Disclaimer: K. A. Applegate is queen. I am not. Everyone except Erilase-
Petori-Winya and the Bloyd family belongs to her.
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The news hit me hard.
My father's ex girlfriend. Now that had to be irony. I stared at her. She was graceful, beautiful, even. Fit for Elfangor. Damn it. I liked thinking that Elfangor had only one love. My mother. I mean, it took real love to become a nothlit in a 'weak human body' and marry a human, much less have a son. Didn't it?
I had a feeling this ex girlfriend wasn't going to like me much.
Now that I have demorphed, will you? Erin asked, stalk eyes glaring at Jake.
"We're sorry." Cassie stepped out before Marco could stop her. Now Jake was really going to explode. "We simply had to be sure that you could be trusted. Now that we know..."
Now that you know, you still hide in your weak human morphs? Erin asked.
They aren't morphs. Ax said.
What? Erin looked flabbergasted. How can this be?
"Elfangor gave us the power to morph." Cassie explained. She spread out her hands, a gesture of peace.
He violated our law? Aximili, explain this to me, I don't understand. Erin looked to Ax, confused.
He had no choice, Erilase. Aximili sighed. Elfangor wanted Earth to have some defence while our Andalite forces could not come. Jake swooped down onto the grass. He quickly demorphed and motioned Marco to do the same. Rachel demorphed too and let me perch on her shoulder while she walked forward. We stood in a semicircle around Ax and Erin, staring.
We were two different species from two different planets. Linked by the power to morph, and Elfangor. I fixed my eyes on Erin and she stared back at me.
And this. He does not demorph, but chooses to remain hidden. Why? She asked, meaning me.
He cannot demorph. Ax said. He is a nothlit, trapped in the body of a hawk.
You have my respect. Erin did a little bow. Who is your prince?
Prince Jake. Ax indicated Jake.
"Don't call me prince." Jake said automatically.
This is Cassie, Marco, Rachel, and Tobias. Ax looked uncomfortable. Tobias is Elfangor's son.
Erin took this is slowly. She blinked a few times and stared at me in silence. After a while, I realised she was actually glaring at me. You are Prince Elfangor's human child. She said. I shifted awkwardly. Rachel winced in pain. I forgot my talons were digging into her skin. The spawn of his relationship with that human girl!
"Spawn. Isn't that the evil thing that chases spiderman around? Tobias, I knew you were evil!" Marco joked. Not a very good joke. No one laughed. I certainly didn't feel like laughing.
I knew there was a reason Prince Elfangor refused to forget that human. And you were the reason! Erin looked really, really angry.
"Ever think the reason might have been love?" Rachel asked defensively.
Love? Prince Elfangor loved me before he left for Earth! Erin cried. Aximili! Where is your brother? I must find out the truth. I must know if he loved me, or that human!
Erilase... Ax sighed. My brother... He is dead.
I had never seen so much grief.
No... Erin staggered back. Her tail dropped to the ground heavily. She covered her face with her hands. As her skin started to become tan- coloured, I realised she was morphing. As soon as her mouth developed, we heard rasping, heart wrenching sobs. She collapsed to the ground, the tears forming in her eyes. She was weeping!
Cassie went forward and knelt by her side. She put an arm around Erin's should and made soothing sounds. Erin sobbed. Her face was contracted in so much pain. Ax stepped away in embarressment. The rest of us stared, unable to look away at the Andalite who had chosen to morph into a human form, one she considered weak, when she was in pain. I watched a tear roll down her cheek and splash onto the grass.
Erin had morphed into a human girl to cry.
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The news hit me hard.
My father's ex girlfriend. Now that had to be irony. I stared at her. She was graceful, beautiful, even. Fit for Elfangor. Damn it. I liked thinking that Elfangor had only one love. My mother. I mean, it took real love to become a nothlit in a 'weak human body' and marry a human, much less have a son. Didn't it?
I had a feeling this ex girlfriend wasn't going to like me much.
Now that I have demorphed, will you? Erin asked, stalk eyes glaring at Jake.
"We're sorry." Cassie stepped out before Marco could stop her. Now Jake was really going to explode. "We simply had to be sure that you could be trusted. Now that we know..."
Now that you know, you still hide in your weak human morphs? Erin asked.
They aren't morphs. Ax said.
What? Erin looked flabbergasted. How can this be?
"Elfangor gave us the power to morph." Cassie explained. She spread out her hands, a gesture of peace.
He violated our law? Aximili, explain this to me, I don't understand. Erin looked to Ax, confused.
He had no choice, Erilase. Aximili sighed. Elfangor wanted Earth to have some defence while our Andalite forces could not come. Jake swooped down onto the grass. He quickly demorphed and motioned Marco to do the same. Rachel demorphed too and let me perch on her shoulder while she walked forward. We stood in a semicircle around Ax and Erin, staring.
We were two different species from two different planets. Linked by the power to morph, and Elfangor. I fixed my eyes on Erin and she stared back at me.
And this. He does not demorph, but chooses to remain hidden. Why? She asked, meaning me.
He cannot demorph. Ax said. He is a nothlit, trapped in the body of a hawk.
You have my respect. Erin did a little bow. Who is your prince?
Prince Jake. Ax indicated Jake.
"Don't call me prince." Jake said automatically.
This is Cassie, Marco, Rachel, and Tobias. Ax looked uncomfortable. Tobias is Elfangor's son.
Erin took this is slowly. She blinked a few times and stared at me in silence. After a while, I realised she was actually glaring at me. You are Prince Elfangor's human child. She said. I shifted awkwardly. Rachel winced in pain. I forgot my talons were digging into her skin. The spawn of his relationship with that human girl!
"Spawn. Isn't that the evil thing that chases spiderman around? Tobias, I knew you were evil!" Marco joked. Not a very good joke. No one laughed. I certainly didn't feel like laughing.
I knew there was a reason Prince Elfangor refused to forget that human. And you were the reason! Erin looked really, really angry.
"Ever think the reason might have been love?" Rachel asked defensively.
Love? Prince Elfangor loved me before he left for Earth! Erin cried. Aximili! Where is your brother? I must find out the truth. I must know if he loved me, or that human!
Erilase... Ax sighed. My brother... He is dead.
I had never seen so much grief.
No... Erin staggered back. Her tail dropped to the ground heavily. She covered her face with her hands. As her skin started to become tan- coloured, I realised she was morphing. As soon as her mouth developed, we heard rasping, heart wrenching sobs. She collapsed to the ground, the tears forming in her eyes. She was weeping!
Cassie went forward and knelt by her side. She put an arm around Erin's should and made soothing sounds. Erin sobbed. Her face was contracted in so much pain. Ax stepped away in embarressment. The rest of us stared, unable to look away at the Andalite who had chosen to morph into a human form, one she considered weak, when she was in pain. I watched a tear roll down her cheek and splash onto the grass.
Erin had morphed into a human girl to cry.