It's amazing! It's fantastic! It's… Ulrich's After War Story. Are you ready for this? Well, enough of that, let's get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I still do not own Code Lyoko (surprising huh? –sarcasm sarcasm-) And I do not own the song Walking On A Thin Line.
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Hello, I am Ulrich, Number 2652, veteran of war. I had three friends during the war. Yumi, Odd, and Aelita. I don't see any of them anymore. I don't have any friends anymore. I saw the end of the war, I saw war, those memories of battle will never leave me. A blessing and a curse.
Sometimes in my bed at night
I curse the dark and a pray for light
And sometimes, the lights no consolation
Blinded by a memory
Afraid of what it might do to me
And the tears and the sweat only mock my desperation
I got sent home after the war ended. I saw the final battle. I can tell you the story behind every one of my scars. I can tell you who gave them to me and what became of them up until the time they left the war. I can tell you innumerable things about war, and fighting, killing to survive. I can tell you all of it, but you will never understand unless you were fighting beside me.
Don't you know me I'm the boy next door
The one you find so easy to ignore
Is that what I was fighting for?
Walking on a thin line
Straight off the front line
Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city
Walking on a thin line
Straight off the front line
Take a look at my face, see what its doing to me
I'm going to have to get a job soon, I'm counting the seconds I have before I have to go face the world again. They say that war does things to people, and it's true. I'll never be the same ever again.
Going into town is a horrible experience. I can feel people looking at me, their eyes tracing my scars, whispering Xanine under their breath, their heads turning to watch as I walk away, head down, plowing through the streets. It makes me sad, nobody knows who I am, what I've done, they label me Xanine, love me or hate me, I've been through a war, I'm no longer an innocent citizen, I'm a hero, hated or loved, a hero is a hero. So why don't I feel like a hero?
Taught me how to shoot to kill
A specialist with a deadly skill
A skill I needed to have to be a survivor
It's over now or so they say
Well, sometimes, it don't turn out that way
Cause your never the same when you've been under fire
Yumi would understand. She fought beside me a lot. But she can't help me now can she? A victim of war she now resides with her brother. A cruel and horrible fate for such a brilliant dog. I could have saved her, so why didn't I? Why couldn't I get my paws to move? Why did I have to stand still and watch as William killed her? I'm not a hero, I'm a coward, and that's what I feel like, the life I deserve and the life that I live. No hero would watch as their best friend died.
Don't you know me I'm the boy next door
The one you find so easy to ignore
Is that what I was fighting for?
Walking on a thin line
Straight off the front line
Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city
Walking on a thin line
Straight off the front line
Take a look at my face, see what its doing to me
I hope Odd and Aelita are ok, because I know that I'm not. I can't live like this, I think I'm going to go visit Yumi again, that always cheers me up, maybe I'll just stay with her, no need to come back. What is there to come back to anyway? Nothing. Just an empty house, stares of wonder, stares of hatred, and a town full of dogs who will never understand me. Goodbye everyone. I'm going to Yumi, maybe then I can be happy again.
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Oh yea! Almost done, just need Yumi's and then I'll be done! I have had so much fun with this story and I hope you all enjoy reading it.