Chapter One: The Introduction

My name is Maximum Ride. I'm fifteen years old now. My Flock is: Fang, he just turned fifteen; Iggy, he's turning fifteen in a month; Nudge, she's twelve; Gazzy (The Gasman), he turns nine next week; and Angel, she turned seven last week. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention our dog, Total, who can talk.

Right now we are flying over a forest in Colorado, far enough from The School to not worry. For those of you asking 'What do you mean flying?' the Flock has wings, yes WINGS. That's why we are a Flock. We were mutated in The School to be 98% human, 2% avian.

"Max? I'm really hungry. Can we stop for a ton of food and some rest; I'm getting tired as well. I don't think I can fly much longer, and- humph." Nudge. Thank God Iggy put his hand over her mouth, because she is a huge motor mouth.

Next thing I know, all of the younger kids are tired and hungry too. I start to look towards the ground to see if there is anyplace we can find food.

Suddenly, I see a lake and a house along the beach.

"Hey guys, want to go down to that house?" I ask.

I get mixed answers, but they all agree to go down.

Just as I am about to angle myself down, my voice decides to jump in. For those for you who don't know what voice, I have a voice in my head that isn't my own, don't you?

Maximum, you DO NOT want to go down there.

Why not? I mean, it's just a house.

Maximum, DO NOT go to that house!

"Max, are you ok?" Angel has the courage to ask me.

"Of course I am, sweetie. I'm just talking to the Voice. Guys, let's go down!"

We all tuck in our wings and head down to the house. Just before we hit land, we all let out our wings so that we don't crash. We are just fifty feet in the woods next to the house, so we quickly and silently move through the woods to the house.

When we get to the edge of the woods and can see the front porch, we see a man and a woman. But then another group comes out. This group surprises all of us.

The oldest seems to be twenty-one, and she is a girl, like me. Then there is a boy who looks to be her brother. He seems to be about eighteen. There is another boy who is about nineteen. Then there are two twins, a boy and a girl. They are about thirteen.

Two more children come out and they seem to be nine. They are a boy and a girl. They run up to the oldest, and she bends down to talk to them. Listening harder I hear her tell them "No, not right now." I don't hear what the children asked.

But them being there isn't what surprises us the most. What surprises us is the fact that they have…

Wings…


This is my very first FanFic, but a lot of people who I've shown it to like it. I hope you all do too. I have edited it after I completed it so that any mistakes are fixed, so I really hope you enjoyed it!

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Edited: 10/10/09