Hello All! I am back from the land of not feeling like typing out a whole chapter! Yay! It was really fun, let me tell you. I sat in my room and did nothing, I stared at the computer screen not feeling like touching the keys, it was great fun. You should go sometime!

So my chapter question, the totally random one. How many brothers does Lia have? Well, she has two, just to let you know. Zeroman10012 got it exactly correct. Moon eclipse shadows got it on her first of six guesses. JustSomeBunny guesses 0ne to three brothers so she got it right too. This chapter is dedicated to all of them. They get big fat marshmallows and the rest of you just get mini ones! Haha!

Now for my all knowing chapter! Chapter Ten! Read it and learn of the shadowed past of Lia! Ooo! Scary!

Chapter Ten:

Spill All Your Secrets

Lia POV

I felt really bad for what I was doing to Odd. I mean, he kissed me! It must mean he loves me, or he thinks I'm hot. Either, or.

But, the way he kissed me, I think it was for more than looks. Not that I'm a kissing expert. That was my first real kiss. It technically never happened though. Since we went back in time, it really didn't happen. So, technically speaking, I'm still a kissing virgin. Though, it's not entirely my fault that I haven't kissed anyone. It's well, someone else's. Someone I don't have to worry about. Someone I don't want to think about either.

I would have kissed Odd back too. I know. I am being a little too quick. But a look at him, he kissed me first! Well, the kiss was like I was thrown up into heaven but I was instantly pulled back down by the realization of where my episodes came from. Of why I wasn't dead.

Actually ever since I came here to France, I've started feeling happy that I'm not dead. I haven't felt as happy as I am here since before the fire.

I have friends here. Friends who like me for whom I am. Not hate for the nasty rumors spread by the media. Well, those rumors haven't reached France, yet.

I guess I don't actually have friends anymore. After I flipped on them earlier and ignored them in class, I don't think they'd want anything to do with me.

Once again, I was back to being a loner. Once again, I was back to being hated. Once again, I was back to being unhappy. Once again, I was back to wondering, why, I am still alive.

Is it me, or is my mind particularly cheesy today?

I finally reached Aelita's and my dorm. I silently hoped that she wasn't there. Maybe I could get some sleep before she came back so I wouldn't have to talk to anyone.

I turned the doorknob and slowly stepped into my room. Seeing that my bed was empty of any people I threw my bag on it and sighed with relief. Mistake. I turned to Aelita's bed and gasped. Sitting on her bed was Aelita herself, as well as Yumi and Ulrich. Jeremy was sitting at the desk by her bed.

"Um . . ." I started, "I see you guys are having a bit of a meeting," I smiled weakly, "I'll go."

I turned to the door quickly only to see Odd's grinning face, he was blocking the door. "We're not having a meeting," he said, "We're waiting for you."

I nodded and sat silently on my bed. They stared at me as I debated within my self whether or not to tell them about the fire. I had never told anyone, and even if I did they would think I'm crazy. These people knew about the back to the pasts though, they might understand.

"You guys want me to explain why I was angry during lunch, don't you?" I said to them as I looked at my knees.

"Let us explain a few things before," Jeremy said, "Aelita, you should read the prophecy first."

I looked up at them, confused. Aelita gently took out a battered notebook. She flipped to the first page and started to read from it.

It was like a poem. It was something about six people and how they had to save the world. Nothing special, just your average everyday poem. Sounded like something out of a fantasy book, though.

We sat there in silence for a moment after Aelita had finished. All five of them stared down at me, waiting for a reaction. Then it hit me. This prophecy thing, that Aelita had just read to me, was about, us!

Jeremy, Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi must be the first five it was talking about. Then I'm the sixth! That's why they all spazzed out when I talked about the bay!

"So your saying, I'm a part of this?" I asked.

"Yes," Yumi answered, "We think you're the sixth, The Angel of Heart."

"That's why you feel the back to the pasts," Ulrich said, "Just like us."

"How'd you know that?" I asked, wide eyed.

"Well, we didn't know until you said that," Odd said, "But we had guessed before."

I looked over to him and smiled. I hoped he wasn't mad at me. In my head I sighed with relief when he smiled back.

"So," I said smiling, "You gonna explain this whole Xana, Lyoko thing to me. Odd started earlier but he didn't know I'd remember. So now I want it all, start to finish, every juicy detail."

They all looked around at each other nodding. Then they all began their story.

