Astrid's POV
As we landed on lyoko I immediately felt relief as the hint of asthma vanished. I got rid of my asthma a long time ago, why would it come back now? Pushing the thoughts away we all raced on our preferred method of transportation to the activated tower. In the forest section we were going east. I pulled out my bow and kept it handing, I think we our all waiting for xanas minions.
"Jeremy what can we expect to be in our way this time?" Odd asked sarcastically and Jeremy grunted.
" You'll have to find out, this computers not very good in freezing cold conditions. I'll have to work with what I have." Jeremy said and i sighed, hopefully this will be over quickly.
"I wonder what Brynga plans to get in return for helping us." I say absentmindedly trying to get a conversation while speeding toward the tower that was coming in view.
"Why would Brynga need something from us? What happened?" Aelita asked and I shook my head trying to shake the feeling of being annoyed. You brought up Brynga, maybe you should stay off that topic if she's only going to annoy you.
" Nevermind, two blocks up ahead." I say and we immediately we split up. I keep heading straight while Aelita and Odd curve to the sides. I pull back my bow with two arrows notched on it and fire still at top speed. The arrows curve in the air and hit each of the blocks.
"Nice shot!" Aelita says and I smile as we race ahead.
" You didn't even leave one for me, how rude." Odd said playfully and I stick my tongue out at him.
" Don't worry there's more monsters ahead." Jeremy says through the computer. I bit my tongue to stop from groaning, somehow I wanted to get this over with. After all I'll be spending two weeks away from here at that dumb orphanage. I want to make the most out of the time I have, not having it be wasted by Xana!
"Two blocks, one creeper, a mega tank, and the schyphozoa aren't we lucky today?" Odd said sarcastically as the monsters started firing at us. I pulled back my bow and fired, it narrowly missed the mega tank. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Odd shoot a lazer arrow into the creeper.
"Energy field!" Aelita called as she fired and energy feild at the mega tank. I shot a few arrows and the schyphozoa that was approaching Aelita. However instead of hitting it the arrows skimmed past. Giving up on the arrow idea I ran straight for it, preparing the blades on my wrist and boots.
I jumped up into the air and did a mid air roll twisting into the position I needed. Then I slammed down the blade on the tip of my boot into the Xana symbol. As it exploded I twirled again and landed on my feet. That will teach the dumb thing not to bother us anymore... Actually probably not that things just gonna keep coming back isn't it?
I looked over just in time to see a block being destroyed by Odd and Aelita running into the tower. I aimed my bow and shot an arrow into the block.
"Wait Jeremy are we doing a return to the past?" I asked as a thought came I to my head.
"Nope Astrid we'll just leave Yumi under that tree and have the whole city be wondering why there was a blizzard today. Also explain to jym why we left. Did I mention Yumi being stuck under a tree?" Jeremy said sarcastically and I rolled my eyes. I do hope yumi will make it. How long has she been under a tree? However a happy thought rose up in me. We don't have to repay Brynga! Even as I was happy about that worry still washed over me for Yumi. Come on come on, finally I hear jeremy say the words and we are suddenly swept away in a return to the past.
Odd's POV
the point in time we returned to just happened to send be straight into a wall. Chasing after Astrid right after she pulled that prank on us we all were in running positions. I stood up and saw Astrid sprawled on the floor. I ran over to her and help her up.
"You okay?" I asked still worried about the breathing problem. She nodded and smiled at me. Standing up straight there was no trace of her earlier fatique.
"Yep, well once I get away!" She yelled laughing and her hand slipped out of mine as she dashed to the girls bathroom. I half heartedly ran after her but the game was long over, though being freshly covered in perfume and sparkles didn't lower my urge to get them back.
"Come back! We oughta finish preparing for the dance." I called after her but none of the girls left the bathroom. I sighed and smiled while William and Ulrich walked over.
"You know I don't care about the dance any more, why do we keep coming back at the worst times?" Ulrich come plain as he walked over to the bathroom. Even though we knew she was fine we were still worried about Yumi.
After we made sure she was okay we worked on the decorations for the rest of the day. At least most of the day. Soon we were sitting back a searching our master piece for any mistakes. Even though Astrid was fine breathing wise by the time we finished she looked exhausted.
