This chapter was written by me and edited by AwesomeFanFictionAuthor.

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I only own Lila. Cameron is owned by Undeadmonkey8. Mary is owned by AeroJester203.

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Saint Valentine's Day

Monday, February 13th

In Mrs. Hertz's class

POV Lila's

Mrs. Hertz's class, it's the last class of the day. The clock ticks slowly, mockingly.

I'm ready for this class to come to an end, I think.

"And don't forget, tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day," Mrs. Hertz adds.

Aelita and I look at each other, confused.

The bell rings, ending class at last. Jeremy, Odd, Ulrich, Aelita, and I walk out into the halls.

"Um... guys... what exactly is Valentine's Day?" Aelita's asks, lost.

"Uh..." The three boys trail off.

"Lila, do you think you can tell her?" Jeremy asks awkwardly.

"To be honest... I have no idea what Saint Valentine's Day is," I answer, feeling a bit sheepish.

"Oh right... maybe you should ask Yumi then? She might be able to tell you two," Jeremy says.

"Okay...?" I ask.

I wonder why they don't just tell us themselves... I think.

The Next Day

Tuesday, February 14th

"So... what exactly is Saint Valentine's Day?" I ask Yumi. We're in the girl's bathroom. She seems confused for a second, then gives us an understanding look.

"It's the day all lovers celebrate," Yumi explains.

"Huh?" I ask, blushing slightly.

"Lo-lovers?" Aelita stammers. Yumi nods.

"Yes... why? Did some special someones give you something?" Yumi asks.

"Well..." I trail off. I reveal a pink charm bracelet, and Aelita reveals a necklace with a big pink spherical charm.

"Oh," Yumi smiles, looks at Aelita's necklace, and nods. "Tacky, but not bad." She looks at my bracelet, "This is nice, not bad either."

Aelita puts the necklace on, and I put my charm bracelet on my right hand.

"I think I know two people who would want to give the two of you presents, don't you?" Yumi asks.

Aelita and I smile. "Go, go on," Yumi urges. We nod.

Outside

Aelita runs to Jeremy, Ulrich, and Odd. I make my way to the courtyard to search for Cameron. It's pretty empty, but I see a girl, Emily LeDuc, I believe her name is. I don't really know her, but I see her quite often around campus. I think she and Ulrich hung out once, if memory recalls. She's tall, has brown eyes, and dark brown hair. She is wearing rectangle shaped glasses, and usually can be seen wearing a dark red tank top, and under it is usually a long sleeved light pink sweater. She wears a simple pair of blue jeans, along with striped gray and white shoes. I remember a time when Yumi got jealous of her because Ulrich wanted to hang out with Emily. She'd never admit it was jealously though, and it was a while back. Walking up to her, I ask:

"Emily, have you seen Cameron by any chance?"

"Oh, Cameron? Um... yeah, he's waiting by the main gate," Emily replies.

"Thanks," I nod and run to the main gate. It takes me a while to get there, going through the park, and taking one of the trails that leads to the front entrance. Reaching the end of the trail, I finally see him, he's waiting underneath the gate. Walking up to him, I reach him and politely tap him on his shoulder. He turns around, surprised to see me.

"Cameron! I wanted to thank you for the present," I say, smiling.

"Huh? Present? What are you talking about?" Cameron asks. I point to the charm bracelet on my wrist.

"This charm bracelet. I'm not sure how you managed to leave it at my dorm room last night, but-" I start to explain, but notice Cameron is looking down. He seems upset.

"What's wrong?" I ask. Cameron sighs.

"I didn't leave a charm bracelet for you. Whoever did must really have strong feelings for you. As for what's wrong with me? I... I'm waiting for my adoptive parents."

"Adoptive parents?"

Cameron nods, "We're going to, uh... visit my... parents grave, okay? They died in a car accident on Valentine's Day and I'm not particularly fond of this holiday."

My eyes widen.

"I'm sorry... I didn't know..."

He shakes head, "There's nothing to be sorry about. Anyways, shouldn't class be starting soon?" he turns away from me and continues to watch the street for his adoptive parents, as he waits for them.

