This is the Way the World Ends. Chapter One: Nightmares and uh… Daymares

Disclaimer: I own the plot of my fanfic not Maximum Ride.

Max Pov:

Its been six months, SIX MONTHS, since he left, for those of you that don't know who he is, he's the my best friend, my right hand man, and my… one true love; (and all those "my" might need to be switched to "was" I'm still not sure).

As of right now its only three in the morn' and I cant sleep because when I close my eyes all I see is his face and when I dream there all of memories of me with him; (and for the ones who still don't know who I'm talking about its FANG!). For the last six months the flock and I, including Dylan, have been living in a house in Utah paid for by Edorado Ambrosino the new head of CSM. Most of our lives now consist of schoolwork, yes schoolwork, and let me tell it sucks; especially when most of it is a blur, which seems to be how everything is is to me lately.

After an hour of just lying there I finally am able to fall asleep but not without nightmares of course.

Dream:

I was standing on the edge of a cliff, alone; I was about to drop when I felt a hand on my shoulder pull me back. I turn around to see a familiar face, fang. "I thought you weren't going to come back," I said with ice on my words. "I couldn't stay away Max, and I need your help," he said with his old emotionless tone.

"With what," I simply asked. What he said next caught me off guard.

"I'm dying"

"What!" I yelled wrapping my arms around while starting to tear into his shirt. "You can't die Fang, I cant live with out you, I love you!" He gently pushed my face up so our eyed met.

"I love you to Max"

He then leaned down and kissed me. We held there for a minute or two. Then he started to fade away and I began to yell his name and begged him not to leave, but it did nothing he faded away into nothingness leaving me out the edge of the cliff. I jumped not having any attentions on opening my wings.

I hit the ground; I fell off my bed. I stood up and stretched and it hit me the memories of my dreams. I slid down against the wall and brought my knees to my chess and put face in my hands. I felt tears coming, but I didn't let them fall; even when I'm alone I don't cry, why? Because Maximum Ride doesn't cry. Actually that's a lie I cried a lot in the past six months in and outside my dreams.

I walked out of my room and down the long hallway that made up the second level of our house I made my way down stairs and into the living room. I turned 90 degrees and was looking out the sliding glass door; and crouching on the railing facing away from me was a dark figure. At first I didn't think it was possible that it was probably just Dylan, but then figure spread its wings: long, black, wings that tinted to flames of navy blue and purple as the sun bounced off the feathers.

I ran to the door and slid it open the door making the figure start to look back out me; I froze. The man turned and the face was unmistakable, it was fang, but what I so almost made me fall to the ground. His face was pale as Iggy and his hair was grey, but his eyes are what caught my true attention; they were black, not just black, they were like two black holed.

He turned back around and dropped off the railing. I ran to the edge and looked over not seeing anything. I must be losing it I'm starting to have daymares now. I looked out over the valley to the parallel mountain which toward over our mountain. Our house was built on an outcropping of the mountainside. It was built on the right side of the out cropping with a long plateau going out to the left giving us a lot of room to run, fly, and train. The house its self was raised like the last one so only we can get up here without permission.

I started to make my way back towards the door when everything seemed to slow down, I was moving in slow motion, the door seem to move further away along with anything else around me; a tannish tint fell over everything. Then a dark, insidious voice began to talk, I couldn't tell if it was in my head or not. "Do not be afraid I am Salvation, I am Death," it said, then the tint left and everything returned to normal. What the hell was that?

I made my way into the house, 7:30. Ughhhhh, Iggy needs to wake up and make breakfast. I went to the couch and sat down and leaned back and closed my eyes. As soon as I did I felt someone sit down next to me. Please don't be Dylan.

Its not Dylan.

I looked down at Angel who was looking at me with worry.

"What's wrong Ange?"

"I heard that thing talking to you. What was it?"

"I don't know honey, but I know that if it tries to hurt us were going to kicks it butt back to where ever it came from," I said with a snicker.

She smiled at me. I put my arm around her and kissed her head. I turned on the TV and went to cartoons. I started to watch the show a little, it was SpongeBob, so it wasn't that bad.

We sat there for about 20 minutes in peace until Dylan sat down next to me, close to close. He looked over, "morning Max." "morning Dylan," I said putting small amounts of venom in my words, but he just brushed it off.

Hey Angel, I thought.

Yeah Max

Make Dylan move over.

Ok, she thought smiling.

A confused look fell over Dylan's face as he began to scoot over while he was confused I got up and looked back to Angel "I'm going to get the mail"

"Ok," she said as she released her grip on Dylan.

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