Well, I'm happy with my reviews... as you can plainly tell because I am updating. I haven't gotten a single bad review on the current form of my character's history. I appreciate that. And just as a reminder, he is my character and that story line is mine... I do have copyright for that...

Sudden Changes

Odd:

I yawned. I was nearly asleep, the story that the traveler had told us, while it was interesting, was long. I shook off the feeling of fatigue as he finished, and I got up and stretched.

"Well, that was, uh, interesting…" Ulrich said dully.

"Are you kidding? I nearly fell asleep, he sounded like a teacher." Sissi whined.

"I see we have to old Sissi back…" said the traveler grinning.

Her expression changed suddenly and she appeared more calm. She almost looked as though she were older somehow. Maybe it was more mature, but I couldn't tell.

"Anyway, whether or not you heard my story or not X.A.N.A. has staged an attack." The traveler said. "I could probably deal with it myself but I think you all would like to see the changes that have taken place in Lyoko since nine thirty this morning."

"What changes?" Aelita asked. "I didn't notice anything, and I have been in there since then."

"You, my dear girl, were in a tower, I only finished since you were in limbo." The traveler told her. "You wouldn't have noticed the changes, unless you paid attention to the random windows that were opening all around you…"

"What have you done to Lyoko?" Jeremie asked almost enraged.

"What do you care?" the traveler asked. "Weren't you all going to shut it off once you had Aelita in this universe?"

"That may be true, but that doesn't mean that you had any right to change it." Yumi said.

"What's going on?" Sissi asked.

"We will tell you later, but it has to do with that virtual world I told you about a little while ago…" Ulrich told her.

Somewhere behind them I heard Yumi make a noise. I could tell that she didn't like Ulrich being so nice to Sissi. I couldn't tell if she noticed the change that I had yet. I wondered how she would react.

"Well shall we go to Lyoko?" asked the traveler.

"I'll get upstairs…" Jeremie said.

"That won't be necessary, Jeremie, I have it under control." The traveler said.

Suddenly the symbol that he was sitting on began to level itself to the floor. It then began expanding across the room until it was under all of us. Circles began drawing themselves where ever one of us stood and suddenly a bright flash of light appeared and engulfed us. I felt as though I was being pulled by every inch of my body, and once it stopped I found myself standing in a very different place.

Lyoko had most certainly changed. The landscape was much larger than it had been. We were in the mountain region, and were standing on a cliff over looking a valley. It appeared that the bottomless pits had disappeared and the once narrow platforms had grown to fill the entire space. The detail level was also amazing it was almost as though another dimension of detail had been added. As I looked around me I could see grains of sand and small rocks along with small flowers and shrubs scattered across the space ahead of me.

Not only had Lyoko changed but so had we, our 'characters', if you could even call them that any more, had grown up. We appeared to be adults now, and every aspect of that seemed to be true. We were taller, stronger, and more mature than our real bodies on earth. We also didn't have the guises on that we had used in Lyoko before. We appeared to be ourselves, in relatively normal clothing.

"I feel ten years older." I said hearing a change in my voice.

"Not quite, you are seventeen. You all are approximately four Years older. The only one here who is an 'adult' would be Yumi. And even her body is just under that age." The traveler told us. "Now, as before, Lyoko enhances your abilities, but this time it enhances them as though you have grown the actual four years, and then some. You should also keep in mind that since Lyoko appears more real, it is. Don't go doing anything stupid, or you may get hurt."

I looked around at the others. Yumi was much taller, probably five foot, eight inches. She had grown in many ways, some I don't think Ulrich would like me mentioning. She was still wearing black, but her clothes almost looked like a dress. If they were a dress then it must have been made with mobility in mind.

Ulrich had also grown taller; he was just a few inches under Yumi. He was wearing very similar clothes to the ones that he normally wore. He also appeared stronger, not only physically, but also in a different way… I just couldn't place my finger on it.

Jeremie, who had been brought here with us, was also taller, but he seemed a good bit shorter then Ulrich or Yumi. He still had his glasses on and he appeared to be wearing a sort of white lab coat. He also looked stronger, but in the way that I couldn't quite explain.

As I saw Aelita I noticed a similarity to Jeremie, she too was wearing a lab coat, and she looked stronger in the way I could not explain either. Her hair had grown a little longer, and was just above her shoulders. She looked to be the same height as Jeremie. She was also wearing a pair of small glasses, almost like reading glasses.

