(A/N: Okay I was just looking over my story and I just realized that I actually missed spelled something. When I was trying to show how old Dr. Martinez is I actually put "26" instead of 36. Sorry for the confusion to those who thought Max was born when Val was 11. That was totally my fault. This just proves my theory that nobody's perfect and never will be. Oh, and I'm not very good at the details of houses and clothes and basically just describing stuff so I'm leaving it vague and you could think of it as whatever you want it to look. Anyway back onto the story!)

Fang's POV:

Where the heck is she? She's supposed to be here by now.

I looked around the empty hallway. No one was in sight. That's because the bell rang 10 minutes ago! That's it. I had enough with this girl. She skipped the first day of school for her.

Who was that girl? I know her name is Ella but that's about it. Other then the fact that she can make Max smile and talk more or actually show some emotion every now and then.

I was frustrated and confused. I walked toward my first period trying and failing to keep Max and Ella off my mind. I just have this feeling something's going to go wrong and I wouldn't be there to save them.

Maybe it's just me, or maybe I'm just paranoid. I mean this is MAX we're talking about. So far as I can figure she's indestructible practically. She went through a lot and was still alive and untouched as far as I know.

I shook my head and entered my classroom without another thought about Max.

Max's POV:

"Come one, Ella, We're almost there." I said to her gently and held her hand tighter. I pulled her along the woods and through the bushes and trees. I couldn't get where I'm going flying. The trees covered it and if I tried to get through from there I would ruin it.

"But where are we going, Max? We've been walking forever." Ella whined at me. I snorted and looked straight ahead.

"You'll see and we only been walking for two minutes so quit your whining and just follow me. It's just around those bushes, so hurry up." I said partially annoyed. She nodded silently. Two more seconds and we were at the bushes. I stopped and smiled at Ella. I nodded my head towards where she should look. "Come on Ella. It's really cool."

She nodded warily and went through the bushes. I waited until I heard a small gasp. Then I pushed aside the bushes aside and walked in.

"So how do you like it?" I asked her once I was fully out of the bushes. I gazed in awe at the cliff, waterfall, and the trees that cover it. There was a little cliff, but it was still tall enough that you would probably die if you fell off. If you didn't die because of the fall you would die because of the spiky rocks at the bottom. Then waterfall was running down it in a beautiful peaceful slumber kind of way. What's so cool about this place was the trees. They were like any other trees except the leaves separated and connected in such rare places. At first when you look at it, it looks like there's not enough leaves. But when you lay down underneath it…

"It's wonderful, Max. It's so beautiful." Ella mused. Mostly to herself, but still talking to me. I nodded smiling.

"Come Ella. I want to show you one more thing." I said leading her underneath the open leaves. She looked uncertain but did what I asked. I smiled at her and laid her down on the ground. "Now look up." I told her. She nodded and did what she was asked to. She gasped as she saw it.

There, in a perfect shape…

Was the bird.

Fang's POV:

I walked home in the most grumpiest I've ever been. Max totally blew off school. Along with Ella. I think that girl is a bad influence. But as I thought more about it I shook that thought out. Ella looked more like the school girl type. The one who always does her homework and never gets in trouble.

I wonder how she and Max met.

I walked around the corner and to my house that was now in sight. It was times like this that I loved being in a small neighborhood. Especially when there's woods right in front of your house. That's right. To the left of me is the dark and secretive woods. I sighed relieved that I would finally be home and then I'll go up to my room and go on my computer and post my blog.

"Hold on, Ella." A familiar voice said. I looked to the sound. It was in the woods a little in front of my house. I quickly and silently went toward it.

"Okay, Max. Don't need to be all motherly." Another semi-familiar voice said. It was a girl so it must be Ella, obviously talking to Max. I looked toward the sound. I saw a glimpse of dirty-blonde hair and regular blonde.

And…feathers? What The H-E-double toothpicks?

"Yeah I do because if I don't your going to fall and die. Do you WANT that to happen?" Max replied sarcastically. I could practically see Ella rolling her eyes.

"No I don't want that to happen because that means that you would suffer without my awesomeness." Ella replied. Max scoffed but I could feel the smile on her face.

"Let's just hurry up before anyone gets suspicious." Max said seriously and I heard footsteps coming closer then farther away. They must have walked past me. Suddenly the footsteps stopped. "Do you feel that?" Max asked.

"Feel what?"

"That feeling you should get when someone's watching you." Max said in a 'duh' tone. "Duh." Max added confirming my thoughts. I almost chuckled but stopped knowing that would give away my position.

"No I don't feel it. And don't you dare mouth off at me, young lady. I'm your friend and I should be respected." Ella said and I could practically see her put a hand on her hip for effect.

They're so crazy sometimes.

Max's POV:

I walked inside the house and closed the door. Ella was obviously with me. I wanted to introduce her to my new family.

"Are you sure, Max? They'll probably think I'm your next murder victim. I don't really want that to happen. Well, it would be pretty funny to see their faces, but still that's not the point. Well…now that I think of it-no! That's no going to happen. We should wait this isn't really good put on bring home your friend on the first day to school. That's li-" I clamped my hand over her hand.

