Author's Note: I do not own Code Lyoko. I, however, own Derrick and Amelia.


Chapter One – Amelia, Welcome to Kadic Academy

Kadic Academy, it is said to be the best school in the region. It also has walls too and that could help down the line. I just hope we can be safe here for a little while before we are discovered again. Some days I wish we could be rid of it, but that is impossible for our duty is defend it for as long as we can. But right now, this seems to be the perfect place for us to lay low. Sister, I've made all the preparations. I leave the introduction up to you.

The bell rang as the new school day began. Many students walked into their first classes and for the majority of the Lyoko gang was science with Miss Hertz. Ulrich was the last one into the room feeling tired, thick black rings around his eyes were proof of this. He sat down next to Odd who looked concern at his friend's condition.

"Hey, what happened to you last night?"

"I didn't get much sleep, I was thinking about Yumi."

"Oh, not this again, why don't you tell her already?"

"I can't, it…well, it's hard to explain."

Just as Miss Hertz was about to begin her class, Mr. Delmas arrived unexpectedly.

"Oh, Mr. Delmas. Such a surprise and delight to see you."

"I am sorry, Suzanne. But I have an announcement to make to the class. I sure hope you don't mind?"

"No, not at all. Please…"

He faced the class and cleared his throat before speaking, "I apologize for arriving just at the start of this school day, but I have an announcement to make. We have a new student joining us today, come in and introduce yourself. I am sure that they are all ready to meet you."

A blonde girl with wavy, shoulder-length hair entered the room. She was wearing a beautiful white dress with a flowing gown that had frills at the end and white high heels strapped perfectly on her small feet. She held her blue backpack in front her as she smiled sweetly.

"Hello, everyone. My name is Amelia."

They all waved at her, "Hi, Amelia."

Mr. Delmas smiled, "Well, I see everything is taken care of here, so have a good day everyone. Amelia, I hope you like it here at Kadic Academy."

She bowed and said, "Thank you, Mister Delmas. I'm sure I will."

With all that said, he left the room. Amelia looked around at her new class with a smile, she mumbled, "I hope this works out all right."


A few minutes later when Mister Delmas returned to his office, there was a tall figure waiting for him. He was wearing a tattered, gray trenchcoat and a long rimmed hat that was tattered and gray as well. His face was hidden underneath the shadows of the hat, though strains of brown hair dripped down into view.

"Good show, Mr. Delmas. Sad I couldn't see it in person."

The principal walked over to his desk, sat down to work on some papers. When he was finished, he passed the papers to the tall man.

He reviewed it, "Good, very good. I appreciate your help, now one last thing."

His eyes flickered red for a split second and knelt close to Mr. Delmas's ear.

"Amelia Warren is a new student at Kadic Academy. The paperwork you filled out is on top of your desk."

The glassy eyes of the principal didn't waver, he simply nodded.

"Good in exchange for this help, I free you. Mind control, release!"

He shot his hand toward Mr. Delmas. The glassy look vanished from his eyes as Mr. Delmas shook his head. The last couple of minutes had been a blur. He couldn't remember anything, but he did see the paperwork for Amelia Warren. He noticed he was alone in the room, so he assumed that his secretary came in earlier placing the paperwork on his desk.

"Ah, yes. Miss Amelia Warren, welcome to Kadic Academy."

He filed it away as the figure gazed from the outside the window. A smile donned his face and he vanished in a ray of shadow.


Amelia touched her lip thinking what seat to choose. After a brief moment, she chose a seat in the back near Odd and Ulrich. As she was paying attention to the lesson, Odd couldn't take his eyes off of her. Breathing in fresh air, he smelled the sweet scent of lavender.

He nudged Ulrich gently in the ribs, "Hey, Ulrich. Check her out, she looks positively delightful and smells like heaven."

"What are you talking about? She is dressed like a six year-old and that smell is toxic."

"That maybe, but her face looks kinda cute."

"If you want to date her, fine. It will just be another girl tacked on to an already too long a list."

"Hey, I am just looking for true love. Besides, there is something different about her. I can't put my finger on it."

"Whatever, I just want this day to be done with."

Ulrich drooped his head on the desk, Odd looked down real low to see the expression in Ulrich's eyes.

"Man, you are not kidding. You look beat."

"Enough, all right! I am just tired, that's all."

"Well if you say so."

The lesson continued, Amelia was one of the few people actually taking notes as Ulrich rested on the desk and Odd fell asleep. When the bell rang, they all stood up making their way to the next class. Aelita walked in between Odd and Ulrich who were happy to see her.

"So I take it that you two had a good sleep in class?"

Ulrich grabbed his forehead still having the black rings circling his eyes, he moaned and massaged his forehead.

"Whoa, you look tired."

"Yeah, yeah, I already got this from Odd. I don't know why I am this tired. I stayed up through the night time after time and I never felt so exhausted in my life, so why?"

"I wish I knew the answer, Ulrich. Hey, wait…isn't that Amelia with Sissi?"

They all turned to see that Aelita was right. Sissi had stopped Amelia to make fun of her, Herve and Nicholas laughing at all the cruel jokes she made. Amelia looked very annoyed as the 'school diva' began her normal barrage.

"What is with the clothes? Are you meeting with your mommy or you running late to the ball?"

Amelia walked passed her, ignoring it.

"Well, well, well, someone doesn't get it."

Sissi jumps in front of Amelia shoving her gently back. The new girl looked at her angrily.

"Listen here, I am the cute diva of the school and no one but me gets to act and dress so sweet and another thing…"

"Enough!" Amelia spat.

