Sorry if this is not my best chapter. I think it reveal some good stuff though.

I don't know when i will be able to update next. My cousin is coming over and is spending the night for the next few nights and then i am helping at a camp till thursday. I don't know when i will have time. If i don't update till then I'm sorry.

Chapter seven- Max

I wake up and as I sit up I suck in a breath. I put a hand to my ribs and slowly get out of bed. I walk into my bathroom and carefully take off my hoodie and lift my shirt up so I can see my ribs. There is a huge black circle in the shape of a fist on my right rib cage. I touch it gently and suck in a breath. I lower my shirt and when my arms are at my sides I sigh.

I pull my hoodie back on and walk out to the balcony. The cool air feels good on my skin and I close my eyes. The light behind them slowly gets brighter as the sun rises.

I lean onto the balcony with my left arm and red-hot pain shots up my arm. I gasp and quickly grab my shoulder. Dang it! I forgot he clipped my shoulder! I walk back to my bathroom and find Angel waiting for me.

"Sweetie, what are you doing up?" I ask, doing a fine job if I must say of masking my pain.

"I felt you pain. I came to see if I could help." She says, looking me over with a concerned look on her face.

I bend down, making sure to bend from the knees and quickly put up a mind block. Sometimes I forget that she can read minds. I use my right hand to brush some hair from her forehead. "I'm fine. Now go back to bed." I tell her and stand back up. I forget about my ribs and the sudden movement makes me close my eyes.

"No. Your not okay, Max. Let me help you." She says and walks past me into the bathroom. I sigh and follow her in. She motions for me to sit on the edge of the bathtub and I carefully lower myself. "Let me take a look," She says and lowers my sleeve.

The skin is blue-green. "It's just a bruise, Angel. You can't help me." She shakes her head and pushes me sleeve back up.

"What about your ribs?" She ask.

"It's just a bruise." I get up. "Go back to bed. You need to sleep." I lead her back to her room and tuck her in. I lean down and kiss her forehead.

"Are you sure you're okay?" She ask. I smile softly.

"I'm fine. I'll be fine in a week."

I walk back into my room and sit down at the edge of the bed. I have to get used to this. It will be getting worse soon. Jeb will start drinking any day now. I need to be ready. But I don't know what to do.

I feel so useless. Even when Angel and Gazzy aren't getting hurt, they hate it when I get hurt and blame themselves. Jeb does five times the damage to me that he would do to them. It's what I get for interfering. At least I keep them safe. That's what I get for doing this. And it's enough for me.

I get up and walk downstairs to cook some breakfast. I make the simple bacon and soon Angel and Gazzy come pounding down the stairs. They both take plates and we all eat quickly.

It doesn't take long for Jeb to grace us with his presence. We all quickly finish eating and I watch him. Seeing what he gets. Still no alcohol. I don't know what to think of this. This is the longest he has gone after a move to not drink.

I quickly lead Angel and Gazzy upstairs.

"What are we doing today, Max?" Gazzy asks excitedly. "Are we going to play with Iggy, Nudge, Ella, and Fang again?"

I shake my fingers though his hair and shake my head. "No. We need to get us school supplies for our new school. How does that sound?" They both nod excitedly.

"But where did you get the money?" Gazzy ask, thinking this over. "Did Jeb give it to you?" He ask with disgust in his voice from saying Jeb's name.

"No. I got it." I tell him and he shakes his head with a frown on his face. He doesn't like me doing fights for money any more than Angel does, but they both understand why I do it.

They go to their rooms to get dressed and I quickly go to my room. I pull on some dark-wash flare jeans and a black long-sleeves shirt. I pull on my boots and gloves before pulling my hoodie on and putting my black baseball cap on. I walk out and find Gazzy and Angel waiting for me in Gazzy's room.

"Ready?" I ask and they both take one of my hands and nod. We all walk out side and head for the Target. It is only a twenty minute walk so considering... it is not too bad. When we get in we head for the school supplies.

I get Angel and Gazzy notebooks, pencils, and a book bags. I get the same and we go to check out. The girl at the check-out looks at us weirdly but scans the items and gives us the bags. We each take the bag with out stuff and walk outside. When we are out of sight from the Target we put all of our stuff in our bags and walk back with our bags.

I shift my over-the-shoulder bag and we enter the house. We quickly take our bags upstairs and put them in my closet. We don't want Jeb doing something to them. I quickly put together some sandwich's for us. Jeb is still up in his room, doing whatever it is he does.

I'm glad I don't have to do my fights tonight. I don't want to leave Angel and Gazzy alone. Something doesn't feel right. Jeb still hasn't even bought any beer. He hasn't even come at us. He hasn't used Angel or Gazzy to get to me. Why? Why the delay. We have all the time in the world.

I walk out to my balcony and watch as the sun sets. I watch as the stars come out. Each one adds to the tug that I feel pulling me to the sky. I hope the two stars on the ground are strong enough to keep me from taking off.

I don't get why I'm suddenly being pulled into the sky. I have never had this problem before. And I have only flown a few times since Jeb taught me all those years ago.

The full moon hanging high in the sky adds to the pull. I want to be up there. I feel like I am too low, that I need to be higher.

I quickly shake my head and walk into my room and get into bed. I need to sleep. Not torture myself with the sky. I shut my eyes...

When I open my eyes I am standing on top of the roof. The full moon hangs high in the sky and the stars twinkle. The breeze is cold and my feathers ruffle slightly. The stars pull me to the sky, and the two stars on the ground are up in the sky and call to me, leaving noting on the ground for me.

I jump and my wings beat at a steady rhythm. I quickly gain altitude and the moon shines on my skin, giving me a luminescent look to it. The stars play in and out of sight and I go higher. The air gets colder and I feel the wind slip under my wings. The pull gets stronger the higher I get.

When I look at the moon it is right in front of me. I feel as if I could reach out and touch it. The child I never was in me reaches out and tries to touch the moon. I watch the stars, trying to find the one pulling me higher. I keep flapping and look for it.

I hear a movement, just a flap of a wing, and turn quickly. As I see a figure come into focus my head starts to scream and words that I can't understand hit me. I grab my head and curl up, trying to lessen the pain. I hear wind and it adds to the pain. My wings trail as I fall farther, yet the pull gets stronger. The pain in my head keeps coming.

I feel a hand graze me, as if trying to catch me, when it all goes black.

Ohhhh... would you call that a cliffie? ANd if i can't update soon *gasp*, I'm sorry. My cousin is supportive of my writing so maybe.

tell me what you think of this chappie. you can give me ideas, critisize, tell em how aswesome i am. you pick. Reviews are what motivate me to write. Just make sure to make use of the little button down there and R&R. Do it for the ponies i will be riding.

So i still have my poll going. And the next chappie should be the one where we find out and there is a tie. I need more people to do the poll. You won't know the results till then.

I also have a new poll up. A lot of you have said you want Fang's POV, but i have trouble keeping track of them all. I also had one preson say they don't want it, that they want to be blind of what Fang thinks like Max is. I put up a poll to help me keep track. There is also the option to... NO. If you look at the poll you will find out.

Tell me what you think happend during the dream at the end. try to find out what it means. It will give you something to do. I mean, if you have time to read this crap i bet you have time to try to figure out what i am talking about in there. What will happen when she wakes up? Will Jeb have her? Will Angel and Gazzy be there, worried about her? Will she wake up in her bed?

Their school starts tomorrow so that is why i ned to to do the poll.

Don't forget about my pairing. I don't think anyone has done it before. Think about it...

I think that is all. Again I'm sorry if i don't update until Thursday or Friday.

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