Hey guys! After much debating with myself, I've decided to post this, finally. So, this is my new story, and I am super pumped for it! If you haven't read my profile already, this is a spin-off of 'Prom and Prejudice,' written by Elizabeth Eulberg. It has the same-ish atmosphere and plot of the book, but our favorite Code Lyoko characters get to play the roles! It's going to be a fun ride! :)

Disclaimer- I do not own Code Lyoko or Prom and Prejudice. All rights are given to MoonScoop and to Elizabeth Eulberg and her publishers. (: Gotta give them some credit! These people are like Gods. LOL.

P.S: This story will have a moral to it, I promise all of you. ;)

'You don't want money to make you a social freak where you can only hang out with rich people'

-Graham Norton

Prologue: High Society

The butterflies in Yumi's stomach quickly turned into wasps as the plane departed from the gates of the Tokyo International Airport.

Her gaze hardened as she watched the island nation she called home fade below her before disappearing completely under the thick cover of clouds. Relaxing into her seat, she gave her mind the time to wrap around the horrors she had set herself up for.

Lyoko Academy, the prestigious high school with the best teachers, connections, and resources... but not necessarily the best people. Her first semester was transformed into a universe close to hell because of her classmates' taunts, pranks, and patronization.

Why did those merciless girls choose her as their permanent target, you ask?

Yumi was a scholarship student. A 'charity case,' as they were known as. The only reason she was able to attend this expensive and academically rigorous academy was that she was enrolled into the Arts and Music program, where her dancing talent would shine above all the others. That earned her the free pass.

The scholarship students before her were never as ridiculed as her, however. In fact, they were even tolerated, and they fit well into the society of high class people. But it was one fateful night of one fateful year that began the segregation of the rich and the relatively poor. Prom was the night.

Back in the day when scholarship students were actually accepted as equals into the society of Lyoko Academy, one of the 'charity cases' was somehow able to catch the eye of the most sought after boy at Kadic Academy, the neighboring prestigious school for boys. Hence, he asked her out to prom.

However, little did she know how much it mattered to pick the right dress from the right store—more so, the right designer. It was an unspoken rule to pick a couture dress that was specially tailored. But that night, she broke the norm and showed up at prom in a dress from...

Macy's. Oh, 'THE HORROR!' Please.

By then, the 'charity cases' were tolerated, but this was pushing it way over the limits. The other promgoers were offended by the dress, and her date had to stay under the radar for the next couple of months.

The school board insisted on dropping the whole scholarship program all together, but the program was the only thing that greatly boosted Lyoko Academy's academic reputation. They had no choice but to keep it.

But from then on, the scholarship students couldn't even last a full year at Lyoko or Kadic Academy due to all the hostility aimed at them. Yumi knows. Why, she broke down in tears by the end of the first week.

On her way to orientation, she even met the faces of three 'fellow' high society girls. Unfortunately, they thought it would be fun to play a trick on her. One of them had a cup of hot coffee in hand, and she bluntly splashed it into her poor, naive face. Yumi ended up being late to her first class that day after suffering some first-degree burns.

After that, the pranks they played on her were less noticeable. They replaced her face lotion with melted butter (now that would have caused massive breakouts). Luckily, she was able to smell it before any of it was applied. Secondly, they put crushed up laxatives in her punch at one of their formals. That, she wasn't able to prevent. She was on the toilet all night. Thirdly, they pushed her into the koi pond in the courtyard, which made her smelly throughout the rest of her classes.

But no. No matter how hard they tried, they will not scare her away. She was determined to have a good second semester, despite those good-for-nothing, spoiled brats.

She just had to be more careful, that's all.

Yumi took deep breaths to calm herself.

Author's Note: So how was that? Like it? Hate it? Let me know! (: I had so much fun writing this, I can't even express it. I'm so excited guys! My mind is exploding with ideas! Oh, and I have nothing against Macy's. It's my favorite place to grab clothes (and probably the only place I shop regularly). LOL. ((: I hope you all like this!