Chapter 10
Author's Note: Written by Samaru163 and Tricondon.
Chapter 10
Twilight
It was with some reluctance that I tied up Spike once more, but his attempt at escape proved that he was no longer the same Spike I knew. I made sure the vines I had pulled out of the tree were tied extra tightly, then turned around. Rarity was standing there next to Ax, clearly upset over how I was treating Spike, but I had little choice in the matter. Ax made sure to keep all four of his eyes locked on Spike. I was getting a feeling of hatred between him and the thing controlling Spike. I sighed and tucked the matter away for later; yet another question I’ll have to try and get from him.
“Twilight. Do you mind if I take the next watch?” Rarity hesitatingly asked, darting her eyes between Spike and me.
“Sure thing Rarity,” I said reassuringly. She gave a tiny half smile and trotted over, lying down in front of Spike and keeping a close eye on him. Spike did not seem to acknowledge her presence. Rarity noticed this and let out a whisper of a sigh.
<Are you well miss Sparkle?> I turned my head around to see Ax. Even when speaking to me the Andalite kept both of his eyestalks pinned on Spike. I shook my head slowly.
“I guess so. I’m not sure,” I said lamely. I glanced over at Rarity and Spike, then sighed. “Ax, can we speak in private?”
He gave me a nod and the two of us walked a fair distance from Rarity and Spike. Soon the trees began to grow dark and foreboding again, and I came to a halt.
<Now then, what is it you wish to ask of me, miss Sparkle?>
“Just Twilight is fine, please.” Ax nodded, never taking his eyes off me. I found that somewhat creepy, to be honest.
<Forgive me if I am placing you on edge. We Andalites are naturally nervous.>
“It’s alright, Ax," I said, infinitely calmer than I felt. “I wanted to ask you about, well, everything. How can you travel among the stars? Do you live among them like we do on the ground? How do you see through all four eyes like that?” I paused for a moment, thinking things over. “No, those questions can wait for later. What I really want to know is will I ever get Spike back? And how do you know about what’s happening to him in the first place?”
There was a pause as Ax seemed to consider what I had asked. I wondered if he was communicating with Prince Jake; he seemed to have the ability to only project his thoughts only to those he wanted to.
<I will answer your questions to the best of my abilities, but understand that I will only be able to tell you limited information,> Ax said finally.
I let out a small sigh. Of course he’d respond like that; it was eerily similar to how Princess Celestia would answer some of my questions when I was still a filly living in Canterlot. Although being a being from another planet, I could understand his reasons.
“Ok, fine, just tell me what you can.”
<Very well then. To answer your first question, yes you will get your friend back. In about two days the Yeerk will die of Kandrona Starvation and he shall regain control of his body. The Yeerk will try to escape many times, and now that he knows of my existence here it is imperative that he not be allowed to communicate with the rest of the invading force.
<As for the second question, we could tell he was a Yeerk form the way he reacted to my presence. Our two races have...a history.> I could tell from the look in his eyes that he wasn’t going to tell me anything more.
I sighed in frustration. Ax’s answers weren’t exactly helpful.
“Alright, then. What about your shapeshifting power? Are you some sort of space-Changeling?”
<I do not know what a Changeling is, so I shall have to assume no. We Andalites lack the ability to morph naturally. We can achieve it through unique and highly advanced technology.>
“Technology? So you don’t have magic?” I asked in confusion. The thought of life without magic was a totally foreign concept to me.
<Yes, we lack the strange telekinetic force that your species believes to be ‘magic’,> Ax said skeptically. I was about to say something about that, but decided not to. I guess if I lived on a planet without magic it would be hard to convince me of its existence as well. I recall reading about Earth Pony settlements that shun Unicorns because they think their magic to be something unnatural.
“So without magic your race evolved the ability to become other creatures and fly through space?”
Ax blinked in surprise a few times before responding.
<Uh, no. We developed the technology after decades of research and experimentation. We cannot fly through space unaided.> He sounded somewhat confused and I wondered if I wasn’t explaining myself properly. <Does your species have ships designed for flight in low atmosphere?>
“No, unless you count our zeppelins.” I thought for a moment. “So, how does it work? Can you teach me to transform into other creatures at will?”
<No I cannot. In order to give you the power to morph we would need an Escafil device, which we do not possess currently. Another reason is that we Andalites do not share technologies with other races.>
The way he spoke that last sentence struck me as a bit odd.
“Is there a reason you don’t share?”
<I am sorry Twilight, but I cannot say any more,> Ax replied calmly.
I let out another sigh. These questions weren’t getting me any closer to understanding anything.
“Hey Aximimimi and Twilight! Here you two are!” Pinkie shouted, bouncing out from behind a tree. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Ax’s tail twitch. I was about to ready my magic but he realized who was approaching and relaxed.
