Author's note: On with the 9th chapter~~!

Enjoy! ^-^


(Noone's P.O.V)

It was a beautiful Sunday morning, the sun was shining brightly, birds were happily chirping, and leaves blooming into full grown flowers. It was spring break for the Lyoko Warriors, who were walking down the path to be picked up by their parents.

"So what did XANA look like?" Aelita asked, carrying her suitcase as the rest of the warriors were(except Krystal).

"I don't really remember now... it was all so fuzzy.. though, he did kind of remind me of William." Krystal replied, sighing as she looked up at the sky, "This is all so much, I don't even know why XANA wants me so bad.."

"I'm just sorta worried for you, I mean, we all are gonna be leaving for spring break and you're gonna be here all alone." Odd pointed out, Krystal raised one of her eyebrows.

"You know I can take care of myself, I'm not THAT vulnerable." Krystal started, "Besides, Yumi won't be far away from here anyways."

He shrugged in defeat making her smile in victory.

"Odd does make a point though, I mean, what if XANA does attack?" Aelita asked worriedly.

Krystal crossed her arms saying, "Come on guys, I think I can take care of myself, and besides like I said, Yumi won't be far away."

Yumi winked, putting her thumbs up and reassuring, "Don't worry, Krystal will be A-Okay!"

Aelita sighed, still not fully convinced of their reassurance. Krystal pointed to a car asking, "Hey Ulrich, isn't that your dad over there?"

Ulrich sighed saying, "Well.. the show must go on.."

"May the force be with you!" Odd joked, high-fiving his brunette friend as he started to walk towards his dad and all the warriors waved Ulrich goodbye. Suddenly, another car pulled up making Aelita sigh and turn to her blonde friend, "Krystal are you sur-

"Relax Aelita! I'll have Kimi(her stuffed bear) and Kiwi for company!" Krystal smiled, making Aelita smile and wave as she walked with Jeremy towards his dad. Another called pulled up too, making Odd turn to Krystal.

"Again, don't feed cheese to Kiwi, it gives him gas and that's way more powerful than your freeze balls." Odd joked, making Krystal giggle as she waved Odd goodbye, leaving just Yumi and Krystal.

"I'd better go, I promised my mom I'd clean up." Yumi informed and Krystal nodded.

"No worries! See ya Yumi!" Krystal waved, but Yumi stopped and asked, "Krystal, are you sure you don't want to spend the holidays with us? I'll call my parents and tell the-"

"No thank you, I'd just be in the way, and besides I could use some time alone.." Krystal explained, mumbling the last part to herself, Yumi nodded waving goodbye to her blonde haired friend and walking away.


Krystal smiled, seeing her friend walk away and walked towards the girls' dorms. She walked into the building and into her room, smiling as she saw Kiwi was asleep. She sat on her bed, grabbing her stuffed bear and smiling at it.

"XANA, why.. why do you want to kidnap me so badly?" She mumbled, looking at her stuffed bear, having a flash-back.

~~~~Flashback~~~~

"N-no! Let me out!" A young Krystal cried, banging on the door. She was trapped in the little room, with nothing but a little light on top of a desk, next to a bed.

"Where am I?! Someone help me please!" She cried, not realizing that there was a mysterious glowing box from behind her. She turned around skeptically, slowly approaching the box.

"What.. is this?" She mumbled, slowing opening the box as it stopped glowing to reveal a stuffed panda bear, which made the young Krystal widen her eyes at the sight.

"It's so cute!" She sang/said, quickly changing her attitude as she took it out of the box.

"Does this make you happy?" A mysterious voice asked, making young Krystal jump and turn around, looking side to side to see if anyone was in the room. Seeing no one, she sighed thinking it was her imagination.

"I'll call you...," Young Krystal pondered on what she should call the stuffed bear, "How about... Mr. Fluffy? No.. too cliché... Harajuku..? Still too cliché.. Oh, oh! Kimi! That's always my favorite name!"

Young Krystal smiled and giggled at the stuffed bear, happy that she had a new friend to hang around with. Unknown to her, from the very shadows of the bedroom (even though it was not that big) someone was also grinning at the sight of the girl.

~~~~End Of Flashback~~~~

Krystal snapped out of her thoughts as she saw Kiwi had awaken and started to whine at her.

"Sorry Kiwi," Krystal looked down at the dog, "Looks like it's lunch time for you."

She hopped off her bed, and headed towards the cabinet where Odd had told her to keep all of Kiwi's supplies.

