This chapter was written by me and edited by Undeadmonkey8.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko. All copy righting goes to Moonscoop.
I only own my OCs. Mary is owned by AeroJester203.
The girl of his dreams
In Lila's room
POV Lila's
Waking up to the sound of typing on the keyboard, opening my eyes I see Mary slamming her first on my copy of my father's laptop.
"Mary!" I exclaim, "Calm down!"
"This laptop is malfunctioning. The super scan re-calibrated itself, and it no longer has a connection to the supercomputer," she explains.
I get up from bed and stretch, walking over to Mary's side. Looking at the computer with her, I ask:
"What do you mean?"
"Usually, the super scan must be connected to Lyoko to pick up towers on Lyoko. If there's no connection..." Mary trails off.
"What are you trying to say?" I ask.
"I think something's wrong with Lyoko."
"Can you investigate quietly?" I ask.
"Yes, I'll investigate the matter on Lyoko myself. I'll do it quietly, and Xana will not detect me."
"Okay, please inform me once you've found something out," I nod.
"Right, I will," Mary says and transforms her smoke form. She wisps away into the electrical outlet.
In Mrs. Hertz's class
In class, Ulrich and I are sitting next to Jeremy. Odd is ahead of us, and Jeremy is yawning.
"Jeremy the rest of us use the night hours to sleep, not work," Ulrich whispers.
"I wanted to try something new with the materialization program for Aelita. This last one I tried, I almost succeeded. I was so close," Jeremy explains.
"What will happen when the time comes, and you actually do succeed with the materialization program? I mean, it's not like you know how to talk with a girl," Odd chastises.
"It's different with Aelita," Jeremy says.
"Yeah, you're right it is different," Odd smiles.
"Odd… Jeremy talks to me a lot just fine. Don't forget I'm a girl too. So, shut up okay?" I ask, then glare at him. He chuckles nervously.
Mr. Delmas walks into the room, nodding to Mrs. Hertz before he turns to us,
"Hello everyone, and good morning. I have an announcement to make before beginning today's class. You have a new student to welcome. Please, you can come in," Mr. Delmas gestures to the new student who is waiting outside. The student walks in and my eyes widen.
She has dark pink hair, wears a purple and light pink sweater, the top left of the sweater's collar is undone. She wears a dark purple skirt, short low white socks, and flat brown shoes. She has brown eyes.
Is... is that Aelita?! I think.
"What would say to her right now, if she were here I mean?" Odd asks Jeremy, still facing the back of the class.
"Her name is Taelia. I hope you all give her a warm welcome," Mr. Delmas says.
"Um..." Jeremy trails off.
"You lose! You really could use some tips Jeremy," Odd laughs a little and he turns his attention forward, finally noticing Taelia. He looks shocked, and gives a little gasp,
"Um..."
I've never seen a picture of my mom from when she was younger... Can this really be you Aelita? I think.
"What – what is going on?" Ulrich asks.
In the courtyard
After class
Staring at Taelia, Jeremy and I can't help but notice the resemblance between her and Aelita.
"What do you think Yumi?" I ask, turning to her.
"There's a resemblance," Yumi replies, nodding. "Shouldn't she recognize us?" she then asks.
"There's a chance she could have some memory loss," Jeremy answers.
"You should go and talk to her. It's the only way of knowing the truth," Odd suggests.
"What if it's not Aelita?" Jeremy asks.
Ulrich looks at Odd who sighs, and he gets up from the bench. Grabbing Jeremy by his arms, they force him to start walking to her.
"Wa-it a minute-" Jeremy stammers, and I run up with them.
"Let the expert do his job. You'll learn a thing or two," Odd says, referring to himself. Reaching Taelia who is sitting quietly and reading a book on a different bench, I look at her.
I really hope this doesn't end badly… I think.
"Hello there," Odd greets. Closing her book, she looks up at Odd and us.
Odd continues,
"Taelia, my friends and I thought we've might have seen you before?"
"Are you trying to hit on me or something? If so, that's a really old pick up line and I'm not interested," Taelia replies and opens her book. She goes back to reading her book.
"I wasn't trying to ask you out or anything. I was just trying to talk to you," Odd says. Looking at us, she turns her attention to Odd.
