Maxamorphosis: A Twilight/Maximum Ride Fanfic

Max and the Flock have defeated Itex and life is good. Of course, that would never last. Max starts to have those Brain Attacks again, only much more frequent and much more severe. What's wrong with Max now? Everyone fears the worst: an expiration date. But it's Maximum Ride we're talking about, so something much more interesting must happen. Max always thought that she was human with 2% avian DNA mixed in, but she was wrong. She doesn't just have human and bird DNA, she has some vampire DNA thrown in, too. And now that vampire part of the DNA is mutating, slowly over writing the rest of her DNA. Can the Flock find a way to stop it? Or will Max's DNA continue to mutate out of control? And of course, the Flock meets a group of interesting people who also aren't quite human themselves. Will the Cullens be able to help Max? Or is it too late? And what happens when the Volturi become interested in Max?

***This takes place before MAX (because that's when I thought of the story line) but Max and the Flock are a few years older; and for the Twilight characters, it takes place post Breaking Dawn.***

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride or Twilight.

Chapter One: Brain Attack

"Where are we going, Max?" Fang asked me.

Where were we going? Hmm, that's a good question. I wasn't really sure. I just had some sort of feeling that was guiding me. But I wasn't about to tell Fang that. "It's a surprise," I cleverly replied.

Fang retorted, "You have no clue where we're going, do you?"

"Of course I do!" I insisted.

"Yeah, I'm sure you do," Fang said with a small smile.

I frowned. Only Fang was able to see through my disguise of confidence… or at least confidence with directions. "Okay, I don't know exactly where we are going," I said. "But I just have this feeling, you know?"

Fang just looked at me strangely. "No, not really."

I glared at him. "I'll know when we get there."

Fang muttered something that I didn't quite catch. I sighed and flew a little further ahead. I wasn't sure exactly where we were going, and I hadn't heard from the Voice in a couple days. It was just like the Voice to pop into my mind when I didn't want to hear from him (or was it a her???) and evade me when I needed his input. Murphy's Law, I suppose.

We continued flying for awhile. The sun was starting to set now. The little ones were probably hungry and getting tired. I was about to tell them to start looking for a good place to land when a searing pain in my head erupted.

I felt my wings fold and my body go limp. I was falling, falling, falling… falling fast. It hurt too much though to think about falling, or even to worry about going SPLAT on the ground. It hurt too much to call out, it hurt too much to try to flap my wings.

I felt somebody grab me. I wasn't falling anymore. Another person grabbed my other arm. I heard worried voices, but my head hurt too much to register them.

Soon I was back on the ground. I curled up into a ball with my hands over my head. I tried to ignore the pain, but that was impossible. So instead I concentrated on my breathing. In, out, in, out, in, out…

I didn't know how much time passed. Time had no meaning when I had one of my brain attacks. Slowly the pain ebbed and I became aware of my surroundings.

I was in a forest. Fang was sitting next to me, his face blank. Iggy and Gazzy were by the fire. Nudge was sitting near me, her face full of concern. Angel had Total on her lap, her face, too, showing concern.

It was over. I thought about my most recent brain attack. They were becoming more and more frequent lately. And of course the Voice hasn't said anything about them. Maybe the brain attacks were the result of my new abilities. After all, that's when they fist started, when I first started hearing the Voice. But I hadn't heard from the Voice in days…

"You okay?" I Fang asked me.

"Yeah," I said. "I'll be fine."

The rest of the Flock came towards me making sure I was okay. I assured them all that I was fine. Okay, I wasn't exactly fine, but I was better. And they didn't need to know that.

Fang and I were by the fire. The rest of the Flock were asleep. There was an awkward silence between the two of us. Finally Fang spoke.

"Do you have any idea what that was about?" Fang asked me.

"No," I replied. "I didn't hear anything from the Voice…" I let my voice waver. I started to think about my most recent brain attack. There was something different about it, something I couldn't quite place.

Fang looked me directly in the eye. I stared right back at him. "Max, is something wrong?"

"No!" I assured him. Fang didn't look convinced. "I'm fine. It was just a fluke, Fang."

"No, it wasn't," Fang retorted. "And you know that. This is –what, the third one in a week? And they're getting worse, I can tell."

I wasn't sure what to say. Leave it to Fang to be completely blunt and strike the heart of the matters. No need to waste time dancing around the subject.

"Yes," I softly said. "They're getting worse. But I haven't heard anything from the Voice. Maybe I'm just developing a new ability or something…"

"We should take you to a doctor," Fang said.

I laughed. A doctor! Ha, they would have no clue what to make of me. "Yeah, like I'm going to a doctor. They wouldn't be able to make heads or tails of me. They would probably just assume that whatever these brain attacks are, well, that they are just normal."

"But they're not…"

"That's my point!" I paused. "Besides, I really don't like hospitals or doctors…"

"I know, Max, but you need to do something."

"No, I don't, Fang. Just drop it, okay?"

"Fine," Fang said. "But if it happens again, we are taking you to a doctor," I started to protest, but Fang cut me off, "whether you like it or not."

"Okay," I grumbled.

Fang smiled at me. "Go to sleep, I'll take first watch tonight."

Normally I would argue, but tonight I was too tired. I lay down and fell asleep instantly.

Okay, how was that? The next chapter the Cullens will be introduced. I want to mention where I got this idea from. I was reading one of the numerous Twilight/Maximum Ride fanfics and it occurred to me that no matter how strong and fast the Flock are, the Cullens will always be stronger and faster. Now I like Max and the Flock, and I didn't like that they were at a disadvantage. So I started thinking, how could the Flock become just as strong and fast as vampires? I didn't want them to be changed into a vampire, well at least not the normal way. Then I thought, what if Max's DNA wasn't just composed of human and bird DNA, but of Vampire DNA too? Obviously Max doesn't drink blood or anything else that would be vampire-ish, but what if the Vampire part of her DNA was dormant during the first books? Maybe her DNA is mutating out of control, sort of turning her into a vampire? For now it's just going to be Max with the Vampire DNA, but I might change that later. Anyways, I hope you liked it. Fang is a little OOC, I know. But it was hard to think of a way to start the story. The next chapters will be better. Reviews are always appreciated... and plus they make me motivated to write quicker! Thanx for reading!

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