This chapter was written by me and edited by AeroJester203.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, all copyrighting belongs to MoonScoop.

I only own Lila, and Mary is owned by AeroJester203.

Enjoy the chapter!

Author's Note: Diary summaries have been updated. The skipped chapters Laughing Fit, Claustrophobia, and Frontier have new entries that fit Lila being more on Lyoko instead of on Earth. These will of course been seen in the Adventures of Lila Belpois. Of course any other chapters that don't necessarily fit the diary summaries, will be updated.

Welcome to Earth... Aelita

In Lila's room

POV Lila's

I start writing in my diary, as it's early in the morning.

Dear Diary,

Two months have passed since I turned 14. It's December now, and it's rather warm for this month, which is a bit strange, considering December is usually the coldest time of the year in France. It'll be Christmas soon… and in these last two months Xana's attacks have been ridiculous.

First, he possessed and controlled laughing to try and kill Yumi, Ulrich, and Jeremy. This wasn't good for Yumi since her parents were having marital problems. Odd was effected by gas during a transfer. Mary was able to protect me from it by neutralizing it just before I was transferred. Once we were on the mountain sector, Jeremy had left because Mary assumed the gas was attacking Jeremy. With only two monsters to deal with once we found a way tower, Odd suggested that I use my magic to deal with the monsters. There were only two Bloks and I made short work with them using my Ignesco spell. We met up with Aelita and Odd started to get worse from the gas that effected him. The path the three of us went on lead us to a labyrinth. We eventually found the activated tower. Shortly after that, Odd, and Ulrich were trapped in the cafeteria since Xana possessed the cafeteria itself and electrified all the walls. Yumi, myself and Jeremy were outside, though, so we went to Lyoko to help Aelita. Jeremy activated a return trip afterward and everything went back to normal.

The next attack was a bit strange. Ulrich had gotten amnesia, from one of Mrs. Hertz's projects that Xana had taken control of. Of course, Sissi took advantage of Ulrich's amnesia and made him believe we were his enemies! Ugh, Miss Delmas is a real spoiled brat at this age. Then again, it was Odd's fault for slapping the gel onto Ulrich in the first place. Sissi also tricked him into thinking that she was his girlfriend. Eventually, we got Ulrich to Lyoko, but he had to be retrained in fighting and told that it was like a video game to ease him into it. Aelita managed to deactivate the tower, which thankfully restored Ulrich's memories after the return trip.

After that, Xana was quiet for the rest of the month. In the beginning of November, he sent an attack where he used music to put everyone into a coma!

I easily could have been a victim. Thankfully, with the help from Mary neutralizing the affect of the song from reaching my mind by possessing a set of headphones, (which I got a new mp3 player from her) I was immune to Xana's attempt. Odd became the first victim. Ulrich, Jeremy, and I had to go to the hospital with him in an ambulance. Once we were there, we did our own things for a bit. Ulrich checking on Odd, I had to talk with Mary about something, and as it turned out Jeremy ending contacting Aelita. We left the hospital shortly after that with us thinking Xana was involved. Yumi remained at school, but when we got to the to the lab she told us the song started affecting more people. Jeremy even said Xana was "using the media itself for maximum coverage." Basically he turned a song into an epidemic. Ulrich and I were virtualized to the mountain sector to help Aelita. We had some trouble, Ulrich managed to get frozen by a Blok which I then killed. I grouped up with Aelita again, but one Blok arrived. It fired at us then Yumi showed up. From between the fighting with the Bloks, Ulrich finally got free and gave us time to get Aelita to a tower. Unfortunately, he was devirtualized since Aelita was hit by one of the remaining Bloks. I took action and destroyed the Blok. From there, Yumi, myself, and Aelita went to the had to jump on these floating platforms, it was like an obstacle course. Unfortunately Yumi and I missed a step, we didn't reach our next platform and fell. But we were able to grab onto a platform. The two of us wanted Aelita to go on ahead and so she did. A return to the past was launched shortly after that. I ended up back in my room. I received some texts from Odd and Ulrich, so I texted them. I then went to sit on the bed with Mary. We had a chat, about how I could have a been a victim. She comforted me by placing her hand on my shoulder and I then decided to delete any songs in my mp3 that wasn't related to the Subsonics. I told myself I didn't want to be reminded, of what I basically dubbed as 'killer music,' since I was really worried about Odd during the attack.

