A/N Hey Lovelies! Here's an update for you! I may or may not have a special Christmas update; it depends on my schedule really. I'll try to get when out before New Years if it all. So, please Enjoy the chapter!

I awoke around 6:25 am. I slowly sat up in my bed and looked around the brightly lit room. Aelita lay in the bed across form mine, sound asleep. I sighed with relief and lay back down. I had the strangest dream. I was in this factory place and Aelita, Jeremie, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi we're all there. They had said something about a world and a character.

Aelita started to stir and I stood up from my place on the bed. Having taken a shower the night before, I walked over to my dresser and pulled out some clothes for the day.

"Good Morning Jade." Aelita chirped happily and walked over to her own dresser.

"Good morning, Aelita." I said pulling out my usual outfit of black jeans, my purple and black hoodie, and a gray Black Veil Brides shirt with my black doc martins. I finished changing and heard a knock on our door.

"You guys ready?" Odd called from outside the room. I turned to Aelita who was tying her shoes.

"Yeah, come in." I called to him and sat on my bed grabbing my mobile from its charger.

The door opened revealing a sleepy Odd, an annoyed Ulrich, and a smiling Jeremie. Odd came over and sat next to me on my bed.

"Hey Jade, hi Aelita." He said with a yawn. I turned to Odd and noticed him shifting slightly in his spot.

"Hi." I said smiling then standing up from my position on the bed next to him. Aelita finished tying her shoes and stood next to Jeremie.

"Let's go get some breakfast!" Odd said jumping up his tiredness forgotten. I grabbed my black backpack that had purple flowers on it and exited the room. I walked in between Odd and Ulrich as we headed to the cafeteria.

Once we entered the cafeteria and got our breakfast we sat at our usual table and began to eat. I nibbled on my buttered croissant and barely listened to the conversation around me.

"Jade?"

"Huh?" I ask looking around confused.

Jeremies cleared his throat, "Jade, would you like to know a secret?"

The table was silent; everyone at the table looked at me expectantly. I set my croissant down on my plate carefully.

"Sure." I said hesitantly.

Everyone smiled and looked at one another happily.

"Okay, but you have to trust us completely and do everything we tell you." Yumi says, her attitude becoming more serious and forceful.

I paused, unsure of whether or not I could really trust them. Suddenly memories of the last three and a half months came flooding back to me. The group finding out about my scars, them holding the intervention, Them taking care of me, sessions with the counselor, not cutting for a week, Sissy bullying me and Ulrich and Odd stopping her, everything that they had done to help me.

I smiled, "Okay."

The group led me into the nearby forest. They told me about this computer world called Lyoko and these strange monsters, and this evil computer virus-Xanadu? No, Xenon? Odd cut my thoughts off by making a sound effect I couldn't quite place.

I looked at him and started to listen again. "And then Xana captured Jeremie and we didn't know what to do so…"

That was it Xana…..What an odd name. I feel like I've heard it before, but where. It's like a distant memory I can't quite place.

"Jade? You okay?" Odd asked stopping to look at me.

I snapped out of my thoughts and smiled at him "Yeah. This is all just….a lot...to take in." Is aid feeling a small headache coming on.

"Were almost there, I hope Odd isn't bothering you back there Jade." Jeremie said from the front of the group, glancing back at me sympathetically with Aelita. He and Aelita were in the front with Yumi and Ulrich behind them, and Odd and me bringing up the rear.

I shook my head and smiled "No, your adventures sound, so…" I paused trying to think of an affable word to describe their adventures "amazing." I finished.

As we walked Odd finally got to their most recent adventure: Aelita and Jeremie were talking about how Aelita -who is from this weird digital world-was technically not human and Sissy had got it all on tape and was going to show her father.

Then about how they collected data from this new sector, sector 5, but it took over the supercomputer and it kept returning to the past-a function they used to make sure no damage was done in present time- and it kept making Xana stronger.

Then he talked about Xana possessing Sissy, and her having these powers. And finally: the conclusion. When they finally stopped the return trips and I realized how amazing it all really was.

"That's amazing." I said as we entered a clearing and stopped. "How do- I mean why-how?" I was confused, intrigued, and amazed all at the same time.

"Don't worry Jade we'll explain when we get to the super calculator room." Yumi said reassuringly

Ulrich lifted up the cover to a manhole and pushed it to the side Jeremie climbed down followed by Aelita, Yumi, Odd, and I. Ulrich went last and repositioning the lid so it fit onto the manhole and climbed down the ladder.

We walked along the sewers in comfortable silence. Eventually Jeremie stopped in front of another ladder and climbed up and pushed the lid off. Everyone followed silently and when I reached the top of the ladder I was taken aback.

The supercomputer was in the abandoned factory by the school?! How did no one else know about this?! We walked along the bridge and into the open building.

