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I am so glad it is Sunday! Sunday, meant no classes, which meant I could actually sleep in passed 7:00! WOO! I slept until ten, but knowing me, I would've slept until noon if Odd hadn't woken me up. Rudely, I might add. First, he shook me, then he yelled at me, and when that didn't work, he threw Kiwi on me! There are much more nicer ways to wake a person up in the morning! And, if having a 20 pound dog trampling you wasn't bad enough, Kiwi likes to hog beds, because he practically pushed me out of my bed onto the floor.
I glared at Odd and Ulrich, who were both laughing at me.
"This is why I'm a cat person," I said and stood up. "What's up?"
"Einstein wants us to meet him at the factory. The 'submarine' he's been working on is finished," Odd said.
I groaned. "You woke me up for that?!"
They nodded and I sighed. "Give me a few minutes and I'll meet you there."
Once they left - and I made sure Odd took Kiwi - I quickly took a shower, got dressed and tied my hair into a ponytail. Then, after brushing my teeth, I took the tunnel through the gym to the factory.
"Skidbladnir?" I repeated.
"Yep. Or Skid for short. It can fit all of you, and it can go into the digital sea. So we can explore it and hopefully get more data on how to stop XANA now that he's in the internet." Jeremy explained. "Now, get to the scanners so we can test it out."
He transfered us to Sector five and led us to where the Skid was. After taking a quick elevator ride, we reached the Skid's hanger. It was being supported by some kind of ray of light and there were five spots in front of us. I whistled.
"Nice job, Jeremy." I complimented.
"So, Einstein, what do we do now?" Odd asked.
"Each of you step on a transport pad and I'll do the rest,"
We did so and Aelita stood on the largest one in the middle.
"Ready? Here we go," Jeremy said. "Energize."
Then, almost like we were being virtualized, we were teleported into the Skid. Aelita was in the cockpit, while the rest of us were in the NavSkids. Ulrich and Odd were on the side, Yumi was on the top and I was on the bottom.
"Hey! Why am I on the bottom?!" I complained. (That's what she said! lol ^_^)
The others laughed and we all checked out our controls.
"It feels like I'm in a space ship," Odd stated.
"Cockpit to NavSkids. Do you copy?" Aelita questioned.
"Loud and clear," we replied.
"Alright, time to test it out," Jeremy said.
A moment later, the light surrounding the Skid, disappeared and Aelita had control. She led us out of Sector five and we appeared in the desert sector.
"Everyone ready?" she asked.
"Ready,"
"Okay, here goes." She brought the Skid close to the digital sea and we dove in. The digital sea was actually really nice, although I couldn't see much since I was on the bottom.
"Five minutes, guys." Jeremy told us.
"Alright!" Odd cheered.
Aelita drove us around the digital sea and after a few moments, I complained.
"Is there anyway I can get a better view?"
"We can detach each of the skids so you can control it and roam around," Jeremy said.
"Cool! Do it!"
"Okay," Aelita said and severed us from the Skid.
I took the controls and zoomed around, as well as everyone else. It was pretty simple to control, and really fun! Like I was in a jet or something.
"Dialla, don't go to far!" Jeremy scolded.
"Oh, relax, Einstein!" I called. "I've still got the Skid on my monitor."
Which was true. In the center of the controls was a small screen, with five green dots. The one in the center, me, and four others behind me.
Suddenly, my engine and controls died and I slowed to a stop.
"Huh? Hey, what happened?" I questioned, bewildered.
"Yo, Einstein, our engines died!" Odd said.
"The system is bugged Jeremy! Our engines aren't working!" Aelita cried.
"Don't worry, I have a de-bugging CD," he said, then paused. "But it is my room."
"Well, don't just sit there! Go get it!" Odd said.
"Alright, hang on guys," he said then disappeared.
"Great. Now what?" Ulrich wondered.
"I'm not sure," I said then looked at a screen that popped up.
It was a visual of what was in front of me. It looked like a large ball or something.
"Hey, you guys see that?"
"What is it?" Yumi asked.
"Is it Lyoko?" Odd questioned.
"What ever it is, its gravity is pulling me towards it," I stated.
"Can you try to get out of it?" Aelita asked.
"Engine's dead," I said, but a second after I said that, the system booted up and my engine was online. "... Scratch that. It works! How about you guys?"
"No fair! My doesn't work!" exclaimed my blond friend.
