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FANG POV:

Excitment. That's the emotion that's practically drowning me right now as Max and I fly towards home. Home. It's so great to say that and me be included. Back to the exciment, I am about to meet the one little girl I've been dying to get to know for so long.....mine, Ally. I smile as I listen to Max now, telling me more deeply about her. She is even more amazing than I thought. She can already read with great skill (though she is only in the first grade) and is very good at math. She loves to sing and dance and apparently has my same fetish for wearing black. She doesn't like cauliflower or pulpy orange juice but could eat raisins by the handful. She's not much of a talker, but Max says she inherited most of her personality. She hasn't shown any special powers yet but Max is thinking that she may later. A deep, fatherly love and pride fills me as Max talks about our beautiful daughter.

I feel a stream of warm air hit my face and wings and I coast for a minute, soaking of the warmth and the information. Then a question dawns on me. I turn my face to Max.

"Can she fly?" I ask loud enough for her to hear over the wind.

Max nods. "Yes, she can. I started teaching her about 4 years ago. The whole flock pitched in as well. She's a natural at it." She paused for a moment, a smile widening across her thoughtful face.

"She has very unique wings, the perfect combo of yours and mine. They start out black, like yours, then grow to dark brown towards the tips. They also have ivory patches through the dark brown and I recently saw some light brown and white steaks on the underside of her primary's." I could see the glow of pride Max felt as she described our baby's wings to me. I know she must be a wonderful mother.

I glance forward once more and can now see the house about 1/2 a mile away. A few things pound their way through my head all at the same time:

A newfound joy and excitement at meeting my little girl and finally getting to be the father I wanted to be to her, and have the family with Max that I always had longed for.

A nervousness about meeting the flock again. The thought occured to me, that I had not only hurt Max with my leaving, but the rest of the flock as well. How would they take my coming back. Would they accept me, or not.

One word......Dylan. My nostrails flare at the very thought of him, and what he did to Max. If he's there...I don't know if I have enough self control to not kill him as soon as I see him.

I watch Max land with ease on the front porch and I land silently behind her. She takes my hand and leads me to the front door. My heart is in my throat and I feel as if a blood vessel is about to pop in my forehead. As soon as I walk through that door, I will either be taken back into the flock, or dismissed. I'm hoping for the first one.

Max pauses on the door knob for a second and her eyes are slightly unfocused. She must be talking to Angel. Odd how I can still decipher Max's face after all these years. After a moment, her face softens to a sweet, sympathetic look and I raise an eyebrow, wondering what Angel must have said to make her look that way. Max just gives me a small half smile and the look in her eyes says, you'll see.

She then turns the knob and lightly pushes on the door, letting it swing open. I take a deep breath and squeeze Max's hand before taking a step inside and closing the door behind me.

Then I look straight ahead of me, into the cozy living room I'd watched from the outside for years. I am a little suprised to see no one in here, but that doesn't last long. Ten seconds later, a thin, light skinned, blue-eyed, blond haired 15 year old girl walks slowly into the room. Angel. She had caused so much damage to our flock with her power hungry ways but looking at her now....I couldn't find a shred of me that was upset with her. She stopped about 2 feet in front of me and stood still. Tears sprung in her eyes and overflowed down her cheeks. She didn't speak outloud but whispered words into my mind.

I'm so sorry Fang, I'm so sorry for all I've done, she said with pure sincerity.

I suddenly felt a wave of sympathy crash over me, but not by Angel's doing.

Come here, I thought back to her.

I slowly let go of Max's hand as Angel stepped forward. I opened my arms and she gratefully clung to me, crying into my shoulder, which was still a little damp from Max's tears. I laid my head on her's and turned my face toward Max. Max had her hand over her mouth and was unsuccessfully trying not to cry. I smiled at Max and then gave Angel a tight squeeze, showing her and telling her in my mind that I forgave if she forgave me for leaving.

She looked up at me, her round, bright blue eyes glistening with tears. She smiled weakly and nodded. I let her go and she went ran to the bedrooms in the back of the house. I looked over at Max, then pulled her to me.

"Where's she going?" I asked quietly

Max sniffled. "She went to get the others" She took a deep breath before continuing, "but she's going to stay in the back with Ally for a minute, let everyone else see you first."

I nodded, but the image of a certain someone I didn't want to see crept into my mind.

"Dylan's not here is he" I growled, fury roiling inside me, tensing my muscles. Max closed her eyes for a moment, asking Angel I suppose, then she shook her head.

"No, Angel says that Nudge told her he ran off after I left to find you, and they haven't seen him since." I felt my sudden fury dissipate at her words and my body and Max's relax slightly as we waited for everyone else to come out.

Minutes later, Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy all cautiously entered. My gaze rolled over them, seeing all the changes in them in just the past year. Iggy's light, strawberry blonde hair was now cropped short and his face had 5 o'clock shadow covering it, not showing much of the 15 year old pyro I knew so long ago. Nudge had straightened her hair and I didn't fail to notice her now ring laden left hand intertwined with Gazzy's. They all looked at me, well, except for Iggy, who was looking in my gerneral direction. They didn't appear mad, but shocked, even Nudge was speechless. Iggy was actually the first to speak.

"Is that really you Fang?" he questioned slowly, his deep voice pronoucinating each word.

I swallowed hard and Max gave my waist a small tug. "Yeah Igs, it's me" I answered.

I wasn't sure what would happen next. I was counting on probably getting hit again, or kicked, or something along those lines, but not what really happened.

