Rain yawned, looking out the window of the car at the academy. At least the woods looked inviting, the academy… not so much. She stepped out, going up on her toes, and then padded through the gates onto the campus. She groaned quietly, seeing large crowds of kids everywhere. Rain hated crowds, being a loner by nature. She pushed her black hair, almost blue in the sunlight, back behind her shoulders, and peered around with robin's-egg blue eyes. She leaped back when a couple of football players raced by, almost knocking her off her feet, until she crashed into someone. "Whoa!" she yelped, and rolled off the person she'd landed on. Her blue eyes met green ones, shielded some by glasses, and a boy shook his black hair from his eyes, and went pink in the face. "Sorry…" muttered Rain, pushing herself to her feet and pulling the boy to her feet. He readjusted his glasses and looked at her for a moment. "I-it's alright… you n-new here?" he stammered, still a little embarrassed.
Rain nodded, putting her thumbs in the pockets of her light blue faded jeans.
"I-I can show y-you around… I-if you w-w-want," he offered shyly.
"Sure… thanks," replied Rain.
"Err, what's your name… mine's Drew," said Drew with a nervous smile.
"Rain… my name's Rain," answered Rain with a small half-smile.
"W-well, follow m-me," said Drew, walking into the school, Rain padding silently behind him. Drew didn't hear Rain, so he turned around, and jumped two feet in the air when he saw Rain still following him. Rain looked confused, "What the heck?" she asked, arcing an eyebrow.
"God, Rain, how do you do that?" asked Drew, still walking, "Oh, that's the gym…"
"Do what?" asked Rain.
"Be so… quiet! Silent! Sneaky!" he said.
"I just do," answered Rain simply.
Drew's next question was cut off as the wall exploded on the two, sending them both flying into the opposite wall with a screech from Drew and a yelp from Rain. Xana stepped over the rubble, sparks flying from his hands. Drew's eyes widened slightly, and he stumbled to his feet, backing away. He looked down to see Rain do a handspring to her feet, and slide into a fighting position. Xana tried to shock the two, and Drew fell over dodging it, while Rain simple ducked, and then sprang forwards with a powerful roundhouse to Xana's side, sending him flying. "Ever try picking on someone that can fight back?" taunted Rain, springing lightly to the side to avoid another shock.
Drew watched from where he lay, seeing Rain spring, back-flip, and then rush forwards, slamming her fist into Xana's chest, making him double over, coughing and gagging. Rain sprang back again, skidding over the rubble, and nimbly hopped forwards again, growling. Xana teleported himself out and Rain skidded to a stop, confused. She turned to Drew, and pulled him to his feet with a grunt. "What just happened? Who was that?" she asked, shaking her bangs from her eyes. Drew sighed softly, and then explained about Lyoko, and about how Xana was able to come to earth as a human for some reason. Rain looked confused, but followed Drew when he led her towards the factory, asking a few questions along the way.