Hey, guys. I'm Jess, i'm single and ready to mingle *winkey face*. Only joking *nervous sweat drop*

So this is my first chapter, I have submitted to the internet. *internal cringe* I will hopefully try to perfect my grammar when writing this heh xD. This is a rewritten form of my original.

None of the characters, plot, and/or songs are mine. The plot of the original stories, Fairy Tail and Maximum Ride go to Hiro Mashima and James Patterson. The songs will be credited to the original owner if I put the songs in.

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Chapter One

Max's P.O.V.

Fear. It controls us all. Whether it be having a fear no-one to love you, a fear of snakes, germs, spiders, or in my case... a fear of losing my one and only family. The ones.. I've tried to protect for all of my 15 years. And you want to know what happened? What they did? They kicked me out, or more like threw me out. All because I was suspicious and that led to me being thrown out the way Nudge throws out any of her non fashionable clothes. The way Iggy throws out the trash. All of this done because I was suspicious, but I was planning to tell them that I've decided to settle down, if they wanted to. Since Itex has since stopped any advances on returning to their former glory, and even the School decided to stop chasing us.

Anyways you're probably weirded out. My fam- The Flock was my family. We were running from these sick bastards we call WhiteCoats. They treated us like animals, like we were nothing more than a guinea pig. Well, we were. In their sick, little twisted minds, we were human guinea pigs. But we soon shut them down, with the help of a person we used to call a father. Hell he IS my father.

Let me start from the beginning. When we were born, you see, we were kidnapped straight from the hospital, some of our parents even sold us to the School, which is what we called that experimental facility. From then on we lived in dog cages and the WhiteCoats raised us, experimented is the words that I would use, in the School. Yes, with a capital S, and we were caged there until I was roughly 10 years old when one of those WhiteCoats named Jeb Batchelder freed us, and while he was one of those WhiteCoats he was one who I think pitied us. And for two years we were untouchable until Jeb died. Well at least we think he did, he just went to go get groceries and never came back so I automatically put myself as leader. Then another two years pass by. An innocent day passed by ,innocent if you consider an 8-year-old building a bomb innocent, when the next morning and a plate full of eggs later, we went to pick fresh strawberries but when we got there my little Angel got abducted by these things we call Erasers.

They took her back to the School and while we where fighting those things, those Erasers I saw someone who I thought would never get caught in this life, Jeb's son, Ari, my supposed half-brother. My Flo- The Flock consisted of Me (Max), Fang, Iggy, Gazzy, Nudge, And little Angel. We got her out and found out that Jebster is still alive *sigh*.

You see the difference between me and you is that I have wings, but if me fighting for my family, being human, showing emotions and etc, isn't enough for us to be similar well I don't know what is. I worked with the School briefly once because I fought for their minds... And most importantly, I fought for them to save them from the minds of the WhiteCoats. But if all the world was filled in complete paradise for everyone, we wouldn't even have this problem. This horrid and wretched problem that I got myself into.

My eyes flinched and teared as I began to remember how, why I got here. To this part in my life, where I'm screaming like a maniac.

*FLASHBACK*

Running. That's what I'm doing right now. Running from those... Things, Erasers, I reminded myself. As I heard a growl behind me, I was reminded to keep breathing, at a steady pace and to keep aware of my surroundings. Well there goes any chance of us taking a break I guess. I rolled my eyes at my own thoughts before turning to the task at hand because me being the great Maximum Ride, I almost tripped.

Which reminds me... We escaped. From the School that is. And no not a regular school more like ... Science lab. Oh you know where I mean. We escaped from the School that was hidden in the Mountains of Dakota. It was around 2 a.m, I believe and it was Freezing!

"Max", Fang yelled, well more like a loud inside voice... He's quiet and barely makes a noise. I wonder if he'll ever yell. Oh right, back to focusing.

"What? Kinda busy running ", I replied, jumping over a tree branch, trying to look behind us to see how many there were.

25! Just enough for us to beat them up and get as far away from here as possible.

"Can't we just fly our way out of here?" He asked, his eyes looking for a clearing.

"Well, no duh but, kinda don't have a way up, there's too many trees. And plus there's like about 25, Can't we just kick butt?" I asked, kinda wanting to release any pent-up anger.

Fang answered, " Well yeah we can, but the kids are tired.".

I looked around us. Iggy was holding up fine but the Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel were struggling to keep up with us, their eyes closing and opening. The internal struggle of sleepiness, I know that all to well. Fang was right, we wouldn't be able to fight in this condition, as much as I hate to admit.

