Astrid's POV

Running into William wasn't exactly fun. I was enjoying myself a little too much skating and Xana sent in William at exactly the right moment. The worst part about it was I had no idea what to do when the time came.

"Jeremy! What do I do?" I yelped as I scrambled and tried to get away from William. He had grabbed my wrist again, though the schyphozoa was no where to be seen.

"I have to start the program! I forgot to prepare it before hand. Just try to not get capture by Xana!" Jeremy said and I cursed. I would have been much simpler if I could just zap him with reality right here. But looking at him my eyes soften, he shouldn't be forced against his will like this.

"Astrid!" Yumi called as a fan hit William. Goodness I love that girl. I quickly skated away to the safety of the others. Something nagged at me in the back of my mind though, it seems to easy. No blocks or anything? It almost seems like he wants us to free William. I pushed the thought out of my mind, that's not important right now.

"You ready yet Jeremy?" Ulrich asked, even though he didn't like William, he was just as serious about getting him freed as the rest of us. And I was seriously getting freaked out by the stare he was giving me.

"Almost, Astrid when I say go fire and arrow at him. Make sure you don't miss!" Jeremy said and I notched an arrow and pointed it at him. Curving back around so I can be closer, I felt something. It might be the program! It was inside of me right, so I guess I can feel it.

"Alright... Go!" He said and I let go of the arrow. It shot through the air flying towards him he didn't have the chance to move away. However just as it hit him a sheep pain was released in me.

"You will obey me! I will use you. You will be the lyoko warriors undoing!" the voice Said inside my head. What does he want? It must be Xana, no one else would say that! As the voice faded and the throbbing slowly went away I opened my eyes. Yumi and Ulrich were standing over me and yumi had a hand on my shoulder.

"Are you okay?" She asked she looked worried but I glanced behind her at the spot where William used to be. "He's fine,he was devirtualized when your arrow shot him. But I don't know if it worked yet. What about you though?" She said again.

"I'm fine, I had another one of those split second, annoying as sissy migraines." I said smiling briefly. I hate lying to them but I need time to figure this out. I dont want them to worry about figuring it out for me. Especially not Jeremy, he works to hard as it is!

"I'm bringing you in." Jeremy said and we were devirtualized. Coming out of the scanner I could see Odd and a groggy and human looking William.

"is he safe?" Yumi asked as she came came out, ulrich walked over too while I just stayed a little out of it. It seems like this reuniun will have to be one with friends.

"Yeah he's good, a little memory loss, but he's still good." odd said and looked over to me. I smiled instantly and he gestured to come over. His soft smile urged me there, despite not wanting to intrude. Jeremy and Aelita came down cautiously and they started to question him.

"You don't remember anything? Nothing at all?" Yumi asked and I once again backed out. Odd came over to me and took my hand.

"No, it's a fuzzy. Its like, I have it all but I don't know what it is." William said trying to concentrate. Another wave of pity washed over me, it must be hard for him. I would never tell him though, he doesn't seem like the guy who would want pity.

"well he isn't possessed by Xana anymore, so I'm going to go disable his clone." Jeremy said and he and Aelita went back to the computer room. I never really talked with Williams clone. I saw him a few times with Yumi but I stayed away from him, he gave me the creeps.

"Clone?" William said as he started to get his bearings. He stood up and faced Yumi mostly, but Ulrich was next to her and Odd kept trying to pull me in with them.

"Well you've been a slave to Xana for about two months now. We had to come up with something so the others wouldn't notice you were gone. Honestly hes not the brightest thing and your fathers kinda worried. Your going to have to build up your reputation again." Ulrich said and I suddenly realized how hard it would be to do that. I mean, everyone has been making jokes about him and it won't be easy to explain.

"Any way its getting late. You probably need time to rest so we should all head back. We will be watching just in case something sneaky is going on though." Yumi said and I could see a slight change in Williams face, it wasn't hard to tell he was disappointed he couldn't be trusted. I'm lucky I wasn't captured like William was.

After Jeremy was done with the clone business we all headed back to the school. Odd and I held hands and chatted, a little distant from the others who were going over what had happened in the last two months to William.

"You don't have to worry." Odd said, "Your part of the group now, you don't have to avoid things."

"How did you know that's what I was worried about?" I asked generally shocked. I thought he thought I was afraid of William.