"Astrid... You might want ho consider sleeping if your going to be this tired." Ulrich say teasingly and Astrid stuck her tongue out at him.
"For your information Jeremy said that when regular people return go the past their bogies are set back to the form it was in at the point you return to. This means that since return to the past doesn't work for me, any fatigue i acquire before the return to the past is not removed when we do a return to the past." Astrid said quickly with a few yawns in between.
"Ahem* please transfer." William said and glancing at every one except Aelita, they all looked confused.
"imagine an energy bar in a video game. However much you do it uses up the energy in the energy bar. When we return to the past our energy bar is refilled to however much energy we had then." Aelita staid and Astrid looked up at her great fully. The others nodded there heads in understanding and we got up from our spot.
"Well anyways lets go get dinner. do you know wha we're having today?" I ask and Astrid shrugs. Naturally as we walk our hands connect. Walking peacefully like this is soothing.
"My necklace!" Astrid said making me jump. Brynga was walking towards us with a smug look on her face. Astrid ran forward to meet her before she reached us. I ran up behind her along with the others.
"What this? No this is just a peice of trash I found on the cafeteria floor. It's midly cute but worthless, I'll be throwing it away later." She said in a informative tone. I clentched my fist, thT mist be Astrid's.
"Liar! That's mine! It was on my dresser!" Astrid said, she looked beyond angry but scared too. That necklace must be important to her.
"Hmm, well I found this on the floor. Must not be yours then." Brynga stated and started walking away. Astrid's hand shot out as she grabbed bryngas wrist.
"I don't think so, give it back now." Astrid said quietly her voice filled with dangerous anger.
"Uh oh, you don't want me to make the principal aware of violence from you. Didn't that orphanage say if you didn't stay out of trouble you couldn't go here anymore? Wouldn't want that would we?" Brynga said, seeing she won as Astrid's hand fell slack from her wrist. Brynga walked easily away, making own anger grow deeper. I glanced at he others who looked just as outraged as I was. William nodded at each other and we just started to go after her when Astrid put on hand on my chest.
"Stay here." She said plainly trying to control her anger. "I don't want witnesses. " as she started walking forward everyone rushed to hold her back.
"Whoa, Astrid I don't think that's a good idea!" Aelita said and Astrid muttered something under her breath about about dumb friends that know when your doing something stupid. If the ato ospreys wasnt so tense I would've laughed.
"I think we all know a way to convince her to give that back." Jeremy said, no one questioned why this was so important to her. It's probably a momento of her past. Everyone but Astrid looked at me with a knowing glance. Astrid however sighed and shook her head.
" Don't worry i know a non violent way to get it back." Astrid said calmly now. This time we let her run and catch up with Brynga. They had a small conversation and at the end Brynga coughed up the necklace. It was a red heart the looked to be crudely cut in half. It had chips and rough edges on it and the string itself looked old. No one said anything as she walked back.
"I'm sorry." Astrid said shortly looking at everyone shyly.
"Its no big deal. Not for you anyway. For Brynga we'll never let her live this down." Ulrich said obviously still a little angry.
"Yeah, stealing is going to far." Yumi said and we all nodded.
"By the way what did you say to get it back?" I asked but Astrid just smiled and waved it off.
"It doesn't matter, can we go get food now? I'm starving." Astrid said and I smiled as we went and had, for once, a normal dinner.
Astrid's POV
I woke up in the middle of the night by my own nightmares. Occasionally the dream I had when I was put to sleep by Xana comes back. However after I woke up I could hear Aelita crying out. Immediately I jumped up and ran to her side.
"Aelita wake up, your having a bad dream. It's okay, your fine." I whisper quietly to her as she wakes up. This happens not often but never tells anyone what her nightmares are and I respect that, I just wish I could make them stop.
"Oh! Astrid I'm sorry! Did I wake you again?" Aelita said depressingly.
"No it's okay, my own dreams woke me. But everything's fine now. You can ho back to sleep." I said soothingly and walked back to my bed.
