Dancia's POV:

We had been flying for almost 4 hours now and I felt like my wings were going to fall off my body. Literally. I flew up next to my best friend, to complain. I never complain, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

"Lylah, are we there yet?" I asked her.

She turned her yellow eyes toward me with a shocked look on her face. "Did you just complain, Dancer?" Nobody ever really called me my full name; it was too long a name to say quickly. In fact, most of the members of the flock had nicknames because of their highly complicated names.

"Sorry," I said. "I just feel like I'm going to fall out of the sky from starvation and tired-ness."

"Tired-ness isn't a word," Lylah said correcting me.

"Whatever," I said rolling my eyes. "The point is that if we don't land soon, we might lose a few flock members."

"I agree with Dancer," Elly called an exhausted voice from behind us. "I think I might be one of the flock members you would lose."

"But what if the robot men are still following us?" Lylah said in a worried voice.

I reached over and patted her golden hair. She didn't like the very much when I did that. In fact, she usually smacked my arm. But today she just patted her hair back in place.

"You are getting over protective again," I said.

Kane flew up next to us. "Yeah. We left them in the dust as soon as we left school. I'm sure of it." His black and white striped wings brushed Lylah's cream ones for reassurance.

"Fine," Lylah said, and then swooped down toward the forest below us. Dio let out a little cheer, and we all swooped down after Lylah. We landed in a small clearing surrounded by tall trees of different kinds. We sat in a circle to discuss what we were going to do next.

"Ok," Lylah began. "We made it out of school alive, any idea's on how we're going to find the famous flock?"

"Or how we're going to find money to stay somewhere in the city?" Jaclyn threw in.

"Or how we're going to find money period." Lylah finished.

"I have no idea," Kane said lying down on the ground and closing his eyes. "Good night,"

Jaclyn picked up a small pebble from beside her and chucked it at Kane's head. His hand shot to his forehead and his icy blue eyes shot open.

"Ow," he whined. "What was that for?"

"That was for you acting like a freaking idiot." Jaclyn snarled at him. "Now sit up and help, or I'll find a bigger rock."

"Fine," he mumbled and sat up. "You're really annoying, you know that Jacky?"

"It's a hard life," Jacky rolled her eyes.

"I have an idea!" Elly shouted.

"What," Lylah asked.

"I think Fang has a blog." She said, with a smile coming across her face. "We just go on and ask where he is!"

"I don't think it would be that simple," I said sighing.

"Where are we going to find a computer anyway," Davon said in a dead voice.

"Oh, right." Elly said looking down.

"No, no, wait." Lylah said putting a finger on her chin. "I think I heard some white coat say once that he was going to use the computer in something called the library. If we find a town with a library in it, we could use their computer."

"But what about what Dancer said?" Dio pointed out. "It might not be as simple as you make it sound. They may not believe us."

"Well, it's the only option we have right now." Lylah said. "Get some sleep you guys. We may have another few hours till we get to a town with a library. I'll go catch us something to eat for tomorrow."

"I'll go with you," Jacky said.

"Ok. We'll be back soon." Jacky and Lylah got up and left. The rest of us settled down on the bouncy moss on the ground. After a few minutes, sleep overtook my body.

Jacky POV:

"Well it's the only option we have right now. Get some sleep you guys. We may have another few hours till we get to a town with a library. I'll go catch us something to eat for tomorrow."

"I'll go with you," I said, eager to talk to Lylah about something that had been bugging me all day.

"Ok. We'll be back soon." We both stood up and I followed her into the forest. The sun was setting over the tops of the trees and an autumn wind blew my hair in circles. It seemed like the forest was on fire.

"Wow," I said starting our talk lightly. "It's really beautiful out here."

She turned to face me, still walking. The light made her dirty blond hair shine golden and her already golden eyes sparkle.

"Yeah," She said. "It's a lot better than the inside of a white room."

"Hell yeah." I smiled at her.

"There's something you want to talk about, isn't there?"

I looked down. "Yep,"

"What's up?" She said stopping and sitting down on the trunk of a tree. She patted the spot next to her and I sat down with a grunt.

"Question,"

She looked at me, her eyes telling me to ask what I wanted to know.

"Do you think it might be possible to find our parents?"

Her calm expression flickered for a second. "I don't know. I guess if we searched hard enough we could find them."

"I hope we can," I said looking at the ground.

We were silent for a minute or two. It made me a little worried, so I looked up to see her face. Deep in her eyes, I saw a flicker of hurt.

"Why?" She asked softly.

I racked my brain for a good reply but all I came up with was, "I want a real family,"

Now the pain was clear on her face. The gold in her eyes seemed to turn a darker shade.

"Don't you want one?" I asked, trying to keep her calm.

"I do." She said looking down. "I do want a real family. But the thing I want more than a real family is for the seven of us to stay together. Honestly, you guys are my family. I really don't need a mom or dad to make me happy. In fact, being the leader makes me feel like a mom to you. I'll do anything to make you happy, even give you up to your real parents."

I stared at her in awe. She really did care for us a lot. It made me feel bad for bringing this conversation up in the first place.

"Come on," She said after another few minutes. "Let's go find some food."

Lylah POV:

We walked in silence. She followed me, even though I had no idea were I was going. I needed the time to think. I really thought Jacky felt the same way I did. I thought she understood me the most out of our flock. I guess I was wrong. Maybe I was wrong about everyone else too. I wanted us to be friends forever. Together forever. I knew now that we couldn't. I had to find everyone's families. I had to let them go.

Suddenly, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see two big bright green eyes staring at me sadly.

"I'm really sorry." Why was she apologizing? She just said what was on her mind.

"Don't worry about me Jacky. I'll do whatever I can to find your parents."

