This chapter was written by me and edited by AwesomeFanFictionAuthor.

Disclaimer: Code Lyoko is copyrighted by Moonscoop.

I only own Lila. Mary is owned by AeroJester203.

Author's note: Please enjoy the first filler chapter! This takes place after The girl of his dreams. Lila would be thirteen at this time. These chapters will be not be updated on a schedule like Changing Destiny: Lila's Journey! However, these chapters in The Adventures of Lila Belpois are canon to its senior fanfiction.

Plagued

Inside Lila's room

POV Lila's

I walk up to Mary, typing away at my father's laptop.

"Still at it Mary?" I ask, she nods.

"I've been at it all night and I still can't find a weakness. I'm afraid of what Xana could do one day if I don't-"

"Oh, Mary, you worry too much. We're here, and we'll always be here, helping the others. Xana doesn't stand a chance." I put a hand on her shoulder. "Anyways, I've got to go get ready for breakfast. Then we have study hall with Jim. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick out something good to read in the library."

"I'm sure you'll find something Lila. There's a lot of books in this era, surely you'll find something," Mary nods. I smile in return.

Later

Inside the Library

I'm reading a book, it's about a young boy finding out he's a wizard. Magic is cool and all, but I'm not much of a believer of magic. Then again... they do say magic is just science no one understands yet. I continue to read it despite my disinterest. I glance over at Jeremy, who's on his laptop. It's a bit difficult concentrating when he's talking to Aelita, but I guess I can't blame them. I mean, they will be my parents, after all.

"I can't speak any louder, I'm in a library now," Jeremy tells Aelita.

"What's a library, Jeremy?" Aelita inquires.

"A database where everything is printed on paper. And where you can't make any noise," Jeremy explains.

"Oh, I guess you need silence to focus on what you're studying," Aelita says, understandingly. I scoot over next to Jeremy, so Aelita can see my face.

"That, and when you're reading. Take this book, for example… there's a lot of magic in it. There are nonfiction books which are based on real-life stories and fiction books which are based on fantasy. Make believe," I explain in a low whisper.

"Ah, I see. What are the others doing?" Aelita asks. Jeremy and I look up. I sigh internally. These boys I swear. I was so busy reading I hadn't noticed they set up a paper football thing. Yumi seems to be into this, too… am I the only mature one in the group? I mean I'm not into sports like the others are, and I wouldn't classify this as an exact sport, but I only had the chance to read about them. Maybe that's why I'm not interested in what they're about to do. But the fact that we are in a library means we should be silent though. Silence is golden as the old saying goes. Odd has crumpled up ball of paper, and it looks like he's ready to toss it.

Putting the ball of paper in his hand, he hits it in his other hand. The ball of paper bounces onto the table and over to Ulrich who slaps it back to Odd. It's like a game of volleyball.

"Hey, quiet!" Jim orders. He must have heard Odd and Ulrich playing with the paper. They continue passing the ball of paper, despite Jim's warning. Ulrich uppercuts the paper ball into the air and Odd jumps up from his chair with a battle cry as he serves the ball back.

Oh boy… someone's getting detention, I think.

Ulrich is able to counter Odd's attack by leaning back in his chair. Odd lands back on his chair, but not in time as the ball of paper flies past him.

"Game set and matched," Yumi announces.

"Yeah!" Ulrich cheers, holding his hands up in victory and kicking back in his chair just a little too far. He loses his balance, screams, and tumbles unceremoniously to the floor. Seeing Jim coming our way, I decide to grab the book and hold it up to my face, so I don't get in trouble. I love them and all, but…

"Ulrich! Is that what you call studying?" Jim shouts. "In case no one told you, this is NOT the schoolyard. You are here to work, okay?! And work means silence!" Jim exclaims. I hear Ulrich get up, and it sounds like Jim is now walking towards someone else… I hope it's not me.

"And no more games from now on!" Jim adds. Glancing up, I see the door open. Jim is in between Ulrich and Yumi. Yumi is trying to contain her laughter. Principle Delmas is walking towards us, but Jim doesn't seem to realize who it is.

"Well, if that's the way you want to play. I can play just as hard as you can, my little friends. Youuuuuuu!" Jim exclaims, as he swings his hand and grabs Mr. Delmas' ear. Oh dear.

"You! Two hours detention!" Jim screams in Mr. Delmas's ear. 'I-" he realizes his mistake and stands to attention.

"Oh, sorry about that, sir. I, uh…" he trails off. Mr. Delmas is picking out his ear… ew… gross… The others can't help but laugh. I'm surprised Jeremy finds this hysterical. Jeremy pulls a book open and Mr. Delmas continues walking towards us… and stops right in front of Jeremy.

