High School for Bird Kids

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Max's Point Of View

    High school, it seems like something that is no big deal, well, it isn't for you normal humans.  That's right, I just said normal humans, something that I am not.  But for us, school isn't that easy, like, say for example, math.  Why don't you try doing geometry with a pair of huge wings folded tightly against you back as they are begging to be released, to be free.  Or if your in science and learning about genetics, and about a scientist who experimented on innocent human babies.  Even as a normal kid it makes you feel sick to your stomach and nauseated, but just imagine learning about that stuff when you're one of the kids that the crackpot scientists experimented on.  With a past like mine, of getting wings, getting experimented on, getting tests run on you, running on treadmills while you're hooked up to sensors, or holding your own in a wind tunnel while people videotape you flying, but like I was saying, with a past like mine, you'll never know what I'll do.  So, you may have already guessed who I am, but, for all the idiots out there, or people who have just never heard of me, I am Maximum Ride.  I'll warn you once, if you call me anything other than Max, and you will end up in the hospital.  Me  and the flock are in Arizona, with my mother Valencia Martinez and my half sister Ella.  My mother, is forcing us to go to school.  No, I don't mean The School, we destroyed that ages ago, no, I mean high school.  Sadly, that still exists and we aren't allowed to destroy it. There are still erasers out in the actual world so we still have to be careful.  I'm am going to regular school for humans now, so here I am, in Chektteckah High school's main foyer, in a uniform that makes me look like a prep school Barbie doll.  Well, Fang, Iggy, Dylan, and Ari are here too so...Ari, is still an eraser, but he is helping us, him and Jeb had been brainwashed into working for the School. I swear, it sounds so pathetic and so much like such a lie, but it's true.  Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy are going to the middle school.  I'll admit, me, the awesome, but-kicking Maximum Ride was nervous.  But not for the reason you think.  Like always, I was worried that we would get attacked by erasers, and since we were separated, anything could happen.  I know that the others know how to fight, but that didn't change the fact that I was worried about my flock.  Luckily Angel can connect us through our minds.  I was snapped out of my worrying by Fang's elbow in my side.  Right, I have to stay focused, Mr. Nolinipa came in the room with  two kids, a girl and a boy.  Both were blonde, but the girl had blue eyes and the boy had hazel eyes.  Mr. Nolinipa sad, "Alright, this is Taylor and Mark.  They will be your guides.  I was informed that Jeff, is blind, so I put him with you in your classes so he can adjust faster.  Taylor and Mark already know your schedules as they have the same classes as you.  Off you go now."  with that we were ushered out of his office towards the staircase-oh!  That's the...third exit so far...oops, there's that paranoia, well it's an instinct that you get once you've been attacked by erasers and had to fight to the death for a long period of time.  But (There always seem to be a 'but' that comes to rain on my parade) sadly the erasers are still out there, even if Itex is gone, and they are still hardwired to kill us.  Oh well, it's something you get used to after a while.  So, anyways, Taylor and Mark pushed us into a classroom.  Everyone fell silent.  Taylor said, "These are the new students Mrs. Halofuw she nodded and said, "Class, here are the new students." We stood in the front of the class, "Hi, I'm Maximum Ride, call me anything else, and you'll and up in the ER" I said dangerously.  I smiled sweetly, then kept going, "I like the nature, and have 7 siblings.  Ariel, Zephyr, Krystal, Jeff, Nick, Dylan, and Ari." one by one the rest of the Flock introduced themselves and we sat down.  Ari semed to notice something, and low and behold, it was a jock who was checking me out.  Fang, Dylan,  and Iggy also seemed to notice, and both boys growled and glared at him, he cowered in fear and I grinned like a maniac.  We dove into the lesson, and say hello to our photographic memories, which came in handy.  All I had to do was look at it and it was memorized, so whenever I needed it, it was there and ready.  I grinned, and thought, dang, this was gonna be a breeze.  I leaned back in my chair and looked around me, there were kids who loved music, kids who loved books, kids who love sleeping, and more.  I snapped to attention when the teacher said, "Max, could you please answer the question on the board, I looked at it, not even needing to squint due to my raptor like vision and said, "The answer is 48" she looked at me
shocked and said, "That's right, I'm surprised, you are the only student to have figured that out so quickly and on your first guess.  Good job" I grinned and went back to looking at the people next to me as the teacher went back to teaching the lesson.  When the bell rang, I hopped up out of my seat and walked out of the classroom with Taylor and Mark.  The hallway was crowded, but there where pockets of space, so I would be okay, I slipped through the crowds, it wasn't that hard saying as I had lots of experience, even when running, I felt the boys right behind me, and Taylor and Mark were telling me where to go.  We finally stopped at our destination, we were at a music room.  I grinned and slid into the classroom.  I was actually a pretty good musician, so was the rest of the Flock, sometimes we would sing together, putting thingas away, having a campfire, whenever we wanted to.  I sat down, Ari, Iggy, Dylan, and Fang right next to me, and started doodling on the edge of one of my notebooks.  The bell still hadn't rung, so I kept drawing, and before I knew it, I had drawn a full page of swirling designs and colors.    When the bell rang, the door slammed open, and in came Angel, Gazzy, and Nudge.  Nudge screamed, "We're not late!!!!" This earned a couple chuckles here and there, I blinked and when I looked again, they were there.  They went up to the teacher and Angel said, "Hello, we were told that we would have this class for music, are you Dr. Adomea?" the teacher nodded, and I walked up to the with the guys flanking me, and I said, "Hey guys, whatcha doing here?" Angel looked at me and said, "This is our music class." I grinned and Picked up Angel then went back to my seat with the rest of the Flock.  I could feel all the stairs thrown our way, so while the teacher was still getting her work together, I said, "Hey, why don't you take a picture, the moment will last longer." I heard my family snicker at my coment and grinned, then the teacher, Dr. Adomea said, "Well class, we are doing group projects, so you can choose who you work with, and then come up and preform a song, any one, it doesn't matter, during the week, you will get feedback and keep working on the song, so by the end of the week, you will preform it again to see if you improved.  Off you trot" we grinned, and I said, "Which song?" they looked at each other simultaniously and said, "Wings of Freedom" I nodded, and said, "Dr. Adomea, my group is ready." she gestured for us to pick instruments, so we did.  Fang and I were guitar and vocals,  Iggy and Dylan were on electric base, Gazzy was on drums , Angel was on the violin and Nudge was on the Keyboard.  We took our places, and jammed out.  By the time we were done, Dr. Adomeawas speechless, and all the other kids had their mouths open, that's right, they just got outplayed by some middle schoolers.  I had a smug smile on my face as we headed back to our seats.