Max POV

"Max," my mom said, "You have to do this. It's the safest option. If you're in small groups at separate schools, you'll be far safer. The groups have been arranged already. Iggy is with Fang, Nudge is with Angel and Gazzy is with Dylan. You'll be alone, but I trust you can handle that?"

I glared at her. The entire Flock was going to be on the east coast, as far from the School as possible in this country, and I was going to Japan. Why couldn't we all be in the same country? We needed to regroup, since Fang left, and we couldn't do that when I was over 3,000 miles away! Mom gave us log-ins to a special internet chat sight that could only be reached from the laptops she got us. She had apparently emailed Fang one as well, so he could 'chat' with us. Or, you know, sit and stare.

I walked through the airport toward my plane, not looking at them. First separate schools, now they think it's best I leave? At least we'll stay in touch.

I sat in the plane, not expecting everything that was coming my way.

*Time Skip: Three Days*

Mom hadn't exactly told me what to do about housing arrangements, so I was just kind of wandering. No one knew me here, so why bother.

I walked into school with the only motive of staying unnoticed or finding comfort. Since the latter was impossible, let's stick with the former.

(All conversations are in Japanese, but I'm not using Google Translate for a million years to write them. So if you know Japanese, wonderful. Read it that way. If your like me, then I know what it feels like)

"Hey," a blonde boy said, "You look like you need some help. Let me lead you to the front office."

I nodded and followed, he seemed nice.

"Hello," I said to the lady at the front desk, "I'm-"

"The new student? Kagamine Rin?"

I nodded, assuming that it was a fake name my mother had made to help me blend.

The boy looked at me as though he couldn't believe I was real.

"Rin-chan?" he whispered.

I looked at him strangely as the lady handed me my schedule and such. Thank goodness I knew Japanese.

"Rin-chan! Where have you been the past fourteen years? And what happened to your hair? It's streaked and curly," he said.

I looked at him and asked him, "Do I know you?" just as a wave of memories hit me. From before. I had gotten stuck at fourteen and so had my twin Vocaloid brother, Len. Was I going crazy?

"Rin," he said as though he were hurt, "Don't you remember me?"

"Sorry," I said, "Something must have happened to me, because now I do."

We walked straight to our classes. He guided me around, and then offered me a place to stay. I shouldn't be well known here, so I took a chance.

"Hello," a tall man said, "I'm Master. Rin, you look wonderful. Come with me."

I was skeptical, but I vaguely remembered him.

"Rin," he said, "The men who took you, what did they do to you?"

"They experimented on me and managed to reverse my age and stick wings on my back," I said, not taking into account that I had just met him.

"Come in here then."

And that's when the wings came off. Making me an average, everyday-

Vocaloid. Bet you thought I was gonna say human, didn't ya'?