Author's Note: Yay, my writer's block is done with! *dances* And I might be adding another character…Dunno yet. It'll be a guy, though, if I do. And thankies to all my reviewers! I'm gonna try to keep up the individual thankies.

Chessrook44: Thanks for the compliment! This one'll probably be going for awhile. ^_~

Liaranne: *nodnod* I love that movie…And she definitely does! Of course, she'll deny it for a bit, but, oh, well.

Lady Aura: Meh, it is a bit Mary Sue-ish…I try not to, but most of my fics end up going that way. Ah, well. Thanks much for the applause!! I'll re-do the first chappies as soon as I get a chance…Probably later tonight or tomorrow.

Star's Dream: lol…I think it's cute, too. *waves* Hi, Lime!

Sharina Silverstem: Ya think so? I dunno, I like yours. And hopefully it won't be confusing much longer….Sammie likes Animorphs and Reese doesn't, basically.

CoconutIslandII: Really? That is weird. Dani tends to use pathetic, too.

DH: lol! Thanks, Reese is a lot of fun to write. ^_^ And I agree, they are perfect for each other! Nope, you don't have to wait, this one's Sammie's…There won't be approaching for awhile, though, 'cause Reese gets distracted. Glad you thought the summary was okay. ^_^

Disclaimer: "Great, she brings home a sword. If you ask me, she should have brought home a ma……Ooo, sign me up for the next war!"

Chapter Ten – Sammie

aka Stupid Plans are Fun!

This was seriously hilarious. Reese had a crush on Marco. Oh, she might deny it, but I can always tell stuff like that. Unless it involves me, for some reason. Then it's like I'm oblivious. Never figured that one out. But, anyway, that's beside the point. Back when I was Bri, Dani had always claimed to seriously hate Marco because I used to read her things he said from the books and she would laugh without realizing it. So, even though Reese wasn't really Dani, it was still terribly amusing.

I ended up laughing most of the way home, drawing Arabus's concern. He seemed to think I had eaten too much Fun Dip and was threatening to take away the rest of it until I told him it was girl stuff. Then he left it alone. Hee. Typical male, right?

Anyway, once I got towards the edge of the forest, I figured I'd better send Arabus around the long, but hidden, way. Didn't want people freaking out and calling the SPCA on him. Or, worse yet, didn't want a Controller to see him and assume he was an 'Andalite Bandit'. Which reminded me…What was I going to do about this? Obviously, I had never had to worry about it before, since in my memories here I was Sammie. Sammie didn't know about the Animorphs. But I do now. And I couldn't just sit here and not do anything about it. Well, I suppose I /could/, but it would drive me insane.

I didn't get to worry about it for too long, though, because as I was walking home, I saw a truck parked outside this rundown warehouse looking place. That didn't bother me, but on the side of the truck, I saw 'Graham's Travelling Circus.' I glared at the truck, watching the guys around it. They were unloading something: a small cage. I couldn't tell what was in it. But it made me mad. You see, Graham's Travelling Circus was not a very nice group. I've heard about them. They pick up animals they find abandoned, or ones that are injured or unable to defend themselves. Sounds good, but it's not. The animals are treated like crap. They're stuffed in little cages, and if they panic or are at all loud, they're sedated until their 'acts,' which usually consists of bad training with cattle prods. They came to our town once before. It didn't make me happy.

I did wonder briefly what they were doing back but, then again, I didn't really care. I had a plan. It was a stupid one, yes, but it was a plan. I switched my direction and headed over towards the Gardens. I wanted to talk with some friends of mine. A pair of zebras, actually. They owed me a favor. Don't need to go into to why 'cause…Well, 'cause it's sort of embarrassing.

I had a chat with them, and they seemed to think my plan was amusing. Am I gonna tell you what it is? Hmm…Nope. You'll just have to take my word for it that it was stupid. Or you can take Reese's.

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It was the next day, and Reese, Arabus, and I were walking along the outskirts of town. Why? Because we were going to break into the warehouse and free all the animals. Yup. We were. And, the entire time there, I got to listen to Reese.

"Why are we doing this? Really. This is idiotic. Come on. We're going to break into this place and set the animals free? What, are we just going to let them run around town? What if there are lions? Or an elephant? How are we going to explain that?"

Yeah, Reese likes to complain. But, hey, the fact that she went with me should say something, right? Besides, she didn't want to say it, but I knew when I told her what went on behind the scenes, she was ticked off, too. Not as mad as I was of course, but still pissed. Especially if we found any babies. Then I might have to keep her from seriously maiming Mr. Graham. Or, maybe I might not.

When we got there, we stayed in the shadows, trying not to let the noon light give us away. Yes, noon. School was abruptly cancelled, you see. Why? Emmm…I'll leave that to someone else to explain. We stayed behind this old, rusted tractor type thing, just watching the building.

Finally, Reese sighed. "Are we going to do this or not?"

"Yeah. Let's go."

We crept around the back of the building, feeling very sneaky. One of the windows was open, so we hopped through it. We ended up in an empty room filled with what looked like various costumes. Most of which were too small and shaped entirely wrong for the human body. I grumbled random things as we walked along. I never liked people who insisted on dressing their animals up in ridiculous costumes.

"So? Any idea where we're going?" Reese asked.

"Hmmm. Nope. Left?" I suggested.

Reese considered. "Left. Sure. Why not?"

We slid out through the door and started left. We had reached nearly the end of the hall when the wall to the right just stopped. There was no door, just a big, gaping hole between the right wall and the end. Reese and I glanced at each other, then peeked into it. Sure enough, there was a huge storeroom, filled with cages. We walked inside and I looked around, growing more and more disgusted.

A pair of fox kits were huddled inside a tiny cat carrier closest to us. After that was a dog carrier with a wolf in it. He was making soft whimpering noises and trying to lift his head. Two boa constrictors were crammed into another dog carrier, and what looked like a rattlesnake was in a glass terrarium about half its size, leaving just enough room for it to coil up. Four crows were in yet another dog carrier, a falcon was in a bird cage, and lastly, what looked like a hawk was in a tiny cage. I was pretty sure it was the same one I had seen them unloading earlier.

"Okay, this is just wrong. Seriously, seriously wrong. Look at these poor little fox kits! Are they old enough to be away from their mother?" Reese muttered to herself, looking around the room.

I started to reply when I heard noises coming from behind us. "Great. Here they come now. Don't scream in here, Reese. Animals."

Reese rolled her eyes. "I know, Sam. Guard up?"

I nodded, then asked, "You ready, Ara? You can just hide, you know.

Most certainly not. I'm ready when you are. He replied. Like I really expected him to say anything different.

I slipped my hands into a defense position. I had, more or less, studied martial arts for a bit. However, did I have a gun? Nope. Any weapon? Ermm…nope. So what was I going to do if they did? Hmm. Pray?