Chapter 2

Oh My God

I sat, actually I kindof slouched, against a chair in the back of the room, meanwhile all the little kids in my neighborhood, and almost all the little kids in the city, pushed and shoved to be in the front by my grandpa. He was going to tell another one of his weird "lyoko" stories, and the only reason I was there, was cuz I had to help him with all the little brats.

Even when I was their age, which was about five, I didn't believe his stories. "Why did my parents have to die and leave me with this lunatic." I would often think to myself. He had ignored me for five years, and then got chosen to be my guardian. "Great choice mom and dad."

I was tired of listening to wacko stories told by a wacko, and of him not knowing anything about me, or what's best for me. He just had me pack up my stuff and move, from my great home, plus all my friends, in California, to some place in France. And now he had this bright idea of sending me to some boarding school 4 hours away. I'm telling you, he was crazy!!

As he finally got into the so-called "good part" of the story, I finally got to sneak away and back up to my room. I pulled the game my grandpa had given me out from under my bed. His stories lasted for hours most of the time, so I wouldn't be missed at all. Now I could actually have some real fun.

One hour later………

"BAM" I smiled as I saw a crab-like creature blow to a million pieces, after shooting it with a laser arrow from the wrist of a purple, cat-like thing. I was doing one of my favorite things of all time. I was playing my "Code Lyoko" handheld game. It was based on my Grandpa Odd's wacko stories, but it was fun nonetheless.

I had to switch characters and was soon playing a girl with pink hair and pink clothes. All I had to do to get to the next level was deactivate the red tower. Just as the girl vanished, through the tower's viney wall, the game's screen went black. Only five seconds later, a strange black symbol appeared, and I vanished too.

I fell and landed hard on my back in a place covered in ice, and then noticed my cool new wardrobe: I had on jean capris, a short, silver, one-sleeved shirt, with pink designs all over it, and silver-and-pink tennis shoes. Plus I noticed a blue bracelet around my wrist, a microphone attached to my side, and my really long brown hair was in a low ponytail and had blond highlights.

I could only take this awesome new look in for a few moments, because I felt something sharp strike my back. I turned to see a boy a little older than me in a samurai-ish outfit holding a long sword. He actually looked just like one of the characters in my handheld game.

He stood there in a ready-to-fight stance, and I ran. Oh boy did I run. I ran till there was nowhere left to run, and that didn't take long. I was running at the speed of light!! Only problem… the other boy could too.

"Just like in my game" I thought.

Then something hit me. I still don't know if it was the boy's sword again, or some strange sensation, but whatever it was it made me realize something.

"Oh my god…." I said really loud. "I'm in Lyoko!!"

The boy looked at me like I had ten heads, and some voice came out of nowhere.

"Who is that Ulrich?" The mystery voice said.

"I don't know." The boy, whose name was apparently Ulrich, replied looking upwards. At seeing Ulrich reach for his sword again, I started to sprint again, but didn't make it as far. Someone tripped me and sent me flying across the ice. When I landed I looked up to see a girl about the same age as Ulrich standing next to me. She looked like one of those Japanese geisha people, and was holding a paper fan to my neck. Ulrich ran up to us, sword in hand. I backed up as far as I possibly could and slammed into an ice-rock. Then I panicked a little, okay I panicked a lot, and I screamed at the top of my lungs. My scream sent Ulrich and the girl stumbling backwards, and I didn't stop until Ulrich clamped his hand over my mouth.

"If I let go, will you please stop screaming?" He asked with a tone that sounded like he was both annoyed, and exhausted, at the same time. I nodded and he let go. I was breathing really hard, and they realized I wasn't going to try to fight them or run. So Ulrich put his sword back in it's holder, and the girl put her fan behind her back. I sat up against the ice-rock and they just kindof stood there. When I stood up I brushed myself off, even though I noticed my clothes, and body, were just as perfect as when I landed there.

"So," The girl began to break the dead silence, "Who are you?"

"I'm…." I was cut off when the two drew their weapons again. Only this time, they were looking behind me. I turned around to see a huge, octopus-like thing hovering over me. I turned back to see them running, and I was off.

When we reached a tower somewhere, it had a red glow around it, and they ran in anyways. I followed them through the viney wall.

When we all stopped I was the only one out of breath, and so they were looking at me.

"So as……….. I was saying." I managed to get out between multiple deep breaths.

When I was finally back to normal breathing I looked up at them and said, "I'm Carys Della-Robbia." And I held out my hand to shake like my parents had taught me to always do.

That was the second time that day that they stared at me like I had ten heads.