I own Cassidy and the plot. So sorry for the lateness. I had minor surgery a few days ago. If you want to get the details, PM me.

-FROM WHERE WE LEFT OFF-

"Welcome to Earth." Jeremie was in awe of what happened. Aelita had come to Earth.

Soon, Cassidy led the charge and everyone cheered. Even Cassidy did a little excited dance.

-Back in the Present-

Aelita tried standing up, but her legs shook and she sat back down. Cassidy noticed this and stopped dancing. "Do you need any help, Aelita?" she said consolingly.

Ironically, Aelita asked, "Do you need any help?" to Cassidy and Yumi before the "incident" occurred. She helped Yumi get back up on land, and Cassidy had made the willing sacrifice.

Back in the present, Aelita nodded. "I would like that!"

With Jeremie's help, the two pulled their pink-haired friend up onto her feet. Cassidy hugged her excitedly-but-gently. "We're so glad that you are finally able to join us on Earth." She smiled.

Everyone nodded.

Then Cassidy pulled back, put up a hand as if she was holding a drink and said, "First a toast to Jeremie, who always tried his hardest, even in his failures. Good job Jeremie."

Everyone, minus Aelita (who was confused), Jeremie (who was blushing), and Cassidy (who was holding her pose), clapped their hands.

"Dos, to Odd, whose candy spill not only saved my life, but gave Jeremie hope to keep going."

Jeremie, Yumi, Ulrich, and this time, Aelita applauded. Odd glowed in pride.

"Thirdly, to Aelita, whose consoling manner had been the…" she cleared her throat, "…best in the months of research and tests."

Aelita blushed for the first time. Everyone, minus Cassidy (who had tears of pride in her eyes), clapped.

"Cuatro to Yumi, because…who could ever have a fan-throwing helper and friend like her?" Cassidy choked on her own words. The pride was growing. "Without her…I think we'd be missing someone who is mature to this adventure!"

Everyone clapped.

"Fifth to Ulrich, who is a master with the sword. Without him…who would give some of the sarcasm in his words?"

Everyone clapped.

"Lastly, but not least, me. I don't have a word of pride to myself, I just want to do it."

"There are reasons," Ulrich smiled. "You are quick and clever, you can keep one of us from fighting with the other, and you are psychic."

"Plus you do the dangerous stuff for us sometimes," Odd added. "You kept Yumi from falling into the digital sea."

"And you kept me from pressing the wrong number on the vending machine," Jeremie smiled.

It was as if they all had rehearsed it. "And…" Yumi added. "You are a great friend."

Cassidy glowed in the same pride that her purple-clad friend had. "Here's to Code: Earth. Without it…Aelita wouldn't have breathed her first breath here or come out of the scanner today."

Everyone nodded. The speech touched everyone in the heart.

"Truer words have never been better spoken." Jeremie was welled up with pride by her speech.

"This day has me wound up tighter than ever. We just made—" she whispered "secret—" she got up to normal ranges—"history!"

"Uh-oh, speaking of history," Ulrich panicked, "We need to hurry up and get there."

"And I have literature," Yumi said.

They compiled into the elevator and took it up to the main entrance. Aelita was in awe of this. "Your world is so beautiful!" She exclaimed.

"Oh, but it gets better, Aelita," Jeremie placed a hand on her shoulder.

They got out into the solar light. To them the light was even brighter.

Soon they got to school, and Aelita had jitters. "Hey, relax, Aelita, don't worry; it's just a history class."

"I'd feel a lot better if it were a class in computers. I don't know anything about history," Aelita said.

"Don't worry. One cool thing about school is that you are here to learn!" Cassidy was confident.

"If this were a computer class, you could be the teacher," Ulrich said.

Soon they were in their seats. Sissi took half-notice at Aelita. Nicolas nearly fell in love (A/N: LOL Nicolas in love! LOL). "Just who does that new girl think she is? All she cares about is having boys and a weird girl around her."

"Actually, I think she looks worried." Nicholas had his head in his hand.

"Obviously, Nicholas, you don't know the first thing about girls-hmph. Acting frail and helpless will work every time. Boys love that. It's the best way to attract them," Sissi lectured Nicholas. It also perked Hervé's interest.

After everyone was calm Mr. Fumet happily announced, "We have a new student in our class. I'll let her introduce herself."

Aelita got some "stage fright". "My—uh—I—uh…" she was nervous.

