Novella

by Adventurer411

Oneshots and drabbles, taking requests. Current drabble/oneshot: Confessions. "Hiroki and I would play it when we fought over chores. We go back and forth confessing things—you know, secrets, embarrassing things—and the first one to stop loses. In this case, losing means asking someone out. Me for Ulrich, you for Aelita. Got it?" JerYumi.

1. Aelita Schaeffer

WARNING: Spoiler if you haven't seen season four!

Setting: right after season four.

POV: Aelita's POV.

Rate: K+

I am Aelita Schaeffer. I know compared to the others my life may seem easy, but it's not.

I worry daily about so many things, and most of them aren't even the worries of a normal girl. Family trouble? Not really, seeing as my dad is dead and my mom went missing long ago, probably dead. Friend drama? Nope. My friends and I have some trouble, but never enough to break us apart. Popularity drama? Nope. My friends aren't popular and neither am I, but we don't care. Boy troubles? No, seeing as I'm too shy to tell the boy I love how I really feel.

No, the things I worry about are different. I have a fake identity as Aelita Stones, and the constant worry that I will be discovered is always nagging in the back of my mind. I would be taken away from my friends and be questioned by the government. Then they would search my friends, and find the documents that Jeremy forged for me. They could be taken to a government facility, even arrested. I could ruin their lives by just being discovered as 'not Aelita Stones.'

I also lie awake at night, guilt plaguing my mind. So many people have sacrificed so much for me. Every time Xana attacks, the others risk their lives to get me to the tower safely. The only reason they even have to deal with Xana is because Jeremy decided to keep the supercomputer on because of me.

He has sacrificed so much for me. Working tirelessly on my materialization and antivirus, skipping sleep, meals, and even classes for me.

I'm also alone. My family is gone, all my relatives dead or missing. I have my friends, but no parents, grandparents, or cousins.

See? I bet most girls don't lie awake at night worrying about an evil AI trying to kill their friends, or a boy giving up so much for them, or feel so alone because all of their family is gone.

One day maybe I can live a normal life; maybe I can someday pay everyone back for all they've done for me. Maybe one day, I, Aelita Schaeffer, can tell Jeremy I love him.

Maybe one day.

Hope you liked it! This is what I'd thought Aelita would be like.