"Um... yeah, it should be. I'll uh, see you later I guess..." I trail off and start walking back to campus.

I wish I knew more about Cameron. If he didn't send me the bracelet... then who did? I think.

Mrs. Hertz's class

Jeremy and Aelita are sitting together in class. Odd and Ulrich are sitting together as well. I'm sitting just to the right of Jeremy.

"-Lila and I go to Lyoko?" Aelita asks, but I only hear part of her question. I look over at Aelita and notice something is just a little...off. Jeremy shakes his head.

"It's too dangerous with the Scyphozoa," Jeremy answers. "And Lila's fainting... I'm worried that-"

"Come on Jeremy, please? For me?" Aelita asks, leaning in. She kisses him on the cheek, and he falls to the ground. Our classmates start laughing, minus Ulrich and Odd. My eyes widen.

"What a clutz!" Sissi exclaims, still laughing.

"Jeremy! What do you think you're doing?!" Mrs. Hertz exclaims, "Settle down, everyone, now!" She looks at me.

"Lila, please bring Jeremy to the principal's office at once," she requests. I nod and gather my things. Jeremy gets up, and he and I walk out of the room.

Outside the secretary's office

"Why did Aelita kiss you?" I ask, giving him a serious look.

"Uh - you - you saw that?" Jeremy stammers.

"Yes."

"She wants to go to Lyoko. She knows how to create the antivirus, and a way to unlink you to Xana. Without needing Mary to do it," Jeremy reveals.

My eyes widen,

"She - she knows?"

"Mh-hmm... I should probably go and see Delmas now," Jeremy says. He opens the door, gulps, and enters. I sit down on the floor to wait.

It shouldn't be possible... she knows how to create the antivirus and a way to unlink me from Xana? Something's wrong... Aelita would never be so forthcoming as to kiss Jeremy in class. I know her better than that... unless... I think.

"Unless Xana's possessed her."

I'll wait for Jeremy to leave, then maybe I can talk to him about my suspicions. This would make sense... though... Aelita knows I've been exercising and that I haven't fainted in a while... I think.

Afterwards

"Four hours of detention, I've never had this much bad luck," Jeremy mutters to himself, walking out of the Principal's office. He looks down at me,

"What are you still doing here?"

"I, uh, had a bad feeling about something. See, I-"

"Hey," Yumi says. "Aelita told me you guys were here. Sorry about the detention." We look to the side and see Yumi and Aelita approaching us.

"I told Yumi what happened. We decided to meet you here. Yumi will go with me and Lila to Lyoko. Lila's fine with it, right Lila?" Aelita asks, looking at me. I nod, despite feeling a bit uneasy with her.

Jeremy wouldn't let her go it alone, so she recruited us. I didn't actually tell Aelita I would sign up for this, but now I don't have that much of a choice… I think.

"After everything that's happened today, it would be nice to get something done," Jeremy says, heading towards the park. Aelita looks at Yumi, then looks at me.

I really hope I'm wrong… I think.

The freight elevator

Aelita, Yumi, Jeremy, and I run into the freight elevator. Aelita's eyes are closed. I can't help but feel threatened by her. The freight elevator reaches the scanner room, and the doors open. Aelita opens her eyes as we walk into the scanner room.

Scanner room

"Ready ladies? I'm starting the process."

We get in our respective scanners and the scanners doors close.

"Transfer: Yumi, Transfer: Aelita, Transfer: Lila." Closing my eyes, the scanner starts to spin.

"Scanner: Yumi, Scanner: Aelita, Scanner: Lila." The scanner continues to spin and starts humming.

"Virtualization!"

A bright light and wind engulfs me, billowing my hair and time machine necklace. I'm virtualized to Lyoko.

Lyoko's Forest Sector

Yumi, Aelita, and I land perfectly in the forest sector. My broomstick and the Overwing are already materialized.

"Aelita, Lila? Are you two okay? There were errors in your transfer," Jeremy informs.

"And error? What sort of error?" I ask.

"Sorry, Yumi," Aelita says. She swipes Yumi's legs and kicks her in the stomach while she's falling, sending her crashing into a tree.

"Aelita?! What's gotten into you?!"

