I own Skye and Katie and this storyline. I am taking a break from the story to do a look at the past from Nicholas's point of view.

I knew from the time I was about five or six that my parents weren't my parents. I knew Skye was my sister, but I always knew in the back of my mind that these weren't our real parents. My dreams made it even more clear.

I was in the middle of first grade when I started having dreams. I was always in a silver palace,surrounded by faceless guards,in an outfit that made me look like a band leader. I was always escorted to the throne room, where I sat next to a man who was hidden by a screen, and a girl whose face was covered by a veil. Everyone addressed me as 'Prince Nicholas.' As I got older, the dreams became more vivid. I eventually recognized the veiled girl as my sister.I was still waiting to see the man's face.

When I entered second grade, I started having the dreams every night, and I was able to talk to the people in my dreams. Once, I was alone in the throne room with the man, and I asked him who and what he was. He said his name was Xana, and that he was my father and Skye's. I woke up just after that was revealed.

The next night he told me everything: My sister and I were from a world called Lyoko. It was inside a computer, somewhere in France. The man who created Lyoko and Xana, Franz Hopper, had built them both and the Supercomputer where they resided for unknown purposes. Even though he was just computer program, he developed feelings. He created guards and monsters out of viruses that entered the system, mostly to keep out Hopper from tampering with the system.

Xana created us soon after perfecting his soldiers. We just appeared out of a flash of light. He gave us our names and raised us for several weeks before the palace was attacked.

Franz Hopper regretted designing my father, so he was trying to destroy the program. But my father knew he had to save his children. He sent us through the scanners, and then the man who helped Franz Hopper create him, our human father, found us. He took us home, and told his wife hat we were a gift from God. We went to school, we had a great group of friends, and we appeared to be normal humans.

I considered telling my parents about my dreams, but that very night, he asked me not to. He told me that they wouldn't understand. So I didn't tell them, but I did tell Skye. She thought that it would make a good story.

I started wondering why I was the only one having the dreams. Somehow, I managed to ask him why.

"I have communicated with your sister, but only once. She is in a more fragile state than you are. Coming from Lyoko to Earth is extremely difficult, she didn't cross over quite as well as you did. I'm afraid of pushing her too hard; I don't want her to break." He said. So I didn't talk to her about my dreams anymore.

In third grade, I was accepted to Kadic Academy on an academic scholarship. Xana told me that he was bringing me home. He had hacked the school's computer system to send me a scholarship. At first, I didn't want to go. I didn't want to leave Skye and my friends. But my parents and real father convinced me it would be best. He said he would send for Skye later.

As soon as I settled in, Xana sent me an email with directions to the factory. I met my father face to face (Almost, if it wasn't for the screen.) Everyone in the palace greeted me with great respect, and I swore to myself that I would help my father out of this dreadful computer.

I met Sissi and Herve the next day. She was bossy and he was spineless, but they were the only friends I had here. I still e-mailed nonstop to my friends back in America. I fell into the routine that Sissi was boss and, unless you wanted to suffer her wrath, you keep quiet. I pretended to be the faithful lackey. Jeremy and Yumi were also at the school. Jeremy was a scrawny kid with a 300 IQ and Yumi's parents paid astronomical tuition for their daughter to go to such a good school. They weren't friends yet.

A week later, while I was exploring the realms of my father's kingdom, I saw a pink haired girl with elf ears. The guards informed me that, several years ago, Franz Hopper and his daughter had enter Lyoko. Hopper disappeared, but his daughter, Aelita, was stuck here in a digital form. I felt sorry for her.

Years went by, and learned more and more about Lyoko. By day, I was a normal kid at an elite private school. By night, I was prince of a virtual kingdom. I only felt uneasy when I was back in Indiana for the summer and Christmas break, since I was so far away from the Supercomputer.

The beginning of seventh grade, Ulrich was accepted to Kadic on a sports scholarship in soccer. He was famous to some extent in Germany for his skills. He was in some of Jeremy's classes, and he had a crush on Yumi even then. That's how the group appeared. Odd transferred in the middle of the year after getting kicked out of public school in England for so many detentions for his pranks. He was so horrible the teachers personally paid his tuition to get him far, far away from them. That's how the group appeared, and when they discovered the Supercomputer, I knew that they were going to be trouble.

The years went by, and we were constantly at a standstill. I had taken over as general of the army of monsters, but always unseen, of course. I couldn't have them after me. After one particularly long battle, my father invited me to the throne room. His face was covered with a veil. He told me to stick my dagger in the middle of the floor. When I did, we were transported to a room with a treasure chest pushed up against the back of the wall. There was an ornate lock. The part in the middle looked like I could fit my dagger in it. But all around it were five triangular slots.

"When Lyoko was created, Franz Hopper stored his most important documents in this chest." Xana said. "It holds the secrets to all Lyoko, myself, and how I'll be able to escape."

"Why can't you just get out?" I asked.

"I was created as part of the program. I am essentially attached to this computer. I created you and your sister differently, so you could leave if necessary." He put his gloved hand on my shoulder. "This chest is the reason for your creation. With your's and your sister's help, I will be able to escape, and we will be a family again. I will rule all, and you two will be my successors."

After I left, I got a call from my mom saying that Skye got accepted to Kadic as well. My father's plan was set in motion, and soon, everything would be set right.