So, the first part is in Max Ride's POV, and then I'll change it to the OC's POV, I promise. Remember, this is just the prologue, or "chapter one" if you really want to call it that. I dedicate this chapter to everyone to submitted a OC to this story. Thanks a bunch!

Maximum Ride POV:

I woke up early, before everyone in the flock and stretched, ruffling my wings out the tiniest. Wings? Yeah. You shouldn't be surprised. You do know who I am... right?

I wasn't going to explain it to you anyway.

So, I was up, just looking at the sunrise. I mean, you don't know the wonders of the world until you stop to look at them. Like to stop and smell the roses. I don't why they chose roses. I don't even like how they smell. But they had to convey the message slightly. I moved towards the front of the cave we were currently residing in. I don't hate my life, but I wish it was better.

Not for me, but my flock.

We're still kids. Tall, and awkward, yes, but kids. I think they deserve a better life then being experimented on, chased and having people trying to kill you almost every moment of their sorry lives. No one deserves that. Lucky, normal, children probably haven't ever had someone attempt murder to them, and probably never will. We will never be that way.

Your probably saying, "At least the Erasers are gone. They were the ones that were trying to kill you!" Well, no. They wouldn't have come after us if the whitecoats hadn't told them too. Maybe Ari would have come alone. He did hate me, I know.

I spread my wings out farther and sighed. I was happy right now. Hopefully the flock was too. I mean, we all loved all of the moments when we were alone and happy, knowing that it possibly might be our last moments together.

But there was no chance I would let my flock die.

Something tickled the back of my neck as I sighed. "Fang." I said, annoyed, but not with him. I should of know that was him sneaking up on me. When I didn't get a reply, I turned around. "Fang?" I asked, a bit nicer. Perhaps he was hiding behind me. I smiled the tiniest of smiles. "You can run, but not hide, Fang!" I whispered, reaching out quickly in front of me.

Nothing was there.

I knew Fang wouldn't be invisible once he moved. Maybe I had reached out in the wrong spot. He could be on the side of me. I got up from my spot at the edge of the cave and lunged to my right. And then my left. And then again to the back. "Fang?" I asked, worried. Then, I sighed out. It was probably just a breeze. I thought, but my heart was squeezed. What if my flock would ever leave me alone?

I don't think they would leave me on purpose, I mean, I was just too of a good leader for that. But, what if they were taken? "Stop that Max." I scolded myself. I was being childish. My flock would put up a fight before being taken. I knew it. Fang and Iggy were awesome fighters, and the others weren't bad either. Though Gazzy was a little rusty on one of his jump-kicks, I would never tell him that, and he was already pretty good.

Maybe I should check on them, though. Just in case. I thought as I stood up once more, sweat forming at the middles of my palms as I clenched them together and moved towards the back of the cave where we had been sleeping. They had to be there, they just had to-

What I saw scared me.

It wasn't that the sleeping bags were all over the place, or that our bags were ripped open, with stuff spilled out all over the floor. It wasn't that someone had forget to clean up after Total, or make breakfast.

It was that my flock was gone.

My flock, gone. Like our fallen feathers blowing in the wind, never to be seen again by our eyes.

Gone.

I stood there, stunned, before rushing over to the sleeping bags. The black one, Fang, which was still warm. Tears stung in the edges of my eyes. Maximum Ride never cried! I rushed next to Iggy's, then Nudge's, then Gazzy's, then to Angel's, my baby. Celeste was still there, and I reached over to the dirty white teddy bear and hugged it to my chest tightly as tears sprung still in the corners of my eyes.

My flock was gone.

I was hoping that they would jump out and say "April Fools!" Sure, I would yell scold them for leaving me alone and scaring me, but I would be fine after a few minutes and we would be together. Just like the good memories we always had. Tears now were falling on my dirty cheeks. "Why?" I gasped out, looking towards the rocks in the back of the cave. Maybe they were hiding there.

My flock was gone.

I ran over to there, still hugging Celeste with one hand. "Guys?" I asked softly, peering behind certain rocks that might hide Iggy or Fang. "Where are you?" I furrowed my brow. They had to be in this cave somewhere. Or else I was truly alone.

I decided then to try and lure them out. "Guys, fresh cookies! I got some from my mom the last time we were at her house and I've been saving them for a special occasion." I didn't really have the cookies, but what they didn't know didn't hurt them. I waited for Iggy to come out and tell me that cookies weren't fresh unless they were right out of the oven, and we didn't have an oven with us, but he never did.

I decided to try something else. Because Maximum Ride always had a Plan B. "I made breakfast!" I said cheerily. "Yum! Who can't wait to eat it? I certainly can't!" I know Fang would smirk at me once he came out. This time, I waited for Gazzy to make a remark somewhere that he would rather die then eat my cooking. I really don't think it's that bad, but I've never eaten any of my cooking. I'd rather be safe then sorry. After a while of me standing there, I lost hope that my flock were really here.

My flock was gone.

I fell to my knees, trying to let out a wail that was stuck in the back of my throat. Once it was free, I sat there, gasping. What was I doing, acting all sad? I knew what I needed to do. I gathered everything I could that wasn't destroyed. I couldn't help thinking that I didn't hear any noises when they were taken. Did they go, I hate to say it, willingly? I shook my head. I was being silly.

Once I had everything, I slipped Celeste into the top of the bag and zippered it, slinging it over my shoulder. I unfurled my wings and jumped of the edge of the cave, swooping towards the rising sun.

