Hello readers of FanFiction.

I bring a new story that I made up while I was in the car driving down to some place in the middle of the country.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Maximum Ride characters, but I do own the ones that you've never seen before.

Chapter One

Hey, I'm Ellie.

This may come as a shock to you, but I'm no ordinary character. You see I have wings, 'cause I'm 2% bird. Weird, huh?

Anyway, I suppose you want to know how I got to be this way.

You do?

Aww, that's sweet.

So, I was born here in England, the North East to be precise, in Sunderland Royal Hospital. I was kidnapped by some scientists, but they weren't your run of the mill, find out how we can save the planet scientists, they were genetics scientists. Who had grafted bird DNA into me when I was in my Mam's belly. It's all complicated stuff you know.

Anyway, they had kidnapped another kid along with me, who had also had bird DNA grafted into his genes. He's called 568XLNK95, also known as Link.

They told his Mam that he had died of this random disease, so she was kinda dropped off the map.

So, they took us to this place called the Lab, which is basically a laboratory funnily enough.

They experimented on us for 3 years, seeing how we could fight and endure stuff, I don't remember it all, I was so young.

My Mam, in the meantime, had not believed that I had died, as that is what they told her. She spent hours and hours searching for us on the internet, demanding to see records of who had signed our death papers and such.

She found that the Doctor, who had treated me, had not signed those papers. A man called Jeb Batchelder had signed them.

You should know that when my Mam gets her head into things, she doesn't let them go until she's finished what she was meant to do.

This is what saved Link and I from torture.

Or worse.

My Mam, who is a Biomedical Scientist (a microbiologist), somehow got the Lab to let her in, so she could run some "tests". They let her in and she quickly found Link and I in a dog crate together.

Claiming that we were dead, she put us on a gurney and told us to be very still, as she covered us with a white sheet and took us to the morgue.

From there, she took us out to her car, hid us in her boot and drove as fast as she could home, to her 4 floor house of her dreams.

Upon walking into her home, she gave us food, and told us that we were safe. She told me that she was my Mam, but she didn't know what happened to Link's, so she told him that he would stay there with her.

She gave us our own huge rooms on the top floor, which have huge bay windows. It was heaven.

After a few days, she took us to the hospital, and told them to remove the chips that had been newly planted in our arms. The chips, which were probably tracking devises, were surgically removed and burnt.

Ever since then, Link and I have lived with my Mam in this house, safe from whatever it is that should be after us. I think that they have given up trying to get us back after 11 years.

We are safe here, and we always will be.

Of course, being a mutant has its advantages, like say, wings, and other superhuman abilities.

Link can run faster than anything, he can even break the sound barrier, it's so cool. And of course, he has super-mutant strength. What I mean by this is, he is weirdly stronger than I am, and I'm pretty strong. Stronger than your average man, I bet.

I can read minds and I have telekinesis powers. It's a lazy-mans dream.

So, I think that you know how I came to live here in not-too-sunny Sunderland with my best friend Link.

Lets get on with this thing.

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Two windows opened on the top floor of the house, and Link and I jumped out, freefalling for a few seconds and then unfurling our wings, catching the air and making us surge upwards. It's the best feeling in the world, I promise you.

So, we were off to where we usually went at night, Tunstall Hill, to fly around and basically have a bit of fun.

We were soaring after each other, huge smiles on our faces, which were lit by the full moon.

It was a clear night, just how we like it. We were dressed in black, as usual, as we flew after each other.

Somehow, Link managed to pull off my jeans, which sent my Vans falling to the ground, where they hit the grass with a soft thud.

"Link! You absolute TWAT!" I shouted, as he flew away, my black skinny jeans in his hand.

I was left in my underwear and the black long-sleeved t-shirt I had on. "Come back here, NOW!" I shouted, streaking after him.

Suddenly I got an idea. Why don't I use my telekinesis?

Of course!

I used my power to pull off his jeans and they flew through the air to me. Hah, now he was just in his underwear and a black, baggy long-sleeved top. His Vans had also dropped onto the grassy hill with a soft thud.

