DON'T KILL ME! I know this chapter is short, and I haven't updated in, like, forever, but I'll have another one up by tomorrow. I've been working on my original story, and school. Funny how school ruins everything. I'm taking all AP classes, I have the lead role in the school play, and I'm the worship leader for my youth group at church. I have a lot on my plate. Along with that, I'm the person who, on group projects, usually ends up doing most of the work because I'm insane good at anything to do with presentations, including making presentations where you have to teach stuff to the class interesting. So... Go read the chapter. Oh, and I don't own The Emperor's New Groove, although I wish I have played Yzma...

Chapter Nine

Pull the Lever, Kronk!

Fang POV

"What took you so long? I've been waiting, like, forever!" Nudge exclaims the second Iggy and I make it to the car. "I can't believe-"

"It was one minutes, get over it." Iggy effectively cuts the Nudge Channel off.

Nudge narrows her eyes dangerously, a gesture lost on Iggy. "How would you know?"

"I... counted?" Iggy tries. "Well, how would you know that it's been 'Like, forever!'" He counters lamely.

I chuckle quietly as I throw my bag into the car and follow it in. Iggy and Nudge are still squabbling about... something as they get in the car. It's not even coherent any more! I start the car and begin to maneuver us out of the maze of cars. And random students. And other assorted objects. Don't ask. I don't even want to know myself. As I make my- our- way to the middle school, I zone out of Iggy and Nudge's bickering and rambling. The latter coming from Nudge, obviously.

After maneuvering my way through other cars, random students, and other assorted objects, Gazzy and angel are throwing their things in the back and following them in. I glance at the clock on the center console. 3:22. Eight minutes until Gazzy's archery practice. About five minutes later, Gazzy is practically leaping out of the car and sprints inside, muttering something about only having five minutes to get ready.

Nudge rolls her eyes. "What does he have to get ready for? It's archery! They don't even have uniforms! Which reminds me, I have this great idea for some really cute uniforms they could wear. They'd be all, 'Creek Haven Archery Rules!' and stuff. Angel, here, look inside my head! Isn't that so cute!"

I chuckle as Iggy starts beating his head against the dashboard. "My. Life. Sucks." He mutters. Suddenly, Nudge throws a small object at him.

"I heard that!" She yells before going back to talking to Angel.

"Oh, pick on the blind guy, why don't you?! And is this a shoe!?"

I just smirk at the incredulous look on Iggy's face.

"Aren't you going to do something about it?" Iggy asks, turning to me.

"You're right. Good aim, Nudge." I answer.

"Thank you!" Nudge's answer blends with Iggy's exclamation of, "WHAT?!"

I shrug. "Told me to do something about it, Ig."

Iggy sighs and sink down into his seat, facepalming and muttering, "Honestly."

A few hours later, Nudge is still gushing about getting her (restricted) drivers license and we are on our way to Dr. M's. Flying is a great feeling, especially after having to pretend to be normal for so long(Read: School days).

After the funeral, the flock had moved to Arizona, living with Dr. M. I got a job and we figured out how to get all of the money from the Max Card. About five months later, we had enough to get a bigger house. And Max had had one in particular on her mind. Before the... incident, Max had dragged me to many places, looking for the perfect house for the Flock. We looked in Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, Florida, and even Tennessee. On our way back from Florida to Arizona, we passed over a house sitting at the edge of a small cliff, secluded and large. Max begged to go down and check it out. And that's how we landed in Creek Haven, Alabama.
Plus, we're near a beach. Can't get much better than that.

A while after moving in to our current house, Dr. M decided to look for a house near ours. She found a small, three room house with a huge dining room and kitchen. Perfect for when the Flock comes over.

That's the house we land in the back yard of tonight. I prepare myself for the chaos that comes with family dinners. Inside, the food isn't quite done yet, so everyone gathers in the living room, arguing over what we watch on TV. We finally decide upon watching The Emperor's New Groove. Angel and Nudge start acting out the scenes along with the movie. Angel mostly plays Yzma, the hilarious villain. During scenes with Kronk and Yzma, Gazzy plays Kronk.

"Pull the lever, Kronk!"

"Wrong leveeeeeeeeeeeer!"

"Why do we even have that lever?" Angel recites the lines perfectly.

About the time Angel is quoting her favorite part- "Ooh, I know! I'll turn him into a flea. A harmless little flea. Then, I'll put that flea in a box, then I'll put that box inside of another box, then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives on my doorstep, I'm going to SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER! It's brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! Genius, I say!"- Dr. M shouts from the kitchen, "It's ready!" And the Flock practically runs over each other trying to get to the food, Gazzy repeating a little chant of, "Food, food, food, food!"

After a much chaotic- just like I predicted- dinner, we all sit down to finish the movie. Then watch another movie. And another. Pretty soon, it's midnight, and we're getting ready to go back home.

The next morning, I'm taking Iggy and Nudge to play practice, then going to Gazzy's soccer game. After the game, have just enough time to drop him off. Then I go to pick up Iggy and Nudge again. Gage was also in the play, and we planned to work on a school project then.

Thanks for reading! Like I said, working on the next chapter as we speak. Type. Read. Whatever.

May you have a strong heart and a steady mind,

-Kai