Chapter 1
`Oh, I am sorry human.` She said quickly as she walked up to me. `I did not properly introduce myself. You may call me Aquaris.`
"Alright." I said quietly. "Why did you bring me here? Ever hear of R.I.P? Rest in peace, as in don't disturb?" I replied smoothly as she began to walk around me, circling me like a vulture does to its prey.
`We have a proposition for you.` She said in a powerful voice, dropping the gentle, humane voice that she had first spoken to me with. She stood in front of me and looked me in the eyes. `Without brother Crayak we are weak. We are not able to hold down our own people, we no longer have the power to protect them…or punish them.` She spoke with wisdom in her voice, but I could feel a hint of arrogance along with it. `Brother Crayak's departure greatly saddened us…` She said while looking into my eyes, looking through me for every thought and memory that I possessed. `We want you to help us get him back. You and your human friends have weakened him along with the help of the Ellimist but we can help you do so much more…` She stopped there purposely as I looked at her.
"What would be in it for me?" I asked, knowing the answer.
`Life.` She said quietly.
I wanted to say no, I knew that there was something else going on, something deeper than them wanting to get their "brother" Crayak back. I want to say no, I wanted to rest in peace, but I wanted to live so much more. The image of Tobias flying off out of his meadow, thinking he was all-alone. That was why I chose to help, I would fight Crayak for Tobias. "Alright." I said. "What do I do?"
`It's not just you that we need.` She said as she walked back to where she had first appeared. `If you are to bring brother Crayak back to us, we need all of Ellimist's champions, all six of them.` I didn't understand what she was saying at first but then it slowly dawned on me.
`Five humans, one Andalite, your timelines are sealed together for eternity , it shows that in every life you help Ellimist, you help the creature known as Toomin, you have been more than a thorn in Crayak's side. He is losing. And you are the only ones that can seal his fate and give him back to us.` It took a while for me to absorb all that information in, but when I did I was ready to talk details.
"Alright." I said quietly. "I will help you under one condition. Don't let them know who I am." She looked at me, surprised.
`Why not?` She obviously didn't understand humans, no matter how much she "studied" us, or watched over us.
"You can read my thoughts, why not just tell me?" I was beyond afraid, this was someone, something that was connected to Crayak, no way in hell I was going to bow down and just accept her rules and pretend like I didn't know she was reading my mind.
`They won't let you fight.` She finally said after a minute of silence.
"They won't let me complete the mission. Then you would have just lost it yourself." I said with my head down. I would be back, I wouldn't let Tobias live the life that I saw, no way I would let the only man, boy, bird that I ever loved live a life alone, apart, distant. This was going to be my pay back, I would get Tobias back and I would punish the creature that caused this all to happen. But before I would ever get Tobias I would win this battle, I would win the war and the creature known, as Crayak would wish that it had never been created.
`Then it's done.` The next thing I knew I was face down in a pile of dirt in a meadow.
"Ya, that's nice if you're all powerful and everything so you could have at least gave me a comfortable landing!" I screamed as I struggled to get up.
"Yo, weren't we just on The Rachel crashing to our slow painful death?" I knew that voice…I knew that familiar annoying, yet witty voice. I ran up to the top of the hill on the meadow and below me, I saw them. All five of them, Jake, Marco, Cassie, Ax, and Tobias in human form, I couldn't help but smile.
Cassie struggled to get up as I saw Jake looking at her, smiling. "Cassie?" He asked quietly as she wiped dirt off of her shirt and looked at him. It was the perfect moment.
"C'mon, go to her, tell her how much you missed her." I whispered as I saw Tobias get up and look around, the familiar squint in his eyes. I prayed that they wouldn't see me yet, I wanted Jake to tell Cassie, I probably knew how much he missed her more than he did!
I saw Jake getting ready to run up to her, Cassie doing the same when… "Hey, is someone up there?" Marco asked as I began to descend down the hill. Jake and Cassie followed Marco, Tobias and Ax over towards me. "Perfect timing Marco…" I said sarcastically.
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A/N: HI everyone!!!! Hope here and i'd just like to thank the little ppl...ya, that's gonna be my speace for my pultzer prize :) I'd like to thank Ali for putting up with my whining about how it sucks and for telling my my grammar stinkks and i don't know how to use "your" you're" and "their" and "they're" properly :)
