I don't own Harry Potter or Code Lyoko evolution, as usual. can you give me ideas for a avatar for Luna?
Cortex
"What is he doing? It's been ten minutes we've waited for him. Every time it's the same thing..." moaned Jeremy impatiently as he paced around the lab.
"Calm down Jeremy," said Harry as he tried to placate Jeremy. "He'll turn up. I know he will."
"We could start without him," suggested Yumi. "It's not like we won't tell him anything."
"Here I am! Guess what I've got! It's completely crazy!" yelled Odd excitedly as he ran into the lab.
"A new girlfriend?" asked Aelita.
"Or a new way of gelling your hair?" asked Sissi with a raised eyebrow.
"No! The pirated version of cyber biker 7! It didn't even come out in France! I couldn't miss it!"
"So you're late to our meeting because of a game?" asked Jeremy incredulously. "What if it was a Xana attack?"
"Well, obviously it's not."
"That's not the point Odd. The point is, would you have come straight here if it was?" asked Harry.
"Of course I would!"
"Oh, forget it," muttered Jeremy before speaking to the group. "I called you here because we found something. We localised a signal in the digital sea."
"Xana?" asked Ulrich.
"It's the place where Xana had been hiding out," said Harry. "At least, we think so. It'd the most likely place."
"The place of its rebirth," agreed Jeremy.
"Jeremy thought that if we went there, we'll get answers to our questions," added Aelita. "Like how Xana was reactivated, by who or what."
"And how to destroy it," continued Jeremy. "I mean definitely this time."
"Doesn't sound too difficult," said Sissi.
"And how are we getting into the digital sea?" asked Ulrich. "By swimming?"
"Which, as I understand, only Harry and possibly me has immunity to," added William. "We'll get deleted!"
"By submarine as usual," said Aelita.
"You restored the Skid?" asked Odd eagerly.
"What do you think?" asked Jeremy. "While some people are having fun, others are working!"
"It was a good thing I backed it up," said Harry with a shrug. "I also restored the last sectors. And I'm going to get Franz out of my head again."
"Well, when are we going to check it out?" asked William.
"Soon."
Kadic
"Why are you going to the abandoned factory?" asked Luna as the group climbed out. "It must be important if the lot of you are going there."
"Uh, to forget?" suggested Harry.
"I don't think you have any Wrackspurts around you Harry. Or do you just like taking strolls in the sewers?" asked Luna curiously.
"Yes, i do. it might not be very pleasant on the nose but very interesting."
"What should we do?" whispered Jeremy to Harry. "You know her best. Do you think she can keep a secret? She keeps discovering Lyoko."
"Or is this due to the fact that our gym teacher attacked you in the first repeat of a few days ago?" asked Luna. "And there was that meteor that fell a few months ago but didn't."
"Please don't tell me that she's un-returntothepastifiable," moaned Odd.
"Listen Luna, you can't tell anyone about this," said Harry quickly.
"No one believes me," said Luna with a shrug."
"Wait, do you trust her?" asked William in slight confusion.
"I don't think we have a choice. If she remembers events that we used the return on, we have to accept her," said Aelita.
"How long would it take you to add another nav skid to the Skid Harry?" asked Jeremy.
"You sure about this?" asked Ulrich.
"She can use Sirius'. He doesn't sue it much after all."
Later
"Hey Odd! Odd!"
Odd followed the boy into a cupboard.
"So you have it? For sure? How much?"
"Twenty. It's a bargain."
They exchanged the items.
"Awesome."
The boy left as Odd put the disc into his bag.
"Leaving the door open like this…." Muttered Jim as he locked it.
"Hey! Hey!" Odd tried to get someone's attention but nobody was around to hear it. "I don't believe this."
He pulled out his phone. "No signal?! Do they put lead in the wall or what?! Oh, this is crazy!"
Lab
"I don't understand," said Ulrich. "He was with us."
"And he seemed really happy," added Aelita. "To be back on the Skid."
"Perhaps he was trapped," suggested Luna. "And he can't tell anyone."
"Give me a second. Expecto Patronum." The wolf appeared. "Tell Odd to get his ass over here."
The wolf ran through the wall.
"You'll go without him," said Jeremy. "I'm having trouble getting the signal though. It's weak and unstable. No way are we losing it because of Odd. So you're going now."
They nodded and walked to the scanners.
Lyoko
As soon as they appeared in sector five, they headed towards the garage.
"Wow. I had forgotten how beautiful it is," said Yumi as they saw the Skid.
"Yeah," said Aelita.
"It's a masterpiece," added Harry. "I still can't believe that we managed to create it."
"Too bad Odd isn't here," said Ulrich as Harry separated.
"It's a pity that Xana captured me again," muttered William. "I could stare at this for ages."
Odd
"Hay! Is anyone out there?!" Odd rapped his knuckles hard on the door. The wolf slipped through the wall.
"Odd, get your ass over here." The wolf disappeared.
"Very helpful Harry. Very helpful. Why couldn't you have sent me a key?"
"Odd?" Luna walked to the door and listened. "Give me a second. Alohomora."
