Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko. I only own Lacey, Arielle, Luke, Mark, Tanya, Chris, Angel, Bella, Lachlan and Trinity. (That's a lot.)

This chapter tells you about a bit of Angel's past life. Also, there's a bit of a spoiler somewhere in the chapter. Enjoy! :)

Chapter 4

More Than Family

Angel sighed as she looked out the window. Kids were coming into the school grounds with their parents. When the parents were about to leave, the kids hugged and kissed them, then the parents left. Angel sighed again, looked away from the window and sat down on her bed. She remembered the day like it was yesterday…

Flashback - One year ago

Angel was in rags, scrubbing a floor in the dark. Her whole body was covered in dirt. Her arms were tired from scrubbing the floor with such a small brush. She was in a huge mansion that was sparkling clean, though she still had to clean it.

Ding dong!

"ANGELICA! ANSWER THE DOOR!" a woman's voice ordered.

Angel hurried over to the door quickly. When she opened it up, she saw a woman with a black business type dress and two cops, one male and one female.

"Excuse me, are your parents in?" The business woman asked. Angel nodded and pointed in the direction of the big lounge room. The three adults walked in. Angel got her younger brother and sister and they all pressed their ears against the door.

"I'm sorry, but you can't keep treating your kids like this," the male cop told her parents.

"I can, and I will!" Angel's dad shouted.

"We have received several complaints from your neighbours," the business woman said. "I'm afraid we have to take them away."

"No… no… NO!" Angel's mum exclaimed.

"I'm afraid it's what we have to do," the female cop told them.

Without any further warning, the business woman came out the door and took the kids, gently pulling them by their hands.

Angel and her siblings were put in a police car and were driven away. The last Angel saw of her parents were them screaming after the police car.

End Flashback

Angel wept and put her head in her pillow. A little bit away from her room, Luke was coming up the stairs. He was looking for his sister when he heard the crying. He heard it coming from his sister's room, so he went to check it out. Surprised to see that the door was unlocked, he poked his head in and saw Angel.

"What's wrong?" Luke asked softly as he sat on the bed.

Angel looked up. "I never told you about my past, did I?" she asked him.

"No," he replied, wondering what her past had to do with it.

Angel took a deep breath. "Ok," she started, "last year I came to live with Uncle Jeremie because… my parents… kept putting me to work around the house. They ordered us to do things, we weren't allowed to watch TV or do any fun stuff. We had to go to bed at 5pm."

"Oh…" Luke was speechless.

Angel nodded and continued. "One day, some people came to my house. They said we had to be taken away, go live with other people. I was lucky; I got to live with relatives. My brother and sister had to go live with complete strangers."

"No wonder you're upset. Why didn't you tell us this?" Luke asked.

"I didn't want to be a bother to any of you," Angel replied. "Only Uncle Jeremie and Aunty Aelita know. I think Mark might know too. But it's not something I like to talk about."

"Of course," Luke said as he got off the bed and headed towards the door. "Oh, if you need someone to talk too… you know…"

Angel smiled. "Thanks." Luke smiled back at her and left.

It's good to know someone cares about you that much that's not your family, Angel thought as she lay back down on her bed. She took a picture out of a small box. It was a picture of her and her brother and sister. She smiled.

More than family…

Her thoughts were interrupted by a phone call. She picked up her phone.

"Hello?" She asked.

"Angel?"

Angel sat bolt upright on her bed. "Trinity?"

"Awesome!"

"How's your so called family?"

"They're ok, much better than mum and dad."

"Good to hear."

"Have you made any friends?"

"Yeah. Mark has awesome friends. There's Arielle, Luke, Tanya and Chris. Arielle and Luke are twins and so are Tanya and Chris."

"Awesome!"

"You say that a lot don't you?"

"Yep, never stopped!"

As Angel was about to answer, Tanya came into her room. "It's dinner time," she told her.

"Trinity, I gotta go."

"Oh ok, I'll call you tomorrow. If you're not talking to…" Angel heard a slight giggle coming from the phone. "Luke."

"HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!" Angel yelled. She totally forgot that Tanya was at her door.

"Whatever you say. Talk to ya tomorrow." Angel put her phone back into her pocket. She and Tanya started walking to the cafeteria.

"Who said that someone was your boyfriend?" Tanya asked.

"My sister, Trinity," Angel replied.

"I didn't know you had a sister," Tanya commented.

"Yeah, not many people do. It's a long story," Angel confessed.

"So… who was your so called "boyfriend?" Tanya asked with one eyebrow raised.

Angel blushed and looked down. She wasn't expecting that question. "Luke," she answered. "But he's not and don't tell anyone otherwise and don't tell anyone about this chat either."

"Ok, ok, no need for threats!" Tanya exclaimed.

They reached the cafeteria, got their dinner and sat down at their parent's old table. They were the first to get there. Arielle came in a minute later, followed by the boys.

"I started another story," Arielle told them as the boys sat down at the table.

"Cool, what's it about?" Chris asked.

"Well, I tried something different. This time, it's not our parents, but it's us going to Lyoko!" Arielle replied.

"Sweet!" Mark exclaimed.

"What do we look like?" Tanya asked.

"Well, we all have the same outfit, except in different colours and the girls have skirts with them. Mine's different shades of blue, Angel's is different shades of pink, Tanya's is different shades of purple, Luke's is different shades of green, Mark's is orange and red and Chris has a silver and white one," Arielle answered.

"Weapons?" Luke asked.

"I still need to figure out what I'm going to do about weapons and special abilities," Arielle confessed.

They spent the rest of dinner talking about random subjects such as: What socks do you wear? Or: What would you think if someone vomited over you? They were talking about that certain subject now.

"EWWWWWWW! I wanna keep my dinner thanks!" Angel exclaimed.

"I'm still eating mine!" Luke announced. He had been eating like a pig all evening.

"Why you never get fat, I will never know," Arielle told him. "You're so scrawny!"

"I AM NOT SCRAWNY! I AM SVELT!" Luke shouted, drawing the attention from the whole cafeteria.

"Uh… hi?" Luke blushed and kept eating. Everyone else at the table laughed.

There you go! There's another pair! Try and quess where the spoiler is. I'll update soon! :)