Cassidy stood up. She used dramatic gestures, but not a dramatic voice. "I'll introduce her because she isn't used to introducing herself. I introduce Aelita Stones. She's Odd's cousin from Canada, and she's a little nervous at the moment." The brown-haired, tiger-striped girl then sat down.

"Hm…Well, Aelita, let me welcome you to Kadic Junior High. We all hope that you're going to like it here very much," Mr. Fumet said.

-After Class-

Aelita and the others got to the bench. "Thanks for covering for me." She smiled at Cassidy.

"You're welcome. The first day I got here, I ended up saying my last name and first name (A/N: I'm not that nervous in real life! End A/N) in that order. But as the months went by I got a little braver," Cassidy winked.

"Ya see," Jeremie sat next to the two girls; "everything's cool. There was no reason to worry."

"But Jeremie, did you see Aelita when she tried to introduce herself?" Cassidy asked half-concerned. "She was trying to get her name out."

"I guess not," Aelita said, smiling, "and besides, I really like history. But you've got to admit: you fight a lot here; there are wars all the time."

The three boys showed uneasy looks. Cassidy smiled a little sympathetically. "But sometimes there were reasons for the wars. The Civil War, for instance, was to free slaves and save America from being chopped right in two."

Jeremie smirked.

"The American Revolution, which was years before the Civil War, was to declare America a free nation," Cassidy added. This piqued Aelita's interest.

Yumi came right up. "Hey, guys! Well how's our new earthling doing?" she lightly teased.

"Oh," the pink haired girl smiled. "I'm fine. I'm trying to adapt to so many new sensations. Like the air that you breathe here, all the colors and the sounds, but I'm fine."

Jeremie smiled deviously. "It's about time that we deactivated the supercomputer, don't you think?"

Cassidy then felt a twisting feeling in her gut. Something was about to go wrong.

"Oh, I wouldn't wait for XANA to send us an invitation," Ulrich was all for it.

"And who feels like going to Lyoko now that Aelita's here with us?" Odd smiled with that fact.

Yumi, Jeremie and Ulrich agreed. Cassidy bit back a psychic thought. Aelita was nervous.

"You'll think this is silly, but it scares me a little. Lyoko, after all, was my home. And I'm not really sure what affect destroying it might have for me," The pink haired girl was just as scared as the psychic beside her was.

Everyone, minus Cassidy and Aelita, raised a brow, showed concerned looks, or both.

"There's nothing to worry about, I'm sure," Jeremie said consolingly. Holding her hand, he added, "Come on!"

When they got to the factory, Cassidy's twisted-gut feeling got worse.

They went down to the super calculator room and the calculator (which looked like an upside-down T) came up, cylinder first, base second.

Aelita backed up. That was what the super calculator looked like.

Jeremie and Cassidy looked to her. "Are you okay, Aelita? If you want to wait a day or two…" Jeremie put a hand on her shoulder.

"No," the pink-haired girl tried to feel brave. "The sooner, the better."

Jeremie was feeling better. "Okay, I think you should have the honor."

"No," Aelita said. The others looked to her. "I—I'd rather you do it!"

Jeremie smiled. "Sure, Aelita." His words were soft.

He walked up to the power switch. Aelita sweated. "XANA, you gave us a lot of grief. But thanks to you, we met Aelita, so good bye and good riddance!"

Before Jeremie could pull down the switch, Cassidy yelled, "STOP!" and time froze. It actually froze.

Cassidy looked at herself. She did that? Was this normal? She panicked. "J-ju-just go!" she nearly sobbed. (A/N: This time-freezing thing will happen only in this chapter)

Time resumed. Jeremie pulled down the switch and Aelita fainted. "AELITA!" Cassidy screamed.

She grabbed her friend. Ulrich did too. "Turn the power back on," Yumi said. "Aelita's not well. Hurry up!"

Jeremie turned on the power and ran back to the others. "What's wrong with her?"

"A link from XANA to Aelita!" Cassidy said. "So if XANA dies, so does Aelita."

"Well, let's hope XANA doesn't rear his ugly head," Odd was worried.

Cassidy kicked Odd in the shin. "XANA always does boofhead."

"Oh…"

-A few hours later-

Cassidy took Aelita's pulse, but since she didn't have a watch, Jeremie provided his for her. (A/N: She's using the correct fingers, unlike Jim)

"Her pulse is getting to a ninety," she observed.

Aelita opened her eyes. "I don't know. What happened? I—"

"You fainted, Aelita. It's a little like sleeping. A really deep sleep!" Jeremie explained.

"I like the way it felt," Aelita sat up a little.

