Hey guys! This chapter has totally meaning in my fanfic. Just a little special I thought y'all might enjoy. A christmas present to you from me. So, can I get a drum roll? *hears crickets* -.-. Okay then...ANNOUNCING THE MAXIMUM RIDE & MATT RIDE'S FLOCK CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.

Hears clapping and louds applause* I see how it is. Lol. Anyways. I hope you enjoy. This is for fun and not really part of the story. And I am making a video to go along with it, just waiting on a certain artist to draw the pictures. BTW guys. SKYSPRITE! That's my homegirl! Check her out.

Okay Enjoy, and Merry Christmas, or if you're not from US. Happy Christmas! Feliz navidad, uh...Happy Chakuna?

Christmas Carols I love!

Paul McCartney- Wonderful Christmastime

Mariah Carey- All I want for christmas is you

Trans-Siberian Orchestra- Carol of the bells

Leory Anderson- Sleigh Ride

Matt's POV

The house was silent and dark. Not our house, but Max's and her flocks. There were no christmas lights, or even a simple tree in the window. That's why I, the great Matt Ride am dressed up as the jolly old St. Nick with my trusty elves (Beast Abby. Crow refused to dress up. Although, I wanted her to be Mrs. Claus), we were fixing to bring all kinds of christmas cheer to my dear little sister and her flock.

We snuck between the trees, which is really hard to do wearing a fake beard, and a bright red suit, and carrying a sack (pillow case) full of presents on my back. The others made it to the front door just fine. When I cambered up the front steps, the lights flicked on inside the house.

We nodded to each other. I readied myself, and then kicked open the door with a big shout of "Merry Christmas!"

The looks on all their faces...PRICELESS!

"What in the world are you doing dressed up like a lobster with a beard?" Max demanded. Her eyes found the wall clock, "And at two in the morning?!"

I smiled and set down the sack. "It's Christmas Eve!" I said.

She folded her arms over her chest, and Fang came out of the shadows to stand behind her. "So?" she said.

Ignoring Fang, I looked at my sister. "So, I bring presents! Y'know, like it's suposed to be. Family gathers around the big, decorated christmas tree, gives one another a present and basically spend time together without a care in the world."

"Sounds like a fantastic hallmark film," Max snorted.

I put my arm over her shoulders. "It seems that we have a scrouge on our hands." I said seriously.

Crow plopped down on the couch. "Join the club! Although, I'm looking forward to the presents."

"Me too!" Gazzy cried, coming down the stairs with a trash bag full of something in his hands. He came up to me and opened the bag. Christmas lights! "I wasn't sure what these were, until I started watchin' TV. I asked Max if we could put them up but she said-"

"It might attract Erasers. And I don't feel like going through that mess." Max finished in a huff. She shrugged my arm off her shoulders and marched back up the steps. "I'm goin' back to bed!" she shouted and a door slammed.

All the kids frowned.

"Aw," Gazzy said beside me, "This sucks. First, she don't even wanna have a real Thanksgiving, but now Christmas, too?"

I looked around. Everyone looked kind of depressed now. Including, Fang. That's when I noticed that he hadn't followed Max upstairs. Hm, taking side of the christmas spirit perhaps?

I sucked in my guy and perched myself on top of the coffee table, "Alright, chitlens! Christmas morning is not too far off! I suggest we start decorating before Santa passes right over us, and we don't get even more gifts." I said.

They looked skeptical for a moment, but then guess who steps up? Yeah, Fang. Who would've thought?

"What do you want us to do?" he asked me.

I grinned a bit, and the started handing out orders. "Gazzy, Iggy, I want the best light show with the colors; red, green, gold, and silver. Can ya do that?"

They nodded and ran off upstairs. "Girls!" Crow glared at me from her spot on the couch, "Minus Crow." she looked pleased. Abby, Nudge, and Angel came bounding up. "I need you to decorate the tree. Which, Beast, Fang, and I will get." I announced.

They all nodded and soon we were in the true christmas spirit. Except for my scrouge of a sister. Hm, what would get her in the spirit?

"Crow?" I said right before I left with the guys to go get a tree. She looked at me, "Find some misletoe." I said with a wink. Then I left.

Beast snickered at me. "Like you need misletoe for her to let you kiss her."

I shrugged, "Christmas spirit." I rubbed my hands together. One; because it was freezing. Two; because I was ready to rock&roll. "Alright! Let's get 'er done!"

