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-: :- means flashback
-----Chapter 4 Enter: Lorna-----
"While Xana was gone my uncle died leaving behind his orphaned child, Lorna. She was about eight at the time and my parents adopted her."
-: :-Aelita looked out the window of her room in the elegant and huge stonewalls of the castle. A young girl with long ebony-black hair walked towards the castle doors, her luggage behind her. 'If only she'd turn her head slightly, I could see her face'. Aelita had only met her cousin once when they were still young.
As the girl entered the castle, the teen princess went down to meet her. "Hi, Lorna! You might not remember me because the last time we met, you were just one."
Lorna muttered something along the lines of "Hello. Nice to meet you," and she lifted up her bowed head to look at her cousin.
She was small for her age and her timid attitude didn't help much. But when she raised her head Aelita could sense that she had gone through a lot in her few years of life. Lorna's cloudy gray eyes held a deep sorrow that the princess supposed was from the death of her father. She led Lorna to meet her parents and unpack her things.-: :-
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"Rrrriiiinnnnggg!" Everywhere, students hurried out of their classes not wanting to spend any more of their weekend in there. Among the crowd were Jeremy, Ulrich and Odd heading towards Yumi's class. They chatted lightly as they walked and met up with Yumi."Are you ready, Ulrich," Yumi asked with her cheeks burning red.
"Yes," and in way of an explanation to Jeremy and Odd, Ulrich added, "we got permission to go out today. I'm spending the weekend with Yumi."
Jeremy smiled and nodded knowingly. "I'll be a bit busy myself. I still have some work to do on Lyoko." At the mention of the word 'Lyoko' Odd started ever so slightly that it went unnoticed. He wrinkled his brow as if in deep thought but his trail of thought was cut off as Jeremy directed a question to him. "What will you do Odd? You might get a little lonely while I'm working."
"Oh, I'll just find something to do. No problem." And he gave his typical Odd grin. The group scattered as they said goodbye and headed to their various places.
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Back on Lyoko, Aelita interupted her story to stare at something in the air. Odd (the real Odd) frowned and said softly, "You really don't need to go on with the story. I know it brings back some memories for you."
"No really, it's...ok. Who knows but some information may come in handy." She turned to him and smiled. "Besides, we have nothing else to do since the only way to get out of here is if Jeremy does something. And I'm sure he is right now." She sighed and continued with her story.
"My parents and I loved Lorna from the begining. She was so sweet and kind to everyone and soon she was a favorite around the castle. I think the reason my parents liked her so much was because she eased the pain of my brother's absence. But since the first night she came, she always had bad nightmares.
-: :-The silence on the third floor of the castle was disturbed by a resounding wail across Aelita's room. She rushed out and headed towards the room the sound was coming from. Lorna was curled up on her bed shivering with her covers thrown about her. Sweat and tears mingled and rolled carelessly down her face.
Aelita held her and tried to comfort her and her efforts finally worked. As the little girl woke up, her face was still wet and her shivering reduced. When she saw Aelita, she calmed down and tried to talk. Her attempts ended in little mutterings which only the words 'daddy' and 'daggers' could be understood.
She finally fell back asleep with a serene look on her face and left Aelita confused.-: :-
"The next morning, I asked her what her nightmare was and she just said it was not much and I shouldn't worry. I tried not to worry but the nightmares continued every night and Lorna would never tell what they were about."
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Jeremy sat in his room working on his computer (as usual) and saying random things to himself. "One more code and....yes!", he exclaimed as the screen buzzed loudly and an image of Aelita and Odd appeared on his screen. "Aelita, Odd, can you hear me?"
Aelita turned her head towards him and Odd did the same too. Their expressions brightened when they saw Jeremy. "Jeremy!" She smiled at Jeremy who was simply delighted.
"Have you found out anything about he force field yet?"
"Yes, and I'm afraid there isn't much we can do." Aelita shared the info with him.
"There has to be a way to help you and Odd. Xana might attack soon and we will need your help to shut down the tower. And I don't want anything bad happening to you." He blushed and Odd cleared his throat a little too loudly, spoiling the tender moment. "And Odd."
The boy genius took a few moments to think and then said,"just wait a bit longer and I'll get you out before-" the screen buzzed again and went blank.
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A/N: Long time! But what really matters is that I updated, right? And I know this chapter is a bit rushed but bear with me please!
I have a few things to clear up. I'm not sure if Lyoko has night and day but in this story it doesn't so Aelita's narrative will just keep going like it's afternoon all day. Also, Aelita is somewhere around 15 years old when the story she's telling happens but the it time span is more than a year so she's supposed to be about 17 right now. Obvioulsly, she's not so I'm assuming that after Lyoko gets destroyed, her age is tampered with and she is a few years younger. I hope that clears a few things for you. Oh, does anyone know the name of their school? I never caught that.
And for reviews!
cat girl- I really encourage you to write a story and I'm glad you like mine. Just keep reviewing! S.Sting- wait no more for the next chapter is here! Trake- I say it depends on what kind of cheese. Kiriakis- Personal experience comes in handy! Not very pleasant though. CodeLyoko- thank you. And the next update should be in about 3 weeks. Maybe... Kimiki-Raven-I'm glad you like it. Nice penname! Feyenal Dragon- I'll try to update more but I'm just so lazy sometimes. At least I try.
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