A.N. I'm back! Most of the story will be Max P.O.V. unless it says otherwise.

Fang P.O.V.

I sat up groggily and looked around, wiping the sleep from my eyes. I was still in the cave where the flock and I have been staying for a little while. It was far from luxuriose, but it wasn't that bad, especially compared to some of the places we had stayed.

I did a quick sweep of the cave and counted heads, and then counted again, and again. There was only 5 heads! It took me about 2.1 seconds to realize who was missing… Max.

I looked around yet again; there was no sign of any struggle, so she couldn't have been taken. I froze; a small piece of paper was lying on the floor beside me. I hesitantly reached out and picked it up, grasping it tightly in my hand. The paper was folded into a small square and on the front, my name was written in bold letters. Every part of me was telling me to rip it up and forget anything happened but, despite my better judgment, I slowly unfolded it.

I easily recognized it as Max's handwriting. It was sloppy and I could tell she had written it in a hurry. I took a deep breath and read.

Deer Fang,

I no your going to hate me for this but its for the best. I am leeving and puting you in charg of the flock. Dont do anything stupid or com looking for me. Take care of the flock for me. I will se you again… somday.

P.S. I'll miss you.

Love, Max

Her note brought the burning feeling of tears to my eyes. The only thing I wanted to do was curl up and die, but I couldn't leave the flock - I mean MY flock - to fend for themselves. Now that I looked at it again I noticed there were multiple spelling mistakes. What did I expect? The only education we had ever gotten was back with Anne, and let's just say that that didn't go so well.

I slowly pulled the small, blue, velvet box out of my pocket and opened it. I looked down at the delicate diamond ring I had spent all my savings on. I was going to ask her next week, but I waited too long. I had loved her for as long as I could remember, and now she was gone.

I quickly closed it and slid it back into my pocket. I thought about what her letter had said, about how we shouldn't follow her, but I knew I couldn't listen to her if I tried. Right then I made a promise; I would find her, no matter what it took. I would make her realize that she shouldn't have left.

As much as I was dreading it, I knew I had to wake up the flock. I woke Angel first, figuring I would start with the easiest. She woke up without a problem and stared at me for a moment, reading my mind, before a look of shock crossed her face and she held back tears. This surprised me as I had figured that she knew. I put my figures to my lips to quite her and went and woke the rest.

It took about 20 minutes before I was able to get everyone awake, that was usually Max's job, but when they were, they didn't look too happy.

"Fang! Why did you have to wake us so early? I was enjoying getting some beauty sleep! You know I need my sleep! But no, you just had to ruin it didn't you? When I get pre-mature wrinkles it will be your fault!" Nudge said in one breath, thankfully stopping before someone had to put a hand over her mouth.

"Doesn't anyone notice anything strange here?" I hinted, waiting for them to realize Max was missing.

"Wait, where's Max?" Gazzy asked, looking to me for answers. The whole flock turned to me, just now realizing that their leader was gone. I tried to think of a way to let them know, to gently notify them without upsetting them.

"She's gone. She left us and put me in charge. She said it's for the best, but she wasn't very specific." Yes, I know, I have absolutely no tact, but I was never one to be gentle… that was also Max's job. I paused but before I could continue Iggy cut in.

"You mean she just left? And we're going to let her go? She's been like a mom to us, we need her and we can't just let her go. We're going after her, right?" He asked, obviously surprised and worried. Max had always been there for him when he needed someone to talk to, someone who could listen and understand. I was never a very patient person so he had found Max to be a great confidant.

"That's what I was about to say Iggy, there is no way we are just going to let her leave. If it is ok with you guys, then I would like for us to go looking for her. Who's in?" I explained, curious about what their reaction might be. I knew they all loved her, and would want her back, but they had been through a lot. What if they didn't feel like going on a wild goose chase looking for her?

"I'm in Fang, we will find her." Angel said seriously, putting her hand in the middle. I had never heard her so sure of herself. It was definitely a change from her usual quite personality.

"Me too, she has practically raised me since I was born and that means something to me, we have to find her." Gazzy said as he placed his hand on top of Angels.

"Me 3! She is my sister, my mom, and my best friend all at the same time! I would have to be crazy not to want to go after her! She has always been there for us and now it's time for us to be there for her! Where should we start looking? She could be anywhere by now! She left last night right? Then she couldn't have gone too far right? I think we should start by..." Nudge said excitedly, before I reached over and placed my hand firmly over her mouth.

"We'll decide where to start later, right now it's up to Iggy, he still hasn't agreed." I explained before taking my hand off her mouth.

She nodded eagerly before placing her hand on top of Gazzy and Angels. Now it was all up to Iggy, I just hoped he would agree. There was a moment of tense silence before her answered.

"Of course I'm in! I might be blind but I'm not stupid." He placed his hand on top of Nudges with perfect precision.

"Good, so we're all in." I said, putting my hand in as well. "Then I guess we better start looking." I stated.

"One, two, three, flock!" I shouted and we all pulled our hand out at the same time.

"Ok, then we better get going before it's too late." Iggy said, being the voice of logic. Everyone nodded in agreement and simultaneously gathered their few items and got ready to go.

It only took about 3 minutes before everyone was ready to go. We all gathered at the edge of the cliff and began to ponder where to go.

"Should we go to 's house? Maybe she went there." Gazzy suggested. I thought about it for a moment before replying.

"I don't think we should waste our time, she probably wouldn't go there. She knows that that would be the first place we would look if and when we came looking for her. Besides, it would be putting her mom and Ella in danger of being found if she went there. I don't think she would risk that. I think we should start by heading North. She is most likely going to be staying somewhere we have been before, so lets start shecking places." I proposed, trying to sound like I knew what I was doing as a leader.

The flock glanced at each other before all nodding in understanding and agreement. I started thinking about all of the places we had been together that Max might go back to… There were so many places we had been that I had to stop and narrow it down to significant places where something had happened that Max would remember.

"Hmmm, She wouldn't go to Antarctica, we all know how much she hated it there. I don't think she would go back to the school, to many bad memories… Let's try Ann's house first. Although I doubt she would go there she might be in the cave near there." I advised, running low on ideas.

No one else had any better ideas, or any ideas for that matter, so we decided to go with my idea. We made a flight plan, how often we would stop, when we would eat, what we would eat… you get the idea, before we left the safety of the cave.

We all nodded at each other before diving off the cliff and into the bright blue sky. I was extremely happy for the fact that it wasn't raining, it always sucked flying through the rain, but I would do it for Max if I had to. As if the weather heard my thoughts, it began pouring rain. Great, just great. It was sunny out, not a cloud in sight, and now it is pouring rain. It's times like these that I think the world is out to get me.

I tried to ignore the cold water beating down on my back as we flew, I tried to focus on why we were doing this. It could always be worse, there could be lightning…

The sky lit up as lighting flashes across the sky. Maybe I should just stop thinking since it seemed like every time I did something bad happened. I was pretty sure god must hate me or something. I rolled my eyes and flew on, focusing on finding the love of my life.

A.N. Ok, so you should be really pround of me. This chapter was only 800 words and I didn't want to post that short of a chapter so I worked my butt of adding more! You should be very grateful! Anyway, I decided that I will stick to updating every 2 weeks, unless I am in a really good mood and I feel like updating extra! Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter!

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