CHAPTER 1
My name. James Prodigy. I am writing this in case... In case I die. Listen, I am a Animorph. As in, a can become all most any living creature.
Okay, where do I begin? It all started, March 5th, maybe 6th, 2001. I was running through the forest near midnight. Something was chasing me. Suddenly, I ran into two kids. I kept running, even though they called to slow down. That is when I saw an Animorph. The boy, he seemed to morph into a boa constrictor, and attacked a creature. I tripped. His friend came up to me. "Hey... Name's Jake. What is-" he looked at me through the dim moonlight. "You might be who were looking for..." He told me to meet him somewhere, and ran off. It wasn't until the next day where things made a little sense.
The next day, I met at the new mall. Jake looked at the spot as if he saw something dark there.
"Listen. I'm Jake." He said, reminding me his name. "This is Marco, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Ax." He said, pointing at the people near him. "Your name?"
I gulped. "James... James Prodigy..." Marco's eyes widened, Rachel gasped, Cassie and Tobias stared, and Ax seemed shocked.
Jake was emotionless. "Marco. You've seen him. Last night." Marco looked even more shocked.
I felt like I was famous for doing something like robbing a bank. "Explain..." My bad temper was going, which is a bad sign!
Jake pulled some paper out of his pocket, and read.
"The truth will go out, friendship caves, a prodigy helps, to preserve or raze." I was confused.
"Raise. That's good..." I said.
"Raze, as in r-a-z-e. To destroy." I guess I spoke too soon.
"So... You want MY help?" Jake nodded... "How! I don't have those shape-shifter skills?!" Jake pulled out a blue box.
He put his hand on one side. "You're sure this works, Ax?" "Yes. It should. Shhh - ood... Should." Marco gave Ax a shut-up-or-I'll-slug-you look. Ax shut up.
"Put your hand on one side, IF you promise something..." Jake could tell what.
"Don't tell anyone, especially if their part of the Sharing." I agreed. I put my hand on one side.
If I knew what I would get myself into, I would have run away...