On Angel's Wings

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Author: HallowedHallsOfWriting

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When the attempt to rescue Angel from the school fails, Max and the flock were tortured then murdered. Angel, after watching all that happen to her family, is the only one left. For four long years, Itex has kept her in its clutches, testing thing after thing on her. One day, when an experiment to Apparate (I know, I know, so Harry Potter-esque, but that's the only word I can think to describe it) fails, Angel is sent to another world, with no way to return (fortunately, Itex can not follow her). Here, she is found on the grounds by everyone's favorite flamboyantly dressed sensei, and is enrolled in, you guessed it, Alice Academy. Follow Angel Ride as she struggles to overcome her past and finally find a place to belong.

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Disclaimer: Hallow is floating on a boat in the ocean, trying her hardest to get a tan. Suddenly, the rights to Gakuen Alice and Maximum Ride skitter by. Hallow lunges and misses, falling off the boat in the process. Now Hallow is wet, miserable, and doesn't even have the rights. And she is still not tan.

Chapter 5: My Slightly Insane Classmates

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Meeting Flames, Purple Ice, Freaky Mind Reader, And Various Others

Recap:

She gave some sort of half-smirk at me, like she was saying, You don't know what I'm capable of.

I wasn't sure I wanted to find out.

In front of me, I heard Imai murmur so lowly that I barely caught it. "I think I'm going to like this girl."

I shuddered internally. When Imai was interested in something, that never boded well for the rest of us.

End Recap:

Angel's POV (again!)

My keen avian ears picked up a muttering from the class. I think I'm going to like this girl. I wonder who that was? I followed the sound to a stoic looking black-haired girl with violet eyes. Hmmm. She looked interesting. But who really caught my eye was the two boys sitting behind her. My heart leaped a bit as I saw the blonde boy with the large cerulean eyes.

Gazzy?

Images of him flooded my brain. The nights we spent playing tag in the forest near our house. Curling up with him in Max's bed whenever we had a nightmare. The rest of the Flock also sent memories coursing through my head. Nudge sneaking around, giggling quietly with me in the dark when we couldn't go to sleep. Iggy flipping pancakes in the air, begging me not to tell where his stash of bombs was. Fang, with his ever-so-silent manner, carrying me when I fell asleep while flying. Max's shocked and freaked look when an Ouja board told her she was going to die. All of us, doing fun stuff together, just being a family.

No it couldn't be. And it wasn't. Gazzy had died four years ago! Get a grip, Ride!

Oh god. Next thing you know, I'll be getting a voice like Max. Joy.

Note the sarcasm.

Narumi turned to me and spoke. "Go sit down over by Imai-san, Keikan-chan." Hmph. Apparently he had recovered from my glares and death threats enough to call me –chan again. Everyone slightly gasped at this. I scanned their minds. Asides from this Imai girl, he doesn't call anyone else by their last name. I looked to see where he was pointing. Oh, it was that black-haired girl again. I went over and took a seat. I turned my head to study her. That girl . . . she reminded me so much of Nala. Nala . . .

"What are you looking at?" her question interrupted my thoughts. I focused on her face.

"Sorry, you remind me of one of my old friends," I said quietly. She looked appeased with that answer.

The boy sitting in front of me turned his head. "Hey, why can't I read your mind?" The question attracted many curious stares. I flushed slightly with all the attention.

"Mind blocks," I mumbled, ducking my head. "Would you guys stop staring?" I barked out harshly to all of those around me. I quickly read their minds. Oddly enough, they all had pretty much the same thought: Wow, talk about bipolar. Or something along those lines.

Girl-Who-Looked-Like-Nala looked at me with a tilted head, like she was judging me or something. Imma call her Purple Ice! She cleared her throat.

"Could you teach me how to block my mind too?" she asked.

I blinked. That was soooooo not what I was expecting. Maybe something more along the lines of, what a freak!. "Uhh, I can try. But it took me about two years to complete the basics, and another three years to totally master it. And it isn't as good as having the Nullification Alice. But definitely better than nothing."

She looked pleased. Maybe I would make a friend here.

I was interrupted from my slightly more pleasant than usual thoughts, when this black-haired guy with red (of all colors, red!) eyes interrupted them.

"Hey," he asked. "How are you a special star if you're in the group of rejects?" Obviously, that was meant to insult me. But I wouldn't let it.

"The group of rejects, as you call them, is where the rarest and most unusual alices go. If trained properly, they can become more powerful than any elemental alice. I am a special star because of the, ahh, circumstances, I arrived under and the fact that my other alice is one of the most rarest ones in over a century." Let him chew on that! I got the feeling he was an elemental alice. I scanned his mind, and saw he was Natsume Hyuuga, and he had the fire alice. Heh, considering I'm too lazy to remember his name, so I think I'll call him Flames. It definitely suits his personality.

