There I was..... so unsuspecting. Tomorrow was finals. All I could think about was getting home to study.

Then, suddenly, WHAM! My feet were knocked out from under me. I fell down the stairs, load of books flying out of my arms. Luckily for me, there were only 5 stairs. My arms flew out and I caught myself at the very last second. Not a sound escaped my lips. I whirled around, eyes spitting poison.

At the top of the stairs was Brittney Delmas... My greatest enemy.

She smirked, "Oops!" She called in a sing-song voice. "Did I do that? I am so-o sorry!" She gave a evil little laugh, and flounced off.

A few kids gathered around me. "Are you ok?" They were asking.

Then I saw a boy push through the small crowd.

"Adam!" I cried, relieved.

Adam Belpois, my very best friend, knelt beside me and gathered up my huge stack of books. "Are you alright?" He asked.

I nodded. He gave me a smile and handed me half of the stack. "I saw what happened." He added quietly. "Brittney is such a jerk."

I gave a small laugh as I agreed.

Just then, my second best friend, Emily Lapoi, rushed up to me.

Emily is just about the coolest person ever. She is cute and bubbly, friendly, and the writer for the school's paper.

"Brittney is so mean!" She fumed, eyes bright nonetheless. She chewed her gum angrily and pushed her dark hair away from her face. Her face brightened, and she grinned. "Don't worry, pal, I'll make sure she pays. I little embarrassment in the school paper never hurt anyone!" She gave me a quick hug. "Seeyah. Any don't you worry about Brittney."

Then, she was gone. That was how Emily was. Here one second, gone the next. She was still the most awesome friend in the world. Well, the second, I guess. I liked Adam the best, and probably always would.

Anyway, Adam and I began walking toward the huge double doors leading out of Kadac Academy. "Soccer practice beings in 15 minutes, so I'd better go." I said, waving goodbye. I headed off to the soccer field, rubbing my arm, which still hurt a bit from the little "incident."

Who am I? Emi Cathryn Stern, 13 year old daughter of Yumi and Ulrich. My best friend Adam's parents are Aelita and Jeremie. I am a soccer star, like my dad was at my age, and I also do tae-kwon-doe. Adam is my age, except 3 months older, and he plays football and also does tae-kwon-doe with me. I have long waist length brunette hair, and green eyes.

I slipped into the girls locker room 5 minutes later, and all my teammates greeted me.

"That was some fall Emi!" Said Christina, giving me a sympathetic look. "I can't believe Brittney is so mean!"

"Yeah!" Another girl, Jasper, chimed in. "Why does she keep picking on you? I mean, she is evil obviously to all of us, but its nuts how she acts towards you. I wonder why that is."

"Jasper, hon, the reason she picks on Emi is because she has, like, the hottest guy in school practically worshiping the ground she walks on!" Came the response from Julie. She flipped a strand of blond hair over her shoulder. "Plus, she's totally jealous of you. You are basically a straight "a" student, soccer star, and-"

"-the prettiest girl in the world." Finished Kim, a shy and sweet girl.

I blushed. "Thanks guys. Thats really nice."

"No problem." Said Julie, with a bored expression."Any chance to bash Brittney is cool." She raised her eyebrows slowly at me, and turned on her heal. "I don't know about you guys, but I wanna play some soccer." She stalked out of the locker room.

All the girls laughed and followed her out. I couldn't believe what awesome friends I had.

TWEET!!! There was a sound of a shrill whistle. Normally, I would have jumped with surprise, but this time I was to preoccupied. I couldn't stop thinking about what Julie had said. What did she mean by saying that I had the hottest guy in school and all that other stuff? I knew she meant Adam, because all of the girls I know have a huge crush on him.

Me? Well, I kinda had a thing for him, ok, I really, really do. But that doesn't really matter, though! He's my best friend, and it will probably always stay that way. So many girls like him that its a slim chance he really likes me.

Anyway, I walked over to join my team at the field, trying to push all thoughts from my mind. I had to concentrate! Mrs. Anderson, our coach, blew the whistle again.

"ALL RIGHT!" She yelled. PAIR OFF, EVERYONE, AND PRACTICE DRIBBLING ACROSS THE FIELD!"

Kim, often called Kimmy, walked to me. "Wanna be my partner?" She asked shyly.

I grinned. "Of course!" I said.

We practiced dribbling, scoring, and running for about an hour.

Then, suddenly, my phone, which i had stupidly kept in my pocket while being distracted, vibrated.

Luckily, it was a text, not a call.

I quickly pulled it out of my pocket and checked it.

SOS XANAIt said. It was from Adam.

This is just terrific! I thought to myself. I groaned inwardly.

"Mrs. Anderson?" I called, while on a 5 minute break, "can I please be excused?" I asked. It was so lame, but I didn't want to lie.

Mrs. Anderson looked at me strangely for a minute. "Are you feeling alright, Emi? She asked, worriedly.

I nodded. "I'm ok. Just, well, I got a text on my phone and it's an emergency." I answered, praying she would believe me.

My Coach was silent for a moment. "Alright." She finally said, sighing.

"Thank you so much!" I called, while running towards the other side of the building. "I'll be back as soon as I can!"

I raced towards the sewers, relieved. I couldn't believe Mrs. Anderson had let me off so easily. Usually, she was strict with soccer attendance.

I hopped on to my Dad's old skateboard and 10 minutes later reached the factory.

When I finally ran into the supercomputer room, completely out of breath, Jeremie immediately whirled around in his seat.

"Hi, Emi," he greeted, "Sorry I had to drag you away from soccer practice, but XANA has activated a tower. Adam is waiting for you in the scanner room. You can head on down."

I nodded, and Jeremie turned back towards the supercomputer.

I slipped into the old elevator and slumped against the wall as it took me down to the scanner room. The door opened, and I stepped out.

Adam was, in fact, leaning on one of the scanners waiting for me.

For some reason, my heart flip-flop just seeing him there.

I mentally scolded myself. How stupid.

Then, I heard Jeremie's voice from the room above telling us to get in the scanners. He was sending us to the Dessert Sector.

I stepped into the scanner on the left, and it closed behind me. I felt a huge rush as my body materialized to Lyoko.

A few seconds later, Adam and I landed with a soft thump to Lyoko.

"Where is the tower, Jeremie?" I asked. It felt a little weird not calling him Mr. Belpois, but he insisted I called him Jeremie.

"10 degrees south from your current position." Came the reply.

In a second, our vehicals appeared. I hopped onto the overbike, and Adam onto the overwing.

"Wait, wait wait!" Yelled Jeremie. "Stop!"

Adam and I screeched to a halt.

"What is it?" Asked Adam.

"The tower just deactivated itself!" Jeremie said, surprised.

"Well, what do we do?" I asked.

"Want us to just have a look around to make sure?" Said Adam.

"No, thats ok. I'll just bring you in now." Came the reply.

We waited.

30 seconds later, we devirtualized.

My scanner once more opened, and I stepped out in a cloud of steam.

I went to rake my hair away from my face, when I realized that it wasn't long anymore. I cautiously stretched out my hand in front of me, and examined my fingers. Something was wrong. I looked down at my body, and screamed.

There's chapter one! I'll update often, I promise.

REVIEWS, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

-lyokofanforever