Chapter 1
A/N: Hello readers! This is my... third story on fanfiction? Yeah, including Flying High.

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Sorry bout that. (Just a warning: this A/N shall be long)Um, let me tell you a bit about this story that wasn't in the summary. So I got the idea for this story a while ago, but I was too lazy to think of names and stuff like that. Then about a week later, I had a dream, details are kind of fuzzy, but I got a few names from it and figured out the rest. I was so excited for this story that I wrote almost four chapters in a day. Basically, Max's Flock and Fang's Flock are both on the run and escaped from the same School, but don't know each other. Eventually they meet and tons of crazy stuff happens. Yup.

Oh, and another special thing about this story. It's a birthday present! Today is my friend's, llamasandsnickuhsbahrs, birthday, so I figured I'd dedicate this story to her! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! So you guys should all go and tell her happy birthday, either on Flying High or on her profile, she won't mind. Bet you didn't think you'd get a story for your birthday, huh? I'm kinda jealous. She knew that I was writing a story, but she didn't know what it was about or that it was her present, so she'll probably be really surprised! Unless she can read minds...

Hope you enjoy this chapter! And the whole story, and now you can give your friends stories for their birthdays. You're welcome! Please review, it means a lot, and I'm gonna do a thing where I ask you to review saying what your favorite something is every chapter, for example. Tell me your favorite book/books series. Maybe, hopefully, some of you will play along! Ok, onto the chapter!

Disclaimer: I am a teenage girl, therefore not James Patterson, therefore I did not write Maximum Ride therfore I do not own it. I also do not own any brand names, songs, places, ect. in this story.

Claimer: I do, however, own some OCs, Talon, Arya, Shade, Rose, Scorpion, and Ash.

Max's POV

Another day on the run. Yay! Note the sarcasm. My family and I have been hunted since we escaped the school, oh, seven years ago? Yeah, that's about right, because Ash was only one at the time. Wait a second, you don't know who Ash is, do you? Or me? No, ok. Let me introduce you to my family. We're not normal, or even related, except for Rose and Scorpion, but we're family. We all love each other and are very protective of each other. I speak for everyone when I say that I would do anything for them. Enough with the mushy stuff, lets meet everyone.

First, there's me, Maximum Ride, but everyone calls me Max. I'm roughly fifteen years old, and I'm the leader, probably because I'm the toughest. I have brown hair with blonde streaks, and a big magenta streak that Arya convinced me to get a while ago. Lets not forgett the boring, brown eyes! Yawn.

Next is Talon. He's also around fifteen, and he's my second in command. And my boyfriend. Yup, the great, tough Maximum Ride has a boyfriend, get over it. He has longish, dirty blonde hair and gorgeous brown eyes. Wait, what am I saying! Sorry about that. They're normal, brown eyes.

Then there's Arya, (That's pronounced Ar-ee-uh) who's around fourteen and fifteen. She's sweet, but don't mess with her. Especially if her boyfriend, Shade, is around. She has really long, curly (Loose curls, if that makes sense), light brown hair and pretty green eyes. I'm so jealous.

And of course, Shade. He's pretty much the same age as Arya, fourteen/fifteen. You know, we really need to figure out their age, it would make explaining this a lot easier. Anyway, he has shaggy, dark brown hair, and brown eyes.

Now Rose, I think I mentioned her earlier. She's Arya's best friend and Scorpion's older sister and is around the twelve area. She's nice, but has thorns. (Not literally. And yes, in my world I have to clarify) See what I did there? Her name's Rose, roses are nice but have thorns. Get it? Oh, never mind. Rose has really long (longer that Arya's) caramel colored hair, and brownish/gold eyes.

Then Scorpion, Rose's younger brother, who's around ten years of age. Scorpion has light brown hair and hazel eyes.

Finally, last but not least, is Ash. He's the baby of the Flock at about eight years old, and he's adorable with his blonde hair and blue eyes. Everyone's watching out for him, especially with his... gift.

That's my family. We're all strong, smart (Street smart. Book smart? Not so much) and lethal. You probably have a lot of questions, right? How's this, I'll give you the basics now, and you find out the rest later, kay?

So I'm pretty sure I mentioned earlier that we're not 'normal.' We aren't, but I think that normal's overrated anyway. None of us are the same, but Talon and I are similar. You see, we both have wings. Jealous? I thought so. Just so you know, flying is as awesome as you think it is. My wing are kick-ass, fourteen feet across and brown and white, like a hawk's.

Talon's are pretty cool, too, I guess. They're fifteen feet across and grayish/black. In case you were wondering, no, we do not walk around with out wings out all the time. They fold in pretty tight to our backs, so we can hide them. But they do make us look pretty muscular.

I guess the other two people (I like to call us mutants) that are most alike are probably Arya and Rose. They can both turn into animals, which is pretty awesome. Arya can turn into a white tiger. She likes to say that she's beautiful and vicious, her beauty deceives people then she rips them to shreds. Lovely. Ross turns into a wolf. Her fur is about the same color of her hair. And no, she is not a giant wolf like in Twilight, hate that series by the way, she's a normal wolf, got it?

The rest can't turn into anything, but they still have powers. Shade can become invisible (Scares the crap out of me), make wherever he is, inside or out, dark, ranging from dusk type darkness to pitch black, and he can see in the dark. We all can, to some extent, but he can see perfectly, like it's light out. Like night vision.

