(A/N: Thank you all for the reviews! I feel so loved...sniff... Anyway, this
is Jeremy and Aelita. It's sad, but I'm working on a happy one. It might
not be as good as my sad ones, though. Also, in each ficlet, all the
characters are restored, so Dawn and Odd are back from the grave and all
couple-ly again. If you want more Dawn/Odd, go read Dark Silver Angel's fic
called Of Dreams and Nightmares. It's got some twists coming up. By the
way, this chapter is dedicated to Jimbonian for making me laugh so hard I
fell out of my seat and made my brother think I was on the wacky weed. If
you want a chapter dedicated to you, make me laugh.)
of sleeping in, Odd and Ulrich came in and started shaking him awake."Wake up! We've got class in half an hour, genius."
"Mm-k."
Jeremy got up, and Odd and Ulrich left. Jeremy stood looking at his
computer, thinking about the dream he had had. He had dreamed that Aelita
was finally in their world for good. He wished Odd and Ulrich hadn't woke
him up.
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my puirple sky fly over me
In Lyoko, Aelita sat in a tower thinking about Jeremy and Earth. She also
thought about the day Xana had turned on her and trapped her in the world
they created together."Xana, I don't know if you can hear me, but why did you do this to me, to
our friendship? We used to laugh all night at slumber parties and go
shopping together, like normal girls do. Oh, why did you change? Then
again, had you not trapped me here, I would never have met Jeremy and the
others. For that, I must thank you."
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos – your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Aelita sighed and exited the tower to wander aimlessly through Lyoko. She
was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't notice the crab until it
was too late. As it was knocking off her life points, she hurriedly opened
a channel to Earth while dodging the laser. As the crab drained her of the
last of her life points, the connection went through and she screamed for
help."Jeremy, help me!"
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nightsJeremy turned immediately to his computer, only to watch in abstract horror
as Aelita was hit. As she disentigrated, Jeremy started crying."Aelita...no..."
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary lightJeremy worked for hours trying to get Aelita back, but to no avail.
Finally, the others sat him down for a talk."Jeremy, she's gone. She can't come back."
"No! I won't believe it! She'll come back!"
Dawn grasped his face and looked him steadily in the eyes. She almost let
him go when she saw the pain and sadness in his eyes. But, she summoned her
strength and spoke in a strong, calm voice.
"Jeremy, you and I are friends. We're all friends, and we all had a soft
spot for Aelita. But what's done is done. Now, the least we can do is kick
Xana's ass from here to Timbucktoo. Got it?"
"No, Aelita can't be gone!"
"Jeremy, she's gone! She's dead, and Xana killed her!"
"She's not gone."
"In a sense, I suppose. She'll always live through us, through our memories
of her."
Jeremy smiled, and everyone took a moment of silence to remember their
fallen comrade. Then they quietly filed out the door and to the factory.
They were gonna teach Xana not to fuck with them like that. For good.