Disclaimer: I've been trying to buy it but, alas, they wouldn't sell, so I still don't own Code: Lyoko. I do own Christine, Mania, Emily, Justin, and Tyler.

Back to School

(Prologue)

In an old, abandoned factory, not far from one of the countries' most prestigious schools, a lever began to lift up slowly…..It wasn't far from getting to the top……He had been waiting for so long now….And now, only one day before the new students would come to the school, He was going to be back. The lever hit the top and the computers all started up again.

X.A.N.A. was back.

Christine's P.O.V.

As I got out of the old, black limousine, I caught my breath. The old school was even more beautiful than I had imagined. The brick walls were just as they had been in the pictures Mother had shown me. My eyes began to tear. I pulled my black veil over my face so no one could see me crying.

"Would you like to go see your new room, Miss?" The driver asked politely.

"I must speak with the headmistress of the school before I see my room." I stated, trying to hide the fact that I was crying.

We walked along the sidewalks to the main building. Although there was already a long line, I was let in first.

"Welcome to the school, Miss Daae." The woman sitting behind the chair stated solemnly.

"Thank you." I said back. I saw her staring pointedly at my veil. I didn't move it.

"Your room number is room 316. It is on the second floor of the dormitory buildings. All is as your parents requested, your roommate's name is Mania Belpois." She sighed. I didn't even bother looking at her. The room was far more interesting. On her desk, there was a card addressed to someone named Elisabeth. On a coffee table near her was a letter from someone named Herb….What a stupid name.

"I have other students to accommodate, so you should leave now, but if you have any questioned you may ask now." Her voice was so irritatingly high-pitched.

"Have a nice day." I whispered to her. She was giving me another headache. I stood up and walked out the door. The chauffer wanted to take me to my room but I would rather have looked at the grounds. So we compromised. He took my luggage to my dorm room while I got to look around. I decided to go look in the woods…..It looked quieter there.

Mania's P.O.V.

I watched a long black limousine pull up in front of the school.

"They took my spot!" Daddy said surprised. I know he wasn't mad. He was never mad unless me or Mom were in trouble.

"I'm sure we can find somewhere else to drop Mania off at." Mom said soothingly. I watched them. There was something they weren't telling me. I knew it. Ever since I'd told them that I wanted to go to Kadic they had been jumpy and nervous. I knew they had both gone to school there. Mom used to tell me that they'd met here. I think that it made her sad to be here. It might have something to do with the fact that she hadn't seen her friends since she left school fifteen years ago. I sighed. I wish my parents would jut find somewhere to park already. We'd been sitting here for fifteen minutes.

"Look, Jeremie, over there," Mom said soothingly.

Dad drove into the spot. We got out of the car and walked into the office. There was a huge line to see the headmistress. Dad sighed and sat down. Just then a girl dressed in a long, black dress walked by directly into the office.

"That's so unfair, why does she get to go in before us?" I growled.

"Mania, I know it isn't fair and I agree. But maybe there is a reason she got to go ahead." She said calmly. A few minutes later, the girl walked back out followed by two men. I glared at her but she didn't seem to notice me. It was amazing that she didn't. Mom and I both have extremely bright pink hair. Then the secretary looked up and called my name.

"But I thought we had to wait in line." Mom said, confused. For some reason, Mom could build a high-tech computer in a half hour but was very easily confused.

" We should just go in. Maybe Sissy remembered us and wanted to talk first." Dad replied.

"You know the headmistress?" I asked, amazed. They had never mentioned it to me.

"Yes," Dad said firmly. I knew he wasn't going to talk about it anymore. The secretary called my name again and we walked into the office.

"Hello. Welcome to Kadic Academy. Nice to see you two again," The woman behind the desk said, " You daughter looks just like you, Aelita."

"Yes, she does." My mother whispered, stroking my hair.

"The reason I called you in here is very important." She stated.

"Well, spit it out, would you?" I muttered under my breath.

