for us and led us towards the receptionist desk.

"Eye treatment is on the 3rd floor," the lady at the desk said boredly when we told her what we needed.

We took the stairs to the third floor since we didn't want to go in the elevator because of a new fear I had of people trapping me in tight spaces. When we got to the third floor we had to go to another receptionist desk and tell the receptionist what we needed. We were told to sit down and wait for Healer Matthews. 10 minutes of waiting Healer Matthews arrived and herded us into a room where there were potions and bottles of mixtures on shelves.

"Hello Professor Dumbledore, how may I help you?" Healer Matthews asked.

"Hello Ryan, Dylan here needs his eyesight back before he can go to Hogwarts in September. Can you heal them for him?" Dumbledore asked.

"Of course that should be easy, come over here Dylan."

I was worried and hoping that this wasn't a trick, hoping that Igg Dylan would be able to get his eyesight back. Healer Matthews didn't look or act like the labcoat scientists back at the school but since we escaped I have been scared of closed in places, anywhere that smells and looks like the school, and white labcoats. St Mungos seemed alright, there was no suringes, needles, but lots of potions and books everywhere. There was three certificates on the walls showing that the healer wasn't an assistant but that he knew what he was doing unless he was an imposter. Dylan was shaking and when the healer gave him a bottle of potion(I don't know what it was called) he spat it out everywhere.

"Yes it's not suppose to taste good but you need to drink it once a day for about a week and your eyesight will stay." The healer told Dylan and the rest of us as well.

Dylan wasn't listening he was looking around the room and I knew he had his eyesight back when he smiled and gasped once he saw Professor Dumbledore.

"Thank you so much," Dylan said happily to the healer and the rest of us smiled when he walked over to us.

"Well thank you for helping him Ryan but we better be off I need to give them their Hogwarts letters." Dumbledore said saying goodbye.

"I can remember when I got my first Hogwarts letter, good times I had at Hogwarts. Goodbye Professor Dumbledore." Healer Matthews said talking to us then saying goodbye.

"Bye Ryan and remember call me Albus you aren't a school student anymore."

We walked out of the room thanking the receptionists as we headed towards the ground floor and out the door.

"Instead of taking the Knight Bus back home we will apparate since it is quicker and cheaper, everyone grab my arm and hold onto each other." Dumbledore explained. "It is going to be harder since there is more of you, I'm only allowed to side along apparate one of you not 8 people but we'll see what happens."

Oh no I thought if he isn't allowed to apparate more than one of us then what is going to happen when he apparates with us all. He did it before when we were going to mum's back that was only 6 of us so he must be powerful enough to apparate with all of us then. I grabbed onto his arm and picked up Amelia and held onto Hamish (I'm trying to use their real names) and Dumbledore apparated us back home. I felt the exact same as last time and it was hard for me to stand up again without throwing up. When I stood up and made sure everyone was alright I saw the street we were living on, our house was at number 14 Spinners End. Next door I saw a red haired girl sitting by the window watching us, whoops I thought now this girl is going to have to know about wizards and witches.

The girl ran out of her house and stopped at the fence, "Your witches and wizards." She shouted over at us.

Dumbledore looked at the girl, "and you must be Lily Evans, yes they are witches and wizards going to Hogwarts at the same time as you but don't tell anyone you don't know about the magic world okay."

The girl called Lily nodded and introduced herself, "I'm Lily Evans, a witch in a non magic family, who are you."

"I looked at her hoping that she was just trying to be friendly. "I'm Max and these are my cousins, Dylan, Gaz I mean Hamish and Amelia. Over their is my adoptive siblings Nick and Monique." I said pointing at the flock, "and that's my mum and half sister Ella."

"Is this your first year at Hogwarts?" Lily asked me.

"I think so but I don't know much about since I found out yesterday." I told her.

"I was just about to give them their letters," Dumbledore explained and led us into the house once everyone was standing up.

"I'll see you later then Lily," I said hoping I could make a friend other then my family before I go to Hogwarts.

We all walked inside a Lily walked back inside her own house which was about the same size as ours. Dumbledore pulled out three identical envelopes and handed one each to Nick, Dylan and I. I opened the envelope and pulled out two sheets of weird paper.

"Thats called parchment, it's what the wizards write on." Dumbledore told me as I read through my letter.

'Dear Maximum Ride.

We are pleased to announce that you have been accepted to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Hogwarts Express is the school train which leaves on September the 1st at exactly 11:00am on platform 9¾. Inclosed is a letter of all the equipment and uniform that you need which can be found in Diagon Alley. We hope to see you at Hogwarts on September the 1st.

Yours sincerely Professor Mcgonagall.'

I looked at the other piece of parchment and read through it.

'First years going to Hogwarts will need:

At least 2 of everything for the uniform.
-black skirts
-white shirts
-black school robes
- only 1 black hat
-2 black school jumpers that can be changed to your house colours
-and 2 plain ties that can also be changed to your house colours.

Equipment
-Books:
-Hogwarts a History
-Standish Book of Spells (grade 1)
-A complete guide of Defence Against the Dark Arts, (grade 1)
-Potions and ingredients (grade 1)
- A guide to the stars

-a wand
- a 3rd size copper or bronze cauldron
- a school size wizard trunk (provided with cauldron)

Each student is allowed to bring a pet as long as it a cat, owl or toad/frog.

Please note that first years aren't allowed their own broom at school until second year.
This is all found in Diagon Alley and a teacher or wizard will help you find your way there.

Yours sincerely Professor McGonagall.'

"Wow I just wonder how much this is all going to cost," mum said reading over my shoulder, "plus the cost of the school fees and I suppose that wizards use different coins and payment then what we use."

