AN: I disclaim all of the stories that include in this story.

I landed, crying in the midst of my mom's whole day off. It was pathetic, really! I was crying for nothing in specific; just my family leaving, acknowledging that Fang was really not coming back (No, he's not dead, you idiots!), and maybe a few other things. I crumpled right in the backyard of my mom's where she was just lying in the sun. She instantly came to my side. "What's wrong, sweetie?" My mom asked in a rush. "The flock…" I hiccupped through my sobs. "Fang…" I hiccupped. "Nothing…" I finally hiccupped and just succumbed to the sobs. I just let it all flow through me, really. I didn't really feel like fighting it. I mean, my flock just kicked me out for Christ's sake. Again. "Hush, sweetie, oh, everything will be alright," My mom whispered to me soothingly. She wrapped her arms around me. I clutched onto the nearest arm and leaned into her. As soon as we had gotten rid of Itex they wasted no time in telling me to get the h e double hockey sticks out of there. Not to mention that Fang has not done anything to contact me whatsoever. "Oh, sweetie," My mom said. Now she was crying. Oh, this was fantastic! *Sarcasm please*. My mom gently tugged me to my feet and into the house. She led me to one of her guest rooms where I sobbed my heart out. I sobbed my eyes out. I sobbed my breath out. I sobbed my life out.

Two years later—

I rushed down the stairs on my first day of our new school in our new town in Forks. We had moved in hopes that the flock wouldn't find me. Oh, that's perfect. I had just gotten rid of one problem and now my family has become the very next problem. Great! Don't get me wrong. I loved my flock and everything but my mom and Ella thought it best to stay away from them. They only brought more pain. So we moved a couple states over to Forks, WA. I found Washington suitable. It matched my mood; gloomy. Oh, don't get me wrong (again); I've gotten over being sad. Now I'm just pissed most of the time. I mean, I took care of them for my entire life. I got them out of hell, I got them away from hell, I kept them alive, I kept them fed, and I tried to keep them happy. Did I want to be a mom at fourteen? Huh? No, no I did not. I didn't want anything bad to happen to my family so I tried to keep that all away. For God's fucking sake, I killed for them!! But back to my new life.

I hurried into the kitchen in my usual getup; a baggy black sweatshirt, a pair of black jeans, a black undershirt, a pair of black sneakers and my usual ponytail. I had let my hair grow so now it was practically down to my butt. I didn't try any makeup or whatever like Ella insisted and I didn't wear fancy clothes or anything like that. Tell me; what was the point in any of that? To get boys to like me? No, I would never trust a boy with my heart, even if I could. I can't do that again. I just can't handle the pain if that boy, if that lucky boy, ever broke my heart for the last time. I was sixteen now and my driver's license came in pretty dandy nowadays when I wanted to be alone. But it's not like I have a car. No; better. I have a motorcycle. It's the only thing I cherish. The only time I want to look good. I didn't care about anything when I was on my baby, Lucy. Lucy was the bike I owned. I kept Lucy's black shine sheen and I kept her leather seat comfortable. I kept the gears well oiled. I kept her nice. I just hoped she didn't buck me out like every other person in my life. Except for mom and Ella. They didn't buck me out.

Oh, and speaking of transportation, you're probably wondering; "well, why don't you just fly to school or whatever like you used to?" Well, since my final bucking I haven't flown a day since. I kept my wings tight against my chest with a special waterproof strap that I could keep them concealed in so that I could swim or whatever, even though I don't want to. I kept that strap concealed under my black undershirt and white bra. "You weirdo," Ella said and sighed. I rolled my eyes. "Sure, I'm the weirdo," I said. Ella had taken custom to spreading mustard and bananas on her toast along with another piece of toast with strawberry jam on it. God, that girl was disgusting. You wouldn't guess by her looks; Ella was a tan girl with chocolate brown eyes and dark hair. She kept her clothes, unlike me, fashionable. She was now wearing a pair of black skinny jeans, a purple blouse, a lot of bangles and necklaces, and a pair of purple high heels. She was too fashionable for her own good. You wouldn't even guess we were sisters. Well, half sisters. I had blond hair, unlike her, and pale skin due to the indoor sobbing and moping. Yep, that's me; Lady Mopes-a-lot.

