first off: unfortunately i do not own maximum ride :'(

second: this idea came to me when me and my firneds did a secret santa and i was the one that completely confused it all because my friend daisy told veryone who she had apart from two people so i decided i would make it harder for everyone to guess who had who. i had each person believing a different thing about who i had to the next. it was HA-larious :D and no one suspected a thing! i'm just an amazing lier. :D:D:D:D:D:D

anyway, enjoy. and remember to review. thankyou. :)

Maximum Ride secret santa

Chapter one

Max

It was a couple of months since we flew away form the school that we would have been going to, if we hadn't flown off and left it all behind.

Personally I prefered it this way. I am just so happy. We're safe, warm, dry and away from anything that could kill us – besides ella's pogo stick – but I don't think that really counts.

If you hadn't already guessed, see above, we – me and the flock that is- are staying at Mom and Ella's house.

The government don't know this yet, so shhhh. We are staying there because the voice was silent after telling me to go save the world. Because of this, I had no clue what I was meant to be doing. So as the lazy avian- american I am, I flew back to Arizona [after a couple of days of hard work – well, lying on a beach and relaxing] and Mom insisted we stayed until christmas. I accepted this irresistable offer - out of the kindness of my heart and so we here we are now. Laying back and relaxing – doing as we please, seeing as the school, Itex and the Uberdirector are all gone! Lets just say I can resist anything but temptation.

I'm really excited. It's 23 days until christmas. And the goose is getting fat. Quite literally, well if you count Total as a goose.

Ow.

Don't ever offend your regular talking dog. It's not pretty. Scottie's are deadly. I won't be surprised if I wake up with bruises in the shape of pawprints all over my face!

Anyway as I was saying. It's nearly christmas. Yay!

I can't wait. Christmas was never a really big thing for us seeing as for the first 10 years of my life, christmas was spent hunched up a dog crate, size medium! No one ever gave me present nor mince pies. [much less told me what christmas even was!]

But as you know when we escaped we learnt about things – like christmas –from the ever-loved, over-used, and most of the time freaking slow-at-working internet! So now we are staying at Mom and Ella's house. Cool huh?

They decided we would spend christmas with them and have like a proper traditional christmas dinner and present opening and stuff. And Mom suggested we did a secret santa, so we did.

Hehe.

This is going to be so fun. I've never done a secret santa before, neither has any of the flock and we're doing it with Ella.

"I don't see why I can't do it..." came a whine from under the table. Total.

He wanted to do it but then Gazzy so rightly pointed out "How would you buy some one a present and anyway you couldn't keep a secret to save your nine lives"

This earned him pawprint shaped bruises all over his face aswell.

"Besides dogs don't even have nine lives! You're thinking of cats" Fang said while smuggling a smile.

"Filthy animals! How you could think that I had nine lives! Tsk!" Total retorted.

"Well you wanna find out if you have nine lives?" Gazzy threatened. "We could throw you of a cliff if we wanted to"

Total merely replied "I would then just stretch my wings and fly! So ha!"

"Please" gazzy snorted "You can't even use those little goofy chicken wings"

Angel squealed in indignation, through a mouthful of spaghetti.

I held up my hand and, whilst brushing bolognaise crumbs off my shoulder, said "Guys stop. Gazzy I know you're only joking but still just enough. Okay?"

I got mumbled responses and then I sent them to bed. It was late and I had a shower and relaxed, not having to stay up on watch.

The next morning we got up and did the draw for who was getting who in the secret santa.

Ella brought down a paper bag and put ripped up bits of paper in it with our names on them.

I was the oldest so I had to pick first. I reached in and took out the bit of folded up paper.

I glanced at it and shrugged. Everyone looked at me expectantly but I kept a completely straight face. Secretly I was really happy with who I got because this person was so easy to buy presents for.

"Guys remember don't tell anyone who you've got and don't ask anyone and don't work it out either. Well, try not to!"

Iggy, being the next oldest chose next. He picked his bit of paper out and said "Uh guys one problem. I'm blind"

"No Iggy thats okay, I'll read it for you!!!" Total scrambled up unto Iggy's lap and put his paws on the bit of paper. We all sat in polite silence for about five minutes –I kid you not – until Gazzy snapped in frustration "You can't even read can you?"

Before a big fight started I said to total in a soothing voice "Of course you can read Total now you go ahead and don't let us interupt you, I understand how hard it can be"

"It's only one freaking word" muttered Gazzy. I scowled at him and so did Angel. I'm sure Gazzy really doesn't like Total. Hmm.

"I've got it!" exclaimed Total. Angel looked concentratedly at Total then at me and I thought of her skill. "No using skills guys. That's the rules."

"Okay, okay. But you should know Total read it out wrong. Iggy doesn't have Nudge, Max does!"

"Angel!" We all screamed at her [including Total] "We know what you're going to do, you're going to read everyone's minds and ruin it. You can't read everyone's minds –or control them for that matter." I added.

Ella sighed and said "Pick again"

I sighed too and glared at Angel and put the slip back into the bag. I had had nudge.

I picked out of the bag again. Yes! Good. I got a really good person. Ella looked at me strangley and I ignored her trying not to give anything away.

We all picked then ripped up the paper [to hide the evidence] and then we set off to the movies. And that pretty much sums up the day for you.

Who was my secret santa?

Like I'm gonna tell you.

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