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JAKE

My name is Jake. I'm an Animorph, and have been for the past five years. Maybe more.
After a while you start to forget insignificant things such as time. What started out as a
hopeless war against the Yeerks has recently become a new hope.
Many things have changed since we first started to fight the Yeerks and Visser Three. But
Visser Three recently became Visser One, with much more power amongst the Yeerk
hierarchy. He gained a little respect when he managed to kill half the Yeerk peace movement.
That shocked us, because some of the Yeerk peace movement would give us inside
information and tip us off about Visser Two's new plans.
In terms of the Animorphs, it's still the six of us - Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, Marco, Ax and me
- although we do have human allies. We managed to free a few Human-Controllers over the
past couple of years, not many, but enough to form a sort of back up support group. We chose
not to give them the power to morph for security reasons. Most of them have never seen us
as humans, so they could not identify us if they were ever recaptured. We trusted only one
person with our identity - Zoë - and she lives, most of the time, with the free Hork-Bajir,
teaching them about Earth and learning more of Earth's languages.
Another change to our little band of heroes is that now Tobias is a human again. He, and
Zoë who in-advertadly helped, managed to save the half of the Yeerk peace movement that
survived Visser Two's mass murder. The Ellimist had played a game with us, and we had won,
so he had to give us something that we all wanted. The catch was that we all had to agree on
it. We asked for Tobias to have his old body back and still be able to morph. The Ellimist
complied, then asked Zoë what she wanted in payment. She asked to be able to help us
whenever we were desperate, but to mainly help the free Hork-Bajir. The Ellimist gave her the
power to morph, and she swore only to ever use it if we needed back up.
The end of the Yeerks is near.
Not a few days, weeks or months near. But close enough to have hope.
Now that we've all finished High School, we have a little more time to prepare for attacks on
the Yeerks. Ax and Zoë spend their time learning about the Yeerks from the Hork-Bajir ex-
hosts, and learning about the Hork-Bajir in general. Zoë even started writing a book on them,
hoping to one day publish it, even if it is only perceived as fiction.
The information they've gathered has been more than useful. It as helped us damage the
Yeerks in ways we could have never imagined.
The end of the Yeerks is near.

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One day, after college, Cassie, Rachel, Marco, Tobias and I flew to the Hork-Bajir oasis that
the Ellimist created. Ax and Zoë were going to meet us there. So, in the sky there was a
collection of birds of prey that would make any bird-watcher ecstatic.
We were still a good five minutes away when we spotted the Hork-Bajir and Zoë sitting
around a little campfire, and could hear Zoë telling them a story.
"...The seven dwarfs made Snow White feel very welcome. In return for their kindness,
Snow White cooked and cleaned for the seven funny little men, while they were at work in the
mines. One day, Snow White had a visitor at the cottage. It was the evil Queen, but Snow
White did not know that. The Queen tempted Snow White to eat the apple that she had
poisoned...." She was speaking slowly so the Hork-Bajir could get a grasp of what she was
saying. She stopped talking. She must have spotted us on the horizon, because she started
waving to us and calling out "hello." That was when we spotted Ax. He'd been standing under
some trees, out of sight, listening to the story.
Hey, Zoë, Ax and Hork-Bajir, Marco said in widespread thought-speak as we neared.
We landed in front of an old oak tree and demorphed back to human. Marco started to say
something to Zoë:
"You know, Zoë. Technically you're in my college English class, under the category of home
schooled, and you have never attended a single lesson, yet you still manage to get the highest
scores in the grade. How do you do that?"
Zoë smiled. "I have good inspiration for my stories. Plus, I have plenty of time to think."
Jara Hamee and Ket Halpak came out of a nearby cave to welcome us. Funny, we've
become friends with the Hork-Bajir who live in this valley, but everytime I see them, I can't
help but feel freaked out by their appearance.
Rachel handed Zoë a package. "This is the latest the college had to send you," she said.
"Thanks."
Prince Jake, have you picked up anything amiss in the college due to Yeerk presence
lately? Ax asked sticking to business as usual. I guess that's what war does to you.
"Not anything lately, but we've kept an eye on most people from High School that were
suspected Controllers. I think the Yeerks are still hiding out." I turned to Zoë. When she had
aligned herself with us, she had told us everything she knew about the Yeerks, but avoided
the question about her position in Visser One's command. "We've overheard a few Controllers
talking about you, and the price on your head placed by the Visser. Why would he be so
desperate to recapture you, not the free Hork-Bajir or the 'Andalite bandits'?"
Jara, Ket and Toby, who had appeared from the top of a tree, looked puzzled, while the other
Hork-Bajir were performing some sort of feeding ritual.
Zoë led us to the cave the Hork-Bajir had given her as a home. It was smaller than most
because only one person lived in it, but strangely comfy. When she had first been freed we
helped her bring down furniture from her home, as well as nonessentials. It was, despite the
fact that it was a cave, quite comfy.
She motioned for us to sit down. Then she told us a story...
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