Max's POV

We had been flying for hours with no breaks. Sure, flying was awesome, but when you hadn't had a break since 11:00 p.m. and it was 3:00 p.m., you get a little edgy.

"Why don't we land?" said Fang. I looked at him. He wasn't entirely forgiven for Brigid but he had a point there.

I looked down and saw a barn. It was old, really old. It looked like it was one thousand years old, but if it was, it wouldn't even be standing anymore. It looked abandoned. Hey….. I looked over at my flock and then motioned downward. We all dove. We landed in front of the opening. When all the flock was on the ground, we went inside. Man! Did it stink. I saw a cat scurry off. That would explain the stink. I walked to the back and did a sweep. There were old, rotting beams, dirt floor, a separate (not closed off) room with a small chest and drawer in it, and then there was a separate (closed off) space. I looked at the roll of barbed wire blocking the entrance of the enclosed space. I didn't want to end up getting tetanus from moving the roll, so we had to enter through the little spaces in between the boards on the wall. There was a rope hanging from one of the beams and tires on the ground. Plus a old, forgotten refrigerator lay on the ground, tools were in the part where its guts shoulda been. Nudge walked over to the tires and started to move them.

"EWW!" she squealed. "There's a dead dog in this tire!"

We looked, well, not Iggy so much.

"Mmm," said Fang. "Dinner."

"Eww," Nudge said again, "we're not gonna have this for dinner, are we Max?"

I looked at Fang, with the look that said 'See what you've done?'. He flashed a quick grin that sent my heart through the falling apart tin ceiling.

"No, sweetie," I told her. "We'll find something else."

She let out a breath.

I looked at my flock. Angel was sitting on the beam that the rope was on and Gazzy was swinging from the rope. Iggy was sitting on one of the tires and Nudge was looking at an old, rusty bike. Fang was sitting on the refrigerator and Total was sniffing a hole in the wall.

I looked at the back wall, noticing how many holes were in the wall. Suddenly, I saw something move behind it. A face peered into one of the holes. It was a girl.

"Fang!" I yelled. He looked and saw her.

We all took off out of the barn. I saw her running. We all ran after her. I was catching up when she ran up a pile of pipes and climbed onto a piece of old farming equipment. She looked back at us and jumped off of it, only to spread golden brown wings with black streaks and spots on it. Now there's something you don't see everyday. I snapped out my own wings and heard the others do the same. I chased after her. Suddenly she stopped.

"I know who you are," she told us. "All of you. Welcome to Cambrige City Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, and Total."

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They looked utterly shocked. Max glared at me.

"Who are you and how do you know who we are?" she asked me.

"I'm Charlie," I said. "My father was a whitecoat. He was the one who did this to me." I touched my wings. "My mother killed him so that I would be free. But he still got a chance to do this to me."

Nudge looked horrified.

"Your dad did this to you?" she whispered.

"Yep," I said. A lot of other things too. Like how I can read your emotions and thoughts. How I can change both. How I can control fate with my thoughts.

Max looked stunned.

"Look," I said. "I have a place you can stay. My step-dad built me a little house for myself to escape to. You guys can chill there. Go to school with me, be normal with out really being it. No, Max, I'm not bull shiting you. I'm for real. And Angel, don't try to manipulate me with your thoughts. You'd be surprised how fast I could change your fate. Plus, it doesn't work. Thank you for the complement Fang, your not so bad yourself. Iggy, don't even think about trying anything like that, I'm not one to mess with. Gazzy, dude, I know how and what you feel. Total, such thoughts! Just go ahead and talk, I know you can. Nudge, trust me, you've guys had it worse. Believe me. Now, go ahead and talk about it. I'll be back in a few seconds."

I looked at their stunned faces and then folded in my wings. I dropped like a rock. I saw my fate, becoming a pancake and then I thought. I will land safely on my feet.

I was five inches from the ground when I stopped falling. I set my feet down and sat on the ground, listening to the thoughts around me.

Fang's POV

Wow, that was some talent. We gathered together.

"No," said Max. "We can't chance it. She could be a spy."

"Max," said Angel, "she's telling the truth."

"I think we should stay," said Gazzy.

"Yeah," said Iggy, "we got Angel. She can just tell us if she's bad or not."

"Uh huh," said Angel.

"I think she's cool," said Nudge. "I think we should stay."

Max looked at me.

"I think it would be a good idea to rest for a while," I said, watching her face. "Lie low, be normal for a few weeks."

Max sighed. She knew she was out voted.

"Ok," she said. "Just a few weeks, be normal, go to," she shuddered, "school and get fed every night. But we are leaving eventually."

The younger kids cheered.

Suddenly, Charlie was next to me.

"I know what your thinking," she whispered in my ear.

I looked at her. She was pretty. Not as pretty as Max, but close.

"So," she said, rubbing her hands together. "I'll take you to your home and then tonight, Nudge and I have something to do."

"And what's that?" Max practically snarled.

"I'm not going to do anything like that," said Charlie, with a cool, calm face. "I'm going to enroll you guys in school, without the school's knowing it, they're going to have six new students."

She turned and motioned us to follow her.

"Fang?" she called me over. I flew over to her.

"Yes?" I asked.

"Be patient with Max," she told me. Then she pulled ahead, leaving me confused and stunned.

Charlie's POV

I led the way to my house as we flew over I-5.

"Where is your house anyway?" asked Max.

Her emotions were showing doubt and her thoughts weren't any better. Figures.

"In Dunn, next to the car junk yard," I told her.

"Oh, lovely," she muttered.

I sighed. I saw my property and turned.

"Down!" I yelled.

I pulled in my wings, still warm from flying.

I saw me becoming a pancake before I started to fall.

I will land on my feet, unharmed.

And that's exactly what I did.

Max and her flock landed next to me.

"How do you do that?" she asked.

"I can control fate," I looked at her.

She gazed at me with surprise.

"Actually I have, Max," I said, reading her thoughts. "My mother would be dead if I hadn't saved her fate. And Jackie Morr wouldn't be in juvie if I hadn't changed hers."

Angel gasped, reading the memory of Jackie and what she 'did'.

I walked over to the small house in my backyard, shrugging. I took the key out of my pocket and opened it. I slipped inside and heard the others do the same.

"Ok," I said. "The coach is a fold out so Max, Iggy, and Fang can sleep there. The mattress like chair folds completely down so Gazzy and Angel can sleep there, and the futon folds out too so Nudge, you can sleep there. The cupboards and fridge is stocked, so go ahead and eat you guys."

They did what they were told. I went into the house and got some blankets. I went back into the shack (Author's Note: We'll call it the shack from now on) and put the blankets on the couch.

"There you go guys," I said. "Nudge, Fang and Iggy. Tonight, 9:00 p.m. sharp. Wait for me out side the shack. Wear black."

OK, first chappie done. What do you think Fang?

Fang: I think you should let me go back to the flock.

Me: But remember? Because of the Would-You-Rather game (see my profile), you have to go out with me for one whole year. Besides, you'll see Max in a little while.

Fang: I will?

Me: Yeah. Now, i was thinking we could go see a movie, then go get some Cold Stone......

Review please (or I will sick my horny roosters on you [btw: this is just for a laugh, I'm not that cruel])!