This chapter was written by me and edited by Undeadmonkey8. Collaborated with AeroJester203.
Author's note: I had to revise the opening to the prologue of our little fanfiction here. Jeremy's age has been revised to 24. Aelita's age is a bit… tricky. I won't discuss the details as to why, for those who have not seen the show before. But, for storytelling purposes Aelita is going to be a few months older than Jeremy. They'll be the same age, but Jeremy will be younger by a few months. I've also revised the year as to when Lila traveled from in the prologue and in the previous chapter. The new year she traveled from is 2043. Changing the years and ages for Jeremy and Aelita, will not in any way, affect the story. It'll help it honestly. Sorry for the long note, onward with the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, all copyrighting goes to Moonscoop.
I do not own Mary, she is owned by AeroJester203. Cameron Jones is a new OC that will be joining our little fanfiction. He is owned by Undeadmonkey8 and will be acting as a love interest to Lila. Please, please check out Code: Cameron on Undeadmonkey8's profile. I can't stress enough, how good that story is!
Enjoy the chapter!
New Order
Desert Sector
POV Lila's
Odd, Ulrich, Yumi along with Aelita, and I are flying over the Desert Sector on Lyoko, testing out the new vehicles that Jeremy has designed for us. Odd's vehicle consists of a purple hoverboard with whiskers on the front end of it, it's called the Overboard. Ulrich's vehicle is a mix between a motorcycle, and hover technology. Jeremy calls it the Overbike, and it has a mixture of green and brown in it. Yumi's vehicle is based on a scooter, with a wide area big enough to carry two people on it. Jeremy has recently developed vehicles for us to fight against Xana. He made me a broomstick since my Lyoko avatar is basically a witch. Flying on my broomstick, Lyoko passes beneath me and I think back on what Jeremy told me a few weeks ago.
Flashback
"Can - you explain to me again, how this all works?" I ask, trying not to cry.
"I... I have no idea honestly. I just know that your mind is artificial because of the coding that I found in it. The coding causes the electronic frequency that the data analyzed. It's like a telegraph that's inside your mind if that makes sense."
"Okay...I think I get it. But... why did you never detect it in the scanners?" I ask, confused.
"The same reason I never knew you and Mary were working together on Lyoko. I didn't do a deep scan of your brain, there was never a need to. I mean sure you had your fainting issue, but that stopped a while ago and happened before you were scanned the first time. If I thought the scanners affected all of you at all, I definitely would have checked each of your brains. I didn't need to because the others didn't experience any side effects from the transfers."
"Okay that makes sense too..." I trail off.
"Yeah, and even if I did a deep scan of your brain at the time, it would have shown two beings. It would have shown Mary when you were fused with her, and whatever this artificial intelligence that's within you. I don't know what it is... it's really advanced. But it's dormant... and from what I can tell, it's been with you for a while now. Maybe even since you were born. The codes that I found in you which gives off the electronic frequency, shows no traces of Xana's code within you."
"Thank god… that would be a total nightmare. Ugh… just imagining having something else that's within me is really strange… I'm glad it's not Xana. Wouldn't even be possible honestly."
"Yeah. From what you've told all of us, Xana was active on Earth since he ruled your future. If there were traces of Xana's code in you, I would know. I've studied him for a while now and everything in my gut tells me this artificial intelligence just makes you, you: Lila Smith, human," Jeremy smiles.
"Thanks Jeremy… that makes me feel a bit better," I smile slightly.
End of flashback
POV Lila's
"Lila, Lila watch out!" Jeremy exclaims, opening my eyes I realize I'm flying straight into a jagged rock. My broomstick hits the jagged rock, and I fall off of it. Odd zooms down with his Overboard, which is purring like a cat as he catches me in his arms. Odd zooms to the others who are back on the ground. He lets me go to the back of the Overboard, and I balance myself on his Overboard. The Overboard flies to the others. Reaching the others, he and I hop off.