"Any chance that the virtual world, Krabs, or Buzzing monsters mean anything to you?" He asks.
"It means I have to go," Taelia replies, getting up to leave. She grabs her bag and opens it, to put her book in it. She then closes it and shoulders the bag onto her back.
"Wait, please. Can you tell a little more about yourself? Do you have any family?" Jeremy asks.
"I don't feel like talking, sorry," Taelia replies. Walking away, Ulrich sits on the bench. Yumi walks up to us.
"So, what happened?" Yumi asks.
"It isn't her," Odd replies.
"He's only saying that because she rejected him. "Learn a thing or two from the expert." Isn't that what you said Odd?" Ulrich asks. "If it's Aelita, she has one serious case of amnesia."
"Wait... what if this really is Aelita? If it is then that means she's not on Lyoko anymore, " Jeremy surmises.
"If that's the case, you go and check it out later. But right now we need to go to Mrs. Meyer's class," Ulrich says. The bells ring signaling class is about to start again.
"Right," I nod. Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremy start walking away.
"I have a big report today, wish me luck," Yumi mentions. Ulrich, Odd, and Jeremy ignore her.
"Good luck Yumi. I better get going," I say.
"Thanks, Lila," Yumi smiles. Running up to the guys, we start walking to the classroom.
This girl Taelia, doesn't feel like Aelita. She's too... distant, I think.
Mrs. Meyer's classroom
Mrs. Meyer is talking and writing down an equation on the blackboard.
"I really need to check on Lyoko, I need to know if Taelia is really Aelita," Jeremy says.
"I can go with you," Odd offers.
"And I need to go back to my room for something. I'll meet you and Odd after that," I add.
"I'll stay here so that we don't cause anymore disruptions," Ulrich says.
"Right," I nod.
Jeremy raises his hand.
"Excuse me, Mrs. Meyer?" he asks.
"Yes, Jeremy?" Mrs. Meyer asks, turning around to face Jeremy.
"I'm not feeling very well, can I go to the infirmary? I'm- I'm just feeling really sick for some reason," Jeremy lies.
"I'll take him!" Odd and I say in unison, raising our hands.
Mrs. Meyer looks at us suspiciously,
"What for?"
"Just in case, you never know," Odd replies.
"And, I'll be there to make sure they get to the infirmary," I add, shooting a pointed look at Odd.
"Alright... you can go," Mrs. Meyer agrees.
In Lila's room
I run to my room, throwing the door open and slamming it shut before I look to see Mary, who has clearly been waiting for me.
"Thank goodness you're here! When I integrated myself into the supercomputer, I searched Lyoko. Aelita doesn't seem to be anywhere," Mary informs me.
"Are you sure?" I ask.
"Yes, why?"
"There's a girl here on earth who looks exactly like Aelita. Her name is Taelia!"
Mary's eyes widen,
"How is that possible?" she asks.
"Do you think we could have changed the timeline?" I ask.
"No, we couldn't have! We haven't created a paradox yet large enough to-" Mary starts to explain, but I interrupt her.
"You said a while back there's a possibility, our time traveling and inserting myself into my father's life could have already altered events, right?"
"Yes but-"
"Assuming that's the case, we're already living in a new timeline, right?"
"Right but-" Mary continues to try and speak, but I interrupt her.
"Then that draws one conclusion: When my father inserted me into the timeline, it changed things so dramatically, that he materialized Aelita, sooner rather than later!" I exclaim happily.
Sighing, Mary puts her hand on her head in annoyance.
"What? That's not the case?" I ask.
"You're missing the big picture, Lila. I explored Lyoko and yet we have we have no access to it here. What if Aelita is trapped there and that's the reason there's no connection?"
"I hope that isn't the case... because if it is, then there's trouble. Real trouble," I reply.
After class
In the cafeteria
"When I opened it… the samurai suit was gone you guys!" Yumi exclaims, frustrated with her failed presentation.
"Any chance one of the younger kids took the samurai outfit?" Ulrich asks.
"I thought so at first. But remember, I also saw there were those electrical plugs by the wall. They looked burnt out," Yumi explains. Playing with his food, Odd looks up at her.
