A/N: Hey, Sammie here, or Lil' Pyro95. This is my first fanfiction for Maximum Ride. This story takes place during ANGEL when Fang is trying to recruit new members to his own flock. The POV's will jump back and forth between Fang's group, Max and The Flock, and other experiments who will come into play later on. The chapters will probably be shorter like they are in the real books, sometimes longer. It all depends on the amount of detail in the situations. Hope you enjoy, see you at the bottom.

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride or any of the characters of the original series. I do own the plot and the extra characters

Chapter 1: Sad Memories and A First Flight(Max's POV)

Everything was going fine, we had just made it back home from Africa, everyone was safe, and Total and Akila were planning their wedding. The Flock was together, happy, healthy, and safe. We had been staying at my mom's house for about a month while Total worked out all the details of his Dream Wedding and Honeymoon that he wanted with Akila. I'll spare you the all the details that Total loved to pour on us every single day.

When the wedding day finally rolled around, it was torture. Nudge wouldn't let me anywhere out of her sight until I was pampered to the extreme. My hair was curled, nails painted, make-up done. I was put in high-heels!(Yes, the ass kicking Maximum Ride was forced into 3-inch death traps) Last but not least, Nudge had too much fun putting me in a dress.

Even though I hate all of that, I have to admit that Total and Akila's Wedding Day was one of the best days of my life(until...that.). I smiled for the first time that day when I was walking down the aisle. Yeah I know, I've always hated being the center of attention. But as I didn't even notice everyone staring at me, all I could see was Fa…he who will not be named. I don't think I had ever seen him look so, clean and put together. Nudge and my mom actually got him into a tux. Mmmm, that was an image I'll never forget, but I so desperately needed to.

As the night went on, him and I shared a few dances, and a few secret kisses(…last kisses). When the time came to cut the cake, He decided he wanted to go home. He had told me that he was tired of wearing his little monkey suit and just wanted to rest. I had offered to go with him, but he told me to stay back and enjoy the rest of the party. "Just save me a piece of cake Max and we'll have our day together, soon enough." I can still remember his deep, mysterious voice, and that last parting glace before he walked out the doors and flew home.

Little did I know that he was walking out on me for the next 20 years. He might as well have left for forever in my book, it already seems like it. I still don't understand why he didn't stay and try to talk things out with me so we could find a better solution. I wish he would have, I was starting to fall for him hard. I thought he was too…

*CRASH*

"GAZZY! I was trying to make dinner! Go chase Nudge somewhere else!" Iggy was yelling at the kids, again.

*knock, knock* "Max?" Ughhhh, guess who decided to pay me a visit. If you guessed Dylan, my 'perfect other half' well then give yourself a pat on the back.

Dylan cracked my door open and put his head around the door. The line of light from the window across the hall was bright, and it was the first daylight I'd seen in a few days.

"Well look-e there, she's awake." Awww, look Dylan's trying to be all charming. Ha-ha, never going to work lover boy, especially on me. I just glared at him.

"Oh, she's happy to see me too. You might be happier if you had more light to see me better." With that he walked across the room and opened the shades. Wow, I forgot how bright the sun could get.

"Well, since you obviously didn't just awake at my footsteps coming up the stairs. I'm assuming you were already up thinking about me, or heard Iggy yelling again." Dylan had that smug look on his face. Oh how I just wanted to smack it off his face, especially after he kissed me the other day. That's why I started locking myself in my room again.

"Well isn't someone just completely full of themselves today. I wouldn't flatter you by staying up thinking about you. Your ego might get too big for you to handle." My voice was dripping with that signature Max sarcasm that everyone just missed so dearly.

"She speaks. Speak again bright angel, it's been too long since I have heard such a sweet voice."(A/N: I just finished reading Romeo and Juliet in school, so I had to put the pathetic lines in for Dylan) I think Dylan was trying to be cute, but I just wanted to hit him, but what else was new?

"Ha-ha, very funny. Now why was Iggy yelling at..." I was cut off by Angel running upstairs yelling my name.

"MAX!" Angel came running into my room. "I was hoping you would wake up! Gazzy and Nudge won't stop arguing! No matter what we say they just keep chasing each other and seeing who can come up with better comebacks. You know, if you won't let me be leader, you should come straighten everyone out. We're falling apart without you Max!" There she goes with the leader thing again.

"Okay, okay. I'll come downstairs. As long as no one yells or screams. I've enjoyed my quiet." I was hoping I could just go downstairs, grab a little snack since the Flock makes me eat, settle everyone down, and go back to bed.

"Well that's too bad Max. Now that you're up, we are going to keep you up." Angel must've been reading my thoughts again. She gave me a small smile.