Third-Person POV

Matt led the two flocks into happy-tune-whistling decorating as Christmas morning approached. The lights were strung against the roof. The christmas tree decorated fabulously by painted acorns and pinecones. Abby even managed to make a cardboard star shine with gliter provided by Nudge.

Two hours to go, and the kitchen was busy with Iggy, Beast, and Matt all cooking little pastries and big christmas breakfast for all. Fang helped Gazzy with the light display, that had to be displayed outside.

"After the presents," Gazzy told everyone, "You will see the greatest lights you've ever seen!"

"Yeah. Can't wait," Iggy said sarcastically, and they all laughed.

Crow idly hung misletoe over the doorways, and then refused to move from her spot on the couch. Matt still kssed her. Misletoe or not.

Max remained up in her room listening to the laughter, and smelling the delicous smells of the wonderous food. As soon as they hung the lights on the roof just above her window, she couldn't sleep. She had a sickening feeling that the Erasers would come, and destroy everything. That would hurt them all more than had Christmas just been treated like any other day.

She wanted to celebrate christmas. She knew it would be fun, but the safety of her family came above fun. It came above everything else.

Max finally admitted defeat to the food, and walked in a trance downstairs. She almost couldn't believe her eyes. There was bright, tall, green christmas tree in the corner of the living room with brightly wrapped presents stacked up knee high. There was a fire in the fireplace, with stockings hanging above, each had a name on it. She looked closer and discovered that the stockings were just colored socks.

She peered into the kitchen to see everyone smiling, including Fang, and cooking. Ah, whatever! Christmas is meant to be enjoyed! She thought to herself and strolled in smiling.

"Hey! What smells so good?" she asked.

They all turned, looking grim. Matt held a steady smile. "Pancakes, sausage, Iggy's bakin' a cake, cookies, and cinamon rolls. Fang's making us some eggs. And we're not sure if there'e enough milk for everyone." he said.

Max frowned. "Not enough milk? I could run to the store and get some real quick," Max offered.

"Abby and I will do it!" Beast raised his hand in the air, holding Abby's hand up in his other hand. She looked grim.

"We're not out of milk. There are two full gallons." Abby snorted. She pulled them both out of the fridge and placed them on the counter, "See?"

Matt beamed, "Well good! That means we're gonna have a christmas breakfast feast."

Max's stomach growled, along with several others.

"Please say before presents," Max teased, and was soon carried off into the mystic world of christmas spirit.

Gifts were given. Mostly homemade necklaces, money, and clothes. The most interesting gifts came from Iggy and Gazzy. They called them mini-bombs. They didn't do permanent damage. They just made the sounds a real bomb would make. The presents from Matt and his flock were store "bought".

Chester and Total watched the children play with their new things. Both were sophisticated and way too mature for this tearing-of-perfectly-good-material, that they both sat back and scoffed at it.

Then Angel came bounding up with a shiny white bone in her hand. "Hey, Total!" she said, "Look I what I got for ya!"

total jumped to his paws and began wagging his tail. Angel tossed it across the room and he went chasing after it.

Chester sneered after him. "You deserter! You've-"

"Chester!" Crow called playfully from where she sat on the couch in Matt's lap. She was holding something yellow in her hands. Tossing it back and forth. It caught Chester's attention rather quickly.

A ball of yarn!

Crow tossed it and Chester pounced it like a tiny kitten would do to a fallen leaf. Chester and Total laughed and giggled as they played with their gifts. Then they stopped, looked at each other, and went back to yarn chasing, and bone crunching.

At one point after breakfast and presents, all were sitting around in the living room. Fang got up from where he was seated onto the floor and walked over to Max.

"I want to show you something." he said to her.

Matt noticed the two walk out onto the front porch. He eargerly wanted to follow them, but was held back by Crow. Through the window, Matt saw the two kiss under some misletoe Crow had hung out there.

At this point, there would be a sign saying "Matt does not approve" in big neon letters under the dissappointed look Matt was giving them. But Crow kissed him and he forgot what he did not approve of.

The rest of the day was spent making snowmen, snow angels (not hard for a bird kid), and snowball fights. Which, of course, Iggy and Gazzy had to sit out because they made up a contraption to spit snow balls rapidly, non-stop.

Over-all, it was the best, most wonderful, Maximum Ride christmas.