The First Day chapter 1: Return to School
Od sighed as he sat in the back seat of his car. He had fond memories of his summer but, now it was over. He didn't really want to go back to school, even though he knew his friends would be waiting.
"Dad, can we please go home!" Od asked.
"No Od. Don't be ridiculous."
Od let out a long sigh. He had enjoyed his summer so much he didn't want to go back. He and Scorch became good friends and spent most of the summer together. Yumi came over a lot too because of how close she lived. Occasionally Ulrich would come over too.
One thing bothered Od though. He hadn't heard or contacted Jeremy or Aelita all summer. They must've been real busy. Od decided. Real busy dating Od thought with a grin.
"We're here!" Od's dad called as they pulled in front of the school. Od grabbed his suitcase from the car, gave his dad a wave goodbye, then set out in search of his friends.
He looked around and finally caught a glimpse of one of his friends. As he started running he ran right into Sissy.
"Hey watch where your going OD" Sissy said putting an emphasis on his name.
"Shut up." said Od, in no mood to tolerate Sissy today.
He pushed Sissy out of the way and ran right up to Yumi.
"Hey Yumi!" he said with a big grin.
Yumi smiled back and said "Hey Od! How was your summer?"
"Good." Od responded. "I hung out with you guys most of the time."
"Yeah... So you seen the others yet?"
"No. Let's go look for them."
Yumi and Od set out in search for their other friends. It wasn't to long before they found Scorch and Ulrich sitting under a tree talking.
"Hey Yumi! Hey Od!" Scorch said happily.
"Hey Yumi." Ulrich replied quietly. "Hey Od"
The friends conversed about their summer for a while until Od pointed something out.
"Hey where's Jeremy and Aelita?" Od asked.
"I didn't get a call from either of them all summer." Ulrich said.
"Well Aelita was living with you right Yumi?" Scorch asked
"Yeah... I barely saw any of her though..." said Yumi.
"Maybe they were having to much fun dating." Od said, voicing his thoughts aloud.
"Od!" Yumi said
"What? You know they like each other..."
"Maybe that is what they're doing." Scorch said. "I do have a question to ask Jeremy... There is something wrong with me. I think an after effect of Lyoko or something."
"What is it?" asked Od
"I don't want to get you guys worked up over it..."
"Just tell us." said Ulrich. "If it's a big deal we should know. We are your friends after all."
"Well..." said Scorch hesitant. "I've been having nightmares."
"That's it?" said Od.
"No... Dreams about X.A.N.A. I've been dreaming about X.A.N.A. plotting on how to break the barriers into the real world... He's been plotting against us... planning new ways to attack. I already told Jeremy about this before summer was over and Jeremy got really worked up about it. He said he'd call me but he never did... and I could never reach him."
"You did seem kinda weird over the summer." Yumi said. "And speaking of weird where were you all summer Ulrich? I barely saw you."
"I was...busy." Ulrich said.
Yumi couldn't help but feel he was hiding something from her...
"Look at the time!" Scorch yelled. "We gotta get our rooms in order. I'll room with Jeremy."
"Me and Od will room together." Ulrich said.
"And I'll room with Aelita." Yumi said.
"Your staying at school this time?" Od asked.
"Yeah." Yumi replied.
Then the group of friends rushed into school to get their rooms ready.
