CHAPTER 1: School Returns

Hey guys, this is my first Code Lyoko fanfic, and I hope you like it (:

I have written a few other fanfics under my other account in twilight, but Code Lyoko is awesome (:

This is set in the middle of the fourth season, and William is still possessed by XANA but a few of the events in the TV show may be out of order. This is set at the beginning of a new year.

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YUMI POV

After the long holidays, even the thought of finally seeing my friends again made me smile. Yet here I was, standing at the gates of Kadic Academy, waiting for the familiar faces that I missed so much all summer. As the sun shone brightly over my head, I saw four silhouettes in the distance, and my heart skipped a beat. Finally, I could see their faces and I smiled; they had all changed so much, and I couldn't wait to catch up with them.

As it turns out, Aelita had spent the summer at Jeremie's house, and they had a lot of fun, working on programs for Lyoko and fighting XANA, while the rest of us had a holiday, but they liked that kind of stuff. Odd had spent a summer being annoyed by his two older sisters, which explained why he was happy to be back at school. And last, but definitely not least, was Ulrich. It seemed he was also happy to be back at school, which was much unlike him, but he had spent a whole summer with his strict father, who had obviously taken the fun out of Ulrich's holiday. Ulrich, out of everyone, had changed the most, and I couldn't help but stare; his brown messy hair flopped into his eyes, his chocolate eyes were just visible through his hair, he had gotten a lot taller, and he smiled at me. Although I am reluctant to admit it, he looked more gorgeous than ever. What amazed me most was how much they had all grown; Aelita was almost my height, Jeremie had sprouted up to an inch or two above me and, somehow, Ulrich had grown from almost a head below me to almost head above me. Odd, on the otherhand, seemed to have shrunk; either that or I had grown.

Although it was wonderful meeting my friends again, at one point school had to start. And even though we were so close, it wasn't possible that we could all be in the same class; I was a year above them. But as I soon found out that the rest of the Lyoko Warriors were in the same class, I felt a sigh of relief; it would make XANA missions in the future a lot easier, but the fact that they were in the same class as Sissi may make things a little harder. My class this year consisted of many people from my class last year, including William, unfortunately, but I guess that could help in getting his clone out of trouble, yet again.

Once in class, the happiness of being reunited with the rest of the Lyoko Warriors kind of wore off and I was bored with the monotone voice of my maths teacher. All I could hope for was that something exiting could happen in the short time we had for a break.

Luckily, it did. Otherwise school could have bored me into the almost depression state I had gotten into last year. In the morning sessions, on his computer, Jeremie had received a video from Franz Hopper, which could hopefully help us on our mission. We gathered around his computer to watch.

"Hello, Lyoko Warriors. Here I am, still trapped in Lyoko, but I have noticed your efforts in saving Lyoko. Thank you all. But that is not what have gone to the trouble in making this video for. In my spare time, I have created a program that gives you all a hidden power to all of you." At this point, Franz paused, just long enough for the entire group to gasp in amazement; we all understood what this could do, it could help the group enormously.

"Although this sounds great, it may cause a lot of trouble in the group dynamics, as a lot of things do; it will cause fights, and possibly confuse many, but this is for Lyoko! Look, what I mean is, you won't really know what your power will be until you get it, you won't be able to choose it; it will be based on yourself and it will be the power that suits you most. This sounds a little weird but the only thing that the program that I made does, is activate the searching mechanis- well I will leave the complicated stuff to Jeremie, but each power will in some way help the Lyoko quest. I have attached the program with this video, so get to it!" And with that, the video was over, and the bell for next session rang. I could see the tears welling up in Aelita's eyes, so I went to comfort her. I could see that this was a major step in the Lyoko quest but I had a feeling it had more cons than we could immediately see.

Hope you enjoyed it (:

(the next few chapters will have lots more romance)

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