I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THIS!!
Chapter Two
The morning sun shone brightly on Tobias's meadow. He awoke earlier than usual, due to the sound of someone approaching.
It was a girl. She looked to be in her mid-teens, with longish brown hair. Even though it had been a couple years since Tobias had last seen her, he couldn't fail to recognize his cousin.
"Hi Tobias," Melissa greeted beneath the tree on which the hawk was perched.
Tobias's heart missed a couple beats. How did she know who he was? Could she be connected to the yeerks? Even if she was a controller, the yeerks didn't know who he was.
"Its okay," Melissa said. "Im not a controller. I gotta say,though, it is a little un-nerving to know a race of alien slugs that can control the mind have invaded Earth."
'How do you know all this?' Tobias demanded in thought- speak. There was no use pretending anymore.
"Im a mindcaster," Melissa replied, smiling.
Tobias flew as fast as he could to Rachel's house, praying she would be there. He peered in through her bedroom window. Rachel was lying on her bed, reading a fashion magezine. He tapped on the glass.
"Tobias, what's wrong?" Rachel asked, opening the window.
'Our lives have just gotten a whole lot weirder," Tobias said.
Three hours later, Tobias was on his usual perch in Cassie's barn. He explained everything to the others: Melissa, darklings, the blue time. Marco was, of course, skeptical. "Are you sure this chick isn't just crazy?" He asked Tobias.
'Melissa could read my mind. She knew everything about us,' Tobias countered.
"We should find her," Jake concluded. "This isn't the first time some long- lost relative of Tobias has shown up in town. The last time this happened, it was Visser Three himself."
'Melissa isn't Visser Three, Jake,' Tobias said.
Then, he saw her. Melissa was running to the barn. 'She's coming!' Tobias warned the others.
"Ax! Morph!" Jake ordered.
'Not to disrespect your wishes, Prince Jake, but if this girl knows about us, morphing will do little,' the Andalite replied.
The barn door banged open and Melissa came to a halt before the Animorphs.
'She is not a controller,' Ax informed the others. Ax had a knack of knowing those things.
"Im not one to usually ask for help," Melissa said. "But I really do need your help."
'What's wrong?' Tobias asked.
"Another Midnighter- Jonathan. He's about to become a controller."