"You're disgusting," I groaned as she smeared on a layer of grape jelly over the strawberry jam. My mom made a disgusted face that told me she agreed. "Um, sweetie," She said softly to Ella. "Are you pregnant?" She suddenly blurted out. I gaped at my mom's bold move. Oh, she was going to get a sack of hormonal teen now. (AN: Pause, pause; I'm trying to decide whether or not she should be.) "Do I look pregnant?!" Ella suddenly burst out angrily. "Do I look fat to you? I don't look fat, do I?" She asked, shifting her tone to worry. "Oh, God, should I go on a diet? I think I should go on a diet. Oh, My, God! I am so going on a diet." Ella said worriedly, biting at her purple-painted nails. I would've laughed if I was in the mood to. I know it's been two years but do you just get over your entire family abandoning you in just two years? I mean, maybe one parent but I lost my children! And I guess you can call him my boyfriend. Or ex-boyfriend. Nope; not two years. So I merely rolled my eyes and stood up from the table. "I'm leaving." I said blandly. "Oh, have a nice day, sweetie," My mom called out absently as she tried to sooth her worried-to-death daughter who was glaring at her sides in the mirror in the front entrance. That's when I cracked a smile. I would've even laughed if I wasn't so tired. Oh, well, chance missed. I don't even get why Ella was so worried; she was almost as skinny as my anorexicly inclined body. So I merely grabbed my helmet, stuffed it over my head and stuffed my hair into the helmet. It would screw with my vision if I kept it down. (AN: Ooh, this will be funny.)

I arrived at Forks High or whatever you want to call it, like, half an hour early or something. Everyone was outside in the parking lot. I pulled Lucy to the nearest edge of the parking lot, right next to some big grizzly guy. He instantly came up to me and stared, astonished, at Lucy. "What model?" He immediately asked. "Honda Nighthawk 250," I answered. He then stared, wide-eyed at me. I pulled off my helmet to reveal why he was so astonished. "Whoa," He whispered. His little-blond companion slapped him in the chest and he was winded. I nodded as I kicked down the kickstand and boarded off. "But I call her Lucy," I said as I hung my helmet on the handle bar. If anyone dared to take Lucy they'd better be ready to have their ass bitten off. I had already gotten Lucy back from theft before and those idiots knew better now. It was amazing that Lucy was the way she was now with all the theft she succumbed to. "I like it," The little blonde said. Well, that was new. And now that I looked, I guess I was the little blonde to her.

This chick was an Amazon. "I'm Rosalie," She said with a soft smile and an offered hand. I shook the offered hand. "I'm Max," I said but I didn't smile back. "You're new, aren't you?" She asked as the big grizzly dude started to examine Lucy from the bottom up. "That idiot over there is Emmett," Rosalie said and then turned her golden eyes back to me. "Where you from?" She asked. "Arizona then all over," I answered and shrugged. "I have to go now; just don't steal Lucy or I swear you'll regret it," I said, handing the second offer to Emmett more than Rosalie. Rosalie only gave a smirk that showed she approved. "I'll be sure we won't," She answered. I nodded and began to head off with my backpack over only one shoulder. Once entering the office, the old sweet secretary looked at me with a warm smile. I couldn't help but smile back, if only a little. "Maximum Ride?" I said with a raised eyebrow. She nodded and handed me a lock, a key and a schedule. (AN: Did I mention that I disclaim the Honda Nighthawk 250? Well, I do. But I want one so damn bad!) "Welcome to Forks," The secretary said with a rather warm voice. It was like warm syrup and it made me relax a little. I nodded in gratitude as I exited the office.

I was welcomed to each class and welcomed by others but immediately set onto my lucky lonely self. People tried to get along with me but I tried my best to wave them off. Ella was the only one I let talk to me without a glare. "So, are you still going on that diet?" I asked dryly. Ella gave me a scowl that nearly made me crack up. "Max," Someone suddenly called. I looked at the base of the voice and saw Rosalie. I gave a soft nod. "Go, make friends," Ella squealed excitedly. "Nice happy girl you have there," Emmett laughed when I got over to Rosalie's table. I sat down next to her. I nodded. "She's my sister," I said. "You two look nothing alike," Emmett said, surprised. I shrugged. "Half sister; we have different fathers," I said. "Ooh, you must be Max," A wistful voice suddenly said to me. I turned to see a spiky sprite at my side. She was nice-looking, I guess. I nodded. "I'm Alice," She said and shook my hand. "Jasper," The blond boy next to her said. It wasn't very noticeable but he had many scars on his body. It almost made me cringe with memories of my own faded scars that should still remain if I was fully human. But, like I said, it was only an 'almost'. I nodded in his direction to acknowledge him. He gave a half-smile, approving of my approach. "I'm Edward," A dry voice suddenly said. It was rough, yet smooth, like velvet. I turned to see a bronze-haired boy. He had golden eyes like all the rest. "And I'm Bella," The final girl said. She was only one without gold eyes; she had brown like mine. She also had pale skin and long dark brown hair. She was friendly looking if nothing else.

