Chapter 1

A/N

Me: I know this idea is a bit cliché, but I really liked this idea and wanted to share it. But don't be so hasty as to guess in which way is it cliché, I might surprise you in the end. *evil/innocent smile similar to Angel's*

BFF: Oh! I know! Max is- *Wander clamps hand over BFF's mouth* (If you are wondering who BFF is then look up the A/N's in The Runaway Case, another one of my stories)

BFF: Hhgjlivfbmhskph…

Me: No, no, don't tell them yet! It'll be fun to surprise them.

BFF: Okay… *disappointed smile*

Me: I don't own Maximum Ride, I wish I did, but I don't.

Max's POV

I don't really know how to describe the feeling of flight. After all I've always been able to fly, so it's kind of hard to describe it to someone who hasn't. I'll try though, but flying while I'm trying to describe it might make it a bit easier.

"Come on everybody! Wake up! It's time to move on!" I yelled to my Flock.

Fang, my right-hand-man-but-maybe-more, opens his eyes instantly. For a moment I wonder if he was ever asleep at all. It's possible. He's almost as paranoid as I am. Fang is the extremely silent type, I mean if he started talking as much as a normal person would we'd all think he'd been abducted by aliens, or the world was about to end. One of the two, but since we all know the world is going to end sometime in the near future, I would place my bet on alien abduction.

Angel sits up and stretches. She's really cute, like baby-doll cute. Of course that's the exterior to an evil, sweet, little conspirator. She's wanted to be leader for a couple months now. I don't understand why she wants to be now. She seemed quite content with me being leader until recently. I don't understand either why she thinks a bunch of older kids are going to listen to her and accept her as leader. Unless *gulp* she tries to use her powers to control everyone. It's wrong to control people's minds. I've been trying to teach her that for quite some time now. But teaching her right from wrong is pretty difficult. She's six and doesn't quite get the concepts yet. Sometimes I wonder if somehow the scientists took that ability from her.

Gazzy, Angel's brother, springs to his feet and drags poor, blind Iggy up with him. I think the poor kid was still asleep because he nearly fell over and crushed Gazzy. About five seconds later, however, they were both fully awake and laughing at a joke Iggy had said.

That leaves Nudge. The mocha girl was still snoring contently on her tree branch. Yes, we sleep in trees. Gazzy glances over at Nudge with an evil grin and then whispers something in Iggy's ear, he smiles too. Oh, no is my first thought. I don't think Nudge will be sleeping for much longer.

I make my way over to Fang. He's already standing up and has that whole silent thing going for him, but he's got a small smile dancing across his lips. I find myself staring at them and then I shake my head and turn back toward the scene unfolding before us. Don't think about Fang's lips. Don't think about Fang's lips.

"Testing, testing." Gazzy says in Ari's voice. Oooooh, I hope they don't get their teeth knocked out when she wakes up. Ari is my half-brother. His father, my father, I shiver, Jeb, let the whitecoats, the scientists that created us, turn Ari into an Eraser. Funny name, but not so funny in person, or at least not when they actually do catch you. Erasers are lupine hybrids, half human, half wolf, I guess they're as close to werewolves as you can get. They're strong, but not the most agile of sorts. Ari's been after the Flock for years. He's hell-bent on killing me for some reason. I guess he hated that Jeb gave me all his attention. Trust me, if I'd had it my way, Ari would have had all of Jeb's attention. I didn't want anything to do with the man.

Gazzy leans down and whispers something in her ear. Nudge is instantly awake and screaming. I cover my ears to prevent them from rupturing. Everyone laughs and I laugh along with them, but I know I'm going to have to get onto Gazzy and Iggy for doing this to Nudge later.

As soon as she realizes it's a prank, Nudge goes to screaming at the two pranksters at speeds excessing (A/N Me: Apparently this is spelled wrong, but spellcheck won't give me the right way to spell it, so sorry) 100 miles a minute. Do Iggy and Gazzy deserve it? Most definitely. Maybe a half an hour of this is punishment enough. I muse,but after about three minutes of Nudge screaming and yelling I decide it's time to break up the fight. Not because I think Gazzy and Iggy have gotten what they deserve, but because I don't think it would be a good idea to let Nudge get to the pummeling phase and my ears are starting to hurt.

"Come on guys, break it up." I told them. "We got to get moving."

Nudge, still angry, shoots up into the air, followed by Iggy, Gazzy, Angel, and Fang.

I'm about to leap up and join them, but somebody grabs me by my hair and yanks me back. I scream, catching the attention of my Flock.

"Nice to see you again, sis."

I gasp.

Ari.

Me: Sorry for leaving you guys at yet another cliffhanger.

BFF: Yeah, not nice!

Me: Personally I love cliffhangers, that is, unless the author never gets back to you on what happens next, that sucks a lot.

BFF: So if you are wondering why Wander has so many cliffhangers, it's because she loves suspense.

Me: Yes I do.

BFF: Would you marry it?

Me: No.

BFF: Who would you marry?

Me: Either Daemon Black or Iggy

BFF: If you only could choose one, who would it be?

Me: Iggy

BFF: Why?

Me: Because I love Daemon's relationship with Katy

BFF: That's cute, but you're strange, you want to marry fictional characters.

Me: Thank you, I pride myself on being strange.

BFF: *facepalm*