**Disclamier: I don't own Animorphs *sighs* K.A. Applegate does. But that
doesn't mean I can't right this! :) He he he. But anyway...Enjoy the
fanfic. This is the first fanfic I've ever written and I hope you enjoy it.
Ja ne!**
Chapter 7:
I was wrong, this day wasn't to bring my death, but we had decided to instead try contacting the Chee. I was surprised to find out that Erek was a Chee, he seemed just like a normal kid to me and was actually my best friend in fifth grade too.
"Erek's a Chee, huh? I would've never guessed. He seemed just as ordinary as you and me," I said kind of surprised at the information I had just learned. I had met up with Jake behind his house with Tobias and Ax, in human morph of course. The only problem was that I had mysteriously disappeared off the Earth for six whole days and I couldn't go walking around the streets with the Yeerks looking for me. Because of this, I had sent Tobias out early that morning to find me a mouse. I was going to absorb its DNA, then give it back to him to eat for breakfast, yummy.
The plan Ax, Tobias and I had came up with was I was going to morph a mouse and ride around in Ax's pocket until we reached Erek's house. Since Ax was wearing the clothes that were in his bag, he put my clothes in the bag for me and was going to carry them to Erek's house. I was going to demorph in the bathroom of Erek's house, get dressed and then join the others.
I still didn't understand how an entire race could fit in one house, but I guess it would all make sense when we got there right? I sure hoped so.
Ax, could you walk a little differently, I feel like I'm going to go flying out of your pocket! I said, as I bounced up and down, and this way and that, holding onto the lining of his pocket for dear life.
"Sorry Jessica, but like I told you before, these legs are very unsteady."
I know, but still. You think being a human is touch, try being a mouse. This thing is so confused, its going insane! Or wants to anyway.
"I am sorry, I will try to walk differently."
"Ax, don't walk like that," Rachel said with a snicker. "People are going to think there is something wrong with you."
"Yeah man, people were looking at you odd before too man when it looked like you were talking to your pocket," commented Marco, also laughing.
"But I was only talking to Jessica."
"Everyone else doesn't know that," said Jake. At that point I swear his pocket just got hotter. I would bet money on that he was blushing.
"I don't understand this human emotion, it makes me want to run and hide, and my cheeks are getting hot," said Ax.
Don't worry about it Ax, you're just a little embarrassed. What you described is what happens when we feel regret for something that we shouldn't of done that causes people to think lesser of us, I told him.
"Oh, I see. Well then Jessica, I guess I cannot talk to you until we get to the house of the Chee."
Don't sweat it Ax, I said.
"I don't understand."
Just relax. Until we get to Erek's that is.
So we walked for about ten minutes. I peeked my head out of Ax's jeans pocket to see where we were, and Marco had been right. We were just a few houses down from my own. I really did miss being home, but I didn't miss the homework or the essays. Now I had bigger things on my mind.
"Well, here we are," said Jake.
I still don't understand how you could possibly fit an entire race into a normal house, and besides, I've been in his house before and I didn't see anything odd.
"You won't," said Jake. "Until you get into the basement."
I still don't get it.
"You'll see," added Cassie. At that point we were walking up the steps to Erek's house.
"Hi guys," Erek said, just like anyone his age would. "Come in," he said, after briefly glancing outside the door and looking around. Jake had told me earlier that he had called Erek to tell him that we were coming over.
"Can we go some place private," Jake asked once we were inside the house and the door was closed behind us.
"Sure, we can hang out in the basement." At this point, I was guessing this was some kind of cover-up to make everything appear normal, right? "Dad! My friends just arrived, you know, Jake and everyone else. We're going into the basement to hangout," Erek yelled up the stairs.
"All right," Erek's father yelled back.
Wait, I need to morph back to human.
"Oh, right. I almost forgot about Jessica. By the way, Tobias is outside keeping watch," said Jake.
"Okay," said Erek. "Can she wait until we're in the basement."
