Jake's POV

Okay, this was a little weird. We were about to hit the Blade Ship as it was powering up its Dracon Beam, and then suddenly, there's this "Pop" sound in my head. The next thing you know, I'm back on Earth in the Humvee. The others were still knocked out, I was theonly person awake. 'Was that a dream?' I wondered.

"No, Jake, it was not." Said a familiar voice.

"Ellimist!" I yelled, as I recognized it. The background and the place I was in swirled and disappeared. I was in that weird white area in which I could see through myself, into myself and through others. The Ellimist appeared in his human disguise, I could see that it was a paler blue than before, I wonder why.

"Hello, Jake. It has been three years after you have last encountered me. And yet no years at all." The Ellimist said with courteously. I forced a smile.

"Yes, and it seemed your little scene had changed for the worse, Ellimist." I said, remembering the day we met him and the showing of the not-so-happy future, "Instead of Tobias, Rachel was killed, and the Yeerks surrendered."

The Ellimist chuckled, "Yes, you did, but as Cassie had said, that even I can't predict the Future. It was you who changed it for the better."

"That's right." Said another voice, a little on the soft spoken side. A human came from the left of the Ellimist's robe, although it was impossible for him to hide there. He looked like me somewhat when I was 16, with a few differences on the side. For example, he has narrowed earbrows, he had odd-looking glasses with a ruby tint, and had a couple pimples on his forehead. He had this odd spandex-like clothes on, that couldn't be seen through.But the main reason why he wasn't like me at all, was that he had no glimmer of light in his eyes, no sparkle at all. It was like he was dead and still living. "We meet again, Jake, leader of the Animorphs."

I took a few step back from him, a little worried, "Um, do I know you?"

"You're right, this body of mine is so not the one you were expecting. Here, let me fix that." The boy flexed out his arms and closed his eyes. FLASH! I had to turn away as a bright light enveloped the person. I turned to look to see that he was gone.

NOW DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? Said a voice strangely familiar, although not familiar at the same time. Old and young, male and female. A echo in my head. I realized whom this person was, the being in that dream I had that felt real.

"I'll never get used to do that, but back to business. It was no dream, Jake." The boy had reformed and sternly looked at me. "I had taken you away from the reality to one that the Yeerks have taken over. I am SH, a Reality Traveler, or in our terms, a Shurri. It was a test, a way to help you advance. It had become needed for you to recognize the point of his war in order to win." I nodded, I couldn't say anything because I believed the guy was nuts. "But however, even us have trouble with our equipment for reality molding. That is why after you left the EF's base, the trees went from blossoming to barren, and the problems of Tobias over and over flying overhead, when he was trapped in Andalite form. Not every race is perfect, we do have our flaws. The One, as you know now, is our enemy, as well as the Kelbrid. That is why we joined forces with the Ellimist, to fight back."

I understood, but the main question was, where was Ax?

"Your friend? He's in the jeep, sleeping, along with Tobias and Marco." The person called SH said, as he opened up a transparent window. I looked through, and saw me, Marco, Tobias, and Ax laying in the Humvee fast asleep in the desert. "With our technology, we were able to split the Andalite and the One apart, and then transport you guys back to where you were going to board the Andalite ship. This has happened several times before, including when the Skrit Na abducts your people."

"Amazing." I said, a little confused, "Now, can I go back now? It's a little cold in there."

SH frowned and I noticed he was wearing shorts, "Really? I haven't noticed."

"You are free to leave now, Jake, the One will be taken care of." Said the Ellimist, as he waved his hand at me, and I disappeared, back to my semi-normal life, not knowing why I was there in the desert in the first place..



The One's POV

I watched as my loyal armies of Kelbrid walked through the Z-Space rift with courage. Their destination: Earth. I met little or no resistance against this. Plain and simple, the treaty only indicated ANDALITE space. It said nothing about attacking Earth. "You are free to kill as many Andalites as you wish, as well as the humans." I said, and the Kelbrid cheered in the guttural tone, "However, there is two small catches, bring me Prince Aximilli and Jake Bereson to me, and you do whatever you like with the planets population." The Kelbrid roared, slapping the ground with their whip-like arms, creating deep slashes from their thick claws. Earth will not be able to defend itself, and the Andalite will be mine. As well as a certain Yeerk I planned to free as my general….