Fangs POV
As soon as Max and her friends teleported out we were all thinking the same thing, or at least that's what Angel says. We had to find Max.
We decided that she was probably in this area, and so we went to the little houses and knocked. They were cute, I guess. Little classic red and yellow houses, not that big, only one story and mainly just long.
When we knocked on the doors, well lets just say some people did not like us interrupting them. The worst experience was a short lady with pitch black hair throwing fish at us and screaming in Swedish. It may have been German though.
We went through about 50 houses, just knocking warily and enduring the angry Swedes. Some of the houses weren't occupied and so we sat outside the door for about 10 minutes before realizing no one was there.
This process went on for about 3 hours. Knowing Max, she and her friends were probably already in Nepal.
We were sitting on the steps of an empty cabin, just wallowing in our misfortune when we heard a BLAM and saw a lightning bolt burst out of the seemingly clear sky about a mile away.
"Guys! That way!" I screamed, pointing to where the lightning struck. We all stood up and started running over to the spot. Hey, curiosity killed the cat...er bird.
Then 5 erasers soared 80 feet in the air, topping the giant pines by about 50 feet, before free falling back down, howling in shock and forgetting about their wings.
We picked up the speed even more when we heard laughter. It sounded like the laughter that Max and her friends had emitted when we saw them at the beach, plus one.
Whipping around some tall trees we saw a small cabin nestled in. If you were to peek through the windows you would see a girl with golden brown hair smiling at something and then a girl with pink and white hair and piercings pop up mysteriously next to her smirking. She was the girl from the beach!
"Okay, guys. Max is in there," I pointed towards the house, "we just need to knock on the door, and then reason with her."
Iggy snorted, "Reason with Max? That's next to impossible!"
I shot him a look that he didn't receive.
"Lets just try." I said, slightly exasperated.
They nodded and we all walked up to the door and knocked. Guess who opened the door? If you guessed Santa Claus, I'm pretty sure they don't have him in Sweden (A/N we don't) and you need to see a doctor. If you guessed Max, you are 98% right. But also 2% bird! God I'm going insane, not in a good way.
"What do you want?" She sneered, obviously not immediately forgiving us.
We flinched and a smug look flashed on her face for a second.
"Max we want you back!" Iggy pleaded.
"We are so sorry!" Gazzy threw in.
"I was wrong!" Angel cried out.
"I lied." I said sadly.
She seemed a little surprised, but quickly wiped it off her face.
She turned to look at her friends. One was talking faster than Nudge, while another was blasting music into her ears. The girl I didn't recognize was speaking in a foreign language, while the small Italian girl clutched her towel, looking like she just got out of the shower, with a scared expression on her face.
"I'll be right back." She said to them before stepping out the door to look at us with a steely glare.
"Max..." Angel started.
"What!" Max snapped, "Do you want me back now? Well you can't have me back! I told you you'd regret it and you had no solid evidence! And according to the Eraser that met his extremely untimely death on my third day, it was him who convinced you that I was oh-so-innocent instead of me! You guys doubted me even though I would never do that to you! You guys hated and turned against me for no reason, other than false pretense. I hate you guys and you have no reason for me to change my thoughts! I trusted you och du sparkade mig till trottoaren som papperskorgen!" She ended her angry statement with another language.
We stared and her confused while she fumed. Sure we didn't expect her to come back right away, but we at least expected her to forgive us.
"Max, we were wrong! We all want you back and we've had a horrible time without you! Please Max?" Gazzy said, tears etching his face and sad truth lacing his words.
Max looked a little guilty but quickly overcame it.
"And why should I believe yo- oh wait you're telling the truth..." She said. The first part of her speech as cold as ice, the second part exasperated, like she couldn't get around it.
"Max, please?" An almost unrecognizable and rusty voice cut through the air.
We all turned with surprised faces -other than Max- to the non speaking Nudge, using her voice for the first time in two years.
Max was not convinced. She crossed her arms and put a 'really' look on her face.
"Max! Can we just stay with you for a little while? And then we'll be gone! Pinky swear!" Angel pleaded.
"Fine, but you only have today be-" I cut Max short.
"Only today! Max you've got to give us longer!"
She glared daggers at me and for a second I felt weak and dropped to my knees.
"Three things. One you should have let me finished, two because we don't have enough room for even five and that's our capacity right now, and three. My death stares have gotten extremely literal. You know what. How about this, we'll meet you guys at the ice cream parlor tomorrow. Until then, you're on your own." She said coldly before slamming the door on our faces.
We sighed, but took up her offer. I stood up.