"Are you alright Lila?" Aelita asks with concern.
"I'm fine, I guess I got distracted," I shrug.
"Well, all in all at least Odd caught you. Though, I did beat him earlier with our race. Thanks for that, by the way. Letting me win the race," Ulrich says.
"You did not Ulrich! I was ahead of you by a mile, and you know it!" Odd exclaims.
A weird sound interrupts their argument. We see two monsters approaching us. Looking at them, they look like...
No... those are... the Tarantulas?! Ugh... this must be when they first appear in the timeline. Giant spider like armed machines... made me deathly afraid of spiders in the future, I think.
"What sort of creatures are those?" Yumi asks.
"I have no idea, but I've never seen them on Lyoko before," Aelita replies.
"The data the supercomputer is showing is that they appear to have some pretty powerful lasers. Odd, since you still have your Overboard take Aelita to a tower that's nearby. We're going to bring her in."
"Right, hop on Princess. Let's go," Odd gestures, giving Aelita a smile as he pulls her onto the Overboard and shoots off towards the tower.
The Tarantula's lift their legs, they start firing their lasers. The opening volley catches Yumi off guard, sending her back to Earth.
"Yumi!" Ulrich exclaims. Using his super speed, he charges at the Tarantula that shot Yumi. I start running to charge at the second Tarantula, and I take my staff out.
"Exardesco, Exardesco, Exardesco!" I exclaim. My amulet glowing slightly, I swing my staff, launching three fire bolts at the Tarantula. The Fire Bolts hit the Tarantula, but the Tarantula is unaffected by my attacks for some reason.
"Their life points aren't going to be easily depleted like other monsters. These monsters must be-" Jeremy starts talking, but is interrupted by Ulrich yelling as he jumps into the air and lands on the head of the Tarantula he's fighting. He stabs the Tarantula in the Xana sign, and jumps off. The Tarantula explodes, and Ulrich easily gets away from the explosion.
The Tarantula I attacked, turns and fires off its lasers at Ulrich, turning him into a cloud of devirtualized pixels.
"... are powerful. Lila do you think you can buy Aelita a few more seconds?"
"Yeah," I reply, making a stance. Looking at the Tarantula, the Tarantula turns to me, charging it lasers.
"Exardesco! Exardesco!" I exclaim.
My amulet glowing, I swing my staff. I send two more fire bolts at the Tarantula. The Tarantula screeches in pain, but it's still able to lift its legs. Charging its lasers, the Tarantula sends a volley wave of lasers at me. I grunt as they knock me off of my feet, and Lyoko disappears.
In the scanner room
Opening my eyes to the light of the scanner, the scanner opens, and I groan. Odd has been waiting for me. Yumi and Ulrich seem to have already gone up to the lab. Rubbing my neck, Odd offers his hand and I take it.
"Thanks," I say.
"You're welcome," he says.
In the lab
Jeremy turns his chair to face us as we gather in the lab, and he places his hands under his chin.
"These new monsters Xana's created... I don't like them. They're too powerful," he says.
"Ulrich barely managed to defeat just one of these Tarantulas. Lila's attacks didn't even phase the other one! The Tarantulas are really tough," Odd says.
"Yeah, they weren't. These "Tarantulas" as you call it are going to give us trouble," I huff.
"Your aunt, what?" Yumi asks.
"Tarantulas. That's the new name, I'm giving our new friends. And Einstein, you're going to need to program the vehicles faster, for us to stand a chance against them," Odd says.
"I know," Jeremy nods, "I'm more worried that Xana found a way to increase his power. Lila... is there any chance Xana could be using Mary, as a way to increase it?" he asks, looking at me.
"No," I shake my head, "She has the ability to expel Xana from foreign objects. She's done so in the past, and she'll be able to hold out until we get her back. Once we find out whatever took her. As far as I know, there's no way Xana can be using her to increase his power."
