Tobias's Legacy Part 1

The Hirac Delest of Tobias Part 1-Childhood

Prologue

General Anderson walked down the hall to the Oval Office. He carried something in his briefcase that held much importance. It was the key to all the answers.

He opened the doors and marched into the office of the world's most powerful man.

The President was looking out the window, almost expecting him.

"Anderson." He said.

"Sir," he said, saluting, "I have a most important document."

The president sighed, then turned around.

"What is it? A Yeerk peace treaty? A Taxxon law against cannibalism?" he asked sarcastically, "I've had "important documents" handed to me all day."

"It's the Hirac Delest of Tobias Fangor." He replied.

The president was filled with energy.

"Well? Let's see!"

Anderson put his briefcase on the desk and opened it. Its contents included an Andalite shredder, an Andalite fighter core, a small z-space transponder, and a pale blue cube. Anderson pulled out the fighter core and z-space transponder. He put the transponder into a small slot in the core. An image of a boy, maybe sixteen years old, appeared.

"This is the Hirac Delest of Tobias Fangor." The image said, "It is being recorded on June 25th, 2010."

The image shifted its position.

"I'm Tobias. I can't tell you anything about my self, aside from these stories. They have been told by myself, my friends and my siblings.

"The stories are very confusing, unless you know of the Ellimist. If not, refer to my other journals.

"But, for now, you must listen to my stories, from the beginning…"

Chapter 1

My life was hell. My mom died when I was two, so I was passed around between my "I'm-too-busy-to-care" aunt and my drunk uncle who used to beat me when he was bored. I was always picked on at school and in the streets. I never knew my father, my real father, until about six years ago, when we met him in the construction site. He landed to… well, I'm getting ahead of myself.

My aunt says Loren, my mother, went insane because she thought aliens were going after her. A guy name Visser 32 and things called Mortons, Skrit Na, Andilites, Taxxons, Hork-Bajir, Yeerks, Gedds and Ellimists. Weird huh? Well, she met Jeff when she was 2 months pregnant with me. My other real father was taken away from here. Here being Earth. I don't know how. Probably the Ellimist. Love was not a word I knew a lot about as you can tell.

I only ever had one girlfriend before the construction site. Her name was Gabriel. She was the nicest girl I had ever known. I met her when I was 10. We became friends, then I asked her out. We were inseparable!

One time, we were at the movies. I was living at my aunt's so I couldn't be abused. Ignored, not abused. Anyway, it was a horror movie. I think it was Jurassic Park. I remember because of all the dinosaurs that weren't in the Jurassic Period. I kept on muttering while Gabe (My nickname for her) kept on grabbing on to me. I looked down to see how much popcorn I had left when Gabe cupped my head in her hands and kissed me. I never forgot that. About 3 years ago, I got a message back form her saying that she didn't want to talk anymore because it was boring not to see me. Besides, what if she was a Controller? Well, screw that. Besides, I like someone else.

Then, I had to leave…

"But why Toby?" she demanded.

"My aunt says it's my uncle's turn with me. I wish you could come. But you can't."

She frowned, and started crying again. "I know! I love you, but my family would never agree!"

"Why don't you come visit sometime? I mean, my uncle is nice when my friends, um… well I'm sure he'd be nice there." I sort of rambled on.

"You'd live like a hundred thousand miles away! How could I get there?"

I looked at my feet. I do every time something like this happens. I couldn't think of anything. I told her I would write as much as I could. She would do the same.

I left the next day. My aunt almost didn't let me see her. Gabriel came to the airport with me. I was on flight 402. I had a few minutes left. She and I were holding hands a took both her hands in mine and said, "You've been better than a family. I love you." And with that, I kissed her. On the lips. She looked nervous. Then I dropped my bags and gave her a big hug. I felt tears in my eyes, but I blinked them away. I felt tears fell on my shoulder. I backed away. She gave me a sort of crooked smile. I grabbed my bags and ran up too the lady at the booth. Then I got on the plane.

I came to this town, where my uncle would hit me. I made a few friends. And more enemies. I was beaten up at least twice a week. I became tougher. My uncle's punches felt like a hammer, not a 4x4. Andrew's kicks and punches were slaps now. I got swirlies daily.

About a year later, I was watching the news. Apparently, a man named Jeff was murdered by his wife Loren. They were my parents. Loren had been released from an asylum. She said some aliens were coming too take over the world. I was mortified. I had believed that Jeff was my father. I never met him, probably as a baby, but I don't know. My uncle turned the TV off.

"Uh, Tobias, go to your room." He muttered.

He didn't come upstairs until later to get a beer. He ignored me. I guess it was a good thing.

Chapter 2

I met Jake when I was 13. I was getting the swirly of the day from Kenny, when Jake came in.

"Hey, Kenny, lay off, or I'll give you something to complain about!" he said, in a very threatening voice.

I sighed with relief. He was a really tough guy, Jake. And he could take Kenny on anytime.

Kenny was nervous. He pushed my head in the toilet again and ran. I looked at Jake.

"Hey, you're Tobias, right?"

"Y-yeah, why?" I stuttered.

He washed his hands and said, "Well, just thought I'd learn the name of the person I saved." He put out his hand and we shook hands.

"I'm Jake, a nice guy." He grinned.

I chuckled. "Tobias, full-time nerd ."

After that, I met Marco. He was okay. He would throw the occasional insult this way or that way. He turned out to admire my strength.

