Okay so I did it. I sent the Flock to school. I always liked the idea of characters with powers/supernatural abilities living in the normal world and things like that. So therefore, the flock is going to school. However, in contrary to the books, I didn't make them suck at school because I don't want to demean the flock. I decided to make them smart kind of like the good-at-everything-without-trying type of people.

~Shyla

Chapter 8:

We had just landed in suburban Atlanta. From above, all we could see was green trees and fields and a couple roads. About 25 miles away was the center of the city, downtown. I can't believe we hadn't been to Georgia before it was a gorgeous place.

"This is beautiful." Angel said in her quiet voice.

"Yeah… it is honey." I said. We were looking at a creek.

We had landed in a forest and walked some way until we ended up at a pond and a small waterfall.

"CANNONBALL!" Gazzy flew up and dived down towards the water ands splashed all of us.

"Great now my hair is going be a frizz-ball." Nudge grumbled.

"Aw Nudge, you'll get over it… Let's find a payphone or something and call Mom.. She can set up an apartment or something for us." I said

We flew to shopping mall complex and Angel used her oh-so-scary abilities to use someone's phone. I called Mom and she used her CSM funds that they set-aside just for us and got us a small apartment. She told us that they would be ready for us in a day. We chatted for a while on what was going to happen over the next few days and mostly argued. Why would we be arguing you ask? Well…

"Max, I think since you all are looking to settle down for some time, It would be a good idea to catch up on your education." Dr. Martinez supposed.

"Wait what."

"It would be really good for you… an education is very important you know… especially at your age. And don't worry about Jeb or the Erasers because CSM is handling that situation. No one will ever find you there. I promise."

"But Mom, I can't and I will NEVER go to school… I hate and it's a horrible experience. Believe me you weren't there last time-"

"Maximum Ride. I know you were on the run for most of your life but I am your mother and you will listen to me." Dr. Martinez used her stern voice. "It's either going to school and experiencing a full teenage life... or CSM will pick you and you'll have to live with them during their mission trip."

I was still holding the phone to my ear and talking in a hushed voice because if Nudge found out, she would be way too happy for me to handle.

"We're going to school?" Angel asked hopefully.

"No honey… we can't... remember last time—"

Nudge channel turned on. "We're going to school?! I cant believe it! Ohmigosh is it a private school?! With cute uniforms and everything?!"

"Max, Please listen to me alright? I'll send you all the information to Fang's email. Please try to fit in. You could really learn something at school and maybe have a better future. All right? You know you can't be on the run and living in the woods forever. I've got to go now. Bye, love you!" She hung up the phone.

"Bye." I grumbled. I closed the phone and stomped back to the flock. I'd much rather live on the run and have a home in the woods. "We have to go to school guys."

That got a mixture of excited yells and 'why me' faces.

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~3 days later

It had been three days since we landed in Georgia. We hung around the first day and chilled, the second day we arrived at the apartment (surprisingly, it was furnished and everything… claps for CSM), and today… was the first day of school. Yippee. Can you tell how excited I am?

"Max! Wake up! It's the first day of school!" Angel shook me and tried to wake me up.

I sleepily sat up and holding Angel's hand, we went to wake up the others. There were two bedrooms in this apartment- one for the boys and one for the girls. Nudge was definitely not a morning person… so we decided to wake her up last. We walked over to the boy's room and tried to wake them up… the imperative word being tried.

I leaned down to Fang's ear. "Fang. Wake up. It's school time." He rolled over and punched whatever was in front of him out of instinct. Unfortunately, that was me but fortunately, my reflexes were fast enough and I whacked his arm away. I looked at the clock…6:50 am. Crap! We were late! We had to start by at least 7:05 to get there by 7:15.

"GUYS WAKE UP. NOW" Well that finally got a response.

The next 15 minutes were a hustle of shoving ourselves into the preppy uniforms that were compulsory, brushing out teeth, showering, and eating leftovers of the feast that we had yesterday.

"Come on, Come on, Come on!" Nudge gestured for everyone to hurry up as she was fixing her hair.

"Max, how do I look?" Angel asked.

"Uh… cute. You look like a really preppy doll." I smiled at Angel and took her hand.

We rushed out the apartment and made sure that no one was out in the hallway. We ran up the flight of stairs to the roof and took off. Luckily, the apartment was relatively hidden and in the woods so not many people would see us taking off.

After 6 minutes of flying, we arrived at the school. Riverside School for Exceptional Young Students.