Ahh.next chapter! I wonder how long that was. Well, here it is. So enjoy
reading.(I think.)
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Steadying myself on the ground I glanced down once more, the empty never ending darkness, it was something I would never get used to, no matter how many millions of years I was imprisoned here.
Cassie, I just knew it was and I didn't need proof. It was instinct, intuition, whatever. That line belonged to Cassie.
But what was I supposed to do? I had found her, but what did I want? I had wanted answers, conclusions, suggestions and advice. Could Cassie really provide me all this information? And where were the others? My mind strained with the stress and tension. I grew almost to the point of anger then I relaxed. I dropped again and stared at the blank emptiness. I would do what the Ellimist did, I decided. The knowledge he gave me, it would know what to do.
Without anymore strength or thought, I glanced down at my form as it flickered for a second, like a candle. Then I was in Cassie's barn.
"Cassie?" my voice echoed though the barn. Memories flooded me, images of us talking, joking and relieved after a victorious battle. Moments where tension and fear filled every damp and dusty corner as we discussed and planned our next mission. "Cassie?"
"Coming!" A voice sounded from the inside of the house. But when the door of the barn open, a young woman opened the door, she was dressed down but was quite pretty. It suddenly occurred to me just how many years had past since the last.But the girl, Cassie, she took one look at me and staggered back. She was breathing hard and balancing herself on a cage of scampering raccoons. "Who're you? No."
"Cassie? What's wrong? It just me." I faltered. It wasn't just me, even I had realized that something had changed, something had happened, we all were different.
"Who are you?" she repeated, colour was returning to her formerly flushed cheeks and her breathing was no longer fast and ragged.
"You can't just not recognise me? It's me, even though we've changed, it's still me here. Rachel." I suddenly realized I was persuading, almost begging, and not only to Cassie. I was telling myself.
"Rachel?" At first she looked alarmed, but it disappeared so quickly I'm sure I probably imagined it, the next second, the girl I once knew as Cassie, my best friend, had fallen back onto the cages and was whimpering. "No.not Rachel.gone.all." The face of a young girl suddenly shone through, the face I once knew as the innocent and naïve Cassie. She was pleading.
"Cassie, you must believe me. It's me.please. Don't you remember? The Animorphs, Cassie.you have to remember." Now it was my turn to be alarmed, she couldn't have forgotten, could she? The Ellimist never would have done this, to erase my past and knowledge.
"I haven't forgotten, I never could forget. The battles.the screams.the blood. Memories of war cannot be wiped away no matter how faded they have become." Cassie's voice was steady and betrayed no emotion. Once again, she sounded like the woman she had become.
I finally understood what had changed, why the distance between us had grown, why similarities seemed so distant. It wasn't because we had forgotten the past or because I had not been around. It was because Cassie had grown up over the years and I hadn't. Inside, I still was the young, ignorant child. Harsh, arrogant and naïve. Cassie had come to realize that change was necessary. She had grown up and her beliefs and thoughts had differed. When would I?
Sighing, I sat down on a bale of hay. "Cassie, you need to understand. This is me, I'm Rachel. The Ellimist, he.its just all messed up. I just need you to believe me, please Cassie."
Her dark eyes stared at me intently for a few moments, finally she let her gaze relax. "I believe you Rachel, I believe the Ellimist. Now, what happened?"
"I was hoping you could tell me. I.I don't remember anything. Just that there was a bear, a white bear.and a snake.and." I scratched my head and gave a small smile, "I really don't know."
She nodded, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. "It's been a long time Rachel. You left us.you died. We all witnessed the incident. There had been a bear and a snake. Jake." Cassie's voice quivered, "Jake, he ordered.he asked you to kill his b- the kill Tom. You died.you were killed in the battle. The others.Ax, he was reported missing and the others went on a search mission. They never returned." She looked up, and I could see the pain in her eyes.
I realized I was breathing hard, the shock was too much to absorb at once. If I had died, then what was I doing here? How would I still be able to come here? Why weren't the others with me? But I knew the answer. The Ellimist, anything out of the ordinary had always involved him and his meddlings, anything that didn't seem to make sense.
"Does the Ellimist have anything to do with this?" Cassie said, as if reading my mind. I nodded. "He told me it was me who was to take his place in the universe. That the battle was now mine."
Cassie looked at me, straight in the eye. "Then, you should listen to what he is telling you. I have already told you what I know so you should go now. This is my past, it is over, but this is your present, it is for you to learn." With that she walked past me, picked up a bucket and headed back for the door. But as she opened is, she turned back. The smiling face of Cassie, the child, looked at me, compassion shining in her dark eyes. "I'll never forget you, Rachel, whatever happens." Then she left.