<Please do not jump out at me like that.>
“Oh, then you would prefer if I hopped? Or what if I skipped? Maybe I could prance out, or even dance!” Pinkie broke out into giggles.
“Pinkie, what are you doing here?” I asked in a rare moment where Pinkie wasn’t talking.
“Oh, I was going to go back to town and pick up some snacks for everypony and thought I should ask what you all wanted.”
<I am fine right now Pinkie,> Ax said when she finished. <I have fed already.>
Pinkie tilted her head playfully.
“What did you eat? There’s no food out here.” Pinkie squinted her eyes, peering at Ax’s face. “Actually, how did you eat? You don’t have a mouth.”
I turned, staring at Ax. Somehow I had missed the lack of a mouth in our previous conversations; I wonder if his bizarre eyestalks distracted me.
<Simple, my species absorbs nutrients from plants and water through our hooves as we run.>
Both Pinkie and I stared at Ax for a moment. In a bizarre, foreign way, that made perfect sense.
“Okie-dokie-loki! No food for Aximilimilimi, then!” Pinkie shouted, her normal enthusiasm and excitement returning in a heartbeat. “So what can I get you, Twilight?”
“Oh, nothing fancy, Pinkie.” I thought for a moment. “Um, could I ask you to check my mail before coming back? I sent a letter to Princess Celestia and I’m still waiting to get a message back.”
“Through the normal mail? Don’t you usually have Spike to do that for you?”
“Well, yes, but he wouldn’t send any letters for me. Or, I guess, the Yeerk wouldn’t send any letters for me. So I had to use the post office,” I patiently explained. “I’m hoping to receive a reply from the princess about our situation.”
Ax shot his stalk eyes towards me.
<You have informed your superiors of our presence?>
“Well yes, I had to. You did crash through part of their castle during your arrival.”
Ax seemed to be figuring something out in his mind.
<How long will it take for the message to get to them?>
“Uh, I’m not sure. At least a day, I guess. Why?”
<If the Yeerks have infiltrated your delivery service, they could well be aware of our presence now.>
“Oh, nopony would ever do that!” I exclaimed. “I mean, reading somepony else’s mail? That just unthinkable!”
Ax looked at me almost bafflingly.
<The Yeerks will not care about anyone’s privacy,> he said. <They will do whatever is necessary to take over your entire planet.>
I was taken back by Ax’s words. The Yeerks were dead serious in this invasion. I thought for a moment before talking again.
“Pinkie, make sure you aren’t seen while in town, ok? We don’t need anypony else to know we’re in the Everfree. And check my mail too, please?”
“Ooh, a secret spy mission!” Pinkie started walking low to the ground, almost crawling. “I can do that! Nopony will ever know I was there!”
“That‘s the spirit, Pinkie.” I then looked back to Ax. “Do you think they could have found out about you already?”
<I am not sure. It would all depend on how deeply they have infiltrated the delivery service.>
“Well, I’m off! Bye, Twilight! Bye, Aximilililili! Bye, Tobias-hiding-in-the-tree!” Pinkie announced, hopping off back the way she came.
<How’d she even know I was here?> Tobias asked dumbfoundedly.
‘Spike’ tried escaping a number of times over the next two days. He nearly got away once, but Tobias managed to find him and lead us to him before he could get much farther. I began to see the usefulness behind being able to shift form at will, though I was still insanely curious about doing it myself.
It was a great relief to hear that Spike was back to normal, though Pinkie did cry a little as the Yeerk died. I can’t say I didn’t feel some remorse for it. Seeing its small, blind body shriveling up in the grass, I almost understood why it took over other creatures bodies. In a way, I pitied them, too.
Spike had been through a terrible ordeal, the likes of which Ax told me I couldn’t even begin to imagine. Seeing Spike cry like that, I had to agree with the alien. I thought it best to head back to my library where Spike could relax in a familiar location; I also didn’t feel like spending another night out in the Everfree. We said our goodbyes to Ax and the others and headed back into town.
There was quite a surprise from ponies as we returned from our two day absence. Many questioned why we were gone; in the back of my mind I was secretly glad that Applejack was not with us. She is a terrible liar and would almost certainly have given away Prince Jake’s location. Instead we simply smiled and said the Princesses had sent us on an excursion through the woods.
Finally we made it back to the familiar hollowed tree that was the library. Quickly we all slipped inside inconspicuously and I breathed a sigh of relief.
“Ah, Twilight Sparkle, We have been awaiting your return!”
My heart was in my throat. Slowly I looked towards the center of the library. Standing there was a midnight blue Alicorn with a flowing mane and tail like the night sky. She was looking at us with much consternation.
