Chapter One =D

We were flying over Washington, heading to Hawaii. Hawaii was our destination, but we were taking a detour to annoy the Voice. I still didn't know who it was, but whoever they were annoyed me to death. Literally! With all the brain attacks and strange images and saving the world stuff, I was surprised to even be alive.

Nudge flew above me and asked, "Can we please stop? I feel so tired and hungry! Maybe tomorrow we can go shopping in Seattle or something, please, Max?"

I turned to Fang, who was silently flying behind me. He shrugged and I took a look at the rest of the flock. Angel looked half-dead, Gazzy was not much better. Iggy had extremely dark circles under his eyes, almost looking like I had given him a black eye. Total was snoozing away in the carrier.

I rolled my eyes when I saw Total. His wings were almost big enough. He could fly on his own for a while. But he when he's tired from flying, he drops like a rock. We carried him most of the way, but he flew part of it, too.

"Fine, but only tonight and tomorrow morning." The Flock cheered. I looked around once more, noting that we definitely needed new clothes. Angel's clothes were practically rags. She carried her small bear still too, I noticed.

We saw a small clearing, and landed. It looked like a meadow, with wildflowers and large trees surrounding us. I smiled, thinking it was perfect, water nearby and trees to sleep on. We all sat down, resting our wings.

I stood up a few minutes later, my wings pulling up against my back. I walked out of the clearing and to the sound of water, canteen in hand. I found the water, filled up the canteen and hurried back to the flock.

When I returned, the flock was doing their own things. Nudge was going through her backpack, taking everything out. Angel was lying on her back, holding her bear and Total to her side, both were looking at the clouds darkening, and the stars start showing. Fang was checking his blog. Gazzy and Iggy were huddled together, talking about new bombs they want to build, probably. I walked over to my backpack and sat down.

Nudge came over to me and asked, "Max, can I go wash my laundry? It smells funny and is covered in dirt and mud and blood on some stuff and I really want something to be clean for when we go shopping tomorrow so we don' t stand out and-" I silenced her with a raise of my hand.

"Yea, that might be a good idea. Maybe we can hurry and do that before the sun sets," I said, "OK, Everyone! Grab your clothes and follow me!"

Everyone quickly emptied their backpacks and grabbed clothing to be washed. I stood up, clothes in hand and we hurried to the little river. We took turns washing clothes, boys first, then girls. Iggy still had some soap in his bag, so we used that to get the stains and blood out.

Once everything was clean, I laid out the non-embarrassing clothing on tree branches. The rest was thrown into my backpack, almost dried anyways. Once everyone's clothes were on trees, drying, we began to clear some grass to make a fire. Iggy, Gazzy, and Nudge went to look for some non-wet wood (It rained here like crazy!) and Angel and I looked for some rocks. Fang was watching to make sure no one came to our campsite and was clearing some branches and grass to make a small fire pit.

Angel and I found a lot of decent sized rocks and walked back to the clearing. Fang sat there, typing a new entry into his blog when we arrived. He finished and began to help us get the rocks into a circle formation. Iggy, Gazzy and nudge came a few minutes later, sticks and branches in hand. We finally got small fire going.

I opened my backpack and pulled out some pop-tarts and bread. I searched for some more food, realizing after a minute that it was all we had left. I thanked Nudge in my head for convincing me to let us go shopping the next day. I turned to the flock, everyone staring at me.

"Sorry, guys. This is all we have left," I said distributing out pop-tarts and pieces of bread for everyone. "When we go shopping tomorrow, we'll get more food and stuff, OK?"

Everyone nodded grumpily and stuck their food on their branches, sticking it over the fire. We all ate in silence, thinking about different things. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Angel laughed. We all looked at her, and she laughed even harder.

"Ang, what's so funny?" I asked.

"How everyone is thinking about different things and suddenly everyone thought of the same thing! It happened at the same time even!" she said through fits of laughter.

I instantly started blushing, and turned to look at Fang. He looked at me and then looked at the fire, staring at it intently as if to kill it. I looked around at the flock, Iggy shaking with silent laughter, Gazzy staring wide-eyed at Fang and I, Nudge smiling at me.

We had all thought, at the same moment apparently, about Fang and I, finally admitting that we liked each other. How we all thought about it at the same time confused me, but it happened. I knew that he liked me, but did everyone know that I liked him? Was it that obvious?

"Yea, Max. Sorry, it is," Angel said aloud breaking into my thoughts. I nodded and began making some space for me to sleep. I lay on my back, looking at the stars. I tried counting them, but after a while, it became impossible to remember if I had counted a certain star or not. I looked around, checking on the flock. Everyone was asleep, except for Iggy, who had first watch.