"If Xana's getting powerful enough to create new monsters, I should head back to Lyoko. Just in case he activates a tower," Aelita says. We look at Aelita, and smile. Remembering, our time we've been spending with her these past few weeks. She's been staying at Yumi's. One day, Yumi and I had taken her for a shopping mall trip. We bought her a new outfit. A light long sleeved pink hoodie, which is over a dark purple jumper dress, and a light pink t-shirt. Her hoodie has two fuzzy pull strings, and she has pink knee boots. We also secretly bought her some things she will be needing...
"Who wants to tell her?" Jeremy says.
"Tell me what? What's going on?" Aelita asks.
"Go on, you do it," Ulrich insists.
"Yeah, we shouldn't keep it a secret," Yumi smiles.
"Keep what a secret? Can someone tell me what's going on?" Aelita asks.
"Over these past few weeks, I've spent all of my free time developing the vehicles and anti-viruses, for you and Lila. I've also developed a whole new program for locating the towers," Jeremy says.
"It's like a super scan," Odd adds in.
"And, this super scan has better accuracy and response time over the original one. Jeremy showed me how it works, it's pretty good," I compliment.
"Pin-point accuracy in fact. Which means..." Jeremy trails off, trying to let Aelita figure it out. Aelita makes the realization, she looks at us and smiles.
"I - I get to stay-" Aelita stammers. Yumi nods, walking up to her, she cups Aelita's hands.
"Here, with all us. We've already enrolled you into Kadic as a student. You'll be Lila's roommate. We're going with the story we made up the first time. You'll be Aelita Stones, adoptive sister to Lila," Yumi smiles.
"Jeremy - this - is fantastic!" Aelita exclaims happily.
Jeremy smiles and I do too.
Later
In Lila's room
Jim opens the door, showing Aelita my room. The room has been changed since preparing for Aelita's arrival. My single bed is now a bunk bed with a ladder to get to the top, which is my original bed. A second desk with draws has been put where my desk was. My desk has moved to the front of the window, but I still have enough space so that I can open the window when I want to. All of my belongings are in the desk, including the copy of my father's laptop. Looking at the suitcase I'm holding for Aelita, I smile slightly, happy that she's going to be my roommate.
"You'll be rooming with your sister, miss um..." Jim trails off nervously, and Aelita finishes it for him.
"Stones, Aelita stones. I'm from Canada," she replies smoothly.
"Stones? Like the rock group?" Jim asks.
"That's right," Aelita nods.
"Anyways, Miss Stones there are a few rules you must follow. Breakfast starts at seven AM, and dinner is at seven PM. No going upstairs to the boy's floor after lights out. No skipping class, no-" Jim starts to explain, but I interrupt him.
"Jim, I actually told Aelita about the rules on the way here. She'll be okay and she won't cause any trouble. Right Aelita?" I ask.
"Right," Aelita replies.
"One of your group members not causing trouble? Well, color me, impressed Smith. I'll leave the rest to you then," Jim says. Jeremy, Odd, and Ulrich arrive, they enter the room, and give a thumbs up to us.
"Aelita, I'm going to be taking the top bed and then you can take the bottom bed. If that's okay, of course," I say.
"Sure," Aelita nods, smiling.
Outside
By the arches
Gathering around Mrs. Hertz, she hands us the assignment for our class trip, which for some reason is a combination of both eight and ninth graders today. Looking down at the name, I seem to be paired up with a boy whose name is... Cameron Jones.
Is he new? I wonder.
"Hi," a voice says in front of me. Turning to the voice, I see a boy in front of me. He has dark brown hair - a bit scruffy at first glance, but looking at it carefully I notice it's maintained scruff, rather than bedhead. His bangs are just long enough to be casually swept behind an ear, which he does as he awaits my response. He is wearing a charcoal grey jacket that goes to his knees, a black t-shirt with the Subsonics logo, dark jeans, and dark boots. He has brown eyes, and can't be more than a few inches taller than Jeremy.
