THE SARIO EFFECT
Summary:
"It was supposed to be a normal Saturday afternoon. We deserved a break after everything we've been through. Then out of the blue, a kid bumped into us with a strange device. A Yeerk device. And the Yeerks want it back.
We don't know what's going on. What this device is. Or how she is connected to everything. The only thing Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Ax, Marco and I do know is that she might have the answers we need. But she could actually be more dangerous than Visser Three himself.
We're not talking about the girl. We're talking about the Yeerk in her head..."
A/N: ...Sooo. Yeah. This is happening. Again. And if you are asking why a second upload, I have no idea either.
Ok for old and new readers to this, I had been writing on a concept about a Yeerk and a human with some original ideas and through many versions (I do not understand how am I STILL writing after all that). However, I honestly always get hit with writer's block due to conflicting plot elements and too many ideas into one story. The first editions were titled the Sario Effect, dealing with time travel elements. I then wrote the Pretender retelling and was also hit with the same problems, before I stopped writing Animorphs fics a year ago.
Since then, I've been focusing on other stuff and actually improving my writing and my story layouts rather than writing out of impulse. I didn't want to write with no clear direction despite having a concept idea. And with how I was developing my stories with point form and plotting, I was actually having fun. Then at the start of this year (oh boy), I wanted to go back to writing my Animorphs idea. This time, I wanted to use everything I've learned and how I organized my writing to guide it. Tremedously, it's thanks to Artisan219, the writer of the Animorphs Reboot series who gave me a structure idea of how to write a story that involves time-travel as several times my previous versions have always been hindered because I didn't have a consistent direction with time-travel. With reference of the Forgotten, several private rewrites, private beta-reading with close friends and the Animorphs group, I finally am developing a story I wanted to be with my many ideas spread out and most postponed for future books.
That said, I'm not done with the writing. I just so happened to finish the images above and I said to myself, "well...guess I have to upload." I honestly don't expect people to jump onto this story because some would expect this as same/similiar to my old version. It is not entirely the same, in fact, this time it will take a different new direction - and I honestly feel like I've written this before. :I I apologise for repeating again. But absolutely, this story won't be the same as before (it doesn't have that decahedron blue device, nor the ship, nor any crazy ideas! This is gonna be a straightforward...sorta-complicated plot!). Moreover, after this, I plan to rework on the Pretender as it will be the continuation after the Sario Effect.
BTW, if this time travel plot AGAIN gives me another writer's block, I'm throwing the towel on this concept altogether! It's not even funny how many times I've written this story in different lights! This is the final time I'm working on this story plot.
Before I roll over to the first three chapters, I want to give my biggest thanks to three people, Artisan219, Kara from the Animorphs group and Nicky B from the Discord group for the many suggestions, help, beta-proofing and mostly the many times you've stuck with the old versions til now). And again, I wanna thank readers of the previous stories for sticking around, tremendously the many support Animorphs fans have for this creation as well as my two OCs, Elle and V'trix. This time, I truly hope you'll enjoy this new and final version of Sario Effect.
I still cannot believe I'm revamped an old plot idea in 2020... I feel like an idiot writer.