Hello, and yes, this is Chapter Two. Thanks for your reviews lets have a look see….

Kharina: Yes I read your fics! I know I haven't reviewed them, but I love 'em! I especially love you're Alloran fic.
Thanks, I had trouble trying to imagine the Academy, but this is what came out. I'm actually re-reading the Andalite Chronicles at the moment to try and reintroduce myself to the Andalite culture.

The REAL Cheese Monkey: I'm glad to know that you like this fic. Yeah, I also like Sofor, but at the moment I think Asculin is my fave!

Irish Rage And Love: YES! Thank you! Grins I'm pleased to see that you've noticed the similarities between the Animorphs and these guys, that's great! I especially hope that someone would get that, so thanks for saying so! I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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Elwing: Nods When I read this review I was soooo happy. Yes, 'K' is Keeda. We have been best friends for about five years now. I met her when we were in primary school. I had moved from South Africa and she had moved from the Isle of Man. Yes there are Animorphs in England, thank god!

Thanks, its good to know that you liked the last chapter. You often seem to review fics, have you ever written any yourself? It'd be cool to read them if you did. Please read and enjoy.

Now back to the story.

Chapter Two
Brothers

(Aristh Asculan! Will you listen?)

My head jerked. Prince Eoptis was standing before me, arms folded tightly across his chest, eyes boring into my skull.

(Yes, sir?)

The prince just laughed and shook his head. (What is the proper procedure for a boarding of an alien craft?)

I noticed my friends all look at me, the truth was I hadn't been paying attention. And now I was going to pay. I glanced at Seerow with one of my stalk-eyes, he just moved his stalks back and forth in a 'who knows?' gesture.

I looked down at the grass, really wishing that I had not joined the Academy. I felt my body grow hot with embarrassment as I struggled to recall what my prince had said only moments before.

(We – we board the ship and – check for any hostiles?) I blurted.

(And if there are - ?) Prince Eoptis prompted.

(We put some rear-end tail into them!) blurted Sofor.

I turned to stone. Alloran laughed so hard he nearly passed out, Seerow's eyes widened in shock, Freyorn and Breeyar stopped breathing.

One by one we all stared at Sofor.

The prince raised his eyes and looked down at the over exuberant Sofor. (What? Did I ask you to speak! NO! I did not!)

Sofor blinked, (Um, well. I – I apologise Prince.)

He just shook his head slowly. (That's enough for today Arisths. Go and feed, tomorrow we will redo this topic and hopefully,) the prince looked at me; (we will have learnt something by then.)

(Yes sir,) we all replied.

The prince turned with one last sneering glance at Sofor and galloped off, tail held high over his head. Someday I would be like him.

A prince I mean; not an arrogant teacher.

(You…) Alloran breathed in deep through his nose, still nearly suffocating from lack of air. (Hahahahahahahah! 'Put some tail into them'! Hah! I can not believe it Sofor, 'put some tail into them'? Where'd you get that? And to Old Scar over there? Can I just say HAH?)

Sofor gave Alloran a playful strike over the head with his blade. (I thought it was a good answer, actually.)

We all just laughed and ran across to the Reelak. I enjoyed the cool refreshing water as it ran up my hoof. Oh, yes. It was a good day to be alive.

The homeworld orbits two stars, and has four moons; at least two moons can always be seen from the planet's surface.

One of these moons has oceans, and life: the huge mardrut is a fish from one such moon, my father once took me to see one in the seas of that moon. It was my first trip into space.

The surface of the homeworld has beautiful derrishoul trees growing in various colours from pink to the brightest red, my own home territory had a huge forest of these beautiful tress growing in it.

Our sky is normally deep red and gold. Other creatures in my homeland were therant trees, six-winged kafit birds, djabalas, flaar, and energetic hoobers.

I saw Seerow looking at a flying kafit now, (Wouldn't it be fine to fly as a kafit does?)

I simply laughed and shook my head, (Come now my shorm; get your hooves out of the sky and onto the grass.)

(Hey!) an older aristh was cantering towards us holding a communications pad in one hand.

No…he couldn't be an aristh, as he drew near I saw that he appeared to be blind on one side. He was a vecol! What we call disabled Andalites. A vecol is supposed to live in isolation to retain his dignity.

(What do you want vecol?) I asked as he drew near.

He just looked at me and then turned to face Alloran, (Are you Alloran-Semitur-Corrass?)

Alloran narrowed his eyes, (Yes.)

(Here, this came through a few minuets ago.) the vecol handed Alloran the communications pad and stood.

(Leave vecol,) I said. (Leave before I give you another reason to be called a vecol.)

For a second he looked at if he might try to strike me, but then, he just sagged and cantered away down the banks of the Reelak. It's not that I had anything against vecols just as long as they weren't near me. You know?

(What…they…what?) Alloran shrieked.

(Alloran?) Feyorn asked.

Alloran just shook his head. Staring wide-eyed in disbelief, with shock and apparent horror. (My parents…they…)

(They what?) I asked.

(They…,) Alloran stood tall, as if ready to fight. (They have had another child. Besides me. Just yesterday. His name is Arbat-Elivat-Estoni.)

I actually felt my hearts stop. How could they? Parents only ever had another child if the first was a vecol. How could they dishonour Alloran like that?

(Apparently, they thought that since I joined the Academy it would be nice to have another child to take my place!) Alloran threw the pad into the water, where it was quickly swept away. (Look. Don't tell anyone else. If they knew…what if they think I'm a vecol? I could get thrown out of the Academy!)

We all agreed not to think a word to anyone else and decided to head back to our quarters. Our fun and jokes seemed to have left us with the setting sun. Alloran simply refused to acknowledge that he had even gotten the communication and talked as if we had never seen it.

Then as we entered the Academy I saw her. Very quickly I forgot all about Alloran's disgrace. She made me stop. She made me thankful that I was a male… She made me walk straight into a warrior.

She was Prince Eoptis's daughter but, by the suns themselves, she was magnificent.

Her name, I later found out was Aylary-Orcim-Sothil, and someday she would be mine.

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