AN: Thank you! Thank you, thank you for the reviews. The story is a bit Auish as well as a little OOC. I only own Leigh and sadly enough, I don't own Jake or Tobias or any of the other characters. Only the new characters are mine.





















I stared up at my bedroom ceiling, thinking about everything that happened yesterday and rolled over closing my eyes. I had told them most of everything I had to say, except the fact that Cassie is a little psychic and that my power only works if there was strong emotions left behind in the object or person. Did I mention the fact that I always see bad things?

Jake had told me to go home and think about it, think about joining up with them. Why should I join them? It's not like any of my parents' are-"Leigh! Dinner!" My mom yells up to me.

"Alright!" I shout back.

I went downstairs and into the dinning area only to see a man there with three or more people with him.

I started to back up, "M-m-mom?" I squeaked, "Dad?!"

My mom stood off to the side, which meant that my dad was still at work.

"Leigh, " My mom said, "This is Mr. Maxwell Jackson." She looked at him, "He would like you to see one of the relics he's found."

One of the men with him held up a strange looking dagger. The metal looked odd, nothing of this world and there were inscriptions on it as well.

"Ok." I said and he gave it to me, then I took off!

"Get her!!!" I heard the man yell and the sound of feet after me.





I ran hard and fast, taking shortcuts through the yards and fences and all.

I had been going off and on for a long time now. It has been over five hours since I left home on foot when I arrived at Cassie's.

I sat on the ground, trying to breathe, then walked up to the house and knocked on it.

Sometime later, a man answered the door.

"Hey, what are you doing here at this time of night?" He asked gruffly.

I was too wiped to even say anything.

He looked around and invited me in as I hide the relic under my clothes. After a few minutes of talking Cassie's dad let me stay on the couch for a while.

After he had gone up to his own room, Cassie came down into the living room.

"Leigh?" She seemed surprised, but walked over, "What are you doing here?"

I looked up at her, "Cassie," I began, "I can't go home."

She looked dumbfounded, and sat down as I quietly told her everything. When I was done, I felt better and had showed her the dagger that I took.

She looked at me and nodded, "I'll tell Jake about it tomorrow. Right now, you need to stay here and out of sight."

I hid the dagger again and went back to sleep, the only place where I'm truly safe.





It was after school when the other Animorphs came to the woods. I was wearing some clothes Cassie let me borrow, luckily for me that we were the same size.

"So, why are we here?" Marco asked, obviously grouch.

"Who put the stick up your ass?" I muttered.

"Let's see it." Jake said.

I held it out as it gleamed in the light. It's handle looked like it was made up of some type of metallic silver and the blade looked like it was alive with a certain hue of blue that seemed to be moving also. Carved into the blade were certain letters and shapes, as if it was tying to deliver a message.

"It's pretty, but what do the yeerks want with it?" Marco asked.

I looked at him, "It's alien, Marco Polo, and the metal is precious." I told him, "And, they came to me to read it. The only way they would know about it is if they got my parents and the certainly got my mom..maybe my dad by now."

Let me see. Ax said and I gave it to him. He looked it over with his main eyes. The language is unknown to me. He finally stated, The craftsmanship is remarkable, though.. He drifted off and looked at us, I don't know what it's true function is.

"It's for killing." Rachel said.

I took my glove off, "There's only one way to find out." I glanced at Jake and the others.

"Do it." Jake said.

Ax gave it to me.

That's when my world went black.

Unconsciousness..

What are you doing here, human?

I looked around; everything was a light gray landscape with distant familiar trees and something that looks like houses.

'Who are you?' I asked, 'What am I doing here? Where is here?'

We are in your mind. It answers; I am Kritra, a Vashia. Why do you have the dagger?

I explained it to the voices. After a while it said.

The dagger of Shivata is our most sacred one. She is the goddess of us all, human. I don't how, but I felt it frown. It's supposed to be handed down from mother to daughter, or another female to a younger one. From what you told me, your mother has, technically by our people, given you the dagger. It is now yours.