"Silence, Jeremy!" Aelita orders. She closes her eyes.

"Jeremy?" I ask.

Jeremy doesn't answer.

Aelita's cut off communication, somehow, I think. Aelita opens her eyes and smirks.

"Why would you do that to Yumi?" I ask.

"Come on, isn't it obvious?" Aelita asks, her eyes flickering with the Xana symbol. I shake my head.

"The necklace... the necklace must be influencing you!" I exclaim.

"That's right," Aelita says in a sing-song voice.

"And what do you think your charm bracelet did to you?"

My eyes widen,

What did the charm bracelet do? Am I about to be possessed, too? No, it would have happened already, then… what? What did Xana do to me?! I think, taking out my staff, and shifting into a defensive position.

"I don't want to hurt you, Aelita."

"You won't be able to," she taunts and starts walking towards me. I start to chant in Latin.

"Exardesco!" I exclaim. Looking down, I see that for some reason, my amulet isn't glowing.

Then... then that means... I think.

"Mystery solved, it dampens your abilities on Lyoko," she smirks. Looking over to my broomstick, I make a run for it. Aelita lifts her hand, not even breaking her stride, and materializes a rock, which falls and crushes my broomstick. Suddenly, she disappears.

She disappeared?! I think. Frantically searching for her. I sheathe my staff and unsheathe my sword.

This sword can still do damage… but only if I really need to, I think.

"Where did you go?" I ask.

"You forgot to look behind you," Aelita replies, from behind me. Before I can react, Aelita hits my head. I fall to the ground, and I black out.

Desert Sector

My vision is blurry, but I can see Yumi right behind us on her Overwing. I notice we've changed sectors, and we're in the desert sector.

"Lila come on! Try to get away from her!" Yumi calls out as she speeds up on the Overwing. I'm lying down on a Krab, with Aelita standing over me. I try to get myself to my feet, but for some reason… I can't move.

"Hurry Yumi! Lila can't get away from Aelita for some reason!" Jeremy exclaims.

"Yumi-help me! I can't-" I stammer. Aelita looks down at me and kicks me in the head, knocking me out again.

Ice Sector

I hear the firing of what I believe are Krabs. I hear shouting, probably from Odd and Ulrich. Opening my eyes, I realize I'm now in the ice sector.

Several Krabs are behind Aelita, firing at Odd and Ulrich. I look down and notice a faint glow coming from my bracelet.

If I can destroy the bracelet then I should be fine. But I don't have the energy to do so... how can I get Ulrich and Odd's attention? I think.

"I'm here, with Aelita! Destroy my bracelet!" I exclaim.

"Hurry, you must get us to the Scyphozoa!" Aelita exclaims at the Krab. The Krab starts running, and Aelita jumps in front of me. She starts singing, just as Odd flies his Overboard a little higher. He starts cocking his paw at my bracelet, but Aelita starts creating an ice wall. The ice wall is created, causing a split between Odd and Ulrich, and the Krabs. Odd and Ulrich drive their vehicles and bring them down to the ice wall. The ice wall is tall and wide enough so they can't fly over it, or around it. Getting off them, Ulrich unsheathes his Katana blade and starts attacking the ice wall. Odd uses his paws and feet, as he starts attempting to climb the ice wall. Aelita however, somehow speeds up the Krab even more and we start getting further away from them. The other Krabs remain behind us, just in case Ulrich and Odd succeed in destroying the ice wall.

Near an Ice Cave

Aelita kicks me off the Krab and I take a tumble on the ice, hitting it hard.

"We're here," Aelita calls out. Hearing the Scyphozoa, my heartbeat starts increasing.

"Aelita please, you've got to stop obeying Xana!" I exclaim. She looks at me,

"Like I told Yumi before she was devirtualized, I won't!" she exclaims. The Scyphozoa starts getting closer to her.

There's nothing I can do… all because of this stupid charm bracelet! I think.

"No, Aelita! Stop!" Odd calls out. He and Ulrich are both running to us as fast they can. Odd is on both paws and feet again, and Ulrich using his super sprint, super speeds our way. Aelita grunts displeased that her ice wall and Krabs failed. I smile.

