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 seven. Please enjoy.
Lyokoian Mourning Song.
Translation
Ithra nos tinya kaqGoddess, send blessing forever
Nosino, loth luve isroFathers, send peace and mercy
Eyia, Eyiviri, EvrinostaIn the past, for the present, in the future
Unla irn nomosLoss of a soul
Borni ton kriataBless her, the new one
Eyia, Eyiviri, EvrinostaIn the past, for the present, in the futureIthra con ithrasGoddess, with guardians
Kaq irla touliForever watch the child
Eyia, Eyiviri, Evirnosta In the past, for the present, in the future
The Day after. Mountain Region Fortress.
Jeremie could not take his eyes off of Aelita. She stood at the edge of the cliff, singing in her old language. She looked like a goddess. A sigh escaped him, and some of the mourners glared. Then, one by one, those glares faded. A sad smile broke one or two somber faces, and they extended their hands to the young human man who also mourned the loss of a Princess. For the first time in a millennium, kindness went over tradition.
The body of Silica was slowly turning into a ball of blue lightning. Her body was going back to Lyoko.
Jeremie returned the smiles of the Lyokoian next to him, then looked back up at Aelita. Her voice echoed through out the region as she sang the song over and over. She was the only one who knew it fully. He could clearly see her face, pale and shinning in the strangely dark sky. For a moment, thoughts of their intimacy a day ago surfaced in his mind, and he smiled sadly. Out of raw emotion as it had been, he knew neither of them regretted it.
The ball of lightning was complete. Aelita turned her back to her sister's soul and walked back to the group.
They made a path for her, straight to Jeremie. Every single one curtsied or bowed.
Aelita's mother was nowhere to be seen.
Aelita looked up and into Jeremie's eyes. For the first time that day, she smiled. Jeremie bowed as well. "My Princess," he whispered, taking her hand once she neared him. She smiled again, and curtsied. Then she stood, pressed her palm to his cheek and kissed him gently.
A gasp went threw the crowd.
The two pulled back, and Aelita was smirking. Taking Jeremie's hand, she looked into his eyes for a moment. "It is time to change history, my Jeremie." Pulling him slowly to the front of the crowd, she closed her eyes and sang softly. A platform of mountain rock grew out of nothing, carrying the couple until they were above the heads of everyone else.
"My people," Aelita began, her voice echoing around the area. "We have all lost something dear to us. You have lost a Princess. I have lost a sister. Although it may seem different to you, open you minds. We are now more alike than you may wish to admit. All of us." She spread her arms as if to encircle everyone. Her heart pounding, she felt Jeremie squeeze her hand gently. She smiled, and continued. "It is time to accept the future. And there is something, in that future, that is more important to me than anything else." She stepped back so she was standing next to Jeremie, and looked up at him. Still speaking for the crowd, she looked him straight in the eyes.
"A Lyoko year ago, I met a prisoner, a stranger. Now that stranger stands before you, holding my heart in his hands. I have made a decision." With that, she slowly removed the silver/blue circlet she wore from her head, and held it up in the air. Touching the pink jewel hanging from it, she sang a single note. The pink jewel was replaced with a blue diamond, the symbol of a man joined in love with woman. The crowd let out a second gasp, and Jeremie's eyes widened, remember the talks of Lyoko marriage he had heard and been a part of. It was the girl who asked.
Slowly, Aelita raised the circlet over Jeremie's head, then gently set it into place. At once, a circlet exactly her old one appeared back on her head, and the two jewels blazed with a single silver light. Then the light faded, and Aelita took Jeremie's hands in hers. "Will you take me, my Jeremie?" she whispered, unable to read the look in his eyes. "Will you?" Jeremie smiled, and kissed her forehead, right under the pink jewel.
"I will, my Princess," he whispered, and Aelita, overcome with joy, threw her arms around him.
The crowd began to cheer.
In surprise, Aelita and Jeremie parted, and looked back at the watchers. Smiles out-weighed the frowns and scowls. Cheers drowned out the mutterings. They were accepted. Love ruled the court of Lyoko.
"Ithra los in Linra! Ithra los en Linri!"
"Goddess bless the Princess…" Aelita whispered, translating the cheer in shock. "And Goddess bless her Prince." She looked up at Jeremie, who was beaming down at her, and smiled.
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2 hours later…
"I hope you're happy, Lit. You've set the court on it's head!"
The pink haired Princess smiled and hugged herself happily. "I am happy," she said, half singing in her joy. "My Jeremie accepted. Relika," she looked at the Witch, who was glaring, hands on hips. "I am to be married! Gods curse the ones that dislike that fact! I do not care anymore!"
"And you've set the deleting ceremony on it's tail!"
Aelita sighed. "Relika, you know that it is custom to find love after a sorrow. Jeremie is my joy, and has healed my sorrow. The ceremony can…." She paused, then grinned evilly. "The ceremony can be damned!"
Relika rolled her eyes. "So she starts using human swear words…Goddess and Glory, the world's turned upside down!"
A chuckle came from the doorway, and Aelita spun, her face breaking into a smile. "I think the world was already upside down, Relika. It turned one earth year ago, to be exact." Jeremie, now dressed as a normal youngling male of Lyoko would be, entered, and was almost immediately crushed by Aelita's running bear hug. His glasses flew off, but, Relika noticed, he didn't seem to care. The couple was in their own little world. The Witch rolled her eyes, and left.
"The ceremony be damned, huh, Princess?" Jeremie muttered the moment she left. Aelita's eyes glowed, and she grinned sheepishly.
"Well…maybe not damned."
Jeremie laughed at this, and kissed her softly. When he pulled back, Aelita shivered and moved closer. "A year, Jeremie," she whispered, looking up at him. Jeremie smiled, and the Princess's heart flip- flopped. "A year since your coming here."
"Only on earth, my Angel," Jeremie told her.
"Five in Lyoko," Aelita answered, then smiled wryly. "As the prophecy states." She pulled back, then walked over to the resting bed and sat. Jeremie followed suit, and immediately wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you alright, Princess?"
Aelita nodded, and brushed her fingers gently across the diamond on his forehead. "How could I not be, my Jeremie? We are to be joined in marriage in two days. I could not be happier." Jeremie smiled, then caught her hand in his, and kissed it.
"Nor could I. But what of… the Queen?"
Aelita smiled again. "It is as resolved as it will become, Jeremie. A note was left for me, from my mother, when I first entered this room. She wishes me love and luck in my future, but Father has requested her presence in the Ice Realms in one week. Once we are joined, I will become Queen."
Jeremie's blue eyes widened, and his arms tightened slightly around her. "Queen?"
Aelita nodded, her green-black eyes unreadable. "Are you nervous of being a ruler, my love?"
"A little."
Aelita laughed, and kissed him softly. "As am I," she told him when she pulled back. "But at least the council won't hinder us. They have been banished." Jeremie raised a blond eyebrow, and his Princess grinned wickedly. "It was the one thing my mother could do to apologize."
Jeremie smiled, but didn't answer. Aelita sighed, and moved closer to her lover. Soon to be husband, she thought, smiling. "I pity Relika," she said suddenly, and grinned. "She's going to have to listen to us 'mushy-speak', as she calls it. She's been appointed guardian of the Royal Court, and has to stand in the room the whole day…"
Jeremie looked down at the evil grin on his Angel's face, and began to laugh.
Well, that's that chapter…The WEDDING is next…this is gonna be fun….please review! Thanks for reading!