This is new for me. Doing a crossover with a story that hasn't been published yet. Aw well. Here I go. Code Lyoko isn't mine. Animals of Emotion and Cassidy are. And yes, XANA is a good guy again. And it starts out in Aelita and Cassidy's dorm room.

We've been through worse. Lyoko missions, school, classes, Duo, Monsters, and so many more. But none of us had gone through what we did. It isn't as horrible as Duo possessions or anything like that. But it gets worse as this story wears on.

We were in our dorm when it all began. Aelita was rifling through some of my (hopefully good) stories on her computer when she noticed my Animals of Emotion story. "Is it okay if I read this to everyone?"

I shrugged. "I don't mind. As long as everyone gets a chance to hear, that'll be just fine."

She started to read the story and I felt a flicker of pride. That was my favorite work, among other stories, but that one was a good one, full of action and adventure.

Odd started laughing. I looked to him. "What's so funny?"

He stopped Aelita, and started reading, "'"Could somebody carry me to the infirmary?" I mumbled.' I swear, Cassidy. We've been rubbing off on you a bit, huh, Cat-Girl?"

If I wasn't blushing with pride, I would be blushing for no reason. "I guess you guys did."

Aelita read on until where I stopped. There was laughter, some questions (which I answered), and a few instances where one or two of my friends blushed.

"That was great, Cassidy!" Odd patted me on the back. "It shows that I'm not the only one with a creative mind."

"Or a sense of humor," Ulrich cracked.

I felt really prideful but not egotistical. "It took an idea and all I had to do was transform it into a story."

"And that idea blossomed," Jeremie mused.

Odd looked to his watch. "Hey, come on guys. If we don't take ourselves down to the classroom in a few minutes, we're not going to blossom."

I nodded. "Let's go."

In science class we had a substitute teacher. "Mrs. Hertz wasn't feeling well, so Mr. Delmas asked me personally to take her place." His name was Mr. Devon (Dee-Vaughn). He looked like that mathematician that came to take Mrs. Mayer's place that one day. Except he didn't have any glasses and had blond hair.

He was staring at me as if I knew the answer to his upcoming question. "I would like to take role call first. That way I know everyone by name." He started from A to Z, and when he got to my name, my brain went blank as if I had lost my memory. "Aye!" I called when he called my name for the third time.

Jeremie looked to me in worry. "Are you okay, Cassidy?"

I was at a blank, as if I had amnesia. "Um…am I?" Black stars started clotting my vision. With a thud, I fell to the floor.

"Cassidy!" Ulrich was calling me. "If this is one of your gotcha jokes, we aren't buying it."

At an utter loss, I tried to look at him. "What's going on?"

"Do you think it's that one guy doing it?" I heard Aelita ask. I knew names and identities of people, but not what was going on or what condition I was in.

"What guy?" I asked, starting to black out.

Odd's voice was next to my ear. "You know, Duo."

"Oh, him? Why would…?" I couldn't finish my question as everything went into pitch-black darkness.