Disclaimer: Anyone who thinks I own Maximum Ride please stand up. No, you can sit down, because I don't.

A/N: hullo all! I'm glad you liked that last chapter. Yes, poor Gabby is dead. tear tear It'll make sense later. Trust me. This one is interesting. I have some other good ones coming up. You guys'll like the fifth chapter. I do think you will. grins Thanks again to my lovely beta: NarnianSprite. It's pretty much her fault that I'm a writer grins. Thank her. She's amazing. Plus, not only did she edit this chapter, but she also mentioned this story in one of her author notes! Yay! Go her! Please do thank her. In other news, I'm working on an X-men and Hollow Kingdom fan fiction. Those won't be posted really soon. I have to decide what to do with my other two fics first. But keep your eyes open for those. Well, enjoy!

The moon shone down on me lovingly. It was nice. I remember the moon being the first thing I saw. I loved it. I still do. I missed it and, strangely enough…it seemed to feel the same. The stars winked at me. I had missed them too.

I tossed and flipped in the night air, trying to remember how to fly and do tricks. It was coming back, like riding a bike. It was my first time flying in the open air. I loved it more than anything.

I remembered Ari's screams. He would never admit it, but he actually talked to me sometimes. I mean, although he wasn't exactly a nice guy, but he would actually tell me how he felt. I know he really wanted love from his father, which he never got. But seriously, his dad turned him into a half wolf. That's a definite sign. Still…he was pretty frightening. He was a bratty seven-year-old with wings that could bash my head open. I could never relax around him.

The sweat on my forehead and brown hair was beginning to dry. That escape shook me up. I couldn't get over seeing Ari and Jeb's faces.

I looked up at the moon. It shone off my wings beautifully. I saw a small cloud that was creeping across the moon. Then I heard a rumble of thunder. I glanced behind me. There. The School. I could still barely see it. And above it was a huge black angry cloud. I flew faster. I would have to take shelter. At first I didn't want to, but I thought it might be a good idea to go over that information. I still needed to find out where the rest of my kind were located.

The rain began to fall. One drop and then hundreds. I looked back. My wings were getting soaked. I knew by common knowledge not to seek refuge in a tree. I looked around. I saw lights from across the tree tops. A city. Perfect. If only I could get there before my wings got too wet.

I veered over to the right as lightning flashed again. I was completely wet by now. Hopefully the pages were still somewhat dry and the ink hadn't run.

By now I was over the city. It was a large city. The lights caught the raindrops so that they looked like crystals before they crashed down on the asphalt street.

I found a nice, dry subway station. I was extremely glad that it was abandoned. Plus, there was a sufficient amount of light from a flickering subway light above me.

I sat down on a bench and fished out the pages of information. In horror I saw that they were completely smudged. I tossed them away and stood up. I huffed in frustration and punched the wall.

I curled up on the bench and sighed. Another tear rolled down my cheek. I was tired of being strong. I was tired of not crying. The tears hit the cold, dirty subway floor. Closing my eyes, the tears kept coming. I no longer cared. Let them come. I slipped into a brief sleep.

When I awoke I looked around. My eyes were red. I rubbed them and stretched. I felt at a loss. I had no idea where I was going. It was hopeless.

I walked over to the stairs and as I was about to climb them, something caught my eye. It was in the shadows on the train tracks. I walked over to it. What was it? Could it help me find the rest of the bird children? I only hoped.

There…in the darkness was a white bird feather.

A/N: Ohhhhhh! Interesting eh? Well thanks for reading this. In your review say: "NarnianSprite's the best beta ever!" thehe. Another post will come soon. Thanks again! Can't wait to hear what you think!