Code Lyoko: Swordswoman of Shadows 1: Shadows of Past

by WindySilver

Have you ever truly paid attention to the reason why William Dunbar got kicked out from his last school? He put love letters everywhere around the school, yes. But ever thought about this love interest he wrote the letters to? Who was she? And what if there was an alternate universe where William would meet her again - on his first mission on Lyoko? DISCONTINUED; known story told.

17. Bonus: Cassandra's Points of No Return

/Author's note: FFM 2017, July 16th. Optional theme: Point of no return./

Cassandra stared into the horizon. She knew that something was going on when a ball smoke was approaching her.

"What do you want now?" she asked when the smoke reached her and turned into a boy of her age she knew very well.

"I want you to surrender," the boy said.

"Me? Surrender?" Cassandra asked.

"Yes. You. Surrender," the boy said evenly. "This is a fight you can't win."

"Oh, but I can win, you idiot, and I can survive. I tell you, I don't know why you have taken William's form, but if he ever ends up here, I swear I won't let you get him. You'll never get him. That's a promise," Cassandra said with a voice stronger than her bravery. This was just a dream – more like a nightmare but a still just a dream – but that did not make her any less scared of the frightening, twisted image of the only person she had ever loved.

"Your confidence will be your doom, Cass," the boy threatened with a low voice.

"No, it won't," Cassandra said with a forced even voice. "And don't call me by that name. Taking William's looks doesn't grant you the right to use it."

The boy smiled an evil, malevolent smile.

"If I can't order you, you can't order me. You'd do well if you did what I said. Otherwise, you'll never see your beloved William again, I guarantee that," he said. He took a weird sword and slashed at Cassandra's eyes faster than the girl's eyes allowed her to see.

Cassandra woke up, panting. She could still see. The dream was over now. But there were more to come. And the threat, the danger to her love was not unreal, she felt it in her gut.

Cassandra stood up and unsheathed her sword. This nightmare was a sign of something coming her way.

She knew that this nightmare marked the next point of no return. She would never return to X.A.N.A., which meant that she would have to fight it soon. First the scanner under X.A.N.A.'s guidance, now this. Where was the next point? Where would she once again be unable to turn back?

Would it be when William would come there?

Months later, it was time to find out if that was truly the third point of no return for her on Lyoko.

/Code Lyoko (c) Moonscoop, Cassandra Delorien, Riverain and the rest of its original characters (c) Me/