Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride James Patterson does. But I own Riley and the plot.

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I was soaring through the sky beside Fang. I looked at him and he shot one of his rare smiles. This is my family. They care about me and they love me. I looked up ahead of me to see Dodger and her beautiful black and white wings. She had been with us since the sewers in New York. She was one of the mutants that we saved. I knew her from the school I was in and they transported her there. We had been friends since we could talk.

We were on one of are longest flights yet and I had a flash back to when I met Fang.

Flash Back

I was picking at some meat I had hunted a few hours before. The hawks that I lived with in the cave by Lake Mead were staring hungrily. I ripped off half of the chuck of meat I had in my hand and threw it at the smallest and weakest hawk. The bigger ones were making a dive for it and I hissed at them. They backed off and let the little one eat it. I smiled.

I was staring off into the beautiful sky when I seen a pack of hawks coming. Two of them looked to big to be hawks.

"What's that?" I murmured to myself.

They were coming closer until I realized they were heading to the cave I was in. I went to the back of the cave and hid behind the hawk's nests. I hid just in time for they landed on the edge.

The shorter one was a deep mocha color and she had dark curly hair. She looked about eleven or twelve.

The tallest one looked about fourteen. He had dark hair that covered his eyes and wore all black. His face was pale and he looked like my brother that had escaped from the school with Jeb. No, he couldn't be. They went to the Colorado Mountains, which isn't that far away…

Their lips were moving but I wasn't sure what they were saying. The mocha colored one turned to and saw the hawks. I ducked trying not to get seen.

I peeked over the nest and they had their backs turned toward the edge of the cliff. I crept out from behind the nest and opened my mouth to speak.

"Hey. Who are you?" I said with courage. They whipped around with puzzled looks on their face.

The girl opened her mouth to speak but the guy covered her mouth.

" Who are you?" He eyed me suspiciously. Then they looked confused. " Riley?" It is my brother!

" Fang?" The girl looked very confused.

" You guys know each other?"

Fang didn't take the news very well when I told him. He he jumped off the cliff and started flying away.

Flash Back

" He didn't take that to well…" I mumbled to myself. The girl, who I now know is Nudge from the school, scuffed her feet on the ground and started whistling.

" I can't believe your Fang's sister." My attention turned to Nudge. " No offense, but he thought you were dead. He never talks about you. Well he never talks a lot anyway but you know what I mean."

"Well, I better go get him." I unfurled my wings and ran for the edge of the cave. Fang was playing follow the leader with the hawks. He spotted me and started hovering in one spot. I flew over to him.

" So your really alive?" he choked out.

" Well yeah I'm right in front of you flying," I pointed out.

I know Fang wasn't big on smiles but he smiled at the thought of finding his sister.

End of Flash Back

That's how we met. A few other things got thrown around, like me mentioning that Jeb is still alive. That was the biggest.

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Ok, I hope this chapter sounded better than that crappy prologue.