Stephanie was slightly taken aback by how eager Lalna seemed to be to go and beat up the Yeerks. "Whoa, slow down there," she said. "Even if we don't tell our parents or whatever about this, shouldn't we like, tell the government or the military or something? Like, this isn't stuff that a bunch of teenagers can take care of, you know?" Steph paused, a slight frown on her face. What was all of Lalna's crazy talk about being this super-genius scientist or whatever? She blinked, watching him ramble about god-knows-what, before turning her attention to Emma when she called. 

"Awww, he's so [i]cute[/i]," Steph gushed, her attention fixated on the deer. She sighed, slightly disappointed, when the deer took off again. 

But when Emma's features started [i]changing[/i] was when Steph really lost it.

"Oh my god!" she squealed, terrified and [i]completely[/i] grossed-out by the sight in front of her. She openly gaped at the flesh melting into fur and hands and feet melting into hooves. It was creepy and grotesque and completely [i]yuck[/i]! Steph instinctively took a couple steps back as she looked on, eyes wide, transfixed by the sight of Emma becoming a deer. "That's so freaky," Steph breathed, shuddering. She suddenly felt extremely nauseous, and the contents of her stomach roiled. 

Emma suddenly took off into the woods, with Mason close behind. Steph stood there, shocked, before she shook her head furiously. [i]How is this even happening?[/i] she thought to herself. [i]Like, this is so totally not what's supposed to happen. This is all wrong. This makes no sense. I kinda want to think that we're all on drugs right now and I think I would, you know, if not for the fact that I don't do drugs because I am not about to ruin my lip gloss to smoke or whatever, you know?[/i]

Steph started when she heard Emma's voice in her head. "Wait, what?" she exclaimed. "Is this like the thing that happened last night? You know, when that Andalite alien guy just sort of...talked to us? But like, not through his mouth?" Steph blinked. "This is, like, [i]way[/i] weird."

Steph paused. "And what about Mason? He just sorta ran after her! Do you think he's okay? Should we go after them? Oh my god, this would totally be like a cheesy horror movie if it was at night, you know? Like it's always people running into dark woods and stuff like that, but I guess it's different because it's still afternoon and sunny out. Geez, do you think they're okay? And did you [i]see[/i] Emma just change into that deer? Or maybe I should say that she morphed, because you know that's what Elfangor-whatever called it, right? Oh my gosh. Should we go after them?"