"Alrighty then..." She took out the bag and poured some food in Kiwi's food bowl, "There you go.. eat up." As the dog ran up to it's food bowl, Krystal smiled seeing it eat. She then went back on her bed and started to read a math book.

"Sometimes, I wonder if I can become smarter than Jeremy if I try.." She mumbled to herself, reading through the math book. Suddenly, Aelita's desktop had started to beep, indicating that there was a message.

Looking up curiously, Krystal slowly walked towards it, seeing it was.. Aelita's father.

"Ae-Aelita's father?" Krystal mumbled to herself, she typed in the message:

Aelita: Sorry, this is Krystal, Aelita's friend, she isn't available at the moment right now.

She walked back to her bed, until it started to beep again, meaning Aelita's father had replied.

Franz Hopper: That's alright, I need one of the Lyoko Warriors to come to Lyoko, I have an important code that can help them return their friend, William, to normal.

Krystal read the message twice, she thought for a moment, well, they're all out for spring break, maybe I can go.. I can protect myself.., Krystal thought, smiling. She then typed:

Aelita: Everyone's out of town, but I'll be willing to go and retrieve the code for them.

Franz Hopper: Excellent! I shall be waiting for you in the simulation bubble in Lyoko and don't worry about the coordinates, I can set them.

Aelita: Alright, see you later!

Krystal scolded herself for typing in something so childish, but shook it off. I should probably contact Yumi... Nah! I'll be alright, I'll be in a simulation bubble anyways.., Krystal told herself. She headed out of them room and towards the factory.

~~~~At the Factory~~~~

Pressing the elevator button, she entered the room where Jeremy would normally sit, and saw the message that read: There isn't much time.

"Shoot I have to hurry!" Krystal mumbled, seeing that there was a timer on the scanner to go off. She entered the scanner, suddenly having second thoughts of going to Lyoko by herself.

"No turning back now.." She muttered as the scanner door closed.

~~~~In Lyoko~~~~

She then virtualized into Lyoko, looking around, she saw a huge glowing bubble.

"That must be the simulation bubble.." Krystal told herself, running up to the bubble and slowing entering through. When she entered she tripped, but saw the ground, which was covered in snow.

"Wow! This is so amazing!" She stared at the place in awe, there was a huge cottage not far from where she was. Walking up to the house, she slowly knocked on the door, hearing no answer she came in.

"I-I wonder if this is breaking and entering..." Krystal thought, hesitantly coming in. She turned to see an old man playing the piano.

"Mr. H-hopper, sir...?" Krystal asked, slowly walking to the man, he stopped playing the piano and turned around.

"Krystal! It's so good to see you!" He exclaimed, though, he wasn't smiling, he still had the same face making Krystal shift uncomfortably.

"H-hello Mr. Hopper.." She quietly greeted.

"I'm positive your interested in le-" He started, but she cut off, "I'm here for the code, do you have it-"

"Learning about your parents." He finished, making her Krystal stare in shock.

"Y-you know about my.. parents?" Krystal asked, her eyes lighting up, smiling as he nodded.

"Your father and I were good partners, he was a loyal friend." Franz said, thinking of the good times him and Krystal's father had.

"Why don't you have a seat? I'll answer any questions I can about your family, as much as I can remember." He told her as she nodded, eagerly finding a seat, and worse, completely forgetting about her main mission.

~~~~With Yumi~~~~

"Come on Krystal pick up!" Yumi mumbled, dialing her friend's number once again. She sighed as it went straight to her voicemail.

"I know! I'll call Aelita!" Yumi thought, dialing Aelita's number, who picked up.

"Hello? Yumi?" Aelita's voice asked.

"Aelita, can you reach Krystal? I can't get to her at all, she won't pick up her phone."

"I'm pretty sure her phone battery ran out, but could you go check out the dorm just in case..?"

"I'm on my way, oh! Make sure to inform the others too."

"Okay."

With that, they both hung up, Yumi rushed out of the house and ran towards Kadic Academy. Opening the door of the girls' dorm, she rushed to Krystal and Aelita's dorm. Knocking on it, she twisted the knob opening the door to see the room empty.

"Krystal?" She called as she looked on Aelita's computer.

"I shall be waiting for you in the simulation bubble in Lyoko-what? Oh no! Krystal!" Yumi sighed in frustration, already knowing where Krystal was.

~~~~In Lyoko~~~~

"Unfortunately, your father and mother are both dead, I'm very sorry to bring you the bad news." Franz said, seeing Krystal's sad face.

