Sorry this chapter took so long. Before you read this chapter, you might reread the end of the first chapter.

(Chapter 2)

(Ellen)

Yeerks, Taxxons, Hork-Bajir, and Andalites. Members of those species live on Earth. But only Yeerks and Andalites can see everything on Earth. But there is only 1 known Andalite on Earth. That is Visser 3, also the only Andalite controller. (For Yeerks, the highest easily obtainable rank is to be Visser 1.)

Why can Andalites walk around but not the others? And what do the other aliens look like?

First answer: Andalites can morph into any animal whose DNA they've copied. And as for what they look like, I can show you better than I can describe.

Okay. Show me.

First are the Taxxons. They're the worst. Pardon me for borrowing your voice.

Borrowing my voice? What does she mean by that?

"Angela, Ellen might need a trash can."

"I'm on it." Angie left the room. Light bulb! So that's what she meant by borrowing my voice. Speaking for me. And why the trash can?

You'll find out why the trash can when I tell you about the Taxxons. Angela returned with a metal bowl.

"Angie, why'd you bring a bowl instead of a trash can?" Anrasha asked Angie.

Don't mind me; I'm the invisible brain here.

Ellen, I didn't forget you.

Good to know that I haven't been forgotten.

"Anrasha?"

"Oh, sorry. Ellen made a comment."

"Oh. The metal bowl is so my parents don't get suspicious when I try to wash a trash can."

"Now why didn't I think of that?" Anrasha wondered aloud.

Why would Angie be washing anything? I asked as I took the bowl.

You'll find out when I show you the Taxxons.

Let me guess; they're gross?

Gross doesn't even start to describe them. Then she started showing me something. It looked a little like a caterpillar with red pinchers for arms and legs, a hole ringed with teeth on the inside for a mouth, and red bug eyes. That is a Taxxon. You are lucky that all I do for fuel is soak up Kandrona rays. I'll explain that another time.

Enough reading my mind! Now, why did you say that about the fuel?

Put your face in the bowl before I tell you. I obeyed. Taxxons will eat anything and everything that is alive and bleeding.

Even other Taxxons?

Yep. The contents of my stomach came up. I closed my eyes so I wouldn't have to see it. I felt Angie take the bowl away.

Don't worry, Ellen. The other 'aliens,' as you call them, are vegetarians. Andalites… she trailed off. You know what?

What?

I'm going to show you an Andalite next. Here goes. She showed me a blue centaur with no mouth, no hair, four almond-shaped eyes (two were on eyestalks on top of it's head), a weird-looking nose, and an extra-big, furry cat's tail that looked like it could reach over the Andalite's head with a long, somewhat curved blade near the end.

How do Andalites eat? What do they eat?

They eat through their hooves. As they walk on grass, their hooves crush the grass and they absorb the nutrients.

What about Hork-Bajir? Anrasha showed me what looked like a lizard standing on two legs and blades at just about every joint.

That is a Hork-Bajir. They are extremely stupid and eat bark.

Wow. Hey, now that I've met you, do I just tell everyone about the Yeerks?

No.

That's it? No?

I've got enemies. Other Yeerks. The Yeerks who want complete control of Earth. The Yeerks who take involuntary hosts. The Yeerks who are evil. You say anything to them about Yeerks to them, you die, I die, your friends die, and your entire family dies. Or you, your friends, and your family are sentenced to a life worse than death.

Wow.

But there are other Yeerks like me.

"Ellen?"

"Yes?"

"Are you done talking to Anrasha yet?"

"No." You were saying something about Yeerks like you, I prompted Anrasha.

Yes. The Yeerk Peace Movement. We take only voluntary hosts who have been told about the Yeerks.

Like me.

Yes.

Yay! Chapter 2 is done! Expect chapter 3 sometime next month! Be prepared for a new character: Betmilionali!

~ukrainianelfhorse