"Jeremy, would you come to my office right now? I want to talk to you, it's very important," Mr. Delmas says. Jeremy looks at him, and I do too. What is exactly is going on?

Later

Outside the administration building

We all wait on the steps of the administration building. Jeremy finally opens the door. He has his backpack on him, and his hands in his pockets. He walks down the steps, ignoring us.

"Jeremy?" Odd asks.

"What's wrong?" I ask. He ignores us completely and we look at him shocked. The four of us run over to him before he gets too far ahead and walk alongside him.

"What's going on?" Yumi asks.

"Oh, you know the principal. He went on and on. He says the school psychologist has been observing me for a long time. He thinks I'm a… overly gifted student," Jeremy explains.

"Is that all?" Odd asks. "We were scared the principal found out about the lab. Big deal."

"It's worse than you think, Odd," Jeremy says.

"Then tell us. Jeremy," I say.

"Well… the shrink has decided I have to take all kinds of tests tonight to determine my IQ," Jeremy explains.

"Yeah, so?" Ulrich asks.

"If the tests show that I have a really high IQ… the guy is going to see to it that I get sent to another school," Jeremy answers.

"Oh no!" Ulrich exclaims. We all gasp and stop walking.

"Are you saying that he's going to send you to a school for like future Einsteins?" Odd asks.

"Yeah," Jeremy replies sadly.

"That is serious… if you're not here, we can never go to Lyoko again. And Xana will be able to do what he wants," Yumi says.

I know my way around the supercomputer… my father taught me in the future… but even then… he never mentioned anything about leaving school. Could… could he have really taken a break from Kadic? No…. no I know he couldn't have. There's no way he would, I think. But then again… Jeremy right now could theoretically make up his own choice… couldn't he? I think.

"It's not just that, guys. I don't want to leave here because of you all. You're my friends…" he trails off. All of us groan, unsure what to do. Odd walks up to Jeremy.

"Hold on, cool it. Don't panic, okay?" he asks. Reaching him, Odd puts his hand on Jeremy's shoulder.

"I mean, they can't force you to change schools," Odd continues. We walk up to them as well, and the five of us start walking together again.

"It's not all that easy. The psychologist creep couldn't wait to talk to my parents. He told them that at that kind of school I'd be entitled to a big scholarship. My folks aren't going to pass up a great chance like that," Jeremy explains.

"But… Jeremy… this is your education. Shouldn't your choice count?" I ask him.

Jeremy stops walking and turns to me.

"Yeah… you'd figure." He shrugs his shoulders, and we start walking again.

Later

Under the arches

The bells ring, signaling classes are done for the day. The sun is setting, and I can't help but feel this… uneasiness… that Jeremy's possibly leaving, is just a bad omen… to something. I'm not entirely sure.

"What's the big problem? You mess up the test and they'll think you're a total moron," Odd suggests. "Nobody will ever know and you're home free."

"Sure, I thought of that. Only there's a problem because tests like that are full of all kinds of trick questions and if you really want to mess up, and make mistakes, you've got to be very clever," Jeremy explains.

"Well, that's great, since you're the cleverest kid around," Yumi smiles. I look at Jeremy.

"Jeremy, you're smart. I'm sure you can figure this out," I smile too. Jeremy looks at Yumi then at me, he nods.

"Okay then… I'll do my best to flunk," Jeremy says. He starts walking away. "I can't promise anything."

I look at Jeremy as he walks away… part of me feels guilty somehow.

I wish I had known about this, that you may have left Kadic… if you really did… I'd tell all of you who I really am. So I could take your role... even if it's temporary… dang. What do I do?

"I'm going to head back to my room," I say. The others look at me.

"You're not getting dinner?" Odd asks.

"No… I'm not in the mood for it. You can have my portion tonight," I tell him.

"Cool!" Odd happily exclaims. I giggle lightly at that. I swear him and food.

Afterwards

Inside Lila's room

I close the door behind me. Mary is typing away at the keyboard, she stops typing and turns to me.

"Everything okay, Lila?" She asks, most likely noticing I'm upset. I shake my head, drop my backpack to the floor. Going over to my bed, I flop down on my bed.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Mary asks. I sigh.

"Jeremy… he… he might be leaving. Some guy wants to test him, and if he does well… he'll get a scholarship to some fancy school… that isn't here…"

"I'm sorry… I wish my memories hadn't been erased. Had I known… I would have used the diary to record that bit of data." I hear Mary get up from the chair and go to the bed. She sits on it, and I turn to her.