"Max, it's OK. We're not mad at you guys or something. In fact, I know that everyone would be happy if you two finally stared to be an 'item'," he said to me, making quotations with his fingers.

"Thanks, Ig, but I'm not sure if he even would think of me as his girlfriend," I lied. Instantly, my head filled with the memories of when Fang and I kissed. Sure, there were only a few, but they seemed to last a lifetime in my head.

"Whatever you say, Max," Iggy said.

I looked up at the stars again, and sleep finally began to call my name. I opened the door and let sleep come right in.

I woke up to someone shaking me and saying my name softly. I opened my eyes and Fang was right up in my face. I would've jumped, but I was lying down. He said, "Your turn to watch," and he quickly tiptoed back to his spot and laid down, his back to me and the fire. I sat up and looked around, checking on the flock and checking the fire. I added some more branches to it and just sat there, staring at it and thinking.

Would the flock really be OK if Fang and I finally were together? I began to think about what would happen to us and the flock if we were together, got married…how happy we all would be. Fang and I, married, the flock living with us, or with their own families, but they would be our neighbors, of course. How I could adopt Angel and Gazzy, maybe even Nudge. My mind went in circles, taking it all in.

But what if it doesn't work out? What if he fell in love with another girl?' The Voice said, breaking into my thoughts.

I know Fang. I know he wouldn't do that.

But he left you before. He could do it again.

He promised he wouldn't. Fang isn't the kind to break promises. I know that. Now, will you get out of my head? I really hate you.

I know you hate me, but one day, you'll thank me for helping you.

How are you helping me? All you do is annoy and frustrate and HURT me!

There was no response, and my headache began to ease some. I hated it whenever the Voice talked to me, how it always gave me half answers and a huge headache.

Next time, I'll give the Voice a piece of my mind, well, not literally.

Everyone woke up, stretched and began to grab their clothes. We all got ready for the day and I had somehow managed to get Nudge's, Angel's and my hair into ponytails. It was a miracle, and I was very proud of myself. Fang walked out of the trees, looked at my hair and then went over to Iggy and Gazzy and began helping them put out the fire. I turned to Angel, and she looked at me, and smiled.

What is he thinking? I thought, hoping she would be listening in my head.

She came over to me and whispered in my ear, "He likes your hair like that."

Oh…

Iggy suddenly turned and looked up at the sky. "Flyboys! But where did they come from? Didn't we destroy Itex, and the school?"

"Yea, but the Chinese wanted us, remember? I think that the School gave them Flyboys and now they're sending them to get us," said Nudge.

"Well, let's give them a reason to not send them after us anymore!" I said as I jumped into the air. My wings snapped out and I turned to the flock, doing the same. We began to prepare ourselves for the fight ahead.

The Flyboys saw us and suddenly began to fly over 200 miles an hour to get us. Our eyes widened at how suddenly they were there, and they began to come at us. My fist flicked out, trying to smash one in the neck, but my hand bounced off, breaking in the process. I looked at the one I had punched, seeing that it left no mark.

"(Insert swear word here)" I said.

I suddenly attacked the thing, hitting everywhere I could see, trying to find a weak spot, ignoring the pain in my hand. I finally found one, below the neck on the back.

"Hit below the neck on the back!" I shouted, and instantly Flyboys began to fall, and explode, like bombs. No, they landed on bombs, thanks to Iggy and Gazzy putting them around the site while they were looking for branches.

I began taking them on, proving I was a challenge. Proving we all were challenges. We began to gain victory points, winning with every hit. They hardly touched us now!

Suddenly, I was yanked downward, a Flyboy pulling my leg. I kicked him in the spot and he suddenly fell like a rock, taking me with him. He had dug his nails into my leg, and now I couldn't get my leg free. I kicked and tried to fly, but his weight was too much. I called, "FANG!" as I disappeared into the trees. I grabbed at braches along the way, trying to stop me from falling to my death, but it made it worst, dislocating my shoulder, and nearly snapping a wing in half. I finally caught a branch, breaking my leg from the weight, and we stopped falling, but I knew I could only hang on for so long.

Fang was suddenly there, and he got the Flyboy off my leg in no time. I popped my shoulder in, wincing in pain, and turned to Fang. "Let's go!"

We broke through the trees and went back to fighting. I knew it was probably not smart to fight with my broken bones, but I had to protect the flock. They were my family.

The Flyboys suddenly got the message and retreated. They hurried away, flying at 200 miles an hour. I turned to the flock and I check for their damage. The worst they had was a nosebleed. We began to get gone, flying over the clearing in the process.

