Summary: No X.A.N.A, no Yumi, Odd or Ulrich. Just my version of Lyoko, and it's people. Aelita is the 'royal outcast', until a certain human boy comes along. J/A forever!

Disclaim: I own all of Lyoko's original inhabitants, the language, and such. I don't own Lyoko, Jeremie, or Aelita.

Now, on to chapter two.

One week later-

"So, what is it like?"

"He, Silica. The human is a male. His name's Jeremie, and he's very sweet."

"Awww, how cute. Maybe you'll find a boiden after all."

Aelita gave her sister a very dry look. "Ha, ha, ha. I think I'll delete myself laughing. It's your move, by the way, sister." Silica grinned evilly and didn't answer, concentrating on the game. Aelita rolled her eyes at Relika who sat on her right. The witch grinned.

"She's right, Lit. You're next in line to 'fall in love'." She shook her head. "Love. Kilatray."

Aelita frowned at her friend. "It is not. According to Jere- I mean, according to the books, love is a sacred thing on earth." Silica, ignoring her usual fear, and Relika smirked at each other, then the older Princess smiled slyly at her sister.

"You were going to say 'Jeremie'."

Aelita's eyes glowed (the Lyoko equivalent of a blush), and she glared at the two older girls. Why did they always team up to tease her? "Was not."

"You three sound like my sisters."

Aelita's face lit, and she spun around. "Jeremie! How did you find me?"

Jeremie grinned at her. "Simple, Princess. I asked." He smiled nervously at the other two, and seeing his discomfort, and Aelita jumped up and half-dragged Jeremie, trying to ignore the warmth of the skin under her fingers.

"Jeremie, this is my sister Silica and my friend Relika. They're evil."

Silica made a face at her sister. "Cyrais, Aelita. We were just jesting."

"Cyrais?" Jeremie echoed, looking at Aelita.

"It means 'shut up'," answered both sisters at once. They grinned at each other, then Aelita continued. "It's the ancient language of Lyoko. We all had to learn it as underlings."

"As what?" Jeremie asked, then blushed. "I'm sorry I sound stupid. I-"

"-Have nothing to worry about," Aelita overrode him, smiling kindly.

"Yeah, ignore Lit when she starts going on rants in it," Relika advised loudly. "She's showing off." Aelita glared at her as Silica laughed.

"If you two studied at all, you'd know it better!" she snapped. Jeremie raised his eyebrows, and Aelita's eyes glowed again as she grinned sheepishly.

"And I was beginning to think this place was fully of silent statues…"the human muttered under his breath, and the three woman exchanged looks, sobering. Jeremie blushed, wincing. "S-sorry…I don't mean to be rude."

Aelita shook her head. "You weren't." She hadn't noticed that the other two had quietly slipped out of the room. "Silica is next queen, they never see that fact that she is someone different when not in ceremony…Relika is basically ignored, because she's a witch…" She trailed off.

"And you, Aelita?" Jeremie's eyes were sorrowful and strangely understanding.

"I am simply the youngest Princess, Jeremie," she half-whispered. "I am the living statue when I am to seem dead. An outcast." She spit the last word out, frowning.

"Why? You're kind and caring and beautiful," Jeremie said, then blushed furiously. Aelita's eyes glowed slightly, and she smiled sadly.

"Silica is bold and has the proper fear of true magic. I am quiet, and am the strongest yet in power." She sounded ashamed. "And now, I am even more different." She sighed, then smiled at Jeremie. "Well, no matter. Come here, I'll teach you how to play tinra." She led him over to the game set and sat down.

Jeremie sat down in front of the small floating blue board and hesitantly picked up one of the little figurines on his side. "It looks sort of like chess."

"Chess?"

"A board game back…back home." Jeremie's face fell slightly and Aelita felt a strange tug at her heart.

"You miss it?"

"Home or chess?"

Aelita laughed slightly, and Jeremie ducked his head, blushing again. "Don't worry, Jeremie," the Princess told him. "You heard how Relika and Silica are- don't be afraid to speak your mind. I won't yell or anything. Now…the elders…" she trailed off, frowning.

"They're more conservative, right, Princess?"

Aelita raised her eyebrows. "Aelita, remember?"

Jeremie grinned sheepishly. "I'm sorry, I just…I just can't help it. It's almost like a nickname…"

The pink eyebrows rose higher. "And do you have a nickname?"

"Well, some people call me 'Einstein', but that's just a joke. Mostly, its just Jeremie."

Aelita nodded and dropped the subject. She soon discovered that Jeremie was a very quick learner. In only two beginning games, Jeremie had every single player down, and how to move it, as well as how to win.

"Tinra," Jeremie announced suddenly, in the middle of their fifth game. Aelita gaped at him.

"How-what-"

An wicked grin spread across Jeremie's young face. "And I thought you could never be speechless, Princess," he teased, and Aelita's eyes glowed again.

"Like I said, I'm much different form my sister," she mumbled. Jeremie immediately felt guilty.

"I'm sorry," he half-whispered. "I think I know sort of where you're coming from with the 'outcast' thing." Aelita looked at him in surprise. This gentle boy was an outsider?

"How?"

Jeremie shrugged. "I'm smart. They don't like it when I get better grades than they do, and the fact that I hate sports doesn't help either."

Aelita raised one eyebrow. "They?"

"My school mates."

"Then you and I are alike in more ways than I had realized. But, let me ask you, how have the elders been toward you?"

Jeremie shrugged. "Most of them ignore me. There's one or two that will nod at me or something, but a lot of them just…"

"They're afraid of you," Aelita told him, smiling sadly. "They ignore what they fear, so Silica and mother say."

"Me?"

"You're new and different, as well as kind to me. That enough sends their minds spinning." The dry tone Aelita's voice took pulled at Jeremie's heart. Here was a girl that would have been just like him, if she had been human. Someone who's own mind was spinning, from the way she acted every time their skin contacted. It was the first time since they're meeting that they had been able to truly have a conversation, and Jeremie didn't know what to think of his new surroundings. Finding no way to return home, and no way to be accepted by anyone else, the young genius realized that maybe this wasn't just a freak adventure of a life-time.

A bell sounded from deep with the depth of the fortress, and the human jumped. Aelita stood, her eyes wide.

"The summons…" she whispered. "Jeremie, I'll shall see you later," she told him, and half-glided out the room, leaving a very confused Jeremie in her wake.

Kind of a weird chapter….sorry 'bout that one. Maybe too much talking….well, the next chappy will come soon.