Five chapters down and I still have my own surprises on the way in the story. Some of them I think are good twists and help understand how she got to where she is and her own connection to Lyoko. It's a story that will be told in good time.

If anyone wants to know what Domino looks like, I'll give a description here. She has short blonde hair, green eyes, moon pale white skin and she is just about the same height as Aelita. Domino normally wears a pair of boy shorts and a short T-shirt. She isn't exactly that modest with what she wears as you will see on some occasions.

This chapter for me has some heartbreaking moments for Domino. It has a few surprises but a revelation for her which is particularly painful. It has some aspects of the third episode of the first season but not that much. It's more my own episode than a Code Lyoko one. You learn a bit more about Domino's past but again in typical fashion, not that much just yet.

So I'll stop there and let you read on. Review plese either good or bad. I hope to hear what you think. I don't own anything from Code Lyoko apart from the OCs created for this particular story and others that I have written over the years

Enjoy!

Chapter Five: Memorable Vacation

It's time for school vacation for most of us anyway. Jeremie is protective of Aelita so he didn't want to leave the campus while Xana is still out there as a threat while the rest of us can enjoy our time off. I would have stayed behind as well but I'm already on the radar because I cut class so I wouldn't have got detention like Jeremie did. The way Jeremie got detention is by spray-painting a picture of Jim looking...well, he had seen better days to put it lightly. It worked like a charm though because Jim was that angry at Jeremie.

We all stand at the school entrance about to go our own ways for the break. Xana is still around but I wonder how Jeremie will manage to deal with Xana without any of us being available until we get back here. It might be better if I do stay here like I originally planned.

"Odd's visiting his parents on the other side of the Earth. Jeremie is at school. Yumi is going to the mountains. Domino is staying with Callum and gets to go to the UK. What do I get? A whole week of math tutoring." Ulrich moans.

Callum said he wanted me to go with him back home. I'm not really excited about the prospect because it's home and going back there brings back all those memories. I'm wondering if my parents are even still there.

"I'm giving my luck to the tutor if they want to make you an expert within that timeframe." I respond.

"That goes double for me." Odd agrees.

"I can still stay behind, Jeremie. Callum wouldn't mind."

"No, it's fine. I just need to keep an eye on Aelita whilst you're gone." Jeremie dismisses.

"We're not leaving until tomorrow so if you change your mind..."

"Doesn't sound like you want to go." Yumi says.

"The last vacation we took together didn't end well." I sigh.

"How come?"

"Like I keep on saying, classified."

I see a car arrive at the gates and see that Callum is waiting for me. He's older so he can drive because while I was trapped on Lyoko for five years, he wasn't so he's eighteen while I should be but I'm not. I sigh knowing that I had to go even if it isn't exactly what I want to do.

"The show goes on. I'll see you lot soon then." I say sadly.

"It isn't that long. You may actually have fun." Yumi replies.

Somehow I feel like I'm in for a few surprises when I go back home for the first time in five years. I get into the car and Callum drives me away from Kadic and the others. The one good thing to come out of this is that I spend time with one of my oldest friends quite literally when it comes to the word 'older'.

"So are they your new friends then?" Callum asks.

"Something like that. They found me, not the other way round." I answer.

"You're not exactly that talkative anymore, are you?"

"No."

Years of being a captive and no-one to actually talk to would render your ability of being social. I can manage to be civil but being a normal social teenager isn't really me anymore. I'm improving on it slowly but there is still a long way to go before I go back even a fraction to the girl that I used to be.

"Why are you taking me back home then?" I ask.

"I thought you would want to see your family again." Callum reveals.

My eyes widen a little from the shock of that sentence. I didn't think it would be a way of trapping me into seeing them again or at least unknowingly in their case. It's not like I can see them again even if I wanted to. There would be too many questions that I couldn't answer.

"I thought you said they fell off the grid." I remember.

"To me, they did. When you disappeared, they blamed me for it and I wasn't even able to get anywhere near them. They never did understand what happened because I couldn't tell them."

My parents for all the faults they havd did care about me in their own way. I wanted out from everything back then and I did it. In some ways, it's a massive regret but in others, there isn't any. It's a complicated matter of events.

