There is only one word to describe how William felt the day he was finally free from Xana's control-shit. Complete, utter Shit Yumi hardly said hi before she rejected him for Ulrich and of course said Ulrich wasn't too happy to have him back. That day was a living hell, the whole group avoided him, and when they thought he wasn't looking they cast wary glances at him, as if to check to make sure he wouldn't turn evil again.

"Oh, stop it Jeremy"

"but I'm serious that new haircut looks amazing Aelita"

"I only got a trim"

"Your point?"

"You can't even really tell"

"well who's to say your hair wasn't amazing to begin with"

"Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. and Mrs. Einstein"

"Odd!"

Unable to stand listening to how happy the others were, together and away from him, any longer William left the cafeteria without finishing his supper. The raven haired teen sighed in relief when he reached his room. Without a word he kicked off his shoes and let himself fall onto his bed. He just wanted to sleep, he didn't want to think about how his friends hated him, or how the school thought he was a nutcase, or how much he wished he had never stepped foot in that . Factory. A soft
sigh escaped the boys lips as he easily slipped into sleep fully clothed; after all he hadn't slept in months.

"William" Said William stirred slightly, reluctant to break his slumber.

"William!" The voice called louder this time. Recognizing the voice as Yumi's, William sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Yumi?" William could make out only her shape in the darkness, her's and another's.

"You're too late" This time it was Ulrich, William flinched as he now saw the pair clearly; Ulrich's arm was wound tightly
around Yumi's waist, and Yumi was leaning against the brunette intimately.

"Surprised? What did you expect" Ulrich chuckled, and Yumi joined as well.

"Me to welcome you with open arms, yeah right. You never stood a chance."
William felt he might die when they kissed, The scene changed. He was now on lyoko, all of his freinds running in complete terror from...him.

"Why did you come back" it was Jeremy, William was infront of them in the scanner room.

"I-I thought" William felt himself trip over his own words.

"We can never forgive you William" This time it was Odd.

"You ruined my only chance of seeing my father" Aelita.

"You're just a two-bit Casanova" Yumi.

"Who was dumb enough to get captured by Xana" Ulrich.
William was on the floor now using his hands to cover his ears and block them out.

"He sure is dumb, I have a better chance with Ulrich than he does with Yumi" Sissi.

"Not to mention William, you are currently flunking out of school" the principal.

"You're parents must be ashamed" Jim.

"We have no son" William's father.

"He is a monster, not our son" William's mother.

William wanted to scream, to run away but he couldn't. He even wished for a brief moment that he was back under Xana's control. That moment was enough.

"William"

William refused to open his eyes this time.

"Open your eyes"

William hoped the voice would go away.

"Aren't you going to obey your mistress?" The voice sounded sweet like honey but it was obviously mocking him.

"Mistress?" William recognized the voice, but could not remember how.

"Don't you remember 'I wish I was still under Xana's control, then I could make them all pay'" William shuddered when he felt a hand on his shoulder and breath in his ear, even more so at the actual words that mirrored his exact thought from moments before.

"Open your eyes now, they have all gone away now" Xana hummed in the William's ear, her hand, that was not on his shoulder, running through his raven hair.

"Stop that" William murmured as he slowly opened his eyes to find that the people where indeed gone, and so was the factory, He was on Lyoko.

"Why, your hair is so soft" Xana whispered, now in William's sight. However before him was not the black blob of an entity he had imagined, but instead a beautiful young girl with short white hair with long bangs that had a bluish tint to them, she had blood red eyes and pale skin, almost the same shade as her hair.

"I don't care, leave me alone" William said brushing her hands away, he didn't care how pretty she was; she was still evil and had ruined his life.

"My my, is this how you should treat your mistress?" Xana tsked not fazed by William's harsh treatment.

"You aren't my mistress, I'm free now thanks to Jeremy and the others" William didn't even trust in his own words. Xana grabbed his arm and looked him directly in the eye.

"Jeremy or no Jeremy, others or no others, Lyoko or no Lyoko, you shall always be mine" Xana hissed menacingly before placing her lips forcibly on the stunned boy in front of her. The silver haired girl hummed in satisfaction as played with William's hair-her William's hair. William could do nothing except let himself be kissed passionately against his own will.

"William!" This voice, Yumi's-the real Yumi's, shattered William's dream.

"William you're going to be late for PE" William sat up, slowly shaking off his sleep, and not totally sure rather or not he had just had a nightmare.