Chapter 2

Disclaimer: hmmph. do I have to write same thing? just look to prologue for it...

A/N: It's a very beat-over part. An Andalite ship crushes on the planet Earth, this time, however, within boundaries of Hogwarts. Cedric, Lily, Alice, Rojer, and Terry receive the power to morph by touching the cube. When they detect another ship landing, they run, and Rojer loses a disk...What they don't know, is that another five kids are watching them from the outskirts of the construction site...Watch and learn...Episode one of the Invasion series far in the future and on HP theme-Not even close.

~~Alice~~

My name is Alice. And right now I'm in no mood for an apology.

Ouch.

"Watch where you're going, MacMillan..." snap I on reflex, and glance up. Wow, I'm correct. Terry MacMillan sits right opposite me, rubbing his forehead with this confused expression on his face.

"Sorry." He gets up and pulls me to my feet as well. "You were going to check that commotion out, weren't you?"

"Yeah. You?"

"Same."

We rush out of the door and notice the gang of the others searching for the source.

"Did you see it?" calls one of the Potters to us. By the deep note in the voice I guess it's Cedric. Lily is, thankfully, nowhere in sight.

"Um...What, exactly, are we looking for?" ask I catching up with Terry.

"Something that's extremely out of place," - replies he. "Even in Hogwarts."

I frown. From my right, Rojer Finnegan shyly echoes my misgivings.

"Are you sure whatever it is is on the school grounds?"

"Of course it is," answers Lily somewhere from the dark. "I mean, come on, it could've landed..."

We tear around the grounds, trying to locate The Thing, and the low ominous rumbling continues. I notice Rojer stare at the sky. He slowly raises his hand.

"Look."

I react first. Slowly, Terry, and then Cedric and Lily follow Rojer's dreamy gaze. We gasp.

"It can't be," breath I, standing behind Rojer, and staring at the starred sky. "It's just too surreal..."

A starship sails low in the sky. It suddenly drops, and hits the edge of the Astronomy Tower. It crash-lands in the abandoned construction site behind the bounds of Hogwarts, in the Muggle world.

"It's...too...surreal..." repeat I.

The twins rush to the site, abandoning all the possible rules broken. The rest of us aren't much better, through Rojer goes last, still staring at the sky.

Well, we're sure in trouble now, why waste the opportunity before the Ministry had that - whatever it was - under its wing.

We stop in our tracks at the sight of an alien starship. It's definitely a starship.

"Uh...I have a bad feeling about this," volunteer I. "Does anybody else?"

Everybody else ignores me. Rojer stands behind me, and Terry before me. Before Terry is Lily, and Cedric is first. Yeah, right. Some sort of welcoming committee. Whoever the hell you are, welcome to Hogwarts.

The hatch opens up, and there's this blinding light. Clacking of the feet.

We stare at it - whatever it is. Four legs. Blue Horse? Is it a new sort of aliens nobody has thought about before?

I see that others are just as confused.

"Let's get out of sight," whispers Cedric. "Quick."

We're in no mood to disobey Cedric's command, and we all duck behind the wall made of cupboards. Very primitive defense against the possible powers the thing might have, but better than nothing, right? I hold my tongue, however - I'm too scared to face some humor, and I don't suppose the others will react as lightly.

Four feet clickety-clacking on the board. Then, it falls down.

~~Rojer~~

My name is Rojer.

And right now, I have the weirdest dream of my whole life.

I crouch beside Alice, and through her dark strands of long hair I see the strange figure walking down the ramp of the real starship. Lily echoes Alice.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" whispers she. We all shake our heads. No.

It - whatever it was - suddenly fell down. Lily was the first to spring up.

"Wait," hisses Terry, grabbing her arm. "Where do you think you're going?"

"I'm going to help him...It...Whatever," answers Lily, slowly getting up. Alice is right next to her.

"I'm in, too."

The three of us wait for a moment while the girls cautiously approach the alien. Then Cedric sighs.

