Hello, all of you who are reading this now! Nobody has tried to figure out my favorite character
is yet..... How sad. I would like to thank these people for reviewing: Mr.Evil, Phantom 1,
Kilishia, and RVG. I again thank Mr.Evil and Kilishia for sticking with my story from the start,
and reviewing more than once. Please keep with my story, and review again! I LOVE
REVIEWS! They make me happy. Well enough of my gabber, here is the story.....
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"But you call me...Shadow." Ulrich woke up to that, dripping in a cold sweat. He sat up and
looked around wildly, and saw that no one was in the room at the time, not even Odd. 'Odd
must be out, doing who knows what. Man, what was that? A nightmare, probably. But why was
that voice so clear?' Ulrich thought. His thoughts were interrupted by the door being opened
and Odd stepping in. "Wow, what a great shower! Oh! Hi, Ulrich! How are you feeling? Any
better? We've been really worried you know! How's your back doing? Are the bandages ok?"
Odd asked. "Slow down, Odd! I'm feeling ok, I guess. Still a little dizzy at times, but better. My
back still hurts a lot though. And I think the bandages are doing fine... heck, I don't know about
the bandages at all!" Ulrich said, feeling the bandages against his bare skin. "Sorry. I've been on
edge since it happened." "Oh that's ok, Ulrich. I would be too if I was you. Oh yeah! I almost
forgot! Jeremie and Yumi are coming over in about a half-hour to 'talk'. So do you need any
help for anything?" Odd asked. "Sigh...Odd how could you almost forget that? Why didn't we
meet at the factory? It would have been easier to talk about stuff there, where we don't have to
worry about being interrupted or overheard?" Ulrich asked. "Yeah, I said that too, but they said
you should stay here. Anyway it's the weekend. Who would walk in on us, when we don't have
any school today?" Odd asked. "Good point, I guess. And no, I don't need anything. So in
about half an hour?" Ulrich asked. "Yup. I'm going to go get some things to help our 'cover'"
Odd said, smiling. "Some things?" Ulrich asked, puzzled. "Yeah. Let's see: pop, junk food,
movie, VCR, TV, the works." Odd said, still smiling. "Huh? Oh man, a PARTY?! Let me
guess, you thought of that, right?" Ulrich asked, sighing. "Yup. How did you know? Oh, well.
Whatever. I have to go get the stuff now, so see you in about 20- 25 minutes or so. See you."
Odd said, then walked out the door and closed it. 'Ok, now what? I should stay in here at least.
But what should I do? Hmmm.....' Ulrich thought. Then a wave of pain and exustion come over
him and he laid back down and feel back asleep, almost instantly. Dreaming....
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'Where am I? Oh, back here again aren't I?' I thought. 'Drifting in darkness, but aren't I
darkness? He tries to control me, but I won't let him. That boy, what was his name? Why can't
I remember?! His work probably. Oh, yes. Now I remember his name. His name was Ulrich.
His friends are the girl, Yumi, and the two boys, Odd and Jeremie. His greatest enemies. The
one called Ulrich, I had saved from the tree. But yet I'm afraid I condemned him. But for a
second he took over me again and I sunk my claws into his skin. He is in both of us now. But
there is hope. He is one. We are two. He is alone. We have friends. It has begun. I will have to
share his burden. Him as in the boy, Ulrich, not him as in the one who is trying to control me and
destroy them. I can feel his pain. Both hims. Why must I suffer, for now instead of two, I am
connected to three. In a world between the three worlds. Between Earth and Ulrich, Lyoko and
him, and There and my master. But my master sent me here. Alone. No, he did not send me
here. His world was destroyed. I was human on earth, wasn't I? Like Ulrich and them. He sent
me here, in this world of darkness and emptiness. But he also gave me strength. My combat
abilities were made here. Than he came from a border world called Lyoko. He killed my
master, and made me his own. But I retaliated. He won't control me all the time. He gave me
more strength than my master ever could. He let me go back to earth every time he woke up.
But I despised him. So I helped them. He is after the boy Ulrich, for he knows it was destiny
that we would become one. Me and the boy Ulrich. So I helped save them all. They go to
Lyoko, but that is the only place I cannot go. Until now. Now we are becoming one. From
Earth to Lyoko. I must not let my trust and hopes die. I told the boy Ulrich my name, because I
now have a name for my most hated enemy. The one who tries to control me and tries to tak
e over Lyoko and Earth. His name is X.A.N.A. My name is Shadow. It has begun.....'
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"Ulrich, wake up!" Yumi called. Ulrich heard her voice, and woke up, with a start. "Huh? What?
Oh, sorry. I must have fallen asleep again." Ulrich said, yawning. "How are you feeling, sleepy
head?" Odd asked, grinning. "Shut up, Odd. Huh? What?! I'm feeling better. A headache, but
that's the worst of it..." Ulrich said looking confused and puzzled. "What's so confusing about
feeling better?" Jeremie asked, and then it dawned on him. "Wait, what about your back?"
"That's just it! My back is a little sore but I can barely feel it! It's like it healed or something!"
Ulrich explained. "Can we look at your back, Ulrich?" Odd asked. "Sure." Ulrich answered.
Odd and Jeremie went over to Ulrich, who had taken off his shirt, and took off the bandages
slowly one by one. Yumi came over. "What the?!" Jeremie, Odd and Yumi exclaimed. "What?"
Ulrich asked, confused. "The wounds are almost completely healed!" Was Odd's response.
"What?!" Was Ulrich's reply. "How could that be?" Yumi asked. "I'm not sure, Yumi." Jeremie
said. "Do you think that guy Shadow did this?" Odd asked. Ulrich cringed at the name Shadow,
remembering his dreams. "After Odd left and I fell back asleep I had a dream. But I don't
remember all of it. What happened again after the guy told us his name was Shadow?" Ulrich
asked "Hum? Oh, then. After he said 'My name is Shadow.' He disappeared and you blacked
out again, right?" Odd asked, "Yeah." Ulrich answered. "After you blacked out, we got you to
the infirmary, and the nurse put the bandages on you. Jeremie went to the factory with Odd, and
I helped the nurse get you back in here. I stayed here until Odd came and told me that Jeremie
didn't find any activated towers." Yumi said, "What, no activated towers?" Ulrich
asked, frowning. "No and no pulsations, either. I don't even know where the robots came from,
or where they went." Jeremie exclaimed. "Where they went?" Ulrich asked, "Yeah. After that
guy Shadow disappeared, they did too!" Odd answered. "What movie did you get, Odd?" Yumi
asked, changing the subject. "Huh? Oh, duh! I got the Alien movie 4 pack." Odd answered,
grinning. "Well, let's watch!" Ulrich said. "All right!" They all cheered. As they sat down to
watch, Ulrich thought about Shadow and how they were connected.........
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How did you like the story so far? I hope you liked it. Kind of confusing, no?
Sorry. Cliffy again, sort of. Sorry again. Please R&R! Again, I love reviews, so review, k'? I
will thank each and every person who reviews. But still, this is my first fan fiction! Can you
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know! Is anybody still reading this? I'll stop and wait until I get another review, so please
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Please R&R! Could you tell who he was, in the middle? I'll update as soon as I can write and
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