M&T #9: The Ellimist
By: Maggie
MAGGIE
I am not dead. I am a creation
outside of time itself. Self. That word, that word that you use to explain
yourself was fading. I was no longer me, I wasn't myself. I was the, a,
and many Ellimist. There is one Ellimist, one
creature. But I am powerful enough that
I can be a whole race within my body. Or mind. Or whatever it is that is
me. I'm deeply afraid. I was the Ellimist. But I wanted to be Maggie. Maggie
was a girl that I had lost, not long ago. But I can still feel her within
me, making sure I always hold my own.
I remember my friends,
the Animorphs. I remember the groups of friends I had made around the country.
I could see them all by thinking about them. Tobias, my brother was back
home. I saw him packing up my room. Saw him crying. He never understood
why I did it. He never would. But even now, I see him healing. I am not
afraid for Tobias, he has Rachel who, although I never respected her much
on earth, has greatness that I trust and admire. Jake and Cassie had each
other, if anything my death has brought them closer together. Marco? It
almost hurt me to watch him. He wasn't doing well. He loved me, I can see
that too clearly. I wish I could feel the
same. But Marco was strong, he would survive.
Ax, well Ax was doing great. At least ONE of the great Animorphs is kinda-sorta
sane. Too bad he's the alien of the group.
Tobias never found
that letter that I wrote to him and the Animorphs. And now it seems he
never would. Because I, Maggie will disappear. Maggie will never exist.
TOBIAS
The past week of school
was hell. Complete and utter hell. If one more person apologizes to me…..
I'll lose the last shred of sanity I have left. I can't stop asking myself
why she did it. Then again, I guess I'm doing better
than Marco. He is a mess. Worse than me.
Last I heard from Jake, he wasn't eating, cutting classes. I didn't know
what to make of that, I mean I knew Maggie her whole life, and yet I was
recovering faster. Maybe it was Rachel, maybe it was because I knew
Maggie would never want to see us like this, or maybe I was just an emotionless
person. I had packed her room up, and that had been the worst. I found
little notes that she had written, pictures that I never knew she still
had, clothes. Yeah that was the worst.
I needed to get away.
I opened my window and started to morph into the very familiar Hawk body.
MARCO
Maggie. That one word gave
me so many emotions, hate, anger, shock, happiness, and..and love. I was
in love with her. I was in love with a person who wasn't here anymore.
Sometimes I wish I could talk to her, even just for a few minutes. It was
awful, sometimes I wished the pain would stop. That it never started. I
was worse than when my mom "died". She had left me. Maggie I mean, she
had caused me this pain.
"How could you have
done this to me? Why did you, what was going through your brain?"
"Not much." I stood
up and franticly searched my room. I hadn't exactly expected an answer.
But that voice belonged to Maggie. "Over here, Marco." I looked over at
my bed. And saw Maggie. Maggie, hair up in a ponytail, jeans and an old
T-shirt. Not exactly the Maggie look.
"I…oh…ah" I finally
found my voice, "You dead."
"You Marco." She said
smirking. "Yeah, it's me. Sorry that I didn't dress up. I've been having
one hell of a week."
"I know the feeling."
It was weird, I knew fully well that Maggie was dead. But it also just
felt like she came over to watch a movie or something. Suddenly, I couldn't
stand it. I had to kiss her, to touch her to see if she was real. So I
did. And she kissed me back and smiled.
"Marco, come on. I
just came over to tell you something." I moved to stand up, but she held
me down and put her arms around me. "Listen to me baby, I know you love
me. And I know you miss me. But soon it will be over. You won't remember
me." She sighed, "Oh and Marco? Ask out a brunette next time, there much
more stable"
THE ELLIMIST
My life was over. Maggie
wasn't. I use the title Eliminate now to prove a point. I erased my time
line. In doing so I changed a lot of lives. Tobias was still a hawk, never
having a sister. But I gave him someone, someone that helped him as I did.
A best friend with a home life as screwed as Tobias'. I named her Maggie,
I think it was fitting. And plus she looked exactly like me. Pure coincidence,
I swear. Their story is a wonderful one. But, I don't have time for that.
Perhaps I'll tell it someday.
I returned my thoughts
to my lost friends. Rachel and Tobias were proudly looking at their daughter
take her first steps. Jake and Cassie were running after their two kids.
Marco was trying to get out of a date. The Yeerks were gone. And as planned,
humans were involved with the fight against them. But that was all in the
future. For the present I see Tobias trying to catch breakfast. Rachel
is staring out of her 2nd period class wondering if Tobias will ever be
human. Jake is thinking about Cassie and visa versa. Marco was asleep.
Ax was grazing wondering about his home planet, and what his family was
doing.
Me? I know my name
is Maggie. But for the time being, you can call me the Ellimist.
A/N: There you go. M&T is done.
A very short ending I know, but I like it this way. Short and sweet. Give
me your opinions and all that.
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