CODE LYOKO: HOPE

THIS IS MY FIRST STORY, SO BE KIND LOL. AS THE NAME SUGGESTS, THIS IS A CODE LYOKO FANFIC. NOBODY IN THIS STORY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JAKE AND JAMES BELONG TO ME. EVERYONE ELSE BELONGS TO CHANAL J, MOONSCOOP, OR ANOTHER COMPANY RELATED TO THEM LOL. I HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD A BIT TO FIT THE STORY. FOR INSTANCE, IN THE FOREST SECTOR, AS YOU WILL READ BELOW, I HAVE INCLUDED WILD ANIMALS, RIVERS, AND OTHER PLANTS. I KNOW THAT IT IS MADE FROM TREES AND ISLANDS OF LAND OVER THE DIGITAL SEA, BUT THAT WOULDN'T GO WELL WITH MY STORY. SO SIT BACK, AND RELAX, AND ENJOY THE STORY (OR NOT).

CHAPTER ONE: James

Flash! A large blinding light sprang up in front of my eyes. Shapes start showing up; Lines; A grid. The grid moved, making hills and valleys, trees and grass. Squares of colors came from everywhere, landing on a square on a grid. I am standing in a forest, untouched by people. I pause to look around but hear a rustling in a bush to my left. Fear instantly takes over and I can hear my feet pounding on the ground before I even know what's happening. I hear the trees shaking above me and run faster. Suddenly, something pink and white flips over my head. I try to stop but I slip on the mud and fall. I hear a giggle from the predator. She, deciding I was not a threat, held out her hand to help me up. I took it and dusted myself off while she introduced herself.

"I'm Aelita." She said, "I thought I was the only one here."

"Where is here?" I asked.

"This is Lyoko; it's my father's project. I… I don't know where he went."

"Went? What happened?"

"I don't remember, but I keep having this dream… I'll tell you about it while we walk to my camp." She said.

Aelita's POV

I should ask his name now, but… Whatever, I'll just do it. "I was wondering…" No! Don't say it like that! He'll think I like him. Too late. "… what's your name?"

"James" he said. He said it so calmly, as if he doesn't even mind the off-hand question.

At Camp…

"Well, in my dream, I am practicing piano with my dad, when he got up and looked out the window. A car had pulled up and two men in business suits got out. Then he turned to me and said 'time to go'. He grabbed my hand and ran downstairs. The men kicked the door in, and he ran down into the basement. At the end of the hallway, there was the room that he told me never to go in. He opened the door and ran down a staircase. We ended up in the sewer. The next thing I remember is him telling me to go, and he pushed me into a bright gold tube. I don't think it was gold but it looked like it. He got in the tube next to me and told me everything was going to be okay. I haven't seen him since."

Later…

"This is the forest region. There is also an ice, desert, and a mountain region. There is a network of towers that allow you to move from one region to another. All you have to do is enter the tower, think of where you want to go, and fall of the ledge. After a few seconds, you float up onto that tower's platform. If you leave the tower, you will be in the region, or part of the region, that you imagined. Come on – it's getting late. I'll start dinner."

Aelita said and took wood from a pile. She laid the wood in a circle of stone, and then put her hands together. She pulled her hands apart slowly and a purple orb grew in her hands. When it was about the size of a golf ball, she moved her hands near the wood and laid it down. In a few seconds, the wood absorbed it, and caught fire. From inside a grass bag, she pulled out a wood bowl and a support she had made. She laid that over the fire and poured a canteen of water into the bowl. Then, she unrolled a mat, revealing a skinned rabbit. She cut the meat off using a rock she had sharpened into a knife, and placed the meat in the bowl. After that, she picked some mint leaves and placed them in the bowl as well. After she was satisfied, she said "Ok – that will take a few minutes. Let's go wash up."

When we got back, she poured the soup into separate bowls and gave one to me. During dinner, she told me the plan for the next day. We would tour the other regions, and she was going to show me her terraforming ability.

When we had finished the soup, we washed the bowls in the river and went back to camp. When we got there, she climbed into a near-by tree, and reached for something between the branches. She pulled out a grass bag and placed the bowls in them, and taking out a large silk blanket. She attached either end to the tree, and it instantly sprang up into a tube. As she worked she told me "Sleeping in the trees is the only way to stay out of the reach of the night predators. I use a tube style hammock because I rolled out on my first night and was forced into a fight. I got a good meal the next day, but it's not worth the fight. I don't have another one, so we'll have to share; that is unless you prefer a branch." She giggled. "No, I don't mind sharing." I said. That night, I followed her up the tree, and got in the hammock. I put my arm around her and she snuggled into my body. "Goodnight" we said, and fell asleep.

A/N: The hammock they slept in might seem similar to the hammock they use in Avatar (James Cameron) but when I made the story, Avatar was not out yet. Both of us invented this style of hammock out of need for the story, but we never had any contact with each other. Thank's for reading! Please R&R, and look forward to more chapters :) As always, I'll see you on the dark side,

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