Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride

I soared away, tears flooding my eyes. Just keep going. Don't look back, I told myself. I repeated that over and over in my head. I couldn't afford to look back.

I flew for five hours straight, crying the entire time. Finally, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I landed in the middle of a forest, under two large trees, and collapsed at the base of the closest one. I began to sob, letting go of reality, wallowing in self pity. Why didn't he remember? I pulled in my wings, wrapping them close to my body.

"Looks like someone just got dumped," I heard someone mutter from above me. I looked up and saw a group of teenagers sitting in the tree above me.

"Who the hell are you?" I asked, wiping my eyes. One of them, a boy with sun glasses on, even though it was twilight.

"Name's Ratchet. And yours?" he asked, smiling seductively at me.

"Lyght," I replied, taking a step away from him. "What about them?"

"Kate, Star, Fang, and Maya," he said, pointing at a spot in the tree, most containing a person.

"First of all, there is no one in that spot, and second... Haven't I met you before?" I asked, pointing toward Maya.

"Great, she's met the super seven," Star said, rolling her eyes as she slid down to meet me. Maya jumped down, and walked over to me. She looked exactly like Max, except for a blood red streak running next to her face.

"Don't be such a jerk, Star. They helped us," a boy's voice said, and a boy magically appeared next to me, causing me to jump.

"And I know you, too. You were part of the group that saved me," I said, studying his face.

"Maybe not," Star muttered. "But when did we save any one?"

"Not you, Max and Iggy and Nudge and Angel and Gazzy. You also took Total," I said.

"Never mind," Star sighed, walking away.

"You're the girl from the Institute, are you not?" he said.

"Yep," I said. Geezumz, one day, two groups of mutant kids.

"Looking for a place to stay? We've got room for another lady," Ratchet said, sliding toward me again.

"Sorry, but I'm looking for someone," I said, backing up.

"Who?" Kate asked.

"My friend," I replied, whipping out my wings. "So, please. Leave me alone." I took a running start and flew away. I felt a force impact my body, and an angry voice yelling.

"Maya! Don't attack her! Leave her alone!" Fang's voice yelled.

"No!" Maya's voice said in my ear. She began dragging me back to the ground, and pinned me down.

"What do you want?" I demanded, thrashi8ng under her hold.

"Details. Who are you looking for? And is he a mutant? If not, don't even bother looking for someone you would have known if the jerks in the white coats hadn't taken you, it's not a good idea. They'll rip you apart," she growled in my ear as I continued to thrash around.

"His name is Dylan, and he's a bird kid, like us! I need to find him!" I choked out, running out of breath under the weight of the girl sitting on my chest.

"So... Did she not meet the super seven?" Star asked, her eyes showing her confusion as well as her voice.

"Maybe it's a different Dylan, a different birdkid," Maya suggested as I continued to struggle beneath her.

"I doubt it, there aren't many bird kids in the world, beside the fact there are even fewer by the name of Dylan that are our age," Fang said, pushing Maya off of my chest.

"But how could that be? Dylan's a clone," Maya said as she flipped from her stomach to her back, and sat up.

"Maybe that's why he doesn't remember me, because he's a clone of Dylan," I said, more to myself than the rest of the group.

"Wait, you saw him, and talked to him, and yet your here, saying you need to find him? Now I'm down right confused," Ratchet said, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"Let me start from the beginning," I sighed, then I reluctantly told them my story.

Yup, there's chapter 2. So, review, and tell me what you think!

-Isabelle-