I jerked up right in my bed, and before I had even gotten halfway up, my head clunked pain fully with someone else's. And I can tell you boy, it hurt.
"Ow, Max you have a hard head." I heard Boom mutter from beside me. Laughter from my left made me opens my eyes, only to see Sparks and X in my room. Sparks was almost bent double from laughing so hard, her long blonde hair and bright blue eyes made her look like an angel. But her wings were dark brown, taking away from the affect. And Boom had shorter black hair and almost purple eyes. She sat there rubbing her forehead, looking slightly confused. X suddenly stood up and tried to help Boom up, but only succeeded in falling over too. X has long brown hair and navy blue eyes, she's about 15, Boom is 19 and Sparks is 22, I'm now 23.
I live in a house with 7 other adults, and 5 kids, that make 12 people. So we have a huge house so that we all fit. There's Dagger, and Shadow, and Talon, and Blade. Then there's Me, Sparks, Boom, and X. Dagger and X are around 15. Shadow is about 25, and Talon is 20, and Blade is 16. Shadow and Sparks are married as of last year, and Talon and Boom are dating for about 4 years now. Blade used to date Lucy, but the scientists killed her. But before she went she left a beautiful little baby boy, named Skye.
Boom and Talon have one kid too, a little girl named Starr. She's a real fighter. She knocked out 2 erasers at age 3. Now that's power.
X has a little girl, yep they used her. She was only 12, when it happened. But she says it was worth it to have the little angel named Phoenix. That kid can get anything she wants from anyone of us, even Shadow. Shadow may look all tough and dangerous, but really he's one big softy. And we all know it.
Shadow and Sparks have a kid named Jade. She's a sweet kid, and very talented with a pen and paper, she'll draw a landscape in less than 10 minutes. She even has her own art room.
Last but most certainly not least is my baby girl. Thorn she's all cute and nice, until you get her angry. Most of the time she's quiet always writing or reading. She's only 5 but she's amazingly smart. She looks a lot like her father, Fang.
Yep, I was knocked up with Fangs kid. Isn't that Great? I know it just gives me the warm fuzzies. But I'm not mad. I love Fang, and wanted to have his kid. In a childish way, I thought that we would always be connected. But he has no clue that he has a kid. And I doubt that he ever will. He'll never know about Thorn, that's just the sad truth. But she would always have men in her life. She has Dagger, Blade and Shadow. That was just the way the cards read.
But that doesn't mean that I ever stopped looking for Fang; because I never did. Ever. Infact we have a whole team investigators out looking for the flock right now. But they are not to make contact. They are to come straight here, and tell one of us. So imagine my surprise, when Sparks stopped laughing enough to breathe and be able to talk.
"Listen max, we need to tell you something." Sparks gasped. I raised my eyebrow. At this she was shaken into a fit of giggles. "They-" giggle. "Found the," Giggle. "Flock."
That's about when I passed out…
Before I surfaced into consciousness I could hear voices. (wow that sounded creepy.) "What happened? Sparks?" I heard Shadows voice. He sounded upset. "I have no idea! I just told her that they found the flock!" flock, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel? I lurched upright in my bed and gasped. Everyone gathered around me, all asking questions at once, it was overwhelming. I could only think of one most crucial fact. The flock was somewhere out there, and I was going to find them. Today, now. For the first time in eight years, I would see Fangs face, and Hug Angel.
They had found the flock. And suddenly I was up out of the bed, pushing past dagger. I grabbed a set of clothes and ran headlong to the bathroom and got changed. In a daze I pulled on my oversize t-shirt and too long jeans, shoved my feet into my hitops and dragged my brush through my tangles, as I brushed my teeth. Fang fang fang! Oh god Fang! Was pretty much what was going through my head. Now Thorn would meet her REAL daddy! I just hoped that he would accept that he even has a daughter…
20 minutes later me, Shadow, Boom, Dagger and X were flying over a small town about 18 miles from our house. The sky looked clear, like a good omen. Oh god I hoped that it was a good omen…I mean what if they don't care? What if they don't want me back? Would I be able to go on, and live with myself? I had no clue. Only one way to find out I guess.
"Whoa-that house is huge!" Dagger, said looking shocked. I held back the laughter and looked at Boom who rolled her eyes, and smacked him upside the head. "Hey! Not cool, Boom!" he said, while pouting like a baby. I rolled my eyes at their antics as she stuck out her tongue at Dagger. They acted worse than the kids sometimes! But I needed to focus right now. And so I looked back to shadow and X for support. X came forward and took my hand. "Don't worry, it'll all be okay." She said.
I really hoped that she was right about that. I raised my chin in defiance and walked toward the huge mahogany front door, the house itself was huge and a pale blue. It was obvious that the girls had helped out a lot. From inside I could just barley hear a muffled BOOM! And snickered to myself. It was just like old times for them. I knew that they would never grow out of that. It wasn't a phase, after all it was how Iggy got his name.
I don't really know how long I stood out side the door, hesitating. Because if I knocked I could be faced with the family I had thought lost, or a whole boatload of hatred coming right at me. So I stood there, scared to death that it would all be a mistake. But I knew that I would do it all over again if I had to, because I gave up myself for them and I'd do it all again. Because I love them. They were my family.
Finally, Boom banged her fist on the wooden door, as she looked at me with understanding. I sucked in a deep breath, and tried not to turn and run headlong down the gravel driveway and take to the skies. It wasn't long after that the door swung open, to reveal someone I thought I'd never see again…
THE READHAIRD WONDER!