'What!' I called out, as the world around me grew dark again. ' What is it suppose to do!?'

It is the key to our knowledge.and our labs. It surpasses even the Andalites technology, so never give it to the yeerks that are taking over your world. You have everything you need, inside this dagger. And if you need help, just touch it and call for me. Farewell, Leigh.



I awoke, staring at a ceiling, which looked very familiar. Then I knew where I was; I was in Cassie's living room.

I sat up and looked around for the dagger. Where is it?! I've got to find it! That's when Cassie comes in, "Leigh, you're awake." She smiles at me, "I'll get the others."

"No, wait! Cassie," I grabbed her arm, "Where's the dagger?"

She frowned slightly, "Jake has it."

A few minutes later, I had my gloves on and was holding the dagger. The others were sitting around.

"What did you see?" Jake asked.

I debated briefly on what to tell them then decided to leave out the voice thing and the fact that the dagger was now mine.

"It is the key to their knowledge and technology." I explained, "They were very advance, so advance, that the Andalites would be eating their dust. There are things that the yeerks.." I shook my head, "Hell, any species shouldn't know. It was also a sacred blade of their main goddess, Shivata. The blade is handed down from one female to the next." I shrugged, "It seems that their world was dominated mostly by their women, who were seen as speakers of Shivata and were holy."

"That's my kind of planet." Rachel said as she and Cassie exchanged high fives, "A world where men bow down to the women."

Ax looked at me in his human form, "So, what, wh-wh-ut, is the species called?"

"Vashia."

He frowned, "but they do not exist or have never existed."

"Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean that it's not real or that it doesn't exist, Andalite." I told him, "There are other beings that you didn't know existed until you got here."

"Well, at least Andalite technology is better than humans, human." He shot back.

"The alien thinks he has jokes." I muttered, "Sheesh, why don't you go and eat some grass? You have a mouth now."

"You're just jealous-us. JEL-US. Of us."

"As if, alien boy."

"Ok, kids," Jake said, "Now we have to figure out how to use this to our advantage."

I blinked, "Use what?"

"You and the dagger." Marco told me.

I stood up, "Let's get one thing straight here," I glared at their leader, "I'm not a tissue that you use and throw away, just be glad that I even met you at all."

He raised a brow, "Why is that?"

"Cause if I was with the yeerks, they would not only have more advance technology, but you as well. See, if they take me to places where they fought you, I could find out exactly who and what you are." I paused, "It's amazing that they haven't done voice match on you."

"Of course we can always trap you in a morph." Rachel said easily, "Like David."

I snorted, "Oh, him?" I shook my head, "Unlike him, I don't mess with things that I know will come back to haunt me. Besides, that boy was evil from the get go, plus he had an ego the size of both a yeerk and an Andalite put together."

Ax glared at me, "How dare you breathe the name yeerk and Andalite in the same sentence."

"Cause you're not too different from each other." I answered.

"What do you mean?" He asked. "Of course we're different! They're slugs and we're Andalites."

I rolled my eyes. "Listen, Ax, I'll explain it too you." I sighed, "Think about it, think about every creature you've seen, been, heard about, and thought about. What is the main concept of it?" I asked, "It's the fact that, a) we are alive. B) We fight amongst ourselves. C) We try and dominate our surroundings as well as surviving. That's the basic core of a sentient creature that was ever created."

"Nice speech, but how are we going to fight the yeerks with this?" Macro asked.

I didn't look at him, but walked off.

"Where are you going?" Cassie asked, "What haven't you told us about it that you're keeping from us?"

"And don't lie to us." Jake added.

I looked at them, "I can't tell you.at least, not now. Maybe later.when it's safer or when we truly need it." And I left.



AN: Ok, so the ending suxs a bit. I still working on it. Have any questions and I will try and answer them. R&R.