I don't own nuthin' but Fiona, so don't sue. Also, the idea for the wiggly food came from Blue Dragon's story, but I can't remember its name. Thanks!
The next few days were uneventful. Same old, same old. More movies, gymnastics, cards, pool, etc. Tobias and I shared some more talks and kisses, and Cassie and I caught up with each other even more. Finally, on the ninth day of our trip, Ax announced we had just exited zero-space.
"Oh, good," said Jake. "How long will it be until we get to the Andalite homeworld, Ax?"
"Hold on one moment while I look at our location on the map," Ax replied. After some thought, he told us, "Two of your days."
Marco just sighed. We were all getting in low spirits. I felt like cheering everyone up, so Tobias and I whipped up a delicious dinner from the frozen and canned stuff we had brought along. Tobias wasn't a great cook at first, but by the time we were finished, he was pretty good. I even taught him how to bake; we made pineapple upside-down cake. Yum! Everyone appreciated our cooking, especially Ax.
"Thank you, Rachel and Tobias. This dinner is delicious."
"You're welcome."
"Mmm," murmured Marco.
"Getting Marco's seal of approval is my main goal in life," I joked.
After dinner, Jake called a "meeting".
"We'll be arriving on my homeworld in two days, like Ax said. We need to work out the details of our plans." And so we schemed for hours.
***
Two more days passed. Eventually, Cassie spotted the Andalite homeworld. Ax sent out a message to somebody there, at a landing pad or something, to get clearance to land. We got the okay; landing was full of anticipation. Tobias morphed human.
said a harried-looking Andalite male.
I was on Earth, enjoying the cuisine. Marco—Ax gestured to him This was a lie, of course. However, Ax had arranged it with a top-ranking Andalite for that to be his cover story. Menderash, one of the people on Jake's ship, was dead, as was everyone else that had been with Ax when they had stumbled upon the Blade ship. Hopefully, nobody could prove otherwise.
He looked flustered.
"That's because I am. I was never dead. My 'death' was all a set-up; I can't answer any questions because it involves a mission we're involved in right now. Sorry. Oh, and please, don't tell anyone that I'm here and alive, unless they find out themselves."
The Andalite hurried into a structure, presumably to find out where we could stay. He still seemed flustered, and now surprised.
I must tell my parents I am back,Ax told us.
"Yes," Tobias said firmly.
Ax walked to the building, poking his head inside and telling someone that we were going to his home. He came back and we started walking. Soon, we arrived at a similar structure, this one seemingly painted yellow. It looked like a home.
called Ax. He stepped inside and invited us in.
exclaimed a female Andalite. Her weak arms embraced Ax, a human custom.
asked a male Andalite. He looked friendly but concerned.
asked Ax's mother.
"Um, okay, I think I can trust your parents, Ax." So I explained everything to Ax's mom and dad.
said Ax's mom. She led us inside the strange building. Only mothers seem to think you always need something more to eat whenever THEY'RE the ones who are disturbed or puzzled.
said Ax's father. I am Elitharat-Yaminut-Kaplin. Call me Elitherat.
offered Ax's mother, shaking our hands.
Elitherat looked at his wife with what I interpreted to be fondness.
That explained the way the building was decorated. There were human tables, adjusted for height for the Andalite body. Laura dragged some chairs in from a different room, handling them surprisingly well for an Andalite. We sat down.
We introduced ourselves. When it was Tobias's turn, he said simply, "I'm Tobias. Elfangor's son."
Laura gasped.
questioned Elitherat.
I am a nothlit, a hawk. A powerful being, the Ellimist, gave me back the ability to morph, and my old body as a morph. Tobias demorphed to hawk.
Ax added,
said Elitherat. Wow. This family was accepting. And that was the end of that.
Interesting, foreign food was given to us. "Dude, what is this?" questioned Marco.
Ax told him.