"Well, if this is Xana's doing then we can't get Aelita to help. After all, we still don't have contact with her on Lyoko," Odd says.
"Don't you get it Odd?!" Jeremy exclaims and gets up from the chair.
"There's no contact from Aelita because she's not on Lyoko anymore!" he sits back down.
Odd, Yumi, and I look at Taelia who is sitting by herself. She looks up from her book, glancing at us suspiciously.
"Sorry, but I refuse to believe that girl is Aelita," Yumi says.
"She's right. She doesn't have that warmth Aelita has," I add.
"Well, someone here-" Ulrich starts and points to Jeremy,
"Is dying to find out."
"Children, may have your attention please? There's been an incident with a number of students, and our fellow gym teacher Jim. Who, I'm sure you all respect and-" Mr. Delmas starts to explain,
"Exaggerating a bit?" Odd mutters under his breath and Mr. Delmas continues to speak.
"Shush!" I exclaim at him. Looking at Mr. Delmas, I look at the man next to him who just walked into the cafeteria.
"And care for. Their assailant was concealed in some sort of, well-made armor. Armor of a samurai to be precise. And this assailant is still at large," Mr. Delmas informs.
Looking at the man next to him, I notice that he has black hair, brown eyes, and a black mustache. He appears to be wearing some sort of police uniform.
Is he a detective? I think. Two more men enter the cafeteria, they are wearing police uniforms.
"If anyone has any information that they would like to forward to the police, it will help the investigation. You're more than welcome to." Mr. Delmas finishes his announcement.
"We shouldn't wait any longer," Yumi says.
"We need to go to Lyoko. We can find Aelita, and with her help deactivate the tower," Ulrich says.
Jeremy takes his plate and gets up,
"Don't you guys understand? Are you thick headed? If Xana is controlling the samurai, then that means he'll go after Taelia," Jeremy reasons and starts to pace around with his tray.
"It's reasonable logic, for one simple reason: Taelia is really Aelita! Ugh!" he settles his tray in the dish area and walks away from us.
Jeremy… what are you going to do when you find out that Taelia isn't Aelita? I thought the same too but since Mary couldn't find Aelita on Lyoko… I'm starting to worry, I think.
Odd leans to Yumi,
"He's really lost it, hasn't he?"
"Miss, may I interrupt?" a voice asks. Odd stops talking, and all of us look up at the detective.
"The samurai originally belonged to you, correct?" he asks.
"Well..." Yumi trails off.
"Miss, can you come with us to Principal Delmas's office? We have a few questions we'd like to ask you," The detective requests.
Inside the secretary's office
Sitting down on the couch, we wait in Mr. Delmas's secretary's office.
Ulrich has his head down, worrying about Yumi's ongoing interrogation.
"There's not much we can do here, for Yumi. Let's just go to the factory, and have Jeremy meet up with us there," Odd reasons. Ulrich gets up and takes his phone out then dials a number. Putting his phone to his ear, he lets the phone ring.
"He's not picking up..." Ulrich trails off.
"Let's go to the factory," I decide.
Inside the freight elevator
The freight elevator continues to descend, and it finally reaches the lab level. The doors of the freight elevator opening, we see Taelia is next to the holosphere. She has her arms crossed and looking over to Jeremy his hand is on the keyboard. He's hesitant and looks nervous.
Eyes widening, I look at him surprised
What does he plan on doing? Is he going to shut down the supercomputer? No, he can't! He'll kill Aelita! I think Mary is right, I truly believe she is on Lyoko somewhere! I think.
"Jeremy don't you dare!" I exclaim at him.
Jeremy flinches, and we walk up to him. Passing Taelia, we go to Jeremy's side.
"What's going on with you?" Ulrich asks.
"Yeah, are you going crazy on us Einstein? What happens if you shut the supercomputer down, and Aelita is really on Lyoko?" Odd asks.
"She's not on Lyoko! She's right there, in flesh and blood!" Jeremy exclaims.
"Jeremy, we know you've dreamt of seeing Aelita for so long now. There's no way of knowing for sure. Let's say you're wrong," Ulrich says.
Odd walks to Jeremy on his right side.
"Are you willing to make the greatest mistake ever? If you kill Xana, you'll end up destroying Aelita with him," Odd tries to reason.
