(A/N Yay, thanks to all of my reviewers. With this story I'm gonna try and keep one chapter ahead un-posted so I have a safety net of sorts. I'll try and update once a week, but it being the summer holidays I have no clue how long I'll go without access to the internet. Thank you to all of my reviewers, especially EnergyAngel. You guys made my day. This one's for you.)

Chapter One- Max

I awoke bright and early, already prepared for the day ahead; we had cheerleading practice from 4 am 'till six A.M today, despite the fact that it was a Saturday. Grinning slightly to myself as I climbed out of bed I practically skipped to my bathroom to take a shower.

Before long I was downstairs and grabbing a couple of slices of toast, with sugar-free strawberry jam on them, and on my way out of the house, my cheerleading bag slung over one shoulder. I was walking past my bedroom door when a bang caught my attention; I opened my door to see my wolf, Accalia, lying down, her paws on an old photo album. I frowned slightly; racking my memory to try and place the plain black book- it took me a while. It was the album I had carried in my pack when I was on the run, I had forgotten all about it. I set my bag down on the floor and walked over to it, crouching down I kissed Accalia on the forehead, moving to place the battered book back on the bedside table. Accalia's low whine stopped me, and I paused, looking down at the book. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to reminisce. I sat down cross-legged on my bed, patting the spot next to me for the agile wolf, my best friend in the whole world. I opened the book carefully, and there on the first page was a picture of the flock and I at Anne's house. Fang and I were at the back, our arms round each other- I was smiling like an idiot, and even Fang was smiling slightly. Iggy and The Gasman were kneeling in front of us- their smiled as wide as my own. Nudge and Angel were sat at the front, Total in between them- they too were smiling.

I remembered that months ago- before we joined the school- just looking at these photos, all of them of the flock together, used to make me smile. Now all it did was sadden me, we'd all changed. I had become the thing that I'd previously hated, a prep school Barbie- I mean, seriously, what was I thinking- cheerleading? And Nudge, she'd given up cars and machinery to hang out with the populars in her year- and we'd all known how much she loved them. Iggy had given up bombs and him and Gassy had joined the skaters and the pranksters. I hadn't seen a bomb in months. And my baby, Angel. She had started taking hip-hop, something which she'd previously despised. But the one that hurt me the most was Fang. He too was in the 'in crowd', and it had turned him into an obnoxious jerk- I couldn't remember the last time that I'd had a real conversation with him, and that hurt me more then anything, we'd always said that we'd be best friends forever- it seemed that forever was a lot shorter then it used to be. Just thinking this brought tears to my eyes, and for the first time in a long time- I cried. Realising that I'd been lying to myself, I wasn't this prep, I was Maximum. The flying freak. The mutant mother. The leader. What had happened to us? I asked myself, but the answer came to me almost instantly, I knew what had changed us. School. I had always said it was a bad idea, I had protested that we'd all change- that nothing would be the same again. The others had all laughed it off, saying that it was ridiculous, that we were a flock. Live together, die together- no matter what. And, not for the first time in my life, I hated being right. We were no longer a flock.