The food under discussion looked like sunburst-yellow, short linguine. However, there was something really weird about it. It wiggled on its own. Back and forth. Back and forth.
"Ew," I said, then clapped my hand over my mouth. "Oops! I'm sorry."
No utensils being provided, Cassie picked one up. She nervously stuck it in her mouth and chewed. "Mmm, this is really delicious. It tastes like a mixture of lemon sugar cookies and licorice, but in a good way," she said.
I tried one. It really was yummy. Elitherat brought another plateful and we gobbled them up.
My cousin thanked Laura and Elitherat, then said we had to be going and we'd stop by later. Ax escorted us to the building that the first Andalite had gone into. Inside, it looked office-like, and we filed through a doorway-like hole to a back room where that Andalite was.
I have, my Prince, Grinlet replied. He and Ax conversed for a bit while I tuned them out and glanced around. The furniture was sparse and exotic, the walls a mud color, but it seemed warm and friendly. There were movies playing in what looked like picture frames all around. No, actually, they were more like moving pictures that played their little routine over and over again. Curious. They were of different Andalites giving speeches. The sound was concentrated somehow, so depending on which one you faced, you heard different sounds. I watched one that was about preserving some sort of a historic site.
said Ax. —a dreamy look crossed his face—
"Let's go," decided Jake.
We left, following Ax out the "door" and walking a short way to a road. There was a single line down the middle; on each side of the line was a lane on which regular cars and Andalite vehicles were traveling. The cars contained the occasional human, but mostly Andalites were inside. I don't know how the fit. Maybe the interiors were designed differently than those on Earth. The Andalite vehicles hovered just above the pavement. They were very similar to cars besides that fact. On one side of the road was a sidewalk crowded with Andalites and the rare human. We must have been in a major city. So many 'people'. So little space. I felt a little bit claustrophobic, but at the same time loved the excitement and bustle. There were little tourist shops and large stores lining the sidewalk. We walked a little farther, coming to a gorgeous skyscraper. In big letters on the second story wall, it said "The Heavenly Hotel". Underneath were Cinnabon and Burger King, just as Ax said, and a magnificent door in between the two eateries. Ax led us inside the magnificent door. Inside, it looked just like the fancy hotels my father stayed in when he came to visit. An elegant lobby, a doorman, a secretary who took our names and told us where to go. He rung the bell. As a result, a bellhop appeared. He drove a golf cart-like vehicle. he asked, surprised.
"It's back at our ship," explained Jake.
The bellhop jumped out of the cart, glancing at us, especially me, often. He must have been wondering who I was and why I resembled the pictures of Rachel Berenson he had seen.Then he lead us to an elevator, in which we rode up to the seventeenth story. Our rooms were so chic, and the dinner that we had shortly was delicious. I was in love with this hotel!
After dinner, we went back for our luggage. It was so cumbersome. I almost wished I hadn't packed so much. The bellhop looked puzzled when I put my luggage in the same room as Cassie's, while Jake and Marco took a room together, etc. Oops. All of us were supposed to be married. "Oh, we're just storing our bags in any old room until we get them sorted out," I explained to the bellhop. He looked satisfied with that answer, though interpreting Andalite expressions was still hard.
"Thanks, man," said Marco. "We're all settled in, you can go now."
I am not a man. I am an Andalite.
"Never mind, okay?" When the bellhop left, Marco said under his breath to Jake, "Jeez. ALL Andalites take everything so literally, not just Ax."
inquired Ax.
"Uh-uh. We were talking about . . . something else."
"Guys, c'm'ere a minute," Cassie ordered. We followed her into one of the hotel rooms. "We forgot something when we put our suitcases around. We're supposed to be married here. What do we do?"
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BWA HA HA, a cliffhanger ending . . . LOL . . . not the most exciting one, but oh well . . . Guyz, I'm kinda stuck on the next chapter. I haven't written a word of it but I have no ideas. O Skilled Fanfiction Writers—help! REVIEW! (Or e-mail me at angel_of_cloud9@yahoo.com.) Thanks!