"Look, I'm sorry about that. They can't see me even if I can see them."

"Why not?"

I shake my head. Callum is a smart person but sometimes he can lack in what some would call common sense. It's been five years since I left home. I was on Lyoko all that time.

"Five years, Callum."

"Yeah..."

"Five years I've been gone and I haven't aged at all. I can't tell them the truth because it's just too many questions. Besides, they've moved on by now at least as best they can knowing them."

I look out of the window recalling that even when I was living with them. I would always do this anyway. When the rain would pour down, I would just stare out of the window. Just wondering if I would ever end up with the life I wanted or happy in any case.

Callum and I arrive at our hotel that night and I just don't know whether I should stay to go back to my home, the UK or not. It's not like me to run from anything but my past is a different story. I think a Xana attack would be easier than this strangely.

"You're going to have to face your past at some point, Domino." Callum reminds.

"Maybe but not yet." I say.

"Everything. Even your real name."

"I want to sleep."

It's not like I had a night of even decent sleep. I think I only got an hour or two of actual sleep. I look out of the balcony of our hotel room. Callum is definitely making up for the years we've been apart. He's still asleep. At least one of us can manage to sleep then. My phone vibrates and I see that Jeremie is calling me. I guess this won't be much of a vacation after all.

"What is it, Jeremie?" I ask.

"Xana attack." Jeremie confirms simply.

"I might be late but I'll get there."

The reason I might be late to the battle is because the hotel is quite some distance from the factory and I can't drive a car unfortunately. I'm going to have to run all the way back to the factory which is going to take about half an hour. I leave a note for Callum explaining why I had to go. A Xana attack is a top priority even above my own personal life currently.

By the time, I get to the factory I am completely fatigued but I still have the battle to get through on Lyoko.

"Here I am, Jeremie." I mention heading into the scanner.

I'm virtualised and destroy one of the Kankeralats by manifesting a dagger quickly and thowing it just as Yumi is sent back to Earth because of her life points being gone now. That's making an entrance.

"You sure took you time." Odd states.

"I'm here now."

"Look,I'd hate to rush you my friends, but it's getting rather urgent here."Jeremie pressures.

"Oh, what do you think we're doing? Getting a sun tan?" Odd responds sarcastically while shooting a laser arrow at a Kankerlat.

I manifest another dagger and the Kankeralat manages to dodge the dagger coming towards it. My aim is off. Stop thinking about earlier. Keep your mind clear and focus. A short sword manifests in my hand which takes more time but ends up being more effective though as I manage to destroy one more Kankeralat.

Aelita runs to the tower and I follow suit just to make sure that she gets there in one piece.

"You can deactivate the tower, we'll cover you." I say.

Aelita nods and enters the tower as I jump right back to where Odd is and putting my hand on his shoulder for a second to copy his power and destroy that last Kankeralat.

"Time's up then." I sigh.

Our return in time has changed things for some of us when it comes to vacation. Jeremie is still staying at Kadic while Aelita is still on Lyoko but this time Ulrich decided to stay as well. That tutor must have been really dull but Ulrich isn't exactly someone to be academic. This time I'm staying in the UK. It's home regardless of what has happened.

I arrive outside my family home. I can see my mum and dad in the living room. There are so many pictures of me in there. They seem like a family missing that vital piece to make it complete. That piece being me. I move closer towards the door and the temptation to knock on it and see them again is massive. My hand goes back down knowing that I would never be able to explain anything without telling the entire story. It's not just me that I have to think about anymore.

"I'm sorry..." I sigh sadly.

Even though my heart wants me to stay, my mind is saying something completely different. I see Callum standing at the corner of the road waiting for me.

"You couldn't do it, could you?" Callum realises.

"No. It's too complicated."

In my own sad realisation of the truth in that moment, I can't ever go back there despite knowing I easily could. As parents, they might always be waiting for that day I knock on that door again. They'll have that hope knowing I haven't been declared as dead. I go on with my life without them ever knowing about it. It's the way things need to be. The way they have to be.