"Um... hi, nice Subsonics t-shirt," I compliment.
The boy looks at it. "Oh, this old thing? Thanks, it's nothing special though. I'm Cameron Jones, are you Lila Smith?"
"I am. I assume we're going to be working on the assignment together?"
"Yup. I've got the sketchpad and camera right here," Cameron replies. I see he is holding his camera in his other hand and his sketchpad underneath his right arm.
"I see you have your things."
"I do, yeah," I nod holding the camera and my own sketchpad.
"Awesome. So, rumor has it that blond kid is at the top of the class," Cameron says.
"Yes, he probably is. He's a friend of mine. My sister's in the class too."
"Oh cool, so you like the Subsonics huh?"
"They-they're awesome yeah," I stutter.
"How long have you been into them?"
"A – f-ew weeks," I reply, continuing to stutter. He seems to notice this.
"You okay?"
"Uh-huh," I nod, unable to utter a full proper word.
What's going on? Do I have feelings for this guy or something? He's cute, but it's not like I like him . . . is it? I think.
"Everyone quiet down, please. Now that you're with your partners, there are some things you should be aware of. First off, we have three new students in the class. Aelita Stones, adoptive sister to Lila Smith," Mrs. Hertz announces. Aelita gives a shy smile and nods to the class.
"For the ninth-graders, William Dunbar is also a new student and will be partnering with Ms. Ishiyama. Yumi can you raise your hand please?" she asks. Yumi does so, and William walks up to her. Looking at William, he has dark blue hair, is wearing a long red sleeved sweatshirt, a black t-shirt on top of it, blue jeans, and brown boots.
William Dunbar… why does that name sound familiar to me? Unless… no, he can't be THAT William Dunbar… the one who Xana made his right-hand man? Ugh… great… my father talked about how much of a hot head he was. And Aunt Yumi used to mention the numerous fights he and Uncle Ulrich got into when they were young. I hope I can at least make sure William doesn't get taken by Xana in this timeline. If I can do that… I can weaken Xana. Without William… perhaps we'll have a chance to defeat Xana sooner rather than later. Time will tell I guess, I think.
"And lastly, Cameron Jones will be joining us today - and I see you've already found Ms. Smith, wonderful," she finishes the introductions.
"This is going to be the only time I repeat the instructions of our assignment, so please pay attention. We'll be visiting the forest nearby and cataloging certain flowers, various plants, you'll be documenting them with your cameras and sketchbooks. And, on your sketchpad you'll be drawing your findings," she explains.
Some of our classmates' groan and I groan with them,
"Whelp, there goes half our grade…"
"Why, you don't draw well?" Cameron asks.
Shaking my head, I answer, "No not exactly. My best drawing is a stick figure."
Even though my future gave me all that free time… my drawing NEVER improved… I think.
"Well… lucky for you, I'm your partner. I just happen to draw during my free time. I've gotten pretty good at it."
"Good, maybe our grade won't be that terrible then," I smile.
Looking back at the front of the class, Mrs. Hertz is speaking with Milly and Tamiya,
"I've said enough is enough! This trip is for eight and ninth graders only. Milly, Tamiya, please let us move on with our day," Mrs. Hertz says, sighing.
"Ohh okay..." Milly groans in defeat, as she notices Cameron. She looks at Tamiya then me, for approval of what I assume is an interview. I shake my head at Tamiya, silently pleading her to tell Milly not to. She tells Milly something, and the two are on their way back to their room.
In the forest
Cameron and I are sitting against a tree, which is providing us some shade. but not a lot. Most of the leaves have fallen off since it's January. It's gotten cooler, now that it's the beginning of January, but it can still be hot out sometimes, and today just happens to be one of the hot days. It's the perfect day to categorize flowers that are still around. Taking a photo of a rose, the photo is extracted from the camera. I show it to Cameron.
