Disclaimer: I don't feel like typing all the 'Animorphs belong to KA Applegate' junk. So I'll just say this: "Everything belongs to who made it up or who helped make it up. Including Ariadne and Alyachies who belong to me."

Ariadne POV

I woke up to the sound of knocking at the door. "Ariadne! C'mon and open the door. I just need to get something and I'll get out!"

I sighed. "I'm comin' Pete! Hold up!" I got up and opened the door. Peter walked to his desk, grabbed his Discman and fell onto his bed.

"Hey!" I said and sat up on her bed. "You said just wanted to get something and you would get out!"

Peter shrugged "So, I lied. Big whoop." Then he looked closer at my face. "Hey, Ariadne. Have you been crying?"

I smiled. Even out of the four other kids Mrs. Keller and Mr. Keller had decided to let into their foster home, Peter had been close to Ariadne. He was 3 years younger than me; I had grown to like this kid. I had tried not to lie to this kid. But when aliens are chasing you, it's kind of hard not to lie. But I checked Peter out and made sure he wasn't a Controller. It was too much work for me to do with everyone.

Peter stood up "Look, Ariadne. You can tell me. I won't tell Mrs. Killer." I laughed. Peter always called the Kellers, the Killers. It fit them quite well. They threw things and at times Mr. Keller got drunk and when that happened, anything would give him an enormous temper. Mrs. Keller always took a belt and threatened to spank them with it if they did anything wrong. I rubbed my back where she had hit me at the thought of her.

I sighed "Peter. I never told why I was here in the first place. I'll tell you now."

Peter looked amazed "Why me? Why not someone else?"

I laughed again "I don't anyone else in this hole of a town." Then my smiled faded "Except for…well…that goes with the story."

Suddenly Peter seemed to remember something "Oh yeah! There's someone downstairs waiting for you."

I jumped up "Tobias?" Peter must have noticed the way my eyes glowed in a happy way. He laughed.

"Boyfriend, huh?" he laughed again.

I smiled "No, much, much better." I took his arm "Let's go."

"What? No way, I'm not going into that room to take with three strangers."

I stopped "Three?" I groaned "not Marco. If Tobias thinks I'm apologizing to him…"

Peter shrugs "Let's go then."

I looked at him "NOW you want to go?"

He nodded "Yep, yep, yep."

I rolled my eyes "Fine."

We walked down the stairs and I saw that Tobias was with someone I hadn't seen before. He looked our age but I hadn't seen him around in school. He almost looked pretty in a way yet also cute. And plus he looked like Rachel, and Marco and some other third or fourth person. And with them was Rachel. Her eyes were angry and she looked nothing like the mall rat I saw at McDonalds. She looked like a warrior.

I sighed "Hey, guys." I looked at the new kid "And who are you?" Hey! I never said I was polite.

Tobias smiled "His name is Philip. He's from out of town. Way out of town."

Rachel laughed and Philip nods his head "Waubay oust of t-ow-n-e"

I looked at him strangely and so did Peter. Philip just stood there staring back. Peter looked away but I didn't. Then I smiled "So, you gonna answer me with the truth, Andalite?" I saw the surprise in his eyes and I laughed. I saw Peter's confused face.

"Peter. I'm going to tell you my story. Right now and here." I sat down on the couch but Peter remained standing.

I sighed and pointed at Tobias "I should start by saying, 'This is my brother, Tobias'. Or maybe I should start by saying 'I grew up with aliens that enter your head and make you into slaves'. Or maybe just plain 'Aliens exist' would be just fine."

Peter's eyes grew wide and he looked at me "Are you one?"

I shook my head "No." But then I remembered Elfangor "Well…maybe…let me just tell the story and you'll figure it out." So right then and there, I told him about the Yeerks. And Andalites and Taxxons and Hork-Bajir and…Elfangor. I told him about the experiment and my growing up with Visser One. Then I told about Marco and the Animorphs. I could see that Tobias, Rachel and Philip (If that was his real name) did not want me to tell Peter. But I told him anyway.

In the end of my story Peter stood there mystified. Finally he said something "H-how?"

I shrugged "I have no idea. Luck I guess. No one knew Elfangor was my-I mean- our father. I doubt Elfangor knew he was giving the power to his son anyway." I turned back to Phillip. "As I said before, Philip. Who are you? Really."

Tobias sighed, "He's an Andalite. His real name is Axmili, Ax for short. He's Elfangor's brother."

My eyes went wide "Elfangor's BROTHER?"

At the same time Peter said "Another alien?"

Tobias nodded "Yeah. But we have to go."

Rachel shakes her head "No, Tobias, YOU have to go." She turned to look at me. "There's a dance tomarrow. How about you go, meet some kids. And plus you can meet Jake. We can go to the mall and shop a bit for a dress."

I laughed, "I don't really like to shop."

She shrugged. "As long as you go. C'mon." She took my arm and we walked out. Tobias and Ax followed us out and I closed the door.

~~Later at the mall~~

It turned out to be OK. Rachel didn't let it get too boring. She was good at shopping and had done it a lot, of that I could be sure of. She knew what kind of stuff looked good on me but I told her if it was within my taste or not. Finally after what seemed like hours, Rachel and I stopped at one store. I forget the name, I'm not very good at names. She showed me a black dress with sleeves and it reached down to almost my ankles. I shook my head and looked around for a moment. Then I saw a light blue dress. It was sleeveless and it reached up to my knees.

Rachel smiled "Now you're getting the hang of it. It'll look great on you. GO on and try it on!" She dragged me in the changing rooms and pushed me into a dressing room. Ok, so I exaggerated. She didn't exactly PUSH me, but that was how I felt at the moment.

After I changed, I watched out and Rachel inspected me. "What you looking for, Rachel? Bombs?" I said after a while.

She laughs "No. I just wanted to see how it looked on you. It looks really good on you. You should buy it."

"How much does it cost?" I looked onto the price tag. It said $20.00. I sighed and looked at my wallet for a moment. When I counted up to and saw that I had enough money to buy the dress I nodded "Fine, I'll get it. Give me a minute." I walked into the changing room, changed back into my regular clothes and walked out holding the dress "C'mon. If I don't get home soon, I'm gonna get killed."

Rachel nodded and we walked towards the cash register. The cashier lady sneered at us "Hello." She said in a squeaky voice "what can I do for you?"

"We want to get this." I put the dress on the counter and took out my money to pay with. She took my money, gave me the dress in a bag and walked through a back door of the store. I turned to say something to Rachel when I saw her.

She was wearing I wig I had seen her wear a lot. She was looking around as if searching for something…or someone. But that didn't look too strange. But I knew who she was. Visser One.

I took Rachel's arm and ran out of the store. Rachel could tell something was wrong but didn't know what. I didn't stop until I had gotten out of the mall. By that time I was out of breathe and Rachel was confused.

"What was THAT about?" She asked.

I leaned against a wall. "It was her. She's looking for me!"

"Who?"

"Who else? Visser One."

A/N: I'm no good with dresses so if the descriptions of the dresses were really bad, sorry.