Scorpion is really fast, like a scorpion, which is how he got his name. And Ash, well Ash is a handful, especially with his power. The kid can control/create fire. And he's eight. I don't know how many times we almost died because he set the place of fire. Luckily, Rose can do the same, but with water. She saved out butt's too many time to count.

So, that's my 'special' family. I like to call us a Flock, because two of us are part bird, and it sounds better than 'herd' or 'pack.' Plus, the dictionary (That we stole. Hey, you never know when you may need it!) defines flock as "a group of animals that live, travel, or feed together." Which we do, and "a group of people under the leadership of one person." Which we are. So ha! Score one for Max.

"Max! What are you doing with the dictionary?" Someone asked from behind me.

"Uh, memorizing it. Duh," I replied as Talon wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and kissed me on the cheek.

"Really? I didn't know you could read!" He joked. I spun around and hit him with the dictionary. "Ow! Ok, sorry, I take I back!" Wimp. But he's my wimp. My cute wimp. What's up with me today? I'm usually not like this, I swear."Good, because I can read better than you." That's me, I'm great at comebacks. I'm also very sarcastic.

"Max, you really need to work on your comebacks," Arya told me, holding a half eaten pop tart.

"Like you have good comebacks!" I replied.

"I do!" She insisted, "and whenever I can't come up with one, I just say 'that's absurd.'"

"You have horrible comebacks," Talon told her.

"That's absurd!" She retorted, glaring at him.

"Hey," Shade said, walking over to Arya and putting an arm around her shoulder. "It's ok, he's kidding." He glared at Talon, "right?" Yeah, Shade's a little overprotective.

"I don't know... How about we settle this by arm wrestling, you win, I never say you have bad comebacks again, I win..." Talon looked thoughtful, "you have to give me all your food for a whole day, meaning any food that you want to eat or have dibs on is mine." Talon likes food, everyone in the Flock does.

Arya thought about it for a minute, "deal." I rolled my eyes, Talon and Arya were always getting into arguments and fights. They were too competitive for their own good. They walked over to the coffee table (Did I mention that we were staying in a cabin that we broke into? No? Well now you know) They got into the normal arm wrestling stance, holding hands, elbows on the table. "Before we start," Arya said, "it's only fair that if I win I get all your food for a day."

"Of course, sis," Talon agreed. Shade sat down in an armchair near the coffee table, watching, and I sat cross-legged on the floor.

"One. Two. Three," she paused. "Go!" Talon and Arya are both really strong, and their hands barely moved, even though they were both trying as hard at they could. Then Talon slowly started to push Arya's hand down. All of the sudden, Arya slammed Talon's hand on the table, with a triumphant grin on her face. "I win," she declared.

"Fine," Talon replied, and stalked off, probably to his room. Shade walked over to Arya and kissed her on the forehead, smiling, then they sat together on the couch. I forgot to mention, Arya never loses. She never takes a bet unless she's sure that she'll win, and she never sides with the team that will lose. She's also usually always right. Lucky.

"Morning," Rose mumbled, walking into the kitchen with Ash clinging to her. "Ash, get off."

"No!" He replied stubbornly, his cute face pouting.

"Will you get off if I give you a cookie?" She asked.

"Yes! I want a cookie!" He yelled.

"Ok, ok!" She told him, laughing. "I'll get you a cookie." She grabbed a cookie out of the container and handed it to him. Ash smiled and let to of her. I made chocolate chip cookies yesterday, they're my favorite. And the only thing I can make without burning the house down. Usually Arya, Rose, or Shade cooks.

All of the sudden, something red flashes through the kitchen and back where it came from. Rose wasn't fazed, however, even though it went right past her. Scorpion. He's that fast.

"So, what's the plan for today?" Rose asked, sitting down in the armchair Shade previously occupied, holding a bowl of cereal and a glass of orange juice.

"Well, we've been here for a while, five, six days? Too long, any way, so we should figure out where we should go next." I announced.

"This is the sixth day," Shade told me. He's usually on top of things like that.

"Thanks. When Talon and Scorpion come back out of their rooms we can decide."

"Cool, I can get them, coming Rose?" Arya asked, getting up.

"Sure!" Rose jumped up, and they headed towards the stairs. They love to fool around and annoy Talon and Scorpion. Shade rolled his eyes, watching them leave, but he didn't say anything. Shade doesn't talk much, unless he's with Arya.

"Max!" Ash exclaimed, walking over to me. He sat down next to me. "Your cookies are amazing." He told me seriously.

"Thank you! I like them too," I replied. I'm not full of myself, I just like chocolate chip cookies!

"Where are we gonna go?" He asked, looking up at me with his bright blue eyes.

"I don't know, Ash. We're deciding today."

"I want to go to Disney World!" Of course he does. I looked up at Shade, who was smiling, and gave him a look that said 'help me!' He just returned my gaze with one that said 'you're on your own.' Big help you are.

"We'll talk about it, kay Ash?" Just then Arya and Rose came back, dragging Talon and Scorpion.

"Got them!" Rose announced happily. Talon and Scorpion didn't look so thrilled.

"You wanted to see us?" Scorpion asked me.

"Yeah, we need to decide where we're going next. Ash votes for Disney World." I glared at them which meant 'if you side with him I swear to god I will rip you up and leave you outside for the vultures to get you.'

So, of course, they both said, "Disney World's cool." And, "why not?" See what I have to deal with?

Resigned, I said, "all in favor of Disney World say 'aye.'" I got a chorus of 'ayes.' And Arya said, "I like saying 'aye!'"

I raised my eyebrows at her and she gave me a huge smile. "Disney World it is."

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