Chapter 5

-Night POV-

So Max and the others were going to teach me how to fly? I had to admit, I really wanted to fly, but I don't think they'll be able to teach me easily; they've tried everything so far. They tried to make me jump into the air and flap my wings; every time I did, I just fell down onto my butt. Max was the only one that didn't laugh at me; the others became silent after she explained that the Erasers could catch them if I didn't learn how to fly. After that, they suddenly became really supportive. Go figure.

"Come on, Night, you can do this."

I wasn't so sure, I was starting to think it would be better if they left me; Fang would be the first to agree.

"I can't, it's too hard."

I fell back onto my rear and sat there; I lost all hope. Why did I even bother trying? I had no family to live for anymore.

"You have us now, Night."

Damn, I forgot to block my thoughts from Angel. I only glanced at her then back to the ground, and then I heard Max groan loudly, almost a yell.

"You know what, Night, if you're not gonna try, then you're wasting our time."

She grabbed me by my arm and started dragging me across the grass. I couldn't blame her for losing faith in me, but I didn't know what the hell she was doing. Then I saw the cliff. Before I could break free of her grip, Max threw me off the cliff! That bitch was trying to kill me! I just felt myself falling to the rocks below, faster and faster; then there was nothing, no impact, no dropping feeling; just a slight breeze against my face. Was I dead? Did the so-called Great Maximum Ride kill me? I opened my eyes to see the ground a hundred feet below me moving; I heard shouts and cheering behind me. I looked and saw the flock flying behind me. I was flying! It was the greatest feeling in the world! Max soon joined me, smiling.

"You did it, Night, you're flying!"

I couldn't help but smile at her. My thoughts were racing about what I'd learn next, then I blocked them from Angel; I hated when she read my mind.

"So where are we going, Maximum?"

She shrugged and looked at the rest of the flock behind us. Most likely she was looking at them for suggestions. I did not like the chosen destination.

"We were thinking perhaps New York, New York."

I fell silent and looked down at the clouds and ground; Max saw my change in expression and became curious. She flew under me and faced me; she would just have to teach me how to do that some day. She got so close to me that for the first time, I got to see how beautiful she was. Wait, what did I say? What's wrong with me?

"Is there something wrong, Night?"

I blinked and shook my head as I responded.

"Huh? Uh, no, no; I just used to live there, that's all."

"Oh, well ok."

She turned and returned to my side and continued flying. But the thing that I didn't tell her, and thank god I was still blocking Angel from reading my mind, is that New York, New York was where my parents died. So it seemed that we were gonna have to visit my house, and possibly my parents' grave.