"Mary… do you think I should tell Jeremy and the others the truth? You know about me?" I ask.

"I'd advise against that, Lila. I understand that you have knowledge about the supercomputer and the scanners because your father taught you… but Jeremy isn't going away. I just have this feeling."

I sit upright and look at her.

"You think so?"

She nods and smiles.

"I do."

I'm about to say something when we hear clawing coming from inside the closed closet. Mary and I look at one another as we get up from the bed. We walk over to the closet, but I hesitate and look to Mary. She charges her hand with electricity, just in case it's something dangerous, and nods to me in approval.

I swing the doors open and my mouth drops. Rats… real, actual rats. I've only seen them in pictures. They've dug a huge hole in the wall. They've also torn through my jeans… my socks… my shorts… my high boxer briefs… and even my pajamas… and a few of the shoes I have in there. I want to scream but they seemed to be focusing on the clothes… and now they just notice me. I'm completely stunned so Mary gets in front of me and closes the door.

"Get the lights on, and quickly!" Mary exclaims. I nod and rush over to the light switch. I flick it on and Mary urges me to go to the window. Nodding, I rush over to the window and Mary opens the door of the closet. I open the window and then immediately jump onto my bed. She transforms into her white smoke form and the rats scurry out onto the floor. They make noise like the light is painful for them. No, that's not right… they're sensitive to light. Now I understand. They're running away because the light is hurting them just enough.

Some of the rats retreat back into the hole in the wall, and the rest scurry out the open window. The last rat is about to jump out the window when it looks at me. Its eyes pulse with the eye of Xana, and my eyes widen in surprise.

"Oh no…" I trail off. The rat jumps out the window. I don't entirely want to get off my bed, but I do and shut the window. Mary transforms back into her human form and lands on her feet.

"We should let the others know Xana's launched an attack," Mary says.

"We should… but Jeremy is still taking his test. What do we do?" I ask. Mary puts her hand on her chin, puzzling over our next decision.

"Well… it seems like you're going to need to go to the factory. If the rats don't get in our way, at the very least we can get a head start. If the others meet with you, you'll hopefully be on Lyoko with Aelita."

"How do I get to Lyoko without making the others suspicious?"

"Aelita would know how I'm sure," Mary nods.

"Okay," I say.

Afterwards

On the bridge

As we reach the bridge, Mary and I see a small number of rats guarding the factory.

"We should have known it wasn't going to be that easy." I sigh.

"It's alright, I'll create a distraction," Mary says. Mary charges her hands with purple electricity.

"No! Don't torch the poor things, they're victims too."

"Relax Lila, I'm just going to give one of them a warning shot," Mary explains. I nod. Mary fires off a shot of electricity around the rats, the brightness from the electricity causes the rats to scurry away. I start running as Mary transforms into her white smoke form. She follows me and fends off any of the remaining rats with her bright light.

Thankfully the rats have forgotten to chew the metal ropes. I swing down and land safely on the ground. I run to the freight elevator and turn back to see Mary following me in her human form.

"Mary, into my cell phone. Let's give Aelita the help she needs on Lyoko sooner rather than later. Those rats… I have a funny feeling they're going to come back. And with a lot more reinforcements."

"We really shouldn't…" Mary trails off and I take out the cell phone. Mary looks at me and sighs.

"Okay." She transforms into her white smoke form and I hold the phone in my hand. Mary flies into the phone and integrates with it. I put the phone back into my pocket and ride the elevator down to the lab.

Inside the lab

The freight elevator reaches the lab and the doors open. I rush over to the chair and sit. Grabbing the headset, I start typing on the keyboard and connect to Lyoko. A bar loads and Aelita's window pops up. She looks surprised to see me.

"Lila… how did you connect to Lyoko? Is Jeremy here?"

"No, he's not. Listen, Xana's launched an attack," I explain, evading her first question.

"Are you sure?! I haven't felt any puls-" just as she's about to say that, her eyes widen.

"No, you're right. I just felt them. Have you informed the others?"

"I couldn't reach them in time, they're probably in the cafeteria and Jeremy is hopefully finishing that test of his soon."

"Test? What test?"

I look at Aelita… oh no… he didn't tell her. Of course, he didn't. Why would he?

"Never mind that for now. Can you start a virtualization from there, has Jeremy shown you how to do it?"

"Yes. I'll set things up from my end."

"Okay. I'll use the ladder to get down to the scanner room, I'll be there shortly," I say.

Aelita nods.

"That's okay. I'll see you shortly, Aelita," I smile. Aelita smiles back at me. I take the headset off and place on the keyboard back where it was. I run over to the ladder shoot and start climbing down.

