Disclaimer: I don't own any of JP's characters. I mean, if I did, Max and Fang would have got together AGES AGO! But they haven't, so I don't own it. Sadly.

Claimer: I do, however, own my characters and this plot – if you want to use them, ask.

Okay, I know you've read about a thousand other fics about Max and the Flock going to school, but PLEASE read this cos this is my first fic and I wanna know if my writing is just horrible or REALLY REALLY REALLY disgusting. Please? And I know, Max and Fang and Iggy are a bit weird, but cut me some slack, ok?

Chapter 1 – Bird-kids on a Plane

Max's POV

Guess what?I know you're gonna be shocked when you hear this, but here it is:

we, the Flock, are going to school YET AGAIN. I know, I know, you're all like: "WHAT?! But Max hated school!" Well, I still do hate it, but we had to go – you know how we flew away from Lerner's School? After that, the government tracked us down (don't know how the idiots did it) and forced us to go to school there. Just cos, you know, they wanted to show off to the other goverments of the world - "WE got the mutant bird kids!! Nya nya nya nya nya!" That kind of thing.

Anyhow, here we were, and Fang, Iggy and I were in Year 9. Nudge was in Year 6, Gazzy was in Year 3 and Angel was in Year 1. I didn't like school, but the rest of them did: Fang and Iggy cos of the girls/groupies, Nudge cos of the boys, and Gazzy and Angel just cos they had somewhere to go each day that didn't stick needles into them.

At school, I decided to take Latin as a language (Hey! It's not that bad!) - and Fang and Iggy decided to copy me – so as a result of that, we (me, Fang and Iggy) were about to get on ANOTHER PLANE, heading to Latin Camp in Pompeii: the city that died in a volcano eruption. Yay. The kids were being taken care of by Mom for the three days we were away. Oh, joy. On the bright side, I did have Fang with me, since the two halves of the Flock reunited after I had saved the world. I mean, okay, maybe I did it with a little help from Fang's Blog. But only a little. Regardless, the plane ride would be a little less nerve-racking with my right-hand man by my side.

"Of course, Max. You need him - you said it yourself," the Voice chuckled dryly. Argh! Couldn't I get one day's rest from the Voice?! Stupid Jeb...also, for once, I couldn't think up a retort for that. Which REALLY pissed me off. I was Maximum Ride – the person who could get under anyone's skin! What had happened to THAT? I sighed.And then, just as I thought my day couldn't get any worse, I turned to Fang and saw him staring at a... (drum roll) RED-HAIRED BIMBO! The idiot. He has no taste!! The bimbo had almost no clothes on, and looked like one of those "hot" girls with absolutely no brains at all. I scowled at the ceiling. How many times did this have to happen?

Rachel's POV

Jeez. Did I have to sit next to the biggest female dog in history? Samantha only plonked herself down next to me because none of her more "popular" friends would sit on the other side of her – she was on the edge of their group of airheads. Also, none of the popular group would talk to her Haha haha, so she chattered on and on to – guess who? - poor, helpless me. Grrreeeaaattt. All she blabbed about were the supposed "hot guys" rumoured to be coming to Latin Camp with us, and how she had waited all year for this. To be truthful, I don't even think she cared if I was listening – and I had a suspicion she only wanted to hear herself talking. She was so self-centred that this was highly likely.

Still, I suppose that people like Sam have their uses. I had tuned out her talking completely, only giving nods and "yeah"s when she looked at me, expecting them, and was bored out of my mind. I couldn't talk to my real best friend Alyssa – who was sitting on the other side of me – because even she was asleep now, and she was the world's lightest sleeper. Darn. To entertain myself, I decided to listen to Sam – and if I didn't like what she was talking about, I would go to sleep.

"Oh. My. Gosh. And did I tell you about those new kids from Year 9 who are coming with us? There's three of them, 2 guys and a girl, and the guys are oh so very hot," she whispered excitedly. "Apparently, the girl's name is Max, and the guys names are Nick and Jeff." Wow. How did she know this stuff? And she even knew where they were sitting. Stalking, much? Anyway, she pointed out a group of 2 guys and a girl sitting apart from everyone else. They looked really tense and cautious – but the guy with the strawberry blonde hair was cute. Okay, like really cute.

Ok, plzzz review!! I know that this chapter was short, but they'll get longer if people actually like this story. But that's highly unlikely, right?