I'm in a flying by twilightyness kinda mood...

Hmmm...But I can't fly, and it's not twilight yet...

Fang: You also seem to be in a bad pun kinda mood...

Me: Been in one since yesterday and I can't seem to get out of it. Very deep pun mood. May need a ladder.

Fang: Please, for the love of God, stop it! I don't think my mind can take another bad pun assault.

Me: Your mind should have set up better defenses. Like, a wall or something.

Fang: -headdesk-

Me: Head desk? Who would want a desk made out of heads?

Fang: -facepalm-

Me: Your face doesn't have a palm. That's your hand.

Fang: CUT IT OUT!

Me: Ok! You have any scissors for me to cut with?

Fang: GAH! -walks off-

Me: What's his problem?

Note: So, in the last chapter, I got a lot of complaints about Fang turning in 'another Edward' with the 'don't turn Max vamp!' thing. Don't loose faith in me yet, people, I know what I'm doing...I think. But anyway, at least look at it this way, if Fang had been ok with it, what kind of plot would that be?

"Hey, Max needs to be a vampire to save us!" "Ok!" -bites-

Yeah...So, once again, give me a chance here...

Max's POV

"So, I suppose you have a master plan already forming." Fang said, breaking the long but comfortable silence we had fallen into.

"Of course." I answered. "I always have a plan. And I think this one will be the best yet." I rolled over closer to him, flattening what was left of the tall grass that seperated us. I ended up on my side, propping my head up with my arm and giving me a better view of my vampirized Flock member. "It's foolproof."

"I wouldn't suppose this plan has anything to do with charging off and winging it, excuse the pun." Fang said, not taking his eyes off the midnight sky above us.

"Fang, really, when have I ever charged off without so much as a half-formed plan?" I asked him.

His eyes slid over to me and I saw him crack a smile in the dark. "Would you like me to start listing off the incidents, or do you just want me to pick out the most notable ones?"

I gave him a playful shove. "Smartass."

His smile turned into a grin. "Max, you are the most wonderful, lovely, adorable pain in my ass, you know that?"

I returned his grin. "Hey, I try."

"So." He went on. "Seriously, you've been given the task of taking down a coven of very old, very powerful, and very thirsty vampires. Are you seriously just going to go along and hope the answer comes to you, or are you going to come up with some kind of plan?"

"Well, I'm working on it." I said. "I mean, I'm obviously getting help from Carlisle and the other covens he's assembling together. Jake's Pack is gonna help, and Sam's, if they can talk him into a truce. Attalia and Raphael will be there. But...I don't know what I'm supposed to do. The only thing I can do against the Volturi right now is fly away from them, and that's not much help."

Fang just nodded, not saying a word. His eyes were back on the stars, but I could tell his mind was far off somewhere else.

"Fang...What are you thinking about?" I asked him.

Fang shrugged. "Nothing...Just the situation."

"I know what you're thinking about." I said. "And I'll have you know, the idea is in consideration whether you like it or not."

Fang twitched. "Max, becoming...Like my family isn't all fun and games."

"I know that." I told him. "It's painful, it requires adjustments, sacrifices...A new diet plan. I get it Fang, going vamp isn't for the faint of heart. But if it's what I have to do-"

"You don't have to do anything." Fang said, interrupting me. "No matter what some scientists or some crazy vampires think, you're your own person and it's up to you to decide what to do with your life. You don't have to be the hero, Max."

"But if I'm not the hero, who will be?" I countered. "Fang, maybe I didn't want to be the world's savior, but I've been shouldered with the task. I can't run away from this, or go off and hide. I have to face it."

"Are you sure?" Fang asked. "Esme even owns a deserted island we can run off to..."

I rolled my eyes. "Very funny... But really, Fang, if getting a dose of vampire venom is what it takes, I understand the risks and I'm willing to go for it. Besides, if I become the next immortal around here, well..."

