I opened the door to find Fang lying on the floor, a pool a blood circled aroung him. My heart raced, I couldn't believe my eyes. How could Fang be dead? Could he really be dead?

"Fang!" I yelled as I ran to his side, but no matter how many steps I took towards him, he continuously moved farther and farther away from me.

"Fang. Fang! Fang!!!" I yelled after him, and I crumpled to the floor, crying. "No. Fang. No!" I continued to sob into my hands.

After what seemed like forever, I looked up. As I looked around, a hand touched my shoulder.

"Fang?" I asked, looking at the boy standing behind me. Fang started to shake my shoulder as he yelled at me.

"Max! Max! Wake up Max!" he yelled at me. That's all he said. Over and over. I couldn't believe it. At a time like this. I'd just seen him dead, and now, now he was alive and shaking me. Fang had started to slap my face softly a few seconds ago. I noticed that Iggy had suddenly appeared out of nowhere too.

"Max. What's wrong Fang? Why won't she wake up?" he asked Fang as Iggy too began to shake me and slap me softly.

I stood up and pushed them both away. "What are you two talking about? This is no dream. I swear it's no dream."

Fang looked at Iggy, then suddenly, they both started to change. Fang twisted around and ended up looking like Ari. Iggy too became an Eraser.

"Well, well, well. What have we here?" Fang, or should I say Ari, asked. He still had Fang's voice though, it was something that I'd never seen before. Fang/Ari continued to talk. "If this is no dream, Max, which this IS a dream, a nightmare actually, then how come I just turned into Ari?" I looked around and everything started to melt around me.

I shot up in the bed, the crappy hotel room bed. It was so uncomfortable that it was probably the reason why I've been having nightmares. Or, maybe it was the stupid voice that haunted my brain. Anyways, I was drenched in sweat, Fang and Iggy were by my side, looking at me with concerned looks on their faces.

"What?" I asked them.

"Well," Iggy started.

"You almost woke the entire flock screaming, very weirdly I might add, my name." Fang interrupted, "You kept saying something about me being dead, and how it can't be happening. Then you started to say that your nightmare wasn't, as it well was, a dream and we couldn't wake you up. Then you were saying something about Erasers and Ari, and how I couldn't be Ari. Which by the way, I'm not. And how Iggy had to be a human/bird like the rest of us, not an Eraser. And I tell ya, it was kinda creepy. Are you sure you're okay Max? You didn't seem to great last night."

"Yea. I'm fine." I said, "You sure you're alright? I mean after all my screaming and yelling, I'm surprised myself that everyone else isn't awake."

"We were close to waking them up to help us anyways." Iggy said.

I looked at the clock. It was 3:14 in the morning. "Guys, I'm fine," I assured them, "go back to sleep, we move on in the morning." It is morning Max. The stupid voice was back. 'Oh shut it Voice.' And it did. Fang and Iggy moved back to their spots where they were sleeping. Fang on the other bed in the room, Iggy on the floor. Fang told him he could've slept in the bed with him or me, which I agreed to (no it's not the dirty type of 'slept'), but Iggy politely declined and said that we could have our own beds, he was fine on the floor.

They settled down to sleep and I lay back down on my bed. No matter the time, I couldn't get back to sleep. Every time I tried, my thoughts went back to the nightmare. Fang's dead body had looked so real, and I just kept getting the feeling that I was vulnerable. I couldn't help him. Which really sucks considering where I am with him.

I think the entire flock knows that I'm like in love with Fang. Angel definitely does, but then again, she can read minds. No doubt that the three youngest in the connecting room to ours had a big gossip-fest earlier tonight. Angel probably spilled some deep secrets of me, Fang, and Iggy to Nudge and Gazzy. Dang her mind reading abilities.

I wish that I could know whether or not Fang loved me back. Ever since I kissed him on the beach a while back, it's never been the same with us. I wish I knew. I wish he would tell me he loved me.

Sleep came to me at about 4 in the morning, but no more nightmares came. Thank the Lord.

Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy pounded on our door at about 8:15 begging us to wake up so they could get some food. I opened my eyes and looked around. Fang and Izzy were already up and about, changing out of their pajamas (which was only bottoms and nothing else might I add) and I thought I should do the same.

As I came out of the bathroom after changing, I found Fang standing there. Giving him a slight smile, I walked past him. I felt his eyes on me as a walked away.

"Iggy took the youngsters down to breakfast, I'd told them I'd wait for you." Fang said, "Gosh, you girls take forever to get ready in the morning."

"The nature of girls," I said, "is to naturally make ourselves look perfect for the day."

Fang looked at me surprisedly, as if to say 'And who are we looking perfect for today?'. I looked back at him and smiled, telling him that it was indeed him that I was looking perfect for.

"Shall we go?" I asked him after I'd straigtened my things so we could leave as soon as possible. I offered him my arm.

"We shall." He replied smiling as he linked arms with me.

We walked down the hallway to the elevator in a comfortable silence. As I unlinked arms so I could push the down button, Fang broke the silence.

"Max, listen, there's something we need to talk about."

"And that would be?" I stiffened as I pulled back from the down button before I pushed it. My heart raced in my chest as he spoke so smoothly that it made me melt.

"Well see," he started out, "there's this girl. She's beautiful and smart, and I'm in love with her. I've known her for as long as I can remember. And her quick and clever thinking has gotten me and our gang out of a hell of alot of trouble. Her eyes remind me of who I really am, and she doesn't judge me because I'm 2 bird. Hell, she's a whole lot like me. Exactly like me. I really really want-"

I turned around and stopped him. "Why are you telling me this?"

Fang moved closer, closing in the space between us so that we were only a few centimeters apart. It was then that I realized how much taller Fang was than me. Fang looked straight into my eyes and took in a deep breath before he said, "Because, Max, that girl is you."

A/N: So there it is. Yes, this story is from Max's POV, in case you didn't notice that. Please R&R! I will love everyone who does!