"So, Max," Alice started. She checked around us excitedly to see if anyone was listening. What she asked next made me fall off my chair. "Can I see your wings?" She whispered. I raised my eyebrows at her in astonishment as I gently lifted myself off the ground. I checked around in confirmation then whispered back in a slow, stern voice. "No," I said, shaking my head. The entire table froze except for Alice who only seemed disappointed. They must've thought it was a joke. She must've been psychic. I knew psychics before but they were on the other team. They were usually lesbians. Edward suddenly burst out in a soft chuckle-fit. "What?" Bella asked. Edward leaned into Bella's ear to whisper but I could still hear him. "She thinks that Alice is a lesbian," He said. Bella gasped at me. Stupid mind-reader. "How do you know so much?" Edward whispered to me. Well, that confirmed it. Edward rolled his eyes at himself. I crossed my arms. "Well, surely enough, none of us are normal," Alice said quietly but normally.

"Now, why don't you come to our house after school and we can all straighten this out like rational people?" Alice said. She wasn't the leader, I knew, but she was acting like it. Edward shrugged in my direction in a whole "what can we do?" way. I paused, thinking. "Sure," I said. Rosalie smiled, Alice clapped excitedly, etc. Okay, so that blew my plans for moping indoors. "Oh, and Max," Alice said. Oh, God; I don't think she's going to say something I like. "You have to wear formal and you can't wear that strap," Alice said with a smug smile. I glared at her. "I'll wear formal but I will not remove the strap," I said. Compromising's a bitch. "Let me come over and dress you and you can wear the strap." Alice said, raising an eyebrow in a dare. Oh, well. She knew it was coming so I might as well. "Fine," I said and shook hands with her to seal the deal. There were groans of "what has she done?" and curse words. Bella only snickered. I had no clue what I was getting myself into.

"Get into the shower," Alice said as she suddenly pulled my sweatshirt over my head. She began to strip me down until I was blushing, naked, in front of her and then shoved into the shower. She didn't even let me wash my own hair. But my body; oh, I crossed the line when she picked up the back-scrubber. "No!" I screamed at her. She handed it to me, shrugging and stepped away from the shower while I began to scrub myself. She handed me a towel when I was done and then pulled me out of the shower. She then began to mousse me and leave-in condition me and then blow dry then repeat. And when she got to clothes! She tossed practically everything I had until she sighed in defeat and pulled out her 'back-up dress' from her bag. She handed me the low-neck black spaghetti strap chiffon dress and then chose my underwear. Right when I was about to shout my head off she pointed a finger at me accusingly. "We had a deal," She said. I growled but let her pick out the rest. I finally pulled on the strap I had and then the black strapless push-up bra that Alice had chosen for me. When I was standing in lace silk panties and that bra I swear I saw myself in the mirror. Even though I was only in underwear, my hair looked…weird. She pushed it all up into heated curlers. I pulled on the dress from beneath me and let her zip me up. She had to pull the pin all the way to the third level for it to stay on. But somehow it fit me perfectly. "Everyone else is getting dressed up as well," Alice said proudly. "Yes, but as dressed up as me?" I squeaked, feeling incredibly violated by now. "Oh, yes; and I invited some people to come meet you. One of them will be very pleased to meet you, as much as I hate to admit it." Alice said as she helped me with the nylons. Then she gave me some black open-toed pumps that made me about as tall as Rosalie. When she pulled the curlers out of my hair and then began to put foil into it, I got worried. "That person I do not particularly like; he blocks my visions and is a werewolf, just like we're vampires," Alice said.

