Hey guys! This fanfic takes place pre Fang and during the beginning of Untamed. Just pretend Aphrodite never lost her mark or her affinity for Earth. I hope you like it :D Review please!
Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride or House of Night.
Max's POV
"Are you going to eat that burger?" Iggy asked Fang, who shoved the burger in his mouth. We all laughed as Iggy glared at Fang, who was grinning like he won the lottery. I grinned like an idiot like I always do when Fang and Iggy bicker. It's just so darn funny seeing Mr. Silence and the blind guy going at it like an old married couple. It makes my day whenever one of these rare things happen.
After a long, long flight from the sunny Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to San Francisco, California to this place called Tulsa, Oklahoma, we were finally eating at a worthy eating place at 4 in the afternoon without being chased.
You guessed it, McDonalds! Who can resist the charm of Mickey D's amazing burgers? I know I certainly can't. You put a couple of those suckers in front of me and they'll be gone before you can say, "I heart McDonald's burgers!"
The flock and I were having an amazing time for once in our pathetic lives. We were all shoving burgers in our mouths like there was no tomorrow, some adults were staring at us like we're insane (I don't blame them at all), and we were actually not trying to save the whole entire freaking world for once! And by the way, all I can say is I'm so happy we're on vacation at the moment, 'cause I'm officially together with Fang. How much better can it get? Certainly for me, not better than that at all!
"Max! OMG, we need to start eating here more often! The food is so good! Maybe we can start our own-
_" Gazzy put one hand over Nudge's mouth and his other hand shoved a burger into his mouth, like the hungry child he is. Correction, like we all are. We all gave him a grateful look for shutting Nudge's high speed motor-mouth. None of us want to listen to the Nudge Channel while eating something edible for once. Total started grumbling to my displeasure from underneath the tiny table.
"I hate wearing this Dog Snuggie everywhere I go," Total complained and I couldn't help but giggle. We bought Total a bright pink Dog Snuggie to put over his wings when we're in public. I have to admit, it made my day seeing Total in that thing. Some things are priceless. One of those things is having a talking and flying dog wrapped up in a Snuggie in a McDonalds in Oklahoma.
"And I love seeing you in that Snuggie," I said laughing with food in my mouth. Total gave me the evil eye, which only made me laugh even harder. The rest of the flock laughed along with me.
I was having a very good day. And do you know what that means when I, Maximum Ride,have a good day? That means that something really awful is going to happen to me, my flock, or my mom. There's no loophole either to that awful truth sadly.
As soon as I shoved my 5th delicious Big Mac in my mouth, I heard a really creepy voice from behind me that made me jump out of my chair and kick the person behind me. Yeah, yeah, I already know I'm paranoid! No need to state the obvious at the moment! I was shocked to find out my foot missed the target. I never miss a target!
"Maximum Ride! Night has chosen thee; thy death will be thy birth. Night calls to thee; hearken to Her sweet voice. Your destiny awaits you at the House of Night!" the creepy voice said as I whirled around to see a guy with a blue crescent moon on his forehead and crazy tattoos on his face. What a creeper this dude is! And I though Jeb was a creeper.
Just about everyone in the room gasped (except for the dumbfounded flock) when he said that, Angel looked terrified, and I said, "Dude, speak English if you want me to understand you!" And then the dude put his thumb on my forehead before I could get a good kick at him and a piercing pain entered my head.
"Holy crap! What the hell do you think you're doing you son of a-" I yelled, and then stopped when I remembered my personal promise not to curse in front of Angel. Don't want a cussing 7 year old in my presence. It's not a pretty sound to my over sensitive ears.
The pain was almost enough to make me pass out, but since it wasn't nearly as bad as a brain attack, I didn't. Actually, this was a breeze on a warm summer day compared to my brain attacks.
When I opened my eyes to glare at the dude, the creeper was gone. What the heck? He speaks some foreign language, puts his thumb on my forehead (which really hurt), and he just freaking runs off. Like I said, he's a creeper. Everyone in the room was backing away from me like I was a disease. How heart-warming these people are! Angel was pale in the face and the flock (except Iggy who looked confused) was staring at my forehead. I frowned at the flock then glared at the rest of the room.
"What's your problem? Why are you all staring at me like that?" I snarled at the people in the room, and actually 2 people ran out the door. Lovely. Then I caught my reflection on a shiny surface, and saw an outlined sapphire crescent moon on my forehead.