Her eyes grew wider. "You don't have to do that!" Her chocolate colored hair suddenly flew back, riding on the wind. I got serious.

"Yeah, I really do." I turned and started walking again, but she didn't move. It was like her whole body was frozen in an ice storm. After a few seconds she started running toward me.

"Wait! I-" Her foot caught on a tree root and she landed on her face. "Ow,"

I stopped walking away and turned again. I smiled softly at her. "Bravo Jacky. I applaud your amazing running skills."

She stuck her tongue out at me and tried to sit up, but winced when her ankle hurt her. I sighed at her stupidity, and walked over to where she was laying, covered in dirt. I kneeled next to her ankle and put my hands softly on the sprain. Closing my eyes, I concentrated. I first felt the pain in her foot, then I felt warmth flow through me, healing. After I felt no more pain, I opened my eyes and pulled my hands away.

Jacky turned over to her back. "Thanks Lylah," she circled her ankle this way and that, testing to see if it worked ok. Suddenly, she stopped and a smile spread across her face. "Bird nests," she said pointing to the tree above her. I looked up to see four perfectly circular nests made out of sticks and other forest like things. Suddenly, I realized what she was thinking.

We looked at each other smiling like a couple of crazy people. "Breakfast."

Kane's POV:

Slowly, I was regaining consciousness. I could feel the slightly wet moss beneath my body now. I also felt the cool light of the morning sun on my wings. I moved to my side to get comfortable again, but before I could, something caught my attention. The smell of eggs. My eyes shot open almost blinding myself in the process.

Sitting up, I asked, "Do I smell eggs, or am I still dreaming?"

"You smell eggs," I turned my head to where the voice was coming from. Lylah was sitting on the ground with a small fire going in front of her. Balanced on top was a big rock with an egg cooking on it.

"How?" I asked plainly.

She smirked at me. "Jacky and I found some bird nests." She moved slightly to the left to reveal a pile of eggs stacked together.

"What kind of birds did you take them from?" I asked.

"Don't tell my you've gone tree hugger on me." She said frowning.

"I was just asking," I mumbled.

After a few more minutes, the other flock members started waking up and asking the same questions I did. We were all starving, so when Lylah said the first egg was done, we all shoved and pushed trying to get her to put it in our hands.

"No," She said harshly to us like we were animals. We obeyed and sat back quietly. "I get to decide who gets the first egg."

"She's going to give it to herself," I whispered loudly to Dio, making sure she heard me. Jacky reached back and smacked my on the back of my head. It hurt, but I just smiled.

"No," Lylah continued. "I'm giving it to Jacky for two reasons. One, she was the one who found the eggs in the first place. Two, I enjoy watching her hit Kane. It brightens up my day."

I scowled and looked away. I suddenly felt someone tap my arm. I looked back and saw two mysterious purple eyes looking at me.

"She was just kidding, you know." Davon said in his signature flat voice, but his eyes were sympathetic.

"I know Davo." Davo had become our pet name for Davon throughout the years. He knew we weren't serious when we called him that. It was the same for Jacky. We only called her Jaclyn when we were not joking around.

He grunted and turned away.

After breakfast, we hit the skies again. I loved the feeling of wind rushing through my jet black hair. It was exhilarating. I did tricks like dive bombs and corkscrews just to get that feeling in my gut that I loved. It had been another hour of flying when I heard Dio shout, "LOOK!"

That's what we all did. I saw light reflecting off glass windows. It was a town.

"Everbody, land over there, just next to the city." Lylah shouted over the rushing wind.

We all swooped easily over to the landing point and landed softly.

"Now," Lylah began. "How are we going to find a library in this huge city?"

"Oh, I have an idea!" Elly said raising her hand.

"What?"

"We could find a huge store that sells maps of all the buildings here. Then we find the library in there!" Elly looked proud of herself.

"I don't think there's a such a store to buy a map like that." Lylah pointed out. "I don't even think there is a map like that period."

"Right," she said pouting.

"You know," I started. "We could just ask someone."

"Oh!" Elly yelled again. "I have another idea!"

"What is it?" Lylah asked, totally ignoring my idea.

"We could ask somebody!"

"Oh, that's a brilliant idea!" I said throwing my hands in the air.

"I know," Elly smirked at me. "I'm sooo smart."

"More like a smartass," I mumbled so no one would hear me.

"I like Elly's idea." Lylah said. I gave her a pissed-off look, but she once again ignored me. "Let's go."

We walked into the city together in a huge clump. Elly was skipping along happily, dragging Lylah behind her. I fumed quietly behind the rest of the group tying to get calm again. Jacky suddenly dropped back and started walking beside me.

"What?" I snarled at her.

"What's up with you?" she said, frowning. "You know they were just kidding around with you. You take it so personally."

I let out a huff of air. "I don't take it personally,"

"Then what do you call it?" We were having a stare-off. Her bright green eyes were sparkling with some emotion I couldn't place.

"Why don't you back off and mind your own business." I growled.

"You're my friend, therefore you are my business." She looked kind of angry now.

"Who says you're my friend," With those words the look of anger cleared from her face to be replaced by hurt. She stopped walking and I continued to march angrily foreword without looking back. I didn't regret what I said. She needed to mind who she was talking to.

Lylah suddenly stopped, sensing somebody wasn't walking anymore. "Come on Jacky!" she called back to her.

"C-coming!" She called and ran past me to walk by Lylah.

"Hey," Dio said. "Maybe we should ask the police man over there."

"Good idea," Lylah said walking over to where a man in blue was leaning against his car. "You guys wait here, I'll go talk to him." We were to far away to hear what they were saying but after a minute, Lylah smiled and waved goodbye.

"So, what happened?" Dio asked.

"He says the nearest library is up there on the left." Lylah said pointing east.

"Cool," Dancer said. "Let's go."