I sighed and shrugged. I had guessed as much as vampires. "Wait, werewolf?!" I squeaked. She merely clamped my jaw shut so she could put on some major layers of lip gloss and lip stick and again. "Dear God, child," Alice said, laughing wistfully. "You have such long hair," She said. She pulled my eyelid closed so she could begin the eye-makeup. "Keep your eyes closed," She instructed. So I did. "Now, his name is Jacob and he will do what is called an imprint on you. I know because he's blocked the rest of my visions other than when you're not around him. But no matter what, you talk about him and you say stuff about the imprint." Alice said. "It's like love at first sight," She explained. "You two are fated to be together." She said. I popped my eyes open.

It was a good thing that Alice was done with the eye-makeup because she would have poked me in the eye with a mascara wand right there and then. "But you're saying that we're going to fall in love?" I squeaked. My voice was reaching a rather high octave. Alice nodded as she began to unravel the foil in my hair. It revealed bits of bleached highlights. Now I looked fantastic. I lost breath at the sight of me. "I have to say, I surprise even myself," Alice said proudly and began to examine her work on me. Then she pulled something out of my jewelry box. It stole my heart and nearly made me burst into tears. It was the necklace that Angel gave me on our birthday at the party. Right before they kicked me out the first time. "This will add a bit of an exotic touch," Alice said as she began to tie the string around my neck. It did fit the outfit and for once I didn't want to burst into tears at the sight of it. "Max, is that a snake jaw on the necklace?" Alice asked curiously. I laughed at the sight of it in the mirror. "Yes, Alice, yes, it is." I said and stood up from the chair in front of my vanity. "Thank you, Alice," I said to her. Alice smiled proudly and led me by the hand. "Going out to a date?" Ella gasped from the kitchen. "I guess so," I said and sighed as Alice tugged me along. "I'll see you at school tomorrow, Ella," Alice cried out casually to Ella as if she'd known her for her entire life. "See you, Alice," Ella called back as she went back to her usual toast. No diet for her, I guess.

It was very interesting how odd it was to go to the house of the Cullens. And yet, it was natural. Maybe that's what made it so odd. "You invited the wolves?" Rosalie asked Alice as she sniffed the air. "Oh, they're here already?" Alice asked as she exited the car. She came to my side and helped me out of the car. It was a good thing there was no mud or I would've been a dinosaur in a tar pit. It was actually really surprising there was no mud. "The trees cover us from rain." Edward explained as we entered the house. Emmett let out a nice wolf-whistle. Rosalie landed another winded blow on his chest. They were all, in fact, very dressed up indeed. Even Bella was dressed up. "I called the wolves beforehand so they know to dress up Jacob," Alice said to me. So Jacob didn't know? "We thought it best he'd be surprised so he won't be disappointed or overwhelmed." Edward said to me with a smile of knowing. I glared at him. "Very nice indeed," Jasper said as he came up behind Alice and wrapped his arm around her waist. I smiled at the sight. I smiled a lot around the Cullens even though I've only met them today. "So, tell us before the wolves get here," Alice said. "What are you?" She blurted out. I bit the inside of my cheek. "Well, since you know I have wings I'm going to just tell you it before the wolves get here. Um, well, I was a lab experiment in Death Valley, in a place called the School. I traveled with five other lab experiments, six if you include a dog, as the leader. I called the other experiments my flock and I," I stopped suddenly, biting my lip and hesitating before pulling on. "I treated them like family. I even had a boyfriend who we treated as soul mates. Fang. He was the first to leave." I said. "My sole purpose in my creation was to save the world and so a Voice was transmitted into my head to give me directions on how to save the world. I was tested by a company called Itex who would destroy the world if I wasn't there to stop the experimenting." I said and stopped for breath. "About two years ago, we got into our final battle with Itex and blew the final branch before declaring it over. The flock wasted no time in kicking me out by vote." I said. This was embarrassing. "So I went to my mom's and lived with her and Ella before we moved here." I said quickly and sighed.

"Oh, I'm sorry," The leader, Carlisle, said. "He's more like a father-figure than a leader." Edward corrected me. And so was Fang. Edward then looked away, not able to protest. I kept my mind off of the torture in the School. I wanted them to not know. Then there was some grumbling from the forest. "Alright! I'm going! I don't understand why you guys are in such a rush. It's just the Cullens. You never were in such a rush like this before." A voice laughed. Bella smiled and headed to the front door. "Jacob!" She cried out and ran to hug Jacob. The guy I was supposed to love. I highly doubted that I would instantly…My train of thought was lost once he entered through the door. He was grizzly, like Emmett, but he was tan instead of pale, and had short black hair and black eyes. He was…Jacob.