Hi, my name is Elaina. I can't tell you my last name, or where I'm from, because if I told you any of this the Yeerks would have my family's heads, as well as mine. What I can tell is that my family and I aren't normal. See, my family is known as the Animorphs. If you're wondering what an Animorph is well you better sit down. An Animorph is someone who can turn into an animal at will, but you have to acquire it first. It's kind of weird but you have to touch the animal. If you can touch a living one then your set. That means no dinosaurs, unless you travel back in time, sorry people this isn't the Teen Titans, no offense Beast Boy. Aside from that there are a couple rules. The first rule is that you have to acquire an animal to turn into it. The second and most important is that you can't stay in the same morph for more than two hours. My Uncle Tobias found that out the hard way. Back when my parents and their friends were only my age. Tobias was stuck in the morph of a red-tailed hawk. He couldn't change back and lost is morphing ability, but thanks to a being that can control time called the Ellimist he was able to regain his morphing ability and his old human DNA. It all started like 20 years ago. My parents and their friends were going through an abandoned construction site when a space ship crashed in front of them. Now before you call me crazy think about the people around you. People your close to; have they been acting strange lately? The answer is Yeerks. Yeerks are an evil parasitic race of aliens form a planet in the 2056th sector of the galaxy. My Uncle Ax taught everyone that the galaxy was divided into sectors by his race of people; the Andalites. Ax's brother Elfangor was the one who was in the spaceship that crashed. He was dying and as a last resort to save the humans he gave Marco, Rachel, Tobias, and my parents, Jake and Cassie, the ability. He told them of the Yeerks, how they crawl into peoples brains through they're ear. They take total control of your body. You can't scream, you can't tell anyone because the Yeerk controls what you say. You can't even blink unless the Yeerk says so. In this state of mind they're called Controllers. My dad was a controller once, near the beginning of the first against the Yeerks. There are two kinds of controllers; willing and unwilling. Most Controllers are unwilling but there is still that percentage that willingly gave up their freedom to destroy their own race. My family is the last of the resistance against the Yeerks. Somehow the morphing ability became genetic to humans.

The team consists of my dad, Jake who's the leader of the Animorphs. He's serious most the time, guess that's where I got it from, but we both know how to have a good time. My mom, Cassie, she's the best morpher even Ax can't compare to her and his people invented the technology! She's what Crayak, the Ellimist's arch enemy, called a killer with a conscience. Then there's Uncle Tobias, body of a hawk; mind of a 33 year old human. He's fierce and a bit vengeful. He'll do whatever it takes to destroy the Yeerks. He's also our eyes in the sky and a valuable asset to the team, no matter how much he thinks he isn't. Marco; he's a joker but sometimes that's what we need. Someone who looks on the bright side of things and cracks jokes. No matter how lame said joke can be. Marco is also the least willing to be an Animorph, even though he's the one who originally came up with the word. Aunt Rachel is probably the bravest of us all. She's always ready for a fight and never backs down. Marco calls her Xena: Warrior Princess. If you ask me it does kind of fit. Even though she and Marco are now married with a child, Katie who's two years older than me, they still fight like they used to back when they first became Animorphs, according to my parents. Katie was the first of the natural born Animorphs. She's a lot like Marco and isn't really too much like Rachel. She's fun loving and lives life to the fullest. Last but not least of the original Animorphs is Ax, or Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthil. Now you see why every calls him Ax, or Aei in Angell's case. He's our resident Andalite. He hasn't quite figured out how to fit in while he's in human morph but apparently he was way worse 20 years ago. He's like a cross between a blue centaur, with no mouth extra eyes in stalks on the top of his head. He also has a big scorpion like tail with a wicked sharp blade and the ability to swing it faster than the eye can see. Another thing about Ax is that he's super formal. He calls Dad "Prince Jake" no matter how many times he's told not to. And finally in the family is Angell. She's Tobias's long lost cousin and well they don't really see eye to eye most the time. Angell is well, she's always ready for a fight, but doesn't create fights unless necessary. She has light brown hair with eyes the color of steel. She's sharp-tonged and is a bit of a hothead. She can do anything dealing with computers, but can't even boil water when cooking. To her parents she's an innocent angel, but when they aren't around she's a little snobby and is usually the leader in groups, her and my dad often lock horns. She's out going and is a bit intimidating. She's trained in all kinds of different fighting styles. Awhile back the family moved across the country. But we should know by now that no city is truly normal.