A/N: My best friend and I wrote this fan fiction in the height of our Animorphs obsession about 10 years ago. We wrote a lot, but the story was never finished. But please feel free to read and let me know what you think!
This is a fan-fiction based on the books by K.A. Applegate, namely the Animorphs series. We don't claim to owm any of K. A. Applegate's work. . . In this series, five teenagers find a dying Andalite prince. They find him and he gives them the power to morph. That is, to change into any animal they touch. He tells them to fight a parasitic species called Yeerks. Yeerks look like slugs, and they crawl into a person's brain through the ear canal. There, they take total control of the body.
Anyway, the teenagers find another Andalite at the bottom of the sea, named Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill. Since then they have seen no Andalites on Earth except for traitors.
Until now. . .
Obony
We ran through the grass, my friend and I. I had my hooves open to the lush Imsa growth.
‹I am glad we have the opportunity to come here, to Theed,› said my friend Alanna. Her full name is Alanna-Sarrasri-Iskiria. My full name is Obony-Machelle-Sirima.
‹Yes,› I agreed. ‹It is a lucky twist of fate that our parents had to meet with the Electorate. Together.›
‹Very lucky indeed.›
‹Yes.›
We slowed our pace and trotted in silence for a while. I do not know what Alanna was thinking. I am not like the amphibious species, the Leerans, that have the ability to read minds. I know what I was thinking. I was wondering what could have happened that was so extreme my parents had to speak to the Electorate in person.
Oh well. It is not for me to know, my mother always says. Not for me to know, as I am only a child.
‹I am only a child and knowledge is the responsibility of the adults.›
‹What?› Alanna asked.
‹Oh. . .nothing.› I had not realized I had said it aloud.
‹My mother says the same thing,› she supplied. ‹I get tired of hearing the old Andalite proverbs over and over. If knowledge is the responsibility of the adults, why must we go to school?›
‹I find Sario Rips interesting.› I was mulling over various things in my mind,
not concentrating too much on my conversation with Alanna.
‹Really?› She laughed. ‹And I find plintconarhythmic equations interesting. Lighten up, Obony. You know, I must admit that I tend to feel drowsy during physics.›
‹I don't care anymore. We can change the subject now.›
‹Okay. I wonder-›
I started my sentence at almost the same time as Alanna. ‹I wonder why our parents must see the Electorate. It is an enormous honor to see them in person. Something extreme must have happened.›
‹Ah. Is that why you were out of focus when I was talking to you before?›
‹Yes.› I turned my stalk eyes on her. ‹I will ask my mother tonight.›
Alanna
The next morning Obony rushed to the quarters I was sharing with my parents.
‹I have asked my mother about our visit here! After a while of debating with my father, she decided to tell me. Since all the warriors have gone to fight at Rakkam Garoo there is no one to respond to Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill's urgent plea for help at the planet Earth. He is the brother of Elfangor-›
‹I know!› I said with impatience in my thought speech. ‹What of it?›
‹As I was saying, since there is no one to respond to Aximili's plea, two of our people are needed to go and survey the situation. Since the Andalites left on our planet are either scientists or arisths, two arisths are needed to fulfill the mission. And they have chosen-›
‹Us!›
‹Yes, we need to decide whether to accept it by tonight.›
‹Well, tell them the answer is YES! This is the chance of a lifetime for us!› I could barely control my excitement.
We were to leave the next day. Obony and I were giddy all the next morning, until it was finally time to lift off in our small fighter. I said a teary but happy goodbye to my parents. Obony did the same.
‹Be careful,› my always-protective mother said, ‹and good luck!›
My father gave me the special Andalite smile - with his eyes. That was all I needed to see to know that all four of their hearts went with me.
After the goodbyes, Obony and I climbed on the fighter, I was going to pilot it, and Obony was going to be the gunner and navigator. We took our positions and I lifted the fighter of the grassy lands off our world. Little did I know that this was going to be my last glimpse of it for a long while.
