DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE ANIMORPHS. THEY WERE FIGMENTS OF K.A.
APPLEGATE'S IMAGINATION BEFORE MINE. I AM JUST A PSYCHOTIC FAN WHO CAN'T
GET OVER THE FACT THAT THE SERIES HAS ENDED. HOPE YOU ENJOY THE STORY! (
Hi. My name is Cassie. Yes, I was one of the Animorphs. I'm sure you all know me by now. If you don't, just watch the Academy Awards. There are tons of movies, television shows, and songs dedicated to us. I'm sure Marco would have been proud. In fact, the latest movie won seven academy awards. The name of the movie was "Morphs". Tobias would have complained it was a weak title. It won for best film, best director (Steven Spielberg), best special effects (Lucas Arts), best soundtrack (Thanks to John Williams), best male leading actor (the guy who played Jake), and best leading actress (the girl who played Rachel). I've observed that most historical movies (that are true) usually win, so perhaps that is why it won. I don't know much about the film, because I refused to see it. I did visit the set, but I wouldn't come when they were filming. It would bring back too many memories.
It's been three years since the end of the war, and it's been two years since I found out I was the only surviving member of the Animorphs. No, they weren't all killed in battle. Well, that's not exactly true. Rachel, my best friend, had been killed during the war. The other members, Jake, Ax, Marco, and Tobias, had been killed by Crayak, an evil alien who pretty much can be blamed for the war with the Yeerks.
A year ago I had received a letter in the mail from the Animorphs' leader, Jake. He probably had the letter on a timer at the post officer to be sent unless he requested it not to be. I still kept it in the envelope underneath my pillow.
Dear Cassie,
I'm sorry things worked out the way they did. I have and always will love you. If you received this, then I'm guessing I'm gone. I hope you and Ronnie are forever happy and that he loves you as much as I always have.
Good-bye.
Jake Berenson
I secretly read the note every single night, right before I drift off to sleep. Ronnie and I weren't in a serious relationship, and he never asked me to marry him.
I had always loved Jake, though I may never had admitted it. My heart broke when he said good-bye to me in person before he went on a mission to rescue Ax. Perhaps my broken heart had caused me to never want a closer relationship with Ronnie . . . yet. He honored that fact, but I know he wishes deep down inside it was different.
This week had been hard for me. Ronnie and I had attended a meeting of Congress on Monday. He had been elected to Congress as a representative from California. I could have been elected easily, and I was only 21 ((A/N: K.A. Applegate claims that Cassie was 19 in the last book. This story takes place two years later, making her 21.))! However, I decided to keep my job in the President's sub-Cabinet. The President then asked if I would join her for dinner the up-coming Wednesday. It was "Animorphs Day", a day marking the anniversary of the end of the "Yeerk Wars." To her surprise, I declined. I needed to spend it with the families of the Animorphs, including my family, even though it was still rough for me. She understood, and Ronnie understood, deciding to stay in Washington, D.C.
I drove all the way up to New Jersey ((A/N: It was said in a mock-newspaper article on the official Animorphs website: www.Animorphs.com that the Animorphs' school district was locating in New Jersey. I'm not making it up)) to the Rehabilitation Clinic. My parents, being the animal people they were, still couldn't believe the secret life I had lived for so long, not to mention the fact that I had killed, but they were able to get over it and be proud of me. It had been tough at first, however.
By the time I arrived, all the families had been in the house. It was a hard day for all of them. We avoided any conversation about the Yeerk Wars and just spoke on daily happenings and current world events.
As I turned to leave early, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I spun to face Mrs.Berenson. She smiled, sadly.
"Hello Cassie," she said, softly. "You get more beautiful every year."
"Thank you," I practically whispered, fighting away my tears. Jake had his mother's eyes, and whenever I saw her, I saw him.
"He loved you, Cassie. Don't ever doubt that."
All I could do was nod.
"Here," she said, taking out a gold box. "He would have wanted you to have it."
My heart tightened as I opened the box. Inside was a glowing medallion with an insignia on it. I guessed it was Andalite.
"It's a medallion. Jake said he had gotten it from the Andalites, mainly Ax, for his service."
"It's beautiful," I gasped. "I'll wear it always."
"He would have wanted that."
I hugged her, starting to cry. All my emotions for Jake and my friends just finally burst my heart open, and I cried for them. His mother, in turn, started to weep.
We cried and hugged for a few minutes until my cell phone rang.
"Hello?" I sniffled.
"Is this Cassie?" asked Ronnie's sister, Karen.
"Yes. What's up Karen?"
Karen started crying.
"Karen, what's wrong?"
"Cassie, did you hear? Did you see the news?"
"No I didn't. Let me turn it on."
