Special A/N: I'm rather late in posting this chapter. BUT I have a valid reason *glares meaningfully at some people, not mentioning any names, Phoenix_sol* For once it isn't 'I have so much homework' or 'I'm lazy' or 'I'm a teenager, I have a life' it is…. *drumroll please* my computer!!!  It refused to let me on FFN. It just won't get there.

Normal A/N: The quotes in italics are Elfangor's memories taken from events from the Andalite Chronicles, in case it isn't obvious. I don't have the Animorphs books with me so I apologise if the quotes aren't accurate word-to-word. I've also discovered that 'Diwwalt' is very difficult to type, whatever possessed me to make that name? Not as if it sounded outstandingly good…

Don't let him bother you, Kemlar said to Elfangor. he just has a blunt way with words. I have faith that you will do well.

I hope I'll be able to live up to that faith, Elfangor replied and smiled gratefully at Kemlar. I don't know what happened though. One minute I was fine and the next I was lying on the ground.

Ah. Well, according to Diwwalt you were doing fine until suddenly a pained expression crossed your face and you stumbled backwards. You tried to use your tail to balance yourself but ended up collapsing onto it in a bad angle.

He told you? Who else did he tell? How many people on the ship knew he had disgracefully broken his own tail while doing basic warm up moves in a calm room..?

Oh I don't know. Aw don't look so down, the floor was recently waxed and polished, it would have been easy to stumble in a heap. Kemlar waved his stalk eyes dismissively. I've slipped on that darned floor several times myself. But then again, I'm always the clumsy one. He patted Elfangor's arm good-naturedly and turned back to his work.

So Diwwalt hadn't told him about the bone breaking. Elfangor vowed to view Diwwalt more deeply from now on.

There was nothing he could assist with on the ship. For once the crew aboard the Dome Ship was calm and relaxed. There was nothing obstructing their way, no one was trying to shoot them down, and there was no deadline to meet. All he had to do now was sit back and relax. It won't be many hours before they reached Earth.

It was two o'clock! Elfangor's girlfriend, who lived with him, would be worried sick.

"My mum will die of worry"

What the… Something seemed familiar with the thought of his girlfriend being worried sick... Elfangor shrugged off the feeling and went to the nearest communication terminal to dial home. A hologram of Elayura appeared, and she never fails to hold Elfangor breathlessly in awe of her beauty.

Oh Elfangor! Where are you!

Darling, I'm sorry I couldn't notify you earlier –

Sweetheart are you alright? Oh good.

I'm on a mission. Don't worry, it isn't something particularly dangerous. I just have to patrol Earth, basically. I hope I'll be back soon. I love you.

I love you too, and I'll miss you. When will you be back?

User on terminal sixteen, we need the line!

Soon. Then he decided to be more honest. Actually, I have no idea. I love you, Elayura, and I always will. I have to go now… I love you.

This sounds like a goodbye to me. What are you getting yourself into? Please Elfangor –

User on terminal sixteen must cut connection. We need the connection immediately, to track the ship's routes. User on terminal sixteen must cut connection.

I have to go –

Wait! I have something to tell you! I'm pr –

Elfangor had cut the connection. Elayura disappeared before his eyes and he felt a jolt of coldness. He closed his eyes and attempted to bring back her warmth by holding the sound of her voice in his memory.

His eyes jerked open. He thought he heard an awful consonant from her.

So that was why Loren had gone to the doctor's…

"No! Don't take me away! I have a son now, things are different now that I have a son!"

You are already away…

Elfangor pushed the thought away. He could think of many factors contributing to why that wasn't what she was about to say. Anyway, they were almost at there, soon they will exit of Z-Space. He'd have to prepare for the Yeerks and the possible human resistence.

"So, we're traveling faster than light?! Wow." It's not actually faster…

They were no longer in Zero-Space. The Milky Way should come into view on the viewscreen any time now.

"Freeze, horse-boy!" The very first words…

So many memories… That was the problem when your ship is not being threatened – you have the spare worry-space in your mind that worries about… every possible worryable matter. He had only been to Earth once since he returned to his duty from life with Loren, which was the time they crash-landed on Earth. There wasn't much time to notice things that would trigger memories, and besides, he had plenty to worry about then. Damn that worry-space.

And there they were. The Milky Way was now visible. The planets spun around the glowing sun at their own individual paces.

"Oh, that's Saturn!"

Elfangor squinted into the viewscreen and tried to find Saturn. He wished he had an excuse to command the computer to search for the planet with the extraordinary rings.

We would have different dreams. "Maybe not so different."

Earth was now a large globe, and Elfangor felt terribly alone.

The appropriate settings are being finalised. Beams set to lowest level. Shield on level four. All sensors alert. Someone announced.

Report.

Uh… not much can be seen. There are no Yeerks ships within range other than the Pool Ship. We will not attack it as we do not want to trigger a battle. It may be necessary to proceed lower into the atmosphere.

A/N: I'll end this chapter here. Grr I should've written the explanation for Elfangor in a prologue or something, then it wouldn't take so long to get to the point where we explain it. I will explain it next chapter, I promise!! I've already written that part (even though it's still lame and I'm aiming to change it) but it WILL be in next chapter!  

When Elfangor was talking to Elayura weren't you just screaming What about Loren?! How could you! =Þ Hehehe. By the way, for all you know she might have wanted to say any of the following: Priceless, PReening myself, PRe-menstrual, PRo-British, PRe-teen but i've never told you because i wanted to fuck your brains out, PRotein-deprived, PRozac-addicted... ah the list goes on. Who knows what she was about to say? ^___^

My wonderful, all powerful reviewers…

Angel of Music - *cackles* you just wait and see… it isn't my habit to treat my characters kindly.

Nova Mist  - Hahaha you shall do the same as Angel of Music *laughs at you two*.  It's set before #45, but late enough in the series that they are not clueless, and the war has started to take its toll. I imagine them to be 15 years old, but that's not set.

Jinako-chan – Yep, Elfangor goes to Earth! I won't break his tail for good, if he did that he'd be of no use to the story. And continue Be Stupid ! Hurrrrrryyyyyy update it!!! *shakes author* HURRY UP!!

Phoenix-sol – Yes… well… blame my computer. *sits there confidently* You, however, still need to upload ch6, even though I'm reading ch5 right now (since my computer didn't let me go to FFN before).