The following week, Jeremy yelled at Aelita for some reason. He felt so bad that he wanted to go to Lyoko. And he did! But, something went wrong, and he ended up somewhere between Lyoko and Earth. Let's call it a virtual limbo. Aelita was still able to communicate with Jeremy in the limbo since his mind was melded into the digital interface even with his body slowly fading away, and he provided a theoretical way to get him back to the scanners. Collecting data from the towers on all four sectors despite Xana trying to stop Aelita. We had to take turns monitoring things with Aelita. By the fourth sector, things were going so well but Aelita started losing her communication with Jeremy. Ulrich came up with a good idea of trying to get one of us to Lyoko, because one person would be enough to help Aelita. All we needed was Jeremy's laptop. Ulrich called Yumi to get Jeremy's laptop. Unfortunately, Yumi got caught by Jim and was taken to Delmas's office. So Odd and I had taken over monitoring things, while Ulrich went to get Yumi. Somehow he got her to come back along with Jeremy's laptop. He never really explained how he convinced Delmas to let her go. He mentioned making some sort of deal with Sissi but I felt like I didn't hear the full conversation he had with Odd before heading into the elevator. He seemed upset. Yumi connecting the laptop to the supercomputer, she was able to help give it the extra power it needed to launch another virtualization through one scanner. She was able to virtualize me. I helped Aelita out by defeating two Bloks. After that, I was able to help her to get the last of the data she needed to save Jeremy and it was good thing too. We saved him in the nick of time. But later at night, after we had saved him, he mentioned he had a fantastic experience. I'm glad he was saved... I'm not sure what I would do without him. I informed Mary before lights out, that I think the others are going to need to learn how to work the supercomputer and program their own virtualizations sooner rather than later. She agreed.

A few days after there was a robot competition. Jeremy built a robot modeled after Kiwi, but it lost to Herb's robot modeled after Sissi. Xana must have had a similar idea, because he sent out a robot of his own to get rid of us. With the help of Herb – yes, Herb actually helped – despite cheating his way to victory– Yumi, Ulrich, and I were able to distract it long enough for Jeremy and Odd to get to the factory. Odd handled the monsters, mostly alone on Lyoko the whole time. But when Yumi, Ulrich, and I got to the factory there was another robot waiting for us! Yumi and I managed to get to Lyoko, shortly after Odd was devirtualized. Yumi took care of a Kankerlat that cornered Aelita. I went for the other one and used a Fire Bolt on it, but Yumi took care of it before I could finish it off. Thankfully Aelita deactivated the tower, and a return trip was set. Jeremy won the competition this time around, with Herb being a sore loser. While I appreciated that he helped us out the first time around, I couldn't condone the cheating. Mary and I had a talk after the competition. During the conversation, she told me she had a glimpse of the robot. We talked about how thankfully it hadn't been in my future, at least to our knowledge. When we did finish our conversation, I told Mary I would be joining the others for dinner. But one thing did bother me. I just hoped that when she caught a glimpse of the robot, it didn't catch a glimpse of her.

The next attack showed a whole new level of Xana's power. He messed with the gravity itself around the school! Bringing it into the negatives, he nearly floated Ulrich and the school into space during a soccer game Ulrich had no choice but to go to. It was tough getting Aelita to the tower. We dealt with a lot of Hornets, and since I brought Mary with me we managed to use the magic bomb spell. However, getting to the tower wasn't easy even after that. Aelita gave us a bit of a scare, making us believe she sacrificed herself. All of us were relieved to find out she was alive, using a clone of sorts to distract the Hornets that were giving Yumi, Odd, and I a lot of trouble. We managed to bring Aelita to the tower just in time. After a return trip, everything went back to normal as usual. Jeremy, Yumi, Odd, and I even got to watch Ulrich's game this time.

