My Little Maximum Ride

Chapter 6

You may notice Max being out of character but maybe I'm just crazy. Even so, it's all explained. Anywho, enjoy!
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We walked silently down a corridor. I heard voices coming from a large room at the end of the hall.
"I'm back everypony!" Twilight called.
Three ponies emerged from the room and met us at a midpoint down the hallway. They were all staring at me. The three were tall ponies who had both wings and horns like Twilight. The white one and the blue one kept straight faces, though I thought I saw a tinge of pride in the white ones eyes. Their colorful hair flowed and twinkled. I was mesmerized. The third pony was pink and sported a bright grin. She ran over to Twilight and they did this weird dance/chant thing that frankly creeped me out.
"So good to have you back!" She beamed at Twilight.
"Great to see you too, Cadence! Where's Shining Armor?" Twilight asked.
"You mean me?" A white, male pony, who I assumed was Shining Armor, walked out of another hallway with a tall, brown... thing.
Shining Armor and Twilight hugged. All the affection was becoming rather monotonous.
Everybody seemed to foget about me standing in the background except for the brown amalgamation of about 20 different creatures who kept giving me the once-over.
"Twilight, who is that?" He asked.
"Oh! I'm so sorry! Everypony, this is Buttercup," She smiled in my direction. Everyone turned to stare at me, so I gave them a hostile glare back. I was done with this "Happy pony Buttercup" stuff. I had let my guard down, and I had no idea who could be a hidden threat. With a heavy heart, I realized that those long years at the School had changed me, and I wasn't the sharp and cunning Maximum Ride I once was.
Twilight spoke up again, "I'll give her a proper introduction later. Where is everypony else?"
The tall, white pony spoke up, "Your friends are waiting for you in the throne room."
Everyone turned and walked toward the large crystally room.

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