"That's okay.. so you mean.. they had no chance of survival..?" Krystal asked, looking at him with a doubtful expression.

"Sadly no, they both were killed in the factory while you were in Lyoko." He explained, making her sigh sadly. Something's off... I just know this isn't right.., Krystal thought, but shook it off wanting to know more information.

"So, you made XANA?" Krystal asked, looking back up at him.

"A-Ah, yes! Your father helped me program XANA while I was busy making the finishing touches on Lyoko." He responded.

"So, how have you been?" Franz asked, making her look slightly skeptical, shouldn't he be asking how Aelita's been? I mean, he is her father after all.., Krystal thought before replying, "Great! Aelita's really good at adapting to life on earth."

"Who?" He asked, making her look in surprise.

"Your daug-" She began, but Franz cut off.

"Ah yes! Sorry, my memory's a little loopy today." Franz finished, she glared at him as he slightly glared back, making her turn away and sigh.

"Is something wrong, Krystal?" He asked the blonde girl who crossed her arms.

"Mr. Hopper, with all due respect, can I retrieve the code now?" She asked, thinking the most polite way to ask.

"O-of course.. I just wanted you to know about your parents, did you know your mother was such a great cook?" Franz stuttered at the first part. She thought for a minute, smiling as she thought of something.

"You know, this place is absolutely perfect! Except, there's just one thing missing.." Krystal said, and Franz looked at her confused.

"And what would that be?" He asked, as she smirked replying, "My mother and father."

He turned to her and tried to come up with an excuse, "But.. you remember, Krystal... you're parents are dead.."

Krystal smirked victoriously, already figuring out that it was a trap and that wasn't the real Franz Hopper.

"Yes I know, " She softly said, getting up from the chair, "But I want to see them again more than anything, and if you came here to really just talk about my parents you would've created them in the simulation bubble.. That is... if you're really Mr. Hopper.."

She started to back away from the man and towards the door. "Krystal!" Franz called, as Krystal put her hand up in defense shouting, "Stay away from me XANA! I'm not falling for another trap!"

She opened the exit door, only to see William outside the door, who grabbed her arm forcing her back in as he menacingly said, "Hello, Ice Princess." Her eyes widen in fear as she realized she was far too deep in the trap.

~~~~In the Factory~~~~

"Something's fishy." Aelita said, as the elevator door opened.

"But what if that really was Franz Hopper?" Yumi asked, shrugging her shoulders as Aelita turned to her.

"If that was really daddy, he would've contacted me, not Krystal." Aelita responded, and Yumi nodded at the reason.

"Both of you head to the scanners, I'll virtualize you in." Jeremy ordered and the two girls nodded, heading straight towards the scanners and entering them.

"Scanner, Yumi, scanner, Aelita."

"Virtualization."

~~~~In Lyoko~~~~

As the two landed into the Ice Sector, Yumi pointed, "Look a simulation bubble! Maybe she's inside there!"

Aelita nodded saying to Jeremy, "Jeremy we found a simulation bubble! Krystal might be there."