Finally, the pain came, making me pass out and dropping down to the clearing, where 2 people saw me. I hit the ground and the last thing I saw (50 feet above me) and said was "Fang…."

Edward's POV

Bella and I were going to the meadow today. We were going to finish planning what is going to happen at the wedding and where. I was a little concerned about when she wanted to fulfill her demand and be changed. I raced through the trees, and when we got to the meadow, we knew that people had been there very recently. There was a giant fire pit in the middle, and there was evidence that people had slept there on the grass. I looked through the trees, using all my vampire senses to detect if they were still here. They were, but they weren't close. I couldn't really hear their thoughts, but I could tell where they were.

Bella looked around, confused and a little upset. "Why did someone destroy our meadow?"

I walked over to her, hugged her and kissed her on the forehead. I knew that she was over-reacting slightly, but I knew how to fix it. I ran into the forest quickly, finding some wild grass, and running back to the meadow, putting the grass into the pit. I tried to make it look like it wasn't very new, but the grass was a shade lighter. Bella walked up and smiled at me.

"Now no one can come and dig up this. It's even more special now," she said, " and I didn't know that you were a gardener, too. Another thing you're better at than me."

I sat down and pulled her into my lap. I suddenly sensed that the people where coming back, in fact walking right through here again. I decided not to run away with Bella, because I knew she would want to tell them about proper camping. I turned to her and said, "They're coming back."

"Well, let them come. I want to talk to them…"she said trailing off.

We waited for them to walk through, but they seemed to just invisibly walk through. I couldn't read their minds, but I knew they were there. I looked around, slightly disturbed by the fact that they were here, but not really.

I didn't realize that they could be above me. Suddenly, a figure landed on the ground with a thud. I jumped up, holding Bella in the form of a ball in my arms. She looked at the thing, jaw dropping. I looked at the creature, knowing it wasn't human. It was a young girl, maybe in her early teens. She had brown hair, blood on her face, and wings on her…. wait, WINGS?

I took a step towards her, before a young boy landed. He had black wings, and stared at me hard, saying, "If you know what's good for you, forget this and walk away. Tell no one, or you will regret it."

I nearly took his advice until I saw the young girl's leg. I knew it was broken and it was bleeding badly.

"I can help her. I'm a doctor and so is my father," I said, but the boy suddenly jumped at me. I ran off to the side and he stopped, turning and he seemed slightly surprised by my speed. I noticed that 4 other kids landed, surrounding the girl. The littlest one suddenly said, "Itex has nothing to do with them. I can read that."

"Read what?" Bella asked.

The little girl just stood there, staring at Bella. "I'm not an angel, but thanks for the comparison," she said with a smile.

The black haired boy suddenly turned to the girl and she looked down, saying, "Sorry. She was wondering if I was an angel."

"Wait, you can read her mind?" I asked, shocked.

"Yea, but why can't you?"

I would've fainted, but that's kinda impossible when you're a vampire.

"WHAT?" the little girl shouted. She turned to the boy, fear in her eyes. "He might drink Max's blood!"

The group suddenly went into action. The red-headed boy suddenly grabbed the girl's arms, turning to the little black girl and said, "Only her left. The right is broken." The girl grabbed her leg and they lifted the girl from the ground. I could suddenly sense Carlisle and Alice coming. I had to distract the kids so-

"NO! NO VAMPIRE DOCTORS!" the little girl screamed. The group suddenly was in the air. They began to fly fast, away from Bella and I.

I thought for a minute, and then said as loud as I could, "But we're the good kind! We can feed you and let you stay at our house!" I wanted to add that Bella was human, but the little girl stopped and she turned to me. She began diving at the ground in front of me, but she landed gracefully.

"Really?"

I nodded, not sure what she was asking. She smiled a small smile at me and turned to the group, who were starting to sort of float back to us. The black haired boy landed roughly behind the girl and grabbed her arm, squatting down to her size and looked into her eyes. She nodded and looked at me. The boy turned to me and said, "You will not hurt her, you understand? If she is tested on or if anything else happens, we're gone."

I nodded and turned to greet Carlisle and Alice. They walked into the meadow, staring at the visitors. The two carrying the girl landed and set the girl on the ground carefully. She was still unconscious, but when they set her on the ground, she let out a moan.

Carlisle hurried over to her, his bag in hand, and the bird kids let him through. The boy hurried over to the girl, running over to her. The little girl turned to me and said, " He loves her. My name is Angel. Nice to meet you, Bella and Edward." She smiled at us sweetly, but I wasn't sure if I could trust her. It was just a feeling.

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