Alright, so here's chapter three! Basically a filler, sorry it's so short, but I almost forgot that Jake was off to meet the other Animorphs. Eheh, whoops! NEway, Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't anything that isn't mine, which includes the fandoms and canon-ness, but does not include my OCs, interactions between OCs and Canon charas, and plot alterations (hello, its AU).

"Say Hello to What You Thought You Knew"

A Major Crossover Story

by DarkLozFanUberest

Chapter Three: Surprise! Birds of a Feather

"What?" A loud, feminine, and above all angry voice demanded once Jake had explained what his mother had told him. Apparently, all of the other Animorphs had heard about the accident at school and had come to Cassie's barn rather than go back to sleep, the only ones missing were Tobias and Ax, as they wouldn't have had anyone to tell them, as they didn't go to school.

"I told you, Rachel, my mom and dad…and Tom, went to pick up our Aunt Karen from the Airport." Jake tried to, once again, explain to his aggressive cousin.

"But we don't have an Aunt Karen, Jake!" Rachel replied, angrily, hands clenched into fists by her sides as she stood across from Jake in Cassie's barn. She was wearing a light green jumper and black track shorts (her morphing suit) and had her hair back in a ponytail, under the guise to her family that she had gone jogging, to stay in shape.

Cassie gave her a disapproving look for her loudness, and put the small raccoon she was finishing feeding back into its kennel, as it had gotten slightly agitated. She was wearing a purple t-shirt and jeans, and some brown leather gloves. She glanced over at Jake who was sitting, exhausted, on a bale of hay pushed against the wall with some others against one of the walls of the barn.

"Well, yeah, I don't remember having an Aunt Karen, either, but it's not like mom would make that up!" Jake defended, glaring over at Rachel slightly for being so difficult.

"In any case," Cassie interrupted them before they could into a bigger fight, "we should probably investigate this, and tell Tobias and Ax, they should know about this."

Rachel scowled at the dark-skinned girl, but refrained from replying, deciding to take a seat by herself on a small barrel filled with animal food.

"Well…Mom's not expecting me back until 2, I'm supposed to be helping Marco study." He put emphasis on some of the words, and got a snort from the aforementioned person.

"Yeah right," Marco snickered from on top of another hay bale, higher up in the pile than Jake's, a large grin appearing on his face, "I don't study, I play the "Let's not Study" Game, instead." He laughed as the other rolled their eyes at him.

"Of course," Jake grumbled, though he couldn't help a weak smile from reaching his lips.

"That's very unprofessional, Marco, you need to start being more responsible! Finals are coming up in two weeks, and I haven't even gotten to study more than a few hours, myself." Cassie reprimanded him sternly.

"Oh not that again!" Marco groaned as he dramatically collapsed backwards onto his bale of hay, one arm flung over his eyes, "I hate Finals!"

Jake just shook his head at them, a slightly larger smile on his face as he looked from one to the other, Cassie had started up again about the importance of studying and getting good grades and therefore opening opportunities for them all to get good jobs once they finished school, she wasn't even started about the importance of a good college education.

"So who's going to go get them?" Jake asked and Marco got up from his bale, rather quickly in fact, and grinned widely.

"They're usually at the food court at the mall by now!" he exclaimed excitedly, hopping down the pile of bales of hay past Jake, "Why don't we all go?" he asked with a grin, and the others eyed him incredulously.

"And let me guess," Rachel huffed, glaring at him, "you don't want to go to the mall just to go to the arcade, right?" she demanded, but Marco just grinned.

"Right! Just like you don't want to go to the blowout sale they're having at American Eagle, right?" he joked, and Rachel's eyes got wide and brightened obviously.

"THEY'RE HAVING A SALE? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?" she exclaimed and quickly started to transform into a bald eagle (apparently she was really focused on that sale).

"N-now wait a minute!" Jake demanded, but Marco had started transforming as well, but rather than an eagle he transformed into an Osprey.

"No time, Jake! The Sale's only supposed to be from opening until noon! The line's already gotta be long!" Rachel's thought-speak rang out as she quickly took off through the back window of the barn, followed by Marco.

"Common slowpokes!" he exclaimed in thought-speak before he, too, was gone.

Jake gave an exasperated look at Cassie, before, sighing and grumbling, he started to transform into his Peregrine Falcon form.

"We better go along," he mumbled before his mouth became unusable for natural speech and changed into a beak, "they'll probably be too distracted and forget to even tell Tobias or Ax…" his thought-speak was weary, but Cassie just gave him a reassuring smile…well as much as an Osprey can give a reassuring smile, that is. And with that, they both flew out of Cassie's family's barn and after the disappearing forms of Rachel and Marco, towards the mall and something that would change their lives forever, they just didn't know it yet.

Chapter Three~! Again sorry for the Shortness!