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Chapter 1: Becoming what we are

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My name is Jasmine. That's my first name. I would like to tell you all about me. But I can't. I can't even tell you the name of the city I live in, because if I did, everyone would be in danger, serious danger. Those of you who have read the books about the Animorphs probably won't believe me and I'm not expecting you to either. I just thought that I should write this down, just in case. I'm a normal teenage girl. Ok, I was a normal teenage girl before I moved to this city. Where it all started.

~*~*~

I've been in my new school for about a week and I was doing ok. I didn't have so many friends yet, although at the first day of school I met Melanie, whom I usually hang out with now, but I do hang out with the other girls as well. Anyways that's not what I was going to tell you.

I was sitting in my room doing my homework when the phone suddenly rang.

I went into the kitchen.

"Hello?" I answered

"Hi Jasmine, it's Melanie." Melanie replied over the line

"Hi, what's up?"

"Not much, I was just wondering if you would like to go to The Beat."

The Beat was a café where most teenagers hung out. But I hadn't been there yet.

"Yeah sure, I'll just have to call my dad."

"Ok, then I'll meet you at the park in 10 minutes?"

"Yeah."

"See ya." Melanie said and hung up

~*~*~

"Hey Jasmine."

I turned around and saw Melanie walking towards me.

"Have you been here long?" She asked

"I came about two minutes ago." I replied

"Come on, let's go."

There were quite a lot of people at The Beat. Melanie and I sat down at a table.

"Hi ladies, can I take your order?" A guy asked

"A brownie with Vanilla milkshake." Melanie said

"Same but with a coke." I said

"I'll be right back." The guy said and left

"Hi Mel."

Melanie and I turned around and saw a blonde haired guy walking in with two other guys.

"Hi Kevin. I haven't introduced you to Jasmine have I. She's new in our class." Melanie said

"Yeah I know, nice to meet you." Kevin said

"Nice to meet you too." I said

"Kevin's my brother, unfortunately, but he's nice at times." Melanie said

"Hey! I'm nice all the time." Kevin said

"Yeah, whatever. And those guys are Zack and Tyler." Melanie said

"So how do you like our school so far Jasmine?" Tyler asked

"It's alright, although I miss my old school a bit." I said

"Where did you live before you came here?" Kevin asked

"Africa. In Namibia to be exact, but I'm actually from Sweden." I said

"Oh really, that's cool." Zack said

"Here you go guys." The waiter said and gave us what we ordered

~*~*~

We had been at The Beat for about an hour and Melanie and I decided to head home. Kevin, Zack and Tyler decided to join us. It was really nice hanging out with them and Zack was really cute.

"You five, I need to talk to you."

We turned around and saw a guy, I assumed he was in his twenties or mid thirties.

"It is very important, and I do not have much time." The guy said

"You want to talk to us? What about?" Kevin asked

"And how do we know we can trust you?" I asked

"I will not harm you, I am here because I need your help. I have been watching you."

"What is it that you want to talk to us about?" Melanie asked

"I have something to give you, powers, but I cannot be long, they will come for me, will you help me?"

"How can we help you, if we don't know what it's about? And who are coming for you?" Zack asked

"And exactly what do you mean by powers?" Melanie asked

"I can give you each a power, the power to transform into any animal you want by touching it, with that power, you can fight the Leiors. Will you accept?"

"I'm sorry but did you say the power to transform into any animal we want?" I asked

"Yes."

"Ok, this is starting to sound like the books about the Animorphs." Melanie said

"Don't ask me why I am doing this but I'll accept." Kevin said

"Kevin, if this is as dangerous as he says it is, maybe we shouldn't. What exactly are Leiors?" Melanie asked

"Leiors are beings that can stay invisible or they can take form as another being, like a human. They are trying to take over the earth."

"Who are you? Why do you want us to accept the powers? We're just kids." Zack asked

"I am Annor."

"I was just wondering, is there like a time limit for how long you can stay transformed?" Tyler asked

"Yes, two hours. If you go over the limit, you can never become human again." Annor said

"I don't know about you guys but, I'm in." I said

"I don't want to let my brother have all the fun so count me in as well." Melanie said

"What about you guys?" Kevin asked, looking at Tyler and Zack

"It's probably the right thing to do so, yeah, I'll do it." Zack said

"Well don't look at me, seriously I'm in." Tyler said

"Now that you all have accepted, I must ask you to please concentrate." Annor said

We all looked at each other and then we looked at Annor. No one said anything. Suddenly, I could feel an energy source going inside of me, a very powerful one.

