* this is chapter three of ~ a maximum ride story ~. sorry i haven't wrote any in a whilr but i started school and had some homework to do. but here's chapter three... Nate, disclaimer, if you would...

Nate: ok, disclaimer: maximum ride books, max ride characters, or anything maximum ride does not belong to weirdo (nickname for randommonium135) but, me, jess, 7, henry, flydorks, and Liam(r.i.p) do

weirdo: thank you Nate. and now the story...*

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chapter 3: new name

(7's POV)

"ok, dig in everyone." iggy says.

"it looks so good, iggy. thank you." i say and start to fill my plate.

"why thankyou, i'm chef Iggy. i'll be here all week." he says sitting down.

i laugh. it kinda feels weird though because i've never laughed. and now with iggy around i laugh all the time. oh and everyone else too. i start to eat. it's so good.

"so i, um, was thinking, that maybe..." Nudge says.

"what?" Max asks.

"i was thinking..." she says again.

"oh, i never thought of that." i say.

"what?" max asks again, getting irritated.

"she wants to know if you guys can give me a real name. i never actually thought of it." i say, that's probably the longest sentence i've ever said in like, my whole life.

"oh, yea. that wouldn't be a bad idea. i guess we can't call you 7 forever."Max says.

"no, we can't." Henry says.

i look at them all. they really want to give me a name. a real name. i always thought that i'd be happy with just 7. that's what i've always been called.

"ok, i say we all make a list of names we all think would be good for her. then we'll see which one she likes best." iggy says.

"i agree." nudge and angel say together.

and that's how it started. all of them, even fang and Henry, worked on lists of name's for me. name's for me, that's still weird. but like an hour later they all had a list. and here's how they went...

list number one: Max's list...

Jane

Lexi

Night

(all got no votes, but lexi was cool.)

List number two: Fang's list...

laura

erika

erin

mandy

(laura, erin, and mandy got no votes but, erika got one, Fang said i look like an erika)

List number three: Henry's list...

(more name's than one could count or write. some were even too abnormal. but, i can tell you none were voted for)

List number four: Nudge's list...

sierra renee

crystal marie

lanareeya

leereen

magenta rose...

(and they go on like that, all way to abnormal. but, i kind of liked the sierra renee one. but still none got votes)

List number five: gazzy's list...

dark wing

mysterie

explosion

(and i bet you can see where this is going, however none were chosen.)

List number six: Angel's list...

melody

margret

ally

marge

celine

ceceilia

(and it continued through princess like names... for some reason these names made everyone, even fang, laugh. and still yet no name was chosen.)

so there were absolutely no names chosen, except erika. we were going to go with that one when Iggy says,

"Onyx."

"what?" i ask.

"i think we should call you Onyx." he says.

"that's a perfect name for her." Henry says, "but, how did you know that name would fit her."

"earlier, we walked past eachother and i accidently bumped into her. when i did i accidently touched her hair and i saw that it was black. and she's wearing black. so... Onyx would be the perfect name for her." he says.

i look at him. he is absolutely right. Onyx does fit me. then i feel this happiness wash over me. i actually have a name. before i know it i feel a tear go down my cheek then i run over to Iggy and hug him.

"thank you, Iggy." i say, "thank you so much."

"so, you like the name?" he asks.

"like it, iggy, i love it. oh, not saying anyone else's name's weren't good." i say turning towards them.

"don't worry. i didn't affend us. they really did suck. well, most of them." Max says.

"well, now you'll always be known as Onyx. welcome to the flock." Max says and Angel and Nudge run over and hug me.

"yay, another bird-sister." Nudge says.

"well have lots of fun." angel says.

i look at everyone. this is my home, my family. and now i have a name. a real name. Onyx. i really did love it. i guess it does feel better not being called 7 anymore. and for the first time in my entire life, i feel normal, human. and i love this feeling.

"next you just have to learn to fly." Max says.

oh, yea, i forgot i can't fly. suddenly i have a bad feeling. i just hope this does not hurt.

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* thank you for reading. i really am sorry that it took so long to write but i promise there will be more. i promise not to quit. and now you know what 7's name is. it's Onyx. do you like it? please tell me. but thank you for sticking with me this far. and from now and into the future ill be called weirdo in this book. i hope you don't mind it's just easier to write than randommonium135. please read and review. and thank you to thegirlwiththepinkhair for reading this one and my other one, please stick with me. thank you. and thank you to everyone else who reads these, ill try to read all of yours too.*