Animorphs

[He was trotting. But tis okay xD]

-Sheesh, Skye...- I muttered as I felt Skye slide off of me, and saw her walking beside me. Maria scooted up a little and grasped my mane in her hands, giving a short smile to Skye. I didn't mind... I kept on walking, lifting my head a little higher and feeling a little better with less weight on me.
"Meh." Maria murmured almost inaudibly. I felt her delicate fingers scratching the right side of my withers where I assumed she hoped Skye couldn't see.

I shrugged lightly as if it wasn't important. "Might as well see if my wounds are any better..." I said, lame excuse but oh well. As if on cue, my foot twisted beneath me and almost caused me to fall. I regained balance and pretended it hadn't happened, and continued walking with a small limp in my step. I glanced at Maria, she seemed intent on scratching Tony's withers. Oh gosh, this was too sickening.. and for some odd reason.. I felt jealous.. NO! It couldn't be.. I didn't feel anything for Tony.. Gosh, what am I saying.

-I guess,- I replied to Skye, making it clear that I really didn't care much. I flinched a little when she tripped, but gave no further thought to it. -So, Maria..- I said, and felt her stiffen immediately.
"Yesss?" She answered with a smile, continuing scratching my withers. Any other time it might have been awkward, but if anything I was enjoying it a little.
-Have you been with the scientists your whole life?- I asked, flicking my tail a little.
"For as long as I can remember... But I didn't start out with them, I know that much." She answered without hesitation.

I glanced over at them. Seeing they really didn't much care I looked back at the ground tuning them out and wallowing in my self pity. I felt foolish, dissed and left out, yeah Tony had reason to be mad at me, but did he just have to ignore me. I looked Maria up and down. You know.. I liked it better when he just called her that ... NUMBER! I scowled to myself.

I nodded as much as I could to Maria, then looked over at Skye. -Everything okay, Skye?- She really was beginning to get on my nerves now... Did she always have to just wallow in her own sadness? Really, she needed to cheer up sometimes. Not every situation was as bad as it was in her own mind.
-Sorry.. Continue.- I said to Maria, turning my head around to look at her. I couldn't wait to talk to her as a human... Being an animal with a long awkward nose, dirty and rough skin wasn't exactly the most flattering form.

I didn't answer and shrugged. Gosh was he liked a friggin mind reader or something? I plastered a fake smile over my face and looked around, hearing birds chirping and rustling in the trees. It was a beautiful day.. "So where were you, before you lived with the scientists?" I asked trying to contribute a little to the conversation.

"I can't remember that..." Maria sounded almost offended, and spoke in a defensive way. I felt the need to snicker once again, but I held it in. My walk fell even slower, and I knew I couldn't get much further without at least a short rest.
-Hop off, I'm going down.- I mumbled to Maria, and she immediately did just that. As soon as I felt her slide off, I morphed human. I had returned to human with my hands and feet on the ground, still 'standing' like a horse. But, that was just fine with me... Closer to the ground.
I rolled over and hit the ground with a light thud, then rolled onto my back. Well.. At least the ground was soft. And I didn't feel like I was gonna go unconscious this time.
I felt a little sting in the back of my head, but I tried my best to ignore it.

