This interlude is for AniWriter, who is a completely different entity from PortalKeeper87.

Chapter Seven ~ And The Rest Is Silence (Interlude)

(Ax's thoughts)

A/N: There is general incoherence in this chapter. You have been warned!

Damn them. Damn them all. Who do they think they are, they think they can control me? They don't know me. No one does. Not even Tobias. They pity me, sure, but while they're patting me on the shoulder they're all, You've been strange lately, and what's that around your neck? What business is it of theirs? The Ellimist wanted me to have it, not them. Why should I share it? It's not like they've ever shared anything with me.

And basketball. Just because I have a talent, they get all suspicious and decide that it can't be my own skill, no, Ax is a dumb Andalite who can't throw a ball to save his life. Of course the skill must come from the evil necklace. Have they nothing better to do than to analyse my life, pick it apart? Well, the semblance of a life I have now, anyway. Damn them.

Cassie. She thinks she's a goddess. Just because she can read some people. She thinks she can tell what I'm feeling. How could she know? It's not like she's been through the same things I have. The first sign of something scary, and she scampers like a coward. Which I'm sure she is. I was born to a war, I know what I'm doing!

And Marco, ah, Marco. He thinks I'm harsh?! Has he looked at himself in the mirror lately? A boy who would write off the entire human race for his mother? He doesn't see the big picture. We're all pawns, in one way or another. Like Erek. Millennia old and never thinks for himself. Always blending into the background, being normal.

I'm not normal. Why should I pretend to be?

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Don't worry, no writer's block. Just school, which is almost as deadly.

Please note I will be starting a mailing list for people who wish to be notified of new chapters, as they are quite rare, and irregular. If you want to be includedin the mailing list, please leave your email address in the review and I'll get back to you. That way you won't have to keep checking ff.net!

The Credits:

sirius --- Quoi?!?! Um, yes, hellooooo, sirius… And if you like Harry Potter I have a couple of HP stories… *g* more two-way advertising.

Meeeeeeeeeee --- Er… okay. Maybe.

AniWriter --- I am thinking of starting a mailing list. If you're interested, give me your email address in your review and I'll put you in it. You may like to know that I'm going on holiday, and so there won't be any chapters for a while. I'll email you when I post new chapters, okay?

Momo Claus --- Hey! I remember you! The Ellimist is not my favourite character either, but no one else has the semi-phenomenal cosmic powers that he has. And no, I will NOT be doing an Aladdin crossover.

silver dragon --- Yes, okay.

AnyAmy --- Yes. Only the most deserving reviewers get chapter dedications. So far only you, Portalkeeper87, and AniWriter are really deserving. No, your threats do not sway me! Ha! *chuckles insanely* But again, the mailing list thing applies.

Keep rocking!!

(I haven't said that for ages…)