Inside the scanner room

Reaching the last step of the ladder, I land on the floor and run to the middle scanner that's opened for me.

It's amazing how much light one of these things can give off, I think and enter the scanner. Hopefully, that means we won't have any virtualized rats.

Having left communications with Aelita opened, I ask:

"Is everything set Aelita?"

"Yes, Lila. You can step into the scanner. I'll begin the virtualization process. I'll virtualize you as close as I can to the tower I'm currently in. From there, we'll have to go on foot and follow the pulsations. I'm not entirely sure how to run Jeremy's program for localizing towers from here yet."

"That's okay Aelita," I say.

Stepping into the scanner, the scanner doors close. I close my eyes. The scanner starts spinning. It continues to spin and then starts humming. Finally, a gush of wind envelopes me completely billowing my hair and time machine necklace. I'm virtualized to Lyoko.

Lyoko's Desert Sector

I land safely in the Desert Sector and see a tower nearby.

Mary, are you there? I ask.

Of course, Lila. Look over there, at the tower, Mary tells me. I look at it and see Aelita waving. Smiling I run to her and we meet.

"Welcome to our world. The pulsations are directing us west from here, maybe we can-" Aelita starts to say but Mary warns me:

Push Aelita out of the way, and dodge!

I push Aelita out of the way of what appears to have been a laser, and another one nearly hits me, but I dodge it just in time.

Aelita and I look at the direction of the shots. We see two Krabs heading our way. I grab Aelita's hand and the two of us start running.

"I really wish one of the others were here right now!" I exclaim.

"Lila, is that you?" Yumi asks.

"Yumi? Thank goodness! I know I left the computer on for you, but how did you make a connection to Lyoko?"

"I asked Jeremy. He taught me how to do it and he went over the virtualization process. I'm sending you Odd and Ulrich. They'll be there shortly, just guard Aelita long enough for them to reach you two."

"Roger," I say. Turning around, I unsheathe my sword and take a defensive position. The Krabs fire their lasers at us, and I quickly block the two incoming lasers. I'm not as fast Ulrich, but just quick enough.

If we had more time, perhaps I could use the strength and speed spell to give you a boost. But those Krabs aren't going to give us a chance.

Yeah, not to mention we can't even use the bomb spell. Even if we could, those spells would take a toll on my points. If Ulrich and Odd get here soon, we can start the magic bomb spell immediately after their arrival, I think.

The Krabs fire off more lasers and I react just barely quick enough to reflect each of them.

"Let's go!" I exclaim, grabbing Aelita's hand and making a run for it. The Krabs are close behind, though.

Mary when I give the signal, activate the bomb spell!

What signal?

You'll know it when you see it!

Aelita and I continue running. The two of us see Ulrich and Odd just up ahead, and we pick up the pace, leaving the Krabs behind.

"Lila… how exactly are you here?" Ulrich asks as we catch up to them.

"Never mind that. I need you three to move back, way back," I say looking up at him.

"Um, okay. Come on, Princess, let's do what she says," Ulrich says, grabbing Aelita's hand and making a run for it.

Now's the time, Mary! I think.

"Crepitus!" I exclaim, taking out my staff from its brown sheathe. Mary starts pouring her purple energy into my staff. Getting myself into a defensive position, I chant:

"Viribus!" My muscles enhance.

"Lila, you've just lost 60 life points! If you can't get away from what I'm thinking you're about to do, you'll be devirtualized!" Yumi exclaims.

"That's fine, just as long as I can take care of these guys," I say as the Krabs start charging their lasers. I lift my glowing staff and swing it. A big ball of purple energy hurls itself to the Krabs but they return fire. The lasers hit me, and I crumple to the floor, pixels stripping themselves from my wireframe. I'm devirtualizing, but as I do, I see the purple orb connect.

Back in the scanner

The scanner doors open, and I catch myself on the scanner wall. I'm totally out of breath, and it takes me a second to realize Yumi is talking to me.

"Lila, you did it! They're on their way to the tower but-" Yumi starts to say, and I get up.

"But what?"

"I- I think I- no… Xana's moving the plateaus!"

"He's doing what?!"

"And worse, he's sending back up! Two more Krabs have just been materialized!" Listen, Jeremy taught me how to virtualize the others, so I'll teach you. I need to be there. Just try not to virtualize directly into the virtual sea okay?"

"Right, I'll be up there shortly," I say and head over to the freight elevator.