The week after that, there were multiple attacks in a row that week! Mary was even impressed by Xana's persistence. Ulrich, however, wasn't, he was bummed out by the overload of all the schoolwork and Xana attacks. He met a girl named Emily, and she and him got along well, making Yumi jealous. There was some sort of issue with the transfer when we were virtualized. For some reason Xana infected himself, in order to try and make so if we were killed on Lyoko, we died for real! Yumi... even told me Ulrich and her had a little kiss on Lyoko. *giggle* This happened sometime after my I took care of two Megatanks with my magic bomb spell thanks to Mary who was with me this time. Odd took care of the Krab. With a return trip, everything went back to normal yet again. Yumi and I met up earlier. She told me what happened on Lyoo, and made me swear to never reveal it to Ulrich and the others that I know. Sissi interrupted our conversation, she tried to lie to Yumi about Ulrich and Emily's friendship. But Yumi wouldn't fall for it for a second time. With Ulrich meeting up with us, I told Yumi I'd let her I'd leave Ulrich to her. I spotted Jeremy and Odd by the arches. I went over to them, and asked Jeremy how he fixed the supercalulator. He told me, what I thought was a lie because I was sure he had some difficulty trying to fix it. The bells had rung, so we walked over to Ulrich and Yumi. Sissi wasn't there anymore. We unfortunately had to repeat Mrs. Hertz's class again. I like Mrs. Hertz I do, she's a good teacher but it seemed Ulrich was happy going to Lyoko. Even though he told the three of us he learned something, something super important... he didn't tell us what that was. But I knew of course. I still plan to this day to keep Yumi and Ulrich's kiss a secret.

A few days after that, I finally met Samantha Knight in person. She was a bit rough around the edges, trying to steal a laptop from the school. But, Odd wanted to throw a party, and she needed a great laptop for her DJing. Is that even a word? Anyway, this got Odd into trouble, and he almost got expelled from school because of her It was a rough time for him, but then Xana launched an attack and everything started to sink. The school grounds, along with the school itself. We had almost hit a literal rock bottom. Jeremy went by himself to the lab, Yumi would meet him there. I had stayed behind to help Odd and Ulrich get Sam to safety. Once we got Sam to safety, Ulrich, Odd, and I went to Lyoko. We had to help Aelita who was having trouble with some Hornets, Yumi having been devirtualized earlier on. After the return trip was set, Odd introduced her to Jeremy since he didn't want Sam to steal the laptop again. I knew it was going to be a special weekend, and it was since the party was later at night. I even got to spend time with my family for the rest of the weekend after we had the party. I kept in contact with Mary of course throughout that long weekend.

Forward to the end of the month, and that attack was the creepiest one of all. Xana trapped Ulrich, Yumi, Odd and I in some kind of pocket reality. It was mirrored after the real world, and Xana ran the place while he took the form of my father. I noticed the inconsistencies right away: my missing time machine necklace, my copy of my father's laptop from the future being gone, and Mary didn't even exist. I had to play it cool though, and the real Jeremy eventually virtualized himself into the fake world, appearing how he does in the real world since he integrated himself into Xana's creation. It turned out we were on Lyoko all along. Our Jeremy convinced us not to use the scanners . Xana was trying to lure us into, causing Xana to become confused and enraged at the illogical of his actions, since his data said that Jeremy would be too scared to virtualize himself. But Aelita took care of the parallel reality, banishing Xana before he could try to kill Jeremy and getting him to safety. We had to take out a large group of monsters that had been lying in ambush day. After that happened, Jeremy had no choice but to launch a return to the past. He had left too many unwanted questions from Delmas and Jim. I had appeared in my room, and Mary gave me a hug. She was concerned what had happened, and I had told her that I was only the one that remembered everything. Which was strange, and she agreed it was. I also promised Mary that no matter what I would find my way back to her. I'm just glad that things worked out in the end on that day.

