My name Is Megan. That's all I can tell you. I'd love to tell you
where I live, what school I go to. But I can't. If I do, the Yeerks will
find me and it will only be a matter of time before we all get caught.
Now you're probably thinking "Whoa slow down. What the freak are
Yeerks?" Yeerks are a parasitic species that look like slugs. They crawl
into your ear and wrap around every crevice of your brain. They take over
your body. They decide if you do homework, when you go to sleep, they
decide everything. You are just a prisoner in your own mind, watching as
the Yeerk captures your family and friends and makes them into Controllers.
That's what we call a person who has been taken over by Yeerks. It could
be anyone. The store clerk. Your math teacher. Even your sweet grandma.
They are everywhere.
Now you're probably thinking"Why is there nothing on the news? Who is
doing something about it?" Well, to answer your first question, the Yeerks
are slowly infiltrating Earth. They do it in secret. They have made hosts
of Taxxons, a sort of huge centipede, and Hork-Bajir, an animal with Bird
feet, T-Rex heads, and blades growing out of their arms and legs.
To answer your second question, a group of kids are trying to stop
all of this. 7 kids. Jake, our fearless leader, also my brother. Rachel, my
cousin and a warrior goddess in disguise. Cassie, an environmentalist and
animal lover. Marco, our own personal jester. Tobias stuck in the body of a
hawk. Aximilli-Esgarrouth-Isthil, our local alien. And me. Megan.
One night, all of us, except Ax, were walking through an abandoned
construction site. There, Ax's big brother landed and told us all about the
Yeerks. He also gave us a power to try to stop the invasion. The Power to
morph.
Now you may have heard Spiderman say this, but this power is our
gift, and our curse. With this power we can acquire the DNA of any animal
we choose and turn into it. But, if you stay in the morph for over 2 hours
you will be trapped in that body forever. That's what happened to Tobias.
He is now stuck permanently in the body of a red-tailed hawk.
We are the Animorphs. And together, we fight to stop the invasion of
Earth.
On this particular day, I was soaring over Ax's scoop as a Rough-
Legged Hawk, my bird morph. I had a small Cinnabon box in my claws, tied
with red string. He was standing in his scoop, watching T.V. Hey Ax-man.
I called out in thought speak.
Hello, Megan. Nice Day for flying isn't it? He asked, turning all
four of his eyes on me. Andalites are sort of our allies. They fight
against the Yeerks too. Ax crash landed in the ocean and we rescued him.
Hey I brought you something I said as I landed on the ground next
to his scoop. I started to dimorph. Feathers turned to skin. My beak
softened into a mouth. Red gold hair sprouted from my head. My fierce
copper eyes melted into my deep dark blue eyes. I handed the Cinnabon box
to Ax. "Here." His eyes lit up. He immediately began to morph to human,
which is a disturbingly pretty combo of all of us mixed together. He ripped
open the box and scarfed down the whole thing, box and yarn included.
"Thank you Megan. Th. Thaaa. Nk. Yuuuu." Andalites don't have mouths,
so Ax always made sounds with his. He was fascinated by it.
"I just thought that you'd like one, since you haven't had one for so
long." I said.
Suddenly, Ax kissed me. As in KISSED with tongue and everything. I
backed up, surprised. "Ax. Wha-? What did you do that for?" I asked.
I have been watching the Young and The Restless. I am young and often
restless, and the young men like to kiss attractive young women." He said.
I blushed. I was feeling butterflies in my stomach. I had always had
some sort of connection with Ax, and the kiss felt right.
"Megan. An. I am feeling something in my stomach." Ax informed me,
looked at his abdomen. "What is it?" he asked.
"Its called love, Ax. It's called love." I told him and drew him into
another kiss.
