this is my first ever fanfic so i hope you enjoy it :)

Disclaimer: i do not own Maximum Ride

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Lone Birdy

Nudge POV

I landed on the branch of a tree. I had left the flock a week ago and, for some reason, had a strong desire to go to England. Only once I got there did I realise I had nothing to do.

I looked down from my perch, at the house I had landed by. In the garden there was a girl about my age, maybe younger, sitting in one of those office twirly chairs. She had deep brown hair like my own, only hers looked dull and lifeless. Her skin was extremely pale and her cheeks seemed to be missing the healthy glow I thought all people had. I started to wonder if she had some incurable illness.

Now she spun around in the chair so that she was facing what had previously been behind her. Slowly she swayed and, as I listened more carefully, I heard trickling water, presumably from a nearby stream. Still swaying, the Girl leaned back in the chair and looked up at the crystal blue sky I had flown in just moments before. Her eyes followed two swallows flying side by side. My heart tugged as I followed their path from my branch. It brought back memories of flying with the Flock, the flock I would never fly with again.

Once the two birds were out of sight, she continued to gaze at the sky until her eyes locked onto something else. This time it was a lone swallow. A small, sad smile appeared on her face. I didn't understand why she was sad. If I had all of that around me, I would be overjoyed! And that was when I started to realize I was jealous.

The Girl started to look through the trees, but I was too busy wrapped in my own envy to notice. It was only when a squirrel became agitated by her constant looking that I remembered that I was counting on the trees to hide from anyone looking for me. Anyone looking from the air may not have see me, but if the Girl didn't stop I was going to have a lot of explaining to do. I quickly started to move into the shadows but was too late. She stared directly at me.

She had blue-grey eyes. As they stared into mine, I noticed how they looked incredibly old yet ageless if that even makes sense. The more I looked into those eyes the more I wanted to tell the Girl my whole life, my every dream and my every desire, knowing that she would listen no matter what.

But Max had taught me well, before she became so depressed that is. I didn't know the Girl, so I couldn't trust her. Even if I could trust her, there was nothing to say I could trust her parents or anyone she knew. If I went down there it could be the beginning of hell as I knew it.

On the other hand that's what Max would say. She would say that to protect the Flock from forces like Itex. Itex was only after the Flock and, as of last week, I was no longer part of the Flock. The other reason that would make me go down there was that I so desperately wanted to talk to someone else. For days, the only people I had spoken to were the cashiers at various fast food places. Talking to yourself when you're flying isn't as good as talking to, lets say, Iggy when you're flying.

Then I started to wonder about what the Flock was doing right then. Were they running around like headless chickens (no pun intended)? Or were they kicking back and returning to their already messed up lives? Had Angel tried to take over the Flock yet again? Was Max still depressed over Fang leaving? Had Iggy and Gazzy blown up anything else since I had left? Was Fang back after his 'ever so important mission' had failed? Did any of them care that I had gone.

My chain of thought was broken when the Girl, who was still starring at me, smiled. Then she mouthed four words. Four words that made me excited and yet timid. Four words that have now changed my life. Four words.

"Tell me your story."

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like I said this is my first fanfic so please R&R. There's going to be four chapters so I hope you read them.

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