Crawling under the covers my thoughts drifted back to what I was thinking about when I fell asleep. Tomorrow. Even after working so hard to make the dance perfect, I don't think I'll be able to enjoy it. I packed before I went to bed and after thinking it threw there's no way. First I don't even have a dress, second I would literally only be able to go for five minutes if I want to make it to the car picking me up in time, and third.. the promise I made to get back my necklace was that I wouldn't go.
I sighed and turned over in my bed. How will I tell the others? How will I tell Odd? I fell back into a fitful sleep. My dreams matching my feelings. Happy and hopeful until crushed down by something. Why am I so upset? It's just a dance, you've never liked these things before. So why now?
Because. Your finally healing from losing what you had before. Almost, I can almost remember the adventures we went on together. Alex, Jimmy, Gwen, and I. I locked them up in my mind, can I reach them again? In my dream I'm floating in a ball of light, out of it I can the bare scraps of what I can remember. Tears roll down my face as I shove my self out of my dream and into reality.
"Bzzz, Bzzz." I blinked awake as the alarm clock me and Aelita set sprung up.
"shoot." I mutter crossly, where did my sleep go? After ten minutes of pulling ourselves out of bed Aelita and I we headed to the shower rooms.
"I can't wait to be able to sleep in!" Aelita said longingly. I wish! Even during breaks I hardly ever get time to myself. I can forget being able to sleep in! I sighed enviously as we waited in the usual long line for the bathroom. When we were finally finished we went back to the room and chatted.
"Are you excited for tonight?" Aelita asked, now might be a good time to tell her. Or maybe not.
"I'm excited about not having any classes today." I say avoiding the question.
"Yes but what about dancing with Odd?" Aelita said knowingly and I threw my pillow at her.
"If your going to talk like that you should call Yumi over." Even as I said it the blush was creeping around my cheeks.
"Why not?" Aelita asked and I shrugged. Aelita called Yumi and we waited for her to come.
"Well what about Jeremy eh? Does he even know how to dance?" I say teasingly. Aelita takes the pillow I threw at her and throws it back. I catch it in mid air just as yumi walks in.
"Sup." I say with me Aelita frozen in our positions. Me holding the pillow and Aelita in mid swing with another. We all burst out laughing.
"So I heard we were talking about the dance huh?" Yumi said after closing the door and sitting down.
"Astrid was just about to tell us how excited she was to be dancing with Odd." Aelita said teasingly. I threw my pillow at her again and rolled my eyes.
Before I could stop my self the words came rolling out of my mouth. "I'm not going to the dance anyway." Aelita and Yumi immediately sat up straight from their sitting positions. Shoot, why couldn't I keep my mouth shut? I cursed lightly under my breath and smiled anxiously at them.
"What do you mean your not going!? We've all been working hard for this!" Yumi said shocked and Aelita gave me a concerned look.
"Look, it's not my choice anyway. I have a doctors appointment tonight.." I said weakly trying to come up with a solid excuse. What does it matter anymore? I have to go tonight anyway. I stand up and pull my suitcase out from under my bed. "Also I have to go home for winter break tonight. You have to understand it's not my decision.." I Say and sit back down.
"What about Odd, I'm sure he was looking forward to it too. When are you going to tell him?" Aelita asked and her question hit me hard. I sighed a felled back on my bed staring at the ceiling.
"I was hoping I wouldn't have to... somehow.." even as the words come out of my mouth I know they sound pathetic.
"I know!" Yumi suddenly exclaims excitedly. I sit back up a look at her. "Why don't you and Odd go on a date now? That way you can make up for not being able to go tonight!"
"Maybe.." I said and then smiled as I considered the thought.
I'm sorry for posting late guys! I meant to post another chapter in christmas but...I hit sidetracked.. Any way I hope you like this chapture that we started off with the begining of some needed action then brought in some drama and topped off with a bit of romance. Thank you guys for staying with me and I hope everyone had a good holiday. One thing I must ask you guys is I'm thinking that the holiday special gift I was planning could possibly be this. A "movie" or one special story with done type of twist that foes not effect the original story. I'm think a crossover movie? Do you like it? Any way please give me suggestions on what to cross it over with. I'll start working on it as soon as I figure out which one. Thanks again guys!