karone-sakura- Thankyou for all your support! I'm glad your so into my stories! I'll update the other one when i can, i promise!
Okay, this is just going to be the worst chappie, I can feel it. I always have trouble getting into the how and why they get from here to there. I've also got a slight writers block on this story, so... uh... yeah. But here it is, and if you have any suggestions for this story, just say so.
Elfangor
How can I explain my heritage to you? Uh... well... the best I can do is tell you what my parents told me. Before Aerionna was born, our mother decided to see what it was like to be an Andalite for a while (since with shape-shifting, there's no time limit). Thus... produced my sister. And me? Errr... well, my dad acquired several Chanaiben males, and... well... tadaaa! Hey presto, me!
I am a mix of two different species, yet, like Sean and Seth, genetically I am one race. I am... well... fully Chanaiben. I know, weird huh?
Well, it wasn't as weird as seeing this woman who was supposed to have been missing for I don't know how many years suddenly come down and say 'hey, guess what kids? I knew your future before you did!'. Okay, well... she didn't really say that... but that's basically what I heard.
And she was giving us this weird smile that just made me kinda cringe a little. I was up front, beside my sister and Seth... but I really didn't feel that brave anymore. Aerionna... well, Aerionna always seems like she's ready for anything.
We all kind of converged into a little group as this Phoebe person stepped forward, towards us. We... well, we took a big step back. After that, she stopped moving forward. And we stayed right where we were.
"Alejandro?" She said, looking over at Alex "It's you, isn't it? You've grown a lot since I last saw you. And Megan... what a sweetie!"
I saw Alex cringe at that name, and Megan just held on tighter to him.
"She knew which one of us was which" Michelle murmured from just behind me. I saw Alex give her a slight nod. Then he pulled free of Megan's grip, then somehow latched her onto me, before taking a deep breath and stepping slowly and carefully towards the woman. She stepped slowly and carefully towards him, stopping when he reached her. He reached up and touched her face, then the scar, and I knew he was definitely thinking hard about all this. I was thinking hard too... since Megan was practically shutting off the flow of blood to my arm. We were the same age... but somehow she managed to act about nine or so. I carefully tried to pry her arm off me, but it didn't do much good.
"Alejandro? No, no, you hate that name, right? It's Alex now, am I right?"
Alex jumped back like he'd been slapped.
"How... how do you know...?"
"Alex!" Nicole suddenly broke away from the group, running and pulling Alex back away from her "She could be a Yeerk! Or...."
"Or someone in morph, am I right?"
"What the heck are you?!" Nicole cried as she held Alex's arm. Alex... well, he was either in shock or considering this woman's story. I couldn't tell.
(Elfangor? Get the scanner. You know which one. Ithiell gave it to us, remember? Go get that scanner) Aerionna instructed, and I slowly nodded and slipped out of Megan's grasp, then past the woman and into the lounge room. I went through about three draws before I found it, carrying it carefully back to the others. It looked like the human version of a stethoscope that doctors use to put in patients ears to check for infections. But it was exactly what we needed. Even I knew that.
I carried it over to my sister, who in turn, took it and walked past a still startled Alex and Nicole, towards the woman who called herself Phoebe. Her stalk eyes turned to look at me when she was close enough.
(Take her weapons and hold her Elfangor) she told me. I did, carefully removing each weapon the woman possessed, using my tail to help me as well. With that, Aerionna whipped her own tail forward and pressed it against the woman's throat. Phoebe hardly even flinched.
(Do not attempt to move or escape, or my tail will sever your head from your shoulders before you can blink) Aerionna said. Phoebe hardly moved, and instead smiled at us, as if knowing we were all right. Aerionna gave the scanner to me, instructing me on how to use it. I stuck it in Phoebe's ear, pressed a few buttons... and the little scanner light turned on, scanning the inside of her ear. Seconds later, it beeped.
"What does that mean?" I asked her.
(It means she does not have a Yeerk inside her brain) Aerionna replied, removing her tail blade. I moved out from behind Phoebe, handing the scanner back to Aerionna.
"So, she's not a Yeerk. Now what?" Michelle asked.
"Hold her for two hours?" Cody supplied, shrugging.
"I wish we'd talked to our parents more about this" Toni muttered, shaking her head and going up to look straight into Phoebe's eyes. She hardly flinched.
"No no no, why would someone morph-capable carry all these weapons?" Nicole asked. We all considered that for a moment.
"She could be a traitor" I supplied.
"Doubt it" Alex said, then turned to look at her "Say we trust you. What are you going to do to help us?"
"Show you your destiny"
"What the heck has destiny have to do with it?" Seth asked.
"Because you are the only ones on the planet that has the ability to morph and shape-shift. You alone can win this war"
"Uh.... come again?" Megan asked. Instantly, Phoebe's face turned from a warm smile to a troubled look.
"Your parent's have left the planet. The Yeerk forces are stronger than anyone could have ever imagined. They are fighting with everything they have... in space... and could possibly loose if the Yeerks make a base of this planet. They need your help to stop them"
"Why us? Why not... I don't know... the Chanaiben adults?" Toni supplied, looking like she was about ready to pound Phoebe for not thinking of it sooner.
(Unless...) Aerionna broke in (Unless there are no adults left on the planet to fight... unless everyone is already off the planet... except us...)
I froze. We were alone? On the planet? Did that mean... my friends were dead? Did it mean that everyone and everything was... gone? Did it?
No. Not unless we fought them back. Not unless we learnt to use what our parents had passed on to us. That's what she was saying.
"But we can't morph. Or shapeshift" Cody said, pointing from himself to Nicole.
"I believe your Andalite friend here has a blue morphing cube given to her by her father"
Aerionna looked shocked (How did you know of this?)
"Because I am a human seer. I know things before they happen"
"So... do you know who will win this war? Us... or the Yeerks?" Alex asked. She shook her head.
"No. All I know is that I'm supposed to lead you to fight. To teach you what you need to know"
"Well that's just great" Sean muttered, folding his arms across his chest.
"Should we vote on this?" Megan asked. We did. The decision was unanimous; we would fight to save the planet... and our families.
Phoebe smiled, accepting, and we gave her back her weapons, but she refused them, and instead lead us out into the sun... the sun we hadn't seen in over half a month.
And... not only that... into the destruction the Yeerks had already caused.
I was shocked. Then I felt like crying. All these trees... the Chudnits.... the people's homes... my people's homes... all gone... all turned to rubble. I smelled death...
And then, I got angry. And I wanted to fight.
Thirteen by human standards... and I was ready to take down a force stronger than all of us put together... but I didn't care.
Later I would use that anger in a very positive way.
