Hey So this is the prologue to Finding New Family. for all of you that had started it the first time sorry. I started this when i was still just starting to write and it wasn't really that good. So i had to redo it. even still i'm not sure it's that good but hey. that's why i'm posting it. i want to hear what you think. and part of the reason it took me so long (next to writers block) was that i was busy kidnapping some of the flock members. they're not awake yet but they probably will be by the time i post my next chapter. so you can expect to her from them sometime. ;) Anyway read and review!

Prologue

"No Max! I'm not falling for it anymore." Iggy yelled. "I'm not stupid Max! I'm blind not deaf! To everyone else the walls may be soundproof but to me there like paper! I can hear you talking! You say you need me and everyone else in The Flock to stay whole but that's not true! You don't need me Max! You say I'm just a liability. That the only thing I can do is build bombs and cook!"

"Iggy that's not true! Come back!" Max yelled, but she knew that she was lying. All The Flock thought that about Iggy. He was just a blind boy. He couldn't fight good, he need help wherever they went. The only things he could do were cook and build bombs.

Iggy knew that Max was lying. He knew that all of the Flock thought he was a liability. He heard them talking when they thought he was asleep. He noticed how Max snapped at him more than before. How Gazzy, Nudge, and Angel ignored him. How Fang would always be glaring at him (He could feel it not see it. He was blind after all). They thought he didn't notice... but he did.

Iggy may have been the bomb maker and the prankster but that didn't mean that he was stupid. It didn't mean he was helpless. He knew something was wrong. He could feel it.

And finally after hearing the rest of The Flock talking that night, he snapped. He'd heard what they thought of him. He'd heard what they suggested they do to get rid of him. And he hated it. He hated them.

So he got up and got his things together as fast and quietly as he could. But even though he had gotten his stuff quietly didn't mean he would leave quietly. As he walked out of his room he slammed the door shut. He didn't mean to but he was pissed and there was nothing he could do about it. The others, having heard the slamming door, went to see what was wrong. But Angel already knew. She was the mind reader after all.

That was how things got to be the way they were right now. Iggy walking across the grass and Max and the others 'trying' to get him to stay. But they knew he wouldn't. He'd found out and he'd finally cracked. They all knew it was just a matter of time before he found out. He would somehow.

Max tried one last time to get Iggy back, even though she was glad he was leaving. "Iggy please. Come back. Don't go." she pleaded. Had Iggy not known the truth he would have believed her. She was great at acting. "NO! Go to hell!" he shouted as he blindly started running before launching himself into the air. He didn't know where he was going. All he knew was that he was going away from here.

No one bothered to go after him. They didn't want him, so why would they. Meanwhile, Iggy was flying blindly. He couldn't see and he didn't know where he was going. But he really didn't care. For all he cared he could be captured and taken back to the school.

And about three or four hours later that almost happened. He had landed in a clearing somewhere to rest. He hadn't been there five minutes when he heard the Erasers. They were to close for him to run though. He knew he wouldn't win. So instead of fighting and losing he just sat there. It'd make it easier for them.

When the Erasers saw him there they thought of sneaking up on him but then just decided to grab him and go. But that wasn't what happened. Though Iggy himself did not fight he had someone who would fight for him. A girl his age with midnight black bright red, forest green, electric blue, chocolate brown, sterling silver, and snow white streaked hair.

The Erasers knew they weren't going to get the boy with her there. She was one very good fighter, trained from a rouge Eraser when she was young. And from what they knew, the Eraser that had trained her was very good. But they weren't sure. Even still, they weren't taking any chances. The boy wasn't that important anyway. They wanted the oldest one of the Flock. Maximum Ride. Not the blind one.

So she didn't really fight them, mostly just scared them off. As soon as they were gone she went over to Iggy. He didn't care if she was going to kill him or take him to the School herself (he could tell by how light the footsteps were that the person was a girl). He just sat there and didn't move. He'd do whatever she wanted.

But he didn't really expect her to crouch down next to him and start talking. "Are you alright?" she asked. Even though he shouldn't have he answered. "I'm fine. They didn't manage to get to me." he said. He heard the girl sigh in what he thought was relief. He wasn't sure. But then he just had to ask one question. "Why did you help me?" he asked.

The girl looked up into his sightless eyes only to realize he was blind. She answered truthfully. "I guess you could say I could tell you've been through to much and I wanted to help you." she said. Iggy was surprised. "But you don't even know me." he said. She chuckled.

"If Erasers are after you then I know we're at least on the same side. Now get up. I've got a little camp not to far from here. I'll take you there and get you something to eat." she said getting up. Iggy got up as well and followed her footsteps. But ended up tripping on a root from a tree. He landed face first and the girl started chuckling.

Iggy tried to glare up at her but ended up laughing as well. He didn't know what was wrong with him but in a way he really didn't care. He just went with the flow. The girl helped him up and then grabbed his hand. "Maybe it would be better if I helped you. That way you don't fall on your face." she said. Again he tried to glare but just ended up laughing.

She walked him to her little camp before remembering something. "And if you wanted to know," she started "my names Shadow." Iggy chuckled. "Mines Iggy." he said. Though he couldn't see it he knew she was smiling. "Well Iggy, it's nice to meet you." she said. They both laughed.

All that happened about four years ago. Iggy wasn't sure why things had happened the way they did but as the next fours years went by he found he didn't care. He found someone, or more like she found him, that didn't think of him as a liability. And when he met the little group she had raised/taken care of, he found his new family.

Then as the first year went by he found he was actually beginning to like Shadow in a different way. Not as a sister or mother or anything like that. More as someone he could spend the rest of his life with. She was starting to think of him in that way too. Even the younger ones of the group thought of the two as parents. Then about a year later they got together. And that's how they'd been ever since. Living life as a little family. Up until now at least.