California is NOT the Place To Be

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MAXIMUM RIDE OR ANYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH IT! JAMES PATTERSON OWNS EVERYTHING! NOT ME! I AM NOT JAMES PATTERSON, SADLY! I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE!

Chapter 1: Introduction

Max POV

"Max. Max. MAX!" someone screamed in my ear. "Ugggh! Shut up Ella!" I groaned and threw my jacket at her witch I know regret because I'm cold. See. She makes me do these things to myself. "BUT WE'RE IN CALIFORNIA! THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH!" she squealed. "I was perfectly fine living in Arizona." I said angrily.

Gosh. I never introduced myself! I'm Maximum Ride, but I go by Max. I'm 16 and will be in the 10th grade when school starts. My younger sister is 14 and will be in 9th grade at the same school as me. Oh joy! Note the sarcasm. At my last school in Arizona I was the chick that would kick your butt if you even look at me the wrong way. My Mom thought this would be the best place to start over.

"Max, get your fat and lazy butt out of the car!" Ella yelled at me. I didn't object. I stretched and finally got out and looked up and said, "Holy Mother of God...". This place had like 3 storys! "You like it, Max?" my mother said smiling with her beautiful white teeth. "Yeah.." I said still mezmersed by it. Ella smacked my back..hard. "OWWW! WHAT IS WRO-" I stopped mid-rant. A guy about my age wearing all black and was holding worlds cutest girl. She was blonde and her hair flowed down her back and ended in clumps of curls. Then,a women resembling neither the boy or the girl was next to a strawberry blonde with pale blue eyes who was... CHECKING OUT ELLA! Dang, that girls got skills.

"Hi. I'm Melanie Griffths." The woman said shaking my mothers hand. "Hello. I'm Valencia Martinez and these are my girls, Maximum and Ella." "It's Max" I mumbled and was rewarded with a hit on the back. Is it national slap Max day or something? "It's a pleasure to meet your aquantince," What is this the olden days? "These are my children, Nick," I heard him mumble something but couldn't catch it "Angel, and James." She said with a warm smile. "He's Fang and I'm Iggy." J-Iggy clarified. His mother shot him a failed glare. I was meantally laughing. Seriously this womens glare couldn't hurt a pu-

"MAX FOR GODS SAKE! LISTEN!" "Huh? What? Yeah?" I stuttered. " was speaking to you." "Oh sorry. I was uhh, so what were you saying ma'am?" "What grade are you going to be in?" She spoke with a tent of annoyance in her voice. "Oh 10th." "WONDERFUL! So will Nick,you 2 can walk to school tomorrow morning! Well dinners almost ready, so it was nice meeting you all see you tomorrow Max? 7:15? Good I will have breakfast ready! Bye!" She was in such a rush she almost knocked down Iggy who was cursing under his breath.

The Joys of tomorrow.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Bee- Thunk!

Opps. Sorry Mr. Alarm Clock. Haha. I'm so witty. Okay. Enough of that. I dragged myself out of bed and looked at my IHome to see what time it was. 6:30. Good. I pulled out a dark pair of shorts that were BARLEY school appropriate and a dark purple tank top. Then I went and brushed my teeth and ran a brush through my hair. My hair was originally brown but has been streaked with blonde from the sun. I added a VERY thin layer of eyeliner because I still had a little bruising from my last fight but the eyeliner would draw away peoples attention from the minor swelling around my eye. I did a once over in the mirror and stuck a pair of white sunglasses ontop of my head to hold my hair out of my eyes and grabed my house keys and shutz my room door befrore heading into the livingroom to get my bookbag. I grabbed it and checked my phone for the time. 7:12. Good. I'll get there on time.

Let's rock. Davidson High School here I come.

Sorry that this Chapter wasnt very long but it was more of a prolouge than a chapter. I promise Fax but come on! Give me a few chapters! Review! And no I will not be one of those people who DEMAND reviews before they post another chapter. I will probably be posting on Fridays, Wensdays, and maybe a few Sundays. Thanks and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

~Daughter Of Hades~