"Plants can be daunting but really, they're quite simple, compared to say, people," Cameron says, putting the finishing touches on a dandelion sketch.
"Here, try the rose, for example. Turn the picture upside down, like so, and then try from the bottom of the stem up." Despite telling me to do it, he's starting to draw the top of the rose already.
"Wow… that's pretty great," I compliment, my face starts to feel like it's burning.
Why is my face burning up?! What's wrong with me?! I think.
"You okay? Should we go somewhere a bit cooler? Maybe a bigger tree with leaves on them to get more than a spot of shade? It is rather warm out here," Cameron says, noticing the color of my face.
"Um, no thank you. I'm fine," I nod, trying to relax myself. I turn away from him.
I've never felt this way before… I wonder why I am I feeling this way? There's no way I have a crush on this guy... we just met! I think.
"How long have you and your adoptive sister been together?" Cameron asks, trying to change the subject. Looking at him, I say:
"For as long as I can remember honestly. She's been with me for a while now."
"Are you two close?" he asks.
"Yeah. We're also roommates here."
"Oh, that's cool!" Cameron exclaims, "I was thinking about rooming here at Kadic. But, the dorms are expensive, and my parents don't want me to cause any trouble at this school. Considering, what happened at the last one," he chuckles to himself lightly.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Well….Okay since we're lab partners and all, I can tell you. I'm into robotics and let's say, hypothetically, I built this robot in the shape of a wasp."
"Okay…"
"And let's say - again, hypothetically - that this wasp robot of mine just happened to have made its way into a teacher's room, who was substituting that day."
I giggle a little, "You got it to do that? How did she react?"
"Ah . . ." he rubs the back of his head, "with a cricket bat. Smashed the poor thing into bits, and she told the principal the same day. I was expelled, parents weren't happy, so they decided to let me study abroad."
"You speak French very well," I compliment.
"Thanks," Cameron says. He takes another photo of a flower nearby. We continue doing this for a while, but then my phone starts ringing, and I answer it.
"It's Odd. We think Aelita may have gotten lost. Can, you get away from your boyfriend a little, and meet with us at the crossroads?"
"Odd... you're going to get it, when I see you," I say, threatening him. He laughs nervously on the phone, then hangs up. I stand up.
"Um... I hate to do this, but my sister's gotten lost. Do you mind covering for me?" I ask.
"I don't mind at all. Want me to help find her?"
I shake my head.
"Thanks, but I have a feeling I know where she is. I'm just going to go and make sure she's okay."
"Okay, if Mrs. Hertz asks, I'll cover for you," Cameron says, and smiles.
"Thanks," I smile, and I start running to the Hermitage.
If I know Aelita… she's going to find herself at the Hermitage. One thing I remember from my future timeline is that my father told me stories of when my mother had dreams that lead her to Grandpa Schaeffer's house, I think.
At the Hermitage
Reaching the hermitage's main gate, I see that the gate has been opened. Going into the yard, I close the gate. I rush into the yard and looking around, I notice my broken pieces of the time machine are no longer on the ground.
So bizarre... my time machine parts have disappeared... I hope no one took them. Though… who could have? Maybe Mary did at some point? There's no way they disappeared because of any paradox… especially since the many worlds theory is the best theory I have. Nothing from my original history can be erased, so someone who knew I was here must have taken them away. Once I find Mary, I'll have to ask her just to be sure, I think.
Closing the gate, I start running up the stairs.
Inside the Hermitage
After carefully ascending the rickety steps, I open the door. I walk inside the Hermitage, and I close the door carefully.
"Aelita? Are you here?" I call out.
"Lila!" Aelita exclaims, she then screams. Rushing down the stairs, and into the corridor I see Aelita fainting from something dark. I rush over to her and catch her in time. Hearing a strange noise, something starts to cover me in darkness, my vision starts to become heavy, and my eyes start rolling back. Aelita and I collapse on the ground, next to each other.
