A/n: You know I hate reading this mushy stuff. I mean, I love it, but it leaves me all… Goopy inside. You know the feeling: The "I-wish-I-had-that- in-my-life" feeling. *sigh.* Anyway, ummm… All of the Animorph characters are from Animorph. Plus minus a few. I'm really behind on the series, so, let's see how it goes, kay?

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Me Again

Rachel sat up from her strange hospital bed. It looked crudely modeled, like no one knew what a human slept on… Sorta. She felt a rush of memories flooding back into her mind, then a sharp flash crossed her vision.

Yeerks...Tobias... Jake...Me... Stuck in morph... Cassie caught...

She stifled a scream, and all went black. She woke up some time later, same setting, but her mind was cleared. First thing she did was feel her arms and legs all over. She was human… She sat bolt upright, taking care to keep herself covered (she had realized that she was not wearing any… um… clothing.) But she couldn't be! Sh-she had been trapped! As a cat! She looked beside her bed, at another crudely fashioned sleeping apparatus. There was a boy. He was tall, and looked extremely familiar.

"Tobias?" She whispered, incredulously. But Toby was a hawk! And she... had been a cat. Tobias mumbled something, but did not gain consciousness. She didn't want to wake him. She sat on her bed examining the strange futuristic surroundings, when suddenly, a flood of people rushed into the room. She instantly recognized a brown-haired boy, even if his description had changed since their last adventure: He was Marco, her friend. An Animorph. Then there was a girl. She rushed over to Rachel and hugged her. "Rachel! We thought we had lost you!" She tried to shake off her confusion.

"But Cassie... your dead." she said weakly, but was relieved that the other girl was not affronted by her comment.

"You know who we are." Joked Marco quietly, (very un-Marco like), "But who are you?" Rachel was struck by a thought. She lifted her hands, palms up, and stared at the left one, then the right one. "I-I'm F-fluff... No.. I'm R-r-Rachel... With no last name." She didn't notice that the sheet that had been covering her upper body slid to the ground, or that three pairs of eyes, [Marco, Jake and Tobias] averted, faces blushed. All she knew was the extreme relief that she knew her name. Tears streamed down her face for no reason.

"Now, now, Rache, here." Cassie, the "mother" of the group, handed Rachel a bundle of clothes and pressed a button, setting the world, except Rachel's little bed and the floorspace around it, black. Rachel-Who-Was- Not-Fluffer-Anymore guessed she should get dressed. Rachel smiled to herself and said, "Well, at least I'm me again."

BTW: Okay. A bit strange. I dunno if it's boring, but I thought it wuz kinda neat. Um… Yeah, I am stuck on the cat book. I guess the "Tobias will always be a hawk" drama really hit me. It made me kinda cry. I mean, imagine being stuck in a strange animal's body, missing the world around you. I figured I should bring him back early. ( I'm gonna try for a chapter a week, but with my school schedule, I never know when I'll get the chance… I thought this went quite well, though, for a first run. ( Tyune in next time and see WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!

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