Dylan Pov

About four years ago was when I ran. I had done a lot of things that made me run. One of the biggest things that influenced my decision was the tree house.

It was beautiful, Fang had put a lot of hard work into it. I loved it and Max loved it. But I hated it too.

After Fang ran away from the orphanage,not much changed. Except Max. She had come to the orphanage about a week after he left. Max was beautiful, her brown hair long, just past her shoulders, and her brown eyes big and innocent. I had fallen in love right from the start. But I didn't think she'd ever be able to love some one who was so abnormal. Turns out, she had wings too. And she flew under the cover of darkness like Nick used to. I never did. I only watched from the window in the hall. She had really pretty wings, brown and tan.

One night I decided to follow her. I caught her right before she jumped off the roof. She had heard me.

"No, wait. Max please, hold on." I shrugged off my shirt and opened my blondish wings.

I remember her standing in awe.

"I've never met another person with them..." she trailed off. Next thing I know we were both flying together, and I was telling her all about my family and how we all had wings, but how Nick ran away and Andrew or Gazzy as we used to call him was transferred with James also known as Iggy. How they all had wings and how awesome they all were.

I told Max that she would get along well with Nickolas.

After several weeks of flying again, I kissed Max. We were 12, so it both of our first kiss. We were in a tree and she was talking about her family. They all had wings except their Father. I learned that Monique or Nudge was very talkative and love fashion, she was also adopted and she had dark skin. Angel was seven and had blond wings much like mine and to Max, Angel was her baby. Jeb had disappeared and they didn't know of any other family so they were sent here. Monique was in the same orphanage as James and Andrew.

Max got really sad when she talked about her mom though, I guess her mom had died in a car crash shortly after Angel was born. Max was five, she didn't remember her well, and her dad put all the pictures away. She started to cry and I kissed her. And then that was it. We were together.

A month after that, we were flying and she said she want to run away. So we did.

After about a week of living in the woods we found Nick. But she always called him Fang since that's what he preferred. Max and Fang became best friends, and Max and I were in love.

Okay, so we were a happy little family, and all ways well. One day I was hunting for food and shot a bird with my bow and arrow I had made. But I couldn't find it, so I caught a few squirrels and returned to our little camp.

Later Fang showed us the tree house and I was jealous that he did this, but I loved it anyway.

I later discovered that Fang liked Max. And I thought the best way to hurt him was to destroy all his books.

I threw them all to the ground and set them a flame. Taking pride that I thought I was doing something that was better for everyone.

Then the flames started to lick the tree house and I tried to save it, but my wings caught fire. I eventually put them out and ran. I knew Max would hate me, and Nickolas would kill me. I ran for days and then I flew to the next city over, but staying in the woods.

I wasn't far from a house when I finally passed out. Then Ella found me, and her mom offered to help me and let me stay with her. She fixed my wings, apparently she was a vet. Ironic. After a week of me staying there she let me stay there permanently, I even went to school. She adopted me. She was the only mom I've ever known. So I stayed. I was happy. I thought about Max and Nick often, but after what I had done I couldn't go back.

I had no I idea that my friend we searching for me.

One day I was walking through the woods, trying to think because I had a big exam coming up. Next thing I know, Max and something else had crashed not 50 feet from me. I saved Max and took her to Doctor Martinez. And now I'm back with Nick and Max.