This is my first FanFic so go easy on me please!
PS some characters may be a little OC!
This is mostly about Max's POV but there are going to be a few others in the different chapters as we go along!
Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride, or OHSHC
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MAX'S POV
I didn't know what had happened. One second I was flying, the next I was falling. Not surprisingly, I didn't make a sound. I knew I was shot in my right wing, and, before you ask, no, I don't mean a plane, or a hang glider. I meant MY wing. 14 feet across, a mass of light brown, white and dark brown feathers. I'm just glad I was swooping at the time. I was only about 20 feet above a very prestigious school known as Ouran Academy, a huge complex of pearly pink halls and towers that made up an elementary, middle, and high school. And why was I, Maximum Ride, the infamous girl who hated school and, for that matter, normal people (besides Mom and Ella, of course) at this prestigious school you ask? Well I'll tell ya it's because of the voice. Again. Unfortunately Mr. Voice forgot to tell I'd be shot at. My wing hurt tremendously, but I'd be hurt even more if I didn't stop myself before I hit the ground. I opened my wings a bit more to slow my fall, brain whirling, trying to find a solution. I looked around quickly, and seeing a window just below me I angled towards it. Would anybody be in there? I wondered. It was almost 7 o'clock so I figured it would be fine. Who would want to be at school at all, let alone at night? 2 seconds before I hit the window I threw my legs forward and covered my face so I wouldn't get glass in my eyes. I hit the window and blasted right through, rolling over my shoulder to soften the blow of landing. I was really surprised. You remember when I said that I thought everyone would be gone? I couldn't have been more wrong.
HARUHI'S POV
I was just finishing wiping off the last of my tables with a soapy cloth, and was getting ready to leave when the twins came up right behind me.
"Haruhi," they said in unison,
"We're coming to your house today, and there's nothing you can do about it!" again in unison, with the same mischievous smirk. I had been expecting this, because they had been begging all day. My face must have said so.
"Awww, Haruhi, do you really hate us that much? You can be..." Hikaru whined, bending over until his face was level with mine.
"…so mean to us sometimes..." Kaoru finished, peering over his brother's shoulder.
"It's not that; where'd you get that idea? You know what my house is like. You'll just get bored and break something."
The twins opened their mouths for a reply, to assure me that they wouldn't break anything, and then something broke. That something was the window next to me, and my grasp on reality. This… has to be a dream… I thought, as I blacked out with a tall, winged teenage girl standing over me.
MAX'S POV
The window blew inward, because of how hard my feet hit it. As I fell pathetically the ground I rolled over my shoulder to lessen the pain that would come to my wing. I then stood up, wincing from the pain in my wing. Looking around me to see… 2 shocked boys and 1 extremely shocked, so shocked in fact that she had passed out, girl. Or wait, had I hit her when I came in? My landing had felt soft… but, why is she wearing a boy's uniform? Huh.
Well they already saw me anyway, and I can't just fly away, my wing is too damaged. Ah what the hell, I thought. I strolled calmly over to a trolley, keeping one eye on the students. I grabbed one of the cloths on the trolley that was still damp and slowly looked at the hole in my wing. It was damn huge, bigger than any I had seen before. I sighed. I guess it would take longer than 3 days to heal after all. Well at least now I wouldn't have to dig the bullet out. It had torn straight through all the tissue and muscle, right in the center of my wing. Damn. I touched the cloth to my injury as gently as I could, and almost screamed. Double damn! I'm just glad these people are all still in shock. Glancing over, I dabbed the wound again this time the pain was bearable. The girl in a boy's uniform was apparently just waking up. The two boys were both beside her and had almost forgotten about me, I hoped. The one was cradling her head, sending worried glances to the other. So if I could just sneak out, and everyone would believe they were crazy… Unfortunately, (it being my life after all) as soon as I took the first step, she woke up.
"Haruhi! Are you all right?" The one cradling her head asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Kaoru. Who is she?"
"You're not alright. I'm Hikaru."
"Sorry, sorry. WHO IS SHE?"
All 3 of them turned to me again. I froze. Both boy's faces' were the same. Must be twins, I thought. As soon as the one on the right was about to speak so I cut him off and said,
"So why is she in a boy's uniform when she's clearly a girl?"
Their shocked faces were totally comical, they looked almost more shocked then when I busted through the window. I couldn't help myself, I burst out laughing. Which only made them more shocked. They sat like that, shell shocked and staring, for, like, another minute until I figured I had finished washing my wound and laughing. Satisfied, I threw my cloth in to the water bucket and looked around.
"Yo, do you guys have like a first aid kit or something I can use?" I asked and raised an eyebrow.
HARUHI'S POV
I felt myself finally waking up and looked up into the twins concerned faces' staring at me. Hikaru asked me if I was ok, and I called him Kaoru for the fun of it. But then he looked even more worried, and I felt bad, but was distracted by the fact that there was a winged girl standing behind them. Then I just started smiling because it was all just a dream. A big, fat dream. Until I heard the words:
"So why she is in a boy's uniform when she's clearly a girl?"
Then I snapped up so I was sitting, and realized it wasn't just a dream. Fat, lazy or otherwise. Right in front of me there was a girl with wings, who was clearly shot but seemingly didn't care, nonchalantly asking why I was in a boy's uniform. Processing this we just stared at her for the first minute and a half wondering if she was really there. Then she threw her cloth in the tub looking satisfied and asked if she could use a first aid kit. None of us answered. We just all sat staring. Not believing our eyes, until she walked over to us, all 3 of us sitting super close together not moving and waved her hands wildly in front of our faces.
