YAY, I'm finally writing the third one! I can still remember how thrilled I was when you guys said you wanted this, so I'm running on that for now. And also, everyone owes Katie-3llen so much it hurts because she convinced me to write the plan in school (everyone was giving me weird looks but then again they always do that when they're not ignoring me) and also to update tonight! I wrote this part like an eternity ago and just adjusted it a bit, so I suppose you're all lucky. But this is going to be so much fun!

Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out I regained control over everyone at the end of the interview.

Disclaimer: I don't own Max. I don't own anything that came from her books. I don't even own an iPod! But I own this laptop, these headphones that I'm listening to my Phantom of the Opera CD on, my story notebook, and my beloved OCs and plots! Yes, I said plots, as in more than one. I have more ideas than Rina! But I'll write some more when this is done. But that's an eternity from now. Yay, the rambling's back! Well, on with the story then. Enjoy, my good friends!

Intro

You may think that this is a story that's all about the world-saving flock and their ex-genie, Rina. I'll tell you right now that you're wrong. Well, you're not entirely wrong, but still, to some measure, that isn't correct.

You see, this isn't ALL about them. Sure, they're pretty important, but some other people have a lot to do with this story. C'mon, you can guess who they are! They were mentioned in the last Our Genie, Rina story. Not a lot, but they were there. They were part of the ending, and Iggy and Rina learned a lot about them, but you still don't know the full version of their story. That's why I'm here. To give you the full version.

Not ringing a bell, huh? I'll give you another hint. Their parents may have saved the world, but they saved their parents from that nasty Ari 2. Well, they saved Iggy and Rina, anyways, but Ari 2 could have killed the rest of their parents too! And of course, they also saved their parents from themselves. But you didn't know that.

Still nothing? Or maybe you do know. But I'll give you one more hint anyways. I'm their leader.

Oh, now you get it! Wait, lemme hear your answer, just to check. No, this isn't Jake, weren't you paying attention to the last story? Jake or Newt could have been the leader, since they're the oldest and all, but they didn't want to, and they weren't up to it anyways. So I took it. That's right, I'm Tali. And I'm here to give you OUR version, the FULL version of Free Rina. You heard our parent's version, but there's a lot of stuff that happened behind the scenes that you didn't know about. I suppose you want to know what happened after the flock overheard us using our real names and calling them our parents? And what happens when you don't personally get your family together, anyways?

Look, I'm not any good at intros. I guess what I'm trying to say is that some really cool stuff is going to happen in this story, and I don't think you want to miss it. If you do read it I can promise you more details, more weird facts (including facts about the future and stuff, I mean does anyone know if we have anti-gravity over here?), more explanations, more humor (I guess, that's probably dad and Newt), and dare I say it, more romance. Especially between me and (gulp) Jake. Hehehe, Newt owes me a quarter, he bet I wouldn't say there was romance between me and…me and…oh well, he's not paying me to say it twice!

So what do you say, are you in? Yes? Excellent!

Welcome to the next generation.

-Tali

Yeah, I agree with Tali, she's not very good at intros. Newt here, I saw this paper on her desk and thought I'd add something. I guess she's finally decided to write it all down, all the things we've been through. I think it should be recorded myself, even though I know I won't forget what happened to us. It's too strange and weird and cool at the same time, who could possibly forget it? How would you feel if you traveled back in time with your sister and your best friends to see your parents just slightly older than you? And it's also death not to be able to tell them who we are. We can only ask them how they like their Coke.

But the thing is, you don't know what that's like, unless you know someone who's a genie or part genie. So we're writing it all down for you, I guess. Wanna know what it's like to have the flock as your parents, to travel back in time to see them, and pretend you have no clue who they are? This is the story for you. Of course I'm only advertising this story because Tali promised me a share in the profits, but still, it's something you might want to think about reading.

-Newt

What they said.

-Jake

Oh, good, Tali's writing it down! And since we saw Newt and Jake write some other words on here, we figured we can write too. Syd's holding the pen (because we're not stupid enough to use something Tali can erase later) and I (Shell) am telling her what to write. So here it is. Why does it have to be Tali's Tale? We better be getting a POV in this somewhere. Go ahead and read it if you want to, it's nice to have all those things explained about the last story, but we're just in it for the profit, like Newt.

