Okay first of all to all the people who have been following this story, I'm so sorry I haven't updated since December. I kinda forgot about the story and just now saw
it when I got on fanfiction. So yeah-really sorry! I promise I'll update much more often
-at least once every 2 weeks! Oh and big thanks to NeverthelessAFan for all the nice
reviews!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Maximum Ride Series
I sighed enviously watching Angela and Iglande gracefully glide through the clear blue sky. I flapped awkwardly behind them, feeling like the ugly duckling. "Extend your wings and catch a current," Iglande patiently reminded me for what felt like the millionth time. Whenever I did, I quickly dipped and although Angela said this was normal, I was still scared enough to quickly and awkwardly flap my wings again. A couple pigeons started to fly alongside us. They seemed to be mocking me, showing how flight was effortless to them. They didn't even seem to notice me glaring daggers at them. They just soared, flapping lightly every once in a while, like a perfectly planned airshow. I felt a hard jerk on one of my wings, and as I whipped around to punch the offender as hard as I could, I saw it was Fang. Then another jerk on my other wing, this time I saw it was Iglande. "What are you doing? " I shouted. With a wink, Fang said "Helping you, princess," I scowled at the annoying title ,and I then realized too late what they were doing.
They pulled my wings to the point where they were fully extended. I tried my hardest to flap them, pull them back, something! But their grip was too strong. And the more I stuggled, the harder they held their grip to the point it was almost painful. "We're going to let go," Iglande explained. "But keep your wings extended or we're just going to yank them straight again. Understand?" " Okay." I sighed, and I meant it. I knew they were going to yank my wings until I learned. After several attempts (Okay, a little more than several), I could finally do it. "How do you feel?" Angela asked. "I feel like my wings were sucked into a tornado," I grumbled. Angela laughed. A small tinkering laugh. "But I guess that was necessary," I admitted with a small smile. "Thank you," I told Fang and Iglande. Iglande nodded. "Anytime," responded Fang. We landed in a small roundish clearing.
"Okay, so the first step to get to Larrock is to head East. Does anyone have a compass?" Angela asked, pulling out a large map from a fold in her dress.
We all shaked our head no. "Well then I guess we're at a dead end," She sighed. "Wait,
I think we can make a compass," I said quickly, glad I took survivorness skills lessons instead of crochet. "Really how?" She asked. I took Iglande's container of water and popped the cap off. I looked down, looking for some water; I found a small puddle and dipped the cap in the small pool, it was now filled to the brim with clear water. I removed the safety pin attached to the sash on my dress ,and carefully broke the pin in half so it was just the metal needle. Clutching the needle and the cap in my left hand, I plucked a long, cupped leaf from a nearby tree. I gently laid the leaf in the cap full of water, and adjusted it so it would float. Taking the needle, I rubbed it against the hair on the side of head many times. I then placed the piece of charged metal on the leaf, and held the cap as steadily as I could. The leaf started to spin and then stopped when it was pointing the north and south poles. We located which way East would be. "That's great!" Angela said. "Yes, however we can't fly with it. The water will just slosh around and it won't work. We'll have to land and rebuild it," I reminded them. "Oh that's fine," Angela reassured us. "We have to go East for several hours anyway. We'll just fly for that long, take a break and reb-,"
"Maxima?" called out a familiar voice. I turned toward the sound and saw Gazzieur and Nudgelie. They looked terrible, they had scratches on their faces and appeared distraught. Angela narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "How did you find-?""We'll discuss that later," Nudgelie interrupted me. "We heard the rumors, are they true?" Before Iglande could open his mouth to quickly say "Of course not!" Angela admitted "Yes. And you're winged too,""How did you know that?"Nudgelie widening her already wide eyes in shock. "I read minds," Angela said casually as if she was saying "The weather is nice today," Nudgelie and Gazzieur gaped. "But first things first," Angela continued. "how did you find us?"
(any guesses to how they did?)