A.N: My first stab at Edward'd POV. I read some of the partial draft of Midnight Sun on Stephanie Meyer's website to help me write this chapter.
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CHAPTER 4: Vissers and Vampires
Edward's POV
What the strange blue creature spoke of would have been, by all means, impossible. I would surely have heard the desperate, helpless pleas of the trapped hosts along with their Yeerk, as the blue creature had called them, masters. However, I could see in the creature's thoughts that he was telling the absolute truth. Aliens were invading Earth.
The Yeerks were little more than large slugs, but what they did was terrifying, even to a vampire. They were conquerors, parasites. They took control of minds, human or otherwise. They enter the brain through the ear canal and once they touch the brain, take complete control. The Controllers as they are called, can be anyone: your parents, friends, teachers and anyone else you can think of. A Yeerk who holds the title of Visser Three leads them. Visser Three is cold, cruel enemy, killing even his own inferiors for simply asking a question.
The creature had explained that it, along with five humans fought the Yeerks. That was laughable but still, I could see in the Andalite's mind that it was true. Him and the humans had the ability to change their shape, only having to touch a creature to acquire it's DNA. By calling up the DNA, they could then change, or morph into the creature they focused on. They used this power to keep the Yeerks at bay until the Andalite fleet arrived and defeated the Yeerks. The Andalite did not expect his people to come.
Still, where were the five humans he had spoken of? He already knew of our speed and strength, so it would be foolish for the Andalite to come alone. That scythe-like tail may prove effective against a single vampire but not a whole coven of nine. Of coarse, I knew the humans were near by. It seems that the way they communicate in morph is by hearing each other's thoughts, such as I do, except they can choose to let everyone around hear, or only certain people hear. That is also the Andalite's natural way of communication, seeing that they lack mouths. I had heard the Andalite tell the other "Animorphs" that they could now come out and demorph. He had also called one of them "Prince Jake".
All of a sudden, I saw an orange and black blur shoot out from the surrounding trees. It turned out to be a Siberian tiger. The tiger was followed by a wolf, then a grizzly bear, and lastly, a gorilla and a red-tailed hawk came out from the forest. From the Andalite's, and their own thoughts, I discovered that their names were Jake, who was the tiger, Marco, who was the gorilla, Cassie, who was the wolf, Rachel, the bear, and Tobias, the hawk. The Andalite's name was Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthil or Ax for short. After a brief moment, the animals began to change. Fur became skin; tails shrunk back into their bodies, claws turned to fingernails. Finally, after three minutes, the spectacle was over. Only Tobias, the hawk remained in morph. I realized suddenly, that he was the mind I had heard before Alice's vision. I could not see any evidence because there was none to see. The spy was on appearance, an animal.
I did recognize the humans' names. To my surprise, they were all students at Forks High School. They were sophomores. Probably no older than fourteen or fifteen, yet by Jake's appearance, I could tell he had matured a lot from fighting the Yeerks. The Animorphs' minds all said about the same thing, It's the Cullens. I always knew something was up with them. But who's the new one, or that little girl? Not very interesting at all.
Finally, Jake spoke, "I'll take it from here, Ax. I assure you that what Ax told you is the whole truth. We are being invaded and the Yeerks could be anyone. Thousands of new Controllers are being made every day. If the Yeerks are not stopped, the whole planet will fall." The clearing was silent for a moment, then, "Wow," started Emmett, "you Ani-whatevers actually expect us to believe that crap? Alien slugs? Not even a human is going to be able to be taken down by some slimy worm."
"It's the truth," I assured him, "neither the Andalite, nor Jake is lying."
"Yeah, but—," Emmett began again, "Emmett," Carlisle stopped him, "they have explained their story, so it is proper that we explain ours."
"Carlisle is right," Bella said for the first time, "they need to hear our side of all this."
"As I am sure your friend the Andalite has already told you," Carlisle began, "we are not completely human. We were once, but have since been transformed into vampires." I heard Marco try to suppress a laugh. Right, he thought, and our story is ridiculous.
"We cannot sleep or digest any solid foods. Obviously, we feed on blood but not the blood of humans. Instead of taking innocent lives, we feed on the blood of animals. It feeds us, but is not what our bodies desire, still, we deal with it and move on. We are also incapable of urinating or defecating. We do not require oxygen but find it uncomfortable to be without a sense of smell. Also, we are immortal.