I ignored them and moved farther away sliding down under a tree. Not really feeling sad anymore, just offended, what the hell was I supposed to say? 'How did you enjoy your stay with the scientist?!' I mean come on!. This Maria girl was getting on my nerves. I swallowed hard and pulled out my phone, painfully pushing myself up to my feet and staggering a few steps away, I was going to call home, I was going to make sure my Mom and brother were Okay. I held the phone with shaky hands,and noticed that it had been off all this time, I frowned and turned it on, then my phone instantly beeped with 12 text messages and 20 missed calls from various neighbors of mine. I instantly felt fear engulf my whole stomach, and pressed the number 1, my speed dial for home. I then held the phone up to my ear. The tone on the other end rang, and rang, then the answering machine picked up, my mothers cheery voice picked up on the other end. This is Laura, Skye and Joseph! None of us are home right now, or my kids are probably to lazy to pick up the phone, so please leave your name and number, and we'll get back to you! Thanks! Have a wonderful day! My throat tightened and I hung up before the beep. I then began to scroll through the missed calls and decided to call my next door neighbor, Jenni, she was my Moms best friend. I hit the call button and it immediately started ringing.
"Hello?!" Came the frantic voice from the other end.
"Skye?! Are you Okay?! My gosh where are you?!"
She seemed worried, yet sad all at once.
"H..hi.." I croaked into the phone. Then cleared it, "Have you talked to my Mom lately...?"
There was silence, then a gentle voice came over the line.
"Honey.. your Mom... we found her.. yesterday, it appears someone broke into the house, she...she..-" Tears choked her voice and I instantly knew.
Tears stung my eyes and my legs suddenly felt like rubber, "A...an...and my brother?" I stuttered.
She seemed to gain a little composure.
"He was at soccer practice during the whole thing, he came home then instantly came over here, crying and asking where you were and if you were okay. That was how we found out why it was your Mother wasn't answering the phone."
Tears again choked her voice.
"But he's safe, don't worry about him, But where are YOU?! You need to come home everyone is worried sick, they thought you had been kidnapped.."
"I have to go.." I whispered tears streaming down my face.
"Goodbye."

I said and dropped the phone, instantly my knees crumbled and I fell to my knees. "Why..." I whispered, then the tears came harder. "Why!?" I hit the ground with my fist then covered my face, not really caring about anything else at the moment, I cried and cried, hugging my legs to my chest and hiding my face in my knees.

I placed my arms behind my head to lift the wound off the ground, and I let out an inaudible sigh. Maria had come and sat near me, making her spot of rest on a large flat rock with moss caked over the top of it. She was about 5 feet away from me.. That was fine with me.
I watched as Skye wandered a little ways away, and I watched her with curiosity.. She stood, she pulled out her phone, and I knew what she was gonna do.
I sat up quickly, with high hopes of being able to stop her or say something... But I sat up just a little too quickly and winced in pain, wrapping an arm around my diaphragm and shutting my eyes tightly.
Silently, I fell back down on the soft ground and tried to master the pain... Whatever, Skye, I thought. It was her family.
As the pain subsided, I realized that I had been tuned out completely for the first part of Skye's conversation with whoever, and Maria was already asleep. My mental sharpness returned almost instantaneously, and I saw Skye's throat tighten. Her eyes started to water, and her legs were buckling beneath her. Something had happened... I felt a pang of both guilt and sadness and sat up, slower this time.
"Skye?" I murmured under my breath as she fell to her knees and gave the soft ground a smash with her fist, and screamed why. I winced heavily and my eyes narrowed as I tried to better my balance.

I couldn't gain composure. My whole body was shaking with inaudible sobs. I tried to clear my thoughts and try to calm myself, because the pain my side and legs wasn't getting any better with the crying. I sniffled but more tears ran down my red cheeks and I began to sob again. "Why?" I whispered.. "She had nothing to do with it.. why her.." I would have rather ed it be me, for some weird way, because she had been so nice to me, had treated me as if I was her own daughter, why her.. I heard a voice, it sounded distant, and I knew it was Tony, I glanced over at him, then look away, I wouldn't muster up any sort of reply. I was just too sad. Besides he had more things to worry about. I cast a small glance towards Maria, she was sleeping away. I felt anger bubble up inside but it subsided with the sadness, then it grew again, anger towards the scientists and anyone who was with them, anger towards those heartless COWARDS!

I exhaled noisily through my mouth and sat up, feeling my own throat tighten. "I'm sorry.." I murmured a little louder this time as I struggled to get my feet underneath me. Finally, I was standing... Uncomfortable and teetering, but I was at least on my feet. I hobbled a couple of steps toward Skye, but didn't dare get too close.. Her expression flickered.. Anger, sadness, anger, sadness, anger, anger... It stayed that way, and I decided I was right to stay a few feet away. Last thing I needed was her to take a swing at me.

