Chapter one. Guardian Angel…a killer Guardian Angel?
I was at my new school. Now you think I'd be used to new schools, like moving up. Yeah...no. one major worry, this was a school in France and I'm American. See my dilemma? Good thing I can speak French fluently with the proper accent.... it's like I was born to speak French. Weird... also I came in the middle of the year. So that means all the cliques had been established and I wouldn't fit in anywhere. Anyway... I went into the office to get my schedule. I had science, math, gym, and all that good stuff. I also got a slip that all of the teachers had to sign. I as well found out that they served breakfast at 7am and dinner at 7pm and lunch around noon. I went to the cafeteria for lunch. I sat down at an empty table and picked at my lunch. I'm really not big on eating. I'm not anorexic and I don't have a problem but I just don't like to eat. Then I noticed this one weird kid. He had blonde hair, dyed purple in the middle and spiked up in one huge spike. I mean I thought I've seen some weird hairstyles in America but this was weirder than you could ever imagine. They didn't spare me a glance. I'm used to that. I really wasn't popular back in the states. Sure I had a few friends but other than that….not popular. I was considered a math geek. People didn't realize that I could exterminate them without a second thought. That I could do more than math. That I could win a fight. That I would pummel them to near death if I wanted to. That I have anger magement problems…. I think you get the point. I want back to picking at my lunch, now pulling apart some bread. Out of my peripheral vision, I saw one kid in the group pull out his laptop and they all got up and left the cafeteria. I followed them. I mean I'm not nosy but I just wanted to see what they were doing. I followed them off campus and into the woods. They went down a manhole and...Into the sewers? I waited for the last person down to cover the manhole back up. I waited a few minutes to make sure that I wouldn't get caught. Then I went into the sewer. I always had this random talent to always pick the right direction. So I decided to just go straight. That's what the random-talent was telling me to do. I walked back to the very end of the sewer. There were 4 skateboards and one scooter. "So that's how they got here so fast" I thought. I climbed up the ladder that was attached to the wall and came out by and old abandoned factory. I saw the group of kids in the distance, close to the factory doors. I stealthily made my way to the factory. There were a bunch of ropes that I guessed that were used to get to the ground. Again I saw them in the distance getting into the elevator. I shrugged and as soon as I heard the elevator shut, I jumped. I didn't land with that much of a thud. Not long after that, this dude came in. He looked around and saw me. He started running {at like 50 mph} towards me. I don't know how but I managed to side-step him. He ran back and I kicked him in a very uncomfortable spot. He landed with this huge thud that I'm sure the others heard. I got out a piece of paper and a pencil and wrote
"I saved your lives didn't I? You have no clue who I am. I won't tell anyone so don't worry. Just think of me as a guardian angel. I won't bother you guys. If you find out who I am you get a cookie."
Then I went back to school. I had gym. To make it weirder, with most of the kids whose lives I saved. Only one was missing and that was the tall girl with the almost-shoulder length black hair. The teacher assigned us groups for our fitness tests. I get {of course} Ulrich Stern, one of the ones who {unknowingly} owed his life to me. We had to do push-ups first.
"Do you want to go first or should I?" I asked
"You can go first." He said, obviously thinking about something else.
We had to do as many as we could do in one minute. I did 80. Without breaking a sweat. When time was up I jumped to my feet and said "your turn" as I wrote down my name and my score. He looked at my hand-writing and gasped. Just then Jim {the teacher} yelled at him for not being on the ground already. He got on the ground and started doing push-ups. He looked determined to beat my score. Sadly, he only got to 79. After he wrote down his score, he said "you're the one who saved our lives aren't you?"
"Good job. You get a cookie." I said as I got up and gave the paper to Jim who liked at my score and gave a low whistle. Then he looked at Ulrich's and chuckled. He gave me back the paper that he had to sign and I went and lay on my back on a hill. Out of my peripheral vision {man I was using that a lot...} I saw Ulrich go over to his friends, probably to tell them about me. I closed my eyes and waited. When I heard them walking over I got up and looked at them. The one with the spiked hair said, "So this is who saved our butts. Tell me, how did you knock the guy out? He was withering in pain when we saw him."
"I aim below the belt and kick hard. Let that serve as a warning" I said
The other girl, with pink hair, said "why did you knock him out? Do you know about the factory?"
"I knocked him out because he attacked me. I just found out when I followed you that that factory existed. Any other questions or can I got to science now?" I said as I started to walk to the science building.
