Title: The Twins
Author: Alexis Steele
Fandom: Animorphs
Characters: all the majors
Genre: Alternate Universe, after #23 The Pretender
Series: First story in the "Descendents of the Ellimist" Chronicles
Summary: Tobias is about to find more family than he can deal with
Notes: This fic was my first attempt at fanfiction back in 1999. It has been lying dormant in notebooks and my computer until I pulled it from the Net in 2004. Looking back on the fic about a year ago, I realized that I had a lot of interesting ideas that I wanted to portray in this fic – eventually to become a series – and that I wanted to pick them up again, but I had some major changes that needed to be done to my OC, Shayla. She was a blatant Mary Sue, and now she's become an attempt to see if I can write a competent OC without her becoming a Mary Sue.
And, while I will be following more closely to the events that occurred in the book series, I will always see the characters as their TV counterparts. Let's face it, ladies, the TV series might've deviated a lot away from the books, but it definitely gave us some nice eye candy to glance at. I will also be extending the timeline of the story to five years, instead of three. Therefore, the Animorphs have been fighting the Yeerks for over two years.
Normal speech denoted with "…". Thought-speak denoted in ((italics))
Each chapter heading will tell you who is narrating this part of the story. If you don't see a character's name in the chapter heading, assume that the character from the previous chapter is still narrating. Disclaimer:
Chapter 3:
The next day we met at Cassie's barn for a meeting. We were still waiting for some other people to arrive. I was sitting up in the hayloft, in my hawk body. I am often the lookout since I can see for miles.
((Did anyone see that girl Shayla today?)) I asked. Ever since we left the talent show last night, I hadn't been able to get Shayla off of my mind.
"I didn't see her, but with it being the weekend and all, that doesn't really mean anything," Rachel answered.
((Who's this Shayla?)) Ax asked.
((She's this girl from the talent show last night.)) I told him.
Ax didn't go to the show last night due to safety reasons. If you think it's hard trying to hide in a bathroom while morphing a hawk body, try hiding a horse or deer.
"Yeah, she was almost splattered by a light fixture." Marco, of course.
"Can we please get back to the business at hand?" Jake demanded.
((Here comes Erek,)) I announced.
Erek may look like an ordinary human being, but he's not. He's from an android race known as the Chee. Erek is a member of the Sharing, the front organization for the Yeerks. Since Erek is an android, he can't be controlled; therefore he's a spy on the inside. A very good one I might add. Erek's race developed a holographic program millennia before man could build fires. That's how old Erek is.
"What's up Erek?" Cassie asked.
"Right now, nothing. At least, nothing they're telling lower ranking controllers about. The Yeerks have been keeping to themselves. They are only talking to the highest ranking controllers. Unfortunately, my Yeerk is not one of them," Erek announced.
"No, but Tom's is. He's been moving up fast in the ranks. They must be planning something huge if they're keeping this quiet. Just keep your ears open Erek. As soon as you get any information, let us know. Until then, everyone else lie low and relax for a while. We've had too many close calls lately," Jake clarified.
"That's the best mission you've ever given." Marco shouted.
"I kinda have to agree with him." Rachel followed.
"All right. Score one for Marco." Marco continued.
"Shut up. Just don't get used to the idea of me agreeing with you. It probably won't happen again," Rachel interjected.
"Okay everybody, go home," Jake said, breaking up the soon to come fight.
With that, we all left in our separate directions, except for Jake who stayed behind to help Cassie with her chores. They sort of like each other; though they're too scared to admit it. As I started flying back to my meadow, I saw her. Shayla. What was she doing here? I felt that sudden urge again that I knew her. Why does she appear all of a sudden? She was walking away. I followed her until she came to a house that was across the street from Rachel's. Who was this girl?
Author's Notes: Thank you for your reviews, spartin-226 andAnily-Khthonia-Ani-goddesses, and spartin, I hope the flow of the story in these two chapters works better for you. Enjoy!