Title: bless us that remember
Disclaimer: not my characters; title from Natasha Trethewey
Warnings: post series; canon character death
Pairings: canon
Rating: pg
Wordcount: 145
Point of view: third
Prompt: Animorphs, Cassie (post-#54), but somehow times keeps passing and it isn't long before the clamor and excitement everywhere she goes fades into an interested glance, a pointed finger, a whisper behind a hand, and the world moves on and soon she is forgotten
She never was the exciting one. Rachel died to save the world, Jake had led them, Marco blossomed in the attention and so always put on a good show, Ax was a real alien, and Tobias almost a complete mystery who vanished after the memorial ceremony. And Cassie... Cassie went back to her parents and to work.
She didn't grant interviews. She didn't give her permission for any of the memorabilia or action figures. She tried to pretend the whole thing had never happened.
When they come to her for help, she says she can't.
On the thirtieth anniversary, Cassie is the only one left, and when the President of the United States herself asks Cassie to attend the ceremony honoring all of their sacrifices, Cassie goes with her husband and her daughter Hope, and she speaks about the children she remembers, the warriors she alone knew.