Her brow tightened as her eyes flickered yellow for a split second. Sissi's eyes widened and she shook her head.

"What? What happened? I thought we were in class with Mrs. Hertz, what am I doing out in the hall?"

Amelia, with a smile of victory, walked passed her and headed to their next class. Herve and Nicholas went to comfort Sissi as the other three stood in amazement at what they just saw.

"Uh, Aelita. What just happened here?"

"I wish I knew, Odd. But I know one thing for sure, there is definitely something about that girl."

Odd snapped his fingers, "Yeah, I told Ulrich the same thing at the beginning of class. Maybe it's XANA?"

Ulrich chuckled, "Yeah, I am sure it is. He made a clone take the form of a small sweet girl to torment Sissi. Yep, that absolutely sounds like XANA to me."

Aelita laughed with him leaving Odd slightly behind before catching up. As much as they joked, they did know that they would have to keep an eye on her. Well, in the case of Odd and Ulrich, if they can keep them open.

The next class was math with Mrs. Mayer. Odd took this period to catch up more on his sleep and Ulrich did the same in his present condition. Aelita wanted to tell Jeremy, but he had enough on his mind with battling XANA, so she made this her own little project. She looked at Amelia every couple of seconds to catch anything suspicious, but so far she has been perfectly normal. When Mrs. Mayer finished writing the problem on the blackboard, her attention turned back to the lesson.

"All right, class. If you times nine by eight and times seven by itself, then add them together. What would the square root of this answer be?"

Before anyone could think, Amelia blurted, "Eleven."

Every eye was now looking at her even the teacher's. She forced a smile hoping no one would notice the swiftness of her answer.

Mrs. Mayer stuttered, "That's…correct."

After a few seconds of silence, the lesson continued. She erased this problem and wrote a new one on the board.

"Now if we…"

Amelia raised her hand, "Forty-six."

Everyone was looking at her again. Aelita raised an eyebrow knowing something was up. Amelia just smiled and was given acknowledgement that her answer was correct. Mrs. Mayer erased that problem and began writing a new one. Halfway through, Amelia blurted out the answer again and clasped both hands over her mouth. This time Mrs. Mayer spoke up.

"How do you know the answer with only half of the problem on the board?"

Amelia lowered her hands back down to her lap and forced yet another smile, "Lucky guess."

Aelita had no doubt this girl was hiding something. Amelia kept quiet through the rest of the lesson looking at her desk with a sad expression on her face. Once the bell rang, the end of the school day had come at last. Entering the hall, Odd stretched his arms upward and yawned.

"That was the best sleep in class I ever had. I should thank Mrs. Mayer for making it so easy."

Aelita giggled and turned to him, "But what about Ulrich? Is he feeling any better?"

Their answer came when he left the room, he leaned against the door frame holding his head with one hand. They looked at him closely and saw the black rings still, but they were smaller than before.

"Hey, champ. You are still feeling weak?"

"A little better, but I am still tired."

"Maybe you should get some sleep? Come to think of it, we are all a little tired from battling XANA all the time. It might be a good idea for us all to get some rest. Well, I'll see you guys later."

"Bye, Aelita."

Odd and Ulrich headed for their room. Just as they were close to their door, Ulrich's cell phone went off. Odd raised an eyebrow at him for he had a pretty good idea who was calling.

Odd said as if expecting the answer, "So, whose calling you?"

He looked at his phone before scolding Odd, "Yumi."

"Cool, this is your big chance to finally be done with it."

Ulrich, however, was just staring at his phone thinking about what to do. Odd looked at his friend quizzically with crossed arms and kept tapping his foot. However Ulrich kept staring at his phone.

After several seconds of silence, Odd shouted, "Well, what are you waiting for? Call her already."

Ulrich clicked it on and tossed his phone to Odd, "Here, tell her I am too tired to talk to her right now. I'm getting some rest."

Odd fumbled with the phone before clutching it firmly. Sighing in relief, he brought the phone to his ear.

"Hey, Yumi."

"Odd? Could you pass me to Ulrich? I need to talk to him."

He looked inside the room to see Ulrich covering himself with his blankets. Odd stood back up.

"Umm…sorry, Yumi. He is too tired to speak, I am afraid you are going to have to call him another time."

"Look, can you give him a message for me?"

Odd heard the message saying "yes" every so often. Ulrich looked at him from his bed. He saw Odd nodding his head at everything Yumi had to say.

"Gotcha, Yumi. I'll be sure to tell him, bye."

He hung up and threw the phone on Ulrich's bed. Ulrich turned in his sheets and placed his phone on the night stand.

"What did Yumi say?"

"She wants to meet you tomorrow at the usual bench after lunchtime."

"Oh joy, this should be great. The same bench she told me that she wanted to be friends, she wants to talk with me again. I wonder what bad news it will be this time? Killing herself or going back to Japan are the only two I can think of." He said with a sarcastic tone.

"Relax, will you? I bet it is not going to be that bad. Jeez, you can be a real downer sometimes."

"If you had a father like mine, you'd understand."

Aelita headed to her room feeling happy for today went so well. When she arrived at her door, she heard something coming from the other side. Holding her ear to the door, she could hear the jumping of bed springs. She entered her room to see Amelia jumping up and down on a newly placed bed.

"What is going on here?"

"I am your new roommate, tada!"

"What?"


In the next chapter: Aelita follows Amelia into the forest and eavesdrops on a private conversation, which leads her into trouble. What are these abilities that Derrick and Amelia possess? How will Aelita take this news? What will happen next?