Chapter 2: Years Later

20 Years Later

It has now been 20 years since the Lyoko Warriors defeated XANA and shut down the supercomputer. Within that time, a lot has changed. Jeremy and Aelita graduated from Kadic as the top 2 students in their graduating class, with Jeremy being the Valedictorian and Aelita being the Salutatory. Jeremy then went off to college and earned his Master's Degree in Computer Science and now is teaching a computer class over at Kadic. Aelita also went to college where she also majored in Computer Science, but also earned a degree in Musical Arts. However, she is no longer the DJ for the SubDigitals, instead she now creates her own music and sells it on CD's or online. Through all that time, the two geniuses were able to keep up with their relationship and a few months later, they were happily married. All of their friends from Kadic were there in attendance. Ulrich was Jeremy's best man and Yumi was Aelita's Maid of Honor.

Speaking of Ulirch and Yumi, after they had graduated from Kadic, Ulrich went on to become major soccer star for 13 years. He and his team won 4 national championship as well as winning The World Cup for Team France. After he resigned for soccer, he came back to Kadic and is now the new gym teacher, replacing Jim who retired a few years ago. As for Yumi, she ended up become a martial arts master and now owns her own martial arts academy. And even though that their relationship throughout the years at Kadic were a little rocky, Ulrich finally managed to pluck up enough courage to tell Yumi how he really felt about her, and from that moment on, they've been going steady.

As for Odd and William, Odd didn't graduate from Kadic all that well, but he did manage to enroll in an art institute, where he could truly express his artistic side from drawings to music. William, on the other hand, took a different path. He enlisted in the French Army where he served as a military officer for 15 years. He retired from the military after his 15th year and has been enjoying life ever since.

1:00 PM-Airport

One Friday afternoon, a large passage plane landed gently on the runway. Once the plane stopped, the people on board began to disembark. Among the hundreds of passengers was a small family of 3, including the husband, wife, and their 15 year old son. He had short black hair, brown eyes, and wore a short sleeved white shirt with a picture of a Forumla 1 racecar on it, black jeans, and blue and white sneakers, and a pair of glasses. The family were originally from America, but had moved to France because of the husband's job transfer. The wife was happy for her husband, but the young son wasn't. He didn't like the idea of moving to another place that was halfway around the world.

Father: Well here we are at last.

Son: It's still nothing like back home.

Father: Oh come on now Matthew, don't be like that. I'm sure that once you get used to living here, you'll love it.

Matthew: (to himself) I certainly hope so.

Father: Now let's go find our new home.

An hour and a half later

The family soon arrived at their new home. The house was a 2 story building, consisting of 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a small dining room, kitchen, and living room. Even though it wasn't like their old home in America, Matthew was quite impressed.

Matthew: Quite a nice place here.

Father: Now that we're settled in I have a favor to ask you Matthew. Your new school is called Kadic Academy. It's about a 30 minute drive from here, but since that you're just about old enough to be on your own, we insisted that you would stay in the dorms that the school provides. Is that okay with you?

Matthew: It's cool with me.

Father: Excellent. The school's Summer Vacation doesn't end until Sunday, so tomorrow I'll drive you down there and get you enrolled for this year.

Matthew: Alright Dad. Thanks.

9:00 AM-Kadic Academy

Matthew and his father walked through the hallways looking for the principal's office. Unfortunately for them, they got lost wandering through the large campus.

Father: For crying out loud, where on Earth is this blooming office?!

Matthew: At this rate, the school year will be over before I can even enroll. I wish there was someone who could help us find…

Matthew didn't get a chance to finish his sentence as he ran right into a teacher. He looked up at teacher. Although he didn't know it at first, but he ran right into Ulrich.

Ulrich: Whoa now, careful there young man.

Matthew: Sorry sir. My dad and I are trying to find the principal's office so that I can enroll here. We just moved here yesterday you see.

Ulrich: Ah, a new student huh. Well pleased to meet you youngster. I'm Coach Ulrich, the gym teacher, martial arts teacher, and the school's sports director.

Matthew: Nice to meet you Coach. My name is Matthew Stephenson.

Ulrich: Nice to know you Matthew. Now follow me. I'll show you the principal's office.

Matthew: I appreciate that.

Principal's Office

Ulrich: Well here we are. I'm sure the principal is already expecting you so I'll leave you to it. Take care and I'll see you later!

Matthew: Thanks Coach!

Father: Well let's get started. *knocks on the door*

Principal: Come in!

Matthew and his father entered the office and the principal greeted them warmly.

Principal: Ah you must be Matthew our new student.

Matthew: Yes sir, that's me.

Principal: Splendid. My name is Mr. Hamilton and I am the school's principal. Come and sit and I'll get you enrolled.

1 hour later

Mr. Hamilton: Well it seems that everything is in order. Here is your schedule for this year and here is your student handbook.

Matthew looked at his schedule. He saw that he had Computer Science first, Math second, Gym class third, Lunch forth, Science fifth, Foreign Language sixth, and finally History ending the day's classes.

Mr. Hamilton: Now remember, breakfast starts at 7:00 AM with classes immediately following breakfast at 8:00 AM sharp. Lunch is at 12:00 noon, classes end at 4:00 PM, dinner is at 7:00 PM, and curfew begins at 10:00 PM. And the weekends are free days for students. Is that clear?

Matthew: Crystal clear sir.

Mr. Hamilton: Well then, welcome to Kadic Academy Mr. Stephenson. Now follow me and I'll show you to your dorm room.

5 minutes later-Matthew's Room

Mr. Hamilton: Well young man, here you are. Your new room.

Matthew took a look at his room. It had a single bed and a desk for his computer, a medium sized closet, and drawers underneath his bed. On top of that, he had a nice 2nd floor window view of the world outside.

Matthew: Nice place. I like it.

Mr. Hamilton: Very good. See you when classes begin.

Matthew: Thank you Mr. Hamilton. Have a nice day.

He turned to his father and gave him a big hug.

Matthew: I'm gonna miss you dad and mom too.

Father: We'll miss you to son. But don't worry, we'll keep in touch with you through video calls and phone calls. Okay?

Matthew: Ok dad. I'll see you soon. I love you.

Father: I love you too son.

His father closed the door behind him leaving Matthew all on his own.

Matthew: (to himself) Well I may as well get unpacked. Then maybe later I'll have a look around the campus and around town. I think I could get used to this.