The next few days were uneventful. Same old, same old. More movies, gymnastics, cards, pool, etc. Tobias and I shared some more talks and kisses, and Cassie and I caught up with each other even more. Finally, on the ninth day of our trip, Ax announced we had just exited zero-space.
"Oh, good," said Jake. "How long will it be until we get to the Andalite homeworld, Ax?"
"Hold on one moment while I look at our location on the map," Ax replied. After some thought, he told us, "Two of your days."
Marco just sighed. We were all getting in low spirits. I felt like cheering everyone up, so Tobias and I whipped up a delicious dinner from the frozen and canned stuff we had brought along. Tobias wasn't a great cook at first, but by the time we were finished, he was pretty good. I even taught him how to bake; we made pineapple upside-down cake. Yum! Everyone appreciated our cooking, especially Ax.
"Thank you, Rachel and Tobias. This dinner is delicious."
"You're welcome."
"Mmm," murmured Marco.
"Getting Marco's seal of approval is my main goal in life," I joked.
After dinner, Jake called a "meeting".
"We'll be arriving on my homeworld in two days, like Ax said. We need to work out the details of our plans." And so we schemed for hours.
***
Two more days passed. Eventually, Cassie spotted the Andalite homeworld. Ax sent out a message to somebody there, at a landing pad or something, to get clearance to land. We got the okay; landing was full of anticipation. Tobias morphed human.
said a harried-looking Andalite male.
I was on Earth, enjoying the cuisine. Marco—Ax gestured to him This was a lie, of course. However, Ax had arranged it with a top-ranking Andalite for that to be his cover story. Menderash, one of the people on Jake's ship, was dead, as was everyone else that had been with Ax when they had stumbled upon the Blade ship. Hopefully, nobody could prove otherwise.
He looked flustered.
"That's because I am. I was never dead. My 'death' was all a set-up; I can't answer any questions because it involves a mission we're involved in right now. Sorry. Oh, and please, don't tell anyone that I'm here and alive, unless they find out themselves."
The Andalite hurried into a structure, presumably to find out where we could stay. He still seemed flustered, and now surprised.
I must tell my parents I am back,Ax told us.
"Yes," Tobias said firmly.
Ax walked to the building, poking his head inside and telling someone that we were going to his home. He came back and we started walking. Soon, we arrived at a similar structure, this one seemingly painted yellow. It looked like a home.
called Ax. He stepped inside and invited us in.
exclaimed a female Andalite. Her weak arms embraced Ax, a human custom.
asked a male Andalite. He looked friendly but concerned.
asked Ax's mother.
"Um, okay, I think I can trust your parents, Ax." So I explained everything to Ax's mom and dad.
said Ax's mom. She led us inside the strange building. Only mothers seem to think you always need something more to eat whenever THEY'RE the ones who are disturbed or puzzled.
said Ax's father. I am Elitharat-Yaminut-Kaplin. Call me Elitherat.
offered Ax's mother, shaking our hands.
Elitherat looked at his wife with what I interpreted to be fondness.
That explained the way the building was decorated. There were human tables, adjusted for height for the Andalite body. Laura dragged some chairs in from a different room, handling them surprisingly well for an Andalite. We sat down.
We introduced ourselves. When it was Tobias's turn, he said simply, "I'm Tobias. Elfangor's son."
Laura gasped.
questioned Elitherat.
I am a nothlit, a hawk. A powerful being, the Ellimist, gave me back the ability to morph, and my old body as a morph. Tobias demorphed to hawk.
Ax added,
said Elitherat. Wow. This family was accepting. And that was the end of that.
Interesting, foreign food was given to us. "Dude, what is this?" questioned Marco.
Ax told him.
The food under discussion looked like sunburst-yellow, short linguine. However, there was something really weird about it. It wiggled on its own. Back and forth. Back and forth.