One thing I noticed throughout the attacks. Sissi proved herself useful in some of them. She also showed she cared about us, even Milly and Tamiya. But her spoiled attitude ruins the good that is within her. Anyway, I'd better get going. Jeremy is going to test out the latest materialization program, and something tells me this is it! I think we're finally going to materialize Aelita! Write more soon.

Lila.

I close the diary, locking it and putting it back in the usual drawer I put it in, I turn to Mary.

"This looks like it's going to be the day when we materialize Aelita," I say.

"It does. And for that reason, I'm going to go with you just in case there's trouble," Mary tells me.

I hold my cell phone out. She transforms into her smoke form and integrates herself into the device. I place the phone in my pocket before making my way to Jeremy's room.

Later

In Jeremy's room

Jeremy tests the materialization program on the computer in his room. We're all gathered around, Ulrich with his hand around his shoulder. The program runs, scanning Aelita's image, and a green plus sign pops up.

"It's finally working, we've got it!" Jeremy exclaims. "I - I just can't believe it."

We cheer for him and pull him into a big group hug.

"Let's tell Aelita," I smile.

"Right!" Jeremy exclaims happily, he starts typing on his keyboard.

"Aelita, are you there? We have some good news to tell you..."

Aelita's window pops up, and she asks,

"What's the good news Jeremy?"

"I'm not sure how to tell you this Aelita. The thing is... we're waiting for you here," he say, while clasping his hands together in happiness.

"Are you serious?!" Aelita exclaims.

Nodding, we all reply at the same time, "We're serious!"

"The materialization is running properly?" she asks. "It's truly working?"

Jeremy holds up a disc, "Everything is compiled in here. It was an intricate system. I had to start, by reconstructing the inertial matrix. As well as all of the DNA to-"

"Hang on a second Einstein," Odd interrupts him. He looks at us, we smile at him and Ulrich lets out an exaggerated yawn. Ulrich turns to Aelita.

"Basically, it's working," the brunet says, cutting to the chase.

"Jeremy, that's fantastic! I can hardly believe it!"

"Well, you should get used to it, and quickly," Odd says with a huge grin.

"It's the moment of truth, and then it's adios Xana!"

"Wait a minute," Jeremy requests. He places the CD into a case. "It won't be that easy; I've got to set up a couple of things first, the first being to create the program and set it into the supercomputer. Then Aelita will use a passage tower located in the forest region, and that's where she'll devirtualize. And after that, she'll appear in the scanners for the very first time!"

"I'll start making my way there," Aelita says.

"We'll get going to class, and from there, the factory," he says.

I nod, "Right."

Aelita tentatively smiles, "I - I guess I'll be seeing you all soon."

"It looks like we're going to be six for dinner tonight," Jeremy smiles back at her before her window closes. He turns his back to us,

"Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, can you keep a look out for Jim?"

"Right, we will," Yumi replies. The three of them walk out. Jeremy grabs a CD case. My eyes widen, catching on to where his hand had grabbed.

"Jeremy, wait a second!" I exclaim in a whisper. I put a hand on his shoulder.

He turns to me in surprise, "What?"

"That's the wrong case!"

"It is?" Jeremy questions. He looks closely at the nearly identical CD inside.

"You're right... it's one of Odd's dumb music videos. Phew, here's the right one," he says, grabbing the right disk.

Jeremy and I run out of the room.

Outside Jeremy's room

On the boy's dorm floor

Odd, Ulrich and Yumi following behind us.

Jim appears in front of us from around a corner, causing him to stop running, which makes all of us to bump into each other and grunt from the various impacts as we try to get back in order.