“Ah, Princess Luna!” I said and bowed quickly, forgetting about Spike on my back. He tumbled over my head, rolling onto the floor. I could hear the shuffles as Rarity and Pinkie bowed as well.
“Rise, Twilight Sparkle. We wish to speak with thee about a grave matter.”
I gave a quick look to Spike before obeying the Princess’ request.
“What is it, Your Majesty?”
“We’re certain you are aware of the strange metallic object that collided with the palace three days ago,” Luna began. “We received the letter thou hast sent to Princess Celestia; however, our sister is busy with repairs to the castle and has not yet had time to read it. So We decided to act in her stead.”
“Oh, well then, I should probably tell you everything we know.” Luna cut me off with a gesture.
“We are already aware of the presence of the alien beings hiding in the Everfree.” Luna narrowed her eyes, looking at me closely. “We wish to speak to them immediately. Twilight Sparkle, thou shall guide us and announce our arrival.”
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>Sees this on the top of the page
Dear God, the win this could produce!
i.imgur.com/7xlGu.jpg
[Wild Guess]
LUNA IS A CONTROLLER!
[/Wild Guess]
I can't wait to see what happens. Suspense is a killer.
The nostalgia! It burns ussssss!
Wut.
......................Wut.
Oh dear. It would be very bad if Luna is a controller. It might be Celestia though. Oh well. All will be revealed in the end.
Also,
Good show old chap.
812401
Whatever gave you that idea? Luna isn't even in this chapter.
812479
Might I suggest some soothing aloe?
812497
Wow, you are the most eloquent speaker I've yet to come across. Truly your mind is something I shall never fully understand.
-Tricondon
oh my god an allmalgamation of my 2 fav things, ponies and animorphs, ive read all the naimporph books, when i was younger, f yeah bitch f yeah way to go.
ps soooo favoriting this shit, this is going to be good.
It seems that you made good use of my advice earlier.
pete.com/files/photos/excellent-frog.jpg
You seem to have corrected the course of this story. GOOD.
NOW KEEP IT THAT WAY.
EDIT: Confound these ponies, they make me typo.
812552
It was always our plan to do this. You just complained a chapter early.
At the very least, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
812529
Pinkie/Ax is totally OTP. Rachel and Rainbow go together well; I always figured they were both gay anyways. Twilight and Jake are the perfect couple; strong charismatic leaders. I'm sure they will have many lovely children.
...oh, sorry. Wrong type of pairings. My bad.
-Tricondon
I dunno, capturing the Princesses to be controllers would be mighty hard.
812585 Yeah... I kinda put the Magic pony princess with strong magic above the andalites.
Initial thoughts?
"Didn't I own one of those books....like, eons ago?"
...Never said they made much sense.
812604
'eons ago?'
Sarda? Is that you?
-Tricondon
812509
But if Luna's not in the chapter, then that means...
Visser Three.
That bastard.
812610
I think you have the wrong person.
812631
Oh, you've never read 8-bit theatre. Nevermind.
812629
Fun fact: I am a troll. Don't trust anything you read in my comments. Including this one.
-Tricondon
812645
...Um...
brain.exe has stopped responding.
812509 Huh. Funny, everypony keeps telling me that.
This. It wins. I demand MOAR!!!
Or I can beg, if that works better. I'm pretty flexible when it comes to persuading you to continue this.
The controller Princess is Celestia. When ever shit like this goes down in fics like this, it always is. Also good job keeping the ponies and humans/hawk/alien relatively close to themselves.
812509
In that case my mind is more full of insane than usual...
Waitasecond... 
Well. THIS is one crossover I can honestly say I never expected. It has been an eternity since I last read an Animorphs book. Reading this story makes me want to go back and re read my collection.
Also calling it now but Applejack is a controller.
Okay, so overall, this is really really good. The reason the Animorphs ended up in FiM-verse is believable and plausible, the writing style's pretty polished, you didn't make the mistake of having both groups trust each other instantly, and everyone's in-character for the most part. One minor complaint about last chapter, however: Rarity seemed OOC. "Spikey-Wikey"? Not only does that not sound like the sophisticated pony we all know and love, it gives me horrible flashbacks to "Legsy" from the LoTR fandom. Other than that, however, everything's perfect: Twilight's burning curiosity, made all the greater by the Animorphs' caution; Pinkie's inexplicable ability to surprise even Tobias and Ax (and of course her inability to pronounce Ax's name even remotely correctly); and Ax's appetite returning with a vengeance. Favorite moment has to be when Tobias was playing with the clouds, though.
As for events of this chapter, I don't think Luna's a Controller... yet. We've already had that with Spike, so I doubt you'll do it to us again this soon... at least not with Luna. Derpy would probably be fair game if she wasn't so popular... Carrot Top, maybe? Or Lyra Heartstrings. Or if you're wanting someone closer to home, maybe Mr. and Mrs. Cake. Hmm... speculation abounds. Still, I highly doubt Luna's Yeerked.
