Hey guys! So this is my first time writing a fanfiction and I am very excited to share it with you! I started reading the Maximum Ride series a while back and really loved it but it has been a while since I have read them and I don't really remember the characters that well... I'm sorry if there are any errors with the information in the story. But I hope you guys enjoy the story! I will upload new chapters whenever I can and hopefully my writing improves over time. ENJOY!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of Maximum Ride or any of the characters used in this story.

A/N: This story is based on the characters of Maximum Ride except they aren't hybrids (so they are completely normal teenagers) and is set in high school. My tense and grammar may be bad... I will work on trying to improve it. Like I said before it is my first fanfic and I hope you guys can support me by giving me reviews and constructive criticism. I will try to update as regularly as I can and I hope you enjoy the story!

TITLE: The Pains We Share

CHARACTERS:

Maximum Ride-16 years old

Fang-17 years old

Angel-16 years old

(More characters will come in later)

CHAPTER 1- The Beginning


I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling, it was already morning. I turned onto my side and the bruises and cuts on my arms and stomach screamed in pain. I let out painful sigh. Did I really have to go to the hell hole? I wanted to defend myself but I couldn't, I'm just no match against a guy of his height and build, he's just way too strong. Why did he hate me so much? He told me every time he saw me he felt like puking. He said I didn't deserve to live on this planet , that I didn't deserve to exist at all. Why? What had I done? It was like I had taken something from him, something he could not get back. Like I was ruining his life by appearing before him. I was a normal 16 year old girl who went to school like most other 16 year old. I was quiet and kept to myself and never tried to attract attention, yet as soon as he saw me when I moved to the school, he lashed out at me asking me what I did to her.

I slid out of bed and headed to the bathroom to take a shower. I unbuttoned my pyjama top and stood in front of the mirror. The bruises on my stomach were horrendous. Shades of brown and purple covered my stomach and cuts were scattered across it. I took the rest of my pyjamas off and headed into the shower. The warm water slid down my entire body. At first the cuts and gashes stung but then slowly after they numbed and I felt pain free again. After my shower I brushed my teeth and got dressed. I pulled my jumper on top cover all the present bruises on my arms, I didn't want my mother to see.

I headed downstairs into the kitchen where mum was making breakfast for me. "Morning mum!" I said to her in the happiest voice I could.

"Good morning sweetie. Ready for school?" she asked still frying the bacons and eggs.

"Yup!" I said almost too happily. What I really wanted to say was "yea sure why not? I'm just gonna come back with more cuts and bruises" but I couldn't I didn't want to worry her. I'm old enough now I can take care of myself.

Mum handed me the plate with bacon, egg and buttered toast. It looked so good and smelt even better. I ate breakfast pretty quickly and kissed my mum goodbye before leaving for school.


The bus pulled up at the gate of my school and everyone pushed to get off. I was always the last one off and I thanked the bus driver who would always give me a sweet smile before driving off. And then I set foot into hell. I walked through the gates of the school and headed to my first class, English. I really hope I wouldn't run into him this early in the morning. "Hey bitch!" I heard the familiar voice come from the other end of the corridor.

"Oh shit!" I said in a low whisper. What do I do I thought to myself. I needed to head in that direction to go to my locker to get my books. Argh! Farout I thought. What should I do? And then I thought, what's the worst that could happen? He'd probably just slap me. I headed towards him. And arrived in front of my locker the same time he did. "Morning Max! Not trying to avoid me today slut?" he said with an evil grin.

I just looked at him. "What? Not gonna speak now? you know it's rude to ignore people when they're talking to you!" he yelled in an angry tone. This wasn't looking too good.

"Move, I need to open my locker," I said avoiding eye contact with him.

"What did you say bitch?" he asked in an almost surprised voice. I was surprised too. Did I really want him to kill me? I couldn't take back what I said. No, I did't want to. But I was frozen in fear, too scared to move. He was gonna slap me wasn't?

*SLAP*

My gaze dropped to the floor. I knew it. He hit me across the face so hard I could feel face swelling up right then and there. The stinging and burning sensation made my eyes begin to well up. I couldn't cry I told myself, I had endured much much worse. He grabbed me by the shoulders and shoved me to the floor. The impact was so painful. The bruises and cuts I received previously began to hurt again. I was in so much pain. Everyone in the corridor stopped and stared at the situation. No one ever helped anyone that was being bullied or beat up by Fang; if you did you were making a death wish. "Why don't you say it again bitch?" he said tauntingly. I really wanted to but the words were stuck in my throat.

*RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG*

Thank god school started. He crouched down beside me. "We'll finish our little conversation some other time. How 'bout you come to the roof at recess? You better be there unless you want me to really hunt you down." he whispered into my ear. Then he got up and headed to our English room. I know right? Tell you what's worse, he's in ALL my classes. Everyone began dispersing and suddenly a hand appeared in front of me. I looked up, "are you okay?" she asked. I stared at her blue eyes which were pale and vivid. It was like looking into a dream. She had long curly hair and the face of an angel.

"Yes I'm fine." I said while grabbing onto her hand as she pulled me up.

"Name's Angel." She said with a bright smile. "What's yours?"

"Maximum Ride. But you can call me Max." I said in an almost inaudible voice.

"Cool name! I'm new here and I have English in room 12, do you mind showing me where that is?" she asked.

"That's my class. We can go together."

"Awesome! By the way are you okay? That guy is he your boyfriend? Did you guys get into a fight? He beat you up pretty badly. Is he like a girl-basher?" she asked as I opened my locker and took my English books out.

I stayed silent. "Sorry I didn't mean to ask so many questions I just wanted to help a friend that's all" she said.

"A friend? You think of me as a friend and we have barely known each other for 5 minutes." I said almost angry.

"Yea, what's wrong with that? Just 'cause you got bullied doesn't mean I want to stay away from you. You're strong Max, I can see it and we can stay together and help each other out. You look smart anyway." She said in a tone that told me not to argue with her. For once after moving to this school I felt happy, warm and loved. Angel, she seemed like an amazing person.

"Okay. You're my first friend since I started high school." I told her. She didn't look too surprised and just smiled at me.

"Do you need to go get ice for your face or will you be okay?" she asked as she examined my swollen left cheek. "It looks really painful."

"Nah I'm fine. I've been through worse" I said smiling.

"Right... If it hurts I'll go to the clinic with you. Don't try and brush it off just tell me if it really hurts, kay?"

"Yup I will."

"Oh, I think this belongs to you, you must have dropped it when you were pushed," she said, handing me a photo. I was about to tell her it wasn't mine when I saw it but I was stunned for a second. Is that why she asked me if Fang was my boyfriend? In the photo there were two people, Fang and a girl sitting in his lap who looked exactly like me.


Okay so that's Chapter 1. I know it is a bit short and a bit boring since its the intro but I really hope you guys liked it! I will try and post a new chapter up next week! AND PLEASE REVIEW!

See you soon! :)

xoxo