A/N-Hey, look at this! Anonymous-cat is posting again! Wow. Anyway, you might have heard me talking about further ideas for Zak and Bri. I've put them into words, finally. I'm not sure if anyone is going to be interested, the idea isn't as novel as my earlier stories. But this story is about what happened to Zak and Bri during the beginning of the Animorph war. (Boy, I bet you can't guess what happens here, huh?) Like I said, an overused idea. But I have to get through the war, to after the war, to say what I want to about the Kelbrid! And the Animorphs are involved in that. If you want me to continue with this, review!
Chapter 1- Zak
My name is Zantar-Semityr-Dantil. Or Zak, if you prefer. My friend, Bri, is really into shortening names. She shortened her own name from Sabrina to Bri, and goes around giving other people short names as well. Like last summer, when she gave a visiting Andalite named Alanthi the name Allie. What is an Andalite, you might ask? If you don't know by now, then you are probably one of the lucky people who haven't been infested. All Controllers know what Andalites are.
I should know what Andalites are, although I'm not a Controller, thankfully. No, I'm an Andalite myself, although I'm very different from most of my blood-relatives. You see, I've been raised among humans, ever since my parents' ship crashed about 13 years ago. I hadn't even seen another Andalite until last year, in fact. Earth isn't widely visited by Andalites, apparently. Alanthi-Estana-Illinia, or Allie, and her crew arrived on earth. I was given the option then to go with them back to the home world, where my parents had originally come from. But, I chose to stay on earth with my adopted parents, Bri, and her family instead. I followed my heart.
The Andalites agreed to let me stay, as long as I promised to be on alert to Yeerk activity. Yeerks are another set of aliens; they can crawl into your ear and take over your body, making you a Controller. They are the Andalites' sworn enemies.
Alanthi tried to get me to come with her. She thought I'd be happier among my own people, and I secretly think she would have enjoyed my company personally. But, as much as I liked Alanthi, I hardly knew her, only being with her for a week. Bri, and my parents, had been with me for my whole lifetime. They loved me. And, with Alanthi's help, I had the ability to morph. I can change my body into a human, although only for two hours. I wouldn't be an outcast anymore, would actually fit in on earth. So I decided to stay.
I have been getting a more normal life, lately. Sam, Bri's older alien-adopted sister who is a very intelligent Kelbrid, was able to hack into adoption records and make a file for me, saying that I was adopted by Jess and Mike, my 'parents.' So now I have a regular bedroom, although I don't use it often, and human clothes. I even go to a human middle school and demorph in the restroom between periods. I'm making some friends there, although Bri will always be my best friend. Back when I first started morphing human, I had a habit of repeating and playing with mouth sounds. Andalites don't have mouths or speak out loud, so it was entertaining and new at first. Then my parents signed me up for speech therapy classes to help me with this problem. I now speak like a normal human.
Like I said, it was about a year ago that Alanthi landed on earth. Since then, I have spoken to her over the Z-space transponder once or twice, but mostly have sent the Andalite equivalent of e-mails. She's pretty busy, and I hear she is now a full-fledged scientist working for the Andalite military.
Things were just starting to get normal in my life. Then it was summer again, and right about that time, Bri began going to a new club, called the Sharing.