Sometime later
"Lila! Lila!" I hear a voice shout, my eyes starting to open seeing Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi running to me and Aelita.
"Don't - trap," I utter, my vision now fully back to normal.
Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi run to us. Yumi helps me up, and Ulrich helps Aelita up.
"What did you say Lila?" Odd asks.
"Xana's going to-" Aelita starts to answer for me, as a door suddenly starts to close on us. Odd gets in between the door, holding it with his legs, he struggles to keep it open.
"You two go first, hurry!" Yumi exclaims. Aelita nods and starts crawling under Odd. She crawls out, and I follow her next. Crawling under Odd's legs, Aelita offers her hand and I take it. I get up. Yumi starts to crawl under Odd's legs, but Odd is starting to lose control of the door. Aelita and I barely manage to grab Odd in time, and the door fully closes.
Looking at the thermometer on the side to the door, the heat levels are starting to rise.
"You'll be boiled if we can't get you out of there!" Odd exclaims. Aelita, Odd, and I try to budge the front of the door open. Ulrich and Yumi, continue to try and budge the door open, from their side.
"It's not working, just hurry and deactivate the tower! That's the only way!" Ulrich exclaims.
"But-" I start to say, and Yumi speaks up
"We have faith in you guys!"
Nodding, Odd, Aelita and I start walking back upstairs. We hear a noise of something growing closer to us.
"Hang on," Odd says as we see a desk sliding towards us. I grab Aelita, getting us out of harm's way. Odd uses his hands to somersault onto the desk, and he uses the desk as a spring pommel horse, to jump off of the desk. He lands on the floor safely. The desk crashes into the door, giving us a way out of the house. The dust clears up, revealing a miraculous uninjured Kiwi, who wags his tail happily, despite being surrounded by broken pieces of wood.
"Kiwi," Odd smiles.
Outside the Hermitage
Odd lets Kiwi jump into his arms. Aelita starts to gasp, looking at something near the bushes. Looking at it, I see the old door that leads to a secret entrance to the factory.
If I'm not mistaken I think my father use to tell me that there was a shortcut from the Hermitage to the factory. That must be it, it's too bad the Hermitage doesn't exist anymore in my timeline. Xana blew that up too, I think.
"Guys... there's a passageway over there. I - I believe it's going to lead us to the sewers," Aelita says.
"This isn't a time for jokes Aelita," Odd says, not believing her.
"I'm not joking Odd, I'm sure," Aelita nods.
"Huh?" Odd asks.
"How do you know?" Odd asks.
"Something tells me she has a good hunch. Right Aelita?" I ask.
Aelita nods, and smiles. "Right."
Inside the lab
Reaching the lab, the freight elevators' doors open. Jeremy stops tapping his finger nervously and sighs in relief.
"You guys had me worried!" Jeremy exclaims. "But where are Ulrich and Yumi?" he asks, noticing they're not here.
"There's no time to explain Einstein. Ulrich and Yumi are in trouble," Odd informs.
"Okay, head for the scanners. I'll start the process."
Kiwi hops out of Odd's arms and runs to Jeremy, laying down next to him at the side of his chair.
In the scanner room
Odd steps into the middle scanner, Aelita takes the left scanner, and I take the scanner on the right. We step in.
"Transfer: Aelita, Transfer: Odd, Transfer: Lila."
The scanners close.
Closing my eyes, the scanner starts spinning.
"Scanner: Aelita, Scanner: Odd, Scanner: Lila."
The scanners continue to spin, and starts humming.
"Virtualization!"
Bright light envelopes me, billowing my hair and time machine necklace. I'm virtualized to Lyoko.
Ice Sector
Odd and I land perfectly in the Ice Sector. Aelita lands perfectly, and at the same time, our vehicles are materialized.
"Aelita, the Overwing is for you."
