Everything was fine one day.

Then suddenly it all fell apart.

The rush, the fear, the destruction...

The rebuilding.

It was bad enough for Aelita. She would always be confused over little things, and be seen as weird. Then there was her father. She knew he was alive, yet he seemed so far away... And her love and devotion for Jeremie.

She became exuasted from Lyoko, from the ever-present worry and from the world around her.

Jeremie didn't have it that easy either. He was expected to be the genius, the one to be able to turn fights around in seconds. But it wasn't that easy. So many codes to remember, so many programs to run... And his love and protection of Aelita.

He got tired on days like this, when it seemed they would never again deactivate the tower and save the world...

This time XANA aimed directly to the group, slowly turning their worlds upside-down. One morning they would wake up and be fine. The next day they might be under XANA's control and not even know it. They would delete so many files on Jeremie's computer, stay up for hours at night to lose energy, shut out everything and everyone around them under his control. People started to worry for their safety. "Why do they never talk anymore?" "They don't take tests. Or do homework." "Or even have fun." "They're weird." That was what everyone said.

Then they were dragged to Lyoko.

XANA did give up control over them. Once he had shoved them into Lyoko. And, of course, put a few hundred monsters here and there... Then just lock Jeremie in a closet...

But he didn't keep his guard up. He didn't expect them to be so strong, wiping out dozens of monsters at a time. He didn't expect Jeremie to get out and help. He didn't expect them to deactivate the towers.

But by then it barely mattered. They had to sleep for a week to gain their energy back. People were afraid of them from time to time. Their grades had slipped. The files had to be retrived.

But Jeremie and Aelita would soon be seen as a couple.

There is peace.

There is chaos.

And there is love.

Author's note: Well, what did you think? I wrote it all at once and then published it right away.