At last, I have written the first chapter of the next story.

WARNING - THIS WILL NOT MAKE ANY SENSE UNLESS YOU HAVE READ VISSER THREE'S ENGAGEMENT PARTY, THE SEQUEL TO VISSER THREE'S ENGAGEMENT PARTY, AND WHY THERE WAS A WOLF IN EREK AND TOBIAS'S CELL. Read those first, please. That way, this might actually make a tiny bit of sense.

If any Australians are insulted by Webster and his Aussie ways, not to mention the others disliking them, please keep one thing in mind: I AM AUSTRALIAN!!! I have nothing against Aussies, if I did I'd be a self-hating Aussie, and I am not.

Anyway, this chapter is dedicated to Rachel9466 who read and reviewed all three of my previous Animorph stories.



TOBIAS'S SECRET

By Silver Wolf



CHARACTER LIST:

ARBRON: The narrator. An Andalite. Hates psychiatric hospitals due to previous bad experiences. Knows Tobias's secret.

JALIL: An EverWorlder. Throws a brilliant party, good friends with Tobias. The scientist type. Knows Tobias's secret.

MARCO: An Animorph. Jake's best friend, likes to annoy Rachel. Also likes to get on Aprils nerves, therefore getting along great with Christopher who likes to do the same. Knows Tobias's secret.

RACHEL: An Animorph. Good friends with April, best friends with Cassie. Shopaholic. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

DR BRIAN: The owner of the Ten Star Psychiatric Hospital where Erek and Tobias are currently running from. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

MR PSYCHIATRIST: The head psychiatrist at the Ten Star Psychiatric Hospital. He has a tendency to be stupid and forgetful. Gets along with Brickie pretty well. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

TOBIAS: An Animorph. He's the guy keeping a secret. For some reason Brickie hates him. Best friends with Erek, good friends with Jalil, on the run from psychiatric hospital. Knows Tobias's secret (duh).

CASSIE: An Animorph. Rachel's best friend. Animal fanatic. Has a strange tendency to feed werewolves with odd foods (such as cinnamon buns...) Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

EREK: An android. Best friends with Tobias, on the run from psychiatric hospital. Has recently become rather hysterical and prone to odd outbursts. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

JAKE: An Animorph. The leader of the group. Recently, he has become stupid, idiotic, strange, and very conceited. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

DAVID: An EverWorlder. The leader. Recently he has been acting exactly like Jake. The two of them are acting dumb and up themselves. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

CHRISTOPHER: An EverWorlder. He likes to make jokes, and he gets along with Marco really well. Likes irritating April and Rachel. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

AX: An Andalite. He loves cinnamon buns and chocolate. He has a tendency to disappear to places where he can get food. Knows Tobias's secret.

TOM: Jakes older brother. Was a controller until the Animorphs, Chris and April freed him with a very pathetic plan (they were amazed that it worked). Friends with Jalil and Tobias. Knows Tobias's secret but no one knows that he knows.

APRIL: An EverWorlder. Good friends with Rachel. Likes to annoy the hell out of Christopher and Marco. Doesn't know Tobias's secret.

WEBSTER: A large Boobook owl. He's very Australian, as that's where his species come from. One of the Author's pets. Knows Tobias's secret.

MAC: A huge silver-grey wolf with green-grey eyes. He's British. One of the Author's pets. Knows Tobias's secret.

MONTY: A huge green snake with a silver stripe down her back. Her eyes are gold with purple pupils. She's Irish. One of the Author's pets. Knows Tobias's secret.

BRICKIE: A brick from Brickland. He is back for reasons unknown. Hates Tobias. Gets along pretty well with Mr. Psychiatrist. Knows Tobias's secret.





ARBRON: Jalil, Marco and Rachel were walking in the woods near Cassie's barn, looking for a large purple tree that was supposed to have appeared there last night. Suddenly they heard voices coming towards them on the path. They hid in some nearby bushes and listened to the conversation of the two men coming their way.

DR BRIAN: I'm telling you, Erek and Tobias are hiding out somewhere nearby! I just know it! We'll get them soon!

MR PSYCHIATRIST: (Whining) But Brian...

DR BRIAN: That's Dr Brian to the likes of you.

MR PSYCHIATRIST: But Dr Brian, what can the two of us do alone? Even if we do find them, then what do we do?

DR BRIAN: Shut up. We'll never find them if you keep talking. They'll hear us.

ARBRON: So as Dr Brian and Mr Psychiatrist continued in silence; Jalil, Marco and Rachel ran back to the barn to warn Tobias and Erek. In the barn...

TOBIAS: You can't be serious! That's impossible!

JALIL: Sorry, but that's what we heard. You two need to hide as soon as possible.

TOBIAS: She promised! She promised that she wouldn't let them find us!

CASSIE: Who did?

TOBIAS: The author, Silver Wolf!

EREK: Since when are you on such good terms with the author? She's insane. She ought to be locked up and have the keys thrown away!

ARBRON: HEY!!! I'll have you know that I'm being payed a lot by this author, so I'd appreciate it if you'd lay off a bit. Anyway, I've been told to warn you that if you badmouth the author again, she'll send Mac and Monty in.

EREK: Okay, sorry! Calm down! But Tobias...

TOBIAS: Don't worry about it, Erek, all you need to know is that Silver Wolf promised that we'd seen the last of Dr Brian and Mr Psychiatrist, and now they're after us. Something's not right.

JALIL: Tobias, I don't think that just because the author promised, that she'd stick to her word. I mean, how well can we say that we know her?

TOBIAS: Well, I thought that I knew her pretty well. But now...

ARBRON: In a small but luxurious building not too far away, Mr. Psychiatrist was talking to a brick. Dr. Brian had left him alone, going to find his lunatic-stunner; a large pink gun that would stun a lunatic if he shot them with it.

MR. PSYCHIATRIST: Look, Brian reckons that Tobias and his friends are hiding out near that farm up the road. Maybe you should check it out.

BRICKIE: No! That's your job! I thought you wanted me to catch Erek for you, and then I could have Tobias.

MR. PSYCHIATRIST: I still don't know what you want with him. Tobias is nothing but a lunatic.

BRICKIE: I happen to know something about him that you don't. If I catch Tobias, I'll have power throughout all the fictional universes!!!!!!!!!!!! (Very evil laugh)





ARBRON: Oh, that's great! Just great. Absolutely wonderful!

MONTY: Arbron! Quit it with you sarcasm. We don't need to hear it.

WEBSTER: Yeah, don't complain so much, mate! She'll be right!

MAC: Monty! Webster! Stop annoying the narrator!

MONTY: But he's finished with this chapter!

MAC: So what???

WEBSTER: Okay, we'll leave him alone, no worries!

MAC: Webster, would you stop using those annoying Australian sayings!

ARBRON: They're getting on my nerves.

WEBSTER: Sorry mate.

ARBRON: (Rolls eyes) Okay, as I was saying, that's the end of the chapter. The author is suffering from minor writers block. The next chapter will be out as soon as she writes it. So, what exactly IS Tobias's secret??? Why does Brickie think that Tobias can get him power in all the fictional universes??? Will Silver Wolf ever get around to telling us? Stay tuned, she'll tell us next chapter. Maybe.

MONTY: Oh yeah! Don't forget to review! Or we'll sic Mac on you, and he's in a very bad mood.........

MAC: Hey!!!