Ehh, I think if it was the Visser in Luna morph, that would be interesting. Although, you never said it wasn't that... But you never said it wasn't her as a Controller or her just normal, either, so who knows?
813677
The whole point of Animorphs is that anybody might be a Controller, so I wouldn't discount Derpy or Luna because of popularity or TOO SOON or anything.
812569 I'm pretty sure Rachel's strait, remember she's with Tobias. :P And Jake's with Cassie XD
I have a nasty feeling one of the princessess' is a controller... My theory is either that Luna is and is about to make trouble, or that Celestia is and Luna is here to express concern about why her sister might be acting oddly.
I'd LOVE to see the animorph gang morph ponies at some point. Perhaps Ax could morph a unicorn and try this 'telekinetic force' for himself?
Your doing a phenomenal job of keeping everyone in charecter, though I would love to see more of the others in the Mane Gang.
Keep up the great work!
Goldie
812569 So we can't trust that your a troll ;P
812509
...
812610 XD No, but look! I have Sword-chucks!
... I made some Wand-chucks as well, but I couldn't find any holy fathers to make priest-chucks. I mean, seriously, why do Nuns get all the cool weapons?
Finally, we're getting somewhere! =3
Keep it up.
I wonder...
What would happen if the Yeerks teamed up with the Covenant? 
812645 oohhh you good at the art of the troll
813677 Rarity has actually called Spike that on the show. Can't remember which episodes, but I know she did.
813677>>817161
Yes, she has. It was either in The Secret of my Excess or A Dog and Pony Show, but don't quote me on that. I should rewatch the series anyways.
813237
Too late. I sold it long ago to obtain the authoring skill necessary to write this.
814176
No, I am totally a troll. Or maybe I'm just a poser.
814709
You have done well, Grasshopper. Now, eliminate the Yeerk infestation by calling upon your Glorious Chainsaw Method.
815819
Please don't give me ideas for sequels.
...hmm...actually, please continue giving me ideas for sequels.
-Tricondon
817161
She calls him that in Secret of My Excess and in Dragon Quest, if I'm remembering correctly.
817254
I already have an incomplete Halo-MLP crossover posted, but I'm happy to share ideas for a double crossover!
817442
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/27714/Code%3A-Equestria
I. Am. Speachless. Oh wait, MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR *Breathes* RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEE. UH HU UH HU
No no.
It's obscenely obvious who the controllers are.
Big Mac, Sweetie Belle, Blueblood and Cadence.
I mean, Shining Armor already has a history of not being able to detect when his wife is different.
820775
Are you going to write about it?
-Tricondon
Re: the "Spikey-wikey" discussion:
I don't remember that nickname being in there; however, I figure you did your research. Regardless of canonicity, however, it still just doesn't sound like Rarity.
Re: the Luna-or-Derpy-as-Controller debate:
Good point on Derpy, PonyPonyX. Nonetheless, I doubt Luna is Yeerked, not because of anything in-story, but because of "metagaming", so to speak: this sort of boss fight is a bit much for these guys at the moment. No doubt one or the other of the princesses will be Yeerked eventually (somehow), but at the moment it seems monumentally unlikely.
Still, being proven wrong on plot points is usually a lot more enjoyable than being right about them, so...
825586
Youtube! Come to my aid!
Here you go. Canon proof!
-Tricondon
very well written so far. chapters could be longer but i would say that if they were 200k words each
827132
200k words. Per chapter.
Dude, we're writing a fanfic, not War and Peace.
-Tricondon
I knew the instant I started this story, I'm going to wind up in tears at some point in reading this as it goes along. Just because there are so many possible ways the bad guys can infiltrate. And it honestly scares me to see the ponies have to go through this. Hell, the books freaked me out enough as a kid, because reading those tense situations, ones where they didn't know if they could demorph in time, or where they were moments away from being discovered, they got me so worked up about those characters. And those poor kids went through so much pain in their fight. To watch the ponies have to go through it...this is going to suck. But there's no way I can't read it.
>he seemed to have the ability to only project his thoughts only to those he wanted to.
>but understand that I will only be able to tell you limited information
812401 dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Luna_lolface.png
848188
Is there a problem with the lines you've mentioned, or are you just trolling Gytrash?
-Tricondon
848208 Yes
Dear lord I hope Derpy's not a controller. Luna, tho it certainly doesn't give good vibes her being there behind Celestia's back, I don't think is infected because if she were she'd have a whole army with her. I think the most likely thing to happen is the Visser acquiring Celestia or Luna. That's be quite something