Chapter seven: how it ended
Author's note: Well, this is it, the last chapter of Lost In The Shadows. I hope you liked the story so far, and will like this ending. Enjoy!
Note 2: A last 'chapter' will be added after this, but it will just exist of some notes and last things I'd like to say.
Note 3: I posted this some sooner 'cause I noticed some people didn't review on here, but set this story on their alert list, which is okay as well.
Dedicated to: darkness over day, thanks for your review.
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Jeremie's diary
The funeral was a week later. Impressive how many people were present. Odd Della Robbia, the funniest person I've ever met, died on a cruel accident with quick-acting poison. Nobody, except for four persons, one of them being me, knew what exactly had happened.
Of course I was there at the graveyard as the priest mumbled some last words about this great person. I mourned and blamed myself of what had happened. When you look back at things, it was me who've made mistakes and ruined the group.
Yumi was there, blaming no one but crying on Ulrich's shoulder, holding his waist. He stared at the grave, not showing any emotion on his face, but everyone knew he was hurt the most of all by losing his best friend. The principal was there together with Sissi and a few other students, all in silence. Jim was there, sobbing and admitting Odd had been his favourite pupil and he loved his jokes. His parents were there, together with all of his sisters, crying and yammering out loud. William was there as well, in his wheel chair, blinking away some tears.
Well, yeah, I didn't tell of the day of doom completely yet. As I said, Aelita somehow managed to get this dangerous needle and wanted to commit suicide with it. The three of us tried to stop her, but accidentally the needle got in Odd's hand. He died not long after that with a smile on his face, knowing that he had saved the pink-haired girl.
That wasn't everything though. Aelita got furious, cried, screamed, yelped, twitched, her body pleading for something. Her next act was horrible again. The only solution for her seemed to jump out of the window, shattering the glass in little pieces. William called her name and jumped after her immediately to catch her. Too bad, her room was on the fourth flour and Will fell badly. Aelita managed to escape, probably because of her virtual DNA. Like a Xanafied person, who isn't easily hurt either.
I stood there, too shocked to do anything useful. Aelita was running through the dark streets in her night shirt, Odd dead against the bed and William laid groaning on the ground, both his legs in an unhealthy position. They had tried to help and paid for it. But at least they did something, I hadn't done anything! William would never be able to run again after his fall. All my fault.
We both got interrogated by doctors, the principal and the police, but we never told the true story. Yumi and Ulrich were the only ones who knew the story besides us.
The group got shattered and sorrowful as we lost two friends. I swore to never start up something which I probably wouldn't be able to handle later on. William acted as the optimist he was, but I knew he sometimes would lock himself up in his room to mourn. Ulrich sulked more often and got depressed, but luckily he had Yumi to soothe him. Sometimes it seemed as if darkness came over Kadic by the loss of two of its students.
What about Aelita, you ask? Her dream got fulfilled. She went back to the factory and returned to Lyoko where she would be immortal.
She sat there on the ground, leaning against a tree in her favourite sector. Crawled together, arms around her knees and wiggling slowly back and forth. Her eyes starring with an absent look at something only she could see. She experienced all kind of dreams and got into heaven. It was all fake though.
That's how it would be. That was her fate. She would stay on Lyoko, leaning against the same tree, hallucinating impossible dreams.
She was lost in the shadows.
Forever.
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Author's note: Make sure to check out the forum at cl.yourbb.nl/index.php ! Advertise your stories there, enjoy the games, discuss things and way more! Note: it's possible the forum starts up in Dutch thanks to an annoying little bug, but I can fix it for you when you pm me.
Note 2: Will be beta-read later.
