htmlbodyA/N: My first songfic!!!! Yay!!!! *Smiles like an idiot* Umm….yeah……. Anyway, this is J/C, to the song "I Thought Our Love Would Be So Beautiful" by an author that I don't know…… so sue me, I was in the play Pocahontas a couple of months ago, and the girl who played Pocahontas and the guy who played John Smith had to sing it. I thought it applied. Cassie about Jake, and Jake about Cassie, in their separate rooms during Visser Three/One's trial. Could be considered a prequel to my other fic, The Contact. No need to read one to understand the other. Words in italics are actions. Anyway, here goes…. J/C forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Disclaimer: I do not own Animorphs, nor do I own the song. K. A. Applegate owns the series, and someone that's not me owns the song. I wish I owned Animorphs…..
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A/N: Hi, it's me again. When it switches to Jake, its just starting the guy's singing part of the song. The song really does repeat. And when it's about both of them, it's because that's the duet.
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I Thought Our Love Would Be So Beautiful
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ICassie is sitting on her bed in the hotel, head in her hands. She thinks back to earlier that day, when Jake screwed up in the trial. A single tear falls off her cheek as she thinks about the good times they shared together, and what her one true love has become./I
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"I thought our love would be so beautiful. Somehow we'd make the whole world cry."
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ICassie thinks about their landing, and the first news broadcasts about them. She thinks of all the questions she was asked later, about the Animorphs' relations to each other. There is one memory in particular, of someone asking if she ever had feelings for Jake./I
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"I thought our love would be so beautiful. We turned the darkness into light."
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ICassie remembers the first woman they saved, during their first mission into the Yeerk pool, and how they had celebrated afterwards./I
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"But still my heart is saying we were right…"
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ICassie remembers when he proposed to her, and starts to sob./I
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"If I never knew you, if I never felt this love, I would have no inkling of how precious life can be."
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IA bittersweet smile comes onto Cassie's face as she remembers their first kiss on the planet of the Yoort, and how they saved the skunk kits simply because she felt bad for them, and thought that they did not deserve to die because of the Yeerks.
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Jake comes into his room, dripping wet after being thrown into the ocean by Ax, Cassie, and Marco. He grabs a towel, and starts to berate himself once again for being so depressed, and once again blames himself for everything that had happened. Different faces, mostly Tom, Rachel, and Cassie, flash before his face. He falls onto the bed, emotionally exhausted. However, Cassie's face once again comes into his mind and stays there. He thinks of how if it weren't for Cassie, he would have lost his sanity so much sooner./I
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"I thought our love would be so beautiful. Somehow we'd make the whole world cry."
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IJake lies down and rests his head on the pillow, remembering how upset everybody had been when he could not save his own family, and how Cassie tried to comfort him./I
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"I thought our love would be so beautiful. We turned the darkness into light."
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IJake thinks of all the times she comforted him after he was upset over a big battle, or vice versa. Then, his mind turns to the strange universe he had been shown, in which he was dead, and Tobias was an Andalite nothlit, and Cassie was one of the leaders of the guerrilla fighters. After he chose love over life for the world, he came back from the nightmare./I
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"But still my heart is saying we were right…"
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IHe remembers proposing to her, and Cassie saying that they would wait a year before talking it over again.
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Jake stands up, looking off into the distance, and starts to sing. Although neither of them know it, Cassie is not very far away, echoing his words./I
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"If I never knew you, if I never felt this love, I would have no inkling of how precious life can be."
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ICassie sits straight, her eyes closed as thousands of sweet memories pass in front of her eyes. Jake holds his hands to his head as he thinks of the waste his life has become, but then he turns as he realizes that he at least has a life, unlike Rachel and Tom. Although he is upset at his "selfishness," he still remembers the good times with Cassie./I
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"If I never knew you, I would live this whole life through empty as the sky."
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IBoth Jake and Cassie think of how even though they saved the world, it would have meant nothing if they had not known each other. They had been fighting for the world, but also so that people like them could love each other, something which would not be possible if the Yeerks had succeeded. They know that the Animorphs won the war, but the battle the fought inside themselves to be completely happy./I
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"Never wondering why."
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IThey know that if they had not loved each other, they could not have beat the Yeerks, and would never have the chance to love, because they would be infested. They would never wonder about love, because their hearts would be hardened to hate after the entire race was taken over. Cassie stands up and faces into the distance, unknowing that she is facing toward Jake, who is facing her. Both sets of eyes are distant as they become completely still, thinking of the implications of what would have happened, had they not loved each other. Cassie's sobs have subsided, but both people have silent tears coursing down their cheeks./I
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"If I never knew you."
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IThey turn around, and are no longer facing each other. They do not know this, however, because they are still a distance apart in different buildings. Cassie starts to sing alone./I
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"I thought our love would be so beautiful."
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IShe stops, and Jake starts./I
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"Somehow we'd make the whole world cry."
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IA shudder racks his shoulders, and he tortures himself with memories of war again. Cassie joins in, and the next line is sung in unison./I
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"I thought our love would be so beautiful."
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IJake closes his eyes in agony, and stops singing. Cassie continues./I
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"We turned the darkness into light.
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IJake joins in again, and both of their voices quaver as they think of the life they might have shared together as they sing the next line./I
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"But still my heart is saying we were right…"
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IThey turn and face each other again, although both have tears shining in their eyes. Cassie, being extremely intuitive, senses that Jake is upset. She starts to go toward the door, but then stops and turns back. She continues to face him./I
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"If I never knew you, I would live this whole life through empty as the sky, never knowing why."
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ICassie falls onto her bed, crying her heart out, and Jake's eyes are dead. He is haunted by memories, yet Cassie's face shines through them all. He keeps telling himself he will try to make things right with her, but knows he never will take the initiative and try. He cannot believe he let her go. Cassie wishes he would take her back./I
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"If I never knew you."
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IThe song fades away, and Cassie cries herself to sleep. Jake eventually sits down, but the memories going through his head are horrible. He fixes his mind on her memory, and falls asleep. A tear glints in the corner of his eye./I
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A/N: Well, this was my first song fic, and only my second fic ever. How was it? Remember to r/r!!!! Also, remember to read my other story, The Contact, which is a continuation of #54, and could possibly be considered a sequel to this story. Now, I would just like to say that I think what KAA did at the end of the series was horrible, but I do respect her for it, and I both love and hate the ending at the same time. Just to let you know, I usually do not like angst, so this is an unusual story for me, and that is part of the reason why The Contact is a possible sequel: The Contact is happy!!!! Well, let me know what you think, and long live both Anicouples!!!!/body/html