"Oh what the heck. Come on."

Terry grabs my arm trying to restrain me, but I shake it off. Meanwhile, Alice is trying to overcome the fear, and we all gather around the alien.

"Do you think it's...dangerous?" finally asks Lily. Cedric's sister never was a daring sort, unlike her brother. Sometimes, I think the Hat mixed the twins, putting them into wrong Houses.

[Do not be afraid. I am not going to hurt you.]

I gasp.

"What was that?" asks Alice.

"What?" Terry plays like he hasn't heard anything.

[I am able to talk to you by thought speech.]

"Great. Now we're all losing it," mutters Alice, while Lily tries to stop the bleeding from an ugly dash on the alien's side.

[My name is Elloran,] the thought-speak again. [I came to warn you about them.]

"Them?" asks Cedric stupidly.

[The Yeerks. They are coming to invade this world.]

For a brief second, I see what Elloran is talking about. Parasites who are small enough to crawl into a human ear. I find out how they envelop themselves around the human brain, how they take over human thoughts and feelings...They break you down...

I shudder.

"So, you're saying they're slugs?" finally demands Terry. "And they..."

"Control people?" finishes Alice, a little disbelievingly.

[I can help you to save your world,] says Elloran. He takes out of nowhere blue sphere that shimmers in the dark. [It is the technology of my home world. Only the Andalites have the powers of morphing so far. After you touch it, you will be able to change into any living creature you want.]

"Morphing?" I can swear I see Lily's brains working hard. "You mean, we can change into animals? Any animals?"

[Exactly.]

We all hesitate.

"Uh...Guys, I don't think it's a good idea," says Terry.

"Didn't you hear him?" asks Alice desperately. "We have no choice."

Cedric is first to reach down and touch the strange sphere. One by one we all folow. From deep blue, it changes to light orange, and - as I slowly close my palm in between the girls', it glows bright red.

The ground starts to shake...

~~Sandy~~

I'm Sandy. A Slytherin. Stuck on the abandoned construction site with a Gryffindor - my cousin Sam, another Slytherin - my friend Alex, and two Hufflepuffs - Karen and Nick. What a company...

What we see, however, is so surreal, that I even forget to grumble about a nice evening I'm spending in a strangest company of my life. A starship. Potters and the Co. talking with the alien named Elloran.

Then, there is a commotion from above. Another ship - at least twice as big, and bug-like looking - lands neatly right inside the site. We see the five kids running to hide. Then, we bend even lower to the ramp - we're hiding on the same site as group one, and a slug named Visser Three murders Elloran. Even I turn around.

Karen and Sam actually look sick. Alex glances down. Nick and I exchange horrified glances.

"No!"

What?!

Alice has just jumped on her feet. Well...That girl have just succeeded in attracting attention of the vilest - looking thing I can remember seeing. Things like nowhere on Earth...

"And we thought the Blast - Ended Skrewts were disgusting," whisper I. The rest of the gang gives a shaky silent laugh.

"Uh, guys?" Nick. He points to some strange creature that runs our way. A giant chicken with long neck filled with spikes, two horns and huge eyes. I really don't want to check how well those eyes can see.

"Right you are, Nick. Let's bail," whisper I.

We bolt outside on the open. The air is suddenly filled with yells – human yells. They search for us. I see Potter making a beeline for the fence – the others go different direction. The stupid thing takes the bait, and follows me.

"Oh, great," hear I Potter's sarcastic voice. "Welcome to the land of unknown,

 Sawyer. Now what?"

"Take right, I'll go left," shout I.

We both tear in different directions, and I forget all about the mystery sphere Cedric's hiding, and about the strange disk that never reached Rojer Finnegan's grasp...

A/N: chapter two. I don't know about Hork-Bajir much, and Sandy's got no clue what it is...Hence, the giant chicken. The size of the Yeerk Mother ship is relative, as well.