{Aristh Elfy, get to your quarters at once!
This is NO time for games!
GO!} Captain Leb-Darc-Lintel shouted at me.
{But…but sir! I could be of assistance! Having
another Andalite
fighting could strengthen the odds of winning
against that Blade Ship
out there!} I said in reply, hoping, that for
once, I wouldn't have to
stay back this time.
{I do not need another inexperienced Aristh like
yourself running
around getting yourself killed. Now, forget your
quarters, go to the
dome and stay there before I kick you off my
ship. GO!} That's how
Captain Leb was. Never wanting any inexperienced
creature to help him
out. Nope, he was too good for that.
I stood and looked at my Captain for a moment
before turning away. How
could he do this? How was any Andalite supposed
to get higher than an
Aristh if your Captain never let you go anywhere?
I marched to the drop shaft that was taking
every warrior to their
fighters. I sighed and waited for all of them to
clear out. Then, I
went up. Up and up to the dome. To be alone
once again. I walked
around eating as I wished my fellow crew good
luck secretly.
As all of the fighters were launched from my
dome ship, Infiniti, I saw
the Blade Ship. That evil Yeerk slug ship.
Carrying, must likely,
Visser 3. He was the only Visser that would must
likely be stationed
around Earth. But then, I saw something behind
the Blade
Ship….something I had never seen before…it...it
looked like an Andalite
dome ship…it...it was! We would outnumber those
slugs! But then, the
dome ship opened fire on the dome ship, Infiniti.
As I shuck around, I though to myself, Why would
they open fire on us?
Did they not know it was an Andalite ship? Then
a terrible thought came
to mind…What if they were…traitors.
Before I could dwell anymore on my last thought,
I could see out of the
top of the dome that I was falling towards Earth.
We were going to
crash! What could I do? I had to stop it! But,
I was no Technical
Officer, I had no idea how to stop such a ship!
So, I did what I could
do. I ran to the drop shaft. Down and down I
went...into the fighter
bay. Yes! Just as I had thought! Must Captains
order an extra
fighter…just in case. Well…I needed it.
I jumped into the fighter…and got her off the
ground. Trying to open
the hatch, I realized they were stuck. Not now,
not now, not me! I
thought. Too late. I would have to go through
them….CCCCRRRRRRUUUUUUUUNNNNNCCCCCCCCCHHHHHH.
Well…now we had a big hole in the side of this
dome ship….but…tough.
Maybe if Captain Leb hadn't left me behind….
Just then the controls froze up in the fighter.
Perfect. Just great.
And all of a sudden, that little blue-balled
planet called Earth was
about to get a whole lot bigger….
Chapter I:
I awoke on what looked like home. But, I knew
it wasn't...that would
be impossible. Where was I? Then it hit me. Of
course! This was
Earth! I had heard that Earth was much like the
Andalite homeworld. I
never though it would be this much alike.
I started walking around. I was the only
Andalite on Earth. At least,
that was what I had thought then. I walked to
the edge of these clumps
of trees. In the distance I could see a small
rectangular building,
what could that be used for? Humans were a
strange race. It could have
been used for anything. Just then, I saw a group
of human youths
together. And, a strange animal…resembling the
familiar kafit birds of
home, only looking very silly with just two
wings. But that's not what
shocked me must. Standing in the middle of the
group was a blue animal.
An Andalite.
I couldn't believe my eyes! Had another
Andalite been on my ship when
it went down? No, there had been no other
Andalites in the dome, and
that's where all Andalites not fighting were to
go. I had to talk to
this Andalite. For the first time since being in
that dome, I didn't
feel has lonely.
Hiding in some thick clumps of trees, the
Andalite came back into the
area I was in. Now was my chance. I started to
step out, but stopped.
The Andalite was talking! But not to me…to
something else…I looked
around. A bird! That funny two-winged bird!
That was what the
Andalite was talking to. But wait, no, this
wasn't right. How did a
bird have the power to thought-speak?
{Hey Ax-man! Where ya off to?} I believe that
was the bird.
{Off to? I am 'off to' no where.} The Andalite
said in reply.
{I meant where are you going? You ran out of
that last meeting pretty
quick.}
{Yes. It is just that I feel something has
happened. I feel like I am
more closer to home. And I do not know why.>
{Closer to home?}
{Yes. I feel has if I am once again together
with my own kind.}
{Hmmmm...well...look, I'll be right back, I
still haven't eaten
anything yet.}
With that, the mysterious thought-speak-speaking
bird flew off. Now
was the time. It was now or never.
I saw the Andalite swerve his stalk eyes around.
Almost has if he
sensed I was present. Then, I stepped out into
view.
The Andalite stood there, staring at me, like he
couldn't believe his
eyes.
{My name is Elfy-Sirinal-Shamtal.} I said to
him. {I believe I have
fallen, several light-years from home.}
Chapter II:
The Andalite just looked at me for a moment.
Then he said, {Who are you? How did you get
here? Why are you here?}
{I...I...is it safe for me to talk about this
here? The yeerks are
strongly present on this planet.} I managed to
speak to him.
{Come. Follow me.} He turned and walked deeper
into the trees.
I followed him and soon we were by a stream of
water. It looked
exactly like home! I couldn't believe it!
{Now, please explain yourself.} He told me.
Should I? Was he a yeerk? Would he kill me?
Right then, if this
Andalite had been a yeerk, I would have made the
biggest mistake ever.
But, thankfully, he was not. Because right then,
I just blurted
everything out, not even thinking of the
possibility that he could be
one of them.