All of the sudden Nudge sprinted toward me, Gazzy in tow, and wrapped her thin arms around me. I was surprised, but only became stunned when Gazzy also hugged me, his arms locking themselves tightly around Nudge and myself. I didn't know what to think, but my frame quickly went from stiff to hugging them back with all my strength. It wasn't till a minute later I noticed that Max had somehow detached from me and was standing beside Iggy, her hand on his shoulder. I disengaged myself from Nudge and Gazzy and smiled at them, squeezing Nudge's hand and Gazzy's shoulder.

I then turned and walk slowly up to Iggy. He and I had been best buds back when we were younger. I hope he still saw us as that now. I came to stand in front of him and Max and stopped.

"Iggy.." I started, but he held up his hand.

"You caused a lot of pain. Not only to the flock, but to Max, who I have come to love as a sister. I saw her break down and hurt more than I ever have." He paused and took a deep breath, as if to clear his thoughts. "If I were Max, and you had hurt me the way you hurt her...I don't know if I would have forgiven you as easily as she did. But I'm not her, and you were my best friend, and....and....I'm glad that you're back." With that, he stepped forward and hugged me, and I hugged him back, hurt by his words but also happy to know he still was my best flock buddy.

I leaned away from him and slapped him on the back, causing him to smile. It was nice to see everything would still be cool between us. I reached over and grabbed Max's hand and whispered in her ear as Iggy walked over to sit next to Gazzy and Nudge.

"I want to meet Ally"

Max smiled and let go of my hand. "Stay here, I'll be right back." She pecked my lips once and before I could kiss her back she turned and walked down the hall toward my old bedroom. Anxiety began to flood through me. This is it.

I then turned to face the three people sitting behind me on the couch. As if sensing me they all smiled, even Iggy.

"You're gonna love her Fang, she's so much like you!" Nudge gushed.

"Yeah man, she can eat like you too, I haven't ever seen a bird kid her size eat as much as she can." Iggy added. I smiled crookedly at there comments and couldn't believe I was really here, with the flock, with Max. I just hoped this wasn't a dream.

I then heard a door creak open and swung myself around, to see Angel walking out of my old room, with Max right behind her, and Ally in her mother's arms. Ally wasn't facing me, but had her arms and legs locked around Max's neck and waist and her little dark head buried in the crook of her mother's neck. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Angel skip over to the couch and perch on the arm of it next to Gazzy. I then fully turned my gaze back to Max, and our daughter that she held in her arms.

I wanted to hold Ally so badly, but I better let Max explain who I am first. I don't want to scare her. Max comes to a stop in front of me and smooths some of Ally's wavy black hair from her face.

"Ally baby, I want you to meet someone okay." she said gently. Ally slowly lifted her head from Max's shoulder and turned a little to face me. She cocked her head to the left a little and stared at me, kinda like I was alien. I regarded her calmly, trying to keep her eyes on mine. Quickly she averted my gaze, facing her mother once more and staring her straight in the eyes. They looked at each other for a while, and I didn't understand what was going on.

Max and Ally have a kind of mind link to one another. Max is trying to explain to her that your her daddy. Angel mentally told to me.

Oh...that made more sense...I guess. Thank you Angel

Your welcome, and with that she left my head.

A moment later Ally suddenly turned to me, her chocolate brown eyes holding sudden excitement. She stretched her arms out to me and said the one word that made my heart feel like it skipped a few beats.

"Daddy!" she exclaimed happily. I gently took her from Max's arms and hugged her to me. She wrapped her arms around my neck and laid her little head on my shoulder. I pulled her as tightly as I could to me without hurting her and felt a tear slide from my eye. Ally leaned back from me a little and wiped the tear on my cheek with one of her hands. She gave me a confused look.

"Why are you crying?" She asked.

I smiled and kissed her forehead. "Because I love you so much Ally" I replied.

She smiled brightly, and planted a palm on each of my cheeks. She then leaned over and lightly kissed the point of my nose.

"I love you too daddy!" she said, her ovaled olive toned face happy and glowing.

I shifted Ally to one side of my body and linked my other arm around Max's waist. A warmth spread through me and I couldn't believe I had this. I had everything.

"Flock hug!" Ally shouted and the rest of the flock limbered over to us. We all ackwardly but sweetly fit together, with Ally in the center, being held by Max and I. Practically everyone in the flock was shedding a tear or two at this point and I thought back to years ago, when I saw myself as doomed to watch all the people I loved from a place on the outside. Now here I am, holding the people I love most. I turn my face to Max and kiss her, enjoying the feeling of my love in my arms. I could have stayed like this forever.

"Aaahh!" Ally cried, and Max and I immediatly broke apart, thinking something was wrong with her. "I is being squished!!" she screamed and everyone gave a laugh of relief.

"Okay, one thing has to be done before we do anything else!" Nudge said.

"What?" Max asked

Nudge and Angel glanced at each other and said at the same time, "Picture! Duh!"

"Wha'?" I asked

Max shook her head. "We always take a picture of major things that happen." she said.

"And this is most definatly a major thing so I'll be right back!" Angel said and ran back to her room for the camara.

I smile and kiss Max and Ally's foreheads, not even caring about the picture, just happy to have my two favorite girls in my arms.

Angel comes dashing back into the room with her camara and a tripod. She sets it up and presses a button.

"Okay everyone we have 15 seconds till the timer goes off so huddle up!!" she says.

We all huddle together, with Max and I in the middle, my arm tight around her waist. Nudge and Gazzy to my left, with Iggy on Max's right, and Angel standing in front of him. Ally is standing nestled inbetween Max and I. I give a half smile and think only one thing as I stare into the camara.

This was worth the watching and waiting.

AND DONE!!! REVIEW PLEASE!!! TELL ME YOUR FEEDBACK!! I'M THINKING ABOUT MAKING A SQUEAL TO THIS AS ALLY AND THE FLOCK GROW UP BUT YOU NEED TO REVIEW AND TELL ME IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT OR NOT!!