Disclaimer: ITS ALL MINE! MINE I TELL YOU MINE MINE MINE! White Van: *pulls up* Nice Men: *step out* Disclaimer: NO! YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE! *madly runs around in a small circle* Nice Men: *put straightjacket on Disclaimer and take him away* New Disclaimer: This is not mine. Never said it was, did I? If it was mine, why would I be posting it on a fanfiction site?

Author's Note: I'm so, so, so, so, so, so, sorry I didn't update sooner! I feel so bad! My teachers decided that since Christmas was comin up, they'd pile as much homework as humanly possible on us, and on top of that, my band and chorus teachers were schedulin rehearsals left and right. I'm so sorry, I'll be good and update from now on! Hopefully at least once a week.

Reviews:

Silverchild of the wind: I thought the ending of the series sucked. I dunno if I can fit Loren into this, if I can, I will. Thanks for reviewing!

Ulti1: I'm continuing this one. don't worry, they're not gone! I have nothing against cheese, its just not the best thing in the world!

Blake-Tori88: Thanks for reading! Yea, that was my favorite line of the story!

NOW FOR THE STORY!

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Chapter 4: Down but Not Out

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I felt grass beneath me. My eyes fluttered open and I was sunlight. Right above me I saw brown eyes. Marco.

"Marco, Your alive!" I said.

"Thanks for stating the obvious," he answered, "Your awake."

"Thanks for stating the obvious!" I grumbled, "Where the hell are we?" I asked sitting up.

"Well, I had assumed we were dead, but since your confused, then I have absolutely no clue."

I stood up. "Where is everyone?" I asked him.

"I don't know, I only woke up about five minutes ago."

I looked around. We seemed to be in some sort of a clearing, we were surrounded by a forest, and there was a pond nearby. It was a little humid, but not that bad. I was worried, where was everyone else? Where were we? I thought we were dead, and this was certainly not where I was before. I walked around the edge of the clearing, trying to find someone.

"Tobias?" I called, "Jake? Cassie?" Marco was doing the same. "Where is everybody?" I cried desperately. Marco and I met up in the middle of the clearing.

"Why don't we each split up and look through the forest, we'll meet up back here in about an hour," he suggested, "You go that way," he indicated a path through two trees, " And I'll go this way," he pointed somewhere over his shoulder.

"Okay," I agreed, and I headed for the path.

I walked along the path. The trees didn't look any different from the trees back at the forest where we lived. I searched everywhere for my friends, I looked for caves and I looked at different animals, but I couldn't find them.

"Tobias?!" I called desperately, "TOBIAS?!" I yelled. No answer. I had about another half hour until I had to meet Marco, so I turned around, desperately calling my friends.

Finally, a little bit away from the clearing, I sat down on a fallen tree. I put my face in my hands and let out a cry of frustration. Being dead had softened me a lot, and I ended up crying. I felt the hot tears on my hands and I sat there. I felt someone sit down next to me, and I assumed it was Marco.

"Wow, Rachel crying, I never thought I'd see the day," That voice was definitely not Marco's. I looked up and I saw Tobias.

"Your Ok!" I said relieved, throwing my arms around him. He hugged me tight.

"Yeah, I'm pretty hard to kill. do you have any clue where we are?" he asked me.

"No, I've been trying to figure that out myself," I answered.

"Awww, look at the happy little lovefest!" I heard Marco's taunting voice.

I looked up and saw that Jake and Cassie were with him. Also there, to my surprise, was Ax. "First of all, shut it shory," I said, "and second of all, I'm glad your all alright!" I said, hugging Jake and Cassie. Wow, had being dead really softened me this much? Weird.

Ax sounded really confused he said.

"Yea, we figured that Ax," Marco of course.

he asked.

"With the help of your brother and the Ellimist," I said simply.

"Now, Where the hell are we?" five human voices demanded. At the same time, an Andalite voice said the same thing.

Marco sighed, "We always told Ax he hung around with us humans too much!" and we all laughed.

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Author's Note: I'm sorry this chappie wasn't good, but I wanted to get it posted, cuz I didn't want anyone mad at me. I'll write a much better one next time, so please, no flames! Read and Review! Luv ya all!

~Jenn~