Yo,

So life is full of awesomeness as per usual. The quotes you guys gave me were awesome. My favourite ones were definatly "When nothing goes right, turn left.", "I can fly for short distances. The unimaginative call it jumping." (hehehe) and "that which dosent kill you only makes you stronger". I also have anouther one my Mum told me. "Money doesn't buy you love, but it puts you in a good bargaining position." Definatly one of my favourite quotes.

Ok, so the topic of this chapter is... Drum roll... Teachers.

Tell me about the best or the worst or the smartest/stupidest/phycopathicest/weirdest/obsetionest/storkerishest. I could go on and on.

I'll tell you about this teacher called Mr. McCallum. He WAS a enviro teacher... until he got fired trying to strangle a guy. He is a phscopath, complete with picking up road kill off the side of the road and bringing it into the class to dysect only to take it home and make roadkill stew. Complete greeny, but phycotic. He was so so weird.

But life goes on.

I also want to point out that this is your last chance to submit Characters. If you've already posted one previously, can you please post it again so i know who is interested.

Fly On...

Heart of Diamond

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Fang: The Black Hawk

Chapter 38: Dreams Come True

Max POV

Fang gradually healed back to full strength. It took 4 days for him to be able to stand up, even though no weight was on bad leg. I could tell that he was going to be in a lot of pain for a very long time.

When I asked Fang about it, he said he didn't know and began to the whole 'I can only feel the point in time where someone makes a decision' speech. Apparently, he doesn't know whether he will be able to walk right again because his leg doesn't really make decisions.

I just rolled my eyes.

Mum set the rest of the flock up in a hotel down the road. Each day they would come in a limo to see us. It was cute to see that they were so excited to be able to go in a limo. They were even more excited when they realised they had all-you-can-eat free food.

Only Indi and I stayed. Oh and Scales.

Mum and Dad had gone out for 'lunch'. I knew they were up to something. It wasn't lunch.

And if they were even THINKING about booking a church, I was going to kill them.

Ella and Nudge have been pestering me about the whole wedding thing. I will kick Dad's butt if he even mentions a church that isn't in Las vegas.

And I'll kick mum's butt if she says the word dress.

Fang did a sharp intake of breathe, but only took a few seconds to sort through his future feelings before he looked at me. "Nathan."

Before I could say anything, there was a knock at the door. Fang gave me a told you so look. I narrowed my eyes.

I think he loves knowing what's coming next.

Just wait until he feels my decision of kicking his butt the next time he does that.

I let go of Fang's hand and moved to the door. I winced slightly as I limped and I opened it. Sure enough. There was Nathan, standing there like he ruled the world. Behind him stood Mum and Dad. Behind them stood the 50 reporters and photographers.

Nathan smiled. I smiled back. He was a good guy. I held the door for him to walk in. He stepped in followed by Mum and Dad. Dad closed the door.

He had no guards with him. No walkie talky. No ear piece. I knew instantly, this wasn't a formal meeting. This was merely a friend seeking to talk to a friend in hospital.

And besides, us bird kids were each worth 50 body guards. Not to mention Scales.

Nathan nodded to Fang. "Fang."

Fang nodded carefully, keeping his face free of emotion.

Nathan smiled at the eye of Scales. He bowed slightly. Scales gave a deep respecting hum and blinked slowly.

Nathan turned to me. To my surprise, he bowed to me. Nathan must have seen the shocked look on my face because he chuckled slightly.

"You probably don't understand how much you've changed the world in the past few days," Nathan said kindly.

I shook my head. "Yeah, having another 300,000 mutants to look after?"

Nathan laughed and put his hands in his pockets casually. He didn't have to be formal here. "You're a hero Max. You're everyone's Ideal person. You're confident, strong, powerful. A symbol of strength. A symbol of a solider. A symbol of uniting mutants and humans alike."

I could suddenly feel the knife on my hip. Nathan continued.

"You should see them Max," Nathan whispered. "People are realising. People are beginning to understand that these mutants can't help who they are. They're forgiving. They are apologising. They are no longer jealous or in fear."

"There are so many things happening you wouldn't even realise. I'm doing nothing to the 300,000 mutants. The people are helping. They are taking them home and caring for them. They are directing them to where they belong. In the ocean. In the plains. In herds. And it's all because of you."

I was speechless. Had I really made such an influence? Are they really taking care of the Mutants? Humans were caring? Because of me?

Nathan smiled again. "Besides you've made me president. That, I can't thank you enough for."

I smiled, but I still had no idea what to say.

Nathan straightened. "I don't have much time to spare, but I just wanted to say two things."

I nodded.

"The United States of America wants to give you anything you need. Anything. You have not only saved the world, but you have saved America from heading into bad government. You name something and you can have it," Nathan said carefully.

Anything? I looked at Fang carefully. He was smiling. We didn't need anything, really.

Except…

"An Island," I whispered.

Nathan frowned. He obviously hadn't been expecting that.

I nodded, thinking. "Somewhere private that no one will know about. One that is big enough for my flock and for some of the mutants, somewhere where we can go to without the fear of… publicity."

Nathan chuckled. "A home on an Island."

I nodded.

Nathan smiled. "Consider it done."

I smiled. A home on an Island.

"The second thing is, that you are now free to go."

I frowned. "What?"

Nathan smiled. "I have filed a report stating that you now belong to yourself and were built to be free. You no longer have to feel in charge to save the world. You don't have to fight for America or…"

"Stop," I whispered.

Silence filled the air.

Mum walked over to me. "Max. Sweet heart. You don't have to do this anymore. You don't have to fight or run or hide. You're free Max to live your life the way you want to."

I looked at her. "Mum, this is the life I want."

Mum looked confused. "But you've never wanted to save the world."

I bit my lips. "Mum, saving the world is my life. It is what I was made for. Pull me out of that and suddenly… I feel like I have no purpose to exist."

Mum was silent. Nathan seemed thoughtful. Dad on the other hand was smiling.

I guess he kinda heard my deep thoughts before he even walked through the door.

Too right Max. Too right.

I turned to Nathan. "If you don't mind… Mr President, I would like to keep saving the world… doing my job really."

Nathan smiled. "I have to say… Miss Ride..."

"It's Mrs actually," Fang said quietly. I sighed.

Nathan frowned until he noticed the ring on my hand. He smiled. "Sorry, Mrs Ride… You're an extremely unpredictable woman."

I shrugged. "I don't really plan anything. It's all instinct."

Nathan chuckled as he moved towards the exit. He turned back. "One last thing. In two days, I'm going to make a speech in Times Square. I'm wanting you to stand by my side."

My face paled. Times Square. Thousands of people.

"Of course, I suggest you make a good entrance. You are a hero after all," Nathan said carefully.

I frowned. "You want me to fly in?"

Nathan smiled. "Something to please the camera men."

I swallowed. "I hate being on show."

Nathan laughed. "I'm the one on show. You just have to blink and you'll have everyone looking at you."

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So life is pretty awesome. Has anyone seen Legend of The Seeker? I'm watching the first season now. IT'S SO BLOODY AWESOME!

Review! Plz!