CHAPTER 10

A/N: JP wouldn't exactly be typing on fan fiction, so you could probably tell that I'm not him. So, I have nothing to blab about other than, we're almost at fifty reviews! Just five more…Please! I'm begging you! Today was the last full day, so YAY! READ ON NOW! Also, THANK YOU TO ANNA RIDE FOR GIVING ME THE IDEA! She helped me with what to do next! I'll tell you the rest later. You should listen to Young Forever by The Ready Set.
Max/Phoe POV

"Okay, I think I see a forest there, let's land quickly. There are a lot of us, so we can't land together since this forest is near a city. Remember; don't land through a cloud unless you want to be splatter on the ground! I'll go last, to make sure the clouds don't get in your way and Fang will go first to keep an eye on everyone. Now we'll go from youngest to oldest, alright?" I said to them.

Yes, being leader is this much work. We have to time it so that it doesn't look very suspicious. I got nods of approval from my speech and gave Fang the signal to go as I cleared up a small portion of the sky to fit Fang and his wing span through.

Watching him land, I gave one by one, the go ahead. Lilly, Angel, Gazzy, Lacey, Zeph, Nudge, Stelton, Quail, Iggy, Dylan, and then Desiree, finishing off with me in the tail end. Yes, this is all in order. Total landed with me too. So, this way, I got everyone down and not to cause any suspicion.

I landed with a sleeping Total in my hands. Hey, he eventually has to fall asleep! Apparently, to him, it's like when you're driving long distance and you are so bored that you absolutely HAVE to fall asleep. Angel and Lilly attempted to explain it to me on the way here. Honestly, when you're caught up in flying, it's unexplainable and never want to stop. Until you get tired, that is.

Landing, I saw the flocks waiting for me and Fang staring at Dylan profusely, who was talking to Quail. You have to admit, it's sort of creepy to have someone stare at you like that. Yeah, moving on.

"Phoe, I'm still very, very hungry." Nudge said, for the fifth time in the past ten minutes.

"Okay then, we'll go into town, and then we'll get food from a Mc Donald's or somewhere else. Afterwards, we'll check in at a hotel." I said, before she could continue on.

"…and then maybe we could like, go to one of those cool fortune teller places. I think I saw one of those called, 'Ashmika's', I think? Unless, it's one of those hippie places which look like a place for fortune telling but really just an 80's supporter..."

I tuned her out and gave the flocks a signal to follow me, where I led them to the city, but not exiting it. How weird would it look if you saw twelve kids walking out of a forest? Instead, I asked Angel and Lilly to do a mind scan.

"Angel, Lilly, would you please tell me where the least minds are, hopefully none, where we could come out of the forests from?"

"It's right in front of us." Angel said, then she lifted up a finger, "No wait, okay good, now there's no one near us!" She said happily.

Lilly was still focused and then nodded her approval.

"Okay, we'll go out through here." I said, walking out of the forest as I did so and watched as everyone followed in my steps.

I took a look around as the chatter began again. I gazed ahead and saw that place that Nudge was talking about. What was it called again? Ashmika's? Yeah, that's it.

"Hey look, Phoe! There it is! Let's go! It's that place we were talking about, Ashmika's!" Nudge and Stelton yelled at me. Then, they started dragging us to that place.

Well, at least I don't have to walk there. They practically carried me! Might as well see what it's all about.

I looked around as I saw the inside of the so called, 'Ashmika's'. There were purple beads to use as curtains and the themed indigos, blues, pinks, and purples. Basically, it was the stereotypical fortune teller place, without the crystal ball, but with the table in the center. I'm guessing that she just 'tells' her fortunes and lets people think everything.

"I am Ashmika, call me Ashi. I do my fortunes for free, just sit down in those bean bags and relax, let your mind flow." She said. Beanbags? I never noticed those! I guess in a way, she is a bit different.

"Now, before you start, I only have the ability to do two families. One is the old and the other is the combined new and old." She said. Does she even understand this?

How is she so accurate? Um…She's a bit too close to my comfort zone than I would like.

"For the combined family, your fate is soon to come and your secrets will be revealed. Be sure to reveal them while you can…" Ashi said.

Okay, that's creepy. How the Hell did she know that? How did she know that I'm not who I say I am? At least I can understand her, unlike the Voice. I'm not one to complain. At least it's not cryptic messages that no one understands. Eh. Maybe they are cryptic messages, to the rest of the flock. They don't even know who the old and new are.

"For the old, the one you are looking for is close emotionally and mentally as well as physically, yet she is not who you would think she would be." She continued after a minute's pause, "These are your fortunes no more and no less. Have a great day!"

What? So, she's all serious one second and the next, she's packing up to leave and shooing us out the door? Okay, I'm not getting this.

I lead the flocks out the door and saw Fang give me a signal that he was going to stay back a while. Okay. Hopefully, she doesn't give it away. I looked back, just in time to see Ashi give me a wink.

FANG POV

"Okay, what's your deal?" I asked Ashi, just as she was about to go back into the curtains.

"My deal?" Ashi said, wound up and confused.

"Yes, your deal. Come on, how do you know about Max?" I asked her, maybe a bit snappy.

"I don't know. It's just a gift. I don't know the whole future and I don't even know Max. I don't get whole futures." She said, closing her eyes and gritting her teeth.

It's obvious that she does know about Max. I mean, how else does she know that we kicked her out so long ago? I don't know where the hell she is and this…person does and won't tell me? Yeah, sure. I mean, I'll probably have to beg at Max's feet in order for her to come back, but, I just want to see her again.

I shook my head, clearing all thoughts. Ashi stared at me strangely, as if she thought I was an insane person. Max betrayed us. She deserves to go to hell. Well, maybe not literally. I just don't know what to do. What would you do if the one you loved betrayed you and you still love?

It almost slipped when I was carrying Phoe. I mean, Max does that all the time. She flies without concentrating on anything and ends up doing something stupid. Okay. Um. Fine. Not exactly the way I'm explaining it.

Without talking to the Weird Fortune Teller I walked out of the store to see Phoe looking at me with an impatient look on her face. I soon saw why.

Nudge was blabbering on with Stelton and begging Phoe to go to various stores. Every time she says no, Stelton or Nudge would just ask about a different store.

Seeing as how Phoenix needs help, I told everyone, "Did anyone forget about food?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at me and started yammering and complaining about how hungry they were.

I gave Phoe the signal to take over and sank back into the comfort of my so called, 'Emo Corner'.

Continued A/N: So, I was PMing Anna Ride, right? And then we sort of became internet buddies. So, then, she gives me ideas, and this is what she says, that gives me the idea:

Hmmmmm...One, are you freaking hyper? Two, how about Max plays tricks on Fang using her powers of shape shifting? And then she sobers up and thinks about who could know who framed her and turns to The Girl Who Knows Everything, who says, Fortune Cookie, 'They are close in body, but far in emotion', and Max thinks about this as they travel to California to get information. Good?

It was supposed to be a response to a review on one of her stories, in case you're lost. I may have changed it a bit, but the main idea is still in there. Like I said before, check out her stories!