Disclaimer: I don't own the Animorphs.

A/N: Sorry. I am finally updating this…again. My old computer, that had the start of this chapter, died and I am finally getting around to rewriting this chapter, finally.

The Storm

Date: Day 14 of the Carma Calendar.

Origin: Ofgina.

"There is a storm approaching." The small transceiver by my head chirped as a scratchy voice repeated the warning a few more times over the area.

"Time I head in," I muttered, putting down the screwdriver I was using to screw on the hull of the ship. Heading back to my hovel, I grabbed a few things that I would need to take to my room for save keeping. Tonight would be the biennial shower of the stars and my family was having a big barbecue for all of our human and Andalite neighbors. None of the Ofginians were coming because none of them understood the concept of a barbecue. I didn't care though. After this morning at seresion, I didn't want to see anyone from there.

I passed by the blue box and debated bringing it. "Mada." My name was being called faintly. It was almost like the box was calling me, so I grabbed it. Turns out that my mom was the one calling. "Mada, it's time to come in."

"Coming mom!" I shouted, running towards her call. I grinned as I entered the hovel. Everyone was there, Marcus, Jack, Merrill, Tala, Aliria, Taipa, and Talen. Merrill and Tala were twins who were about a year younger than us. Merrill was a guy and Tala was a girl. Marcus and Jack were their older twin brothers. Marcus and Jack were identical. I feel real sorry for Miss Cassie and Mr. Jake. Those four must have been a handful. Then there were Taipa and Talen. Talk about weird. Taipa was calm and peaceful and totally fashionable. Talen was rash and easily provoked and had no fashion sense what so ever. Tapia was almost a year older than me and Talen was around my age. They were the daughters of Mr. Tobias and Miss Rachel.

"Hey, Moonshine." Jack called as I entered.

"Name's not Moonshine, it's Mada. Get it right." I yelled back, flushing a bit. Jack and Marcus were looking more and more attractive as the days went by and I was horribly embarrassed about my attraction to them. They were the biggest idiots I had ever met. I was still mad at them for this afternoon, but I'm not one to reminisce on past events…much.

(Hey, you ready for the storm?) Aliria's smiling face greeted me as she skidded in front of me.

"I am so ready. I can't wait for it to start," I grinned back.

"Come on," Talen scolded, poking her head through the doorway to the back, "you guys are gonna miss the show."

"We're coming, Talen. Hold your horses."

(Like that'll ever happen. You know how impatient she gets.)

"True," I responded, following Talen and Aliria out the door.

The shower was wonderful to watch, at least for the first part of it. Near the middle of it, though, something seemed to happen. A large, black ship seemed to descend from the sky. It was sleek and black, with a wicked looking tail, almost like Aliria's. My father, mother, and friends' parents seemed to freeze. Finally Miss Cassie spoke quietly, "Kids, get inside. Jake, what are we going to do? The Elimist promised that we would not be plagued by them anymore."

Mr. Jake gripped her hand and turned to look at us, "Get inside, now."

Without another word, we carefully went back inside and watched our parents from the window. Taipa was the first one to speak. "Maybe we shouldn't have moved, Cassie. The Elimist said that he would create a world for us, but it was my choice to see who had crashed here." We all looked at her like she was nuts. "I can read lips," she said by way of explanation.

"Taipa, did we move here from another planet? Are they telling the truth?" Talen frowned at her older sister, hoping that what she was saying was wrong.

"Mom told me that I am not native to this planet, but you seven are. We moved from a desolate planet to here in response to a distress signal that Mr. Ax, dad, and Miss. Cassie received when I was a few months old." Tapia's voice was hollow and mysterious. I felt myself not wanting to believe her, but felt that I had to. She was the oldest of us and always seemed to be the leader of our little group. We all turned to her when we were afraid, and this is what we were doing now.

"Look," Marcus said breathlessly, staring out the window. We all turned our heads and followed his gaze. What we saw changed our lives…

A/N: Sorry to leave you with a cliffie, but I'm currently running low on ideas and time. I'll try to update soon, I promise.

Oh, just for fun I am going to put the meanings of the names of my characters (besides Aliria, Jack, and Marcus):

Mada- End of the path

Merrill- Falcon

Taipa- Wingspan

Tala- Wolf

Talen- Claw