"It's terrible, Cassie!"
"Karen, tell me!"
I turned on the news. Karen repeated the headlines.
"Cassie, Ronnie's dead."
Hi. My name is Cassie. Yes, I was one of the Animorphs. I'm sure you all know me by now. If you don't, just watch the Academy Awards. There are tons of movies, television shows, and songs dedicated to us. I'm sure Marco would have been proud. In fact, the latest movie won seven academy awards. The name of the movie was "Morphs". Tobias would have complained it was a weak title. It won for best film, best director (Steven Spielberg), best special effects (Lucas Arts), best soundtrack (Thanks to John Williams), best male leading actor (the guy who played Jake), and best leading actress (the girl who played Rachel). I've observed that most historical movies (that are true) usually win, so perhaps that is why it won. I don't know much about the film, because I refused to see it. I did visit the set, but I wouldn't come when they were filming. It would bring back too many memories.
It's been three years since the end of the war, and it's been two years since I found out I was the only surviving member of the Animorphs. No, they weren't all killed in battle. Well, that's not exactly true. Rachel, my best friend, had been killed during the war. The other members, Jake, Ax, Marco, and Tobias, had been killed by Crayak, an evil alien who pretty much can be blamed for the war with the Yeerks.
A year ago I had received a letter in the mail from the Animorphs' leader, Jake. He probably had the letter on a timer at the post officer to be sent unless he requested it not to be. I still kept it in the envelope underneath my pillow.
Dear Cassie,
I'm sorry things worked out the way they did. I have and always will love you. If you received this, then I'm guessing I'm gone. I hope you and Ronnie are forever happy and that he loves you as much as I always have.
Good-bye.
Jake Berenson
I secretly read the note every single night, right before I drift off to sleep. Ronnie and I weren't in a serious relationship, and he never asked me to marry him.
I had always loved Jake, though I may never had admitted it. My heart broke when he said good-bye to me in person before he went on a mission to rescue Ax. Perhaps my broken heart had caused me to never want a closer relationship with Ronnie . . . yet. He honored that fact, but I know he wishes deep down inside it was different.
This week had been hard for me. Ronnie and I had attended a meeting of Congress on Monday. He had been elected to Congress as a representative from California. I could have been elected easily, and I was only 21 ((A/N: K.A. Applegate claims that Cassie was 19 in the last book. This story takes place two years later, making her 21.))! However, I decided to keep my job in the President's sub-Cabinet. The President then asked if I would join her for dinner the up-coming Wednesday. It was "Animorphs Day", a day marking the anniversary of the end of the "Yeerk Wars." To her surprise, I declined. I needed to spend it with the families of the Animorphs, including my family, even though it was still rough for me. She understood, and Ronnie understood, deciding to stay in Washington, D.C.
I drove all the way up to New Jersey ((A/N: It was said in a mock-newspaper article on the official Animorphs website: www.Animorphs.com that the Animorphs' school district was locating in New Jersey. I'm not making it up)) to the Rehabilitation Clinic. My parents, being the animal people they were, still couldn't believe the secret life I had lived for so long, not to mention the fact that I had killed, but they were able to get over it and be proud of me. It had been tough at first, however.
By the time I arrived, all the families had been in the house. It was a hard day for all of them. We avoided any conversation about the Yeerk Wars and just spoke on daily happenings and current world events.
As I turned to leave early, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I spun to face Mrs.Berenson. She smiled, sadly.
"Hello Cassie," she said, softly. "You get more beautiful every year."
"Thank you," I practically whispered, fighting away my tears. Jake had his mother's eyes, and whenever I saw her, I saw him.
"He loved you, Cassie. Don't ever doubt that."
All I could do was nod.
"Here," she said, taking out a gold box. "He would have wanted you to have it."
My heart tightened as I opened the box. Inside was a glowing medallion with an insignia on it. I guessed it was Andalite.
"It's a medallion. Jake said he had gotten it from the Andalites, mainly Ax, for his service."
"It's beautiful," I gasped. "I'll wear it always."
"He would have wanted that."
I hugged her, starting to cry. All my emotions for Jake and my friends just finally burst my heart open, and I cried for them. His mother, in turn, started to weep.
We cried and hugged for a few minutes until my cell phone rang.
"Hello?" I sniffled.
"Is this Cassie?" asked Ronnie's sister, Karen.
"Yes. What's up Karen?"
Karen started crying.
"Karen, what's wrong?"
"Cassie, did you hear? Did you see the news?"
"No I didn't. Let me turn it on."
"It's terrible, Cassie!"
"Karen, tell me!"
I turned on the news. Karen repeated the headlines.
"Cassie, Ronnie's dead."