"Let me guess, you five are up to no good as usual," Jim accuses. "Am I right?"

"Not at all," I reply smoothly. "We were just having a group study."

The gym teacher rolls his eyes before crossing his arms, "Yeah, sure you were. I'm tired of your constant lying to me. We're all going to stay right here, until you decide to tell me the truth."

"Jim," Mr. Delmas calls out. Jim winces, hearing his name. We look at Mr. Delmas who had just entered the hallway from the other side. "What's the meaning of this?" the principal asks. He walks to us.

"I'm not sure entirely, sir. But, these children are up to no good! I assure you of that," Jim says.

Mr. Delmas shakes his head, "Another far-fetched tale of secret conspiracies and hidden passages?"

"Far-fetched tale? What are you implying?"

"Jim, what I'm implying is this: your tales are simply that, tales," he replies sternly.

"Sir, I-" Jim starts, he lowers his head.

"Please listen. You have an obsession with these children. You're preoccupying your time too much. Start acting like a physical education teacher, not a police detective. I'm getting on my last nerves," Mr. Delmas warns. He pokes Jim's belly.

I feel bad for him... considering he's right and all... I think.

He walks away and opens the doors at the end of the hallway to leave. Jim has his head down, and I can't help but feel bad for him. He scowls at us.

"Are you waiting for something? Go to class, now!" he exclaims.

In Mrs. Hertz's class

Odd and Ulrich are sitting together in class, while I sit with Jeremy. I've been trying to contain my excitement about meeting Aelita in person.

I can't wait to meet her! This is so exciting! I think.

"Animals all breathe like us. They're able to breathe using oxygen. Some can go on land and use the air to travel," Mrs. Hertz explains.

"It's really going to happen, isn't it?" I whisper to Jeremy, who nods.

Jeremy's laptop begins to beep as he opens it. Ulrich and Odd look at us from further back in the room.

"While breathing, animals and humans take in oxygen. They then let out carbon dioxide," Mrs. Hertz explains.

"What's the matter?" Odd asks from his table.

Jeremy whispers back, "There's something wrong with Aelita; I think she's in danger."

"Certain factors allow this process to occur. It is a rare process, but who can tell us what this process is?" Mrs. Hertz asks while turning around. Jeremy quickly hides his laptop.

"Jeremy, would you like to answer the question? We're all waiting," Mrs. Hertz says.

Jeremy doesn't answer, since he wasn't paying attention. I raise my hand.

"Lila?"

"Respiration, ma'am," I reply.

"Well done, Lila," Mrs. Hertz compliments. The bells ring. We all start running out of the classroom, and start running down the hallway.

"Pardon us!" Odd exclaims.

Ulrich takes out his phone, running with it. He dials a number and calls Yumi.

"Yumi there's trouble! Meet us at the factory!" he informs.

Later

Outside

We run outside, jumping off the stairs out of the building, making our way to the main gate to the park. Jim, however, blocks the way with a smug smile.

"You four aren't going anywhere," he says. Discreetly taking my cell phone out, I hold it behind my back. I smile, hearing Mary wisp away.

Jim catches on and regards me suspiciously, "What are you smiling about Smith?"

"Nothing, sir," I reply.

We see Mary at the main gate in her human form, waving her hand.

"Lila!" she calls. "I'm waiting for your friends to go and eat. Would your gym teacher like to join us too?"

Jim turns to her in surprise, then turns back to me with a scowl, as if knowing I was behind the cover-up even without any proof.

"I'll get you kids one of these days! Then you won't be able to keep any secrets from me! Just go!" he shouts, crossing his arms.

Jeremy, Odd, and Ulrich exchange glances at me, but shrug. We start running again while my "mother" starts walks away, raising more suspicious looks from the boys. Entering the main gate, she's nowhere in sight anymore, despite the open area.