"I knew that you would faint, and I—accidently stopped time." Cassidy was shy and shamefaced.

"How?" Jeremie asked.

"I just yelled stop, and time, obviously, stopped," Cassidy said.

"How did it resume?" Jeremie was a little concerned, both for his girlfriend, and for his good friend.

"I sobbed go, and it resumed!"

Turning to Aelita, Jeremie continued, "Well, Cassidy said that it was a link, or virus, between you and XANA that caused you to faint. I scanned my program, and it was true. My computer is programmed right now to find the breaker, or antivirus."

"It's getting late, Princess and Einstein; soon Aelita has to go to Yumi's!" Cassidy teased.

"How soon?" Jeremie looked to her.

"Like half-hour soon," Cassidy said. "That way, you get to spend some time with Aelita," she whispered.

Jeremie blushed.

Soon, Cassidy was going back to school, while Jeremie and Aelita walked.

"What a strange sensation," Aelita was shivering, and yet, she didn't know the feeling.

"You shivered, that's all. It's a reaction you get on account of the cold," Jeremie explained.

"I like the feeling of being a little chilly. And the sounds and the smells are a lot different at night!"

"Yeah, it's quiet and peaceful, and the plants, they breathe differently." Picking a flower from a box, Jeremie gave it to her. "Here, smell this!"

She did, stopping as she did so, and smiled. "Wow, it's wonderful to be alive." The moon seeming to smile too, Aelita added, "And it's thanks to you that I'm here!"

"Well—I uh…I didn't…eh…do it alone!" Jeremie blushed.

Aelita giggled, and then pulled Jeremie along.

As they walked side by side, Aelita spotted a photo booth but didn't know what it was.

"What's that? A scanner?"

"No. Not exactly, follow me!" Jeremie and Aelita ran inside and out popped four brilliant photos.

They laughed at three of them.

The two got to Yumi's house. "Well, your castle awaits you, Princess!"

"Thanks for walking me back," Aelita said. "In spite of the virus, I still had the most wonderful night of my life. Good night." She gave Jeremie a kiss.

She ran up the stairs and said, "See you tomorrow." And she closed the door.

Jeremie sighed, smiling. Then he got all excited, "Aelita's—WOW!" Then he walked back to Kadic, whistling.

-The next day-

"So, do you have any idea on how to get rid of this miserable virus," Ulrich asked, sitting on the step.

Odd was leaning against the pillar. Cassidy was sitting on the ground, flashing again.

"No, not yet. I hope the calculations my computer made will help me!" Jeremie was a tad edgy.

"Here come the girls," Odd looked.

Yumi and Aelita ran up. "Well, how was your first night on Earth?" Ulrich asked.

Aelita stretched. "Sleeping is really wonderful."

"She would have slept all day if I hadn't shaken her a little!" The usually black-clad girl smiled.

Everyone laughed.

"Stick with me, Aelita, and you'll see, sleeping in class isn't so bad either," Odd said.

Cassidy felt a little curious. "Odd, may I check your leg?"

"What, so you can hit it with a fist?"

"No, just so I could see how you are healing!" Cassidy retorted.

Lifting the pant leg, the bruise was there, but it was diminishing a little.

"Did you put ice on it?" Cassidy asked, albeit curious.

"Yeah!"

"Good!"

-Math class-

"Who can give us the definition of a pair of prime numbers," Mr. Yeltzy asked. "Sissi?"

"Well, mm, well…uh…a pair of prime numbers is…uh…two numbers that are about the same!" Sissi said. She obviously didn't pay attention.

Everyone got a good laugh out of this.

"Thank you, Sissi. Well, can one of you give us a less harebrained answer? Aelita."

"A pair of prime numbers occurs when their highest common denominator is one!" Aelita was a little more confident.

"Very good," Mr. Yeltzy said. "Although…"

"In a principle rating, it's equivalent to the fact that their direct sun is equal to one but of course with a non-principle factorial rate, that is not the case!"

Everyone was either amazed or confused at what Aelita had said. Aelita's friends were not.

The teacher dragged the chalk down in a straight line (|).

"That is, according to the theory of Bijou you see!" Aelita half defended.

Mr. Yeltzy raised an eyebrow then heard a scream.

Some of the students got up. Cassidy turned to Jeremie. "Kankrelats are on Earth."

"How could he have managed that?" Jeremie said.

"Who cares," Odd yelled at him. "The problem is: how do you suggest getting rid of them?"

"Odd, we always fought them when we all go you-know-where and here it's a little different, but not that different." Cassidy crossed her arms.