Inside the lab

The freight elevator's doors open, and I rush over to the monitor chair Yumi is standing next to. Getting in it, I ready my hands to start typing on the keyboard. Yumi runs over to the ladder shoot and climbs down the ladder uses the ladder. I put the headset on. I wait for Yumi's instructions.

She heads down into the scanner room using the ladder shoot, and I put the headset on.

I already know how to set up a virtualization, but it's best to just play along for now, I think.

"Are you ready, Lila?" Yumi says over the intercom, her voice coming through the headset.

"I'm ready if you are," I reply. Yumi gives me the instructions on how to work the virtualization program. I set the program up and ready to enter the final command key.

"Now!"

I press the enter key and start the virtualization.

"Transfer: Yumi."

Afterwards

Turns out I transferred Yumi in just the nick of time. Odd just got devirtualized, so I'm glad there's an extra person there to help. Hearing the sound of the freight elevator doors opening, I look to see that Jeremy is finally here.

"Oh, thank goodness. Yumi just had me virtualize her, and she's dealing with some Krabs," I inform, taking the headset off. "If you want your chair back, you can have it. What happened with your test?"

"Not sure if now is the best time to talk about that. Are the others almost to the tower? There's a group of rats outside. I managed to chase them off with some lights I brought, but I don't know how long it will take them to regroup."

"Oh nice, I used my cell phone," I half lie.

"Makes sense. Must have been bright enough to make the rats scurry away."

"Eh, it's old, but it does what it can," I say. Hearing a beeping coming from the supercomputer screen, we look to see Ulrich has just been devirtualized, but Yumi has successfully taken care of the Krabs, and the plateaus are back to normal. We see Aelita and Yumi's arrows starting to move to the activated tower.

"Phew, looks like they've done it. How are Odd and Ulrich?" Jeremy asks.

"Not sure, I'll go check on them while you get the Return to the Past program ready," I say and hop off the chair. Jeremy takes his chair and starts typing on the keyboard as I head down the ladder.

Inside the scanner room

Reaching the scanner room, I see Odd and Ulrich just getting up from the floor, they must have been passed out.

"You two okay?" I ask them.

"Yeah, those Krabs were rough. Taking all those lasers at the end for Aelita… I'm happy to do it. But I always wonder how much pain we're in for after we get back from Lyoko," Ulrich answers.

"I can understand that, Odd?"

"I think I just need to have dinner again. Speaking of, can I have your portion again this time around?"

"Absolutely not," I smile, and Ulrich can't help but laugh. Odd pouts.

"Return to the past… now!" The big white bubble engulfs all of us, sending us back in time.

Earlier in the library

All of us are back in the library, sitting in the same seats we sat in the first time around. Yumi looks at Jeremy.

"Hey, did you figure out a way to flunk the test? Huh?" Yumi asks.

"Well, now that I know all of the questions, I shouldn't have any trouble giving all the wrong answers," Jeremy answers.

"Are you sure it's going to work?" Ulrich asks. I see Odd reading a book, I can't help but wonder what he's reading. Looking back down at my book, I see the title of it, Harry Potter. I smile, hoping I'll be able to pick up the series more often.

"Anyway, I've got a fool-proof way of flunking," Jeremy mentions, putting his hands behind his head in a relaxed sort of way. "I'm going to get all of my answers from Odd." Ulrich, Yumi, and I can't help but hold in our laughter. I might be mature, but I do have a good sense of humor.

"Yeah yeah, go on. Laugh your heads off. But who knows? You might be in for a big surprise," Odd says.

"Quiet!" Jim exclaims.

Well, whatever happens… I'm sure Jeremy will figure it out. No use in worrying about a future that may or may not happen yet, I think.

Back in Lila's room

After a long day of repeating the same classes, and withholding my dinner portion from Odd, I plop on my bed.

"Another attack bites the dust, and still no weaknesses that can be exploited. I'm starting to wonder if we should just stop keeping track of them," Mary says. I lift myself up from the bed.

"Well, Mary… it's up to you. There are a few things in that laptop I'd like to check out, eventually."

"Such as?" Mary inquires.

"Well, for starters, my father's voice synthesizer program. Could come in handy in the future."

"True, it could," Mary says. "Maybe I should put my own voice in that program."

I raise my eyebrow.

"Why's that?"

"Well… just in case something ever happens to me and you need my permission for something and I'm not around."

"Oh Mary, you worry too much. The future is going to be bright and sunny for us, I just know it. You'll be around, and so will I," I smile. Mary smiles slightly.

"Be that as it may, you can never be too careful. I'd rather add my voice in the program now, instead of later."

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. Let's get to work then," I say.

Hopefully, this program will come in handy in the future, I think.

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