WRG: Okay, I know that I should be working on chap. 9 of Her Secrets, but this idea popped into my head.

Em: You mean hit you on the head.

WRG: Anyway, before you read the story, here's some background info.: XANA is destroyed; Franz was materialized and is working on repairing the Hermitage; William is back but has no memory of Lyoko only his clone's; Yumi told William that they can only be friends, and he agreed; and this will be told in an OC's POV. The pairings will be UY, JA, and OOC. That's about it. Now, who should do the disclaimer? (while thinking a girl in the shadows speaks up)

Girl: Can I do it, Weird Romantic Gal? (Weird looks at the girl and smiles)

WRG: Since you'll be telling the story, sure.

Girl (who will be named in this chap.): Thank you. WRG does not own Code: Lyoko or the idea of the Council of Magical Beings. Now let's begin my story.

Hello, this is my story. I have two names. To the animals, I'm DNA, but to humans, I'm Dakota Nora Anders. I am neither, yet I am both. That probably makes no sense at all. You see, I was born a wolf. That doesn't mean that I am one though. I'm a shape-shifter, but because I was born as a mammal, I can only change into other mammals.

Anyways, my story is one that I don't really understand. You see, I started out just observing the students in the school next to the woods where I was born. It was quite amusing. One day, a boy with blonde hair came to the school with a dog. That dog, Kiwi, became my best friend. Kiwi told me of his master's friends. He said that his master, Odd, wanted them to "get together". Actually, let me just tell you the story.

I was walking towards the school once again. Odd and Kiwi were out for a walk. We met near the school's tool shed. We had been doing this since we met. I was in my wolf form. "DNA, we're here!" Kiwi called out to me. I shook my head slightly. He was always hyper when he saw me.

"I can see that, Kiwi." I said this normally. I looked around and saw that Odd was nowhere to be found. I asked, "Where's Odd, Kiwi?" Before he could answer, I was hugged from behind. It had to be Odd.

"Did I scare ya, D?" It was definitely Odd, alright. When I first told him that I was called DNA, he decided to call me D. I quickly changed into human form. As a human, I had long black hair with random brown and gray highlights. I had it braided. For clothes, I wore a white dress that went to my knees and a light brown jacket. My shoes were black tennis-shoes.

"Not really, Odd. You just surprised me." I smirked at him.

He pouted for a moment then asked, "Well, what did he say?" By he, Odd meant Cupid. I had told him that shape-shifters were able to speak with the Council of Magical Beings which consisted of Mother Nature, Father Time, the Tooth Fairy, Cupid, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman. When he heard that, he asked me to pass an idea to Cupid. I agreed to play messenger. When I relayed the message to him, Cupid eagerly accepted it. He told me that he was very busy and needed help anyway. The fact that two mortals wanted to help him overjoyed him.

"He said to go right ahead. Thing is, he wouldn't give me any of his arrows. Said that we didn't have the right experience to handle them properly. Cupid was overjoyed that we wanted to help him though. He even said that he'd help me get enrolled at Kadic. I had to come up with a human name." I paused, wanting him to ask what my new name was. I didn't have to wait long.

"What is it?"

"Dakota Nora Anders. Dakota means friend, and Nora means noble. I thought that they fit me. What do you think?"

"I like it. That means that I can still call you D!"

"Yeah, I kinda figured that you'd like it. Here's my background: You and I have been pen-pals for a while now. That's how we know each other. My parents travel constantly, and I got sick of it. They decided that I should be at one school. I wanted to be with a friend, so they chose Kadic. Make sense?" He nodded, so I continued, "Okay, as for my classes, Cupid is making it so that we have the same schedule. I think that he's making me share a dorm with, um, Aelita. That's her name, right?" He nodded again. "Anyway, that's about it. What time is it?"

"7:30, why?"

"I start today. Cupid is sending two of his helpers to pose as my parents. In fact, there they are." I pointed behind him. There were two people who looked as if they really could be my human parents.

"Dakota, I'm Julie, your 'mother', and this is your 'father', Porter. Are you ready?" I nodded and left Odd and Kiwi. They went back to their room. We headed to the administration building. When we got inside, the receptionist let us into Mr. Delmas's office. He was a nice man. The three adults spoke for a little bit, then my parents left. Mr. Delmas turned to me.

"Well, Dakota, what do you think of the school so far?" It was a simple question. I think he thought that I was nervous.

"It's exactly how Odd described it." I don't think he knew that I knew Odd.

"You don't mean Odd Della-Robbia, do you?" See what I mean?

"Yeah, that's him. He's actually the reason that my parents chose this school." I smiled at him.

"Ah, well, it's actually a good thing that you know him because his cousin, Aelita Stones, is your roommate." I smiled, not only because Aelita was my roommate but also because I was right. He continued, "If you don't have any questions, you're free to go." I got up, thanked him, and left the building. I had run around this place at least a million times as a squirrel, but I didn't know what to do or where to go. I looked around, trying to find Odd, when a girl came up to me.

"You must be the new girl Daddy said was coming today." When she said 'Daddy', I knew that her name was Sissy. Odd told me that she was pretty mean, but I didn't think so. You see, there was this one day when I saw her in the park, I was a squirrel, alone. I can still remember it.

Flashback

I was looking for some nuts near a bench when someone sat down on it. I looked up and saw that said someone was a girl. She was crying. I jumped up on the bench. She looked at me and sighed. "Hi, there. Are you hungry?" I hadn't noticed that she had a half a loaf of bread with her. I nodded, but I don't think she noticed. "I'll feed you if you listen to me," she said. I squeaked out an 'okay', and she started talking. "There's this boy I like, but he doesn't like me. He hangs out with three other kids. One is a year older than him, and I think he likes her. There's a really smart guy and a joker. I act mean in public, not because I want to be mean, but because I don't want to get hurt. It's a mask that I'm afraid to take off. I really want to be a part of that group. Thanks for listening to me." She had been feeding me little pieces of bread while she was talking. She got up and went back to the school, leaving the rest of the loaf on the bench.

End Flashback

"Yeah, I just got here. I'm Dakota. What's your name?"

"I'm Sissy Delmas. Are you a border or a day-student?"

"Border. My roommate's Aelita Stones. Do you know her?" I already knew the answer, but I was supposed to be new.

"Yeah." She seemed sad for a moment.

"Do you know where her cousin, Odd Della-Robbia, is?" I figured that I might as well find out where that goof-ball was.

"Over there." She pointed to the vending machines. I looked over there and saw him. I turned back to Sissy and smiled at her.

"Thanks." She looked shocked for a second then smiled.

"You're welcome." I then started walking towards the goof-ball. He wasn't facing me, so I decided to pay him back for earlier. I didn't hug him, though. All I had to do was tap his shoulder, and he jumped.

"I didn't scare you, did I?" I asked him in my 'innocent' voice. He turned around with a smirk on his face.

"Naw, you just surprised me." His friends weren't with him.

"You do realize that that was payback, right?"

"Really, I didn't know that." I could tell that he was being sarcastic.

"I was right about my roommate. Hey, where are your friends?"

"Their probably in the cafeteria. Come on, D. You have yet to officially meet them."

"Yeah, and we can start planning afterwards." He nodded and took off. I sighed and followed. Working with Odd was going to be fun.

WRG: You are really good at telling a story, Dakota.

Dakota: Thanks. I just hope that the readers like it.

WRG: Please leave a good review so that Dakota's feelings don't get hurt.