A girl stood up and faced me, a livid look on her face. "How dare you talk back to our Natsume-kun like that! I, Sumire Shouda, president of the Natsume-Ruka fanclub, will not allow you to!"

"Whatever, Whiskers. I'll talk to Flames however I want and you and your bitches will have to deal with it," I said, idly checking my nails. Damn, I was going to have to get one of those things they call a manicure, they looked awful!

Whiskers spluttered. "How dare you! Who do you think you are?" What a stupid bitch!, I heard her scream in her mind.

I looked up and glared my Angel-Of-Death glare at her. "I think I'm Mitsukai Keikan. And I'm not stupid, nor am I a bitch. (1) If anyone is, you are. Now shut the hell up, or I'll torture you so badly you'll be begging for me to kill you." Okay, so it wasn't the most subtle or easiest threat, but it did the trick. She shut up.

Flames was brooding in the corner, when finally it dawned on him I had insulted him. "Hey!" he seethed. "My name isn't Flames."

I clapped mockingly. "Well, what do you know? He has a brain after all. Yes, I know your name isn't Flames. Took you long enough, kid. But does it look like I really care what it is? No."

He looked positively murderous. Oh goodie! Playing Driving-Flames-Up-The-Wall was FUN! Mind-Invader snickered quietly. Did my barriers just slip? I gathered all my strength and mentally screamed OUT!, then proceeded to shove him rudely out of my mind. He winced at the volume of my thoughts.

Flames was getting pissed I was ignoring him. "Do you want to be burnt to a crisp?" he growled. I pretended to think. Then I giggled. Most people were staring at me like I was insane. Maybe I was. After four years in my own personal hell, I honestly didn't know if I had gone off the deep end or not.

"Yes, I think I do. It would be a very interesting experience, to be honest. I've been throttled, nearly drowned, electrocuted, shot at, and even some more I won't mention, but never in all my life has someone tried to burn me to death. I'd definitely like to try it someday, and today seems as good as any!" I ended cheerfully, still giggling. Flame's mind was soooo funny!!!!! I could definitely see why his was Mind Invader's favorite.

He started throwing fireballs at me. I dodged every last one while twisting into impossible configurations, kind of like a snake. Then, he sent a low wall of fire at me which I vaulted over. Finally, he surrounded me with a circle of fire. I used my water power (no way was I going to call it an Alice) to fry the ones closest to me, and simply ducked whenever it was to close. I heard screams of terror and smelled burning hair. I also felt Flames weakening. Damn that fucking moronic idiot! He was going to kill himself someday, and if he was this reckless on missions, it would be before he graduated middle school. I felt him push his power to far and start to faint. I panicked. The idiot was going to land in a fireball he created! I quickly saw a small sliver of the classroom around me. Luckily, I managed to squeeze through. I quickly made my way and caught the idiot before he hit the ground. Stupid bastard. He glanced up at me, obviously confused as why I was there.

"You're a fucking idiot, Flames. You pushed your alice to far and nearly burnt your scalp. Don't do it again, you'll just end up killing yourself sooner rather than later," I whispered so lowly that only he heard me. Then, all of the flames hissed out, leaving a rather charred classroom. I let him go as he stumbled a few times to get into his chair. I quickly surveyed the kids. Good, no one was seriously injured. I made my way back to my seat next to Purple Ice.

Natsume's POV

I pushed all my alice out, making huge infernos. I started to get dizzy. Oh god, I was gonna collapse . . .

A few seconds later, I found myself in someone's arms. Apparently, they had caught me. I looked up and saw the face of the new girl. What the hell? Wasn't she just on the other side of the room? And after I had set that fire on her; why would she catch me?

"You're a fucking idiot, Flames. You pushed your alice to far and nearly burnt your scalp. Don't do it again, you'll just end up killing yourself sooner rather than later," she hissed into my ear. Who the fuck was this girl? First she insults me, then she manages to escaped the fire without even a burnt sleeve and catches me (and pretty much saves your ass in the process, the voice in my head chimes in smugly). And somehow she knows about the lifespan curse?

She dropped me in my seat and made her way to hers. I saw her anxiously glance around at the rest of the kids before she sat down, as if checking to see if anyone was hurt. She probably was.

What was wrong with her? Does she have freaking bipolar or something?

:Angel's POV:

Why yes, Flames. Yes I do.

:Everyone's Thoughts (except for Angel):

Just who exactly is this Mitsukai Keikan?

AN: Yes! 6, revised! By this rate, I'll have everything revised by the end of Winter Break! *iz celebrating*

(1) Déjà vu, anyone? I think Angel said nearly the same thing in School's Out – Forever to Max II.

~Hallow