"Come on guys." I said, signaling for everyone to spread their wings and fly (A/N mamma told me not to waste my life she said spread your wings my little butterfly!) up.
As I did head count, I noticed Nudge still on the ground.
"Nudge come on!" I said annoyed.
Nudge just looked up at me with sad eyes.
"No."
"Nudge!"
"No! I'm staying here." She crossed her arms and looked defiantly at me.
"Fine!" I shot back, my annoyance and anger showing, "Be that way! But believe me, Max probably isn't going to take any of us back, especially not you!"
Okay, that was a little harsh, but I was pissed! I flew off in the direction of town as the rest of the flock minus Nudge reluctantly followed me.
A/N I was thinking of stopping here, but I love Nudge to much! I can't just leave her there until the next chapter! Oh ya, I guess I also wanted you guys to read it? Also sorry to make Fang so snappy and mean, sleep deprivation and annoyance.
Nudges POV
When Fang said that Max especially wouldn't want me back, I hated him. He didn't know anything, I bet she especially didn't want HIM back. It made me feel even worse when the rest of the flock flew off. This must be sort of what Max felt like.
I didn't want to kick Max out, but they would kick me out too. And in a way, they sort of just did.
I gathered myself and slowly knocked on the door once I couldn't see the flock anymore, wiping away the tears.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" Max screamed at me as she flung open the door. I coward and the tears all flew right back, streaming down my face.
And then the oddest thing happened. Max hugged me. Yes hugged! The girl who hated me was hugging and comforting me. That made me cry even more.
"Nudge, what do you want?" She said, her voice was steel but still motherly.
"I *sniff* really didn't *wipe* want to kick you out! It was *sniffle* peer (A/N did i spell that right?) pressure!" I said slowly.
She hugged me again, "Are they still here?" She said they as if it were poison on her tongue.
"No, but I sort of know how you felt." I said sadly.
"They kicked you out?" She said, surprised and angry.
"Not really, but I don't wanna go back to them. Fang said you probably wouldn't take any of us back, much less me!" I then burst into a fresh round of tears.
She hugged me tighter and whispered in my ear.
"I forgive you. You can stay with us." It was quiet and comforting. I nodded, agreeing to the question never asked.
Max let go and opened the door, walking in. I hesitated but followed.
It was a small place. It had a small gray couch facing a small box TV and had a bookshelf filled with -you guessed it!- books. It was connected to a small kitchen with a wooden table that only had four chairs. There was a door off to the left but it was closed.
The girl with pink and white hair was enduring a purple haired girls speed ranting by listening to music. A girl with golden hair was sitting at the table dealing cards to the empty chair across from her. The door on the left suddenly swung open revealing a girl with a pink sweater with hearts on it, short white shorts, and a feather necklace brushing her long brown hair.
"Who's she?" The small girl brushing her hair said, pointing to me with the brush she was just using.
"This is Nudge. She's the only innocent one." Max said before throwing herself on the couch, leaving me standing awkwardly in the doorframe.
"Hi!" The small girl said, before a small chair popped up out of no where, causing me to jump. The girl just giggled before sitting down.
"Okay so, that's Marzia," Max said pointing to the girl, "she can manifest. Okay, over there is Zoë and Izzy Logan," she pointed to the pink haired girl first, and then the purple haired girl, who's hair suddenly changed to a light blue, "and the lady dealing cards to herself over there is Spencer." She then pointed to the girl at the table.
"Hi." I mumbled.
"Gosh Nudge, you're supposed to be the talkative one!" Max said jokingly, I cracked a small smile.
"Do you guys know how to play Five Crowns?" Spencer asked.
All of them but the Izzy Logan character and me nodded.
"Do you wanna play?" She said.
They stood up laughing and sat at the table. Max manifested up two more chairs, a pen and a pad of paper. Max could manifest? Cool.
I sat down tentatively after Max gestured for me to.
"How do you play?" Izzy Logan asked.
"Well you-" Spencer started.
"Spence, I've got this." Max said.
"Whatever you say Maxie!"
All of a sudden I got a rush of information form in me. The amount of cards you're playing is the wild card, the most points looses, Marzia wasn't good at this game. Wait what just happened?
"What was that?" I asked.
"One of Maxie's info rushes." Zoë said, blowing a bubble from the gum I didn't know she had.
"Max, you got two knew powers?"
"Well actually Nudge, when you guys kicked me out the school took me and gave me anything they could fit in a vial. I have any 'powers' you could think of and I'm still developing more. I'm basically the 'Maximum Mutant'." Max said softly.
Talk about an info rush.
Okay! Hope you liked! If you didn't than don't read! sorry I made max forgive nudge, but I love Nudge too much!