I changed the names, but tried to keep it in the spirit of the originals, with the exception being Odd, as I firmly believe his name is heavily influenced by being the only son, and his sisters all have distinctly feminine names to his own masculine name. Hiroki and Yumi I simply switched them as I figured their parents had a boy name and a girl name in mind when Yumi was born and used the remaining boy name for Hiroki. Willa is a feminine form of William, Rachele (pronounced with a k sound instead of a ch sound) is like the only Italian name I found that doesn't end in A, Joëlle has a similar meaning to Jeremy, Ulrike is the feminine form of Ulrich, pronounced with an A sound at the end, and Aias (e-aks) is an old obscure name I'm sure Franz Hopper would have loved.
"RACHELE! GET OUT OF THE DAMN BATHROOM!"
"WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE ELIZABETH!"
"MOM! THAT'S LOUISE! I'M ELIZABETH!"
Rachele Della Robbia, youngest of the Della Robbia girls, tried her best to ignore the shouting as she finished getting ready. It wasn't like shouting wasn't a common thing in the Della Robbia household, after all.
"I'll be out in a minute!" she called to Louise.
"GOOD!" her sister shouted back, even though she was just outside the door. Irritated, Rachele grabbed her night clothes and picked up her dog Kiwi (she'd had to beg and plead for him, but it had been worth it) before opening the bathroom door and almost immediately being shoved out of the way by her sister. Kiwi barked at her, but Louise was too busy shoving them past the doorframe to care. Just as the door closed, Rachele was practically thrown into it as Adele rounded the corner at run.
"Did you take my favorite skirt?" she demanded.
"Why would I want your favorite skirt? It's ugly." Rachele replied, receiving a glare and a huff from her sister. Rachele tugged at her hand-me down dress, sniffing in anger at her sister's attitude before she collapsed on her bed in irritation. It totally, one hundred percent, sucked to be the youngest Della Robbia girl.
Aias stared at his father in complete and utter disbelief. "You want me to what?"
"I want you to get in the scanner. There isn't time, hurry!"
"Dad, what's going on? I know you've been avoiding the men in black but you've never told me why-"
"There isn't time!" Franz shoved his son, his only child, into the scanner and hurried to the other one just before it closed, barely making it in time. When Aias materialized on Lyoko, he looked down to find himself in a pink elf outfit.
"Really dad? I know it matches the hair, but-" he cut himself off when he looked at the glowing ball of light above him. "Uh dad?"
"I didn't have the time to make an avatar for me like I did for you."
"So the whole pink elf thing was planned?" Aias asked, slightly irritated. Unfortunately, his father never got to answer, as just then Xana chose to attack. Aias was separated from his father, hid in the tower as his father shut down the supercomputer. When he woke up again, it was to the supremely surprised face of a blonde haired girl.
"I assure you Sissi, I do not need you to room with me." Ulrike did her best to sound convincing. She didn't entirely mind Sissi, but she did NOT want to room with her.
"Are you sure Ulrike? We could do each other's makeup and talk about boys before we go to sleep and-"
"No, really!" Ulrike interrupted feeling a bit like she was being trapped in a cage. "I'm fine."
"Well, if you're sure." Sissi relented.
"I'm absolutely certain," Ulrike said with some relief. And for over one glorious year, she had a two person dorm all to herself. Then one day...
"Hey, are you Ulrik Stern?" she turned to find a very feminine girl standing beside her desk in science.
"It's Ulrike," she said, emphasizing the A sound at the end of her name. "Who's asking?"
"Her new roommate, Rachele Della Robbia!" the girl said. Ulrike gave her a quick onceover. The girl wore a purple dress that was stylish, if a bit older than usual. Her hair was bright blond with purple tips, which she had in a bob that emphasized the oddly sharp features of her face. The only makeup Ulrike could identify was the bright purple lipstick that was expertly applied to the girl's lips.
Ulrike barely suppressed a groan. Great, another girly girl. She was surrounded.
Willa was about ready to tear her hair out. Hiroki Ishiyama was a very handsome, very kind boy. Willa really wanted to date him. She would even have asked him out directly if she thought that was going to work. She'd pulled out all of her best flirting mechanisms, ones that had worked wonders at her old school before she'd finally lost it after that one boy wouldn't stop ignoring her- if he didn't like her than he should fucking say so, not play cat and mouse with her- but nothing seemed to get through to the ever more oblivious Hiroki.
The thing that really clinched it for her though was when she looked over at him while they were working on a project. Ulrike, Rachele, Joëlle and Aias were sitting in the usual place, waiting for Hiroki. Hiroki was looking at Ulrike, and the look on his face was one of utter affection. Ulrike caught Hiroki's stare and the both looked away and blushed. Even the eternal optimist couldn't turn this around. This crush was so doomed.
Joëlle was about to beat her head on her computer. Why oh why wasn't the materialization program working? A small window popped up on her screen. "Joëlle, it's very late. You should get to bed."
"I know Aias," she sighed, pushing her glasses up as she rubbed her eyes and finally let out a yawn. "I just don't understand what's going wrong. I've done everything I can think of, and yet, there is still something I'm missing."
"I'm sure you'll figure it out later, but that'll be twice as hard if you don't sleep." His sweet face turned worried. "It's bad for you not to get enough sleep, didn't you say?"
"Yeah, I did." She smiled at Aias- the boy was so cute- before finally saving her work. "I'll head to bed. I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Good night Joëlle."
"Good night Aias." She got into bed and watched as the screen went dark, before finally going to sleep.