"All aboard!" Odd exclaims, jumping onto his Overboard. I get onto my broom, and Aelita steps onto the Overwing. We start to fly our vehicles, down an icy path. The tower is coming into view.
"We can see the tower!" I exclaim.
"Be careful, there are two Tarantulas guarding it. Lila, keep in mind you still have a limit to your fire bolts. If you need to, you can use that fire blast with your sword. But it'll cost you a lot of life points."
"I know, thanks," I say and fly our vehicles faster.
Reaching an ice pillar, Odd, Aelita, and I stop our vehicles.
"Those creatures are incredibly powerful. Without Mary... I no longer have access to the spells she used to initiate when we were fused on Lyoko. I can try to use a fire blast from my sword, but it's going to take time. Time, we don't have..." I say, trailing off.
"With two of them, Lila and I will never make it. What are we going to do?" Odd asks.
"Maybe I can lure one of them away," Aelita winks.
"Oh..." Odd and I nod.
"Aelita, what are you planning exactly?"
"She's going to steal the show," Odd replies.
Odd, and I take our vehicles in a different direction than Aelita. Aelita manages to lure away one of the Tarantulas. Taking out my staff I start chanting in Latin, getting the remaining Tarantula's attention. Cocking his paw, Odd readies his laser arrows. Lifting its arms, it starts to fire at Odd and I. My amulet suddenly starts glow black.
"Woah, what's that thing doing?" Odd asks, lowering his paw.
"Odd, Lila's somehow has activated a new spell! Get out of there and go help Aelita!" Odd runs away as he goes to the ice pillar, and gets his Overboard. He flies off.
"Lila stop that spel-" Jeremy tries to say, but it's too late. The world starts to envelop around me and the Tarantula, everything becomes gray. Hopping off my broom I ask,
"Jeremy what's going-" but then, I notice the Tarantula. Its lasers went off and somehow stopped in mid-motion.
Woah... did I do this? What sort of spell is this? I think.
Looking at my amulet I notice it's still glowing black, but the glow is starting to fade. Taking out my sword, I decide to take advantage of the situation. I run at the Tarantula, sliding underneath the lasers. I leap into the air. Landing on the Tarantula's body, I stab my sword through the Xana sign. I jump off of the Tarantula and back up a few feet. The glow from my amulet fades, and the world returns to normal. The lasers that were in mid-motion hit an ice boulder, and the Tarantula explodes.
"Lila... what just happened? The supercomputer rendered your virtual incarnation! You darkened the area you were in, and we lost contact! What happened? It was like some sort of blackout!"
"I... I defeated the Tarantula," I answer, sheathing my sword. "And… blackout, it has a nice ring to it. That's what I'll name the spell."
"Listen, Aelita's coming your way. But, blackout cost you fifty life points! Odd defeated the Tarantula that Aelita lured away, and another one appeared after that, and devirutalized him!"
Hearing feet coming my way, I turn ahead seeing Aelita running with the Tarantula behind her in pursuit.
"Can you take this one out?! We're running out of time!" Aelita exclaims.
I nod.
Broomstick, go to Aelita and fly her to the tower, I command internally, knowing this is going to cost me at least 30 life points, as this is the first time I'm commanding a vehicle with my magic. The broomstick flies past me, as it flies to Aelita. Aelita's eyes widen and she rolls to the side. The broomstick follows her. It stops, and Aelita carefully gets on the broom.
"Lila how do I make this broom-" Aelita starts to ask, just as my broom starts to fly again. I start running to the Tarantula and it starts charging its laser. I hear Aelita screaming from the broomstick flying so fast, and she zooms by me.
"Ignesco!" I exclaim.
The Tarantula fires its laser at me, and I swing my sword at it. The flames, which aren't fully charged up, hit the Tarantula causing it to catch on fire, it screeches. My body starts devirtualizing.
I used up all of my life points! Ugh… these magic spells really can the worst! I think. As I devirtualize, the Tarantula's laser hits me, finishing me off for good measure, and my body flies into the air, turning into pixels.
