Hey guys :) I will take someone's review into consideration. I won't make the flock good at everything because as they said, no one is perfect so the flock will definitely have faults but they won't be totally stupid. I'm really happy that you guys are reviewing this story! There's so much more excitement to come in future chapters...

There's a Riddle at the end if you want to know more about the future plot. Review and let me know what you think! 3

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Chapter 9:

It was a freaking castle. It was huge.

"Wow Dr. Martinez really pulled through!" Gazzy said excitedly.

"Yep." I grumbled a little less excitedly. Okay a lot less excitedly.

We walked up the stairs and the first thing we saw was the receptionist area. I took a huge sigh and put on a fake smile.

"Hi! We're new students and we'd like to get our schedules for today." I smiled at the lady. My cheeks already hurt.

"Why of course! You're all siblings?" She looked a bit confused.

"No, actually, we are siblings and they're our family friends but also siblings." Mom told me that Iggy, Gazzy, Angel and I would be registered as siblings because we look the most alike... cause of our blonde hair and pale skin. Iggy has a red tone to his hair and Gazzy and Angel have almost white blonde hair. I have blonde hair that's browner tinted and has some natural reddish-brown highlights. She also registered Fang and Nudge as adopted siblings of another family to avoid raising too many questions.

"Alright just one moment please…." She typed something on her computer before it went totally black. "Oh no! I'm sorry something just- I don't know what just happened… Mark! I think the computer-"

Nudge pushed past Fang and I. "Um excuse me? I think I could help! I'm kind of a whiz with this kind of stuff. I found my talent just a little while ago- but anyway could I?"

Thank god she shut herself up before she revealed anything else. She typed something in the lady's computer and it came back to life. She printed out our schedules for us.

"Oh my, well you are a computer whiz aren't you?" She laughed and sat back down. "Well if you need any help finding-"

"I think we can manage." I smiled again. "Thank you!"

Oh god. Never doing that much smiling again in my life. We looked at our schedules. Nudge, Gazzy and Angel's classrooms were in Wing B of the school. Fang, Iggy and I were in the same grade so we were in Wing C. After dropping them off, we walked into our homeroom.

We walked in to a room of chaos. This was the epitome of a classic high school. The girls with makeup filled faces, perfectly straightened hair, and skirts so short you could basically see their butt, the know-it-all types studying for a test of some sort, and the jocks, which were messing around with the "popular" girls for lack of a better word.

"Bite me." I grumbled to Fang.

"Are there a lot of hot chicks?" Iggy whispered to Fang.

"Uh yeah. A lot." Fang chuckled and nudged Iggy.

"Ugh control your hormones. Geez." I grabbed both their hands and pulled them to three chairs in the back of the room.

Just then, the homeroom teacher walked in and everyone scrambled to get to his or her seats.

"Excuse me? That's my seat."

I looked up to see a girl with blonde hair, lips full of lip-gloss, and a boatload of eyeliner standing over me. I was not in the mood. She looked pretty easy to take down.

"I'm sorry… what?" I said.

"I sit here everyday… so that's my seat. I suggest you move." Her hand reached for my arm to pull me up.

I narrowed my eyes. I pushed her hand away and stood up. All us bird kids are taller than average so I was a good 3 inches taller than her. I stared her down.

"I suggest you find another seat." I sat back down and continued talked to Iggy.

"Oh my gosh, are you serious?" She flipped her hair and scoffed; clearly surprised that anyone would talk to her that way and quickly found another seat.

Fang silently laughed in my direction while I gave Iggy a high five.

"Alright class. It seems that three new students have enrolled in our grade. So Maxine, Nick, and James, please briefly introduce yourselves." He gestured towards us, the only unfamiliar faces to them.

"Yo. I'm James. I like soccer and we moved from Antarctica."

"Nick, he's lying. We moved from North Korea."

"The name's Max- not Maxine and they're both lying. We moved from Canada."

We all sat down quietly laughed at each other.

The homeroom teacher laughed and said, "Well thank you for that wonderful connectivity of introductions. I look forward to see what you all bring to this school." He addressed the rest of the class. "Please make them feel welcome, everyone! You are dismissed."

We all stood up and walked to the door when the blonde chick cut us off.

"Hi guys, my name is Ansley and I know we got off to a wrong start but I just wanted to let you know that if you need any help at all, just ask me!" She batted her eyelashes at Fang and Iggy.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm sure we'll be fine but thanks for that generous-"

"-Anyway, lets see your schedule, I know where your first class is. I'll walk you there!"

And there we were following the blonde chick to our first class of the day. Let hell begin.

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Guess the answer to this riddle if you want to know more about the future plot ;)

RIDDLE:

Good and bad,

Both wands contain parts of me.

My tears heal and I have healed he.

When I am near death,

I burst into flames.

Soon, I shall be reborn from the ashes.

Can you guess my name?

You must have read the latest Maximum Ride book, Maximum Ride Forever 3. The riddle is a Harry Potter reference for those who don't understand... Let me know what you think and what this means for the plot of the book!

~Shyla