A/N: I've been uploading pretty frequently nowadays so I hope it's appreciated haha. I've been an avid fanfiction reader for MR series for a while now and just a couple months ago, I decided to start writing my own fanfiction for a couple of reasons.

In MY opinion, I hate fanfiction's where the Flock is "wingless" or "no wings" because that's basically what the whole series revolves around... and there are a lot of stories where the flock are normal humans. (This is just my opinion, I respect all fanfiction writers.) My favorite types of stories are the ones where it's not TOO different from the books... it's just like an extended version with different experiences.

Random Fact: Someone did guess my name right :) It's.. Harmony! Since everyone knows my name now, I'll stop using my writer's name for this fic. ;)

IMPORTANT: I decided that I should probably stick to an uploading schedule.. I'll upload every Saturday and Wednesday.. I might do one or two chapters depending on however many I write.. I'll keep this story going as long as I can because I really enjoy it!

Enjoy the arrival of a new flock member!

~Harmony

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Chapter 14: It's here

I squeezed Fang's hand. I couldn't believe it. I was giving birth… and Iggy was delivering the baby. Why you ask? Because I didn't want Fang going down there and I figured Iggy would be careful with his gentle hands making bombs and such.

Then again, I'm letting a blind guy deliver my child.

"OW, FU- OWWW" I yelled in Fang's ear.

After I fainted, the Flock managed to get me to a clearing in the woods because when I regained consciousness, I realized I was in serious labor and there was no way in hell I was going to a hospital. So here I am, giving birth in the middle of the woods.

"Max! You want the whole state to know you're—"

"SHUT UP!" I screamed at him. I breathed in and out. In and out….

Iggy yelled, "Push, Max! Almost out!"

"Is it done yet?" Gazzy and Nudge peered from over the jacket that was draped over my waist. This was extremely embarrassing and I assume highly graphic for the other kids (probably for Iggy too, if he could see), so I told them to stand back.

"Nope, almost… PUSH Max! One more!" Iggy instructed.

I took a long breath in. Okay one more. One, Two, Three….

"Push!"

I pushed as hard as I could. This was the most painful thing I ever did so if my baby isn't alive I'm going to be one depressed and angry mutant.

"THE BABY'S OUT!" I heard Iggy scream.

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It had been a couple of hours since I gave birth. The Flock got over the shock that I had been hiding this secret for a while now. Fang is still kind of pissed but when he saw the baby in my hands, he completely melted.

Apparently, the flock had all placed bets on the gender of the baby. I had known all along because I could just tell… call it motherly instincts I guess. Nudge and Angel wanted a girl. Obviously, the others wanted a boy to add to their little herd of pyromaniacs. Unfortunately, the boys were wrong.

I had a beautiful baby girl. She was honestly stunning. Soft, pale but not too pale skin. Rosy cheeks. And straight, slick black hair. Her lips were a bright shade of red. Her eyes hadn't opened yet so we didn't know the color of them. Of course, the flock had placed bets on that too. But most stunning of all, her wings. Her wings are beautiful. They were black from the base all the way to her tips. Just at the tip of her tiny wings, it faded out to the purest white, whiter than Angel's wings.

I held her in my arms and rocked her back and forth. I vowed to protect her no matter what. Even though she was created by an act of evil, I'll take care of her until I die and I'll never, ever let the whitecoats get her.

"Can- can I hold her?" Fang asked quietly.

I looked up. "Sure" I smiled at him. I knew that she was Fang's as much as she was mine. After all, they did use DNA from Fang. This was our child.

"She has your hair." I breathed.

"And your lips." He whispered.

I smiled and looked at Fang. He looked so sweet holding our baby so gently. I decided to give him some time alone. I walked over to the rest of the flock, which was very painful after just giving birth a couple of hours ago.

"Here comes the mother..." Iggy teased playfully. "You shouldn't be walking you know." Of course, he was still worried.

"I think they're going to be light brown, like Max's eyes." Nudge predicted.

"Nah- definitely dark brown or black like Fang's eyes." Gazzy pointedly said. "I mean look at her hair! Black like Fang's, Black wings like Fang it makes sense that her eyes would be black too." Gazzy then noticed me. "But no offense Max!" He eyes grew wide.

"It's fine Gazzy… I agree with you there though. She does look a lot like Fang. But I have to say she definitely has my face shape and can't say that she doesn't have my personality but I have a feeling she will."

"I think her eyes are going to be blue." Angel said. "They're going to be the lightest blue you've ever seen."

Gazzy snorted. "Ha! As if! None of us have blue eyes except for you and me! And don't blonde hair and blue eyes or brown hair and blue eyes always go together?"

"Well you never know Gazzy!" Angel huffed. "Nature is unpredictable."

"Yeah as unpredictable as the sky falling right now." Gazzy mumbled.

"Guys! No fighting… this is supposed be a happy thing remember?" I tried to prevent an argument from ensuing.

"Oh my gosh! She is just the cutest thing EVER! She's going to be so hot when she grows up—"

I raised an eyebrow and tuned Nudge out. Then soon, I heard a baby cry.

"She's opening her eyes guys!" Fang updated.

We all rushed over to Fang… well I wobbled over there more like. My baby's eyes were fluttering.

"Light brown, light brown" Nudge whispered.

"No black! Come on!" Gazzy whispered with excitement.

My baby opened her eyes and we all gasped.

"Light blue." Angel smiled. "See."

Blue. They were the lightest blue I'd ever seen. Now she definitely won the genetic lottery. I leaned on Fang's shoulder. Then out of nowhere, she started crying... LOUD.

"Um, Max…" Fang held her out to me. "Max! I don't know what to do!"

"Uhhh well neither do I! I'm only sixteen!"

"Let me try!" Angel furrowed her brow and talked to the baby in her head. In about two seconds, she ceased her crying to soft hiccups.

"Whoa! She understood me!" Angel looked at me surprised.

"Well I guess she's going to be pretty smart then huh?" I smiled and looked at my baby in my arms.

Phoenix. Phoenix Ride, you are my little warrior.

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A/N: OTHER REALLY EXCITING NEWS FOR ME... I GOT INTO HARVARD (WOO HOO!) and MIT Decisions are coming out in 4 days! I'm so nervous... Just wanted to share because I worked my ass of for a LONG time for this and now I'm offered an athletics scholarship to Harvard because of dance omggg. If you didn't read before, I go to a professional dance school and have been since I was 5 and I wanted to make dance my career since it is my passion but I also need a backup plan which is Bioengineering/ Premed... ANYWAY Enough about me... onto the the BABY NAME.

The name, Phoenix, was obvious since I hinted at it a couple chapters ago with the Harry Potter rhyme. But anyway, the name is all James Patterson... if you haven't read the latest book, Maximum Ride Forever, (YOU REALLY SHOULD) at the end, he reveals the baby's name as Phoenix and I really liked it...

Hope you like where I'm going with this story... :)

~Harmony