I do not own Maximum Ride! All credit to the amazing James Patterson!

I've always wanted wings. I've always felt as if I had invisible wings on my back that I could stretch and flap but never use. My dream was to one day touch the clouds...

let me introduce myself I'm Kat, a 17 year old with better things to do than homework and and a job. Ive always had my nose in books and I've just discovered anime in the last three years so I'm not very social either.

"Kat, Kaaaaat, KAT!" I hea rd my mother yell from the front seat of the car, I was day dreaming again. I took out my headphones so I could hear better.

"Yeah mom, what's up?" I asked sounding annoyed she interrupted my favorite part of titanium.

"I was asking where you wanted to go to dinner?" She said also annoyed I wasn't paying attention to her the first time she asked.

"Yeah, I don't really care whatever's fine with me." I replied putting my headphones back in having to restart titanium because I forgot to pause it and dived back into my day dream. I saw myself, flying effortlessly beside our family car. Zig zagging through trees and road signs as we zoomed down the expressway. My back aches where I felt my 'wings' should be, as if they were longing to be used, like I could actually shoot them out lightning fast and take off into the sky. I inwardly sighed knowing that would never happen.

Later that night I went to bed dreading going to work the next morning, working as a cashier is so boring I swear I'll fall asleep where I stand. Oh well I need money for gas and since its summer all the books I can get my hands on!

The next morning I was standing at work doing nothing except staring at the clock just praying for 2:00 to roll around when I watched four men in white lab coats getting out of a white van with black windows.

'Weird' I thought to myself, but I decided it would be rude of me to keep watching them so I turned around to face my register again. As the whitecoats (I decided to call the odd group) walked in they all looked at me and then after a short discussions walked right over to me. I guessed they were just going to ask where our pharmacy was.

"Hello" a tall cool looking whitecoats said, he was the only one that didn't have a receading hairline. "Are you Maximum?"

"Ummm no I'm sorry you have the wrong person, my name is Kat is there something I can help you with?" I asked confused as my name tag clearly said Kat.

"I'm sorry I must be mistaken." He said giving me a really suav but creepy grin. He reached out his hand to shake mine "thank you for your time, I hope this wasn't an inconvenience to you."

"No not at all." I replied and help out me hand to accept his. As soon as I did I felt a stabbing pain in my wrist. " ow dammit! What the hell?" I asked grabbing my wrist and looking up at him.

"Oh I'm sorry my cuff link, must have come lose. My apologies, well my colleagues and I must be going now. Goodbye. Maximum Ride." He said in a cool tone that gave me chills. "We'll see you in a couple days when you regain your memories. Until then try to stay out of trouble." And then they were gone.

What did he call me? Ugh my arm was burning! Idk what the hell just happened but I looked down at the clock and is was time to leave. So I called up manager and she let me leave so I could go and head to the bookstore to buy a new book that came out today.

Later than night I was gettin into bed excited of the fact that I had the next couple days off when my back started burning.

"What the hell?" I murmured to myself. But I thought nothing of it and went to bed. But sometime in the middle of the night I woke up drenched in sweat and my back was burning even hotter now. I didn't know what to do I decided to strip down and get in the shower with icy water blasting on my back but the pain wouldn't stop! I was trying hard not to scream out in agony, my back felt to hot but the rest of my body was freezing!

"What's happening to me?!" I whispered as I squeezed my eyes shut trying to block out the pain. All of a sudden the pain stopped but my head exploded in pain!

"Maximum! Maximum! Maximum Ride! Hear me!" A voice yelled in my head, when visions flooded my head. Visions of dog crates, man in lab coats just like the ones who visited me today, other kids, the flock. The flock!

"My flock!" I yelled out, remembering, remembering everything that had happened to us! Where were they? Why did this happen? And is this the reason why I hadn't had any memories of before I was 15? Was the car accident that whipped my memory all a lie?

When I opened my eyes I remembered where I was and I reached my arms behind my back and I felt them! Right where they should be! My wings...

Thank you so much for reading! This is my first fanfic! I really hope you like it please please please review if I should write more or if you have any ideas for this story or constructive criticism! Thank you all can't wait to hear from you!