"Me neither," Yumi and Ulrich reported.
"Since your engine works, I think you should come back to the Skid, Dialla," Aelita said.
I consider this, but instead, I continued my course to the strange orb thing. It was as large as a planet. My friends hollered my name but I ignored them. It felt like something was telling me to go there. There was a small opening towards the end of the thing and I flew into it. My Navskid emerged from the digital sea and I gasped. I was back in Lyoko! The ice sector of it at least!
"Hey, guys! I'm back!" I said.
When there was no response, I tried again but no one answered me. I piloted my Navskid onto the actual sector and opened the hatch. I hopped out and examined the area. Frowning, I placed my hands on my hips.
"No welcoming comitee? How rude."
In the distance, I noticed a strange golden bubble. A large one. Curious, I walked towards it. When I reached it, hesitantly, I stretched my hand out to touch it. My hand became absorbed and I was pulled into the strange bubble. When I was fully engulfed, to my disgust, I was dressed in a pink outfit. No offense to Aelita, but I'm not a fan of pink. Never have been, never will be. But aside from that, I was in a house. It looked like a cottage, with wood flooring and a few rugs. Outside, bits of white fell to the snow-covered ground. The sound of a piano hit my ears and I followed the sound.
I stood in the doorway where I saw a familar man playing the piano. The man stopped and turned and faced me. I recognized him as the other man from my dream. He stared at me, his mouth slightly open. I returned his shocked look with a confusing one, my eyebrow raised. The man approached me quickly and hugged me. My arms, that were up and ready to attack, fell to my side when he spoke.
"My little Dialla," he murmured into my hair. "You're here after all."
I paused for a moment, then gently placed my hands on his chest and pryed him off.
"Um, not to be rude, but who are you?"
He chuckled. "How silly of me. It's been so long, you must've forgotten me." he smiled at me. "I'm your father."
I blinked, half expecting him to start laughing and saying he was joking. When he didn't, I panicked slightly.
"Um, you're not my dad." I said. "My dad has blond hair and blue eyes. Not brown hair and brown eyes."
He chuckled again. "I figured you would say something like that. But, don't you think it's strange that our eyes are symmetrical?"
I looked at his eyes and flinched. He was right. They were definitely my eyes. But I wasn't about to believe him.
"If you don't believe me, come take a look," he said and gestured to a row of framed pictures that lay above a fireplace.
I hesitated, but took a glance at them. One particular photo caught my eye. It was a photo of the man, and a woman with blonde hair and brown eyes. The man held a little girl in his arms, while the woman held a small baby. I looked closely at the girl, and recognized her eyes immediately.
"My eyes," I whispered.
"That's right," the man said, directly behind me. "You were about four and Daniel was just born."
I turned away from the photo and faced the man again. Water started to form in my eyes and he smiled. He extended his arms just as I leaped into them. Tears soaked his shirt as I sobbed blissfully. After a moment, I pulled away and dried my tears.
"But, I don't understand.... How are you..."
"When Franz Hopper and I were transfered to Lyoko, we were trapped by XANA. Once your friend, uh, what's his name?"
"William."
"Once William destroyed the core of Lyoko, he freed XANA, however, he also freed Franz and myself. Now, we drift amond the internet."
"And then Franz Hopper gave Jeremy a code to restore Lyoko,"
"Yes, that's right."
I smiled at him, and suddenly, a strange feeling overwhelmed me. Like, I could sense that XANA was close by, either a monster, or someone controlled by him.
I glanced at my father out of the corner of my eye, and for a brief second I noticed his eyes changed. They were no longer the chocolate brown that mirrored my own eyes, but the symbol of XANA. I immediately turned towards the door and bumped into William, who grasped my upper arm, grinning atrociously. I struggled for a moment.
"You can't escape," he said.
"Wanna bet?" I punched him with my free arm.
He grunted and released me and I took off, sprinting full speed out of the cottage and onto to the blanket of snow that covered the ground. William and my 'father', who had turned into a wolf, pursued me. I slammed into an invisible wall and hit the ground.
I held my head, stared up perplexed and pissed, and glanced back at my enemies, who were closing in. Suddenly, I was jerked out of the bubble and I hit the icy floor of Lyoko. Or the replica of it at least. Hovering over me, were the Lyoko Warriors.
"It worked Aelita," Yumi cried.
"Are you alright?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah," I said, getting to my feet. "But, I need to tell you all something."