"Whoa... is your mom a ghost or something Lila?" Odd asks. We continue making our way to the manhole entrance.

Jeremy adjusts his glasses and mutters, "She disappeared..."

Hearing a faint wisp sound nearing my phone, I speak up.

"Um... would you believe me if I told you she's a shape shifting human from the future?" I ask, joking slightly.

Odd laughs, "I thought my jokes were funny, but that's a good one. Maybe we just missed her car, and she parked it around the corner."

In the woods

Reaching the manhole entrance, we see Yumi waiting there to meet us.

"Finally! Where were you guys?" she asks removing the metal lid.

"Jim tried to stop us, but Lila's mom helped us escape," Ulrich explains.

Yumi starts making her way down the manhole, raising an eyebrow, "She did? Why would she?"

In the lab

Jeremy rushes to his chair. Sitting down, he opens the CD disk and quickly slides it into a disk drive on the side of the computer. Gathering around his chair, we watch him start typing rapidly. He brings up Aelita's link.

"Aelita, are you there? What's the situation?" he asks.

Aelita's window pops up,

"Thank goodness you're all here! It took such a long time. The passage tower is heavily guarded."

Jeremy continues typing, bringing up another window with Aelita's position and several red monster icons surrounding the tower.

"I've got your location," he says. We start running to the elevator. "Help is on the way."

In the scanner room

Jeremy speaks up over the intercom.

"I'm transferring you to the forest region. Aelita will be south from your position. Lila, you'll have to go last."

"Okay," I say.

Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd step into the scanners, the hatches then close.

Jeremy announces,

"Transfer: Yumi, Transfer: Ulrich, Transfer: Odd. Scanner: Yumi, Scanner: Ulrich, Scanner: Odd. Virtualization!"

The scanner starts humming. The scanners flare with white light between the cracks before they reopen. Running to the middle one, I hurriedly slide in before it closes again.

"Transfer: Lila," Jeremy begins. Closing my eyes, the scanner starts to spin.

"Scanner: Lila."

The scanner continues to spin, and starts humming.

I wait for the gush of wind and bright light.

"Virtualization!"

Lyoko's Forest Sector

Opening my eyes, I look down at the others waiting for me. I land perfectly, and we start running in the direction of the tower.

"I'm going to start launching the Code: Earth program. It's going to take a while to fully launch the process. While I set things up, I'm going to need you guys to protect Aelita and her tower. If that tower is destroyed during the Code: Earth process, well... I won't have to explain what happens."

"We know, don't worry Jeremy," Yumi replies. "We're going to bring Aelita here!" she exclaims.

Ulrich regards me while we're running, "What I would like to know... is why your mom was helping us?"

"She doesn't know about Lyoko, does she?" Odd asks.

"Of course not!" I lie. "She just happened to be there at the right time. She usually goes on walks near campus, so she may have seen we were in a predicament and needed to go off campus."

Jeremy chimes in, "Good timing then. Do you see Aelita?"

Looking around, we see her pink hair poking out from within a split tree. She spots us.

"I'm glad you're all here! Xana's not going to make this easy. Look," Aelita says, we reach her.

Looking straight to the tower, we see several Bloks along with two Krabs.

"Talk about a welcoming committee," Odd jokes.

Ulrich draws out his Katana, "Xana must know the end is near, and he's not going to want to go down without a fight."

"He's right, you'll need to plan your attacks carefully," Jeremy warns.

"Odd, you're going with me against the Bloks," the brunet samurai instructs.

"Yumi, Lila, take care of the Krabs. Think you can stay here, Aelita?"

"I will," Aelita nods.

I unsheathe my staff readying it,

"Okay... let's do this!"

All of us nod to each other before Yumi and I start running from the right side of the tree, getting the Krabs' attention. Yumi quickly grabs her Tessen fan and extends it while I begin chanting in Latin.

"Exardesco! Exardesco!" I exclaim. I fire off two Fire Bolts. Each of them somehow miss the Krabs. The Krabs start firing their lasers. Yumi and I dodge them.

