Aroura: To all those who've been reading Newcomer since I first put it out, here is the revised chapter one! And to all of you new readers, welcome and I hope you enjoy!

Akki: Don't mind the overly-perky hedgehog, people. I, her 'dark-side', will try to save all of y'all who hate perky people...or hedgehogs...God, I just got myself confused...

Aroura: Sorry to all you readers, new and old, but...right now...if the story doesn't really fit, it's cause, well, I working on it and I don't feel like shutting the story down. I'm just gonna revise it, chapter by chapter. By the way, to my most devoted reader, TwinkieTUTUS, if you don't mind...could you please read this and tell me if you like this or the old version better. Thanks!

Akki: Aroura...what about that disclaimer thing?

Aroura: Oh yeah! Okay...uh...I do not own Code Lyoko (though I wish I did - if it was my decision, Yumi and Ulrich would have gotten together in season one) or any of the characters, monsters, Lyoko, or locations. And I don't own Evanescence. I'm just borrowing them. But I do own Elizabeth Hiwatari.

Lizzy: My name is Lizzy, not Elizabeth!!!

"Good afternoon, students." Mrs. Hertz welcomed her apprentices as she strode into the classroom. She placed a large pile of graded papers onto her desk; by the look of it, most of those tests had 'F's on them. Her bag slid off of her shoulder and onto the floor with a low 'bang'. "Please take out your textbooks and turn to page 258. Today, we will be learning about the Scientific Method."

"Oh, yawn." Odd muttered, slumping forward and onto the desk. "You don't think she's going to go into this long-winded speech that she spent three days writing, is she?"

"No, she isn't, Mr. Della Robbia." Mrs. Hertz growled. Odd turned to find the teacher towering over him, a nasty looking yard stick gripped tightly in her hand. "If you don't mind, would you please sit up straight and actually listen to me for once?"

"Yes, ma'am." Odd muttered. He heard Ulrich snickering quietly. "Shut up. If you don't stop, I'm gonna-"

"You're going to what, Mr. Della Robbia?" Mrs. Hertz asked, threateningly tapping the yard stick in the palm of her hand.

"Nothing, ma'am." Odd said.

"I thought so." Mrs. Hertz marched back up to the front of the classroom and picked up a long piece of white chalk. "Now, the Sci-"

"Uh, excuse me."

Mrs. Hertz turned towards the doorway. "I'm sorry, dear. I didn't notice you were standing there." She turned to the class. "We have a new student. I know you'll make her feel welcome." The new student stalked into the classroom, her head held down and her eyes magically glued to the floor. "Class, this is Elizabeth Hiwatari."

The girl's eyes yanked their gazed away from the floor and towards the teacher. "It's not Elizabeth." She snarled. "It's Lizzy." Mrs. Hertz gave the girl a surprised stare before clearing her throat. "Yes, uh, my mistake. This is Lizzy Hiwatari." She pointed towards the back of the classroom at Odd; there was a free seat to his right. "You can go sit by Mr. Della Robbia."

"That's Odd, ma'am." Odd smirked. Lizzy sighed and began walking towards her seat, tossing a lock of brown-blue streaked hair over her shoulder. A few wolf-whistles could be heard throughout the room. Lizzy simply answered them with a snort and a needle-like glare. She reached her chair, pulled it out with her foot and sat down, noiselessly plopping her black 'Evanescence' bag onto the floor.

Odd took a few seconds to take in her attire, staring at her from the corner of his eye. She had on a forest green vest with an orange t-shirt underneath, a pair of dark blue jeans with faded knees and a pair of black skateboard shoes with silver laces. Hanging limply from her left wrist was a maroon-and-orange bracelet made of yarn. Around her neck was two necklaces; one was made of black string and had the Evanescence logo on it. The other was made of thick brown twine and had two silver medals hanging off of it. There was a small white and brown square hanging from a knot on the necklace.

"Why are you staring at me?" came a quiet voice. Odd looked up, startled. Lizzy was apparently the one who had spoken, but…how could she know that he was staring at her? She hadn't looked at him once. "I asked you a question."

Yep, Odd thought, definitely her. "Uh…I…"

"Never mind." Lizzy snorted, her bright blue eyes sparkling malevolently.