"Why did you follow us?" the one that had the lap-top at lunch asked
"I have a natural curiosity." I said as I went into 's class. I gave her the slip to sign and pointed me to an empty table near the group of kids.
"Ok if we're gonna talk anymore I want to know your guy's names. Ok?"
"I'm Odd!!!" the kid with the spiked hair –I mean Odd- said
"Yeah I can see that."
"I'm Aelita" the one with the pink hair –Aelita- {shoot why do I keep doing that?}
"I'm Jerime." Jerime said
"And I'm Ulrich."
"Where's Ulrich's cookie? I want to eat it!" Odd exclaimed
"There is no cookie. Sheesh are you a walking stomach or something?" I asked.
"You hit the nail on the head with that one." Ulrich said
"So to sum this whole thing up we have not only a guardian angel but a killer guardian angel? Cool." Odd said.
I think I actually gained their friendship then but it was later when I learned of it. The class started I really was not paying attention. I started doodling, not looking at what I was doing. I looked down and saw that I was drawing a very complex drawing of my old house back in the states. Weird. I shrugged and started doodling again. This time I drew a perfect tiger. Even weirder. I folded it up and put it in my pocket and started doodling yet again. I was starring out of the window when I stopped doodling. I didn't know I stopped until I saw a picture of something I've never seen before. A tower with smoke around it. The picture was in color. The smoke was red. It was in this forest place, but I looked like a video game. I folded it up and put it in my pocket with the picture of my house and the tiger. Without looking I took out another piece of paper and closed my eyes. I was in the back or would've seen me. When my hand stopped I saw a picture of all my friends from the states. All in poses that totally suited them. I was in the middle, with my old boyfriend. I starred at it. That had actually happened. It was the last day of 7th grade. We all had a teacher take a picture of us. We were posed just like that. A silent tear rolled down my cheek. I smiled remembering all of my goofy friends, even the ones I didn't like that much. Everyone I ever knew from school was in that picture. And in the one I drew, my friends that moved, gone to a different school or that I didn't like anymore for some reason were in there too. Looking perfectly happy. I traced over myself. I looked better in this picture that the real one. I was happy, smiling, and looked good in a picture for once in my life. I managed to get my stuff together before the bell rang. Clutching the picture in my hand. I had study hall after this class and I was sure my new acquaintances did too. As soon as the bell rang, I went out of the door and headed to the library. I walked with Odd, Ulrich, Aelita, and Jerime. Then Elizabeth {or Sissi as I heard she preferred} went up to Ulrich and said "Ulrich dear when are you going to ask me out? I've been waiting forever."
"Sissi for the last time, I AM NEVER GOING TO ASK YOU OUT! Ok?" Ulrich said exasperated.
"Who would want to go out with a spoiled brat anyway?" I said when we were almost out of earshot.
"And who is this? A new person in you little group? You let the new girl in but you won't let the most popular girl in the school join? What is the matter with you people?" Sissi said in mock scorn.
"Because, they see something in me that you don't have. Strength. And... Brains maybe…" I said with a smirk.
"Do you know who I am!?!?" Sissi said outraged
"Yes. Elizabeth Dlemas. I infact do." I said as I walked away, my new acquaintances laughing and following behind me. We arrived in the library and we all sat at a table together. I showed them what I drew in class. They marveled over the picture of the tiger. They were surprised that I could draw like that. I still had the picture of my old friends in my hand. They were not seeing that…at least not yet. Someone gasped when they saw the picture of the weird tower.
"How did you know about this?" Ulrich asked shocked.
"No clue. I wasn't looking when I drew it. I saw it and I was like 'what the heck?' and I decided to show you guys." I said nonchalantly.
Jerime took his lap-top and said, "I'll run a scan for any activated towers. I have no clue what this means…. Did you draw anything else?"
"Well…. I drew this." I said as I hesitantly held out the picture of my old friends.
Ulrich saw it first. "Is that you in the middle? Who the heck are all of these people?" he asked.
"They used to be my friends…before I moved…" I trailed off.
"It has amazing detail. The guy next to you reminds me of Odd." Ulrich said
"Left or right?" I asked
"Left." Ulrich responded
"Ugh that's Freddie. He's weird, eats a lot, scrawny, yeah. A lot like Odd." I said chuckling.
"Let me see that!!!" Odd said as he snatched the picture from Ulrich.
"That kid is way shorter than me!!" Odd declared.
"I haven't seen it yet." Aelita said.
Odd gave her the picture. She studied that for a long while. Then she gave it back. And said "how's that scan coming Jerime?"