Sure, I replied. I had been practicing morphing earlier that morning when no one was watching and could finally morph clothing. It was just one of Rachel's old leotards that she had found while cleaning out her closet, but it was enough. Tobias had brought it to me that morning when he had finished talking with her. It was kind-of cool because it was leopard print, but it was just a little faded.
At that point, I felt Ax start to walk again. I heard Erek, or someone, open a door and then I felt like we were moving downward. Ax must've been walking down a flight of stairs.
Is it safe for me to morph now? I asked as we reached a landing. I mean after I get out of Ax's pocket, of course.
"Sure," said Erek. "Just hold on a second." And that's when I felt a really swift sensation of heading downward. At this point, Ax was taking me out of his pocket and placing me on the floor, about two feet from my back of clothes and his feet.
I started to demorph and the first thing that went was that wretched tail. I mean, it was cool because it was prehensile, but honestly, it looked as if a hairy worm was sticking out of my butt. Then my nose and face went back to normal, followed by my eyes, mouth and teeth. Then I started to grow, the whole room we were in started to get smaller, and Ax's feet, that had started out being taller than I was, were now only a few inches high. My legs then started to change back and so did my feet. My nice sharp little claws turned back once again to pointless human nails. My bones made all sorts of crunching and grinding noises at the same point as I felt my organs return to their normal places and shapes. At this point I was getting ready to stand and Ax was helping me up. Then my fur disappeared and my ears returned back to normal. I was going to miss that sharp sense of smell and hearing, oh well, back to saving the world, and my life for that matter (well sort of anyway).
When I was finally fully human, feeling the last of my gray hair getting sucked back into my body, I noticed that we were in some kind of elevator. As I was done putting my clothes on (over my morphing suit), the elevator stopped and we were now in a hall way. It was then that I realized Ax was almost done morphing back into his normal Andalite body. Once he was finished, we walked to the door straight in front of us, and Erek opened it with a key that had been in his sneaker. When the door was opened I couldn't believe my eyes, way under Erek's house there was a huge field and hundreds of what looked like...dogs?
Chapter 7:
I was wrong, this day wasn't to bring my death, but we had decided to instead try contacting the Chee. I was surprised to find out that Erek was a Chee, he seemed just like a normal kid to me and was actually my best friend in fifth grade too.
"Erek's a Chee, huh? I would've never guessed. He seemed just as ordinary as you and me," I said kind of surprised at the information I had just learned. I had met up with Jake behind his house with Tobias and Ax, in human morph of course. The only problem was that I had mysteriously disappeared off the Earth for six whole days and I couldn't go walking around the streets with the Yeerks looking for me. Because of this, I had sent Tobias out early that morning to find me a mouse. I was going to absorb its DNA, then give it back to him to eat for breakfast, yummy.
The plan Ax, Tobias and I had came up with was I was going to morph a mouse and ride around in Ax's pocket until we reached Erek's house. Since Ax was wearing the clothes that were in his bag, he put my clothes in the bag for me and was going to carry them to Erek's house. I was going to demorph in the bathroom of Erek's house, get dressed and then join the others.
I still didn't understand how an entire race could fit in one house, but I guess it would all make sense when we got there right? I sure hoped so.
Ax, could you walk a little differently, I feel like I'm going to go flying out of your pocket! I said, as I bounced up and down, and this way and that, holding onto the lining of his pocket for dear life.
"Sorry Jessica, but like I told you before, these legs are very unsteady."
I know, but still. You think being a human is touch, try being a mouse. This thing is so confused, its going insane! Or wants to anyway.
"I am sorry, I will try to walk differently."
"Ax, don't walk like that," Rachel said with a snicker. "People are going to think there is something wrong with you."
"Yeah man, people were looking at you odd before too man when it looked like you were talking to your pocket," commented Marco, also laughing.
"But I was only talking to Jessica."