Downstairs, the house was in chaos. My mom was at work and she had to do the night shift again so she wouldn't be home until sometime tomorrow afternoon. She always stays a few extra hours to help out.

"Max!" "OMG Max your awake we missed you so much!" "Oh, hey Max!" Gazzy, Nudge and Iggy actually sounded happy to see me. I almost smiled.

"Hey guys. What's all the noise about?" Even though I practically raised all of the Flock, this seemed kind of awkward, considering that I've been hiding away for days.

"Well it all started when Gazzy broke into my room this morning and stole a pair of my good jeans that Dr. Martinez bought me to make one of his new bombs. I don't know why he always has to use MY clothes but he does. So I found him cutting them into pieces this morning so I was chasing him around telling him to give me back my jeans so I could try to fix them...mhph hpmh." Iggy had put his hand over Nudge's mouth to stop her rambling, thank god.

"Gazzy, I thought we talked about not taking anyone's clothes for your bombs, especially Nudge's." We always used to get into arguments over what the boys could use to make their bombs.

"Sorry Max. I have this really awesome idea and I just needed jeans to hold together some of the wires, then it would be the perfect prank bomb!" Even when he was in trouble, Gazzy was always excited about his new ideas and creations.

"Yeah it really is a great idea! But I don't think you should've clued Max in on the whole prank thing Gaz. We were just finishing our plans for teams for the prank war!" Well, apparently Iggy and Gaz were planning a prank war. I guess I got out of bed at the right time, I love me some pranks. Except man, I was hungry. Probably because you haven't eaten anything but a snack here and there for days Max.Have I really not eaten anything substantial in days? Yes Max, we were really worried. So now that you're up, we'll keep you with us.

"Well whatever you are planning, I want in! You two are soooo getting it for ripping up another pair of my jeans! I mean I don't come after you when I need models! I go to Dylan and Ang…" Dylan clamped his hand over Nudge's mouth. We usually take turns when we've had enough of The Nudge Channel.

Nudge got an evil glint in her eye and…

"AHH! OWW!" Dylan screamed actually screamed. And I laughed for the first time since Fa- he left and after a few seconds everyone but Dylan joined in. "Nudge! Why did you bite me?" Dylan's voice was higher than normal and his face was red, I couldn't help but laugh all over again, and I wasn't the only one.

"Ha-ha Sorry Dylan but I couldn't breathe and I thought it would be amusing, which it obviously was." Nudge was quite happy with herself. No doubt that Dylan would have bite mark bruises on his hand for a while.

"Anyways… Now that Max is up and out of bed, I think we need to give her something to eat and get her some fresh air!" I gave Angel a 'thank you' look.

"Oh, right. Max, what do you feel like eating? I can whip it up for you! You need to eat something that will keep you going." Oh, how I love having a bird kid who can really cook, it makes life worthwhile in times like these.

"You know what I'm really craving? A nice cheeseburger, I haven't had one of them in a while." Oh, boy did I miss eating. I don't think I'll go without eating that ling again.

"Oh, me too! We haven't had cheeseburgers in soooo long!" "Hey, cook me up one too Ig!" "I'll have some of the mini burgers, they're quicker to eat." "Me too Iggy! I need the protein so we can make our bom… books on how to be nice to girls later!"

Oh, how I love my flock and their crazy antics. Though I'm going to have to have a little chat with Ig and Gaz later about their 'books'. Someone needs to make sure than they don't blow us off the map.

"Okay, so that's about two dozen delicious Iggy-burgers coming right up." Iggy got right to work and let me tell you, that was the best burger of my whole life, and I think everyone else agreed.

"Okay, now that we're all good and fed, I think we should go for a flight. I think we all need to stretch out our wings and get some exercise, especially Maxie here." Dylan just thinks he's so funny when he calls me Maxie. Remind me to really hit him later when he's not expecting it, he totally deserves it. And I highly doubt that you will forget Max. But I think he already has a nice bruise for the day, why don't you at least wait until tomorrow? Sounds like a plan, maybe we can get the prank war to be boys vs. girls. That's a good idea. That will keep your mind off of… Enough Angel, bringing him up won't help. Let's fly.

"Alright guys, last one to 10,000 feet gets to eat Max's cooking for a week!" Well Gazzy sure knows how to get everyone moving. With that, we all bolted out the front door, took a running start and up into the sky we went.

Man, oh man did it feel nice to stretch out my wings and fly. Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to get back to the leader Maximum Ride. But as you know, nothing ever goes as planned in my world.

A/N: So what did you think? I know, this chapter had a lot of Max being all 'poor' me, but there won't be much more of that, I promise. Things will all change.

So please R&R, comments, critiques, and suggestions are all welcome.

Fly on,

Sammie