"Now, what are you going to do?" I taunt.

"Glad you asked. Fail once, you try again," Aelita says. Lifting her hand, she starts singing and starts creating another ice wall.

"No Aelita!" Odd exclaims. He and Ulrich reach us. The ice wall is created, and it's too late. Ulrich and Odd look at me,

"You've got to stop her! It'll take forever to break the ice wall again!" Ulrich exclaims.

"I can't even move!" I exclaim. Looking at the Scyphozoa, it starts moving it tentacles toward Aelita.

"Aelita!" Jeremy exclaims.

"Odd, you've got to climb up here! Hurry!" I exclaim. "Forget about me, and just focus on Aelita!" I tell him.

"Okay, I'll try!" Odd exclaims. Backing up, Odd gets on his paws and feet. He starts running towards the ice wall. Reaching it, he jumps onto the wall and starts climbing on it.

"You okay Odd?" Ulrich asks.

"Brilliant, as usual," Odd replies. Digging his paws into the ice, he continues to climb the ice wall. Ulrich unsheathes his Katana blade and starts striking the ice wall. Odd reaches the top and crosses the top of the wall.

Falling, he lands safely. He runs over to the Scyphozoa.

Aiming his paw at the Scyphozoa, he fires off a few Laser Arrows at the Scyphozoa. The Laser Arrows hit the Scyphozoa, and it stops trying to pursue Aelita.

Odd starts running at Aelita,

"Aelita, stop!" he exclaims. Turning to Odd, Aelita looks at him. Using her creation ability, Aelita's hand starts glowing for some reason and creates ice which freezes Odd's legs.

"Hey! That's cheating!" Odd complains. Ulrich continues to strike the ice wall.

"Jeremy! We're never going to make it!" Ulrich says.

"It's hopeless…" I trail off, looking at Aelita. The Scyphozoa starts reaching for her again. Reaching her, its tentacles take a hold of Aelita and lift her in the air. A red aura surrounds Aelita, as the two tentacles touch her head. They start glowing red. The Scyphozoa starts taking Aelita's memory.

"Odd… aim for Aelita," Jeremy instructs.

"Are you out of your mind Jeremy?! He can't do that!" I exclaim.

"She's right! Remember, if Aelita loses all of her life points, she'll disappear forever!" Ulrich exclaims, he strikes at the ice wall again with his Katana.

"Xana wants her memory. He won't risk losing that. Deep down, he wants her alive just as much as we do," Jeremy explains.

"I… I think he might be right," I say, unsure.

"Okay…" Odd trails off. Cocking his paw, he aims it at Aelita.

"Here I go," he says. Ulrich watches Odd. And turning away from me, Odd fires off a Laser Arrow at Aelita. The Laser Arrow hits Aelita, which causes her to yelp in pain. The Scyphozoa removes the two tentacles that are attached to Aelita's head. Odd fires off another Laser Arrow at Aelita, since the Scyphozoa is still holding onto Aelita with its other tentacles. It hits her again and she yelps in pain again. The Scyphozoa uses two tentacles to touch Aelita's head, resuming to take her memory.

"Only thirty life points left!" Jeremy informs.

"You want me to stop?" Odd asks.

"No! I… I just hope I'm right."

Odd fires off several more Laser Arrows at Aelita. Each Laser Arrow causes her yelp in pain, and I look away.

I'm sorry Aelita… but this is the only way! I think.

The Scyphozoa finally decides to let go of Aelita and releases its tentacles. Leaving a few tentacles that are still holding Aelita.

"Xana's given up!" Ulrich exclaims.

Looking at her, I feel somewhat relieved.

"Thank goodness…" I trail off.

"Yes!" Odd cheers.

Looking at the Scyphozoa, the two tentacles reach for Aelita again as the Scyphozoa holds her. Touching her head, the Scyphozoa resumes in taking Aelita's memory once more.

"Uh oh! The Scyphozoa is at it again! It was too good to be true," Odd says. Aiming his paw at the Scyphozoa, Odd cocks it. He fires more Laser Arrows than I can count at Aelita. As each Laser Arrow hits her, it makes Aelita yelp each time. The Scyphozoa is still holding onto her.