{My name is Elfy-Sirinal-Shamtal. I am an
Aristh on the dome ship,
Infiniti. We were in a battle high over head
this planet. My Captain,
Captain Leb, ordered me to the dome because I was
an inexperienced
fighter. All of the Andalites aboard my ship
went to fight the Blade
Ship. I do not know if they succeeded or not.
Another dome ship came
out from behind the Blade Ship, and fired upon
the Infiniti. I took a
small fighter, attempting to get back to safe
Andalite territory. I
failed. And I have just now crash landed on this
planet in this clump
of trees.} It felt so good to speak of my
worries to another Andalite.
{I see.} He said. {I, too, know what that is
like. The same happened
to me. I am also an Aristh. I crashed in one of
the Earths many
oceans. Until I was rescued.}
He led me to a small clearing. Then he said,
{My name is
Aximilli-Esgarrouth-Isthill. It is good to see
another of my kind,
here, on Earth. I have been without contact from
my family for some
time now.}
{You said you were rescued. By whom may I ask?
I just ask because I
am curious to know if there are more Andalites
here…..}I stopped.
Suddenly I realized something. {You are one of
the Andalite Bandits!
My Captain has spoke of you many times!}
{Yes. I am one of them….}He said.
Just then the funny bird returned. He stared at
Aximilli. Then at
myself. Then he flew off. I don't know where he
went. But he soon
returned, followed by a tiger, bear, wolf, and
ape. I had learned of
these creatures from school. And soon, I was
surrounded. Then,
Aximilli spoke.
{Prince Jake. She is OK. I assure you, she is
no yeerk. She has
crash landed.}
Then, to my amazement, the tiger spoke. {Ax?
How is their another
Andalite here?!?}
{Prince Jake. I do not know yet. But, I know
for a fact she is no
yeerk. I can sense that. Please, demorph. And
she and us can
explain.}
Then, they all demorphed. All but Aximilli and
the bird. What was his
name again? Tobias?
I stood their shocked. For, demorphing was not
five Andalites.
Rather, five humans.
Chapter III:
I guess I stared to long. One of the humans
spoke. "Yes, that's
right, we're HUMANS."
Then another replied. "Marco, shut up. When
the Andalite first saw
you how could it have known we were humans??"
Yet another reply. "Rachel, Marco? Is this the
way you really want to
represent Homo Sapiens?"
Aximilli, the funny bird, the five humans, and I
walked to a small
clearing covered with trees all around.
"OK. We have to really sit down and figure this
out. I mean, its not
everyday that Andalites just come dropping out of
the sky." Said one
human.
They all looked at me.
"Why don't you explain first?" Said the one I
believe was named
'Marco.'
{Very well. My name is Elfy-Sirinal-Shamtal. I
am a female Aristh
aboard the dome ship, Infiniti. When we
discovered that the Blade Ship
was among several Yeerk bug fighters, our
fighters set out to fight. My
Captain, Captain Leb, ordered me to stay behind
in the dome, because I
was merely an inexperienced Aristh. Behind that
Blade Ship, I could see
another Andalite dome ship. I was happy,
thinking we would outnumber
them. But then, the dome ship for some reason
opened fire on my dome
ship. I fear they may have been traitors. I did
what I could. I took
a fighter out of the ship and tried to get back
to Andalite territory.
The next thing I new, I was here in this
tree-clump area.} I blurted it
all out at once.
"Wow." Said the same human. "Ax? How can we
be absolutely POSITIVE
this Andalite, Elfy, is no Yeerk?"
{I assure you, Marco, she is not. I have a
sense to tell when an
Andalite is a Yeerk. It only works with
Andalites, however. It was a
technology recently out after I became an
Aristh.} Said Aximilli.
"Uh-huh…." Exclaimed the one who had used the
Earth tiger morph a few
moments before. "OK…now...Ax, should we tell her
about us, or what?"
{Yes, Prince Jake, I feel it would be an
exceptional idea if we told
your story to her. Perhaps, she could be of
assistance to us.} Said
Aximilli.
"All right. Well…if you think we should…then we
should." He turned
toward me. "My name is Jake."
Then the one next to him spoke, "And I'm Marco.
The cute one."
Jake pointed out the others. "This is Rachel
and Cassie."
{Seeing as how no one is going to introduce me,
I'll have to do it
myself. My name, Elfy, is Tobias. I am a
nothlit.} Said the funny
looking bird.
{H-H-How do humans have the power to morph? I
thought it was Andalite
technology.} I spoke.
"It was. You see, we just happened to be in the
wrong place at the
wrong time." Marco said.
"You see, a dying Andalite Prince, Prince
Elfangor, crash landed near
us. He said that we could help our species. He
gave us the power to
morph...with that little blue-box.
So, he gave us the power to morph. And as soon
as he did, Visser Three
came down…and…well…killed him." Jake said.
{Prince Elfangor? He would never have done such
a thing!} I said, not
wanting to believe what I was hearing about the
War-Prince.
{Yes. It is true, Elfy.} Aximilli told me.
{Prince Elfangor was my
brother. It is a hard thing to accept….but…it's
the truth. And, it is
must likely a good thing it is the truth.
Without these humans, Visser
Three might have already won Earth.}
I looked at the humans. Then, I sighed. This
was reality. I was
stranded on an unknown planet to me. Then I
looked up. {How was it
that you, Aximilli, came to be here?}
{The same as you. I crashed in the Earth ocean.
Soon, these humans
heard my cry for help. They rescued me. And
now, until I can return to
my people, I will fight along side them.} he
explained.
What could I do? Here I was, light years away
from home. With only
one other Andalite that I knew of on Earth. Once
again, I did the only
thing I could do.
{I wish to fight with you. Until I can be with
my own people once
again, I wish to fight against the Yeerks with
you.} I told them.
Back to the Journal.