"Because I know you." He said simply, smiling warmly. Despite what I was worried about I could never resist smiling back to Odd. He would never fail at making me smile.

"So there's on last questions I have." William said and I turned to look at him. He was staring at me and Odd and under the gaze I started to feel antsy. "How did Astrid get into the group and when did she become Odds girlfriend?" Suddenly I could feel myself blushing redder than a tomato. Yumi and Aelita gave me sympathetic looks that simply said, boys are clueless. Odds hand was getting heavier and heavier in mine.

"Ahem, I think Yumi can fill you in on that. In the meantime you might want to try to actually get one yourself." Odd said and I snapped my head over to looked at him. He was smiling triumphantly and I realized instead of being embarrassed he was proud William had said that. I smiled warmly at him and when he looked over he gave me a lopsided smile. We walked onward leaving the others a little shocked. I squeezed his hand and started to talk again. Yep, definably his girlfriend!

Odds POV

Walking home with Astrid was always fun, declaring us boyfriend and girlfriend put a cherry on top Of the ice cream come. I just hope she feels the same way, I mean the smile she gave me made me think so but you never know. The others finally seemed to regain there conscious and started walking again.

"Hmm, if an cow can jump over the moon and the elephant can jump over the fence, then why can't a cat jump down from a tree?" Astrid asked randomly and I laughed.

" I hope that wasnt a serious question because I have ansolutely no idea what your talking about." I said and she giggled.

"I was just thinking. It's funny how things don't match up from one thing to another." she said and then looked at me and said, "Anyway are you excited of that art thing?"

"I kinda suck at art but it'll be more fun if I'm your partner." I said and she smiled brightly. The looked back at the others. They had continued talking and trying to get William ready for coming back. I knew Astrid would feel kinda left out of this, so that's why I stayed with her and talked. Honestly I would much rather talk with her then any one else today.

Just then we walked into the school...area? I don't know, anyway, Sissi came up to us and said, "What are you guys doing with that idiot?" Gesturing to William and saw astrid wince. She probably knows what it feels like to have to build a reputation from ground up. It only makes me more curious about her past. However when we looked at the sheet of rough paper with her past on it she seemed to sad to go on. I will never force her to show me or go through it again, I just wish I knew.

"Well he has more wits than you ever proved to have." I said and William gave me a shocked look. Hey astrid seems to emphasize with him, why not?

"Hmmph!" Sissi said and stormed off, we started walking back again and I could see Sissi whispering to some others girls, occasionally glancing at us. Great, I can't wait for more gossip.

"It's fine, even she know she can't bother us." Astrid said and as I looked at her I noticed how strong she looks. She stands tall and her eyes are filled with modest authority as she stares at Sissi. We headed towards the dorms and said goodbye. Ulrich and jeremy caught up to me as the girls and William went there own way. Ulrich gave me a strange but interested look as we walked back in silence.

Finally Ulrich broke the silence when he asked, "So what class do you think we'll get for the art project tomorrow?" I remember Astrid saying that she asked the teacher to pair us up with you is class.

"Dont know, are you hoping to be partnered with Yumi?" Einstein asked raising his eyebrow at Ulrich.

"I don't know. How bout asking charming over here, do you think you'll be able to be paired with Astrid?" Ulrich asked me. I stiffened. suddenly I realized that the whole point of getting with another class was to be paired with someone you don't normally talk with. The chances that me and Astrid will be paired is slim. William, what if she gets paired with William? the thoughts raised through my mind. She has taken a liking to him, if she spends more time with him then what will happen?

"Uh oh I think something finally clicked, I think brain is finally thinking hard!" Jeremy said and Ulrich laughed. I just continued to walk foward and not say a word. When we got to the room I changed into sleeping clothes and went to bed. I could tell Ulrich was still looking at me strangely. I don't care, I've got to take Astrid on a date soon. Hopefully we will be able to go this weekend or so.

Hey guys! Sorry I had a birthday party this weekend and all week I haven't been able to write. Hopefully I can finish the next chapter soon, I don't want to keep you waiting. Also I want to say that this is a fanfiction, and I really love it when you guys help me know when I mess something up about the story. However I just want you to know that some of them are purposeful, as in this chapter and future chapters to come can get a little off. Even so I appreciate help with these things. Thanks and keep creative! (I'm trying this out, does it sound good?:))