Here is the sequel to The Lasterol Stone. Although it doesn't involve the Animorphs directly, it involves their children: Adam, Sam, Leah, Tori and Jonathan. The idea of this story? Well, let's just say it includes Crayak and the Ellimist

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ADAM

Flying high on the thermals is bliss. It's just wonderful. It's like something I can't quite decide on what it is, but it's wonderful. Flying in the clouds, above people who don't know that you're actually a human in bird morph. I can see why my father, Tobias, loved flying. I think that's why he remained as a red-tailed hawk forever. Well, sort of. He's not a hawk anymore. Some glowing guy called the Ellimist gave him his body back, after he nearly got killed from saving Uncle Jake from Visser Three. Confused? Don't worry, I think I just confused myself

Spilling air from my wings, I dived towards the ground, before pulling up and landing in an alley. I then began the process of demorphing. Feathers melted together into flesh, talons turned into toes, beak formed into nose and mouth. I grew taller, as the feathers disappeared, my eyes changed position and my fingers formed. Finding my bag of clothes and putting them on, I left the alley. Now, let's begin the story

My name is Adam Berenson. My parents are Tobias and Rachel Berenson. Now, I think it's customary that the woman takes the man's last name on marriage, but see, my Dad doesn't really remember his last name, so he takes my mother's last name

They used to be Animorphs, along with Uncle Jake and his wife, Cassie. Even though he's my mother's cousin, I still call him Uncle Jake. So do my sisters, Leah and Tori. But let's continue. In the old group, there were also Marco, whose Uncle Jake's best friend and Ax, the Andalite. Marco's funny, I reckon. Uncle Jake is Ax's prince and has been for a long time. I think its funny, how Ax is a war prince and he's serving a prince. I'm kinda confused about how that works, but it's funny

I crossed the street and began heading home. I live in an apartment, but every Saturday, I visit my parents and stay there for the night. Not bad. I don't mind it. Even though Tori can be annoying sometimes. She's fourteen, but acts like a child. Mind you, Leah, who is eighteen, and I weren't much better

I reached home and went inside. Tori was watching the television, but jumped up when I stepped inside

"Hey Adam, how's it going?"

"Well, I've been flying and it was fun"

"How was it?" asked my father

He had entered the living room, drying the dishes

"It was good, some good thermals and lift"

Now that he's human, my father doesn't get much of a chance to fly anymore

"Is that Adam?" called my mother

"Yes, he's here"

"Oh good. He can show Tori how to morph"

"What?" I said, "but Leah's here. Besides, Tori already knows how"

"Tori acquired a bird morph today. A wedge-tailed eagle"

"I thought they lived in Australia only"

"Well, doesn't Cassie's zoo contain animals from around the world?"

"There were a few that are full grown, so I acquired one," said Tori

"Tori, morphing a bird is just like morphing any other animal," I said, "besides, what have you been doing all day?"

"I only just got the morph an hour ago. You know how to fly, I don't"

"What's all this talk about?"

And here comes the middle child, Leah. She's shorter than me, but not by much and has long, blonde hair, added with her blue eyes. Basically, Leah looks like Mom when she was young. See, the funny thing, we all don't look alike. I have dark brown hair and brown eyes; Leah is a blonde with blue eyes and Tori has red hair and brown eyes

"Tori acquired a bird morph and wants to know how to morph," I answered

"Well, let's show her, shall we?" asked Leah

We all went outside. Tori began morphing into the eagle. Leah started to morph into a wapiti. A large male wapiti, with huge antlers. I have no idea why she chose a deer, but who am I to complain. We usually practise morphing on Saturdays so we can get used to the animal we've acquired over the last week. So far, I have the red-tailed hawk (One of Dad's favourite morphs), Hork-Bajir, cockroach (hate that one), dolphin (love them), dog (playful) and my favourite, the tiger. See, us kids, that's Leah, Tori, Sam, John and I, we have like a battle morph. Well, there's no battle, but you may never know. I chose the tiger because Uncle Jake used a tiger morph when he went into battle, so I decided to get it. Everyone advised me on not getting a lion morph. I've only morphed the tiger a few times, but I still love it. Feeling all that rippling power in your body. I concentrated on the tiger DNA. Orange and black fur grew all over my body, as my hands and feet formed into paws. My skull shifted and changed into a skull like a tiger's, completed with excellent senses and sharp teeth. Dark stripes appeared along my body, as I fell forward onto my front paws

(Although I've said it before and I'll say it again, that morph is cool) said Leah

"Nice work, Adam. I like that morph," said Dad, "well, I've gotten used to it"

He had started to morph into a red-tailed hawk, the body he had lived in for several years. He joined Tori on the roof and together, they flew into the air. I looked Leah, who was now the wapiti. I pawed the air, testing my claws

(Do you know why I like morphing this animal?) asked Leah

(No)

(This creature just seems very graceful, that's all)

(Did you want to join Dad and Tori?)

Leah looked up like a deer could

(Why not)

We both demorphed, before morphing into birds. Like I said before, I have the red-tailed hawk morph, while Leah has the bald eagle morph, a morph that Mom used

After we finished morphing, we took off into the sky, where we were joined by Dad and Tori

(How's it going?) I asked

(Not some bad thermals, although there's a good one right here)

Since he was a hawk for most of his life, Dad knows what he's talking about when it comes to flying. He's an expert. You get to pick up a few things from him about flight. That's what I like about Dad; he knows his stuff

I flew into a thermal and went higher than usual. Oh man I love flying. See, this is what happens just above every Staurday

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That, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens every Saturday in the home of Tobias and Rachel. So, next chapter, we could see the sons of Jake and Cassie. Who knows?