"Everyone else doesn't know that," said Jake. At that point I swear his pocket just got hotter. I would bet money on that he was blushing.
"I don't understand this human emotion, it makes me want to run and hide, and my cheeks are getting hot," said Ax.
Don't worry about it Ax, you're just a little embarrassed. What you described is what happens when we feel regret for something that we shouldn't of done that causes people to think lesser of us, I told him.
"Oh, I see. Well then Jessica, I guess I cannot talk to you until we get to the house of the Chee."
Don't sweat it Ax, I said.
"I don't understand."
Just relax. Until we get to Erek's that is.
So we walked for about ten minutes. I peeked my head out of Ax's jeans pocket to see where we were, and Marco had been right. We were just a few houses down from my own. I really did miss being home, but I didn't miss the homework or the essays. Now I had bigger things on my mind.
"Well, here we are," said Jake.
I still don't understand how you could possibly fit an entire race into a normal house, and besides, I've been in his house before and I didn't see anything odd.
"You won't," said Jake. "Until you get into the basement."
I still don't get it.
"You'll see," added Cassie. At that point we were walking up the steps to Erek's house.
"Hi guys," Erek said, just like anyone his age would. "Come in," he said, after briefly glancing outside the door and looking around. Jake had told me earlier that he had called Erek to tell him that we were coming over.
"Can we go some place private," Jake asked once we were inside the house and the door was closed behind us.
"Sure, we can hang out in the basement." At this point, I was guessing this was some kind of cover-up to make everything appear normal, right? "Dad! My friends just arrived, you know, Jake and everyone else. We're going into the basement to hangout," Erek yelled up the stairs.
"All right," Erek's father yelled back.
Wait, I need to morph back to human.
"Oh, right. I almost forgot about Jessica. By the way, Tobias is outside keeping watch," said Jake.
"Okay," said Erek. "Can she wait until we're in the basement."
Sure, I replied. I had been practicing morphing earlier that morning when no one was watching and could finally morph clothing. It was just one of Rachel's old leotards that she had found while cleaning out her closet, but it was enough. Tobias had brought it to me that morning when he had finished talking with her. It was kind-of cool because it was leopard print, but it was just a little faded.
At that point, I felt Ax start to walk again. I heard Erek, or someone, open a door and then I felt like we were moving downward. Ax must've been walking down a flight of stairs.
Is it safe for me to morph now? I asked as we reached a landing. I mean after I get out of Ax's pocket, of course.
"Sure," said Erek. "Just hold on a second." And that's when I felt a really swift sensation of heading downward. At this point, Ax was taking me out of his pocket and placing me on the floor, about two feet from my back of clothes and his feet.
I started to demorph and the first thing that went was that wretched tail. I mean, it was cool because it was prehensile, but honestly, it looked as if a hairy worm was sticking out of my butt. Then my nose and face went back to normal, followed by my eyes, mouth and teeth. Then I started to grow, the whole room we were in started to get smaller, and Ax's feet, that had started out being taller than I was, were now only a few inches high. My legs then started to change back and so did my feet. My nice sharp little claws turned back once again to pointless human nails. My bones made all sorts of crunching and grinding noises at the same point as I felt my organs return to their normal places and shapes. At this point I was getting ready to stand and Ax was helping me up. Then my fur disappeared and my ears returned back to normal. I was going to miss that sharp sense of smell and hearing, oh well, back to saving the world, and my life for that matter (well sort of anyway).
When I was finally fully human, feeling the last of my gray hair getting sucked back into my body, I noticed that we were in some kind of elevator. As I was done putting my clothes on (over my morphing suit), the elevator stopped and we were now in a hall way. It was then that I realized Ax was almost done morphing back into his normal Andalite body. Once he was finished, we walked to the door straight in front of us, and Erek opened it with a key that had been in his sneaker. When the door was opened I couldn't believe my eyes, way under Erek's house there was a huge field and hundreds of what looked like...dogs?