Disclaimer: Dude, I don't own Inu-yasha. Oh, wait a sec, this is an Animorph fic., right? Okay, I don't own Animorphs, either. Nope. I don't know why, but I just don't. Sure, I'm a crazed fan, sure, I've thought about writing "Short guys are hot!" in the main hallway at school (in paint). And maybe, I would consider kidnapping a horse and painting him blue, and. What?!! Someone did that already?!?! Grrr.. To them.

Don't you just love cliff hangers?

*hums to music* Oh, you people have GOT to get the Inu-yasha soundtrack! It's not just the theme songs, but the background music! Hey. I could write a song fiction about Animorphs with some of this music. What'ch ya'll thank? (Sorry, I'm Southern. forgive my momentary bout of accent)

Okay! *cracks her whip in the air* On. with. the. fic!!!!

"Daughter of the Past, Light of the Future"

I couldn't see as the changes began, but I could feel my skin prickle and my arms itch as patterns formed on my arms, becoming wings seconds later. I felt my lips melt away and harden into a beak. And I felt the rush as my body swiftly became smaller.

I became the seagull whose DNA I carried in my body.

The seagull's mind kicked in, and I quickly suppressed it. I didn't need to think about edible garbage right now. Ooh, are those Frito's? Well, I tried to suppress it, anyway. I flew out into the night, something that most seagulls wouldn't do, but I needed to get to Eric's house quickly. So, I flew on, and fifteen minutes later, I was circling his house.

Marco? Is that you?

Yeah, Tobias. It's me. Is it safe to demorph in Eric's back yard?

Yup. Rachel's the only one left now.

Did anyone say why Eric wanted us to be here?

Not yet.

I wond - I stopped thought speaking as my body became more human that seagull.

"Do you want to go in now?" I asked.

Nah. I'll wait on Rachel. She'll be here in like a minute. I didn't have to ask how Tobias new. Even in the dark, his eyes were still good.

"Okay, well, see you inside." I pushed open the King's glass door and walked inside. Jake and Cassie were sitting on the couch, and Ax, in his human morph, was enjoying the wonders of Oreo cookies again. Eric was in an armchair staring bemusedly at Ax and the rapidly disappearing cookies.

I laid down on the floor next to the couch.

"If I can't sleep in my bed, I can at least try to get some sleep somewhere else." I mumbled.

The glass door opened and closed.

"Or not." I opened one eye and looked up at Rachel and a red tailed hawk that was becoming human.

"So, Eric? Having trouble with your homework tonight?" I asked as I sat up.

"Ax? Why don't you come and listen now. I'll bring you a bag or Oreo's tomorrow." Jake looked at the boy in the kitchen with a ring of chocolate around his mouth.

"Yes, Prince Jake." Said Ax.

"How many times - oh, never mind. So what's going on, Eric?"

"A lot."

"I was afraid you'd say that." I said.

"We first noticed something was going on when there was a surge in the power that we run on."

"You're not having problems with your ship again, are you?" asked Cassie.

"No, this is different. It's not dangerous to the Chee. In fact this has happened before."

"Okay, I know you didn't call us here for a lesson about the Chee, so what's up?" Rachel asked.

"Along time ago, there was a surge in our power here on earth. It happened when a very powerful being arrived here on this planet hundreds on years ago. The being wasn't evil. In fact, the creature protected the planet. but then, Crayak came. He fought with the being, and destroyed it."

"Wait, Crayak fought with some alien that came to earth? I thought that went against his rules." Said Rachel.

"Yeah, and why would Crayak fight with some alien in the first place? I mean he's had it in for the Ellimist for like, well, a long time." I said.

"There's more, isn't there?" Tobias asked.

"Yes, there is." said a very familiar voice. "This was no simple alien species that Crayak wanted to destroy. She - the creature was a female - was different. When Crayak fought her, he was almost destroyed." It was the Ellimist.

"Oh, great. You're here too. It's official. Now I know is not my day." I mumbled.

The Ellimist continued. "I was surprised at the time. I'd never seen that happening. I never suspected that she even existed. Such power in one being has never existed before her. nor since."

"Okay, so how powerful are we talking here? Like Wonder Woman or what?" asked Rachel.

The Ellimist looked at Rachel, and for a moment, it seemed like he smiled. I don't know, it was hard to tell.

"She was more powerful than me. And more powerful than the creature called Crayak."

We stared at him. Ax, who had been swiveling his stalk eyes back and forth, stopped to stare at the Ellimist with all four of his eyes. Even Eric's human hologram looked shocked.

"More powerful?" asked Jake. "But didn't you say that she was destroyed? That Crayak destroyed her?"

"Yes."

"Well, how does that make her more powerful?"

"She was destroyed because she refused to use her full ability. Had she done so, this Solar System, as well as at least four others surrounding it, would have been utterly destroyed."

"Oh."

"So, she died." mumbled Cassie.

"Yes, she did. But - "

"Why is there always a 'but'?" asked Rachel. "But, she had or, should I say, has many abilities. Not the least of which is the ability to be reborn."

"What like reincarnation?" asked Tobias.

"In a way." he said.

"I had no idea. no wonder our power surged!" said Eric. "It means that she - whoever she is - has been reborn again."

"Correct."

Wait a moment: Doesn't that mean that Crayak will want to try and destroy her, again? asked Ax.

"That is also correct."

"Great. So lemmie guess: We're supposed to find this person, or creature, or whoever she is, and help her or something?" asked Jake.

"Well, that is what I came to ask of you." I still think that guy was smiling.

"So, what are we looking for? Tentacles, extra eyes, what?"

"You already know what to look for." All of a sudden, the Ellimist was gone.

Jake kneaded his forehead. "What is it that we know to look for.?"

"Fionna."

"I don't understand. What do you mean, Marco?" asked Tobias.

"Don't you think it's a little coincidental that I've been having dreams about some girl I've never seen, who just happens to show up at school one day? And that Crayak is in my dreams the last time I dreamed her?" Everyone was looking at me now.

"I mean, I don't know about you, but that's just a little too weird for me."

"So, what we're looking for is Fionna." said Jake.

"Wait a minute. What's this about Marco dreaming about this girl?" asked Eric.

I shrugged. "I've had dreams about Fionna for a while. I don't know how long it's been since it started."

"Marco, you've known her before if you've had these dreams about her that often, then you've definitely met her before." Said Eric, looking thoughtful.

"But that's impossible. I told Ax the same thing earlier: If I'd met her before, I would have remembered."

"Why do you say that?" asked Eric.

"Because, well, it's just hard to forget someone like her. especially those eyes."

"I don't know." said Eric, doubtful.

"Well, either way, we definitely need to watch this girl now." said Jake.

Author's Note: Yay! I finally wrote a longer chapter! Aren't you so happy? I can't believe I did FOUR chapters for this fic. in one weekend! That is just too cool! Well, anyway, read, review, and make me happy! And don't forget, read my other fictions for Inu-yasha, "Of Fires and Starlit Nights" and "The Darling Buds of May". And always, always, ALWAYS listen to the Inu- yasha soundtrack!!!!