( I cannot believe I'm submitting this. It's very rare when I post a story with so much of my own characters in it. It is the first animorph fic I have decided to post , and I was very proud of it. Please go easy on my pride.)

Disclaimer: Sadly , I do not own Animorphs. The Great Katherine Applegate Sama does. I don't own even Melissa Chapman. I own Reubren and the Mendelites.

Chapter 1

Melissa:

I was lying awake again , in the comfortable Mendelite bed at the Mendelite hang-out ,where I now took refuge from the very people who raised me.

Loneliness.

Sure I was safe. Very much protected as well. Great friends......why was I upset? Sorry. Maybe I should explain a few things before rushing on. So I'll think back before this. Let's see. I was 13. Pale skin. Blonde hair that Reubren once told me was the color of the moon. Light grey eyes. Smaller than what would be expected of my age.

Normal kid , really. I wanted to be a professional gymnast.. My dad was assistant principle , which I am still not sure was such a great thing. My mom was a stylist. She cut hair , did manicures , etc. She was a quiet natured but sweet person. But like me , once you got to her you couldn't get her to stop talking.

And dad well......dad would die for me. My best friend was Rachel. 3 years have passed. I am 16. I still have pale skin. I'm still small though more developed. I don't know what I want to be anymore. My grey eyes now always have a keen alert look. My hair is down to my waist because I have not been keeping track of it. My best friend is an andalite named Reubren.

I traded my beautiful house , ( ok , so it was no mansion , but everyone has a place where they belong,) for the Mendelite hideout in the wood.

And instead of happy , normal parents , I have two prisoners trapped inside their own minds , while they can only watch me helplessly from afar.

In their place two murderers that would gladly either enslave me or throw me into the deepest river they could find with my hands and feet bound in ropes.

I get used to things , but I still get sad. But sometimes it's not so bad when you hav that special friend you can always run to and they make things better.

Green eyes. Light green , beautiful eyes suddenly appeared in my mind. It would have all been okay except those eyes were in a blue face , with no mouth , and had stalk eyes protruding from his head.

My protector and friend Reubren. Maybe more than that. He was beginning to mean more to me and that terrified me.

I lay against the cool sheets , while an argument went on behind my closed eyes. He's an alien.

He understands you.

He's blue.

Like you care!

Four eyes, you can't say that doesn't bother you.

You like his eyes. Is it so bad he has four?

Human and Andalite. A couple? People won't respect that , they'll think it's sick.

But he respects you.

He has tail.

Always protected you with it.

Go away loneliness..it hurts.

Go to him.

Why?

You need him.

( Look like Melissa fell for an Andalite , ne? Do not worry about the Mendelites for now. They will be explained in later chapters. Enjoy chapter 2!)