Ok this is my very first fanfic so please be really nice or is nice as you can. I'm sorry if this story is not good in your eyes, but please if you like it, leave a nice review! Sorry for spelling problems (if there is any, I'm like checking over and over again!). So now with the fanfic! Enjoy! (The Horse Whisper gave me this idea. I didn't steal it at all!)

Full Summary: The Code Lyoko gang finally got Aelita out of Lyoko and Xana finally met his maker. Aelita soon finds out that she lives with the most beautiful creatures ever seen, horses. Aelita can be around a wild horse and help it become the most gentle thing a person has ever rode! They call her a "Horse Whisper". She gets called to ranch all the way in America away from her friends. She falls in love with the family who hired her and finds her way towards a great future. Will she remember the true meaning of her friendship all the back in France? Read to find out! There will a song now and then in this story so if you like song fic's you might like this story!

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or The Horse Whisper which helped me out with this story but it is NOT a crossover!

Rating: PG (may get higher)

The Long Road Back

Starlight Girl

Ch. 1 A Year After It All

The bell rang. A sign that school was out for the weekend. It was finally starting to get warmer. For the whole week it had been rainy, cold, and just plain boring.

One year ago to, be exact,Xana along with Lyoko was shut down from our troubled world Aeltia was able to come to Earth and enjoy her time without worrying about fighting Xana monsters, dodgingthe robots sent out, and always depending on your closest friends. Yeah, someone might think it's cool to have friends who will risk thier lives just to save you and the world at the same time, but with Aelita, it made her feel horrible inside. Nobody ever really noticed that is how she felt, everone always thought that she was always happy, getting closer to the cure of the virus planted inside her and finding her way to staying at Earth forever. She hated to see her friends get stressed out over Xana and Lyoko, always having to go Lyoko just to get her to a tower and stop what ever horrible or fatal event. Now that was over and she could have a life where she did not have to worry about any of that.

Aelita's P.O.V.

School is finally out for the two days where children can have a fun time with friends and family. Unfortunately, I have no family that I can be with. Yes, I have friends, great friends to be correct, but yet I feel empty without a parent or someone I can, you know, be with them as my friends have been with their's, their loved ones.

Yumi and her parents are leaving for the weekend to see family whom they are concerned for. Just what family does. Yumi's family still thinks me as a pen pal who has no family near by. They though care for me as one of their own if I was hurt or upset in any way. Thye left me in charge of the house thinking I'm mature enough to take care of it and not throw a party or something a student my age would do.

They would only be gone for the weekend. I always have fun with Yumi on the weekends. Sometimes, she was able to sneek Ulrich, Jeremie, and Odd out of school for part of the day and we would go to the movies or somewhere else. This weekend school work was given to the boys because of a problem in the boys locker room after gym (which I really don't want to know about). They wouldn't be able to do anything even though I'm against breaking any kind of school rules.

End P.O.V.

"Aelita, take care of the house will ya?" Yumi was walking right out the door to the car with her parents waiting, "I mean we can get someone-"

"No, I'll be fine Yumi, you go help your family. I'll be just fine." Aelita gave her a small, tender smile that seem to say 'Go on and have a great time!' even though that was not what Aelita felt inside.

"You know our numbers, they're on your desk if you need them." Yumi started to get louder as she was getting closer to the car and father away from Aelita whom was standing in the doorway, "We'll call you if we have any problems, k?"

"Yes." Aelita began to walk back into the house. Before she closed the door she waved a good bye and slowy and quietly closed the door as if someone were alseep. She leaned against the closed door, put her face into her arms and cried to herself.

"No family to be with." Aelita was crying to what seemed like the floor, "I'm I experiencingloneliness?"

To Be Continued

Ok, I know you might think this is really bad but please be nice because this is my first ever fanfic so reviews would make me even more happier to continue (gives the puppy eyes)!The spelling I hope is good, I type quite fast so I might have pressed another key. Ok, I'll just shut up and hopefully you'll review. I left you off here because I wanted the next part to have its very own ch. I know it was short.

Starlight Girl o