" You daughter happens to be rooming with Christine Daae." I heard Dad suck in his breath and Mom's grip on my shoulder began to get a little uncomfortable.

"Who is she?" I said trying to get out of my Mom's grip.

"You haven't heard of the Daae family? Amazing, I would have thought you would have known at your age. The Daae family is the second richest family in France."

" Christine's parents were killed last month by an assassin." Dad said softly.

"It is of the utmost importance that you uphold the name of Kadic." Headmistress said.

"Yeah, yeah, so was that the rich snob that just walked out?" I said rudely. I was bored and now I found out I had to sleep in the same room as some rich snob. This idea was getting worse and worse.

"Mania!" My Mom exclaimed. I had tried never to get mad in front of her. She had a temper when she wanted to use it.

"Yeah, fine, I'll be civil." I muttered. The headmistress sent us out and we took my things to my room. The snob wasn't there. Just a few old people unpacking what I assumed were her things. It only took them a few more minutes. Her things covered her half and threatened to spill over onto my side. My parents said goodbye and left for our house. I dropped to my bed. I was stuck in a room with someone too lazy to unpack her own things. I sighed and pulled out my laptop. When I was upset, all I had to do was open it up and I felt better. I glanced out the window. It really was too nice of a day to waste……I sighed and closed the laptop. Maybe a walk in the woods would be better.

Justin's P.O.V.

I stopped and stared at the school. It was huge! Even bigger than my parents had described it as. Behind me they had stopped as well.

"Is everything all right?" Mom asked worriedly.

"Nothing, it's just so huge!" I said as I brushed my brown hair out of my eyes. I wanted to get it cut but Mom insisted that it stay long…..It drove me crazy. I guess it reminded her of Dad's hair when he was my age.

"Yes, actually, they've added a wing since we left….." Dad said, staring at the gigantic building. In front of us, a limo pulled up to the curb, letting a girl with jet black hair and wearing a long black dress out. She was so beautiful..I thought to myself, No, not again.I can't let this happen to me again .Another car pulled up across from it, letting a tall, blonde man and two girls with bright pink hair out.

"It can't be…." I heard Mom whisper from behind me. What can't be? I thought. I watched the people walk away from us, followed by the girl in the dress who had now put a veil over her face. I sighed and started to walk toward the main building where the office was.

"I really don't want to go in there with her, Yumi." I hear dad say to Mom.

"You'll be fine; she knows we're married now. It's not like she can do anything to us."

I just sigh. I don't know what they're talking about but I know they won't tell me what it is. We walk in silence until we get there. The family I noticed before is walking in the opposite direction while the beautiful girl is walking in the forest.

"Mom, you wouldn't mind if I took a walk in the forest, right?" I asked her without taking my eyes off of her.

"Sure….." I say and take off running. I can run pretty fast when I want to. I saw her disappear into the darkness of the woods and followed a little behind…..

Emily's P.O.V.

I walked right into the idiot. Hey, you can't blame me! He was in my way. And he was staring at a book. If Dad were here, he would have laughed. But he wasn't….So I had to apologize and help him up. He had dropped his glasses on the ground. You know, he kinda looked cute without them……Bad thoughts, bad thoughts! Anyway, after he was up, he kept staring at me. I mean, indigo hair isn't that rare, is it? And Dad has a big purple splotch in his hair…..So why can't I? As soon as I knew he was okay, I took off to my dorm. I had to share a dorm with a boy…..They'd run out of girls' dorm rooms. I was rooming with some guy called Justin Stern who hadn't decided to grace me with his presence…..Oh, well, more time for me! I got bored just sitting there….So I went to the forest. Who can blame me? It's not like there was anything better to do. And it wasn't my fault I tripped over that guy again…..And it's also not my fault I landed in his lap!

Tyler's P.O.V.

She landed in my lap. This beautiful girl landed. In. My. Lap. I almost fainted. Here I was, already embarrassed for nearly knocking her over earlier and she lands in my lap. I very nearly fainted. And here I was thinking it was going to be a boring year…