"Only ten life points left!"

Aiming his paw at Aelita, Odd cocks it. He's about to fire off another one, but finally, the Scyphozoa decides to let Aelita go, and it releases its hold of her and onto the ice. The Scyphozoa retreats and the red aura around Aelita disappears.

"It's okay… it's letting her go," Odd informs. He's still aiming his paw at Aelita. Aelita wakes up, she looks at him.

"Odd, what's going on? Why are you aiming at me?" Aelita asks.

Odd lowers his paw, and we all sigh in relief. Aelita turns to me, her eyes widen seeing me on the ice.

"Lila!" Aelita exclaims. Getting up, Aelita turns to, lifting her hand, she unfreezes Odd. The two of them run over to me and help me up. She turns to the ice wall, and lifting her hand, she starts making cracks in the ice. The ice wall shatters, allowing Ulrich to get to us.

"You two okay?" Ulrich asks, sheathing his Katana blade. We nod.

"I'm sending you your vehicles. There's a tower that needs deactivating. We'll explain what happened to you Aelita on the way there," Jeremy says.

"Okay," Aelita says.

Our vehicles materialize. Ulrich gets on his Overbike, Odd gets on his Overboard, and I get onto my broomstick.

"Hop aboard Princess," Odd says. Aelita smiles and gets onto Odd's Overboard. We fly to the tower.

I'm glad that worked… that was scary… I think, looking at Aelita.

Ice Sector

At the activated tower

Our vehicles parked, we get off them. Aelita runs to the tower.

Odd, Ulrich, and I watch Aelita. as she phases into the activated tower's "doorway." Looking at the activated tower, it's red aura soon turns to blue.

Afterwards

In the lab

Aelita takes off the necklace, and I take off the charm bracelet. We throw them to the ground. Yumi crushes them underneath her foot. Among the shattered pieces we find two small cards with gold stripes around them. Jeremy picks them up and notices the Xana symbol on each of them.

"These cards may be a key to understanding Xana better. I'll try and find out if I can analyze them," Jeremy says

"Anyways, Aelita, Lila, from now on you two don't take presents from anyone," Ulrich says.

"Promise," Aelita smiles.

"Me too," I nod.

"If Jeremy hadn't restored the link when I disconnected from him, then Odd, Yumi and Ulrich would have never made it to Lyoko. You saved our lives, Jeremy. I think that's the best present anyone can ask for," Aelita says. Jeremy smiles.

"I wouldn't let anything ever happen to the two of you," he says.

"Einstein might be in trouble though. It won't save him from suspension, for missing four hours of detention. The principal is not going to be very happy about that," Odd says. "But I'm sure there's a solution, right Ulrich?" he chuckles lightly.

"Hey, what are you looking at me for?" Ulrich asks.

"Yeah, why are you looking at him Odd?" Yumi asks.

Odd doesn't reply, he just smiles at them.

What is he up to? I think.

Courtyard

Odd, Jeremy, Yumi, Aelita and I are outside, in the courtyard.

"I'm really happy to be going to the concert with you Sissi. But, you won't forget to talk to your father beforehand, huh?" Ulrich asks.

"Don't worry. I'll get Jeremy out of this," Sissi reassures. Ulrich and Sissi, walk away from us, holding each other's hands.

"Now that's a real friend, ready to sacrifice himself for a pal," Odd says.

"Are you sure he's sacrificing himself as much as all that?" Jeremy asks, as Ulrich sneakily holds a thumbs up.

"He doesn't seem to be bothered by it," Jeremy says.

"Maybe not, but it was for me he wrote the poem. Poor Sissi," Yumi says, she begins laughing. Aelita laughs with her, and I can't help but feel like I've missed out on something.

What kind of poem did Ulrich write for Yumi, that made Sissi believe it was her? I'm sure this won't impact Yumi and Ulrich's friendship. Even with this timeline being different. They're love for each other echoes across time. I really believe Yumi is Ulrich's, true love. No matter what timeline we're in, I think.

And done! So, the microchip in the show was a forgotten plot hole, but I'll try and input it into this story somehow!

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