We had been flying for what seemed like forever. The place we were headed was somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains and was supposed to be secluded. It was a vacation cottage belonging to one of Dr. Martinez's relatives. She said they had passed away and left it to her but she didn't use it anymore. Max had thought about it and decided it would be nice to settle down somewhere. We were going to live there. I smiled to myself as Max shouted out the order to land. We went down and the younger kids immediately started celebrating. I felt Fang place a hand on my shoulder.

"This is it, Ig. Home, sweet home." I smiled again and followed Fang's movements into the house. I could feel how big the space was, feeling the sounds bounce off of the walls. I would finally know where I was going everyday.

"Hey, look. We have neighbors." Angel's voice. She was over by one of the walls, probably looking out of a window.

"What? We're supposed to be the only ones around for miles." Max sounded worried. She didn't trust people out side of the flock too much, except for her mom and sister. Fang's footsteps moved toward her.

"It's ok. Maybe they have kids for Angel, Gazzy and Nudge to play with. They might be great neighbors. Don't worry unless there's a reason to." She took a deep breath and her footsteps moved away.

"Hey, Iggy. Follow me, I'll show you your room."

I followed Fang's footsteps to a hall, stopping when he reached a door on the left. He opened the door and I stepped inside. It was a nice size. I stepped slightly to my right and felt a bed close by.

"You'll be sharing with me. Gazzy's farther down the hall next to us, Nudge and Angel are across from him and Max is across from us." I nodded.

"What's the layout like?"

"Single level house. There's the living room, a kitchen leading off of it. There's a sliding glass door in the kitchen leading out to a patio, but be careful of the island. Then there's just this hallway and the four rooms." I frowned.

"Kind of simple, huh? What about outside?"

"About fifteen yards of clearing around the house before hitting the trees. On the east side there's a small creek and a bridge going over, connecting the clearing for this house with the one across the creek."

"Any people over there?"

"Yea. There's a woman and a girl about our age. Two cats." I nodded again.

"Thanks, Fang."

"No problem, Ig. Max and Angel are going to get some food to stock the up the fridge. Nudge and Gazzy are planning on going in the creek if you want to join them. I'll be on the patio." I heard his footsteps leave the room and I turned and walked out to. From what he told me I easily navigated my way through the house to the patio door. I walked down the steps and walked along the bank of the creek until I came to the bridge, noting how far it was along the house. I walked half way over and leaned against the rail, feeling the thin mist from the water hit my face. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply. I heard unfamiliar footsteps coming towards me on the bridge. I opened my eyes and looked toward the sound.

"Hi. I'm Declan. I'm your new neighbor." A girl's voice. She sounded young; she must have been the girl next door to them.

"Um…I'm Iggy."

"So, are these guys your family?" I assumed she meant Fang, Nudge and Gazzy so I nodded.

"We haven't seen anyone up here since Mrs. Cortez passed away. It's just been me and my mom up here. I'm glad there are kids around my age here now. Are there more than the four of you?" I nodded.

"There are two others." She whistled.

"Six of you plus your parents? I've been in there, there's no way you guys all fit in there." I shrugged

"There's just the six of us, no parents." She was silent for a moment.

"Oh." She was quiet after that, but he could still sense her next to him.

"Hey, Iggy. Meeting the neighbors?" Fang.

"Hi. I'm Declan."

"Fang. I see you've met Iggy. Quite the charmer isn't he?" I turned in the direction of his voice and scowled. Of course Fang would have to mess with me. He wouldn't be Fang if he didn't. Declan giggled.

"He's just been telling me a bit about you guys. It's great to finally have someone to hang out with. How old are you guys, anyway?"

"Iggy, me and Max are all fourteen. That one there is Gazzy, he's eight. And Nudge is twelve. The little one, Angel, is with Max, she's six."

"Wow, that's quite a full house. I wish I had brothers and sisters. It's just my mom and me. Maybe I can come over sometime and we can all hang out. Bye, Iggy." I heard her walk away and turned on Fang.

"'Quite the charmer'? Really, Fang?" He snickered.

"I couldn't help it. She was cute and making you squirm is really fun." I ignored him. I could hear Max and Angel landing in the trees and headed back to the house to help them out.