Ch.1 The discovery

Recently Aelita had gotten back her memory about how she got to Lyoko and who created it, But she still couldn't remember everything that happened before that, so after school she decided to go to the Hermitage.

So she was going to see if there was anything there that would help her remember more.

Aelita talked to herself as she walked down the street, "So dad(a.k.a. Franz Hopper) worked with computers and made Lyoko….but what did mom do? Did I have any brothers or sisters? Maybe I'll find out soon."

Aelita messed around with the rusty gate, finally got it opened, and ran in the house before anyone could see her.

The Hermitage was pretty big…and old. There were cobwebs and dust everywhere, in the corner Aelita saw a spider catch a fly.

She walked over to what seemed to be a desk, opened one of the drawers and saw some folders, they each had title on them. One had Lyoko it. Aelita put it back because she knew what that was about. Another said Aelita on the front.

She opened it to find a birth certificate, some childhood pictures, and some other stuff. She looked at the birth certificate to try and find when she was born. The year was smudged, but the day was April 12, she had a birthday coming up!

Aelita looked through the folder and found a small envelope. It felt a little heavy, but it was in her folder so she opened it to find a key and a note that said, "Look behind were you found Mr. Puck."

Aelita didn't think twice, she ran to her room and went to the picture where she found the little doll. The room was filled with dust and cobwebs. They Lyoko gang hadn't been to the Hermitage in a while. But Aelita hurried to the big hole in the wall.

All she saw was dirt, but Aelita was curious so she started digging away, no sooner had she started her hand hit cold metal. It was a small metal safe that apparently had been there longer than she had been in Lyoko, she pulled it out and tried to use the key….pop!…it worked!

Aelita was so excited. She looked in and saw a small wooden box with an envelope on top.

She picked up the envelope first and started reading it. It read:

Dear Aelita,

If you are reading this, you probably have been nosy and looking around where you shouldn't. Or you finally made it out of Lyoko and got curious about your mother.

Aelita stopped.

"So mom knew about Lyoko, but how did she know I was there. She died when I was young." She continued reading:

Your Father told me that he was experimenting with a virtual world in a factory not far from here. I helped him make the passage from the Hermitage to there. He also told me that some men were after him, and if we needed to escape he made three scanners to send us into Lyoko where we would be safe. He said a side effect might be forgetting some early experiences, like childhood.

Before I died, I wrote this letter and gave your father a box. I told him to hide it from you until he felt you should know about it or if something bad happened. In the box you'll find a crystal pendant that belonged to me.

Aelita stopped again. Looked in the box to find just that. A crystal pendant. Aelita studied it carefully. There was a thin gold chain connected to the crystal to wear just like a necklace. The crystal was like a prism, glittering and reflecting all the different colors. It was very beautiful. After staring at it for a while, Aelita's eye lids began drooping over her eyes. Then she realized what was happening, shook her head, and came out of it. "Wow." Was all she could say. She continued reading: It was my hypnotizing pendant, because I was a professional hypnotist. It was given to me by my mother. Who said she had hypnotic powers, which were passed on to me. I didn't believe her until one day when I had the pendant in my pocket and told some kid in school who was stalking me to go jump off a building. I didn't even use the pendant but he suddenly got this weird look in his eyes, like he was in a trance. He turned around, went outside, climbed up the ladder on the side of the building and jumped! I then believed. Later she told me that my powers were hereditary and most likely any children that I had would also have them. I don't know if you do, but I want you to have the pendant anyway. Also, If you want to know anything about hypnosis, in my room there is a book about it. I have to end the letter now. But know that even though you didn't know me well. I still love you. Love, your mother

Aelita finished reading the letter. Then said, "So mom was a hypnotist and had hypnotizing powers. Weird. I wonder if I have them." Then a light bulb lit up in her head. "Maybe I should try and see if I do." Aelita put the crystal pendant in her pocket and headed back to Kadic. Ready to test out the crystal pendant.