Dialla's POV
After changing into my gym clothes, a white tanktop and blue kaprees, Jim had us do some stretches. Ulrich, Odd and Jeremy got to class a few minutes later and got scolded by Jim. I couldn't help but smile.
"Alright, listen up!" Jim said. "Today, we'll be doing a relay race. Get into four groups of four and get ready."
I immediately looked at Odd and Ulrich. They nodded in agreement and I walked over. Since Jeremy wasn't good at gym - or just lazy - he sat on the bench and we had a boy with dark blackish blue hair and emerald green eyes. Odd was first, Ulrich was next, then the boy, and I was last.
"On your mark..."
Odd and others tensed.
"Get set..."
They got in their stances.
"GO!"
Odd took off like a rocket, running full speed around the track.
*Wow, he is fast*
After a about a minute or so, he was running towards Ulrich, the baton stretched out in his hand. Ulrich began running a few steps until the baton slapped in his hand, then he too ran full speed. I watched in amazement at how fast they were. Soon it was the black haired boy's turn and he ran like lightning. I started to take a few steps and felt the baton brush my fingertips.
I yanked it and took off. I love running. I love feeling the wind in your face and the adrenaline flowing through your veins. Which was happening right now. I heard Odd, Ulrich and Jeremy cheering my name and I smiled, cockily. Suddenly, someone started to catch up. I gritted my teeth and ran faster. I looked up ahead and I saw the finish line only a few meters ahead.
Suddenly a foot stuck out in front of mine, causing me to trip. I uttered a soft scream as I flew forward. I held my arms out in front of me, which scraped across the cobbled ground. I glared daggers as the boy who had tripped me grinned at me as he raced past me and crossed the finish line. Quickly after, two more people raced passed me.
"Dialla!" I heard my friends cry.
Ulrich was the first to get to me and he helped me get to my feet. Blood trickled down my forearms and my knees from the fresh wounds I received.
"Are you alright?" Odd asked concerned.
I nodded.
"What happened?" Jim demanded, walking over.
"I fell and scraped my arms and knees," I lied.
"Right, fell," Ulrich muttered.
"Alright, Stern, take her to the infirmary," Jim ordered. "The rest of you pair up and start doing sit-ups!"
The class groaned and Ulrich helped me to the infirmary.
"You end up at the infirmary a lot, huh?" he said. "You were here yesterday, and now today. Are you jinxed or something?"
I laughed slightly. "You could say that."
He laughed as well and we reached the infirmary.
"You're back again?" She noticed the bloody wounds. "What happened?"
"She tripped and fell." Ulrich explained.
"I see. Well, come sit over here," She gestured to the bed with her head while she rummaged though some drawers. She retrieved a box of band-aids and some rubbing alcohol.
"This will sting a little," she warned and poured the alcohol onto a small pad and rubbed it on my forearms and legs. When it I flinched. Then she stuck the band-aids carefully on the wounds.
"There," she said. "You're all set."
I thanked her and Ulrich helped me to my feet and led me out of the infirmary.
As soon as we got out of the infirmary, we heard screams and footsteps. We saw kids run past us, terrified looks on their faces. We looked in the direction they came from and a giant orb of electricity coming towards us.
"Do you think you can run?" Ulrich asked quickly.
"Probably." I said. "Why? What's going on?"
"No time to explain. Come on," he grabbed my hand and ran the opposite way.
The orb chased us and Ulrich ran into the gym. He went into another room and quickly shut the door.
"What the heck was that about?" I asked shocked. "It was like that thing was alive."
Ulrich pulled out his phone and dialled a number. "Jeremy, XANA's launched an attack."
"Yeah, I know," he said from the other end. "Odd and I are on our way and I just called Yumi. Where's Dialla?"
"She's with me,"
"Good, bring her with you."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I think my theory is correct. And if not, it's always good to have another member."
"Alright. I'll meet you at the factory," he said and hung up.
He turned to me. "Can you keep a secret?"
I nodded.
"Good. I'll explain on the way. Follow me."
He led me through a red door, which opened up to a tunnel, and we walked quickly down the strange tunnel and ended up at the sewers.
"A sewer?" I asked.
"Yeah," he said and grabbed a skateboard. "Hope on."
I hesitated but climbed on the back of his skateboard and wrapped my arms around his waist. He took off and it was actually really nice being so close to him. We reached the end of the sewer and climbed up a latter. He climbed through first then helped me up. Then we started running towards a factory a few yards in front of us.
"Remember that dream you told us about? It was real. That dream actually happened. And that place you were in was a desert region in a world called Lyoko. It's a virtual world controlled by a program called XANA. XANA can attack our world, which is why Sissi attacked you yesterday. There's a girl named Aelita that lives in Lyoko and she is the only one who can stop his attacks. XANA has creatures that try to attack her and it's our job as Lyoko Warriors to protect Aelita from XANA and make sure she deactivates a red tower which stops XANA's attack."
"Wow, that's a lot," I stated.
We finally reached the factory and slid down a rop which led to an elevator. We walked inside and Ulrich hit a button. The elevator shut and we began to descend. The elevator opened and we arrived in a large room with three scanners. The whole room was illuminated with a yellow light. I stared at the scanners nervously and Ulrich walked to one of them, but stopped and looked at me.
"Don't worry," he said. "Since this is your first time, I'll protect you."
I stared at me, my mouth open slightly in surprise, since that was the first time anyone said something like that.
"Yumi and Odd are already there, so they'll help out too."
He smiled and held out his hand. I looked at it and grabbed it without any hesitation.
I stepped into a scanner and Ulrich did the same.
"Transfer, Ulrich," I heard Jeremy say. "Transfer, Dialla."
The scanners closed and I looked around.
"Scanner, Ulrich. Scanner, Dialla."
My brown hair blew around me, my kaprees flapping around.
"Vertualization!"
The wind grew stronger and seemed to raise me in the air as I traveled to Lyoko.