Odd stuck out a hand and gave Lizzy a giant Cheshire-cat smile. "My Odd name is hi." He stammered.

Lizzy grimaced as she stared at Odd's hand, and then gave a small smirk. "You're right." She latched onto his hand and gave it two painful shakes. "Hi is an Odd name."

"Uh…Odd is his name." Lizzy turned around to stare at the bespectacled blond behind her. Nervously, he pulled off his glasses, revealing a pair of icy-blue eyes, and cleaned them on his shirt.

"That's Jeremy." Grinned the pink-haired girl next to him. "And I'm Aelita. It's nice to meet you." Lizzy stared blankly at Aelita for a second before nodding and turning back to the front.

"Now that you have your question, you can start the research of your subject." Came Mrs. Hertz's voice from the front of the classroom. She had her back turned to the class and was busy doodling a multitude of diagrams on the board. She had no idea that not a single person in the class was paying attention.

The time slunk along, a second feeling more like a million years. Odd sighed and turned to look at the clock. 11:58, he thought grimly, why do all of these stupid classes have to be so long? I mean, just how in life are we going to use the Scientific Method? Or the Pythagorean thing with the triangles? Who came up with this stuff? Odd turned to the right to glance at Lizzy, who was staring blankly at the board with slightly clouded-over eyes. She had her chin propped up on one hand and sat unmoving in her seat. Odd snorted and cocked an eyebrow. …is she asleep? He thought. He lifted a hand and waved it in front of Lizzy's face. She didn't even flinch. Ulrich poked Odd's left shoulder.

"Is she sleeping with her eyes open?" Ulrich whispered. Odd cocked his head to one side.

"People can sleep with their eyes open?" Odd said in a low voice. "I wish I could do that." He turned back to Lizzy and gently tugged on a lock of her hair. Lizzy grunted and blinked a few times. Slowly she turned to face Odd.

"Can I help you?" She yawned, rubbing her eyes.

"Uh…"

Brrriiinnnggg!

"Finally." Ulrich whispered as he gathered his books into his arms. "I'm glad it's Friday, 'cause Friday means no more classes 'till Monday." He started towards the door, and then stopped. He glanced over his shoulder and at Odd and Lizzy; Jeremy and Aelita were already standing in the hall. Odd was hovering over Lizzy as she packed her books into her bag. Ulrich shrugged and headed out of the room.

"So…uh…do you need any help finding your room? Or…or getting everything set up…or even just finding your way around the academy-"

"I think I can find my way around here just fine." Lizzy interrupted. She then pause and straightened. "But…I could use some help finding my dorm…" She sighed and spun on her heel to face Odd. "Take me to the dorms." She ordered, lifting her bag onto her shoulder.

"…the dorms?"

"Odd! What's taking you so long? We need to get to the lunch room!" Aelita called, walking back into the classroom. "Come on! You never miss lunch. Why start now?"

Odd grunted and turned back to Lizzy. "What's your dorm number?"

Lizzy frowned for a second before putting her bag back onto the ground and dropping to her knees. She unzipped her bag and began digging through it, tossing random bits of paper and other objects over her shoulder. "It's in here somewhere…" She muttered, picking up a yellow piece of paper. "Here it is…" She ran one slender finger down the right side of the page. "Dorm number…247."

Aelita blanched whiter then a ghost. "D…did you say…dorm number…247?" Aelita squeaked. Lizzy nodded, shoving everything back into her black bag. Aelita whimpered as Jeremy and Ulrich walked in, towing Yumi behind them.

"Guys, I don't know about you, but I'm starving." Yumi groaned as she readjusted her shirt; the two boys had pulled her into the room by her sleeves. Yumi stopped and pointed to Lizzy. "Who's the new kid?" She then turned to Aelita. "…hey, Lita. You okay?" Aelita whined in response, causing Yumi to raise one eyebrow. "…Odd…what's wrong with her?"

Odd shivered. "Lizzy's dorming with her."

Aroura: I liked the ending to the old chapter way better then the way I ended this one, cause Yumi slaps Odd, and I find that kind of funny.

Akki: I feel Odd needs to be slapped more.

Aroura: (sighs) Good grief, Akki. Well, please leave a review on your way out!