Disclaimer: I don't own Animorphs, or any of the ideas/people/places/ect. in here. K.A. Applegate does.

A//N: Alrighty, now, I've never done any fanfics besides Twilight, and Tamora Pierce stuff, and I haven't read Animorphs in, like, forever. I was planning on doing one between Lauren, and Ax's bother, whom I somehow managed to forget the name of, and I will never sleep until I remember it… but, since I haven't read that book for awhile, I thought this would be safer.

I apologize in advance for any plot, name, or spelling errors you may find. It's late, and I'm annoyed, so I'm not paying much attention.

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Rachel slipped into her room, and shut the door quietly. Walking over to her dresser, she opened a drawer and pulled out a plastic cup with a piece of paper taped over it.

Inside, was a chirping, and obviously frightened cicada.

Steeling herself, she peeled off the paper and tape, hurriedly grabbing a hold onto the large insect.

She concentrated, and, after one last chirp, the bug went silent.

Finishing up, she opened her window and tossed the cicada out.

Sighing, she shut off her lights, and prepared to shift.

Just as her vision began to change to that of a bug's, her door opened, and a shaft of light fell in.

"Rachel?" a girl's voice called.

Spinning away from the light, Rachel called back," Get out!"

Ignoring her tone, the little sister plowed on. "Mom said to dump these magazines in your room."

"Fine!" she snapped, wishing she'd leave," just drop them over there and get out."

Shrugging, the girl placed them on the indicated chair, and left the room, closing the door behind her.

Letting out a breath of relief, Rachel paused to listen for more noise, in case someone else was coming, but the only noise she heard was her mother arguing loudly with a client.

This sent a sharp pang of emotion through her, but Rachel ignored it, berating herself for letting her control slip.

Satisfied that no one was coming, she managed the cicada morph.

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((A//N: Yes, I know it's short. And probably not particularly good either… I've completely forgotten Rachel's character. It's been at least two years since I picked up a book with Rachel in it.

On the bright side, if Cassie were here, I think she'd be happy for me when I said I got a head bib, dressage pad, spurs, open front jumping boots, 30" chain, shipping boots, 'nother saddle pad, and a fly mask for my horse, since Cassie has some horses of her own…

Anywho; I'd love reviews, if you want to, but no flames please, I wasn't really writing this to be really good or anything.