Arranged
Now I can suspect that most of you people reading are familiar with my style of writing, so I guess this might be a shocker of a fanfic for you! Anyways, down there is my full summary!
SUMMARY:
Max's family, the Rides, owns a nationally known company and so does Fang's family, the Carters; they are also well known names in the underworld. The Ride family and the Carter family are sworn enemies in both the business world and the underworld; the only thing keeping the two families from ultimately destroying each other is the arranged marriage that was agreed upon 16 years ago on the night of Max's birth when Fang was only about 3 years old. Originally, the marriage was set to happen one month after Max turned 22, but now due to their families dropping rates, the Ride and the Carter family must be united by the third full moon after Fang has turned 20 or all hell will break loose. Fang and Max both know their duties, but with Max being so resistant to Fang, will they be able to carry out their purposes and unite their two families?
So yeah, that was the full summary! And now, before the chapter starts, here is the legal crap!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Maximum Ride or any of its characters.
CLAIMER: I do own the plot and self made characters.
Chapter 1
"Young Mistress, it is your first day of school at "Willow Lark Academy", please wake up." My old and kind maid, Nina, says politely.
"Alright, Nina, please prepare my uniform and ask the kitchen to make me the usual." I say with a sigh as I began to unbury my head in the mountain of pillows, and judging by Nina's "tsks" my long mane of dark brown hair is in a tangled mess.
"Yes, Young Mistress. I will also send up Nudge to help you prepare for school." Nina says with an old and tired smile as she shuffles her weathered feet out the mahogany door. As soon as she shuts my door I scramble out of bed and get my duffle bag out from under my bed, getting ready to make my grand escape.
Now you are all probably wondering, "Max what the hell is wrong with you?", because really, why would any person in their right mind want to escape from a life of luxury? Well at the moment, I'm not in my right mind, in fact, I'm freaking furious! I mean, I always knew that I'm technically living like a bird in a cage, being given my freedom and whatever I want, but always knowing that one day it will all be taken away from me; I get and accept it. But I'm supposed to have this freedom for at least 6 more years, not 1; that was the plan that had been drilled into my head for my whole 16 years of life! The worst part of it all is that I have to give my freedom to the arrogant, bull-headed, asshole, Fang Carter.
"Girl, just what is the hell do you think you are doing?" Nudge asks me just as I was swinging my leg over the balcony. Since Nudge and I are the same age we are actually close friends and so she no longer bothers to address me with all that "Young Mistress" crap.
"You know as well as I do what in the hell I'm doing. See you in a few years!" I say to Nudge with a crazy grin as I swing my other leg over and drop down onto the tarp that I had set up inconspicuously under my balcony the night before. I quickly slide off and begin to sprint towards my motorcycle at the edge of the property.
I was almost there when one of my families bodyguards showed up and hoisted me off my feet, swinging me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.
"Ari, put me down this instant." I commanded with my arms stubbornly crossed.
"Max, you know very damn well that when your dad gives me an order that I can't go against it if I value my life." Ari says to me bleakly. Ari, like Nudge, had dropped all the polite crap and is like and older brother to me; Ari is about 2 years older than me and is my personal bodyguard.
"Well if you value your manliness downstairs then you are going to let me escape." I say devilishly. Ari stops for a moment and then continues.
"Max, you and I both know that your father can do much worse to me." Ari says with a chuckle at my weak attempt to threaten him. Ari continues to carry me like a sack of potatoes to the front door of the main house where awaits a ticked off Nudge and a worried Nina, Nudge's foot tapping a mile a minute.
"Thanks again, Ari." Nudge says as Ari puts me down in front of Nudge who almost immediately begins to drag me up the stairs to get ready for school. Ari nods and goes back to the dining room to finish his breakfast.
I am completely silent as Nudge changes me from Max the defiant school gang leader to Max the company heiress that is secretly Max the defiant school gang leader.
"You know, Max, it won't be so bad. I mean, I am pretty sure you will still be able to meet up with J.J., Suzan, Dylan, and the others on weekends and after school."
"It won't be the same. Besides, why do I have to go to this stupid rich kid academy all of a sudden anyways?" I ask, finally giving up on my silence.
"Your mom says it is so that you are prepared for the future and so that you get to know the heirs and heiresses of companies you will associate with in the future. I also just think your dad was sick of you going against him and starting your own gang when the family already has a large and successful one." Nudge says with about only 2 breaths, but thats the legendary motormouthed Nudge for you.
"Well excuse me for taking charge of my life and using my limited freedom to the fullest." I scoff as I think about my gang, the Scarlet Winds. It had originally started out as a small group with just me and my childhood friends that didn't care about my familial background, J.J., Suzan, Dylan, and Zach.
I winced a bit while thinking about Zach, he was the closest to me out of the others and we were basically inseparable up until 2 years ago when his family moved across town without a word to any of us and joined the Carter family gang, The Descendants. After that, Scarlet Wind wasn't the same, and I wasn't really either; it was like a part of me had gotten colder. Rumor has it, that Zach became the Carter sub gang\Fang's gang, The Midnight Howls, third in command and was closely trusted by the leader, Fang, and his cousin who is second in command, Iggy. Around the others, I pretended that I couldn't care less, but realistically, it was like a hole had been ripped through my heart.
"Alright, done!" Nudge says triumphantly as she looks me over one more time. My hair was put in a fashionably messy side french braid and I had very little make-up on; only enough to highlight my high cheekbones and brighten my chocolate brown eyes as well as make my already full lips look plump. Nudge had also managed to get me into the school uniform while I was zoning out.
"Looks great, Nudge. But is there anyway that I can avoid wearing a mini skirt?" I ask, looking at the minuscule piece of fabric that was apparently supposed to be a skirt.
"For god sakes Max, you're a 16 year old girl with a rockin' body, not to mention a rich heiress and a gang leader!" Nudge exclaims, throwing her hands up.
"So? How am I going to kick-ass with this mini skirt on?" I ask with a scowl.
"Max, for the last time, you are going to this academy also for a fresh start. I'm pretty sure that if you kicked anyone's ass, your father would have you locked up in a foam room! Now get your skinny white ass downstairs and eat or you're going to make us both late!" Nudge exclaims, basically going ape shit on me. My eyes widen a bit and I try not to laugh as I leave the room to go eat my breakfast. Forgot to mention, but Nudge is going to go to the academy with me as well, it was one of my conditions.
Downstairs in the dining room I get welcomed by the amazing scent of melted chocolate over pancakes and fresh strawberries. Not the healthiest choice, but it tasted great! Sadly, I didn't get to enjoy it though and had to instead scarf it down and bolt out the door.
"Max what do you think you are doing?" Ari asks me, unimpressed by the scene of me attempting to get on my bike without having the butt shown to the world.
"Getting ready to ride to school," I say, still struggling to hoist myself onto the bike.
"Hell no…Get in the car, now." Ari says, pointing to the chauffeured car where Nudge was waiting.
"Fine, college boy…" I sigh, giving up on climbing onto my motorcycle. As I walk to the car I grab Ari's shirt and untuck it.
"Max, it is uniform for me to wear this shirt this way on campus."
"Whatever, just hurry up." I say as Ari hastily tucks his uniform shirt back in. He will be in his first year of college at the academy.
The driver began to drive to the school, and as we near the gates I think to myself, "Here comes the start of hell."
So there was the first chapter, what did you think, worth a shot? Also, I will be updating LWA soon... I am just currently grounded and unable to reach my LWA files on my computer and am actually writing this from my iPad. Anyways, REVIEW and keep reading as well as check out my other fanfics!
-JAMZD