'Kids, U & A at the first clearing you see'. I said, leaving no room for argument. As if they would argue about leaving and resting as soon as possible, I thought to myself rolling my eyes.

And from there we flew all the way back to our little cave, in what seemed like the peaks of Terry Peaks, which was great because its small enough to fit all of us but tall enough for us to do U&A's and even wide enough for all of us to stretch out our wings. Got to always be ready.

Fang's P.O.V.

WHY ME? Seriously why not Angel or Nudge because well at least they wouldn't hurt as bad, not to mention they have those eyes, and Angel could convince her better. But me asking her to leave the flock and never come back would obviously leave scars with both of us. My heart ached at the thought of her betraying us and actually siding with the School. Either one of us three candidates is going to have to do this and since I'm older, known Max longer, and am in less chance of her taking this situation as a joke, I have to do it, as much as I hate it. Either way she's going to curse us to our graves and/or do something completely drastic... Most likely both considering this is Max were talking about.

A smirk lifted to my face as that thought came to mind, but immediately left as my newfound happiness was replaced with nervousness. The Flock has come to a decision, and now it's time to put our vote to use.

"Hey, uh , Max", I said, nervousness entering my voice. I flinched at how I sounded, so much for going for the brick wall approach.

"Yeah", Max said, pausing after a second of her narrowing her eyes at me.

Probably because of the emotion entering my voice, I once again accused/told myself.

"Can we talk to you for a moment?' I said and immediately after thought, " and then never again."

Angel smiled sadly at my thoughts. Everyone gathered around us, all of them wearing a sad smile, and looking downcast as they readied themselves for their only mother/sister figure, and leader to be officially kicked out of our family, The Flock.

"Uh yeah sure guys, What's up?", Max said, gathering enough information that something was wrong.

My eyes softened at the thought of her, but immediately hardened after the thought of her betraying us. Once again that heart ache turned back, which made this all the more worse.

'We want you out of the Flock.', I said, with steely resolve. The kids went to stand behind me, their eyes filled with pain and sadness but a glare, one inspired by the woman in front of us, acting like a mask for them.

'Haha very funny now whats up seriously?', Max said, not believing what we were telling her. Desperately trying to find out what was wrong. My heart clenched and I almost lost to it, about to say ' We're just joking, We wanted to know if we could settle down after this?'

Just as my resolve broke, Angel spoke up as my mouth was about to open to repeat the words I just thought. I don't know whether to feel relief or to be in shock as the youngest of all of us took it upon herself to be the bearer of bad news.

'What we just said was we want you out the flock'., Angels' steely and strong voice panged the silence in the room, daring Max to defy her. Silence encased the room, eerily reminding me of the silence before the hunter shot down there prey. Like Bambi.

Max's POV .

Silence and tension roped the room as my thoughts started to speed, trying to find something , anything to say. Words popped into my mind and before I could stop to gather my thoughts, my lips opened and spoke the words that first popped into my head.

" What the actual fuck?", my thoughts and mouth said and thought at the same time, very calmly I might add.

Woo, point for Max on not yelling.. yet.

"Max, we, the Flock, don't want you here.", Angel said, as Fang drew an inhale of breath. Relief and regret clear in his black eyes. It was clear to me that he was having an internal debate, and clearly his resolve broke.

I scoffed internally thinking," Yeah those eyes are as black as my soul is going to be". Soon it finally dawned on me on what Angel said to me.

….. Wow.

THOSE ASSHOLES. WHO THE HELL DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? I PROTECTED THEM FOR YEARS ON END AND THIS IS THE TYPE OF PAYMENT I GET. THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK I DESERVE FOR CARING. My thoughts screamed at them, my own resolve almost breaking.

Internal screaming is great for everyone, I believe you should try it too. Helps build character.

My anger faded as I realized what this meant for me. My greatest fear has been brought to life. My heat broke as this sudden realization. My family was going to leave me.

" Why?" I asked, my voice breaking. Thoughts and memories swirled around my brain, suffocating me. The quietness started to irk me so I yelled my previous question. Trying to receive an answer I knew that I was never going to get. Yet I craved it. To be reveled in the truth, to hear what excuse they came up with that was good enough that they thought I had to be kicked out of my own family.

"WHY?!", I yelled, to everything. The thoughts calmed and swirled inside my head as I noticed a new feeling. My hair had lifted. My hands all the way up to my elbows were clothed in flames. Outside there was thunder and rain poured down, the cave becoming a mix of heat and cold. The wind and everything had died down as I calmed myself to observe what was happening around me.