"Shut up, Ella. Nothing's going to go wrong." I put on a thoughtful look. "Now that I think of it you'll make great friends with Nudge. She talks a lot too about pointless stuff that seems interesting to her. Weird." I pulled away my hand and stepped further into the house. I looked around. There was Iggy, and Nudge on the stools next to the island in the kitchen. Val was watching Oprah on the TV. Hmm…you think they would have heard us. That's weird.

"Hey temporary family! I have someone for you to meet!" I yelled. All of their heads shifted towards us. Val's face showed happiness while Iggy and Nudge's showed worry. Those idiots.

"Why, hello there. I'm Ms. Martinez. Max's new mom." Val said with ease and held out her hand to Ella. Ella took it gratefully with a smile on her face.

"I'm Ella. Max's friend." Ella said proudly. Nudge came over with a big weary smile on her face.

"I'm Monica but you could call me Nudge. That's what everyone calls me. I got it because I would talk too much and they would have to nudge me to be quiet. I think it's rather rude to cut people off from talking. It's also annoying and stuff. But whatever I get over it, so now I'm happier then ever knowing that even Max can have a friend." Nudge continued to ramble until Iggy had enough of it and threw his hand over her mouth. Ella starred open mouthed at her.

"I didn't know you could fit that much words in one breath." Ella mumbled looking down. I laughed at her and that made the others look at me like I was an alien from a different planet.

"Come on, Ella." I said tugging on her arm towards the stairs. "We're going to my room!" I called after me as we walked up the stairs and to my room. Ella ran ahead of me excited and I got there a second before she did with my fast speed.

"Beat you." I said proudly as I opened the door and stepped in.

"Yeah whatever. You totally cheated. You used your speed." Ella muttered to the ground and I chuckled. I closed the door behind her and locked it so that no one can get in. I ran over to the window and opened it. I wish I had a bigger one so that it would be easier to get out.

"So Max…why did everyone look at you like you were from a different planet when you laughed?" Ella said suspiciously. She walked over to the bed and laid on her back and looked at the ceiling.

"Because I haven't really shown any emotion around them. It's just an emotionless mask." I sighed.

"Well you should at least show some emotion to them every now and then. It shows that you care. A little." She added after a thought.

"Yeah I know. I'll try." I said looking out the window.

"Hey Max?"

"Yeah?"

"Why does Ms. Martinez look a lot like you?" Ella asked slowly. I shrugged.

"I don't know. It's weird though. My voice sounds a little like hers. That's uncommon. Every voice is different, so why does mine sound like hers? It totally clogs my brain of unnecessary thoughts. It's so annoying."

"Well, Max, if I have learned anything from the few foster homes that had children the children of the parents sound and look a little or a lot like their parents." Ella said smugly. "I think that you've finally found your mother." She whispered thoughtfully.

I laughed at her. "Yeah right. She's too nice to be my mother. Who would do that to Jeb?" I shuddered at the thought.

"You never know until you ask." Ella said in a sing-song voice. I scoffed and continued to look out the small window. The birds were flying over head in a Flock. The trees were swaying slightly because of the breeze. The perfect blue sky only had a couple of clouds, small, white and fluffy-looking, picturesque clouds. The kind where it looks like you could just lay down on them.

It looked like a perfect day.

"I'm going to go out for a fly." I said to Ella as I opened the stupid window as far as it could go. "You'll be alright for a few hours right?"

"Of course." Ella scoffed. "I'm not a baby, you know."

"No. I had no clue that you weren't a baby." I remarked and rolled my eyes, smirking at her.

"You think your all that, don't you?" Ella said raising an eyebrow.

"I don't think, I KNOW." I said before I jumped out of the window and opened my wings. I'm so SO glad that we live in a small neighborhood. I flew up above the ground and to the small clouds. In a second flat I flew at super speed to the place me and Ella went to for the day. I needed peace and quiet.

But most of all I needed to be alone.

Ella's POV:

I'm getting worried. It's been more then a few hours. It's been five. It's starting to rain and pour. Where was Max? She wasn't back yet and I was getting anxious. I couldn't share my worry with anyone else because they didn't know that she went out for a fly; they don't know about her wings.

I stood up and walked to the door. When I was about to touch the door a big, loud, crack of thunder shook the house. The drawers fell to the ground spilling some clothes and some pieces of wood that chipped off. I hurriedly opened the door and went downstairs. Everyone that I met and a few others were on the floor huddle together trying to stay put. The TV was off and so were the lights. Only a few candles and some lights from cell phones lit the tiny room. They looked at me worriedly.

"Where's Max?" A boy with black hair and what looked like black eyes and white skin asked. His voice showed worry and I felt sorry for him.

"I thought she was with you." I said lying. I knew that she went out…I just didn't know where. Their faces showed horror. I knew they would think the worse.

"No she isn't. What did she say?" Ms. Martinez said, hoping that whatever Max said will give us a clue to where she was.

"She just said she was coming downstairs." I lied again. I, again, knew the answer, but also knew it would give away her secret. Max wasn't ready to tell these people.

"This is bad." The strawberry-blonde boy I saw earlier said. I nodded in agreement, not really lying this time.

The next second I heard another roll of thunder, but what was worse was the scream that followed, sounding like it came from about a block away. Everyone stiffened. They didn't know who that scream came from, but I had heard it before.

It was from Max.

(A/N: I know right, such a cliffy. I'm so EVIL! JK, I got to go someplace, busy body I am :P Read and Review?)