"Everyone here has been in some near death situation which is why I have transformed them. The vampire venom, if not given in a great dosage will, not kill, but change the victim into a vampire himself or herself. After three days of excruciating pain, the transformation is complete. New vampires are called newborns. Newborns, being new to vampire instincts, think of little else but blood and feeding. It usually takes about a year for the effect to wear off and for the vampire to regain control over him or herself again.
"I saved Emmett from death after he was mauled by a grizzly bear," Carlisle looked at Rachel, "and Edward was dying from the Spanish flu when I saved him. Now Bella here has a very interesting story to tell but that can come later.
"Some vampires have certain gifts in addition to regular powers. For instance, Edward has the ability to hear thoughts and Alice can see predictions of the future. If it weren't for her, we may never have come here."
"Oh, I don't know about that," said Emmett, "I could smell him," he pointed at Ax, "from ten miles away."
The Andalite stiffened, ((Andalites have never been known to smell. We are a clean people.))
"Ax, get over it," Rachel said, "at least you know they won't be interested in eating you." We all laughed, even Tobias, the hawk. I began to wonder why Tobias had not changed back to his own human form.
"Tobias?" I asked the hawk,
((Yeah,)) he answered,
"Why haven't you changed to your own human form?"
((I broke the time limit,)) he said, ((you can only stay in morph for two hours unless you plan on keeping the morph forever. I was trapped in the Yeerk Pool and I overstayed my time in morph.))
It was not necessary to ask, of course but I felt like it would have been violating his privacy to just read it from his mind without permission.
I also wondered why the presence of the Animorphs did not alarm or confuse me but I soon found the answer. They were like the werewolves. They could change shape at will although they had a time limit whereas the werewolves could stay in wolf form for the rest of their lives. One advantage of the Animorphs though, is that they could become anything they could touch. If they needed to fly, they morph birds. If they need to swim, they morph fish. Whether it be speed, altitude, or stealth, the Animorphs were there.
The werewolves on the other hand were pure power. They could go at it all day and not even get too tired. Their communication range also has no known limits while the Animorphs have to be fairly close together. I suddenly had an idea. If we all allied; Cullen, Quileute, and Animorph, then we could surely defeat these Yeerks without much trouble.
Of course I would have to stay alongside Bella. If she had to do something that required us to be separated, then she just wouldn't do it. It was as simple as that. Jasper had once been our strategist when we were preparing to face off against an army of newborn vampires. He could be useful here as well. Emmett would probably protest because he does not trust the humans. He thinks I am missing something in their minds. That is, of course, ridiculous. I don't miss anything. If I were in, Bella would be in as well without a question. The same thing would go for Alice. Rosalie would follow Emmett and I could not tell for Carlisle and Esme. Bella would never let Renesmee fight in a million years, and I would not be able to stop her from reaching that choice. I also wasn't sure if the werewolves would agree to this decision. Our relationship with them was already rocky at best.
I decided to put the matter aside for now and forced my mind to return to the present. I must have wondered off for a while because the next thing I heard was, "Edward, come on, we asked you to vote. Do you think an alliance is in order?" The voice belonged to Jasper. I was surprised because he rarely speaks.
Jasper recapped the whole conversation and it was as if they could hear my thoughts rather than the other around. I voted yes, obviously. Jasper and Alice voted yes. As I thought, Rosalie and Emmett had both voted no. Carlisle and Esme voted yes. Bella voted yes but stated that Renesmee was to have no pert in the fighting. So it was decided. Three against the motion and six for it. We would ally and fight the Yeerks.
Later that day, we met at what I had been told was the Animorphs' regular meeting place, Cassie's barn. Jake filled us in on some more little details. Visser Three was morph capable and possessed an Andalite body. I figured that was manageable due to our own strength. I was gravely mistaken. When I heard of the Visser's morphs, what they could do, and just how many he had collected throughout the galaxy, I was immediately thinking, we can't do it. No matter what our strength is, we'll never be able to defeat him. I was in despair. We were al doomed to die and we were agreeing to it willingly.
I now sincerely wished that I had voted against the alliance.
DUN DUN DUNNN! Will Edward quit the alliance? Will the Yeerks finally be defeated? Hey, wait, I can't give that out until the end of the story! All reviewers get FREE ICE CREAM!!!