"Please! Listen to what, they're saying! You can't do this, not without us going to Lyoko first!" I exclaim.
"What happens if Aelita isn't on Lyoko? How will the tower be deactivated then?" Jeremy asks.
"We'll just have to take that risk," Ulrich answers.
"Huh?" Taelia asks in confusion.
Inside the freight elevator
The freight elevator descends to the scanner room, and the three of us are silent.
Reaching the scanner room, the doors open and we run inside.
I take the middle scanner, Odd takes the right scanner and Ulrich takes the left scanner.
"The last time I heard from Aelita, it was in the mountain area," Jeremy informs.
Ulrich, Odd, and I step into the scanners.
"Transfer: Ulrich, Transfer: Odd, Transfer: Lila."
The scanners doors close
Closing my eyes, the scanner starts spinning.
"Scanner: Ulrich, Scanner: Odd, Scanner: Lila."
It continues to spin and starts making a humming sound.
"Virtualization!"
A bright light and gush of wind engulfs me. I'm virtualized to Lyoko.
Lyoko's mountain sector
Opening my eyes, I see Ulrich, Odd, and I'm falling. We land perfectly on the mountain plateau.
Looking around the mountain sector, I notice the thick fog clouding our vision.
This is my first time in the mountain sector! It's much different and foggier than the other regions! Maybe, Mary had difficulty finding Aelita because of the fog? I think.
"What do you guys see?"
"Nothing but mountains and mountains..." Ulrich trails off.
We start running on the narrow pathways. Ulrich separates from us and jumps onto the higher level narrow pathway. We continue running, as Odd and I reach a moving mountain. Jumping onto the moving mountain, we then than jump onto a higher narrow pathway.
"This is impossible... Finding someone here in this place will be just as impossible as finding an idea in Jim's head," Odd jokes. Walking to the edge of the mountain, Odd's eyes widen, and he shakes his head. Ulrich finally reaches us, and we walk up to Odd.
"You guys, I - I think I know where Aelita is," Odd says.
"Huh?" I ask.
"But how, where?" Ulrich asks.
"It was some sort of... flash like vision. Close to a premonition," Odd explains.
"You mean the same one you had when you predicted I would fall into the chasm of the forest's digital void?" I ask.
"Yeah, just like that one," Odd answers.
"It's got to be a sign that means, Aelita is there!" Jeremy exclaims.
Rolling my eyes at that comment, I sigh internally.
Jeremy… I still can't believe you nearly killed Aelita. I understand it was a stupid and selfish near life-ending mistake. I'm just glad we decided to go to Lyoko, I think.
"Odd, Ulrich, Lila. The scan has finally picked up the tower. It's located in the forest region. Thirty degrees north."
"We need Aelita to help us deactivate the tower and without her, that info isn't really good right now," Ulrich says.
Looking ahead of the narrow pathway, we see the windy pathway leading to what looks like a guardian.
"That's a guardian isn't?" Odd asks. "That's where Aelita is, I'm sure of it!" he exclaims.
He jumps off the edge and looking down, he lands safely. Ulrich and I jump next and land safely.
Running on the pathway, the three of us eventually reach the guardian. Looking inside the guardian, we can clearly see Aelita unconscious and floating in it.
"We've found her, she's here Jeremy!" Ulrich exclaims.
"That ball must have been blocking all communications with Aelita and Lyoko. That's why Jeremy had trouble connecting to her, and Lyoko," Odd explains.
"That's the same monster that trapped Yumi a while back," Ulrich recalls.
"Yes, it is," I nod.
"Aelita, tricked the monster into thinking it had taken the wrong prisoner. She created a false image of Yumi, which freed her," Odd says.
"Except now Aelita is the prisoner. Which means... we need to free her by force!" Ulrich exclaims and takes out his katana.
He starts attacking it, and unsheathing my sword, I attack the guardian. Slashing the guardian, Ulrich and I try to do this for a few seconds. We notice our attacks, aren't phasing through the guardian. Backing off, we sheathe our swords and Odd cocks his paw.
Odd fires off his laser arrows. The laser arrows bounce off the guardian.
"Our attacks aren't working,' Odd informs.
