After a while with the group Angel and I fit in so well! We were normal and lived with everything we had. I walk through the forest with the group and without thinking I walk away and head someplace else. "Rose!"
I look around and see home, with a little girl running to me saying, "Rosie! Rosie! Come play with me!" She then runs off with a doll motioning for me to come with her.
"Rose!" Someone calls. I shake my head and feel someone grab my shoulders. "Rose are you ok?"
"I'm fine Ulrich. It's just, this place is familiar. I think I lived here," I say looking at the old house. "I know I lived here. Dad loved this place."
"Dad? You remember your father?" he says pushing me to remember.
"I never forgot him. I don't remember anything else though, I'm lucky I remember this! So many things I forget!"
Ulrich pulls me to him and I lay my head on his chest. "It's going to be ok."
"What's going on?" Jeremy asks walking up to us. I quickly step away from Ulrich, blushing a bit and I look at our resident Einstein.
"Rose thinks she lived here," Ulrich says looking at Jeremy.
"I don't think, I know! Over there was a garden of roses!" I point to the empty trellis that held nothing but barren vines. "And over there was a swing that I would swing on whenever I could. I just don't remember anything else!"
Ulrich looks at me and Jeremy says, "Let's see what we can find."
"Why does this place look familiar?" Aelita says walking to the gate.
I look at her with the others. Simultaneously Aelita and I walk to the house, through the gate, and up the stairs. We open the door and I head into the room closest to me on the right. She heads to the left. There, upon the floor, lays a picture of two girls with dad. One of them was me, the other I couldn't remember. I look around and remember "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" resounding through the halls while the little girl from the earlier memory runs around saying, "Rosie! Rosie chase me!"
"Jeremy!" Aelita calls out. I look around and everything was once again in disarray, not pristine like I had just seen it. "Rose," Ulrich says behind me. "We should be careful. The last time we were here XANA tried killing us all. Catching Aelita in the basement and then me and Yumi."
"I know Ulrich. But… I think I can get my memories back from here! I think this is the key to remembering my family!"
"You don't have to remember them. In fact, I don't think they'll remember you," he replies in my ear.
"How could you say that?" I ask angrily.
"Because, I know they don't." I turn around and see that it wasn't Ulrich I was talking to, but a cloud of smoke that imitated his voice. I scream and run from the house as things are thrown at me, chasing me somewhere. All through the woods wolves bite at my heels and I keep running. I get to the factory and look around. The cloud grows behind me and I jump down to the factory floor, grabbing one of the chains to help my landing. I step into the elevator and it gets me to the scanner room. Another cloud forms and pushes me into a scanner and suddenly, that rush of air floods through the scanner and I look around.
Sector five, the Carthage project that Dad was working on. I run through the open hallway and reach a large room. I had only been here twice before, once with the group, and the other on my own to oversee its destruction. I find the key and trigger it. Another hallway opens up and I run through it, trying to find a way out.
A dead end. I run back through the hallway and end up back in the dome I had started out in. "Rose! Rose are you ok?" I hear Jeremy's voice.
"Yes! A little confused though! How'd I get here!" I answer.
"I'm not sure. But I'm going to try to bring you back into the Mountain sector to get the tower," Jeremy says. I suddenly feel myself transported and I look around and there I was. Ulrich runs to me , looks at me and says, "What happened?"
"I don't know! But less talk, more deactivating!" I say hurriedly.
"I'm programming your vehicle Ulrich. Take her to the tower on the north edge of the sector," Jeremy says as something appears in front of us. Ulrich hops on the vehicle, which Jeremy named the overbike, and looks at me. "You coming Princess?"
"Princess? Really," I say smiling.
"What? Would you rather your Majesty?" He says laughing.
"I'll take Princess," I say as I get on the vehicle behind him.
"Hold on!" He says, getting ready to go. I wrap my arms around his waist and rest my head on his shoulder. We speed of in the direction of the tower and I sense monsters ahead of us.
"Ulrich! We're going to be in for a fight!" I say removing one of my arms from him and resting it on my chakram.
"She's right Ulrich! Be careful!" Jeremy says. I see the monsters and say, "Hang on, let me get them." I take my chakram from my belt and throw it at the line of monsters, killing them all. I raise my hand and the chakram comes back to me.
"I'm lucky I have you with me," Ulrich says.
"And I you. Now there's about to be more in front and behind, ready?"
"As I'll ever be!" He says.
"Wonderful!" I let go of him, swing my leg over his head, and turn so I'm on the bike backwards watching as XANA makes the monsters. As they appear, I take my chakram and destroy them. One of the monsters ahead of us aimed perfectly to hit me, missing Ulrich. From that shot I tumble from the overbike and roll on the ground.
"Rose!" Ulrich yells. Quickly getting up I throw the chakram killing all of the monsters around me. I reattach it to my belt and start doing handsprings to get to him. I land on my feet beside him, take his katana and deflect some of the shots by the krabs ahead of us. He takes my chakram and throws it, badly, hitting the target. I smile and say, "I'm definitely going to have to teach you to throw that."
