[You guys all rock, I'm sure I mentioned that, but your nice comments are making my day!
I hope you guys can put up with my Australian grammar and spelling, even though the fic is set in California. Hehe, I can't believe I said "Burger King." They are Hungry Jack's over here. Anyways thats not the point.. On with the story, Jen there's something in there for you, you'll know it when you read it. I added your line as well. Tyler isn't in this chapter much, he requested something that shall be revealed soon enough. Okay, no more talking! More story!]
Chapter FiveMeeting Visser ThreeA bunch of Hork-Bajir and Taxxon Controllers swarmed out of the ship, they were everywhere.
"I wonder what crispy-fried taxxon looks like" Jen whispered. I tried not to laugh.
They all seemed to stand at attention, and then he appeared.
<Visser Three> The Andalite said.
Visser Three was an Andalite. Or at least, he was an Andalite-controller.
"What the…." Rachel said. "Isn't that an Andalite?"
<Only once has a Yeerk been able to take an Andalite body.> The Andalite said. <There is only one Andalite-controller. That one is Visser Three.>
Visser Three walked confidently toward the wounded Andalite. There was something about him that seemed evil.
<Well, well.> Visser Three said.
<What have we here? A meddling Andalite?> Visser Three looked more closely at the Andalite's ship. <Ah, but no ordinary Andalite warrior. Prince Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul, if I am not mistaken. An honor to meet you. You're a legend. How many of our fighters have you shredded? Seven, or was it eight by the time the battle ended?>
The Andalite didn't answer. But I had the feeling maybe it had been more than eight.
<The very last Andalite in this sector of space. Yes, I'm afraid your Dome ship has been completely destroyed. Completely. I watched it burn as it fell into the atmosphere of this little world.>
<There will be others,> the Andalite prince said.
The Visser continued to taunt the Andalite, but Elfangor struck without warning.
His tail whipped up and over, so fast you couldn't really see it. The Visser twisted his head aside. The Andalite's tail blade missed the Visser's head by a bare half-inch. But it sliced into his shoulder. Blood - or something like blood - sprayed from the wound.
<Aaaaaarrrrrgh!> I could hear the Visser's howl of pain in my head.
At the same time, a blinding beam of blue light shot from the tail of the Andalite ship. It sliced into the nearest Bug fighter. Hork-Bajir and Taxxons scattered.
They destroyed the Andalite’s ship.
The Visser began to change, grow much larger. He turned into a huge monster-like creature, I wanted to look away but I just couldn't.
He picked the Andalite up, raising him high into the air. The Andalite struck again and again with his tail, but each strike was like a pinprick against such a creature.
Ugh, I couldn't take it anymore and I threw up.
"We have to get out of here!" One of us yelled, I was too distracted to see who it was.
Everyone got up and ran, Rachel tugged on my hand to get me to move.
Two Hork-Bajir were right behind us!
"I don't think so!" Issam shouted, using his telekinesis to make one of the Hork-Bajir trip. The Hork-Bajir stumbled into the other one, and they both fell to the ground.
"Nice job." I said as we continued to run.
We ran and ran, I lost the others but didn't care, I continued to run, out of breath.
Somehow I made it home, I barely even remember it.
The next morning I was woken up by strange voices in my room.
"Claire, Claire! Wake up!" The voices said.
I groaned and rolled over. "Gimme ten more minutes, Mum" I mumbled.
I heard laughing. "This isn't your Mum, now get up!" The voice sounded like Anna.
Suddenly my bed was freezing, so overly cold!
"Ahh!" I said as I leaped out of my bed.
I looked around, seeing Rachel, Jen and Anna in my room.
"What are you guys doing here?' I asked. "Now I'm freezing, thanks a lot Anna."
Jen made a small fireball in her hands, making the room warm.
"Thanks, that's a bit better." I got up out of bed.
"I see you slept in your clothes too."
"What on Earth are you guys wearing?" I asked, the three of them were wearing weird shorts and t-shirts. "Last night… Did it really happen?" I wondered.
'Oh yea." Jen said. "Watch this, and don't freak out."
"I won't." I replied.
"That's what they said." Jen said, jerking her thumb towards Rachel and Anna.
She closed her eyes for a second, and her mouth and nose began to stretch out, turning hard and beak-like.
"Ahh, what are you doing?" I cried.
Jen began to shrink, getting smaller and smaller, feathers were growing all around her body.
In a matter of minutes, she was a bird. To be more specific, she was a ****atiel. Her pet ****atiel named Orsino.
"Or..sino? Jen, you just morphed into your bird." I said slowly.
Jen flew up into the air, landing on my shoulder. <I did? Well I didn't even notice> She said, laughing in my head. That was so weird.
"Close your mouth, you're letting flies in." Rachel said to me.
I closed my mouth and shook my head. "Have you guys tried this yet?" I asked.
"Yea." Rachel said.
"I have too." Anna replied. "I morphed into my cat, Sprite."
I shook my head again, as Jen flew down to the ground and began to morph back to herself.
"Come on, Claire, the others are waiting for us downstairs. Grab some tight fitting clothes and put them on, and meet us down there." Jen said.
"Oookay." I muttered. I got changed into a pair of bike shorts and a cookie monster t-shirt I had for a year or so. I ran downstairs to meet up with the others.
"Mum, Dad, I'm going out" I shouted.
I met up with the others in my front yard, all of them wearing atrocious outfits, but mine was too so I didn't say anything.
I looked at everyone, realising someone was missing. "Where's Tyler?"
"We can't find him." Estelore answered.
"Right oh."
"So Claire, do you have any pets?" Issam asked.
"Yea, A dog.. why?"
"You want to try out morphing?"
"Morphing.. Um, I suppose.'
We went through the gate, and into my backyard.
"Prince!' I called. "Princeee!"
Finally my dog came up to me, dusty and dirty.
"Be warned, guys. He likes humping people's legs." I warned, as he sniffed out at everyone. "Now, what do I do?"
"Just touch the dog, concentrate on him, and you'll acquire him." Mike answered.
"You've all tried it?"
"Yea, most of us." Tim said.
I did what they told me to do, I concentrated on my dog. He went into a sort of trance, not moving very much.
"Okay, now concentrate, think about your dog, think about Prince." Jen coached.
I shut my eyes, thinking about Prince. I opened my eyes, feeling the changes began.
"Whoa, whoa!" I said. My skin was changing, I was growing black fur all over my body. My face changed first, becoming like a dog. My mouth sprouted outwards and I found I couldn’t talk anymore.
I fell down on all fours, my arms and legs shortened, becoming dog's legs, I could feel a tail sprouting out of my… well you know where tails are.
I was Prince. I was my dog. And boy was I HAPPY! It was overwhelming. I barked. How odd.
