Here goes nothing!


Marco

The three of us looked at each other. "Tobias, de-morph and go get the others," I hissed.

"What about you two?"

"We'll see what's going on."

Visser Three held the girl tightly. If it isn't the youngest Seenaaki princess, he sneered. I knew they'd send someone to spy on us, but you? They must have been desparate.

"Let me go!" she shouted.

Hardly. Right now, your powers are under my control. You can't do anything.

Ax had demorphed. This is bad. A Seenaaki... this cannot end well.

"What do you mean?"

The Seenaaki, well, it's a long story. I'll tell you about it later.

I nodded. Several Hork-Bajir had stepped out of hiding. Star was still struggling to get away from Visser Three. Tobias had arrived with the others. Ax explained what was going on.

What should I do with you? Perhaps I should have a Yeerk infest you, eh? Or I could use you as a bargaining tool against your sisters, or just kill you like I did your father, Visser Three mused.

"We have to stop him," Jake said. Everyone started to morph.

We were almost done when Visser Three made a decision. You are a weak member of your people, useless. I suppose I will kill you. He raised his tail-blade high, about to slice into her. Jake slammed into him, releasing Star. Something had happened, Star wasn't moving. Her eyes were closed, her breathing was ragged.

Star!

Cassie and I rushed to Star. What happened to her? Cassie asked.

I don't know!

Cassie, Tobias! Jake shouted. Get her out of here!

Cassie

Marco helped drape Star across my back. I took off out of the construction site, with Tobias flying overhead keeping watch.

Umm... Cassie?

Yes, Tobias?

She's morphing.

What?!

It was true. Her legs were merging together, forming into a tail. Her body was starting to feel lighter. I could hear her gasping for breath.

We need to get her to water! Tobias urged. There's a stream to your left!

I ran to the stream, letting Star slide off my back and into the water. She floated there for a moment, before taking off down the stream.

Wait up! Tobias and I shouted, running after her.

She stopped, raising her head up out of the water. "Who's there?" she called.

It's me, Cassie. What happened?

She sighed. "It's a very long story. You might want to demorph while I talk."

I changed back. "Okay. First of all, what are you? Are you an alien?"

3rd Person POV

Marco, Jake, and Ax escaped, making it back to the barn. "Where are they?" Jake asked.

"Must be in the woods," Marco said. "Let's go look for them. Ax, you have some explaining to do. What is a Seenaaki? Is it an alien?"

Star laughed. "An alien? As if. My people have inhabited this planet longer than human civilization."

"So you're native to Earth?"

She nodded. "Yes. We used to have an advanced society, one that rivaled even the Andalites. But all of that's gone now."

"What happened to it?"

She had this distant look in her eyes, like she was staring at something far away. "It started about two thousand years ago. My people, the Seenaaki, had recently built ships to explore the stars. We were amazed at what we saw, so much variety, so much life. One of the races we met were the Andalites. We formed an alliance, but we got the short end of the stick."

We were happy to form an alliance with the Seenaaki, but one that mostly benefited us. We put ourselves in complete control over the Seenaaki. We could control when and how they used their powers, and who else they traded with.

"Over time, we noticed that we were losing our powers. Our strength was failing," Star said. "Some blamed the Andalites, others blamed the technology we'd developed. So, we left our settlement on one of the Andalite home-world's moons and returned to Earth, where we adopted a much simper lifestyle. I'm not a big fan of Andalites, after all, my people were practically slaves to them for almost a hundred years. They're arrogant, narcissistic bastards."

Wow, Tobias muttered.

"Why were you pretending to be human?" Cassie asked.

"Because I was supposed to be spying on the Yeerk invasion and reporting back to my older siblings, the ones who rule our society. Of course, I was a bit freaked out, being surrounded by so many Yeerks, and I ran off. They almost wiped out my people. There used to be thousands of us, all over the world. Now there are less than a hundred."

"There you guys are," Jake said as he made it to the stream with Marco and Ax. The second Star saw Ax, she shrieked and took off faster than anyone could follow.