And, here this is, eons after I've discontinued this story... I've decided that that was definitely not very nice, leaving you guys at that. I think, at this point, that there is very little chance of me ever continuing with this or starting over- I'm taking a break from fanfiction at the moment. Working on an original story that I might actually finish! WHOO.
Anyway, I know that posting an AN chapter is against the rules, but it's kind of important. Listen up, ladies and germs, because I am about to give you a...
SHRUBBERY!
...Sorry, slip of the tongue. A summary. Of this story.
Keep in mind, though, that I never actually planned the entire story out before starting it- I just wrote the first few chapters and posted them on FF. So there will be missing pieces in between. And, since I haven't written this in a while and have forgotten a few of the finer aspects of this story, I'll be likely to forget a couple of things I might have mentioned.
Right, so the last chapter was supposed to go like this: Max has dream/flashback of five years ago... She and Fang share intimate moments, kissy kissy ga ga, you know. He confesses his undying love for her(okay, not really) and just when she is being convinced that this is reality, she wakes up. Again. And guess where she is now? In a house. Not in the woods.
Moving on to where the flock is. House is burned down, and they are searching for Max, Cree in tow. Fang gets really angry and frustrated, starts picking fights with everyone until Nudge pretty much yells at him to shut his mouth, because it's not really helping them find Max. At this point, Cree steps in and says: Oh gosh, guys, we gotta save the world. Now. So they go BACK to the school(reluctantly, very very reluctantly) to see if they can figure anything out.
Back to Max. Max finds the residents of this mysterious house, and get this: they're her family. Confused, she listens to their story for a little bit before telling them that she needs to leave- to find the flock. But as she's getting ready to leave, she notices that there is something wrong with her wing- one of her bones is broken. So, she is forced to stay put and wait for it to heal.
The flock gets to the School and sneak in with Cree's help. As they are skulking around they run into... DUN-DUN-DUN... JEB! Who is really Bub (something I've planned since the beginning of the story, don't be surprised) and he explains to them, um... things, such as what they need to do to save the world, and where Max is. So they go and find her, have a happy reunion, and Fang hugs Max briefly. Max, who remembers her previous dream, feels awkward, and begins to avoid Fang...
Random stuff happens. Max has more flashback dreams, and she doesn't understand what's going on until the Voice tells her that this is what her life would have been like if she hadn't helped the others find their families. But there's nothing she can do to change it, and continues with her miserable life.
WORLD SAVING TIME. Max saves the world, but in the process, Fang is injured badly. On the verge of death, he confesses that he is sorry for the way he has treated her, and Max tells him it's okay. He gives her a last request: kiss him before he goes. She complies, and Fang dies with a smile on his face.
Max, blinded by anguish, guilt, and anger, confronts Cree, demanding to know what it was that she really was around for. Cree tells her that she is a part of Max- they're sisters-ish, and Cree was needed to help save the world. At that point, a batch of leftover Flyboys swarms around them, and big fat fight scene ensues. Cree takes a blow for Max, and ends up dying in her place. Max, devastated, leaves to find the rest of the flock, who she was separated from when the whole World Saving Business began. Once she finds them, she is informed that Iggy and Total were killed when a Flyboy inadvertently set off one of the many bombs Iggy had on his person.
Max sends everyone home, feeling that it was her fault and hoping for a way out- to her horror, her expiration date appears on the back of her neck. She consoles the Voice, asking for a way out, anything, and he tells her that the only way out is death. She agrees, but before she dies, she asks for the Voice to allow her to dream of what might have been again.
So ends the story of Maximum Ride, lost in her fantasy world in which everything is fine and nothing is lost.
...If you have any questions, just ask, and I'll post the answers here for all to see.
Sorry about the kinda unhappy ending.
EDIT: I've gotten one review, two days after posting this again. But, luckily for me, that one review is a freaking awesome review. Anyway, it was left by a MRACR decided that they didn't like the way I ended the story(can ya blame 'em?) so she made up a different scenario in her head. I read it, realized that the ending I had before was crap, and came up with the idea of borrowing it, to make me and my readers feel better.
Here is the alternate ending, the director's cut, the happy, better ending to this already sad story.
Fang ALMOST dies, so Max kisses him, but he barely hangs on and really lives. This near-death experience showed both of them just how much they did care for each other and they completely turn around, and Max tells him about theflashbacks while he's recovering. In a sweet, heart-wrenching, hurt/comfort, awesome-like-that scene, Fang tells Max that they still have their happy ever after together, it can start right now and of course he kisses her again. He recovers and they both go to find the flock, mourning the death of Cree a bit, but happy to all be back together, truly, at last. They don't go home but decide to live together now that the world is saved, and have their happily ever after all together...
BY THE WAY: I didn't like the unhappy ending. I had something different planned out that I liked much much better, but... I forgot what it was. Silly me.
Thanks to everyone who ever reviewed for me during the span that this story was actually still running, and a big hug and smooch to MRACR, for being so imaginative. Or something(hope you aren't mad I stole your idea).