Lila, can I be of some help?

Continuing to dodge the incoming lasers, Yumi and I roll to a nearby tree for cover.

I'm not sure… these Krabs aren't giving us a chance to gather the magic we need for the Strength spell. We definitely can't use the Magic Bomb spell yet…

No, you're right, not yet we can't. When the time is right, we'll get the chance.

"Yumi, I'm going to need you to use your telepathy on me," I say standing back up, and shocking her.

"On you?" she asks. "You're sure? I've only ever telepathically carried Aelita over before… but if you're sure."

"I am. When I give you the cue, I want you to fly me towards one of the Krabs, okay?" I instruct.

I hear Odd shooting his Laser Arrows at the Kankrelats with gleeful laughter. Closing her eyes, she lifts her hand at me and her body begins to glow. I start levitating into the air, the Krabs begin to charge their lasers. Yumi steps a little further from her cover to get a clear view of the trajectory as she starts to use her other hand, levitating me faster and higher.

"And... now!" I exclaim.

She thrusts her hands forward at the same time, sending me flying. Two laser blasts miss me since the monsters were clearly expecting a slower target. Unsheathing my sword, I fly towards the first Krab, sticking a landing on its head. The giant monster tries to buck me off, but I cling onto the Krab with my arms before gaining my bearings long enough to stab it in its weak point. With the monster starting to wobble, I jump off of it and onto the other one, plunging the blade with my landing this time. I jump off of the now wobbling Krab, the two exploding one after another. I sheathe my sword.

"Nice work," Yumi compliments.

Walking up to her, I smile, "Thanks."

Her eyes widen suddenly, and she pushes me out of the way as a laser wave strikes her down. She completely devirtualizes.

Turning around, I see a Megatank already open and charging another blast. I quickly grab my staff, and start chanting in Latin.

"Exarde-" I start to chant, but stop. The mechanical monster is clearly about to fire.

I'm not going to make it! Mary get ready to use the-

Before finishing my mental sentence, Ulrich jumps in front of me.

"Get Aelita to the tower! Odd handled all the roaches with his cat moves, but a Blok got him while he was distracted, and he was devirtualized. I took care of the Blok but missed this Megatank here. Jeremy is that program ready yet?" the samurai asks.

"Triangulate!" He exclaims. Running in a triangle, he makes two clones of himself. The Megatank turns to it, aiming on at one of the clones.

"Yes, it's ready!" Jeremy confirms.

I nod, thanking Ulrich. He nods back. Spotting Aelita running across to the tower while the last monster is occupied, I run to her. I quickly catch up to her.

"I heard the program is ready!" Aelita smiles.

"Yes, now let's go and get you to the tower!" I exclaim happily while grabbing Aelita's hand. We continue running towards the tower.

Lila, there's something I should tell you...

Yes Mary?

Hearing Ulrich screaming from afar, Aelita and I look to each other before I release her hand to let her go on ahead. The tower is only a few yards away.

"Lila, you're the only left to protect Aelita and her tower! Please, keep her safe!" Jeremy exclaims.

"I know," I reply while turning around. Glancing over with a reassuring smile, the Megatank rolls up to catch up to me. Turning to Aelita, who is watching me out of concern, I say:

"Get going Aelita. I'll see you shortly," I smile.

"Thanks!" Aelita says before turning to clear the last stretch of distance. The metal sphere rolls to stop a distance away.

Keeping my face composed into a neutral expression, I think to Mary,

We'll have to finish the conversation another time. Can you begin to activate the bomb spell in my staff? I'll use my sword to block the laser, and activate the strength spell to if you can. Or else it might just knock me off my feet.

Activating both spells will cost you 60 life points. Remember you can't physically use them at the same time. Charging the bomb while using the strength is fine, but you need to have an opening to get close enough to use it. I'll continue storing my energy into your staff, but I'll have to deactivate the strength spell once you have your opening.