-Syd and Shell

Hi, Zak here, and I can't believe someone's writing it all down! But Tali could have told us she was writing it, and if she didn't want us to see what she was writing she could have hid it instead of having it flat out on her desk like that, I'd use that safe I got for Christmas if I were writing something because I'm really bad at writing since I ramble a lot so maybe I'll make Tali write my POV for me, that'll be fun because my hand won't throb like it does now and Tali will make me sound smarter although I don't know why she'd do it because if she says yes to writing one more thing for me then I'm just going to live with her and make her write everything for me because my hand hurts from writing so much because I'm rambling and I'm going to stop writing now because my hand hurts. Read the story!

-Zak

Pointless intro, I know, but I felt like adding a hook. Patience, my readers, just scroll down and you will see chapter 1!

Chapter 1: The Ever-So-Hated Recap (I know, we all hate these, but I just think I ought to put one in here! Sorry)

POV Tali

I lay in my bed, reading so I would be tired when I turned out the lights, when my window opened and two girls crawled in. It was two twin girls, both with brown hair and brown eyes. They were identical in person, but not in spirit. The one on the left, I know, was strong, a good fighter, and quick to defend, just like her mom. She was also good with computers, like her aunt. Her twin, on the other hand, got the sweet, helpless side of her mom. She was sweet, kind, and tough when she had to be. She also played the piano while her sister was learning to fight. But despite these differences, these sisters were the best of friends and liked to gang up against their brother. Their names were Syd and Shell.

"Hi Tali, we just came to say goodnight." Syd said.

"Can you tell us a story tonight? I'm not tired." Shell requested.

"Okay. What do you want to hear?" I asked. Don't say parents, don't say parents!

"I wanna hear the story with our parents!" Syd said. I sighed. Better not deny them their story, or they'll stay with me all night.

"Fine." They grinned and sat on either side of my bed. "Once upon a time there was a flock. Max was the leader of the flock, who could fly at the speed of light and hear a voice in her head, and she had a right-hand man named Fang. Iggy was the second boy, who was blind, followed by Nudge, dubbed "the motormouth" who could also touch where a person has been and instantly know all about them, Gazzy, who could imitate voices, and his little sister, Angel, who could read and control minds, breathe underwater, and talk to fish. This flock was created with wings by whitecoats for a very special reason. Max and her flock were going to save the world." The twin's eyes widened at that part, even though they had already heard this story a zillion times.

"Max didn't want to save the world, though, so she and the flock kept running away. They were in Virginia when Iggy and Gazzy, the bomb experts and partners in crime, blew up the community iPod. Max got mad, and after yelling at them, she took them to

Radio Shack, where they found a slender white iPod. They downloaded their songs on it, and Iggy tried to play it, but a genie popped out of it instead of songs!

"The genie introduced herself as Rina, and she told Max that she was going to help Max save the world. She told them to go to Seattle, and they flew halfway there and stopped at the Great Salt Lake. Iggy and Rina got together and used her powers to get Max and Fang to admit that they love each other, and while they were kissing-" the girls giggled "-Iggy and Rina walked and talked. It was enjoyable for both of them.

"Later that night, Angel and Nudge woke up Rina and asked her to take a walk with them. While they were walking, Angel and Nudge told her that Iggy loved her, and she should do something about it. At the same time, Gazzy woke up Iggy, said that Rina loved him, and he should do something about it. Iggy developed a sort of plan, and asked Rina to take a walk with him. He took her to the cliff where Max and Fang had talked, and asked her to give him his vision back. She asked-"

"Tali?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we fast forward? We've heard this part already. Can you get to the more recent part?" Finally, they're sick of it!

"Okay. So after they all saved the world, they found their parents. Angel and Gazzy's parents were poor people who had to give them up for money. Nudge had two really nice parents and a little sister who never wanted to give her up. But Nudge was kidnapped, so they never got to know her. Max, Iggy, and Rina knew their parents already, so that left Fang. Fang learned that his dad was Charlie Denton, the richest man in the world. He offered his son and his friends a home, even though he knew about their wings and their powers."

"And then what happened?" the girls asked together. It was kinda cute how their eyes were so wide even though they could tell the story back to me in perfect detail.

