Fang and I were sitting side by side on our cliff.
The sun scattered pink patches of sunlight into the sky between the clouds.
"What do you think we should do?" I asked him, my voice croaking from my sobbing. I hardly ever cried but ever since Angel died… I guess that's all I've been doing really. Fang has been here though, by my side. Who would have thought Mr. No-Emotion here could comfort you so well.
Fang stood up and unfolded his deep black wings, his feathers shining purple in the rising sun. He reached his hands out to me and I took them, unfolding my own tawny wings in the process. Then, still holding hands, Fang and I stood looking out to the horizon of the glittering water, before diving off the cliff.
The wind whipped across my face and adrenaline rushed inside me as I descended down and down. I glanced over at Fang, who's eyes were twinkling with delight before I let go of his hands and our wings snapped out simultaneously, catching the wind and carrying us gracefully up into the sky. Laughter bubbled up in me as I felt free again while I did a few twirls in the air and playing around with Fang. We shot up into the sky together and came face to face high surrounded by blue, and in that moment, as looked into Fang's obsidian eyes whilst hovering in the air, I felt alive.
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We touched down onto the tallest tree in the forest and swung down to our campsite. We found Iggy lying sprawled on the ground being lazy while Nudge and Gazzy fooled around with some sticks and rocks cross-legged on the ground.
Ass I did my usual head count I felt a stab of pain when I realised no-one was actually missing. It wiped the happiness that was momentarily inside of me that I caught while flying, but I quickly plastered on a fake smile and used my leader voice.
"C'mon guys! Up, up, up! Iggy, you can start cooking up some squirrels while you guys" I pointed to Nudge and Gazzy "can go fetch some water from the lake!" I ordered them, try to keep them busy and their minds off Angel.
They all hurried to do their jobs (for once), glad for something to do. Iggy sensed my fake cheerfulness and quickly caught on to my plan to cheer up the kids, so he jumped up and started crazily chasing squirrels. His arms were flailing about behind him, his strawberry blond hair being thrown around as he started to shout "LET MEH LOVE YOU!" at the top of his lungs after an innocent little squirrel.
I think a few birds flew away from being perched on the trees surrounding us, beind disturbed by the randomness that is Iggy.
But it did earn a few giggles from Nudge and Gazzy, Fang even cracked a smile while shaking his head and I found myself let out a light laugh.
Oh Iggy.
I tossed some buckets we found to Gazzy and Nudge then pushed them on their way to the lake. They set off running and impersonating Iggy.
I sighed and sat down. Fang ran a hand through his black hair and did the same. He wrapped an arm around me and rubbed my arm comfortingly. I was surprised that he made me feel better.
"It's gonna be okay Max." he said softly. "all we have to do is work hard to throw down The School and then we can do whatever you want. It won't even take long because you are Maximum Ride." He said.
I smiled and hugged him and he hesitantly hugged me back at first, but then the hug turned warm and comforting. Into something that we both need at this time.
"Thank you Fang. So much." I murmured, really meaning it.
"It's okay Max. I'm here for you. Always"
(A/N) 'Ello! Turtle here! I'm sorry if any of you guys actually liked my other story but I personally don't like it anymore. So I deleted it. Yup…
OMG Fang is so sweet! Aww!
BRB dying of Fax fluff.