"Well?" Fang asked.

"You and I will never have to split up." I said quietly. "We'll be together...Permanently."

Fang's eyes were back on the stars and his head in the clouds. I could see he was willing to let us lapse back into silence, but I wasn't going to let him get away with that.

"Fang, you said it's my choice. What if I choose to join you?"

Fang turned to look at me, but paused for a moment, thinking, before choosing his words. "Max...I hope you're going to do some more thinking on this than what little you already have."

"Bella became a vampire." I pointed out.

"Bella was a special case." Fang said. "Plus, she had more than a year to consider it."

"Well, I think I'm a pretty special case myself." I answered. "And, according to Bella, she knew she wanted to join the Cullens a long time before she actually did. Fang, we have a world to save and a new life to begin. Don't try and make me put off the inevitable."

Fang sighed, closing his eyes. "Max, just at least do me this favor." He said after a moment. "Don't...Give up your mortality 'till after the school year, ok?"

Huh? "Why, Fang? Do you have to graduate high school to be qualified to bite someone or something?"

Fang's mischievious grin returned. "No...I just think that going to high school might be easier if you're not fighting off new vampire instincts all the time..."

"Going to..." I paused, thinking. "But...How can I..."

"The Cullen Family works in mysterious ways..." Fang said cryptically.

"I'm going to school with you?"

Fang nodded. "Oh, yeah, gotta have that high school education."

"Fang, I..." I was nearly speechless. "Why would they send me to school?"

"Well, it's the law, first off." Fang said. "Bella being Chief Swan's daughter, after all..."

"Really, Fang."

"Ok, ok." He said. "They just want to give you a chance at normal life for a bit. All of you, the entire Flock. Spend some time with normal kids, get an education."

I smiled, catching on. "Learn to love mortality enough to keep it..."

"What?" Fang asked.

"I don't know about the rest of the Cullens, but you're going along with this in hopes that I decide I like humanity enough to keep it. I'm on to you, and you can't win, Fang Zuriel Cullen."

Fang shook his head and returned to his stargazing. "You're so stubborn, Max."

"And you're a pain in my ass." I replied, rolling back over to lie on my back. "Maybe I just won't talk to you."

"I wouldn't say that, Maximum."

"And why not?" I countered.

"Classes start on Monday." He replied. "You don't want to snub your Forks High tour guide."

THE END.

Me: So school begins at the end...

Fang: IT ENDED?

Me: Hey, you're back! And yes, it did. It was supposed to.

Fang: WHY?

Me: Fang, darling, all good things must come to an end-

Fang: YOU'RE NOT ENDING THIS FIC AGAIN ARE YOU?

Me: Fang, I-

Fang: HOW CAN YOU END ON A CLIFFHANGER? DO I BITE THE GIRL OR NOT? ARE THE VOLTURI DEFEATED? HOW? WHAT ABOUT IGGY? AND HOW DOES GAZZY SURVIVE IN SCHOOL WITHOUT GASSING OUT HIS CLASSMATES?

Me: FANG!

Fang: ...What?

Me: Last time I ended on a cliffhanger, what happened?

Fang: I got mad...

Me: And?

Fang: And you told me you...Wrote the sequel...

Me: -grins-

Fang: There's gonna be a third story in this? It's a trilogy?

Me: -nods- The next installment was so epic, it needed it own story. And, of course, I can't leave you all waiting, so, if you'll all make your way to my profile (after R&Ring, of course) you shall find...

Fly By Twilight: The Volturi

Fang: Why 'The Volturi'?

Me: First of all, because the Volturi play a big part in the next installment. Second...I wanted the three stories to appear in order on my 'Story Stats' page, so I had to alphabetize them.

Fang: -facepalm- You're anal, you know that?

Me: -shrugs- OCD.

Fang: So, without further ado...

Me: You must go and read the final installment of the Fly By Twilight trilogy! But not before you...

R&R?