A Maximum Ride Story

Flying Lesson

(O's POV)

"ok, so now pull out your wings." Max says, and i do it.

"now flap them a few times to get them loosened up." she says, and i do.

"now make a running start, as fast as you can, and jump into the air and flap like crazy. if this plan doesn't work we're gonna push you off the roof." she says, and i start running.

this is the part i had been dreading. this is totally gonna end in disaster for me. it's a week after i got my name and i'm finally healthy enough to do this. we've, me and henry, been here with the flock for about a month now. and it still feels weird. but i'm happy.

"hey, max, did you guys start yet? is Onyx flying terribly yet?" iggy asks, and even though it should've felt like i was just insulted my heart flipped and it felt like there was butterfly's in my stomach.

i always feel this way when iggy's around. but i regain myself.

"hey, don't say that i might actually be naturally good at flying. they probably built it into me when they created me." i say.

"i doubt it." iggy says, but he smiles.

"ok, get ready." max says.

"k, i'm good. i'm gonna go. 1...2...3..." and i start running.

i run for about a minute at full speed and then i jump and flap my wings like crazy. it felt great, well the whole 3 seconds i was up before i fell on my butt. ow.

"that was good. but try again." max says.

so i run again and then jump. this time i'm up for longer than i was before. but sadly, i still fell.

"ok, one more try and if that fails. then we go to the roof."

max says that and iggy snickers. i hear him ask gazzy if he was getting it all. as in gazzy was recording and telling iggy what was going on. so i get back up and run again. and i bet you can guess what happens. let's just say, we went to the roof. when we got to the roof, max literally pushed me off the side and i actually glided. yea, i glided right into a tree. ow, freaking, ow. but by the third time she pushed me i kinda got the hang of it by now. i was actually staying up. but sadly just when i was finally staying up in the air, max says that now i have to learn to land.

land. and i had to land softly too. oh boy. by now Henry and everybody else was back. and gaz was still recording.

"you can do it, Onyx, we believe you can." Angel says.

yea, i can do it. but it may cause my death. i've lived through every painful experiment anyone can think of, mal nutrition, and other things and i'm afraid that landing could kill me.

"ok, you're gonna jump off and glide down. and land. it's ok if you don't get the first few times." max says.

well i tried it. let's just say it absolutely did not work. well, it worked once, barely. but the rest of the tries. failures. but we stayed practicing for a while. and after about 3 hours i pretty much had the hang of flying and somewhat landing. i do need more practice. but now were eating dinner. of course iggy made it (butterflies). and it was delicious. but max said that i was doing good and i'd need just a little more practice. who knows, maybe it was grafted into my dna. wait till they see me fight. and all the other "special" things i can do.

...

(4 hours later)

me, henry, iggy, and gazzy are all sitting in the living room. "watching tv" (actually iggy and gazzy are making bombs that max and the others don't know about). they were right in the middle of that when out of nowhere we here nudge.

"Guys, come here. i'm, like, serious. i found something about Fang and Onyx. i think."

so we all get up (ig and gaz hid the stuff) and we all go into the kitchen. nudge was sitting at the table with Fang's laptop. (i know about his laptop because he showed me and i got to write on it to introduce myself to his fans.)

"what is it?" max asked.