"You now have the power, I must go now. Be careful and trust no one, you must never reveal your identity to anyone, the Leiors can be everywhere, invisible or in human shape. Goodbye." Annor said and just sort of disappeared

Bang!

"What was that?" Melanie asked

"I don't know, but whatever it was we better get out of here." Kevin said

"I have you now Annor." A voice said

"Ok, now I'm scared." I said

"Run!" Zack said

We all ran as fast as we could and when we got to the park we stopped.

"I can't believe we just left him there." Melanie said

"We had no choice. I suggest get home it's getting dark." Kevin said

"We'll talk about this tomorrow." Tyler said

"Alright, see you guys tomorrow then." Zack said

"Yeah, I better go too." I said

"Bye Jasmine." Melanie said

~*~*~

"I'm home." I said when I closed the door behind me

My dad came out from the living room.

"Hi, did you have a nice time?" He asked

"Yeah."

Considering what had just happened I wasn't really sure of what I should say. 'Yeah dad, everything's great, I met a strange creature from another world and he gave us powers to transform into animals. Yeah, everything's great.'

"Dinner's almost ready." Dad said and went into the kitchen

~*~*~

The next morning when I woke up, I was tired. I had stayed up the night before, trying to tell myself that what had happen had been just a dream. On my way into the school building I met up with Melanie.

"Hi." I said

"Hi." Melanie replied

We quietly walked to the classroom.

"I wonder if what happened yesterday was just a dream." I said

"No, it was real, I remember it clearly and so did Kevin. The question is what are we gonna do about it?"

I sat down next to Melanie.

"I have no idea." I said

At first break Melanie and I went outside. The schoolyard was quite big; it had a playground for the smaller kids. The school building was divided in two sections, one for the primary school kids, and the other one was for junior high and high school students, so it was quite a big school.

"Hey guys."

Melanie and I turned around and saw Kevin, Zack and Tyler walking towards us.

"So, have you guys thought about what happened yesterday?" Tyler asked

"So it wasn't a dream then?" I asked

"No." Tyler said

"If it wasn't a dream, and if we really got powers, then maybe we should try it out." Kevin said

"Exactly how?" Zack asked

"Didn't you listen? We have to touch an animal to acquire its DNA and when we concentrate on that animal, we can transform into it." Melanie said

"Mel, how do you know that we have to acquire its DNA?" Kevin asked

"Oh come on, haven't you read Animorphs, you gotta use a little imagination."

"So should we meet after school?" Tyler asked

"Yeah, but where?" I asked

"At the park." Zack said

"Then it's settled." Kevin said

~*~*~

Riing!

"Are you coming to the park now?" Melanie asked as we headed out from class

"I have to leave my bag at home first." I said

We went inside the school bus. Kevin was sitting with Zack and Tyler was joking around with his friends at the back of the bus. Acting like nothing was wrong.

The park was not very far away from the place where the school bus stopped but I still decided to walk home first since it wasn't very far.

~*~*~

"Jasmine!"

I turned around and saw Tyler coming towards me with his dog.

"Hi, is that your dog?" I asked

"Yeah. I'm just taking her for a quick walk." Tyler said

"What's her name?" I asked

"Her name's Ellie."

Ellie was a border collie, one of my favorite breeds, except for my own Jack Russel Terrier, Mickey.

"Come on lets go." Tyler said

When we got to the park, Melanie, Kevin and Zack were already there.

"Hi guys and Ellie." Kevin said

"So any ideas of where we can try out our powers?" Melanie asked

"How about at the zoo?" Zack said

"That would be great Z, except that the workers don't let you touch the animals unless you have permission and I'm pretty sure that we're not gonna get it." Kevin said

Then Melanie looked from Tyler to Ellie and back to Tyler.

"What?" Tyler asked

"Ellie." Melanie said

"Ellie what?" Tyler asked

Tyler looked down to Ellie and then to the rest of us.

"You want me to acquire Ellie's DNA? I'm not gonna do it?" Tyler said

"Why not?" I asked

"First of all, she's a female dog." Tyler said

"Oh come on." Kevin said

"Secondly, I'm only taking her for a quick walk, and then I'm gonna take her home and come back." Tyler said

"You can do that when you've acquired her DNA." Zack said

"Why me?" Tyler said

"She's your dog." I said

"Thirdly, no!" Tyler said

"Don't be scared." I said

"You do it then." Tyler said to me

The others looked at me.