Then, the next week, I was walking in the halls, when I bumped into a girl. She was tall and had blond hair and blue eyes. She was beautiful.

"Ow, watch where your…" she trailed off.

"Um, sorry, um…"

"Rachel."

"I'm Tobias."

I looked at her again. She reminded me of Jake a bit.

I picked up her stuff and handed it too her.

"Thanks, Tobias."

She walked away and she ran into Jake. Not like she did me.

"Oh, hey cuz." She said.

JAKE'S COUSIN?

I was so embarrassed. I liked Jake's cousin!

Chapter 3

Friday night was like a routine. My uncle ordered pizza, watched TV, while I went to the mall.

On this particular Friday, when I was fifteen, I went to Sears to find a jacket I liked. I didn't have enough, and probably wouldn't for a while. So I went to Cyberia. I played for a while and side-chatted with a guy I met. Across the room I saw Jake and Marco. They got up and left. I ran after them.

"What's up?" I asked.

Jake just shrugged. "Not much. We're heading home."

Marco explained what happened.

"Cool, well remember next time," I said, "I was going too."

"Hey guys."

I saw Rachel and Cassie. Cassie was nothing like Rachel. She was short like Marco, had no fashion sense, had dark skin and hair and was not a psychotic Amazon like Rachel! She lived on a preserve about a mile from here. Rachel and her are best friends.

We all walked. Went through the exits, the park.

Then we went through the construction site. Abandoned construction site. We all felt a bit nervous. Okay, really nervous. Marco and Jake were talking about something. I think it was if cheese tasted yellow. Rachel and Cassie were talking about how Cassie should get some clothes or something. I just wandered with them.

Then, for some reason, I turned. I saw green and red lights in the sky. Coming towards us.

"Hey guys, look!"

"What?" Jake asked.

"Just look."

"What is it?"

"I don't know." I said shaking my head.

Actually, I knew what it was. We all did. Finally, Cassie said, "It's a flying saucer!"

Marco started laughing, till he saw it.

Well, you know the rest. It crashed, we met Elfangor, blah blah blah! When he was going to give us the morphing power, I hesitated. He said, Tobias, this gift is for you too. But when he told the others to leave, I stayed. He asked me something.

Your mother…tell me about your mother, Tobias. Your family.

I was surprised. Why did he want to know?

"S-she disappeared when I was little. People say she just couldn't handle her life."

He looked pained. Go to your friends Tobias. They are your family now.

Chapter 4

I ran. Visser Three appeared and spoke to Elfangor. But one thing startled me. He told him that he would personally infest his family. In thought-speech, private thought-speech, he said to me and Elfangor, All of your pitiful family. He laughed and morphed. He ate Elfangor. Marco's barfing was heard by a Hork-Bajir. We all ran. I ran "Home". My uncle was asleep in the armchair. I ran upstairs and convinced myself nothing happened. I fell asleep about four hours later. I had a nightmare. I was in the construction site, with Elfangor. I looked left and saw an Andilite. I said Now what Ax? I looked right and saw a girl and a boy. They seemed familiar. Then, Elfangor changed into the creature that killed him. He took the Andilite and kids beside me and ate them. I screamed, and it reached for me. My cat, Dude woke up.

"T-t-thanks D-dude." I whispered. He rubbed up against me and purred.

This gift is for you…

I pet Dude for a while. Then I concentrated. I don't know why, I just felt like I should. The usually hyperactive Dude fell calm. After a few seconds, he woke from his trance. He started to scratch himself.

"Okay," I muttered, "Let's do this."

I tried to concentrate. It felt itchy on my hand. I looked. FUR!

I yelled, startled. Dude looked confused. I lost my concentration and stopped. I went back to normal.

I ran to my door and locked it. Fortunately, my uncle sleeps heavily.

I tried again. The itch came back. Dude, who was confused, was confused, ran up to me and started to scratch me. He hissed.

"AHHHH.." HHHH, DUDE! I yelled in thought-speech. Wait, I could do it? I picked him up by the scruff of the neck and threw him outside my door. I finished the morph. I shrank, and my clothes surrounded me. I felt my bones and organs shift or change shape. Finally, after a few minutes, I was done.

Ohhhhhhhhh… PLAY! I wanted to play! I was full of life! I ran around for a few minutes, then I finally got control of the cat mind. I demorphed and went to Jake's. Later we were at The Gardens. I think you know what happens for the next year…

Chapter 5

I was 15 when I met Elfangor. I was 16 when I found out he was my father. And I was 18 when I found his Hirac Delest. I turned 19. Then, I married Rachel. The Andilites came. They helped us in our battles. Not our personal ones though. I fought Visser Three a few times. We both won and lost each time. One time, I was in Ax morph. We had a tail-to-tail fight. I cut off his right hand and an eyestalk. He took the upper hand and escaped. I guess he demorphed. I told Rachel about it.

Epilogue

The president and Anderson jumped back, startled. The message ended in a high-pitched squeal.

"What happened?" he asked when the squeal was done.

"Apparently," the General stated, "The core blew a fuse."

"Well, see if the emergency message works."

The General pulled the z-space transponder out of place. He turned the cube over and placed it into the slot labeled in Andilite: EMERGENCY.

The General pressed it in. Tobias appeared once more.

"Please view the core placed in the construction site." He said, simply…

This is book one.