I may not have a plan, but I do know something. First, I check the school. And second, I kill anyone who gets into my way.

Liselle POV

I curled up into the fetal position in my cage, whimpering slightly, my hands lightly running over the throbbing bruise that was forming over my eye. Another experiment beside me hissed. Was it in sympathy, or was that all they could do to communicate? Either way, I gave it a small smile.

A whitecoat began to approach my cage as I slid back towards the wall, cowering in fear. I tried, and failed, to turn myself invisible, to stay hidden for just a few more seconds. Then, I perhaps could escape through the open door, as a snake-

The man grabbed my arm, probably knowing what I was about to do. He wanted to be able to know where I was. He slipped a small metal bracelet around my wrist, and locked it in place. I looked at him strangely and he smiled at me, patting my arm tenderly, before yanking me out of that horrid cage.

My name is Liselle Hunter. I am fourteen years old, and horribly mutated.

I pictured the form of a snake in my mind, the cobra was my choice. Big and quite scary, with poisonous fangs to match. I willed my body to transform, but was filled with agony. A trail of lightning was traveling up my wrist as I fell to the floor, writhing. It got worse until the picture of the cobra excited my mind. I let out a sigh of relief and opened my tightly squeezed eyes to see the whitecoat standing over me.

"Nice gadget you got there." I murmured weakly as he pulled me up and dragged me to a room. He gave a small chuckle and unlocked my bracelet.

Now was my chance.

I started to think of the idea of a cobra before he left. I guess they thought of that too. I was surrounded by a force field of lightning, stray bolts zapping me every chance they got. "Ouch." I murmured darkly, glaring at the scientists who were standing in the window around the room. One pressed a button and said over the intercom; "Experiment 092847, we require to to change shapes into a cobra-"

I interrupted him by saying, "Look where that's got me."

He glared but didn't say anything, and continued to speak like I hadn't interrupted him. "So we can test how much electricity you can handle."

Oh. So that's was all of the lightning was for.

I sighed and changed shapes, the lightning force field disappearing for a second. I was a hissing monster in a few seconds, the the force was turned back on, but the shocks were more frequent, before they decided just to shock me full out.

They held over a thousand volts on me for a while. Too much, even for me. I hissed angrily, and tried to get away from all of the lightning. Now, I know it's weird for you to think of me hissing, but just think I'm a snake. Not Liselle. Just a cobra.

Anyway, I didn't have much endurance. I mean, it was boosted when I came to this horrid place when I was a newborn, but it was still lower then an average human. So you would imagine, that after I minute I couldn't take it anymore.

If snakes could scream in agony, that's what I would be doing right now.

I needed to escape this place. I didn't just realize that now, however. I had tried to be making plans to get out my whole sorry life. Out of the corner of my bulging eye, I saw a tiny hole. I might, might, just be able to squeeze out of it.

If I could break the force field.

Blindly, I began to ram into it, trying to get out. Over the intercom, the scientists were yelling things at me, probably to stop. That means I can break out of it. I gasped. I was growing weaker, having almost had no strength left. One last thing could do it...

Thank god. I broke free. Obviously, it was not a strong force field. I slithered over to the hole in the wall, ramming into it repeatedly. I was too big. The scientists were coming towards me. I panicked. I knew if they caught me, I would be tortured. Literally.

Please let this work. I prayed silently as I moved towards the scientists, trying to squirm through their legs and to get out of the room. I would bite anyone who came to near me, but it would make me pause for a few seconds, possibly giving the the scientists the times to catch me. I made it to the door. It was closed. I couldn't get out.

Your probably thinking that I could just turn back into Liselle again. Wrong. I had almost no strength left, and I might faint if I did that. Bad. Or, I wouldn't be able to turn back into a snake once I got out. People are much more afraid of a cobra then they are of me when I'm a human. Or, you probably just want me to turn invisible. Almost no strength left, remember? How many times do I have to tell you?

Anyway, the alarms started to sound throughout the school. Someone must of pulled the trigger. A whitecoat came towards me. "If you come willingly, I guess we could forget this." He coaxed soothingly.

Yeah right.

I hissed in his face.

He stumbled back a few paces, and that was just the time I needed. The door opened with more whitecoats as I slipped out of the door into the school, snapping at most people who tried to get me. I had a few close calls, but I made it out into the front yard and I hid in the undergrowth of the forest.

That was almost too easy.

I mean, I had a few close calls, but it was really easy to escape.

Oh well. I took what I could get. At least I was able to get out.

I figured that would probably come looking for me, so I moved in the forest, every movement felt like a million. What had they done to me, making me so tired? I found a clearing far away from the school. If they found me, I guess I could try and escape. I turned back into Liselle, and I swore I could see spots in front of my eyes. I laid on the ground, looking up at the stars. I was just dozing off to sleep, when a voice aroused me.

"Who are you and what are you doing?" I cracked one eye open and saw a pair of teenagers older then me. I moved back. I didn't trust easily. Someone trusted the whitecoats with me, and look where I am now.

My back bumped into another boy, who was towering over me, while on one side was a younger boy, and on the right, a young boy and girl. I gaped at them, trying to think. Did they know who I was?

But, were they talking to me, or each other?

So there it is! We'll meet all of the other characters in the next chapter. I did this in Liselle's POV because I know her the best, but once I start to get to know the other characters, I'll put it in their POVs.