The door unlocked and Luna put her wand away as Odd ran out.
"Thank you Luna! I owe you one!"
Luna followed him as the boy headed towards the lab.
Network
"It hasn't changed," said Ulrich as he stared out at the digital sea.
"Did you expect it to?" asked Harry. "It's not like it is subject to change."
"No," agreed Yumi. "It's weird to be out here again."
"I haven't missed it," said Sissi.
"Aelita, try to find a hub," suggested Jeremy.
"Ok. Turbo proposal and auxiliary engines engaged."
The two subs shot through the water and into a hub. They come out on the other side.
"We're here Jeremy. But I can't see anything. Are you sure of the direction?" asked Aelita as everyone peered out of the windows.
"I'm sure. The signal isn't very clear but you should see something soon."
The door opened.
"Odd, you're such a drag," moaned Jeremy.
"Sorry. I got trapped," apologised Odd. "Aw, you're in the middle of the mission. Can you virtualise me?"
"When the others have found the replika."
"Jeremy, we've found something," said Aelita as they stared at the replika. William frowned.
"Is this what it was like when you were destroying Xana's replikas?"
"Pretty much," said Harry with a shrug. "Only, we kinda knew what to expect. This time we don't."
"What does it look like?" asked Jeremy.
"Like a giant sphere. Like Lyoko," said Aelita.
"But less nice," added Harry. "Like a cortex. Or a twisted version. There's a portal."
Aelita hooked up to it.
"If this is the same as Lyoko, it shouldn't be very hard to decrypt," said Jeremy as he stared to open the lock. "And voila."
They entered the portal and entered the replika.
"We're out of the digital sea. There's a sector like Lyoko but it's strange. It's a disc or a ring that surrounds a nucleus."
"That would be the core of the… Cortex," said Jeremy. "That's where we'll piece together the mystery of Xana's return."
Wait a minute. This looks like his work.
Who's work Franz? If you know something then speak up. It could be important.
I have to be sure before I tell you.
"Franz recognises this place," said Harry out loud. "It reminds him of some's work. He won't tell me who though. I'll go find a tower and teleport back to earth. See what I can find."
"Ok Harry. You do that," said Jeremy. "But if I think you are needed here, I'll bring you back."
Harry quickly navigated the terrain and connected to a tower.
"Ready Jeremy."
"Ok." Jeremy activated the tower and Harry disappeared.
"We're disembarking Jeremy."
The five reappeared on the ground.
Earth
"Ok, I was not expecting this." Harry stared at the obviously out of place door in the side of the cliff. "I guess I'll just have to put my skills to use."
He pressed his hand to the lock and it opened. He ran in and faded out of view as he ran around the twisted corridors. Peering around the corner, he stared at the man in the white lab coat.
It's as I suspected. That's Lowel Tyron. He used to work for me before I found him using the things we worked on for his own good.
He's the creator of the cortex then?
Yes. There. See that computer? Harry stared at the computer in the room. It looked similar to the one that ran Lyoko.
A supercomputer.
Yes. I would take it that that computer is the one that Xana's hiding in and the one that is running the cortex.
"Sir. We have an intruder. A ninja," said a security guard as he walked into the room.
"Find him and bring him to me."
Harry quickly ran past the room. We'll come back another day. Let's see what else this place has to offer.
He slipped past a group of guards before looking in a lab
It can't be. Anthea?
Cortex
"Come on. Saddle up princess," said Ulrich as he climbed on the Overbike. Sissi hopped on with Yumi.
"No monsters in sight. But be careful. You never know," said Jeremy as they took paths to the centre, William using his super smoke. "Harry, how are things on your end?"
"Uh, found the supercomputer, an old associate of Franz's and Anthea Schaeffer," said Harry.
"Be careful! Something's happening!" The cortex started to rearrange itself.
"Yumi! Watch out!" Ulrich skidded to a halt as Yumi and Sissi hit a wall causing them to devirtualise.
"I have the distinct feeling that I have been ignored."
"Yumi! Sissi!"
"What was that?" asked Ulrich as William reformed.
"I don't know. I think Harry will have a few ideas."
"Your super smoke still makes me nervous," said Aelita.
"Sorry. There's not much I can do about it."
"What happened?" asked Jeremy.
"I don't know. Everything moved. I was able to stop but Yumi and Sissi were devirtualised," explained Ulrich.
"Oh no. Yumi and Sissi aren't reappearing in the scanners."
"What does that mean?" asked William.
"They're stuck in a virtual limbo. The cortex is interfering with the skid. I lost a lot of data."
"Wait, I don't understand your gibberish," said William with a sigh. "Is Yumi alive or not?"
"Yes. No. I don't know. I'm going to bring Harry back."
Earth
Harry used Super Smoke to slip past the door and turned visible. The woman jumped.
"Who are you?"
"You do know who I am Anthea Schaeffer. It's been a long time since we last met though."
"That name. How do you know that name?" Anthea started to panic.
"Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you. I know Waldo."
"He's still alive?" Harry nodded. "And my daughter? What about Aelita?"