"Not a lot. Everyone but Rina got personal servants, so they were pretty much spoiled. Then Fang and Iggy talked, and they decided that Fang would ask Max to marry him if Iggy asked Rina after their wedding. So Fang proposed while the rest of the flock watched, they had a wedding, and then Iggy proposed to Rina. But right after they were engaged a letter came to Rina from the genie government. It told her that Ari 2, her worst enemy, was wished free and was looking for her and Iggy. So the couple decided to be on the move until their wedding, and they went to visit their parents and tell them about the engagement.

"When they were at Rina's house, Rina's dad saw a gang of flyboys headed their way, so Rina's mom sent Rina with her little sister, Gina, and Iggy with Rina's older brother, Matt, to hide while her parents and the flock fought the flyboys. Iggy and Rina got back to the house in time to see Ari 2 threaten them, and Angel almost died, but everyone was okay, and they had the wedding.

"However, right before the wedding started, Iggy disappeared. Rina found out that Ari 2 had him locked in the cellar with one of the servants that tried to defend him, and she went down to save them, only to get her powers shorted out. Then she was beat up seriously by Ari 2, and right as he was about to kill her, the personal servants blew up the doorway and saved her just in time. They used powers to save her, and they made Rina and Iggy forget about what happened, but Rina still remembered, so after the wedding the servants told her that the six of them were actually the kids of the flock, but she couldn't tell anybody."

"Hey guys!" the window slammed behind Zak, the youngest of our little group. His blonde hair was messy, as always, and his blue eyes twinkled as he flopped onto my bed and interrupted the story. "Whatcha doin'?"

"SHH! Tali's telling us a story!" Syd and Shell said at the same time, like they always do.

"Ooh, I wanna hear, I wanna hear, keep talking!" Zak said in one breath and wiggled closer to hear me better. I sighed, and resumed.

"So after she figured out that the servants were actually the kids of the flock, Max announced she was going to have a kid. When he was born, they named him Jake, and he was officially the heir to the Denton fortune because Mr. Denton died and made Fang the owner of Microsoft."

"And what was Jake like?" Zak asked smugly. Little demon, he just wanted me to describe him without blushing!

"Uh…well, he has black hair like his dad, but he got blue eyes from his grandpa, Jeb. His wings are a perfect black with a bit of his mom's brown mixed in, and he got his mom's power of flying at really fast speeds. And he learned to be silent and dark, like his dad. But unlike either of his parents he likes to skateboard, and he won't stop listening to rock music. There, happy?" I glared at Zak, who cackled and motioned for me to go on.

"Then six months Rina had two twins, Newt and Tali. Newt was born first, and he has blonde hair and blue eyes, like his dad Iggy, except his hair is more of a dirty blonde. He has his dad's wings and half of every power ever imagined. In fact, he and Tali were the first genie twins in history, and no one knew what would happen with twin genies, but apparently each twin got half of all the powers. Tali, aka me, has the other half, and you all know what I'm like, so moving on-"

"No, Tali!" Syd exclaimed.

"You have to tell us about everyone, including you!" Shell told me. Great, just great, they want me to describe myself. How the hell do I do that?

"Uh…I have brown hair with red highlights and blue eyes just like Rina, my wings are just like Iggy's, I love to read, I'm the leader, and I have half of every power ever imagined. Okay? Okay. Then when Jake was two and me and Newt were one and a half you two were born." I patted Syd and Shell's heads.

"Syd, you've got brown hair and brown eyes, like a combination of your mom and dad, Shell, you look the same as Syd, you both have wings like your mom and dad mixed together, and you can fly at supersonic speeds. Syd, you like to fight and work with computers, and you're the oldest twin. Shell, you're the youngest, you like to play piano, and you're kinda like your Aunt Angel which figures because you hang out with her a lot."

"Syd and Shell were one and a half when you were born, Zak." I kicked Zak in the knee because that was the only part I could reach. "You had blonde hair and blue eyes like your dad, Gazzy, and you had really, really tan skin like your mom. And you talk like her too, like a motormouth. You can imitate voices like your dad, and you can also touch things and know all about the people who touched them, like your mom. Plus you can play the drums. And that's what the flock's kids are like, and that's what happened to the flock. The end." Syd and Shell were already half asleep on my shoulders, and Zak was drooping a bit, so I rose and dragged them out of my bed. "Goodnight guys. Get a lot of sleep, we've got a big day tomorrow."