"Okay, be careful! There are four crabs coming your way."

~~~~In The Bubble~~~~

Krystal was struggling out of William's iron grip.

"Better give up Ice Princess, you'll be mine forever." He said, victoriously smirking.

"I don't understand what you want from me!" She shouted, looking around for any materials to help her get out of William's grip. William watched in amusement as Krystal tried to wiggle out of his grip.

"Simple, I want you." He replied, looking down at the young girl who managed to pry herself out of his grip. He growled seeing her run out of the door.

"What are you waiting for?! Go after her!" He commanded Franz(the fake one) who nodded and ran after her.

Krystal was running out of the house and toward a snowy mountain as she saw that William and Franz weren't far behind her. She tripped on the snow, making Franz become dangerously close to her as she quickly got up and started to run again. After about a few more seconds, Franz(with his super-human powers) leaped over her, making her stop quickly. She turned to see William walking closer to her as he was grinning evilly.

"This globe is impossible to escape, consider this your new prison." He said, as both Franz and him were cornering her. As she backed up, she finally hit the globe's field, making him grin wider.

Gathering an idea she smiled saying, "Your right William, it would be impossible to escape, " Krystal turned to the invisible field, touching it, "But as you said, I am the Ice Princess, therefore I must do what I was born to do."

William looked at her in confusion, when Krystal touched the field it started to turn into ice.

"No!" He shouted, realizing what she was trying to do, but it was too late once the ice broke, destroying the field. Once the field was destroyed, she looked around seeing she was back in Lyoko. Turning around she saw William and a block next to him.

"Doesn't matter, " William spawned his sword with smoke, "You're still XANA's no matter what, Ice Princess."

She glared at him getting out her freeze ball, and saying, "That's what you think!" Krystal threw it at him, and it successfully hit his legs, freezing his legs in place and preventing him from moving. Krystal took no time in leaving, only to see her friends fighting off a couple of crabs.

"Yumi, Aelita!" Krystal called out, as the two friends saw her, they smiled.

"Krystal!" They shouted back, but Yumi got hit by a grab while trying to run to Krystal.

"Yumi! That's 20 life points! Oh, and the boys are being virtualized now."

Krystal shouted Yumi's name and was about to run up to her when an arm snaked around her neck, dragging her away from her friends.

"Aelita, Yumi! Help!" Krystal shouted. Aelita turned her head towards Krystal, who was being dragged away by William, she tried her best to fight the crab off, but it was too persistent.

"William please let me go!" Krystal pleaded, struggling out of his grip.

William only darkly chuckled, teasing, "Now, why would I ever let you go, the oh-so famous Ice Princess?"

"Laser arrow!"

William was sent flying away from Krystal, she looked up to see Odd waving at her and she waved back.

"Odd! I'm so happy you're here!" Krystal gleefully said and he did an American salute saying, "Soldier Odd, ready to be at your service Ice Princess." Krystal slightly cringed at the nickname Odd called her, but she quickly covered it up with a smile. William got up, grunting and glaring at Odd, ready to attack him.

"Krystal, you may want to get out of here, William doesn't look too happy to see his best pal." Odd joked and Krystal giggled at his joke, running away and finding some place to hide while William and Odd battled.

"Ulrich! Yumi just got de-virtualized! Hurry and help Aelita, Krystal what are you doing!? Odd is battling William and Aelita needs your help!"

"Well Jeremy, " Krystal made a sweet-sickening voice, "I would love to help, only problem is, I only know how to use my freeze ball!"

Krystal head Jeremy sigh in frustration saying, "Fine, fine, that'll have to do, just hurry and help them!"

"Jeremy, unless you haven't noticed the reason why I am hiding from the monsters and William is because they did something like.. oh I don't know.. KIDNAP ME?!" Krystal practically yelled, unfortunately for her, William also heard her voice rushing up to the rock she was hiding behind.

"Krystal watch out!" Odd yelled from behind, trying to run up to them.

"So that's where you're hiding.." William said aloud, landing right next her, making Krystal gasp and back up in surprise. Krystal threw a freeze ball at him, but from nervously shaking, she missed poorly.

"Oh no! Aelita and Ulrich just got de-virtualized! Odd, Krystal, it's just you two now!"

"Ulrich.. Aelita.. Odd...no..." Krystal mumbled to herself as she saw Odd fighting some tarantulas. William on smirked evilly at her, seeing the scyphozoa coming in right behind her.

"Krystal! Watch out, XANA sent in a scyphozoa right behind you!"

Before Krystal could turn around to see the scyphozoa, William ran up and grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up, walking towards the scyphozoa. Krystal struggled to get out of his grip, she looked up to see Odd get hit by a manta who flew up behind, which made one of the tarantulas shoot Odd, de-virtualizing him.

"Odd no!" Krystal shouted, making Krystal struggle harder.

"Krystal! No!" Aelita's voice shouted in the sky, the scyphozoa's tentacles wrapped around Krystal's waist, then it gently put 3 tentacles on her head, sucking her memory out.

~~~~In The Factory~~~~

"No! Krystal!" Odd and Aelita both shouted.

"Jeremy! Do something, please!" Aelita pleaded, wanting so bad to do something to prevent XANA from erasing her memory.

"I-I can't... it's all over..." Jeremy sadly said, Aelita and Yumi were almost in tears.

"Krystal no..." Odd mumbled, feeling like crying himself.

~~~~In Lyoko~~~~

When the scyphozoa was done sucking her memory out, it gently put her on the ground, slowly floating away. William smiled widely seeing an unconscious Krystal as he ran over to her. Krystal woke up, blinking her eyes rapidly seeing William.

"...Who are you..?" Krystal looked around, still on the ground, "W-who am I..? Where... am I?"


Author's note: CLIFF HANGER! I'm not really good with those, but I hoped you all liked this one!

Enjoy ^_^