I pressed y lips together, I knew that if I spoke I'd say something I would regret later. I just looked up at him, my eyes flashing with a little anger, then they slowly began to fade to sadness again, he looked kind of guilty.. I didn't want him to feel guilty. I looked away more tears swelling up. Why.... Why....
(Make Maria wake up.. and.. say something.. or do something.. I dunno, BUT remember the plot is gonna last a little longer! So Tony will still liker even if she says something stupid, or rude! lol)

I glanced back at Maria just in time to see her eyes blink open. "Is it what I think it is?" She asked as if she hadn't been asleep at all. I forced myself to nod a little to her, then looked back at Skye with concern.
"Well.. Wasn't she only your adoptive mom anyways?" Maria asked, and my jaw nearly dropped. Had she really just said that?
But then I thought about it... And I kind of felt the same way. Honestly, it wasn't like she'd known the woman for her whole life. I decided to stay quiet and let it play out however.. I wasn't getting between a cat fight.

I felt my jaw set and gave her a 'drop dead glare'. "But she took time out of her life to raise ME! I'm not her daughter, but she treated me as if I was!!" I snapped back my eyes blazing now. I ignored the pain and pushed myself to my feet, I didn't care what I said to this worthless thing standing in front of me, she was heartless and rude, and as far as I knew she was a spy to those scientists!!! New tears stung my eyes, I looked at Tony for help, he looked like he could really care less. I frowned. "You have an adoptive Mom too! How would you like to find out that she was dead, and had been killed by those scientists?! HUH?!" I demanded. I was going to make him see the light, he was GOING to see the light! He HAD to agree with me, we had the same life style, we had been friends since we were little, he can't trade me in for this piece of... ***** <--Beepppp lol.

I nearly took a baby step backward as I heard Skye flip out at Maria... I looked from girl to girl... Oh, yes. I sensed a cat fight. Would it be completely inappropriate to make a run for it?
Maria was fuming, her bottom lip jutted out and her eyes were narrowed. Thin eyebrows looming down over dark brown eyes, and her hands were balled into fists.
When Skye turned to me and asked me the question, I felt myself dive onto the defensive. "She has her own life. I've done everything that I could to keep her out of mine, and if that still isn't enough... There isn't anything I can do. She's just my adoptive mom, it isn't like anyone in that family is really related to me! And the same goes for you! Except, you didn't exactly try your hardest to keep them out of this situation.. You asked for this to happen."
I couldn't decide if I felt bad talking to her this way.. I never had before. I brushed a stray piece of hair out of my face and crossed my arms over my chest. Wrong move, it sent courses of pain through my upper body.. But I ignored them.

I felt a fresh wave of tears sting behind my eyes and pressed my lips together, hearing his harsh words. They stung, he was wrong, he was WRONG, I didn't bring them into this. A frown crossed my face. "You just don't care do you.. your don't care about anyone but your flippin self!" I yelled, then I turned to Maria. "As for you! I wouldn't be surprised a bit if you were one of those little spies from the scientists. I turned on my heels. I didn't look back I just marched away, a wave of anger flooding over me. Of all the insensitive- UGH! I couldn't stand it! Tony had taken a complete 180 when she got here, he changed, and it wasn't the same. I scowled, swallowing hard, trying to push back all those thoughts that scattered around in my head. I didn't know if I meant those words that I yelled at Tony.. I didn't know.. I felt guilt creep up inside me. But I pushed it down.

"A spy?!" Maria barked at Skye as she stormed away. "You're nothing but a worthless b*tch who's only concern is making everyone around her feel sorry for her! And guess what? I AM SORRY. Sorry you can't realize how right he-" She jabbed a finger at me, "is! So yeah, run away, go. I'm guessing that's what you've been doing your entire life, anyways."
Finally, she stopped and gasped for breath. Which was good.. It seemed a little inhuman how long she ranted without taking a breath.
But I had barely even paid attention to what Maria was saying, Skye's words echoed in the back of my head. You just don't care, do you... You don't care about anyone but your flipping self. Oh really now? Didn't care about anyone but myself?
I wasn't sure she was saying that to the right person. Hadn't I just carried her on my back for several miles? When I'm just as weak and hurt as her?
She knew me better than that. She knew that under all this, I missed my family and my friends. I missed those lazy afternoons where Skye and I would just wander around, having fun, not having a single care in the world. And I was sure I wouldn't ever have one of those again. What I wasn't sure of was if I was gonna make it back home at all.