"What're we doin' again?" Zak slurred sleepily.

"We're going back in time to see our parents."

"'Kay. Night Tali." Everyone murmured as I led them to the ladder out my window. That's how they managed to get to our houses so quickly, because Newt and I have ladders hanging from our windowsills.

"Night, guys." I waved after them as they sagged back to their house to get in bed. Maybe I should go check on Newt? He should be back from saying goodnight to Jake about now.

"We were just talking. Wanna say goodnight?" I would have gotten a heart attack from Newt's sudden response if I weren't so used to it by now.

"Sure. Tell Jake I said goodnight and sleep well." A second or two later, he responded.

"Jake says ditto."

"Tell him I can feel his enthusiasm from here."

"How about you tell him yourself? I only do one goodnight for free and then you have to do it yourself."

"Fine, make some space." Well, now's as good a chance as any to get a look at Jake. I poofed myself from my room to Jakes, which looked very messy, with clothes thrown every which way and the lights all dim. Jake and Newt sat cross-legged on the bed, facing me.

"Congrats, Jake, I think you finally drove the maids out." I said sarcastically as I looked at the sock hanging from the ceiling fan.

"Yeah, Rose and Em quit." A smile quirked across Jake's face, and all of a sudden I couldn't tear my face away from his. I love that smile so much, even if it shows up for a fraction of a second. His hair tossed so wildly on his head made me want to stroke it and mess it up a bit more. And his eyes…I'm not even going to start on them. The guy I knew since I was born, and I had to like him. Go figure. I'm not even sure I like him, I mean it's not like I'm going to go up to one of my friends and rattle off my symptoms and ask if I like him because they'd think I was insane. I practically live with this guy, we do homework together! How could I like someone I've seen my whole life?

"I could feel your enthusiasm from over there when you said ditto." I tried to remember how to speak with those eyes like ice cooling my blush.

"Yeah, but that's Jake for you." Newt smirked.

"Night then." I said sheepishly. Man I hope I didn't sound too silly!

"Night." Jake said simply and lay down on his pillow. Was this a good sign? Maybe he just didn't have anything else to say?

"Can I have a lift back?" Newt asked.

"Yeah, sure." I smiled at Jake, and then we were back in our own bedrooms. I sighed, then flopped down on my mattress. One more night of sleeping in my own bed and then we go back in time. That's kinda strange.

POV Jake

I am SUCH an idiot. Why did I only say six words to her? She might think I didn't want to talk, and then where would I be? Dang it, Jake, think when you're around her!

I punched my pillow into a lump. Why couldn't I think with those crystal eyes staring at me, and that hair blowing in some unseen breeze? Why was it impossible to form more than a few words when she just made some clever remark? Why did I get the vibe she'd never like me as more than a brother? Newt kept saying I needed to make a move, but he never said how. I felt just like dad did when Iggy told him he needed to propose to Max and wouldn't say exactly how.

But Tali…she'd never like me that way. Not when she's too busy taking care of Zak for a night or practicing fighting along with Syd or listening to Shell practice piano or dueling with Newt. She'd be too busy to notice the way the dark guy drools in the corner when he sees her in school. I'm surprised she doesn't even have a boyfriend yet.

How could this happen? A girl I've spent all but six months of my life with and I had to fall for her. We grew up together, I saw her best and worst moments and she saw mine. We went to school together, and we were in all the same classes. I say goodnight to her every evening before bed. You'd think seeing a girl too much would make you sick of her. But I've never gotten tired of seeing her.

Maybe there'll be an advantage on this trip we're taking tomorrow. We're going back in time tomorrow to get our parents together, and as servants I doubt we'll be in separate rooms. Maybe she'll see. Maybe I'll drop just a few hints. But if she doesn't like me back…

No. I won't let that happen. Even when we're breathing each other's air I won't show a single clue. Because if she doesn't like me it's going to hurt. A lot. So I play it cool. If she lets me know, fine, I'll do the same. If she doesn't…well, I won't get hurt. In the meantime, we've got some parents to get together.

We all know pretty much everything in there was pointless, but it was enjoyable, right? I thought some Jali would be fun to write anyways. Please, review and tell me how I'm doing on my first chapter!

Oh, and a few things in the story Tali was telling might seem wrong, but hang on with me, it's all part of the plan!