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well, at least it's longer than the other one. Is it ok? let me know.ok, ok I wont say it.
*~*
Steadying myself on the ground I glanced down once more, the empty never ending darkness, it was something I would never get used to, no matter how many millions of years I was imprisoned here.
Cassie, I just knew it was and I didn't need proof. It was instinct, intuition, whatever. That line belonged to Cassie.
But what was I supposed to do? I had found her, but what did I want? I had wanted answers, conclusions, suggestions and advice. Could Cassie really provide me all this information? And where were the others? My mind strained with the stress and tension. I grew almost to the point of anger then I relaxed. I dropped again and stared at the blank emptiness. I would do what the Ellimist did, I decided. The knowledge he gave me, it would know what to do.
Without anymore strength or thought, I glanced down at my form as it flickered for a second, like a candle. Then I was in Cassie's barn.
"Cassie?" my voice echoed though the barn. Memories flooded me, images of us talking, joking and relieved after a victorious battle. Moments where tension and fear filled every damp and dusty corner as we discussed and planned our next mission. "Cassie?"
"Coming!" A voice sounded from the inside of the house. But when the door of the barn open, a young woman opened the door, she was dressed down but was quite pretty. It suddenly occurred to me just how many years had past since the last.But the girl, Cassie, she took one look at me and staggered back. She was breathing hard and balancing herself on a cage of scampering raccoons. "Who're you? No."
"Cassie? What's wrong? It just me." I faltered. It wasn't just me, even I had realized that something had changed, something had happened, we all were different.
"Who are you?" she repeated, colour was returning to her formerly flushed cheeks and her breathing was no longer fast and ragged.
"You can't just not recognise me? It's me, even though we've changed, it's still me here. Rachel." I suddenly realized I was persuading, almost begging, and not only to Cassie. I was telling myself.
"Rachel?" At first she looked alarmed, but it disappeared so quickly I'm sure I probably imagined it, the next second, the girl I once knew as Cassie, my best friend, had fallen back onto the cages and was whimpering. "No.not Rachel.gone.all." The face of a young girl suddenly shone through, the face I once knew as the innocent and naïve Cassie. She was pleading.
"Cassie, you must believe me. It's me.please. Don't you remember? The Animorphs, Cassie.you have to remember." Now it was my turn to be alarmed, she couldn't have forgotten, could she? The Ellimist never would have done this, to erase my past and knowledge.
"I haven't forgotten, I never could forget. The battles.the screams.the blood. Memories of war cannot be wiped away no matter how faded they have become." Cassie's voice was steady and betrayed no emotion. Once again, she sounded like the woman she had become.
I finally understood what had changed, why the distance between us had grown, why similarities seemed so distant. It wasn't because we had forgotten the past or because I had not been around. It was because Cassie had grown up over the years and I hadn't. Inside, I still was the young, ignorant child. Harsh, arrogant and naïve. Cassie had come to realize that change was necessary. She had grown up and her beliefs and thoughts had differed. When would I?
Sighing, I sat down on a bale of hay. "Cassie, you need to understand. This is me, I'm Rachel. The Ellimist, he.its just all messed up. I just need you to believe me, please Cassie."
Her dark eyes stared at me intently for a few moments, finally she let her gaze relax. "I believe you Rachel, I believe the Ellimist. Now, what happened?"
"I was hoping you could tell me. I.I don't remember anything. Just that there was a bear, a white bear.and a snake.and." I scratched my head and gave a small smile, "I really don't know."
She nodded, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. "It's been a long time Rachel. You left us.you died. We all witnessed the incident. There had been a bear and a snake. Jake." Cassie's voice quivered, "Jake, he ordered.he asked you to kill his b- the kill Tom. You died.you were killed in the battle. The others.Ax, he was reported missing and the others went on a search mission. They never returned." She looked up, and I could see the pain in her eyes.
I realized I was breathing hard, the shock was too much to absorb at once. If I had died, then what was I doing here? How would I still be able to come here? Why weren't the others with me? But I knew the answer. The Ellimist, anything out of the ordinary had always involved him and his meddlings, anything that didn't seem to make sense.
"Does the Ellimist have anything to do with this?" Cassie said, as if reading my mind. I nodded. "He told me it was me who was to take his place in the universe. That the battle was now mine."
Cassie looked at me, straight in the eye. "Then, you should listen to what he is telling you. I have already told you what I know so you should go now. This is my past, it is over, but this is your present, it is for you to learn." With that she walked past me, picked up a bucket and headed back for the door. But as she opened is, she turned back. The smiling face of Cassie, the child, looked at me, compassion shining in her dark eyes. "I'll never forget you, Rachel, whatever happens." Then she left.
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well, at least it's longer than the other one. Is it ok? let me know.ok, ok I wont say it.