Three ropes hung from the ceiling and Jeremie, Aelita, and Yumi slid down the ropes to the bottom with ease. I walked towards the middle rope and caught it as it swung back to me. I look to either side of me and Ulrich and Odd smiled.

"What? You scared Jade?" Ulrich asked with a smirk.

"Watch and learn" Odd chimed in and before he could slide the rope I was already off the platform leading into the building.

I slid down the rope and landed on my feet with a soft thud. I let go of the rope and looked up to see Ulrich and Odd staring at me wide-eyed.

"Not even Jeremie had that much courage the first time he did that." Yumi said with a laugh.

We high-fived and Ulrich and Odd came down, still surprised by my sudden display of courage.

Jeremie, although still blushing from Yumis previous comment, turned to an elevator door and flipped open a panel and pressed the large red button inside.

There was a series of loud mechanical noises then the door opened and an old elevator car appeared. We stepped inside and Jeremie flipped open a number pad on the wall and typed in a series of numbers. When he hit enter the doors closed and we descended further into the building.

A few seconds passed then the elevator stopped and the doors opened revealing a large computer monitor and mainframe. It looked strange, alien almost. We walked inside and Jeremie took a seat in the chair facing the monitor and turned it to face us.

Everyone took their place, Aelita next to Jeremie Odd and Ulrich sitting on a raised area of the floor adjacent to the computer chair with Yumi next to them. Then there was me, standing there in front of the elevator like a dolt.

I scurried over and stood to other side of Jeremie and Aelita, adjacent to Yumi. Everyone looked at me expectantly, but I had nothing to say. It was eerily quiet.

Aelita finally broke the silence, "Jade, now that you know about what we've done and how we do it, were going to tell you why."

I nodded and waited for one of them to speak, "Aelita is still tied to the supercomputer, meaning we can't shut it off and stop Xana. Right now we're trying to find a way to free her and stop Xana for good." Ulrich explained.

"Oh." I said and I could feel the tension in the air. "So why are you telling me all this?"

"Because, we want you to help us." Yumi said and the tension seemed to grow thicker.

"Wait, what? Me? Why me? You definitely don't need me."

"Jade, don't be so harsh on yourself. You're stronger than you think."

I shook my head and the air around me seemed to get colder and I shivered.

"Jade, we really want you to help us. But if you really don't want to….then I guess we can just return to the past again….but that could be a problem 'cause Xana could just get stronger." Odd said mumbling the last part.

I thought for a moment. They won't really need me….but I want to help Aelita, she's my friend and she is so sweet…she doesn't deserve to have a dangerous life involving such a horrible thing- no one does. If they had someone else, it could make things easier…or harder. I could be of some use.

I looked at my friends and without missing a beat I said, "I'm not that useful…but I'll try my hardest. I'll help."

There was a pause before the group erupted in a chorus of cheers and hugs. We had a group hug and when we pulled apart I could feel warmth in my chest.

"So Jade, how about we go on your first trip to Lyoko?" Jeremie said turning to the monitor.

"R-really?" I asked smiling.

"Sure, why not? Your character card is ready now."

"Follow us." Yumis aid walking back to the elevator. The doors opened and we entered she pressed the button next to the keypad and we descended to the next floor. The door opened to reveal three pod looking things.

"Yumi Aelita and Ulrich go first." Jeremie said from one of the speaker s in the room. They each entered a pod and gestured as it closed. Yumi giving a nod, Aelita giving a wave, and Ulrich gestured with his two fingers.

"Transfer Yumi. Transfer Aelita. Transfer Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Aelita. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization. There was a small flash of light form each pod then they all opened again, with no one inside

I gasped and Odd turned to me smiling, a large grin that made his eyes close. I smiled back and approached a pod hesitantly.

"Jade, if you don't want to do this, you don't have to. If-if you don't want to join the group…back out now…Once your transferred to Lyoko the return to the past function will no longer affect your memory." Jeremie said.

"I want to do this." I said more to myself then to him and entered the pod on the left. I turned around and Odd was across from me giving me a thumbs up and his amazing smile.

"Here we go." Jeremie said and the pod closed "Transfer Jade. Transfer Odd. Scanner Jade. Scanner Odd." I held my breath and felt a cool rush of air that made me relax and close my eyes. "Virtualization."

The air became stronger and I felt like I was being pulled apart and put back together….but it didn't hurt…it..tingled..

I felt like I was floating and when I opened my eyes I could see a vast jungle before me and then I fell towards the ground. I closed my eyes and Landed hard in something.

I opened my eyes to see Odd smiling down at me. I then realized I was in his arms. I blushed and her set me down carefully. He looked like a weird purple cat-human hybrid.

"Welcome to Lyoko Jade."