"Wait a minute, it was Mel's idea." I said

"It's Tyler's dog." Melanie said

"You're the one who said I was scared." Tyler said

"Fine, I'll do it." I said

"Great. Now, all you have to do is touch Ellie and concentrate. She'll be in a trance for a couple of seconds." Melanie said

"I've read Animorphs Melanie." I said

I bent down and cuddled Ellie a bit. I closed my eyes and focused hard on a picture of Ellie inside of me. A couple of seconds later, I opened my eyes again.

"Well, I better get Ellie home, it would be a bit too weird with another dog that looked exactly like Ellie would be here and if Jasmine wasn't here." Tyler said

He started walking back with Ellie.

"You'll come back won't you?" Zack asked

"Yeah, my house isn't far away from here." Tyler said

When Tyler and Ellie was out of sight, the four of us were quiet.

"So, are you gonna try it?" Kevin asked

"I guess I don't have much of a choice." I said

"Remember the two hour limit." Zack said

I focused on the picture of Ellie again. That's when it started to happen. The first change was that I started to shrink.

"Jasmine." Melanie said

"Yeah."

"Maybe you should take a look at your hand." Melanie said

I looked at my hand and boy did I get surprised. My hand was turning into a paw. I assumed the transformation was nearly finished because I felt stronger and I instantly new that I was shrinking.

"Oh my god, he really gave us powers." Zack said

"Jasmine are you alright?" Kevin asked

"Voff, voff, voff."

I was a dog. Ellie's brain instantly started to kick in. New sight, new hearing, I felt so much stronger and so much more alive. Man, being a dog was cool. Then I remembered how the Animorphs communicated with each other when they were morphed.

I'm fine

"Jasmine?" Zack asked

"This is awesome. So what's it like to be a dog?" Kevin asked

It's cool, I can hear all kinds off stuff I didn't hear before and the sight is much better, I can smell I kinds of things and it's just amazing

"Here comes Tyler." Melanie said

I saw Tyler coming to the gang.

"Hey guys, where's-?" He started and looked down to me

"Jasmine?" He asked

Yep, I'm here

"It's amazing, you look just like Ellie." Tyler said

That's because I have her DNA in me. Hey what's that?

I noticed someone walking with a dog toward us. It was Jennie, a girl in the other grade 8. She thinks she's so cool and that she's 'all that' just because she's a cheerleader. I immediately knew that I didn't like her from the first day of school and being a dog certainly wouldn't change it.

"Hi Jennie." Melanie said

"Oh, hey." Jennie replied

"Grr." I Roared

"Easy girl." Tyler said

"What's the matter with your dog?" Jennie asked

"I guess she doesn't like you very much." Kevin said

"How do you know it's me she doesn't like?" Jennie asked

Jennie's dog was a golden retriever. Her dog started walking towards me.

"Grr."

Jennie's dog back away from me, no one walks that close to me.

"Obviously she doesn't like your dog either." Tyler said

'Jasmine calm down.' I heard Zack thinking to me

I am calmed down, I just don't Jennie and neither do I like her dog

"So where's you friend?" Jennie asked Melanie

"You mean Jasmine?" Melanie asked

"Whatever her name was. I can't believe you're actually hanging out with her."

"What's wrong with Jasmine?" Zack asked

"She's a show off, I mean look at that fake British accent she talks with." Melanie said

Just wait until I'm at school tomorrow

'Just calm down.' Tyler thought to me

"First of all Jasmine is not a show off, and she talks with that accent because that's probably the way she learnt to speak English at her old school. Have a problem with that?" Kevin asked

Jennie frowned and walked away with her dog.

I'm gonna give her a piece of my mind

"That's tomorrow. I think you better morph back now." Melanie said

Aw man, I like being a dog

"Jasmine, remember the two hour limit, and remember what happened to Tobias in the book." Kevin said

Not that it's been two hours yet but fine. Is anyone around?

"Everything's clear." Tyler said

I focused on me as a human again, and I started to change back. Finally, I was back to normal again.

"Welcome back." Kevin said

I smiled at him.

"Let me tell you something Jasmine, morphing is not a very pretty sight." Tyler said

"I guess now that we know that we really have powers, we have to keep our promise to Annor and fight the Leiors." I said

"What do you think happened to him?" Melanie asked

"I'd rather not think about that." Zack said

"Remember what Annor said about Leiors being invisible and that they can take over a human body?" Tyler asked

"Yeah, it sounds a bit like they're controllers." Melanie said

"But he also said that they can't stay in the human body for very long." I said

"I suppose that we have to be careful, we can't tell anyone who we are and we can't trust anyone." Kevin said

"But from now on we are and will always be the Animorphs." Zack said

End of Chapter 1: Not that bad was it? I've just started reading Animorphs so it might be a bit like the first book. Chapter 2 is coming up, in the mean time, please review.