"Ew," I said, then clapped my hand over my mouth. "Oops! I'm sorry."
No utensils being provided, Cassie picked one up. She nervously stuck it in her mouth and chewed. "Mmm, this is really delicious. It tastes like a mixture of lemon sugar cookies and licorice, but in a good way," she said.
I tried one. It really was yummy. Elitherat brought another plateful and we gobbled them up.
My cousin thanked Laura and Elitherat, then said we had to be going and we'd stop by later. Ax escorted us to the building that the first Andalite had gone into. Inside, it looked office-like, and we filed through a doorway-like hole to a back room where that Andalite was.
I have, my Prince, Grinlet replied. He and Ax conversed for a bit while I tuned them out and glanced around. The furniture was sparse and exotic, the walls a mud color, but it seemed warm and friendly. There were movies playing in what looked like picture frames all around. No, actually, they were more like moving pictures that played their little routine over and over again. Curious. They were of different Andalites giving speeches. The sound was concentrated somehow, so depending on which one you faced, you heard different sounds. I watched one that was about preserving some sort of a historic site.
said Ax. —a dreamy look crossed his face—
"Let's go," decided Jake.
We left, following Ax out the "door" and walking a short way to a road. There was a single line down the middle; on each side of the line was a lane on which regular cars and Andalite vehicles were traveling. The cars contained the occasional human, but mostly Andalites were inside. I don't know how the fit. Maybe the interiors were designed differently than those on Earth. The Andalite vehicles hovered just above the pavement. They were very similar to cars besides that fact. On one side of the road was a sidewalk crowded with Andalites and the rare human. We must have been in a major city. So many 'people'. So little space. I felt a little bit claustrophobic, but at the same time loved the excitement and bustle. There were little tourist shops and large stores lining the sidewalk. We walked a little farther, coming to a gorgeous skyscraper. In big letters on the second story wall, it said "The Heavenly Hotel". Underneath were Cinnabon and Burger King, just as Ax said, and a magnificent door in between the two eateries. Ax led us inside the magnificent door. Inside, it looked just like the fancy hotels my father stayed in when he came to visit. An elegant lobby, a doorman, a secretary who took our names and told us where to go. He rung the bell. As a result, a bellhop appeared. He drove a golf cart-like vehicle. he asked, surprised.
"It's back at our ship," explained Jake.
The bellhop jumped out of the cart, glancing at us, especially me, often. He must have been wondering who I was and why I resembled the pictures of Rachel Berenson he had seen.Then he lead us to an elevator, in which we rode up to the seventeenth story. Our rooms were so chic, and the dinner that we had shortly was delicious. I was in love with this hotel!
After dinner, we went back for our luggage. It was so cumbersome. I almost wished I hadn't packed so much. The bellhop looked puzzled when I put my luggage in the same room as Cassie's, while Jake and Marco took a room together, etc. Oops. All of us were supposed to be married. "Oh, we're just storing our bags in any old room until we get them sorted out," I explained to the bellhop. He looked satisfied with that answer, though interpreting Andalite expressions was still hard.
"Thanks, man," said Marco. "We're all settled in, you can go now."
I am not a man. I am an Andalite.
"Never mind, okay?" When the bellhop left, Marco said under his breath to Jake, "Jeez. ALL Andalites take everything so literally, not just Ax."
inquired Ax.
"Uh-uh. We were talking about . . . something else."
"Guys, c'm'ere a minute," Cassie ordered. We followed her into one of the hotel rooms. "We forgot something when we put our suitcases around. We're supposed to be married here. What do we do?"
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BWA HA HA, a cliffhanger ending . . . LOL . . . not the most exciting one, but oh well . . . Guyz, I'm kinda stuck on the next chapter. I haven't written a word of it but I have no ideas. O Skilled Fanfiction Writers—help! REVIEW! (Or e-mail me at angel_of_cloud9@yahoo.com.) Thanks!