Disclaimer: You know what? I'm really sick of disclaimers. Animorphs are owned by KA Applegate and Daughters of the Moon are owned by Lynne Ewing

A/N: To all the readers of this story who don't read Daughters of the Moon, here is where you find out about the characters.

1 Chapter Three

"Weird," I muttered, staring ahead.

"What?" Cassie slammed her locker door shut.

"It's those five girls. They've been staring at me and always being in the same place as me all week."

"I think you're just being paranoid over this whole Maggie thing," Cassie said calmly. I still wasn't convinced.

"Who are they?" I wondered aloud.

Suddenly Marco came up behind us. "Hello? They are only the most popular girls in school. Man, am I the only one who still manages to keep up with my social life?"

"What social life?" I teased, "No seriously. Who are they?"

"The blonde one is Vanessa Cleveland. The one next to her is her best friend Catty. The punk girl with all the piercings and the red streaks in her hair is Serena Killingsworth, and the one with the tattoos is her best friend, Jimena. The last one is Tianna Moore. Wow, it sucks that she is dating that guy Derek. I think she is even more gorgeous than Marian."

Marco was actually right. All of the girls seemed to be inhumanly pretty.

"Marco, you never had a chance with Marian. She had better taste than that," I joked.

"Ha ha. Look, I'm gonna be late for nap time. I mean class. See ya." He smiled his usual smile then turned and walked away.

"Yeah, Rachel. I'm going to be late for first period. Try not to worry about this whole thing, okay? It's probably nothing," Cassie said, and put a comforting hand on my shoulder. She then half walked, half ran down the hall to class.

I was about to leave too when suddenly, the girl Marco had called Serena gasped, her eyes widened in an expression of surprise. She turned quickly and whispered something to the other girls. They all stared at me, then spun around and walked away, realizing I had seen them.

Now I wasn't worried. I was angry. Who did these girls think they were to whisper about me behind my back? And stare at me like some kind of zoo animal? And-

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

The warning bell for first period cut off my thoughts and I ran to class.

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I was off in my own little world for most of English. I didn't snap back to reality until I heard a familiar voice in my head.

Hey Rachel. What's the matter? Can't remember the 'I before E rule'? Tobias. I glanced out the window and sure enough, there was a red tailed hawk sitting calmly on a branch outside.

I pulled out my notebook, and while pretending to take notes on similes and metaphors, I scribbled: Hey Tobias. Wanna go flying after school?

Sure. I was just gonna ask you that. Ax and I found some stuff on Maggie.

Ok, cool. I'll meet you by the dumpster in the back of the school at 3:10.

All right. See ya then. The red tailed hawk, better known as Tobias, preened a feather, hopped off the branch, and flew away.

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As soon as the last bell rang, I was up and out of there. I walked inconspicuously to where the buses waited to take kids home to their weekend of freedom.

Walking around all the kids and teachers, I made my way to the dumpster. Tobias was perched on the edge of it, nibbling on what looked unpleasantly like a mouse-tail.

Hey Rachel. Sorry for the rodent munching. I didn't have lunch yet today. Tobias apologized. I couldn't answer him in fear that someone would see me and think I was insane.

When all the kids were on busses and the busses were pulling away, I stuffed my outer clothing into my backpack and stood in my morphing suit. Then I concentrated on the eagle and felt the changes begin. In about a minute I was fully morphed, and Tobias and I took off. Literally.

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A/N: If anyone is actually reading this, I bet you're really anxious to know about Maggie. Don't worry it's coming up. And while you're waiting how about you click that 'submit review' button and review? Thanx.