"Umm hello bleeding to death here, you guys ok?"
Hearing that I instantly snapped out of it a started sputtering before I jumped up and ran to the other room to get a first aid kit, still processing what I had just saw. I grasped a first aid kit from a supply closet with the Ootori family stamp on it. She had…wings. I wasn't imagining it, right? Hikaru and Kaoru had seen it too... Ah! First aid, well, first, and wonder second! I yanked the kit off the shelf and scurried out to the main room. When I opened the large door to the room both of the twins were already talking, probably interrogating, her.
MAX'S POV
As soon as the girl left the room they both walked over to me, one on each side and examined my wings even though they were tucked in.
"Would you guys like to see my wings?" I asked, surprisingly politely, when what I really meant to say was 'take a picture it will last longer', with a sneer, preferably. Hmm am I losing my touch? I thought as they nodded, both still so surprised they were silent.
"Ok, I'll show you, but it will hurt a lot for me, so I'm going to need your help getting my backpack off, ok?" I said, because of course, I just had to wear my backpack on this side of my back today. They both nodded again.
"What's with you guys? Are you mutes? Do you have names?" I asked through clenched teeth, as I unfurled my wings.
"Oh we're sorry, I guess that was impolite huh?" They said at the same time.
"I'm Hikaru" the one on my left said
"And I'm Kaoru" the one on my left said.
"The girl who was just in here is Haruhi." said the first one again, walking towards me to help with the backpack. Hmm. Ok, I thought the one with the slightly fuller bottom lip is Hikaru and the one with the almost invisible beauty spot on the eyebrow is Kaoru. Good. At least now I can tell you apart, although I guess I'm cheating with my hawk like eyes, but whatever. I clenched my teeth even tighter as the back pack passed the spot where I was shot and hit the floor beside me.
"I'm Max" I said as I shifted my wings waiting for bandage, just as Haruhi came running back into the room, handing me the first aid kit. She instantly spun around again and started talking to Hikaru and Kaoru, while still watching my every move. I opened up the kit and took out the gauze before quickly applying it to my shoulder. I finished by wrapping it with a bandage and pulling my wings in. It hurt just as much, but pain killers would have to wait. I grabbed my backpack and pulled out my laptop and my large, baggy windbreaker, jacket. Once I had the jacket zipped up I stuffed the laptop back inside the backpack and through over my shoulder before starting to walk away, ignoring the other occupants of the room.
Go find an apartment to rent, you will be staying for a while, said the voice, startling me.
What!? I hissed loudly inside my head (wait is that even possible?).
Get an apartment! It said again, urgently.
Yeah, yeah, I got you the first time, but how am I supposed to pay!? It seemed like I had to spell everything out for this stupid… thing.
You have your MAX card from the scientists!
Yeah, but can't they track that? I asked questioningly, although I knew what was coming.
NO MAXIMUM they can't! This always happened too. The voice would make me look like an idiot to whatever type of… thing can read minds. Like Angel.
And rent a big one! You will need the flock for this one.
What! But I haven't seen the flock in like, 6 months since they found their families! I can't just tear them away from that?! No response.
Voice? Hello?
Damn. But then again the voice was never wrong. I snapped out of it and walked back in the door I just came from, startling Hikaru, Kaoru and Haruhi, who were all hiding behind a couch with their legs tucked up, whispering about, well, me, probably.
"Hey you guys know where I can rent any large apartments?" I asked.
Two pairs of hazel and one pair of chocolate eyes blinked up at me.
"Hello? Mute twins?"
"Well there are some next to our house, but you probably couldn't afford it…" said Kaoru.
"Thanks, Kaoru, but I know I can afford it. Would you mind showing me how to get there please?" I asked but got no response, and they were all staring at me
"What?" I asked self-consciously, running my question over in my head and deciding it wasn't out of the ordinary.
"For 1) you could tell us apart…"
"For 2) you know you can afford it?"
I sighed "Yes, I can you apart, it's not that hard, and yes I know I can afford it. Please just show me the way. I am super tired and would love to get this out of the way." I said, just realizing how tired I was.
"Ok, Max. We can set you up with a deal in about half an hour" The two of them said in unison, smiling, for some reason.
Pulling out cell phones, both punched in numbers on speed dial and turned their backs to make some calls.
And wow, they weren't exaggerating. It was only 33 minutes and I already had a key in my hand and was walking into a brand new, fully furnished, huge apartment that the landlady still couldn't believe I could afford. But I told her I was 19 instead of 16 and I think she only believed me because of how tall I am. Hikaru, Kaoru and I just finished looking around, Haruhi went home earlier so her dad didn't worry. Everything had worked out fine. The three of them had promised to keep my… birdness a secret, and I was actually glad, too, because that meant I wouldn't have to be avoiding the twins, my new neighbors.
"So…" Hikaru said, and I turned towards him, only to spin around as Kaoru asked,
"Are you actually 19?"
I laughed, "No way! I'm only 16, how old are you guys?"
"We're sixteen too." They said at the same time, voices rising in interest.
"So, tell me again, why does Haruhi wear a boy's uniform?"
They smiled. "It's a long story…"
We had sat their talking for hours, but since I still didn't trust easily we pretty much only talked until about around 10:30, that and they had school in the morning. They walked home; we only lived minutes away from each other now. I smiled at this for some reason, before crawling into bed with the laptop Fang had given me as a parting gift. Time to get reacquainted with the flock. I logged on, discovering 32 messages I hadn't seen yet, and because I was in a good mood, I decided to read them all before I went to bed.
YAY IT'S DONE!
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