It's been a three weeks since William was devirtualized and brought back into reality. It had taken him two weeks to recover from his injuries and almost two days to come up with his excuse for why he was missing school. Eventually he got settled back into school and reality, the only thing that's bothering him is his paranoia. Some days he honestly believe that Xana is gonna come back for him, so instead of sleeping in his dorm room he started sleeping in Aiden's old room. Aelita watches William whenever she's not reading Aiden's journal,which is rare because it's been her go to book for anything about him and their childhood together. Yumi and Ulrich have gotten closer one could say they're practicality dating but they haven't made it official as far as we know. Jeremy spends his time on the super computer hoping to hear from Roman and Dr. Hopper, or spending it with Aelita in his down time. While Odd is spending most of his time with his new girlfriend Mandy...no Molly...or was it Holly?

"Guys I think I finally found the one!" Odd said happily jumping on the couch beside Aelita.

"Whose the lucky victim I mean girl this time?" Ulrich asked pulling up a chair.

"A gentlemen never kisses and tells." Odd said.

Not even a second after he said that, everybody was already laughing so hard tears were forming in their eyes.

"Oh come on!",Yumi started trying to catch her breath,"You a gentlemen, I have seen Kiwi be more of a gentlemen going though the trash can."

"What's her name?" Ulrich asked whipping tears from his eyes

"Is it Alex?" Aelita asked

"No" Odd answered

"Maddi?" Ulrich questioned

"Not this time."

"Kelly?" Jeremy asked

"Wrong"

"Brittany?" Yumi wondered

"Try again"

"Kaitlyn?" William asked

"Not even close.", Odd said, "It's Maya." he answered

"The girl from Mr. Hertz's class, who always wear that blue headband?" Ulrich asked

"Yeah her" Odd happily sighed stinking into the couch.

"I give you guys a week, before you dump her or she dumps you." William said

"That's not gonna happen, she's different." Odd said

"Have you heard from Roman lately?" Ulrich asked.

"Sadly no and Xana hasn't attacked lately either." Jeremy answered.

"I Remember This!" Aelita yelled out of nowhere.

"Remember what?" Jeremy asked

December 20, 2001; 8:35 am

It's my birthday today and I'm kind of nerves to tell about it. Even though I am safe and my dad is nowhere near here, I don't know how Dr. Hopper will react. I told Aelita yesterday, and have no clue if she told her dad or not. Oh well, I'm not gonna hide out in my room all day that's for sure. I might as well see what's the day going to be like.

9:45 pm

Today was amazing! Like I never had so much fun on my birthday before. As soon as I walked up stairs, Aelita and Dr. Hopper had taken me to this world-famous bakery, known for their hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls. I Never told them how much I LOVE cinnamon rolls. I ate at least nine and a half of them within the first three minutes of being there. The place was warm and very inviting and with the smell of roasted coco and sweet pastries it was heaven, I had no clue it was only the beginning. Afterwords Dr. Hopper bought half a dozen and we all went to this HUGE toy store. I swear this place had everything millions of toys. Me and Aelita ran around for literary hours playing with every toy we could get our hands on, but I couldn't believe they had to new DB Extreme. The DB Extreme was a snowboard and skateboard in one, I used to ask my dad for one every time I saw it, eventually I stopped asking and it became a dream of mine to own one and be a professional rider. I guess Aelita saw me staring at it, because when it was time to go I over heard them talking about it. When we got home, we had pizza, ice cream, popcorn, candy, and birthday cake. I tried my hardest not to cry, while they sung happy birthday because as far as I knew my life wasn't worth celebrating...until now. After all the food and dancing, they showered me with gifts when I found out Dr. Hopper got me the DB I couldn't help but hugged him as tightly as I could but by mistake I called him Dad. He smiled at me and called me his son. My heart sordid when he called me that...maybe I should stick around with my new family. They could be good for me and I can tell they care about me maybe even love me. It's nice knowing I finally have people care about me.

"The only thing that's wrong here is that he ate fourteen in a row, it was a restaurant recorded. " Aelita corrected

"Sounds like fun." Yumi said

"Yeah, you guys really know how to throw a party." Ulrich added

Aelita smiled thinking about that day and how fun it was for her and her brother. William ran to the back, after a few minutes he came back with the red and black snowboard wrapped up in a blanket. It was the only thing that wasn't covered in dust, but some of the wheels were rusty and chipped.

"I saw it in the room a few nights ago, I thought about fixing it up for him when he comes back." William said laying it on the table before pulling out a book and tossing it to Jeremy.

"What's this?" Jeremy asked flipping though the pages.

"Dr. Hopper's notes about Lyoko." William answered sitting back down

"Where did you find that?" Aelita asked.

"It was in a little hiding spot in Aiden's room, I found it while I was cleaning up." William answered

"So, if Aiden is four years older than you how old would he be now?" Odd wondered

"He should be around nineteen or twenty." Aelita answered

"Not exactly." Jeremy said

"What do you mean?" Aelita asked.

"According to your dad's notes the program is so advanced that it actually merges with the host's DNA, making Roman a dominant altar ego when ever someone has the armor on. The DNA of the host and/or Aiden can always be virtualized out of the body and create a holographic image of himself. The armor can even be broken down but when ever that happens the program falls week and can become unstable over time. The only people that can fix the stability of the program is you or your dad, or if those parts are bound to another host. So, there's no telling how old is Aiden." Jeremy explained

"Is that why he hides during the reboot?" Yumi asked.

"I guess so." Jeremy answered

"So what happens if he takes off the armor and gets trapped in the return to the pass program?" William asked

Before Jeremy could answer, a loud alarm went off on his computer. When he lead down to check on it, he found out that not only a tower was activated but there was a large energy source roaming around Lyoko. It wasn't even five minutes until everybody got to the factory and got into position. Aelita, Odd and William headed towards the scanners, while Yumi and Ulrich guarded Jeremy from any on coming attacks. After being virtualized onto the familiar forest terrain once again, they saw someone in the distances.

"Isn't that Roman?" Odd pointed out

"No, that's not him." Aelita answered taking a few steps forward to see better

"But the armor." Odd said

"It's worn by Xana." William said

Everybody glanced at William a little shock to see that Xana looks exactly like an older version of Aiden.