Takehiro
I've always liked ferrets. And being one is cool too!
I couldn't see very well, but my hearing was quite excellent. And I felt so...happy. Playful as a kitten, but friendly like a dog.
It wasn't hard to get the morph. I got it from Paws. He happily curled up in my arms while I acquired its DNA.
I shrank rapidly, my body turning sleek and supple. I grew fur and whiskers and tiny claws. As soon as I morphed, I wanted to play around and got out of the house. Maybe five minutes. Somehow I ended in Ms. Humphries's house down the street without realizing it. I guess the ferret's mind took over for a while. She had left the back door open and went next door to complain.
I wanted to play with her pet ferrets. They were confused to see me, but they came over to sniff me, then chased me around the room.
The back door slammed. Ms. Humphries stumped back in, a ferret draped across her chest. She looked at the ice-cream cake in her hand and shrugged. She dumped it into the kitchen trashcan.
"Empty calories," she muttered. "Not necessary."
Was that a Controller thing to say? Or was the Ferret Lady even weirder than I thought? Everybody likes ice-cream cake! Even with lots of hot sauce!
I curled up under the sofa so that she wouldn't notice she had one extra ferret. But she didn't pay attention to her pets, anyway. Another ferret brushed against her legs. She didn't pick it up, didn't coo at it, didn't stroke it.
Weird? Or was it typical operating procedure?
The phone rang. Ms. Humphries snatched it up.
"Hello? Yes?"
A pause. "Yes. I'll be there. No, I won't attract attention," she said, sounding irritable. Of course, she certainly got my attention. "No more than usual. This host is apparently an eccentric."
This host? She WAS a Controller!
I shrunk back under the sofa. I heard a creak above me as she sat. I saw her feet in thick-soled loafers. She didn't move. And didn't move.
What time is it? How long have I've been in this morph? I only have two hours! I watched as a shadow moved slowly across the floor. Now how can I get out of the house without being noticing by me?
The shadow touched the toe of her shoe and she got up. She stumped around the room, and I crept forward to watch. She slipped into her coat and picked up a nearly canvas tote bag.
She started for the door and opened it. I could sneak out! I darted forward, but she suddenly spun around.
"Ferret Lady," she murmured. "Always travel with a pet."
And before I could move or react, she reached down and swept me up in one hand. She popped me into the tote bag! She zipped it partly shut.
I wanted to say "Bad! Bad! BAD!" but I didn't even have a human mouth. I could only stick my nose out, but that was all. I was trapped and the clock was ticking!
Ms. Humphries tossed the tote bag in the front seat of the car. I hit my head on the door handle. That hurt. The car jerked forward. I tried to work the zipper with my paws. No go.
How long do I have left? I could just barely see the car clock. Twenty minutes left. Too close for comfort!
The car stopped. Ms. Humphries slung me over her shoulder. I poked my nose out. I was in the beach parking lot. She was going to The Sharing meeting! At least Jake and the others, which they now call themselves the Animorphs, would be there.
Ms. Humphries plopped the bag down on the sand. She trudged off to speak to a knot of people by the volleyball net.
Ten minutes was left. I wiggled my nose through the opening, thrashing my head to widen the gap. The zipper gave a bit but not much. Not enough.
Just when I thought it was over, I heard Cassie's voice nearby. And that was when I remembered that I could use thought-speak! I slapped my face with a paw. I was so stupid.
-CASSIE! CASSIE! IT'S ME! I'M IN FERRET MORPH!-
"What?" I heard Cassie say.
"I didn't say anything," someone replied. I realized that Cassie couldn't thought-speak back. And she couldn't talk out loud or it would look suspicious.
-Cassie, it's Zack! I'm in a tote bag lying on the sand. I can't get out! My morph time is almost up. I think I'm near the volleyball net. Help me!-
I heard the scrunch of the sand. I saw bare brown toes in front of me. -Hurry! Hurry!- Cassie's concerned face suddenly loomed in my vision.
"Is that you?" she whispered.
-No, it's just an ordinary ferret. Of course, it's me! Get me out of here!-
Cassie quickly unzipped the tote bag and casually tucked me under her arm. She strolled up towards the dunes.
"Almost there," she murmured and climbed over the dunes, where she settled me down. "Okay. Hurry!"
I didn't need her to tell me. I concentrated, and I felt my legs getting longer. The fur on my skin grew patchy. My ears grew rounder. My tail shrunk.
Cassie wrinkled her nose. "Ewww. That's the worst morph I've seen so far."
"Well, sorry to disappoint you," I said, gleefully to feel that I had a mouth. "I haven't had much practice, y'know."
Rachel appeared over the dunes. "Glad to see you join the party, Zack. Hurry up, you guys," she said in a low tone. "Jake is going to morph into his dog, Homer."
"Dogs, cats and ferrets," I said, suddenly feeling hopeless. "What a bunch of feeb morphs. How are we going to fight that monster, Visser Three with those?"
Something fierce flashed in Rachel's eyes. I glimpsed something I've never before seen in pretty, popular Rachel. The girl is a warrior, after all.
"You've got a point," Rachel said.
And that, my friends, is just the start to all my adventures.
Baranth – Wow, you've been here longer than I've been. I'm glad that you really like this fanfic. Hope you'll like the upcoming chapters and books. And I doubt I'll be doing all 65 books. This book does take place at the 1st to maybe the 30th book but for the next few books have totally different plots and I need to see how far I go on the idea department. Probably I've thought of 10 books already! Including the final book! Thanks for r'n'r! Oh and yes the anthro alien cat that goes by the name Ryo-Mew-Ki is female.
tigerlily-2250 – Eek! Don't die yet! It took me longer than expected to get this one up, y'know! I think you have some competition over who gets Ax be'cos-
(Kaoru fighting against Ryo-Mew-Ki)
Kaoru: (Holds sword) Keep your grubby paws away from him, you moronic rodent!
Ryo-Mew-Ki: (Holds killer blades that were once her hands) And who's gonna make me, you annoying hairless ape!
(Fights each other)
You could say he's popular to almost everyone. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
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