"She's alive and well."
"Thank you." Anthea looked closely at Harry. "Wait a minute. James?"
"I'm not James. I apparently have my mother's eyes." Anthea's eyes widened and Harry placed his finger on his lips. "Don't tell."
"Harry, we need you back here," said Jeremy.
"I've got to go. How can I contact you?"
Anthea recited an email address. Harry nodded and faded away as Jeremy deactivated the tower.
Cortex
"Here you are. It took me a while to find you." Harry reformed next to Aelita.
"Now, as you were saying Jeremy?" asked Aelita.
"Yumi and Sissi are stuck in limbo. Do you know if they're alive?"
"I think Harry has an idea," said Luna dreamily.
"Sector five."
"What?" asked Odd in confusion.
"Remember the first time we ever went there? We had to find materialisation codes. I think it's the same here. And we need their digital signatures."
"Ok then, go to the core," suggested Jeremy.
"Ok." They quickly changed direction and headed for the core. a part of the road lowered and the Overbike hit the wall. Aelita managed to catch herself with her wings and shot after Ulrich who hit the floor and devirtualised.
"Now we've lost Ulrich."
"How do we get to the Cortex?" asked Odd as he headed to the scanners.
"I'll send you there directly. The Skid acts as a relay. I'll also program the Overboard."
"Jeremy, can you send me my jet?" asked Harry.
"Uh, sure." The Overjet appeared.
"Hop in Aelita." Aelita climbed in and Harry took off, William following as smoke. He landed near the core. "Here come the monsters."
Two Krabes and several Creepers appeared. Aelita sent an energy field at a Krabe only for it to bounce off. Harry threw a shuriken at a creeper before his hand went down the pouch on his leg.
"Did you program a pouch for me Jeremy?"
"Uh, no. I think it's a random error in the supercomputer that somehow managed to develop a new weapon for you Harry."
Shrugging, Harry pulled out a kunai from the pouch and examined it. "Cool."
He threw it and destroyed another creeper. William jumped on top of the Krabe that was bothering Aelita and destroyed it.
"Let's go." They walked over to the massive door.
"How do you think we get this open?" asked Aelita. Harry pressed his hand to it and the door retracted. "That was easy."
"So, you're a human lock picker now?" asked William.
"Uh, no. I just overrode the security on it. The door opening was just the representation."
Several shots came from behind.
"Harry, you go. Don't worry about us." William shoved harry into the room. "You have the best chance of retrieving our friends."
Harry nodded and ran deeper into the room before standing on a teleport sport.
William jumped on top of a Krabe before disappearing into smoke as it tried to knock him off. Aelita hit a hornet. Odd arrived and hit a second hornet.
"I'm almost there. You were right Jeremy. There's a terminal. Let's see what I can get out of it." Harry pressed his hand to it and stared at the massive holographic screen before searching for the right codes. At the same time, he set up a program to erase any record of their presence there. "There's something strange about this place."
William destroyed the last Krabe and he and Odd high fived. The ground began to rumble as the door started to close.
"Harry! Hurry up!" yelled William as they tried to slow the progress of the door down.
"Got them." Harry stared at the holographic screen before starting as he saw his dad. "Dad? Franz, did my parents have any connection to project carthage?"
I'll tell you when we get out of here.
Harry nodded and flew out just as the door slammed closed.
"Nice place here," said Odd.
"Personally, I don't like it. This place has too many secrets and is liable to change," said Harry with a shudder.
Lab
"Are you sure that it was James Potter?" asked Jeremy as Harry looked at the ground.
"Well, considering that it looked just like an older version of me with hazel eyes, yes," said Harry. "Uncle Franz, you said you had answers."
"The extent of your parents, your birth parents that is, relationship with project carthage is that they helped me try to find a way to stop it. That's what happened. Trust me on this one Harry."
"Anyway, what did you find on earth?" asked Jeremy.
Harry sighed. "Anthea. My aunt and Aelita's mother."
"She's still alive?" asked Aelita in hope. "You'd better not be messing with me Harry."
"No I'm not messing with you. You should; know me better than that Aelita. She's alive. I've got her email address. Just let me use the supercomputer and I'll be able to set up a program that won't lead anyone to either of us in case the messages get intercepted."
Harry sat down and started to program.
"Anything else?" asked Jeremy.
"Yeah. A Lowel Tyron. He used to work under Franz at project carthage before Franz fired him. He's the one who created the cortex. And the one who allowed Xana to survive though I don't think he knows about our psychopathic friend."
"Ok, what are we doing about Luna?" asked Sissi as she gestured towards the blonde girl. "We can't go back in time as she'll just remember."
"Well, she's kept our secret so far," said Jeremy with a shrug. "There's no reason to reject her. I think."
"It's time to get back to school," said Harry as he looked at the time. "I'll send the message from my laptop."
Everyone nodded as they walked out.
"Oh, what happened to Hiroki?" asked Harry. "I haven't seen him around."
"He's moved to a different school," explained Yumi. "Do you think you could come up with another anti Xana program?"
"Given time, yes."