"I know this thing is indestructible, but everything has a weakness!" Ulrich says.
"Xana must have created a program, and with that program he-" Jeremy starts explaining, he then begins to ramble on about something.
"Exactly, it's a program which means I can!"
"Jeremy, what exactly are you rambling about?" I ask.
"Hopefully an idea to free Aelita," Ulrich surmises.
"I might actually. But, it might take a couple of minutes."
"Sure, we've got all the time in the world," Odd says sarcastically.
"Jeremy, how's it coming with that idea?" Ulrich asks.
"It's ready now!"
Appearing next to the guardian, a false image of Aelita forms.
"An Aelita clone? You think that'll really work?" Odd asks skeptically.
"Just give it a chance Odd," Jeremy replies.
The Guardian starts to expand, engulfing Aelita's clone. After a moment, it begins convulsing, then explodes, releasing a shock wave, and the real Aelita.
"Nice work, using a decoy to trick the guardian," Ulrich compliments and we walk to Aelita.
"Bring Aelita to a tower, so that her life points can regenerate."
Inside the tower
Aelita is resting on the lite platform, and we wait for her to wake up. She soon starts waking up.
"Looks like everything is going to be okay. Her life points have regenerated back to 100."
Aelita grabs her head in pain and groans.
"You've finally found me. What did you do about the guardian?" she asks, looking at us.
"It's taken care of. Shouldn't bother you again," Odd answers.
Helping Aelita up, I help her walk to the edge of the platform. She smiles and nods. Letting go of her, the four of us prepare to jump.
"Jeremy, we're leaving now. Destination: Forest region," Odd says.
Extending our arms, we jump down and let the stream of data guide us. Our position transitioning, the data guides us upward and we land on a new platform. The platform lights up. Running to the "doorway," we exit the tower.
Forest sector
"We've arrived," Ulrich informs.
"Guys please hurry. I haven't heard from Yumi in a while, and something tells me she's dealing with the samurai."
"There's no time to lose! Let's go!" Ulrich exclaims.
We start running along a pathway, which leads to a bridge.
"While you're at it, do you have any other good news for us?" Odd asks.
"Oh yeah, plenty! Taelia saw me punch in the access code to the lab. The principal and the police are here. And Xana's monsters are around. Three Bloks. Remember, don't let their laser guns hit you, otherwise, you'll be back here with me to greet our friendly men in blue."
Crossing the bridge, Odd and I listen carefully for the Bloks. Taking Aelita to a tree for cover, Ulrich goes with her and they hide.
"I always liked the Bloks. They're my favorite monsters," Odd says.
"Really? I thought it was the roaches," I say and take out my staff.
"Exardesco, Exardesco," I chant. Cocking his paw, Odd readies his laser arrows.
"Laser Arrow!" Odd exclaims, firing off a laser arrow to the ground, giving them a warning shot. The three Bloks start moving towards us, ignoring the warning shot and charging their lasers, one of them appears be charging its ice laser. Swinging my staff, I fire two Fire Bolts off into the air and they fly at the Bloks. Two of the Bloks release their ice lasers, and my flames are enveloped in ice. My eyes widen, and the third Blok fires it's ice laser at me. Not reacting quick enough, it strikes me.
"Lila!" Odd exclaims in shock. The ice then devirtualizes me.
Back in the scanner
Opening my eyes, I'm back in the scanner and the scanner opens. Kneeling down to the floor, I punch my hand on the floor of the scanner, frustrated.
I should have reacted quicker! Such a rookie mistake! I think.
"What's going on in here?" I hear Mr. Delmas asking. I quickly head over to the ladder shoot and go up the ladder shoot just as quickly.
I soon arrive from the hatch leading to the scanner room below. I see Mr. Delmas along with the detective from earlier and two of his policemen.
"I'm sorry, Jeremy… the Bloks got me," I explain. "And Taelia…" I sound like I have a venomous tone, Jeremy glances over his shoulder to see me glaring at her as if offended by Taelia's very presence. Which at this point I honestly am.
Taelia flinches, and Jeremy seems to make a realization. He seems guilty.
"It was a mistake telling her," I say.
Taelia scoffs, as if knowing we can't do anything with the police there,
"Whatever."