"I guess you will," He replies. I hand him his katana and run to the tower, picking up my chakram as I run past it. Once inside I reach the middle of the first platform. From there, I lift into the air to a smaller one. My feet touch the smaller pad and I walk to the edge of it where a holoscreen sits. I place my hand on the pad and the words CODE LYOKO appear. The tower powers down and the ritual is complete. I make my way out of the tower and Ulrich runs to me. "We make a good team don't we Princess?"
"Yes we do Warrior Boy," I reply laughing.
"Really?" He asks.
"Would you rather Prince Charming? Knight in Shining Armor?" I ask looking at him.
"All right you two enough pet names. I'm bringing you two in," Jeremy says as he devirtualizes us. I step out of the scanners with that same feeling I had been dropped from the top floor of the Empire State Building. Ulrich looks at me and hugs me.
I blush and ask, "What is this for?"
He releases me blushing as well and says, "I'm just glad you're all right."
"Thanks," I say smiling. Jeremy comes in and looks at us. "You two all right? What happened Rose? Aelita did the same thing when she saw that house."
"I don't know Jeremy. I was looking through the house and found this picture," I say, handing over the picture I had out in my sweater pocket. "And then when Aelita called for you, I thought Ulrich had come up behind me but when I turned around it was a cloud of smoke impersonating his voice. I screamed and ran, ended up here and then in Lyoko. I don't know what happened."
"Who is in this picture?" Jeremy asks.
"Me, my father, and someone else. I'm not sure who though," I say quietly.
"Well do you mind if I keep it? I'd like to see if I can find out who these people are," Jeremy asks.
"I don't mind. Just, when you find out who they are, can you tell me?"
"Of course! Do you not remember your father's name?"
"No I don't," I reply sadly.
"It'll be all right. I promise," Ulrich says placing a hand on my shoulder. "You have Einstein working on it. He can do anything when it comes to computers."
I see Jeremy smile and turn a bit pink at the compliment. "I'm going to guess you don't get things like that often Jeremy," I say to him.
"No, thanks Ulrich," Jeremy says. I smile as Ulrich nods his head. "You know, I have heard something around school about you two," Jeremy says. I lift an eyebrow and try not to blush.
"And what is that?" Ulrich asks.
"That you two are probably the most dangerous people on the campus," Jeremy says.
"Dangerous? Me?" I ask astounded.
"Yeah, no girl picks on you like no guy does to Ulrich. I think it's the whole quiet factor and the fact that you two have shown that you don't take kindly to others who aren't in our group," Jeremy says, taking off his glasses and wiping the dirt from them. I look to Ulrich who was pink like I assumed I was. I remember the day when I got that reputation. Angel had just come here and Sissy was picking on her about something. Angel didn't know what to do so I stepped in, dumped Sissy's lunch tray and pulled Angel away from her after saying things to Sissy. The last thing I said to her was, "If I ever see you messing with my sister again, I will make sure that your lunch isn't the only thing on the floor."
It might have been harsh, but I attained many admirers that day. I look at them and smile saying, "We should probably get back."
"Right," Jeremy says. He turns around and walks to the elevator as Ulrich rests his hand on my back and moves me towards the elevator. We take the elevator to the top and walk back to the school. I smile and say, "I'll see you later ok?"
"Of course, I'll see you later," Ulrich says. I walk to the locker room and change into my gym clothes. I then get into the gym, take my music player out, and start playing a song. As the song plays I start one of my old floor routines. Dancing around the floor with handsprings, aerial summersaults, herkies, splits, and more consisted of my routine. The song finishes and I smile, pulling my torso from off my leg and sitting up looking around. I move to stand up and I see Ulrich, Yumi, and Sissy with her cronies looking at me. I feel my face turn heat up as I quickly stand, rush to get my things and walk out. Someone grabs my hand and stops me.
"What's wrong?" they ask.
"I-I-I'm not used to h-ha-having people watch me while I do that," I reply.
"It was really cool. You'll have to show me some more of that." I turn around to see Yumi holding my hand. "Here, how about this. You watch me practice with Ulrich. I'm pretty good but he's awesome. And then we can see if you can help me with the stuff you do."
I nod and she leads me back to the group. "I hope you don't mind an audience but I need her help with something after we're done," Yumi explains.
Sissy scoffs and goes to sit and watch on the bleachers. I look at Ulrich and move over to one of the mats on the ground and start my stretches. I hadn't done them earlier but needed to and my legs were going to fight with me later I know it! I watch between my stretches and see Yumi and Ulrich fighting one another. They used this on Lyoko and I had figured out how to beat them by finding the weak points. Perhaps I should tell them how to improve those points. I'll say something if they ask. I start doing more stretches and feel the need to crack my back due to the tension forming.