Fang's POV

We had been flying for three days. Mom, worried that we would 'return to our criminal ways', had given Max and I credit cards and cell phones. (A/N He calls Dr. Martinez 'Mom' since she is Max's Mom.) Not that we particularly minded, but she was still being overprotective. We had taken care of ourselves long before we met her. Though when Max said this, Mom started going on and on about how our idea of 'taking care of ourselves' had almost gotten us killed and arrested more times than we could count.

We had decided to land a few miles from the Cullen's house so as not to startle them with the wings quite yet. Or Max had decided. As she always did. Again, we didn't really mind.

"Maaaaax! I'm hungry and tired! We haven't eaten in like three hours and I'm starved! I'm sure the rest of us are too. I mean, being bird kids and all. Do you think the Cullen's will have anything to eat? I mean, they must, since everyone has to eat. But what if they don't have enough? Will we starve? Well, I know you wouldn't let us starve. And they probably have food. What kind of food do you think they will have? Ooh! What if they have chocolate?! That would be so cool if they had chocolate-" Iggy slapped a hand over her mouth, though you could still hear her incoherent mumbling.

"Are we there yet?" Gazzy complained.

"Almost." Max said. I didn't understand why she was so determined to find my 'parents' when I was perfectly content with my life as it was. But she was passionate about this, and I loved her, so I would go along with it. I always did.

A few minutes later we broke through the tree line. We were in a large, ordinary looking field. Before we continued, Angel held up her hand. "Wait."

We stopped and stared at her. She looked up at me and continued. "We should stay here. They are coming to us."

"They know we're coming?" Total asked.

Angel looked confused. "Yeah, they're…they're vampires."

Vampires? You've got to be kidding.

"Well, not all of them." Angel continued. "Umm…let me see. Your mom is half-human half-vampire because her mom was still human when she was born. Apparently your grandmother got turned into a vampire only after your mom was born. And your dad is a werewolf. The vampires have strange powers. One is a mind reader and another can see the future. That's how they know we're coming."

"How did you know that, little one?" A voice asked. We turned to see a tall, kind looking woman who was probably in her late twenties. Next to her were nine others, all kind looking and all very beautiful. But the one thing that stood out about them most was their golden eyes.

Angel smiled. "Hi Esme!"

"You're a mind reader." One of them said. He had brown hair that seemed to have a golden shine to it. (A/N Haven't read twilight in years so forgive me if I get them wrong.)

Angel smiled. "So are you, Edward." She turned back to us and started pointing at the strange people. "That's Esme, Carlisle, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, Jasper, Edward, Bella, Jacob and Renesmee. She prefers Nessie, though."

The vampires stared at her, wide eyed. I rolled my eyes and the others giggled. Max sighed and stepped forward. "So, vampires huh?"

They all nodded slowly, except for Jacob. She looked at him and tensed. "You're the werewolf." After he nodded, she turned to me.

"And I thought we were messed up." She smiled and I chuckled briefly before going back to my usual expressionless self.

Unfortunately, this caused all eyes to move to me. If I wasn't so good at hiding my emotions, I would probably be avoiding their gazes. But I met them straight on, unafraid. The one named Renesmee started to step towards me, but seemed to think better of it.

Max rolled her eyes at their stares. Carlisle, who seemed to be the leader, stepped forward. "As your young friend just said, I am Carlisle. This is my family. And who might the rest of you be?"

"I'm Jasmine." Max nodded towards us, giving permission to speak.

"I'm Armina!" Angel called happily. Total, who was in her arms, just barked.

"Hi! I'm Kristal and I'm fourteen. And that's K-R-I S-T-A-L, not C-R-Y-T-A-L. Are you guys really vampires? Because that is sooooo cool! I mean, you probably don't think so since you are the vampires and that is who you are, but I think so. I mean, we are pretty messed up as well, but-"

Iggy put his hand over her mouth and smiled at a place just behind them. "I'm James."

Gazzy grinned. "I'm Zephyr."

I just nodded at them, not giving a name.

Max kept a straight face, but I could see the pride in her eyes. She turned back to Carlisle and opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Edward. "Great, now tell us your real names."

Instead of looking shocked or confused, Max just smirked and said "You're good. Go ahead guys."

"I'm Angel."

"Iggy here!"

"I'm Nudge! And you didn't answer my questions, so I-" She was cut off by Max's glare.

"The Gasman, but you can call me Gazzy."

"I am Total the talking dog." Total said, causing shocked stares.

Max gave me a pointed look and I sighed in defeat. "Fang."

They all did a double take at first, but composed themselves. Guess they knew who I was. Max turned back to Carlisle and spoke in her leader voice. "And I'm Maximum. Maximum Ride."

The man looked confused. "Those are…interesting names."

I scoffed and Max continued. "Duh. We grew up in a lab where they called us by our ID numbers and we named ourselves in between experiments. Our names are the most normal thing about us."

She had already given these people more information then she even gave Mom when they first met. What was up with her today?

The others seemed to be thinking the same thing, because they were giving each other confused looks. She knows what she's doing, guys. Give her some time. Angel's voice spoke in our minds. Oh yeah, I learned how to connect our brainwaves so that we could communicate telepathically. Cool right?

"More like creepy." Max said out loud. The vampires gave her a confused look. Well, all of them except for Edward.

It's weird having another mind reader around. I feel so exposed. Angel spoke to us.

I snorted. How do you think we feel?

Guys, shes right. This is actually pretty cool! Nudge thought.

But that Guy can still hear us… Iggy thought.

Hi, Guy! Gazzy spoke. Do you like bombs?

I like bombs. Iggy remarked

We know that, Iggy. Angel thought

I'm rolling my eyes, Iggy. Max rolled her eyes.

I wish we were back in Antarctica. He mused. I could see there.

I don't. I thought. It was freaking cold.

But that was where I met my darling Akila! Total thought, staring off into space.

No it wasn't. Gazzy told him.

Guys, we're getting funny looks from the bloodsuckers. Max thought.

Wait till we jump off a cliff. I mentally chuckled.

They were silent for a moment, before bursting into laughter at the thought.

"We should do it!" Iggy shouted.

"Got a cliff we can borrow?" Nudge cackled.

Gazzy started mimicking a game show host, voice and all. "Limited time only, folks! Come down to Gloomyville U.S.A and see six mutant bird kids jump off a cliff and plummet to their deaths! Or will they?"

I snickered, which caused them to laugh harder. I guess my emotion was that rare.

"Umm…" Jacob started. "What?"

We stopped laughing and grew serious again. Max looked at them. "I guess we have a lot of explaining to do."