It was amazing. They told me things I could never imagine in my wildest dreams, and I do have pretty wild dreams. They told me about Lyoko, the factory, materializing Aelita, Franz Hopper being Aelita's father, Xana possessing people, and so, so, much more. I was in shock. It was like they saved the world at least once a week!

After about an hour, they had finished. I suddenly felt bad about my anger toward them.

"Well Lia," Jeremy said, "Will you tell us now why you were angry?"

I sighed and nodded, "Jeremy, before I start could you tell me the date of your first back to the past? The one you said you did by accident."

"Yeah," he said, "It was a little more than two years ago. September 23rd, to be exact."

I nodded. I was right that was the date of the fire, "Well, that day. You unknowingly saved my life. Yet at the same time set me up for two years of total, well, H, E, double hockey sticks."

There was complete silence, then Odd started, "But, ho–"

"There was a fire," I started, "The afternoon of September 23rd. I never found out what caused it, nor do I really care. It's impossible to figure out now. It was probably a candle or something. The fire was huge before anybody noticed it. We couldn't get out of the house. It killed my mother, my father, my two older brothers and my dog, Sadie. My whole immediate family. I was on the verge of death myself. My family told me to stay in my room with Sadie until they found a way out. Sadie ran off before I could catch her, then the fire reached my room. I could feel the life slowly slipping out of my body when the back to the past happened and brought us all back to that morning." I felt tears fall down across my cheeks. I brushed them off with my arm and continued.

"I ran into my parents room that morning after finding myself in perfect condition. I thought it may have only been a dream. I told myself that over and over again, but in my heart I knew it hadn't been a dream. My parents, on the other hand, were . . . dead." I took a deep breath and went on.

"I found the same thing with my brothers and my dog. I called the police, thinking they might help. When they asked me if I knew how they had all died I knew I couldn't tell them about the fire. So I said I didn't know, I had just woken up and found them like that. The case was instantly turned into a murder case, and me, the only suspect.

"The whole thing became a national story. My face was on every news station in America. The people on the news said I was a brutal killer that must be brought to justice and other things along those lines. In every foster home or school I was sent to by my grandparents, people shunned me with fear. They thought I was a murderer.

"To make matters worse, I had the back to the pasts. Whenever I felt one, I would call them my episodes. I knew I was one of the only ones who could feel them. People thought I was weird because I would often stare into space after them. I also knew things about the future.

"Finally after two years they ended the case. They didn't have enough evidence to say I was guilty. They actually had no evidence. I begged my grandparents to send me to a boarding school in France. I could speak French fluently, due to lessons, and it was far enough away from my old life. They finally gave in and that's how I'm here."

I had left out one tiny detail. One that I didn't ever want to think about again. If I told them that . . . Well I know that story has made it to France . . .

"I've never told anybody that before. Ever since the fire I've wondered why I'm still alive. Now I know why. I have to help save the world."

I looked up to see the others. Jeremy was staring at his sneakers. Aelita was examining her nails. Ulrich was memorizing the pillow he held in his hands. Yumi was staring at the ceiling. None of them wanted to meet my eyes. They didn't want me to see the pity or sorrow they felt for me through them.

I turned to Odd who was sitting next to me on my bed. He, on the other hand, was looking right at me. I looked at him and our eyes locked.

"I can't even imagine," he said, breaking the silence.

That was like the cue for everyone else to look at me and give their sympathy.

"I'm so sorry," Jeremy said, "I can't believe I cause so much pain."

"It's not your fault Jeremy," I replied, "It was meant to happen."

Aelita walked over and hugged me tight. I still had tears in my eyes and they fell down onto her. "I lost my mother when I was young and my father is most likely gone also," she said, "I know the pain of losing someone you love. It must be really hard to lose both parents along with two brothers and a dog at the same time."

It seems like they are rubbing it in a bit. But their pity for me seems to ease the pain. It was nice for people to talk about it like it was a sorrowful thing, Not a horrible murder case.

"I understand why you were made now," Ulrich said.

"Yeah," Yumi added, "I would have been mad too if I knew what had caused so much grief in my life."

"I'm not made anymore," I said, even though I was still a bit made, but not really, "I'm alive for a reason now."

"I have an idea," Odd said, with a huge smile on hiss face, "Let's bring Lia to Lyoko!"

Did you like? Isn't her past sad? I thought so. I feel bad for poor Lia! Don't you? Well, there are still more shadows that she had yet to unveil! You'll have to wait until chapter thirteen for those though!

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This chapter's contest question is:

What do you think Lia looks like on Lyoko?

(I want a good description!)