"What the hell?" I exclaimed at my reflection. I've got no clue about what the heck is going on. All he did was put his thumb on my forehead, it really hurt, and now suddenly there's this weird thing on my head.
After I saw my reflection, a dark haired girl with a stuck up looking blonde chic following behind her came up to us (or should I say me). Angel relaxed a little bit when they came over. Huh? Now I'm officially confused.
"You've been Marked," the dark haired girl said year old said, by the sound of it, speaking from experience. The blonde just rolled her eyes. I frowned in confusion.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" I snarled, confused. The girl gave me a look of disbelief that would've made me laugh my freaking head if I wasn't so confused.
"You don't know? You've just been Marked as a vampyre fledgling," the girl said like it made all the sense in the world. Earth to person! It makes no freaking sense to moi!
I snorted. "Vampires aren't real," I retorted, and the 2 girls looked disbelieving that I even said that. They aren't real, right?
"Where have you been your whole fucking life life, in a dumpster?" the blonde retorted and flipped her hair, and I couldn't help but roll my eyes back at her.
"Close enough," I responded with no sarcasm, and then I started coughing. Wait, just hold on a darn second. Me, the freaking genetically enhanced Maximum Ride, coughing?
"What the hell is going on?" I said in between coughs. The dark haired girl looked worried, and the blonde looked like she didn't give a damn about me. I didn't give a damn about her either.
"We need to get you to the House of Night before you die," the dark haired girl said. I looked at all of the expressions the flock was wearing; Fang looked shocked and worried, which I thought the last words "before you die" caused. Angel looked sad, but still kind of relieved that these girls were here. Iggy looked confused at what the heck was going on. Nudge's eyes were wide at the mention of "vampire." Gazzy was grinning as like what was happening was the coolest thing in the world. Total was wagging his tail by my feet, but I could see panic in his eyes.
"Just hold on a darn second, I've got no clue what the hell is going on. You want me to go with you, but I don't even freaking know your names!" I snarled at them, followed by a cough attack. Now I know why people hate coughing so much. It hurts your chest a lot.
"My name's Zoey," the dark haired girl said.
"It's Aphrodite, and don't you forget it" the blonde said. I grinned.
"Are you the love goddess? I've wanted to meet you for a long time," I told Aphrodite sarcastically, and she gave a dry grin.
"It feels good to be recognized by someone less fortunate," she said back, sarcastically. As stuck up as Aphrodite looks, I can tell we're going to be getting along just fine. Zoey looked exasperated at our sarcastic exchange.
"C'mon! We have to go before she dies!" Zoey said to Aphrodite like I wasn't even there. Good to know I'm loved by all. I hugged everyone in the flock quickly, trying to avoid an emotional scene, which I really hate.
"I guess I'm leaving. Stay in the area. I'll keep in touch somehow." I told the flock, not wanting an emotional goodbye scene. Heck, it's probably not even goodbye. I have no clue what the heck is going on except for the fact I was Marked as a "fledgling vampyre" whatever the hell that means. I followed the 2 girls out of McDonalds before the flock could protest my exodus. Did I really just say exodus? Just pretend I said "leave." I don't want to sound like freaking Total.
I followed them around town for about 10 minutes until we finally got to this castle looking place, and they guided me through an odd trapdoor in the wall. When we were through the wall, we walked through the courtyard into the place. I couldn't help but think what the hell is this place? Hey, at least I wasn't coughing!
We moved through the big halls in the place for a while, then we saw this lady with waist length auburn hair taking a stroll in the halls for no apparent reason.
"Neferet! We found a new fledgling in McDonalds," Zoey called over to the lady, and the lady turned around and faced us.
The lady named Neferet looked at me and smiled warmly like a mom would. She looked perfect, acted perfect, and I could not see one thing wrong about her perfect self. I decided I did not like this lady one teensy bit! Knowing these types of people, she's probably hiding something really big and dark. What do you know, maybe I'm not done saving the world. That's just great (note the sarcasm)!
Do not trust Neferet, Maximum, for she is hiding something dark. You must put a stop to all of her evil plans. For your information, she can read other peoples' minds, but not yours, so do not confide in others except Zoey and Aphrodite, the Voice said, mysterious as ever, confirming what I thought about Neferet plus the mind reading thing. Oh, so you don't have a voice inside your head? You can get them cheap at Wal-Mart!
