CHAPTER TWO
A/N: This story is gonna have a "history repeating itself" plot, so don't get confused if the characters and circumstances are similar. Oh, and about my other story, umm… welll… I haven't finished typing it… sorry! And this chappie could be posted earlier, but I had a problem logging into my account. When I press "log in", instead of going in to my account, I return to the log in page, as if I press the refresh button. Bur now it's fixed! Rejoice!
Disclaimer: Oh, come on. If you've read the first chappie you should know this. If not, I strongly advise you read it.
There are four of us, me, ( Steve), Hannah, Jonathan and Maria. Hey, I know Maria and Hannah are girls, but I've known Hannah since 1st grade, and Maria is her best friend, so I have a good reason for knowing them. I stick to the "guy code", though: Do not associate too much with girls.
Hannah is of medium height, has light brown, sun-streaked hair and green-hazel eyes. She is very slim, and at first glance, she looks rather fragile.
Appearances can be deceptive. I happen to know that she can be absolutely fearless.
Maria is Hispanic, and she has dark, tanned skin, shoulder-length black hair, a sense of humour and a temper. Like, she can be cracking jokes at one moment and then be yelling her head off at someone the next.
That brings me to Jonathan. What can I say? He was foisted on me by the teacher a year or two ago, when he was transferred to our school in order to be closer to the orphanage he went into after the Yeerk war.
His parents were two of the Controllers killed when Rachel attacked Tom's Yeerks.
Jon is quite tall, smaller than I am, but taller than Hannah is. He has blue eyes and light hair, which is always messy. They don't really care at the orphanage, but he's a nice guy.
Want to know something cool? We're actually in the same school as the Animorphs! Of course, we only started grade school two years after the Yeerk war began. Still, it's nice to know that you have a connection with someone famous.
That's what Jon and I were discussing as we walked home from school through the park.
"I'm telling you, Tobias' Hork-Bajir morph could kick Jake's butt easy." Jon.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. "Amateur. You obviously don't know anything about the Animorphs. Do you knowthe number of Hork-Bajir that Jake killed, in tiger morph?"
"Just because you did that project on the Animorphs last year-"
He was cut short by someone yelling our names. We looked around to see Hannah and Maria running to catch us up.
"Hi, guys," said Hannah brightly, wrapping her scarf around her neck. It was fall, and the nights were getting cold."We thought we'd catch you up. Steve and I are neighbours."
"Yeah," Maria agreed."And , you know, I heard you talking about butt-kicking.I'm surprised at your stupidity. Don't you realise that Rachel's grizzly bear morph-"
But whose butt Rachel could kick we never knew.
All of us heard a rushing noise, and something hit the ground not far off. It sounded big.
We froze."What was that?" Maria'svoice was nervous. After all, to be in a desertedpark at sunset (we had all stayed late in school to complete various projects) with something large and unidentified nearby was no picnic.
Hannah shouldered her way through the bushes. "Only one way to find out. Come on!"
We found the thing in a small grove of pine trees with a clearing in the middle. A few ornamental, iron-wrought benches were scattered here and there.
But it wasn't them we were staring, slack-jawed, at. It was the thing in the centre of the clearing.
We had learnt about them in class.
We had seen replicas of them in the museum.
We had seen them in the movies.
I had a toy one that was remote-controlled.
It was Jon who first voiced our thoughts.
"An Andalite fighter," he breathed.
A/N: More interesting than the first chappie, right? Well duh. The first story was only an intro. And tell me. Who is good at writing intros, which are interesting, exciting and everything? Not me. Nor my friend. Soooo… the story gets more interesting as it gets longer. And if you want the next chappie, say it in your review so my friend will know… go review now please. :p