"I'll take awhile. In the mean-time, we should go to the factory and have a vote on if Krystal should become a lyoko warrior. Ulrich text Yumi." He said as he got up. Ulrich texted Yumi and I shrugged and followed them out of the library. We met up with Yumi in the woods.
"Ugh this is William all over again!" she exclaimed.
I stayed quiet. I knew that I would not get in if she compared me to some guy. We went down the manhole and into the sewers. They gave me a minute's head start. I ended up waiting 3 minutes for them.
"Took you guys long enough…" I said as I went up the ladder. We walked to the factory because I guess this wasn't as urgent as it was at lunchtime. They used the ropes, I straight up jumped and landed in a crouch, making less noise than they did. Then we got in the elevator. We went down really far. Then the elevator opened and we were in this room with a huge computer {just the monitors…} and a big chair.
"All right Krystal. Before we do anything, we want to know a little more about you-"
"And besides the fact you can maim someone without a second thought." Odd said.
"Well, I can play the violin. I can play some songs on the piano. I have a strong connection to animals. I could kick someone's butt with my hands tied behind my back. Oh yeah, and I'm like a cat, if I don't like you, you'll know." I finished with a smirk.
"Well let's put her to the test what do you think guys?" Jerime asked
"I'm not sure you remember what happened to William..." Yumi trailed off
"The difference between me and some guy is that I'm smart. I listen. I wait before striking."
"Sounds better than William already!" Odd exclaimed "into the scanner with you!!"
"Don't you want to take a vote? I mean I don't mind if you-"
The supercomputer beeped.
"An activated tower…in the forest region…" Jerime said.
They all looked at me.
"What? Is this about the picture?" I was freaked out
"Alright we vote after you guys deactivate the tower." Jerime said.
"What do I do? Take a nap?" I asked
"Just be quiet and do nothing." He said
I sat down and then got back up
"Someone just came in the factory." I said
"Yeah sure." Jerime said.
"Check the security cameras!" I yelled exasperated.
"Fine." He said as he pulled up the cameras. "There's nothing…." In camera 4 there was person.
"I'll go take care of this." I sighed
"Alright guys. You need to vote. Now." Jerime said into his mic.
"So you can talk while you're fighting can't you? What do you guys say?" Jerime asked
He turned to me. He said "Go down a floor. You're going to lyoko." I stumbled into the elevator and pressed the down button.
"Now get into a scanner." I heard Jerime say. I shrugged and got into the scanner. Before I knew it I was in some virtual world. I was in regular clothes. Jeans and a tee-shirt. And my hair tied back into a ponytail. And the others were ahead. Fighting things that looked like blocks on legs. I found a bow and arrow on my back. I took aim and I hit one of the blocks {Ulrich's to be exact} in the funky target. It blew up. Ulrich looked around and saw me.
"I so had that one!!" he yelled
"Too slow!" I yelled in response. I put another arrow on my bow and killed Odd's block for him.
"You're no fun, you know that?" he asked.
"Yes. But I saved your butt again. That's twice in one day." I said laughing. A block came up to me. On instinct, I pulled out dual swords that were each in a holster on either side of my body. I jabbed it with one and took it out right before it exploded. That's when this weird jellyfish thing came up. I shot an arrow at it and killed it. Everyone starred at me. "What? Did I do something wrong? Why are you all starring at me?" I asked worried.
"You just killed the Scyphozoa." Jerime said shock obvious in his voice.
"And that's surprising because?" I asked
"No one's done it before." Odd said.
"Have you tried?"
"Well….no" Ulrich said.
"So. What now?" I asked
"We get materialized back to earth." Odd said.
"Alright I'll do Ulrich, Yumi, and odd first." Jerime said. Then they disappeared.
"Now it's you turn Krystal." Jerime said. A few seconds later, I found myself looking at the inside of the scanner. It opened.
"So I guess you had a good first time on lyoko?" Odd asked.
"Yeah. Please tell me that there are more challenging things than those blocks. They were really easy to kill." I said.
Yumi laughed and said "we'll fill you in later."
That was the end of my first day at school. I had a really fun time. Little did I know that things were about to get really weird.
**author's comment** if you're thinking 'hey 've seen this before' you've probabbly read this on deviantart. i'm xzutaraxfanx and cant-draw-for-crap on there. i don't own any of this shiznit. nothing is mine! NOTHING! please review. i want to know if i suck or not! do you like my style?
ps. this is like a continuation of the actual show.
~anime-freakazoid-wuduzzles-you 3
