Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum ride; it belongs to James Patterson
Rose P.O.V
"Matt…. Matt!" I whispered yelled shaking him. He let out a soft groan, waking up as he took a look at me before groaning, squeezing his eyes close as if I were a terrible sight which at the given time (3:21 A.M) I might as well have been.
"Rose what are you doing here?"
"I'm bored" I answered with a pout making him rub the bridge of his nose.
"Then go to sleep" he waved off.
"Come on, you know I can't do that" I argued trying to keep him awake. "Those stupid scientist put owl D.N.A in me, which means I'm nocturnal- weather I like it or not"
"Don't you mean we like it or not" he grumbled as he sat up with a yawn. "Why don't you go hunt a mouse or something?"
"That wasn't funny" I responded flatly with a frown as he brought up owl-ness of my D.N.A.- 2% to be exact.
"I wasn't trying to be" he responded before yawning again. "Why aren't you bothering the others?"
"Well Adam is like a rock- no one can wake him" I started off. "Kat and Camille actually threw rocks at me and well Eileen…. Well she blackmailed me"
"Which just leaves … me" he mumbled with a sigh.
"Congratulations~" I sang clapping my hands.
"Shut up!" Camille's voice rang from a branch higher.
"Well someone's in a bad mood" I shouted purposely and in replay got a rock down at me but thanks to my fast reflexes manage to avoid it. "Rude"
"So what are you doing waking up everyone? Or at least trying?"
"I told you already, I'm bored" I answered, pouting as I realized he wasn't listening earlier. "Come on you're the leader- help me"
"Well what do you want to do?" he asked and I thought a bit, tapping my chin before an idea hit me.
"Teach me how to fly" I answered and he blinked startled.
"What?" he asked surprised.
"Teach me how to fly" I repeated. "Then I don't have to be carried around and you guys won't tire out"
"I don't know" He said a bit wary of teaching me how to fly which I'm not completely surprised about. I mean, I did recently join the flock after they found me with a gunshot wound in my left wing.
It's been completely healed but everybody still had their concerns about me especially since I couldn't remember exactly how to fly. Actually I couldn't remember hardly anything about myself with the exception of a few qualities such as my name and that I was an avian hybrid- I was nocturnal and… that's actually about it.
"Oh come on, I'm the only one who doesn't know how to fly! And I'm sick and tired of it, I want to feel the power of my wings flapping, I want to touch the clouds, the sky with own feel will- please?"
I did my best puppy dog look- not as well as Eileen's but I think it was good enough as Matt sighed standing up. I cheered hugging him before letting go as he grabbed my hand.
"You do know I'm going to drop from the highest point of this tree" I grinned.
"Do or die right?" He gave his half-grin as he spread his wings, the brown and white glowing under the moonlight before taking off.
To feel the wind your hair, to touch the clouds of your own free will and the power of your wings is the most amazing feeling you will ever feel. It feels even more amazing cause I actually finally learned to fly… with the help of Matt of course.
"Did your mouth stop working?" Matt called from beneath me. I'm guessing it just in case I fall, because with the sun shining out so brightly- you never really know. I'm just hoping that keeping busy would drive me awake and from falling asleep but then again, I probably won't fall asleep mid-air, I can control it to an extent.
Hopefully.
"I can't believe you already learned how to fly" Kat stated happily as she flew near me.
"And why is that?" I asked curious.
"Because you learned it in one night, and your flying like a pro"
"Well matt taught me" I pointed out. Matt was the best flyer out all of us, being the leader and all. I guess he just had the most experience and I think it has something with the D.N.A put in him, like I'm nocturnal because I'm an owl- he's probably a good flyer because of the type of breed.
"Well it doesn't matter if a hippo taught you" Camille cut in. "Just be happy you're not a burden to Matt and Adam and the entire flock" Okay that hurt…. a lot, but this was Camille and she was always like this.
"Camille" Matt said flying upward and stopping all of us.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Adam asked. I blinked seeing the 2 surround Camille scolding her as Kat, Eileen and I paused our flying, watching the argument break out.
"You guys, it doesn't really matter" I tried to cut in. After all it did have some truth into it, it didn't matter who taught me- just as long someone taught me how to fly. I wouldn't be a burden anymore, and I hope that I wouldn't be one because I were dragging the flock down to the point where they let me join, it was my worst fears come true.
"I'm serious Camille, what are you doing talking to Rose like that!?" Matt asked angrily.
"Yeah and she's haven't been a burden and she never was" Adam agreed. It made me smile. They were defending me and everything but they might of not realized it but I have certainly have and so had Camille. I was a burden. I didn't fight and up to now I couldn't fly.
"I'm just saying it's a lot better that she can fly then she couldn't." Camille defended.
"Couldn't you say it in a nicer way?" Eileen said jumping into the conversation.
"Yeah!" Kat agreed. I sighed, as I decide to wait it out. My head was pounding though- maybe it's just something a headache of the fighting that's going on. I rubbed my temple as I felt the heat of the sun turn like 50 degrees hotter. It's getting really hot? Or is that me? Everything was getting blurry- spinning around…
I yawned… wow I'm so tired…
"Umm g-guys…" I said quietly as I felt my wings get a twinge in them. My eyes were fluttering. "Y-you g-guys…" I mumbled getting more tired. I felt my eyes slipping close and then wind whipping around me.
"Rose!" I heard Kat yell.
"Matt, do something!" Camille yelled. They both sounded concerned… but I didn't know who or why they were- I just needed to open my eyes but…. It would take to much energy. This wind is nice, it's cool and refreshing… why is it that everything had to be so hot? Why couldn't it be cool just like this wind. I wonder where it came from though? I was just floating and then I closed my eyes and then it appeared.
It was almost like if I was falling….
Oh my god… I am following. I felt the panic arise. I couldn't die. Not now or ever… I had to get back to my flock!
3rd P.O.V
"Rose!" Kat yelled as her best friend started to fall to the ground.
"Matt, do something!" Camille yelled, scared.
"Right" Matt said as he dove down in hopes to catch her. As he was getting closer to her and it was just a little more before something came out of her and Matt was blown backwards. He raised his arms to block it. It was cold and it slightly hurt but what was it? He blinked as he realized that it was snow, snow had come out of Rose's body. He blinked shocked, along with the rest of the flock as Rose landed in the snow, unhurt. Matt flew down to check if she was alright.
"W-What just happened?" Adam asked gaping at the sight of the snow. It appeared from Rose's body… and it was in the middle of July, so chances of thinking it might have been some kind of wacky weather.
"S-snow…. It came out of R-rose's bod-body" Camille stammered.
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Are we just going to stand here? Or are we going to go see if anything is wrong with Rose?" Eileen asked getting fed up with the silence. Before anybody could say or do anything Eileen flew down. Kat blinked startled out of her thoughts before silently agreeing and following suit. Adam closed his wings dropping down as Camille followed elegantly though concerned.
"It's alright, she's just asleep" Matt said relief washing over him, along with everybody else.
"There's no damage right?" Kat asked looking at Rose as if she could see any injuries physically on her body.
"No, the snow broke her fall" Matt replied, a thoughtful and calculated expression as he turned to Kat. "Have any idea how it came out of her?"
"Well… she is a snow owl" Kat pointed out. Everybody silently pondered on what had happened when Eileen spoke up.
"What's going to happen now?"