"Oh hello there! I'm Neferet, the High Priestess of the Tulsa House of Night. I'm sure you know about everything, since you were led here by 2 informative fledglings." she said in her perfect little voice of hers. When she said Zoey's name, I saw with my raptor vision pure hate register on her perfect face of hers, just for a fraction of a second, and then she went back to that lovely dovey expression she probably always wore. I wonder what Zoey did that got her so ticked off. I think I like Zoey too if she actually got on Neferet's nerves.
"Yes, I was greatly informed," I said in the most truthful voice I could manage, since they told me nothing. And I know absolutely nothing about whatever the hell is going on here.
Neferet smiled warmly and said, "That's great! You will be Aphrodite's roommate. Aphrodite will show you to her room." Aphrodite didn't like the sound of that, but she hid it pretty well.
"Sure thing, Neferet," she said, and started walking the other way. I followed her and Zoey followed behind me. I could tell by body language they did not like Neferet, and Neferet did not like them. We walked in silence for a while.
When we got to the girls dorm and into my new room, all I could think was, "Wow Aphrodite, this looks like the set of Gossip Girl," I said aloud, and spotted one section of the room that was blank, and I saw a bed there. I guess I found my lovely looking bed.
"Thanks for the marvelous compliment. Now, it would be nice if you could tell us your name," Aphrodite retorted.
"You're very welcome, and my name is Max. If you want me to spell it out for you, it's M-A-X," I replied sarcastically, and Aphrodite looked at Zoey.
"I like this girl," she told Zoey, and Zoey frowned. I threw my head back and laughed.
"If I had a nickel for every time I heard that, I'd be one nickel richer." I said laughing. Zoey frowned again.
"The school only needs one Aphrodite to make their lives miserable," Zoey said frowning. Aphrodite and I both laughed this time. Jeez, who knew I could ever be a soul twin of a stuck up girl like Aphrodite. If we were even soul twins. We probably are since she is sarcastic, rude, impolite, blonde, tough, and truthful. Remind you of someone we know?
"Well if they stay out of my way, I'll probably cut them some slack," I said sarcastically. With me here wings and all, heck, no one's going to get close to me without a kick or an insult. Aphrodite gave me a high-five. Zoey frowned again.
"I guess this school found their second set of soul twins," Zoey said sadly shaking her head. Aphrodite looked disgusted at what Zoey said.
"Don't compare us to those traitorous nerds!" Aphrodite complained, and I got confused.
"Can you please explain to me what's going on? I've got no fucking clue what the hell is going on. And how can Neferet read minds? Somehow, she can't get into my head," I explained, using cuss words since Angel was not around. Zoey and Aphrodite looked at me shocked.
"How do you know about Neferet? Know what, we'll just tell you everything," Aphrodite said, then launched into full story about everything that has happened to both of them in the past couple months.
They actually had a lot to say, like about how Neferet is creating these undead fledglings, Zoey's "friends" and "boyfriends" turning traitor on her, how Zoey is really gifted by the goddess Nyx, and about the killings of 2 teachers, one of them Neferet's lover and the person who Zoey lost her virginity to. The most interesting part about their story was about Zoey's best friend Stevie Rae and how she came back from the dead and now some type of new vampyre.
After they were done explaining, I whistled dramatically, and compared in my mind who has it worse; me or them. Then I remembered the handful of glimpses from my childhood I didn't force away from my memory, then I decided I had it worse.
"You've got a lot of stuff on your hands, but I must say not nearly as much as I went through," I retorted, and I cannot believe I just said that out loud to 2 strangers I don't know personally, if you don't count how freakishly alike Aphrodite and I are. From their adventures, I figured out we're freakishly similar despite Aphrodite being a ho and me having wings. Zoey, once again, looked at me in disbelief and Aphrodite just rolled her eyes and said, "Sure it is. Why don't you tell us and I'll be the judge of that."
I mentally face palmed myself for what I was about to do next, "I'll keep your Victoria's Secret if you keep mine." I said and jumped up from off the bed and started to unzip my jacket. Zoey looked confused, but Aphrodite caught on right away.
"Whatever it is that's so important you have to tell and show us, I'd rather hear the story first, then the evidence," she said, and I clapped for drama.
"You're good, I give you that," I told Aphrodite, and then launched into my life story like this is some weird soap-opera. Heck, I think it is a soap-opera.
A/N LOL, I'm going to be honest here, when I read House of Night I couldn't help but think Aphrodite is kind of like Max except for the ho-ish thing she has. I mean, c'mon! They're both sarcastic and rude and stuff, so I had the idea that they should be like soul twins like Erin and Shaunee XD I thought it would be an interesting twist XD What do you guys think about this chapter? Review please! :D