A/N: Hey, I'm back with a new story. I've been wanting to write for a while now, but my evil English teacher likes to assign absorbent amounts of work. It's her hobby. Anyway, I've had this idea for a while, but never put it on paper or in text. Hope you like it. I take all reviews, flames and all.
To the readers of "Happily Ever After?" the ending will be posted soon. I'm working it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko
Chapter 1: Disaster Strikes
It was your average morning at Kadic Jr. High. All the students were talking in the courtyard before the morning's first class. Five students in particular were hanging around the small shelter were the vending machines were located. "How did you sleep last night, Ulrich?"
"Not one wink, Aelita. Some purple freak was performing his latest project last night and I lost my earplugs," Ulrich replied pointing to his best friend.
"Now who could that be?" Odd asked sarcastically. Suddenly, the PA system sprang to life.
"Will Odd DellaRobbia please report to the principle's office? Odd DellaRobbia please report to the principle's office. That is all."
"What did you do now Odd?" Yumi enquired.
"I don't know. I didn't do anything wrong." Odd's friends gave him the 'sure you didn't' look. "I didn't!" Odd pleaded his case.
"Odd, you better go before you get in more trouble," Jeremie suggested, "we'll tell Mrs. Hertz you'll be late."
"Okay, I'll see you guy's later." Odd left the group and started to walk to the principle's office, a trip he took often. What did I do this time? I haven't broken any rules lately. What could it be? Maybe I'm getting a reward for my short film. Ya! That's gotta be it! Odd continued to wonder why he had to go to the office for the seventh time this semester until he got to his destination. He knocked on the door.
"Please come in Odd." Principle Delmas requested with his deep voice. Odd entered and sat in the seat the head administrator had gestured to.
"Did I do something wrong, sir?" Odd asked with a worried tone.
"No, not at all son." Odd sighed a breath of relief. Wait, did he call me son? "I have some bad news I just received."
"What happed sir?" Delmas took a deep breath.
"Well, this is hard to say, but….."
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"The answer is 16 to the third power ma'am."
"Correct, Jeremie. Nice job." Mrs. Hertz praised. Two hours had passed since Odd had left for the office and Jeremie was beginning to become concerned. Usually Odd was there no more than half an hour. "Class your attention please. The bell will ring in a moment and I need to give you your homework assignment." The whole class groaned. "Read chapter 14 and do all questions on page 264." -RIINNNGGGGGGGGGG-
"Have a great day class! See you tomorrow!"
The students of Mrs. Hertz's first period Biology class stampeded out of the classroom like a pack of wild rhinos. If you fell down, you were to be trampled. Fortunately, no one required a nurse's pass today. After exiting the classroom, Jeremie, Ulrich, and Aelita met up in the hallway. "Have either of you seen Odd?" Ulrich asked, worry evident in his voice.
"No," both the blonde and pink haired girl had replied.
"I would have thought he would back by now," Ulrich exclaimed.
"He's probably in the cafeteria." Aelita started. "You know he never misses a meal." After Aelita's reassurance, the trio headed down to the lunch room. On the way they met up with Yumi, who also had not seen Odd. When they got to their destination, to their relief, their purple clad friend was sitting at their usual table. Something was off though; Odd had his head on the table and….wasn't eating! Ulrich turned form relieved back to concerned. The gang walked quickly up to the blonde sitting by himself.
"Hey, Odd. How did your 'meeting' go?" Ulrich asked. Odd picked his head up. His eyes were red and puffy, as if he was crying. Odd never cried; he thought it was too girly. His hair had lost it's usual point and hung to one side. And his shirt was stained, he was definitely crying. "It wasn't that bad, was it?" Still, Odd said nothing.
"What's the matter, Odd?" Aelita asked, becoming concerned herself. "Please tell us!" Odd looked at his friends again. He tried to talk, but the words wouldn't come out. He wanted desperately to tell his long time friends; he couldn't. It was like he lost his voice.
"Out with it man!" Ulrich screamed. Odd gave the brunette one of the nastiest looks he could muster. Extremely uncharacteristic of the blonde boy. "Tell us!" Ulrich was becoming impatient, shaking his friend. Odd became enraged, and punched Ulrich in the mouth. Ulrich fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes. Odd became hysterical and ran out of the cafeteria without looking back.
Ulrich was on the ground. Odd's punch connected with his nose, which was bleeding a bit. Yumi ran to get some napkins to wipe up the blood while Jeremie went to get the nurse. Many of the students in the lunch room saw the events unfold. Most were speechless. Odd had punched out his best friend and Odd was one of the nicest kids in the school; he never hit anyone before.
The star athlete finally sat up after holding his nose for some time. He was beside himself. How could his friend hit him? Ulrich was angry and concerned at the same time, but the first was a stronger feeling. By this time, Jeremie and Nurse Dorothy had reached the fight scene. "There's nothing to see here! Back to your seats please!" the nurse ordered. "Whoever hit you had a great amount of force. You're lucky your nose wasn't broken." The nurse whipped out her first aid kit and put a large bandage on Ulrich's nose. "Don't put any pressure on it. You don't want further injury," Dorothy warned.
"Okay, nurse." Ulrich responded, showing he understood.
"Mr. Delmas is out tonight, so he'll see you first thing in the morning." With that, the white clad nurse walked back to her office. After that, the group, minus Odd, quickly ate, left the cafeteria, and headed to Ulrich's dorm. They were surprised that Odd was not there.
"Where could Odd be?" Aelita asked, to no one in particular.
"I don't really give one iota. I don't want to see his face any time soon. He had no reason to hit me. I didn't do anything to him." Ulrich ranted angrily. " It's not my fault something is wrong with him."
"Don't say that, Ulrich." Yumi said, concerned. "Odd was disturbed. Something happened to him that was difficult to comprehend. I just hope he's okay."
"Oh ya, poor Odd!" Ulrich yelled. "I don't give a damn about Odd's problems! He's just an oversized baby, wanting attention!"
"Oh ya, I just think you're the baby!" Aelita screamed, totally out of character. "You're just a big baby who only cares about himself! You should be out there looking for your best friend, not sulking over a sore nose!" And with that, the pink haired teen stormed out of the room.
"Wait up, Aelita! I'm coming too!" Jeremie quickly followed Aelita.
"They're right, Ulrich. You should be coming with us to find Odd, someone who you've known your whole life. Call me if you grow up!" Yumi followed suit and left the room, leaving Ulrich alone. The brunette couldn't help but be mad with Odd, but couldn't just leave Odd in the unknown. He had to help.
"Yumi! Wait!"
A/N Well, I hope you liked chapter one. I whipped it up after I finished 'Happily Ever After?', my other FF. Tell me what you liked and didn't like. Read and Review and I'll update soon. Bye for now.
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