A/N: I want to thank everyone who's reviewing my story.
Disclaimer: I think by now you know that K.A. Applegate owns the Animorphs and I own Hope, Josh, Bade, Sarah, and Alexandria.
~~Hope~~
Hey! It's Hope again. You already know what is going on so I'll start from where we left off.
"Wait a second! Why can't the original Animorphs do it? Why do we have to be the new Animorphs?" Alexandria yelled.
I could understand why she was yelling. All we wanted was to be normal teens; we didn't want something like this thrown in our laps. I mean, don't we have enough chores without saving the world.
But part of me was thrilled. It wasn't only the aspect of turning into animals; it was the thrill of being in battle. I know what you're thinking. I'm not some person who likes death for the cheap thrill of it. Heck, I don't even like death. I think it was more the fact that I was going to be a hero. I've always wanted to save peoples' lives. To be important.
I was so lost in my thoughts that I almost missed what the…thing…said next. Almost.
THEY CAN NOT DO IT. YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN. AND YOU ALREADY HAVE THE POWER TO MORPH.
"WHAT?!" Bade yelled in surprise.
AT THE PARTY, YOU ALL TOUCHED THE NECKLACE, CORRECT?
"Yeah, so?" I asked. Okay, I was major confused.
A LONG TIME AGO, AFTER THE WAR, THE ANIMORPHS DECIDED THE ESCAFIL DEVICE NEEDED TO BE HIDDEN.
"Keep going," coached Sarah.
THE ANIMORPHS AGREED THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER TO HIDE THE DEVICE IN A DIFFERENT FORM.
"And…" Josh asked expectantly.
THE FORM IT TOOK WAS A NECKLACE. IT WAS GIVEN TO TRUSTYWORTHY PEOPLE TO HIDE. THOSE PEOPLE WERE YOUR PARENTS, HOPE.
"Oh my god!" I said.
"What?" Alexandria asked.
"Don't you get it? When we touched the necklace at the party, we were really touching the escafil device. It gave us all the power to morph. That was the shock we felt." I explained. Everyone was stunned.
"Holy Crap." Said Bade.
NOW IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILIYTY TO SAVE THE WORLD.
"But…but…what if we die? We can't just show up dead." Sarah pointed out.
That was true. Plus, there was the added threat of my parents being controllers.
TO YOUR FAMILIES, YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD.
"WHAT?!" Josh yelled.
WATCH.
In an instant, we went from being in the middle of total blackness into being in a dark alleyway. There stood Josh, Alexandria, and Sarah, frozen like everything else. But… that was impossible; they were standing right here, unfrozen. I suddenly understood. The frozen Alexandria, Josh, and Sarah were merely copies.
All in an instant, time once again moved at its normal speed. The bullets hit the copies and they crumpled dead.
"Oh my god!" Sarah screamed.
I knew what was coming next. We were transported to the street where we were pinned by the Hork-Bajir. The fake Bade was running, centimeters away from having his head cut off. I was pinned by a Hork-Bajir who was about to stab me in the heart with its blade. I did notice one difference. The frozen me was not wearing the escafil device/necklace around her neck. I still had it.
Just like with Alexandria, Josh, and Sarah, time suddenly started again and the copies of me and Bade were dead in a matter of seconds.
Then, all at once, the real us were back in the dark void world.
THOSE WERE MERELY COPIES.
"You murdered living, breathing creatures!" Josh yelled.
THEY HAD NO SOUL, NO LIFE. THEY MERELY WERE.
It helped calm Josh a bit. I didn't like it still. They were still killed; it didn't matter if they had souls.
THEY ALL THINK YOU ARE DEAD. BUT YOU ARE NOT.
Sarah gave it a sassy, "Well, duh."
YOU ARE THE NEW ANIMORPHS. AND YOU WILL ACQUIRE YOUR FIRST MORPH NOW.
And all at once, we were once again gone from the black void.
A/N: Just because everyone thinks they are dead doesn't mean that they won't have challenges. Now they have to worry about extra stuff, but you'll find that out in the next chapter. Oh, and I think the blue box is called the escafil device, but it might not. Either way, it's going to be called the escafil device here. So, please review.