Fan Fiction
Disclaimer: Kelly and all other characters belong to K.A. Applegate. I'm just borrowing them.

My Name Is Kelly

by Joan

My name is Kelly.

Why? I don't know. Because my parents named me that.

Why'd they name me that? I don't know. Because my parents liked the name, I guess. Maybe they knew somebody called Kelly at one point. Maybe it's a name out of a book. I don't know.

But then, I don't know anything anymore.

Like, I don't know why I had to be right here, at this hospital, when Jake and the others came. Fate? Who knows, could be. Anyway, like it or not, I was here. And now, I'm one of them.

An Animorph.

For the first time in my life, I'm part of something. Kids always shied away because of my disease. Like they'd catch it or something. But these people aren't like that. For the first time ever, I have friends, healthy friends, who I'm willing to fight, even die for. And I don't even care about the dying part.

See, my chances of that were pretty good already.

Maybe you've heard of cystic fibrosis. Maybe you haven't. But anyone who knows anything about CF knows two words: it's fatal.

I've always known I was going to die young. I knew I probably wouldn't get married, have kids. The normal girl stuff.

Now my life is less normal than ever. But you know what? I like it.

Because I have nothing to lose.

If I am going to die, the least I can do is try to be useful. Maybe I can do something. Maybe I can't. Maybe I can help my friends save the world.

And then, again, maybe I can't. Maybe I'll just die tomorrow, in a battle or from the disease, and I won't be able to do anything.

But you know what? I don't care.

I. Don't. Care.

I will fight, no matter what. I have fought CF since I was born, and now I will fight the Yeerks with my friends.

To the death if I need to.