The tears broke free, I didn't listen to the girl not a bit, I just kept walking, I didn't care if I got lost, I really didn't care what the heck happened to me at this point, I just wanted to get away from them. Suddenly missing my friend. I felt the urge to turn around, but I didn't I set my jaw and continued walking, feeling all the pain and anger come back. Gosh I felt so... so... ugh.. I couldn't believe what was happening, what Tony had said, what that thing called me. I growled lightly and morphed into a small cat, padding along the forest floor, a slight limp in my walk and pain showing in my eyes.

I watched as Skye disappeared in the trees, bushes and weeds. I shook my head at her. "Who needs ya," I murmured under my breath, then looked at Maria. "We need to move if we're ever gonna get anywhere," I said quietly and started walking the opposite way that Skye had gone. Maria, no longer shy nor meek, followed behind me with more zeal than I'd seen in anyone for a while now.
"You're right, who needs her." She beamed. I swore I had said that too quiet for anyone to hear... Keen hearing, I thought. I kept my gaze down and kept walking.

I swallowed again, glancing back, then I looked back up at the sky, it was getting darker, rain clouds were moving in. I hissed lightly when a small drop hit my nose. I shook my head and brushed the raindrop off with my paw. I then ran towards a hole that I spotted under a tree. I dove under it and a shiver ran up my spine. I curled myself in a tight ball. I missed Tony. Even if he did act like a big jerk at times.(is it okay if I make it rain? lol)

[Yeah totally. lol]


I looked up at the sky as I heard a deep rumble sound distantly, then I saw a few stray raindrops fall down. A couple his my face, and I looked down again. "Of course, rain." I couldn't help but smile a little... Always rain when things went south. It was like a movie.
Maria didn't seem to get the joke... I guessed she hadn't seen many movies or read many books. "Never mind," I shook my head a bit and took a turn toward a large tree trunk. I leaned on it and slid down until I was sitting on the mossy, muddy floor. Maria sat down next to me, a little closer than what made me comfortable, but I didn't complain.
"How do you feel?" She asked, and just then I felt a wave of tiredness come over me.
"Tired, to be honest." I answered truthfully and stifled a yawn.

I sighed and stared out at the darkness. The clouds had moved in quick, this always happened, things were bad, but rain had to come along and make it worse. Any other day I would have enjoyed it and gone out and gotten socked, but today wasn't my day. I sighed and squeezed my eyes shut, taking in a deep breath and hoping it would pass over fast so I could go home and see my brother.

I settled myself deeper into the Oak tree, folding my arms over my chest and trying to stay warm, despite the icy droplets of water that dripped down off of the leaves above. Only then did I really realize just how tired I was. My eyelids became heavy and I struggled to keep them open.
"You don't say," Maria giggled and reached forward, brushing a tuft of hair out of my face. That gently brush of her fingers on my forehead was the only tiny morsel of relaxation my body seemed to need, and my eyes shut immediately. Sleep overtook my body nearly instantaneously.

The tiredness seemed to engulf me, I hadn't noticed how tired I was before I snuggled down into this nice little hole and closed my eyes. Then I realized that I couldn't sleep. I absolutely couldn't. Otherwise I would stay a cat forever. I darted out from under the tree and morphed human, I leaned against the bark and sighed, water dripping down my face. I frowned lightly and looked at the sky.

[Going 3rd person now. :P]


Maria's eyes lit up as she saw Tony sink just a little bit lower, now completely engulfed in a deep sleep.
She stood up silently and started walking away from Tony. Despite the crunch dead leaves, fallen twigs and small stones, she moved with such grace and tranquility that her feet didn't make a single sound.
Her pace began to quick until she was taking full strides, not a single sign of weakness in her step. She slid to a stop after running for a short amount of time, and took a sharp turn a little deeper into the woods. Her pace was slow now, but still almost completely silent.