A/N: This is my first Animorphs fanfic. I may get some information wrong, since I don't own any of the books and it's been a while since I read them. I did not read the entire series either. If you notice any mistakes, please tell me. I am not sure when my story will take place.
Hi. My name's Aurora. I don't have a last name. I would if I wanted one, but I don't. I have shoulder-length brown hair and my height is average. I have yellow-orange eyes. Now, you must be wondering, how can she have yellow-orange eyes? Humans don't have that color eyes. You'd be correct. I am not human. Sure, I live on Earth and I look and act human, but people have been fooled before. I am from an alien race called the Feylin. We look human, but there are a few obvious differences. I mean, what human has catlike pupils, claws, medium-sized dragonish wings, and a reptilian tail that is half their height? There's no humans that I know of that has these traits. By the way, did I mention we can change forms, we have special abilities, and we can live an average of 1,000 years?
Also, there is an alien invasion in progress conducted by the Yeerks. If you haven't heard of it, then too bad. It's common knowledge with my people. Perhaps the Andalite bandits will be kind enough to tell you the entire story, so I suggest you try to find them instead.
So my day starts with getting ready for school. Yes, I go to school. My Feylin friends and I go to school to pass time, for fun, and to make friends with the humans. We also get to talk to our friend, Erek King. He's one of a race of androids called the Chee, so he'll live forever. We don't get to see him often, since he lives in town and we live in the forest. Anyway, back to me. I climb down the ladder and I hear someone call me.
"Hey Aurora."
"Hey Aurora."
"Hey Cyrus. Hey Selena." These two are my childhood friends.
Selena is the kind one in our group. She has purple eyes, long silver hair, and she's in the tall average. Her ability is to temporarily stop time, like the Ellimist and Crayak. Her fraternal twin, Cyrus, is the fighter of our group. He has yellow eyes, medium length blond hair, and he's in the tall average. His ability is invisibility. I forgot to mention that my ability is controlling fire. All three of us are the same age and we go to the same school. Our courses are the same also.
So as we're walking to the bus stop, we're making jokes and having fun.
I joke, "So, did you guys have any trouble with last night's homework?"
"Of course not. Easy as gliding," Selena replies. Another thing to mention: Feylin love to fly and have fun.
Cyrus says, "My science homework killed me with its boringness."
"Aww! Poor Cy. Did you revive yourself by falling off the tree house?" I tease. Selena and I start cracking up.
"Shut up," Cyrus mutters. We stifle our laughter as we near the bus stop. I notice that Cassie, an insightful human girl, is already waiting there, thinking deeply.
We say, "Hey Cassie." I notice that Cassie jumps and tenses when she hears us.
"Oh. Hey Aurora, Cyrus, Selena," says Cassie tiredly.
"Hey, you okay, Cassie? You look very worried," Selena worriedly asks.
"Hm? Oh. No, I'm fine. I'll be okay. Just thinking about stuff." She smiles, but we can tell that it's forced. Right then, the bus arrives and we get on. Cassie goes to sit with her tired-looking best friend, Rachel, and we sit together in a different seat.
I state, "You know what? I think she's lying. What about you guys?"
Cyrus just shrugs and says, "I dunno. You know I suck at things like that."
Selena, on the other hand, thinks for a bit and answers with, "I think she's actually really troubled. I dunno what's bugging her, but I hope it's resolved soon."
All three of us are silent for the rest of the ride. When the bus stops, we all get off and just hang around the front of the school. The first bell rings.
"Well, I gotta go. See ya guys later," I say as I wave and walk off.
As soon as the lunch bell rings, I'm the first one out the door. I meet up with Cyrus and Selena as we head towards the cafeteria.
"I have this feeling that we're gonna find our fourth member today," muses Selena. Feylin usually form groups of four or five that are instinctively linked to each other. Sel is especially sensitive to her gut feelings.
"Really?" I look at Sel questioningly.
Cy shrugs, uncaring.
Sel replies, "Yeah. I'm almost absolutely sure that today is the day."
Cy declares, "Then we better start looking. Right after lunch."
"You and your stomach," I say.
But as soon as we enter the cafeteria, my senses perk up and my gaze is drawn to a boy sitting by himself. He has messy, short black hair and he's kinda short. Almost as if he feels my eyes, he turns and I find myself linking to his blue-black eyes.
"Do you guys feel what I feel?" I whisper.
Sel happily says, "He's the one."
Cy is awed. "Wow. I've never felt that before. It's almost like I'm being pulled towards him. It's like he belongs with us or something."
I start to turn to them, but a movement catches my eye. As I focus on the person, my body tenses and I hope that it isn't who I think it is.
"No. Not him. Not now," I say desperately.
Sel asks, "Who?" right when Cy asks, "What?"
I tell them, "He's here. And he's heading for our Fourth!"
Both of them curse. Cy replies, "Then we better get there first."
With that, we rush through the crowd, trying to get to the kid before our enemy does.