"Don't worry Dr Martinez you can easily change you muggle money over at the Gringotts bank and we will help you get a job and help you with the finances for the school gear." Dumbledore assured her. "Now I have to leave but if you set a date I'll be able to get someone to take you to Diagon Alley and I'll get you set up to the floo network." then he was gone.

"What's the floo network?" I asked mum.

"I don't know, Ella's dad was a wizard before he died but when he met me we moved to America and lived like muggles."

"So Ella could be a witch as well," I told mum excitedly.

"Yes she could, but don't tell her until we know if she is I don't want to get her hopes up."

"Okay, can I go outside with the others?"

"Yep stay here though, don't wonder off and leave you letter here."

I put my letter on the table with Nick's and Dylan's then went outside to play with the others in the sun. Across the road from our house was a park so the houses were only on one side of the road. Down the road at number 25 Spinner's end I saw the red haired girl Lily talking to a boy around her age. He was wearing shabby clothes and had greasy black hair. Lily saw me watching them and waved at me. I waved back and turned back to the others messing around. I knew that we couldn't let our wings out while there were people watching but they were getting saw being pulled in without being stretched out. I was going to go and fly around to night if I could because I knew I wouldn't be able to fly much at Hogwarts if there wasn't going to be people like us. At around lunchtime mum called us inside for sandwiches and something to eat. I heard someone calling out next door and saw a woman calling out for Lily and Petunia. Before I went inside I saw Lily with a girl maybe two years older than her. The girl was tall and slender with light blue eyes and brown hair like the woman in the doorway which must be their mum. The mum had bright green eyes like Lily's so they must have all been related.

"Max are you coming inside dear," mum said from the kitchen.

I snapped out of my thoughts and stopped watching Lily and her family and went inside to get something to eat. Us bird kids need to eat more than average kids because (well I don't know why) but we ate way more than Ella and mum, even Amelia ate a lot more than Ella and she's only three.

"Dr Martinez can we go to the park after lunch," Monique asked.

"Sure I'll come too, and Monique you and Nick should start calling me mum, and Dylan, Hamish and Amelia you need to start calling me aunty or aunt."

We cleaned up the table and got ready to go to the park. Of course we weren't the only one's there. Lily and her sister were there. It's weird because now that I've met her she seems to be everywhere I am. The park had lots of open space plus a playground that the Lily came over and asked me what I knew about Hogwarts then told me what she knew. She introduced me to her sister Petunia who didn't actknowledge me and decided to go home since Lily wasn't playing with her.

"Sorry she's been a bit grumpy since Severus told me I'm a witch and she isn't one." Lily told me apologising for her sisters actions.

"It's okay, who's Severus?" I asked.

"Severus is the boy who lives down the street, I was with him today when you saw me." She replied. "I was wondering do you want to be friends since we're both going to Hogwarts and live next door?"

"Sure I replied, we just moved here from America and I don't know anyone besides you and my family."

I looked around at the others, Nick, Dylan and Hamish were playing together and Dylan was smiling so hard that I could tell he was ecstatic about getting his eyesight back. Amelia was sitting next to mum and Nudge and Ella were pushing each other on the swings.

"So how come your cousins live with you?" Lily asked me.

"Well Dylan isn't Hamish' and Amelias brother but their cousin as well, both their mum's were in the same car when it had an accident. I don't know how Dylan's dad died but Amelia's and Hamish's dad walked out on their mum when Amelia was born." I told her trying to remember our background story. In the end depending on how well I know Lily I might end up telling her the truth about us.

"I'm so sorry, so I guess your family has had a lot of drama." Lily said.

"Yeah I guess but we look after each other and rarely fight."

I didn't know how long we were at the playground for but Lily had to leave and we left we the sun was going down making the sky pink and purple. Living in the school I rarely saw the sun set or rise since I was always in a cage but I knew that this was something people liked to watch every now and then. Tea was delicious mum made two lasagnes but that still wasn't enough to satisfy our hunger. She looked in Jeb's files that Dumbledore left with her and found out that Nick, Dylan, Monique and I needed about 3 000 calories a day and that Amelia and Hamish could eat around 2 500 calories a day in winter. Mum got out a calender and started marking down dates like our birthday and when we were going to school. Ella, Nudge and Hamish were going to go to a muggle school until they were 11 and Angel was going to go to a preschool so she could be prepared for school when she turned five. The muggle schools start a week after Hogwarts does and get to come home every day but I wanted to try out this magic stuff so I didn't mind staying until the Christmas holidays. I approached mum who was writing down Nick's and Dylan's birthday in the box for the 23rd of June which was in just over a week's time.

"Hey mum why don't we go to Diagon Alley on the 23rd of June for Nick and Dylan's birthday?" I asked her.

"That's a great idea and I know a present that I can get for your birthday but your going to have to wait until then." Mum told me.

I had never gotten a birthday present before so I could wait another week to get one. "What will you get Hamish?" I asked since his birthday last week on the 4th and today was the 14th of June.

"I don't know maybe some toys and cars, he may get his present before you and the older boys though."

"That's okay and one more thing would I be able to go fly around tonight?" I asked mum.

"Only if you go with Nick and Dylan and are back before 11." Mum said. Mum was really nice and kind to us all, she was strict when she had to be like when Hamish was jumping on the couch with his shoes on as well and when Amelia was eating the table but she was caring and okay with our wings and how much we ate.

When the younger kids were asleep, Dylan, Nick and I went outside and across to the park where we spread our wings and shot into the sky. Since it was dark no one could see us or I hoped that no one could see us. We didn't fly for very long, only saw the the town from the sky and at night before landing back in the park and walking back home. It was 10 oclock when we got home and mum was waiting up for us. We went to bed and I dreamt of Hogwarts and magic.