In the scanner room
Waking up in the scanner, the scanner's doors open. Odd is still in the scanner room. He looks at me.
"Those things are really tough…" I trail off.
"We'll get them next time," he says, giving a reassuring thumbs up.
Jeremy exclaims:
"Return to the past…now!"
A big white bubble appears and engulfs everything, sending us back in time.
Back in the forest
Opening my eyes, I realize I'm back with Cameron as he sits against the tree. He takes a photo of a flower nearby.
"Here, try the rose, for example. Turn the picture upside down, like so, and then try from the bottom of the stem up." Cameron says, trying to reassure me. Sitting down on the ground, I get my camera. I start taking pictures from the flowers I knew were around, and the rose I drew the first time. Each picture is extracted and I put them on the ground in a row. I start drawing the flowers, starting with the rose. I finish the drawing, then move onto the other flowers. Finishing them, I realize they're a bit better than my usual drawings. Piling the extracted pictures, I look at Cameron, and hold up my sketchpad showing the rose first.
"How's this?" I ask. Cameron turns his head and looks at the sketchpad. After he does, I flip each page to show him the other drawings. He nods.
"Wow… not bad, not bad. Needs improvement but still… good enough to get a decent grade," Cameron says honestly.
"Gee thanks," I huff, putting the sketchpad down.
"Ha ha sorry. But I'll tell you this: you're pretty creative. Reminds me of the time of when I got expelled from school," Cameron says.
"You did, really?" I ask, despite knowing his answer.
"Yup. I'm into robotics, and let's say, hypothetically," Cameron starts to retell the story of how he got expelled, and I can't help but smile at him.
Later
After the field trip
Mrs. Hertz gives Aelita and Jeremy perfect grades, while she fails Sissi, Herb, and Nicholas for cheating and using a flower shop. William and Yumi, seem to be talking, they look happy about their grades. Ulrich looks at them, a bit jealous of William.
I think I understand why Uncle Ulrich was so jealous of him when they were young. He really doesn't like William, I think.
"Here's what I'd like to know," Odd says, speaking up.
"Yes Odd?" Jeremy asks.
"How come you didn't meet us at the crossroads Lila?" he asks me.
"See… when I first "arrived," here in France I visited the Hermitage. It was the only safe place I knew that would allow me to have some privacy," I explain.
"Okay… that makes sense. And, Aelita how did you know about that secret passageway?" Odd asks.
Catching Aelita's eyes flickering, she rubs her temples then stops.
"I'm not sure… it's as if I've been there before," Aelita answers.
"Well, that can't be possible. You were born on Lyoko after all," Ulrich says, looking at us now.
Yumi walks up to us and seems to have heard the conversation.
"It's safe to say, it's one more mystery for us to solve. Though… Lila, I can tell it's not a mystery that you like that new guy Cameron, is it?"
"I… I do not!" I exclaim, feeling my cheeks blushing from embarrassment as the others can't help but laugh.
Aelita... I wish I can tell you that you have lived here before. That you really are human. But I can't... and these are the secrets you're going to have to learn on your own... I think.
And Done! Next update will be July 5th!
Author's Note: Thank you Undeadmonkey8 for letting me use Cameron as Lila's love interest. For those of you following Code: Cameron, you may have noticed that there were a few nods to Undead's fanfiction. Lila's new spell is based off a power from Code: Cameron. I do not own this power, but I have been given permission by Undeadmonkey8 for allowing me to use it as a spell in this fanfiction. I can't wait to see what Lila's and Cameron's friendship is going to turn out like! Will Lila and Cameron end up getting together? Who knows, only time will tell! I sincerely hope for nothing but the best for them! And for those of you wondering if this fanfiction will turn into a love story, I can promise you that it's not going to turn into a gushy love story! It's still going to focus on Lila, and her challenges that she will be facing! One of these challenges just happens to be love :)
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