"Ellie! No fair! You used your power!" he complained as I grinned at him.

We hovered over the hill, in our underwear until I heard minds, which were not like anyone I've ever met before.

It wasn't Link's mind. His was full of how hot I looked without my jeans on. Sexist pig.

I looked in the direction of the thoughts, and seven black shapes were coming towards us. Fast.

"Oh, shit. Link, look!" I said to him, as he came over to where I was hovering.

Suddenly, the fact that we weren't wearing jeans went to the back of my mind. All I could focus on was the seven flying people that were coming towards us.

Wait, one was a dog? I think, and it had wings!

Sheesh, that's a new one! I thought to myself.

They coasted to a stop before us, took in our jean-lessness and I could hear then giggling.

"Uh, Hi?" I said carefully.

"Hi, I'm Max. Who're you?" the girl in the front said. She was pretty, short blonde hair, streaked with lighter bits. She was thin, but not so thin that you could see her bones. Her clothes were torn and had blood on them, but still she was stunning.

"I'm Ellie," I said, smiling. "This," I gestured to Link. "Is Link."

"Uh, should we land?" Max asked, eyeing up my lower body.

Oh jeez, I forgot about that. I blushed furiously, nodding then tucking in my wings so I dropped out of the sky, then unfurled them to make sure I didn't go splat on the hillside.

Once Link and I had landed, we handed each other their jeans, and put them on quickly, before sitting down on the grass near our shoes.

"So, you all got names then?" Link asked, looking hopefully at Max.

"Yeah," she started, blushing slightly. "This is Fang," she gestured to the boy dressed in black sitting to her right, "Iggy," pointing at the boy with a pale face and strawberry blonde hair who was sitting next to Fang, "The Gasman," she pointed to a young boy, about 8, who was sitting next to Iggy, with brilliant blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes. "This is Nudge," she gestured to her left, where a girl with mocha coloured skin and unruly black hair sat, "Angel," she pointed to a well, angelic looking young girl, with the same gorgeous blue eyes as The Gasman and curly blonde hair, "Last but not least, is Total." She said, smiling at the black dog who was sat with his head in Angel's lap.

"You have quite a family here," I said, smiling at them all. "It's just Link and I who live around here."

"Max!" Angel suddenly said.

"Yeah, sweetie?" Max said.

"Ellie can read minds! Like me!" She was positively bouncing with excitement.

"Oh, that's, uh, great," Max said, looking a bit worried.

"Haha, its fine honestly, I have the self control of the Buddha, I only read minds when I need to, or I fancy talking to someone about something secret. But I can tell you that Nudge is bursting to say something, and Iggy used to be blind. Fang is thinking about food, and The Gasman is thinking 'Could I make a bomb with just grass?'" I laughed.

Max looked at The Gasman disapprovingly and I grinned at him, making him perk up.

"So where are you guys heading?" I asked, looking over at the seven of them.

"Just taking a look round Britain, since we have some spare time," Max explained.

"Awesome. Where are you sleeping tonight?" Link asked, looking at max hopefully.

I hit him on the leg, hard, and he grinned at me.

Does she think that I'm hot? Link asked me and Angel giggled. I grinned at her and said.

"Yeah she does, but I think that you should leave all that for the morning, don't you Link?" Link looked at me and blushed furiously. I laughed at him.

"Uh, I don't think that I want to know what that conversation was about. But we were just gonna sleep in some trees round here." Max said, scanning the horizon.

"No need for that, stay at our place," I said, smiling at her. "I can guarantee your safety, food, a hot shower and a bed for the night. Ask Angel if I'm evil or not," I finished, looking at Fang, who was looking at me and thinking, Oh. My. God! She's gorgeous. I blushed and looked down at the grass, composing myself before I looked back up at Max.

"Fine, that sounds good. It's starting to get cold out here anyway," she said, getting up and brushing her ass.

The rest of us stood up and Link and I grabbed our Vans before jumping into the sky, with seven winged mutants behind us.