A purple shimmer shone as a reflection in front of me. My hands cautiously waved in front of me, and as I was about to pull back my hand, it hit something. A barrier. On the other side, I could see Fang and the rest of the Flock looking surprised at what happened. My surprise was cut short when I realized I wasn't going to get my answer soon.

My back was turned on them as I walked towards the front of the cave. Tears threatened to release so I focused on the moon, on the stars, the night sky, now to be my home for a while. My focus was on everything but them. Fang and the others were about to say something but I've heard enough. They didn't want me here, and they denied me the truth I seeked.

My voice was broken and defeated as I said my farewells. As I said goodbye to the people I love, and who I thought loved me back.

"I love you all, but please if anything I want this goodbye to be final."Memories forced me to remember that they don't really listen ,"I might be hateful on our next encounter since none of you really ever listened to me anyways," a smile formed on my face as I said that," I hoped and dreamed that we could have lived together in peace, but since that is clearly not going to happen, I'm sorry that I ever wronged you, if that is the reason behind me being forced out of my own family, but this is the last time you will hear an apology from me or hear me say I love you."

Tears glistened down my face as I thought of everything we shared, of everything we've been through and as I dropped forward, my heart clenched as I realized my fear of snakes will never amount to this fear. That no fear will ever amount to this, no heartache.

The fear and ache of being alone.

My eyes focused in front of me to distract myself, as I thought of where to go to next.

Maybe I could go visit Ella and Mom, before I myself go settle down.

*PRESENT TIME*

After that I flew all the way to some unknown area, my wings preventing me from going any further, my heart still hurting from the nights events but my mind, heart, and eyes to stubborn to let it heal properly, let alone think about it. My heart did warm up at the thought of seeing my mother again. Of seeing Ella. And maybe of starting anew there, a new beginning to that horrible ending.

The next morning I woke up to the birds chirping, my mind racing as I flew up to sit straight. My eyes looking around me, trying to find my Flock. My heart clenched when I realized that last night did happen. My family, the one I've been protecting for years and years, kicked me out.

I stood up and figured that right now was not the time to be hurt about this. I have new powers, and a new goal. My heart still clenched at the thought of giving up on them but i ignored it. It was what got me here in the first place, so for now all brains and brawn. No touchy-feely crap.

My eyes narrowed as I sensed something.

"Hasn't been more than 24 hours and already something is happening to me? God what luck!" I thought getting in a feral position, my hands and feet prepared to jump anywhere if need be.

A bird flew out of one of the nearby trees and I jumped out of my skin. As much as I was ready to jump anywhere the ground was not apart of that option. Unless you're Kakashi Hatake, and have the sharigan go into the ground unnoticed.

Yeah so I watched an anime, we were in China and I found Tv7 real addicting, do not judge me.

My breathing and heart rate calmed down when I realized that it was nothing to be worried about. I was overreacting, Greaatt.

My stomach growled and I realized that it must have been over a couple of hours since I've last eaten anything. I smiled slightly at the memory of Gazzy trying to, and failing, at sneaking up behind Iggy to steal his last chicken, but my smile left my face becoming replaced with slight scowl at the reminded memory. Even from this far away from them, they were still haunting me and that would not do. In fact, I'll show them. You do not want to mess with someone as scary and menacing as Maximum Ride.

My eyes traveled up to the air as I came up with the new plan, since they won't listen to me, and I know for a fact that they were wrong to kick me out.

A small smile filled my face. Even though they were wrong, and hurt me, I love them, but that doesn't stop me from deciding to get my revenge on them. If they believe that I'm a traitor, why stop them? Even if I was suspicious, and I did go to the School, I had perfect reason to. I would just have to prove them wrong.

My eyes narrowed as I once again felt a presence and heard slight noises from the east. I got into a fighting stance, as the strangers approached. One of them distinctively smelt like n smoke, one smelt like iron, another smelt like cologne and the last smelt like warmth and strawberries.

This did not help me lower my stance.

"They could be potential threats," my thoughts concluded, " Once on the run, always on the run."

My wings twitched to fly open as my flight or fight senses came in. I didn't have time to though as the one that smelt of smoke quickly approached me. My fist clenched and my eyes came into a glare.

The Maximum Ride glare, Angel and the others had called it. I almost got out of my stance due to that one thought but fought against it, just as the person, it seemed, jumped out of the trees.

His unruly, spiky, pink locks was the first thing I noticed, as he asked me, "Who are you? And what are you doing here in Magnolia Mountains?".

Well folks that's about it. Criticism is welcome and ideas are absolutely welcome.

Edited-

June 13, 2018

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