"From our understanding, you kids decided to unleash some sort of evil into the world," the detective states. "We're ordering you to shut the computer down."
Jeremy is about to start protesting, but Taelia cuts him off, "It's just a computer! Big deal, some girl who looks like me is inside of it! She's fake; she's not even real!"
"She's – she's not even real?" I repeat in a low tone, obviously angry.
I close the distance between us in a few quick steps and rear back my fist before slugging Taelia across the face, knocking her back a few steps before she stumbles and manages to catch herself before falling.
One of the policemen grabs hold of me before I can do anything more, but I still glare at the redhead. Rubbing her hand against her face, Taelia wipes away a bit of blood from her lip.
"See, Mr. Delmas?" she exclaims. "They're dangerous! She just hit me for no reason!"
I growl and struggle to free myself from the officer's hold to attack her again. Jeremy is completely stunned by all of this… he's never seen me this enraged before. I never knew I could be this enraged.
"Belpois, kill this thing," Mr. Delmas orders. "You'll have to answer some of our questions at the police station."
"I can't, sir. My friends are still in danger," Jeremy says. "And Lila… I'm sorry. You were right; I shouldn't have told Taelia."
"It's okay, Jeremy, I get it," I say, after calming a bit. "You wanted to see Aelita so badly. After all, she's the girl of your dreams, isn't she?"
Jeremy blushes a bit and nods.
"Don't tell the others huh?" he asks.
"I can't believe you'd want to date a computer program! Freak!" Taelia exclaims.
"I want everyone to calm down immediately! Sir, you can release Miss Smith if she promises to behave herself on the way to the police station," Mr. Delmas says.
"Fine," I scoff. Letting go of me, the detective goes over to Jeremy.
"Son let's go," he orders. Shaking his head, Jeremy remains standing next to his chair.
"Jeremy, Aelita just entered the tower!" Odd informs.
"Activate the return to the past program! Hurry!" Ulrich exclaims.
Looking at the computer, Jeremy goes to sit on his chair. The two policemen run over and grab him, forcing him out of the chair. They start to drag him toward the freight elevator.
"Lila hurry and activate the program! You've done it before!" Jeremy exclaims, struggling to try and get free from the two police men's grip.
"Right!" I exclaim. The detective and Delmas try to grab me, and I run over to the computer. Typing on the keyboard, I set the return to the past program up. A countdown with a small image of the globe appears on the window, and the countdown reaches zero.
"Return to the past, NOW!" I yell and press the enter key. Mr. Delmas yelps and Taelia tries to take cover. The policemen who are trying to drag Jeremy into the freight elevator, let go of him by mistake and the detective looks confused. A big bubble appears and engulfs us all, sending us back in time.
Earlier, in the morning
Back in Mrs. Hertz's class
Sitting down in the same seats we took the first time, I take a pencil from my bag and my notebook, and put them on the desk. Mrs. Hertz and Mr. Delmas walk into room.
"Hello everyone, and good morning. I have an announcement to make before beginning today's class. You have a new student to welcome. Please, you can come in," Mr. Delmas gestures to Taelia, who is waiting outside. Taelia walks into the classroom. Some of our classmates are surprised by her appearance, and they get up from their chairs to greet her.
"I overheard Sissi saying that Taelia is an orphan. That's why she didn't talk about her family," Ulrich says.
Jeremy shakes his head,
"Looking closely, they don't have similar features at all. Eyes, nose, and their hair are different. They're definitely not identical at all, why did you guys think she was Aelita?" he asks.
"Please tell me he's not blaming us," I say, glaring at him.
"I think he is," Ulrich grumbles.
"Yup, sure sounds like it," Odd agrees.
"Come on guys, you'd have to blind not to see their differences," Jeremy smiles, looking at us.
Jeremy… if it weren't for that punch I threw at Taelia that I asked you, to keep a secret from the others… I'd tell Ulrich and Odd that you're blindly in love with Aelita! I think.
And done! Don't forget to review!
Author's note: We'll be skipping a few episodes from the show. The episode titled The Trap, will be up next. The scene from a future chapter has finally been put into this chapter. Unfortunately due to the nature of the chapter, I cannot say which chapter it is. But Lila and Taelia's confrontation has been edited.
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