I understand, I'll be quick!

I begin chanting in Latin.

"Viribus! Crepitus!" I exclaim, viribus meaning strength in English and Crepitus meaning explosion in English. The Megatank opening to charge its laser, aligned so that if I dodge its attack will hit the tower. I hear the familiar shimmering sound of Aelita entering the structure behind me.

"Lila, she's in the tower," Jeremy reports. "And you just lost 60 life points with those spells! Make them count."

The Megatank unleashes its laser wave and I block it with my sword, bracing it further by holding my left hand over the back of the blade. Grinding my feet against the ground as my body floods with the energy of the strength spell, I start pushing the laser wave back as it keeps trying to destroy me or knock me aside.

"Lila, she's starting the materialization process!" Jeremy exclaims.

Seeing my opening, I step to the side and angle my sword so that the laser wave slides along it to miss both me and the tower by a narrow margin. I hurriedly put my sword away, and unsheathe my staff. The strength spell deactivating.

"Crepitus!" I exclaim.

Swinging my staff, I hurl the ball of energy at the Megatank and start running. The ball of energy impacts the still open armored monster, destroying it completely. I dive away from the blast radius and sigh in relief. I sheathe my staff.

"Good work Lila..." Jeremy congratulates with relief. "I'll start the devirtualization process."

So, Mary what did you want to talk about, I internally ask.

Lila...

Hearing a strange noise, I take my sword out and ready myself for an attack. Something grabs me and before I can react, my sword falls out of my hands. It lifts me into the air. My eyes start to become heavy, and everything becomes dark.

POV Aelita's

I lay on the hard floor of the scanner and I wake up. Looking to myself, I have clothing like my friends do. A light pink sweater, a yellow t shirt, and a black skirt. The scanner doors open, and Jeremy is holding out his hand. Looking at him, he smiles.

"Welcome to Earth... Aelita." Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi cheer. Smiling, I take Jeremy's hand and he helps me up.

We're holding our hands for the first time… the sensation of touch is strange. I'm going to have to get use to this, I think. Odd, Yumi, Jeremy, and Ulrich hug me.

"Guys - guys- I-" I stammer, feeling myself being squished by my friends. Glancing around, I notice Lila isn't here.

"Where's Lila?" I ask, concern for my friend. Odd, Ulrich, Jeremy, and Yumi let go of me. They look at each other and then back at me.

"She's not back yet?!" Jeremy exclaims. "But I started the devirtualization process!"

The scanner on the right starts humming and makes a noise. Smoke coming out of it, it fades and then reveals Lila leaning against the inside wall. Looking at her, I can hear soft moans as if she's heartbroken.

"Lila... what happened? Why are you crying?" Yumi asks, as tears continue to drop down the blonde girl's cheeks.

POV Lila's

Yumi helps me up and tears continue flowing down my face. I just can't stop crying.

"What's wrong Lila?" Jeremy asks with concern.

Odd leans forward, "Did something happen on Lyoko?"

I nod.

"What happened?" Ulrich asks.

"I'm not sure what did it... but..." Trailing off, I look at them.

It's time I told the truth... at least some of it... I think.

I quietly ask, "You remember my mom?"

"Yes..." Jeremy replies, suspicion growing in his tone.

I breathe in and out to steel myself,

"The truth is... she is a shapeshifter from the future... And I know that... because I came from that future. I'm a time traveler."

And done! Sorry to leave everyone with a major cliffhanger like this! Some of you may have noticed, that this chapter was a bit different from the actual episode. And it was. How do you think everyone will take the truth, Lila just revealed? Why was Lila crying? All that and more, will be revealed in the next chapter!

Unfortunately, we won't find out what Mary wanted to Lila, for quite a while!

Let me know your thoughts are in the reviews, and I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter!

We'll be on a hiatus until June 20th ! So sorry!

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