When I saw Sissi my jaw nearly dropped. She had changed so much; her hair was longer, half way down her back. She looked happy, in a way that I had never seen before. She was wearing a very light purple long sleeved shirt, and long purple pants. She also looked stronger, and suddenly I realized what it was. It was the kind of strength that I had always seen in Yumi. It was maturity, wisdom, and strength of the heart.

I began to wonder what I looked like. I then realized that there was a small pond near us. I walked over to the pond and looked at my reflection, another thing that the original Lyoko hadn't had. I was also taller, just an inch shorter than Ulrich. My hair was still in the flame shape that it had always been. I could see the same strength in myself that I saw in the others.

"Is this what we are going to look like when we are older?" Yumi asked joining me by the pond.

"More or less," the traveler replied as the rest of the gang came to see their reflection. "There really isn't a guarantied way of predicting the future. No amount of magic can give a full prediction; it would collide with free will. Any knowledge would lead to interference… and some of you will need to know this."

"How much can you tell us?" Ulrich asked.

"Very little now, but when I leave I can tell you much more…"

"And when will that be?" Ulrich asked in a hopeful tone.

The traveler laughed. "Not soon enough apparently." He responded. "I can't really say; when my work is done for sure… Ulrich, you will get what you are thinking about."

Ulrich began blushing a beet red. Yumi looked over at him and began blushing as well. Sissi noticed them and made an angry noise; she began walking away from the water and towards the cliff.

"Don't worry Sissi, you will get something you want as well. You already have, but you will be surprised who can become a true friend…"

She stopped at the cliff and picked up a stone. She then aimed and threw it as hard as she could off of the cliff. As I watched the stone flew quite a ways before it started down to the ground again. Sissi looked surprised at her own strength.

"We should get moving, it won't be safe here for much longer." The traveler said. "When I changed Lyoko I accidentally left it open to other things, I only just now realized it. I'm not sure what it will take to close the 'hole' I created…"

"Where is the activated tower?" Ulrich asked. "Jeremie?"

"Don't look at me, I'm here with you. I have no idea what is going on with out the computer screen in front of me."

"Aelita, do you feel any pulsations?" Yumi asked.

"No, none." Aelita said as confused as the rest of us. "Are you sure that X.A.N.A. has staged an attack?"

"You can't feel the pulsations because they aren't here like you expect them to be. You all should be able to feel everything, just open your mind and allow your senses to expand." The traveler told us.

I closed my eyes. This was going to be harder than he expected, for me at least. I tried calming myself, and I listened. Suddenly I heard a kind of heart beat. I began focusing on the sound and I found myself 'seeing' what could only be called a pulsation. That wasn't all I saw…

"Monsters, X.A.N.A.'s monsters. I see two mégatanks, three swarms of roachsters, four crabs, and…" Jeremie said.

"What are you guys talking about?" Sissi asked. "All I can sense is a gigantic pillar surrounded by some strange looking creatures…"

Ulrich sighed and explained what each one of them was to Sissi. Once she understood she began to look frightened. Ulrich then explained how we usually attacked and defeated them; she began to look better…

"But I don't know how we are going to do so now…" Ulrich said. "We don't have our weapons."

"Ulrich, I want you to hit me." the traveler said.

"What? Are you serious?" Ulrich asked.

"Yes, but only if you do it with all the rage you feel for me."

"All right." Ulrich said and balled his hand into a fist.

He ran over to the traveler and made a swing at him. Suddenly just before he made contact a sword appeared in his hand and a massive light erupted out of it as if it were slicing through the traveler. The traveler himself fell to the ground and disappeared.

"What happened? What did I do?"

You figured out how to use your power. Said a voice, the traveler's voice. You can still use a sward but you have to mean to use it… You can all use your power in some way, just don't get Yumi too mad… I am seriously warning you…

"But where are you? Did I kill you?" Ulrich asked bewildered.

No, you couldn't kill me. I simply left a physical form, I'll meet up with you, but first I have to go and meet a virus. I'll see you all later, good luck.

"Wait, what did you mean 'don't get me too mad'?" Yumi asked.

There came no response. We waited for a moment but still nothing came. Finally we gave up and decided to move on. We had some monsters to take care of…

So Lyoko has been chained. The children are no longer children when they enter Lyoko. What new abilities might they have? What new enemies will they find? And what effect will this change on Lyoko have for the children?