"You four go to Lyoko and deactivate the tower. Yumi and I will stay here and defend the home front!" Ulrich said, dialing his phone.

"Oh, no…that's crazy, Cassidy and Ulrich!" Aelita tried to reason.

"You know very well that if there's a victim, then going back in time won't bring them back to life!" Ulrich said, and then Yumi got on the phone. "Yumi…yeah, we already know…we've gotta find weapons. Okay, I'll meet you outside of the math class." He hung up.

"Well, let's go, guys," Jeremie said.

Odd, Cassidy, Aelita, and Jeremie walked out of the classroom to find another boy screaming and running across the hall.

They looked to their immediate right and saw a Kankrelat. It walked on its claw-like legs then turned its head towards them, its laser on its mouth menacing.

Ulrich took to the front. "I'll handle him. Get GOING!"

Aelita, Odd, Cassidy, and Jeremie ran out of harms way.

"Let's see how good you are," Ulrich challenged. Then he jumped over the monster as it fired.

He ran to the staircase, but then a burst of pain got to him. He cried out then spider-legged his way from his pursuer.

-With Jeremie, Cassidy, Aelita, and Odd-

"Just a few more seconds and the coast'll be clear," Odd said.

"Just like Operation: THEO!" Cassidy marveled.

Operation: THEO was a plan to prevent Hervé and Nicholas from expelling a student. Odd, Ulrich, and Cassidy dressed Kiwi in a pillow sheet, got the little gray dog howling; then in Kiwi ran, scaring the bejeebers out of the two boys.

They had to evade Jim though that time.

Odd gave the signal and Aelita, Jeremie, and Cassidy followed the leader, Cassidy a little nervously though.

-Back to Ulrich-

The Kankrelat was nearing him. Ulrich nearly was running out of steam.

It aimed. Ulrich feared the worst. Then out of nowhere a javelin was headed in his direction. He ducked, avoiding possible injury and the Kankrelat was destroyed.

Ulrich looked to find two black combat boots then looked up to find Yumi.

"What would you do without me?" she panted.

Ulrich showed a weak smile—mainly because of the pain.

Yumi looked behind him. Then she pulled on his arm. "Oh, hurry up!"

Ulrich looked back, and yelped as Yumi pulled him out of the math class.

The Kankrelats were everywhere. Yumi and Ulrich went to the garden shed and got a chainsaw and an ax.

Jeremie, Odd, Aelita, and Cassidy made it to the factory. "It looks like Swiss Cheese!" Cassidy cracked.

Picking up a nail gun and handing it to Odd, she smiled. "There's a Kankrelat in the scanner room."

They got there and, what do ya know, there was a lone Kankrelat skittering in the middle of the room. Odd shot and won.

"Jeremie, you have to transfer me to Lyoko," Aelita said.

"What? Have you forgotten XANA's virus, Aelita," Jeremie was worried. "What if XANA stops you from deactivating the tower, or returning to Earth?"

"That's a risk we've got to take; the priority is to stop XANA!" Aelita said. "You know as well as I do. We have no choice, Jeremie. Think of all the other monsters XANA could materialize."

Aelita's logic bit Jeremie in the heart.

"Okay, get into the scanner; I'll send you to Lyoko!" Jeremie sounded downhearted.

Aelita, Cassidy and, after the last Kankrelat was destroyed, Odd got into the scanners and soon they were on Lyoko's Ice Region. "It's strange being virtualized!"

"I know the feeling, and I know you miss Earth, but, I secretly wrote a little code so that if a return in time occurs, you will be with us, on Earth! The return this time won't go back a total of two days. It will go back just one day!" Cassidy smiled.

"WHAT?" Jeremie's yell was filled in amazement. "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?"

"It was simple really," Cassidy said slyly. "You typed it. One of the notes you had had my code on it. Not my genetic computer code, but you get my meaning right?"

"Yeah."

"You approve?"

"Yes!"

Soon they got to the tower and deactivated it before it got worse.

-Returning to the past now (This time the morning of the link discovery)-

"It's amazing what you did, Cassidy," Jeremie was prideful.

"'Twas nothing!" Cassidy was modest.

"Nothing?" Ulrich asked.

"It was the least I could do!" Cassidy blushed.

Aelita and Yumi ran up. "Cassidy, you are incredible!" Yumi hugged her dangerous-psychic friend.

"It was nothing, really!" Cassidy blushed deeper.

The bell rang and the others went to class as usual.