Kadic Academy was known as one of the safest places to be, and for a while, it was. It was the kind of place where you thought, "That could never happen to me," and for a while, you would have been right. Now, Kadic Academy was home to the most prestigious, hardworking students you could ever meet. The school looked exactly like the brochure advertised. A large brown building, tidy, and large black gates that circled it, bearing the school's name proudly. Of course you could understand that this school is very unordinary, not like any other at all. This is why our story takes place here. These gates were built to avoid any 'unwanted' company. This isn't disturbing naturally, for it makes complete sense. The unnerving part was the 'company' that Kadic had seen. If you were to walk up to a random student they would not say it was so, simply for the lack of memory. No, the group in particular to visit would be that of Ulrich Stern, Yumi Ishiyama, Jerimie Belpois, Odd Della Robbia, and Aelita Hopper. For only they truly had known and could tell you in full detail about the activity in the school. They had encountered just about everything together, a group of friends you could never seperate, and had seen things unlike on this world. Unlike seeing a UFO or a ghost, this was true, because what they had encountered was not on this world. Another world but also virtual. The name of the virtual world, Lyoko.

Lyoko, is the home of Aelita. I bet your head is spinning now right? Well, it wasn't simple. Aelita used to be a program in Lyoko. Jerimie had found a large supercomputer in an abandoned warehouse one day, and there along with it the beautiful girl, Aelita. It was here in the warehouse that Jerimie had found out about the secrets of Lyoko, and about the mysterious girl he had called Maya, for she knew not her name when he had restarted the computer. Although it had been a wonderful discovery, every situation, I'm sorry to say, is equally balanced with the bad, so it was also here where Jerimie had seen the work of the malicious program, XANA.

XANA was not just your everyday computer virus. XANA had a mind of his own, not only set on controlling Lyoko but also the real world. Through the activation of towers in Lyoko, it was possible. XANA could control other electrical devices and through them, someone on Earth. The Lyoko warriors, would transport to Lyoko during this time and deactivate the tower set off by XANA. All the while making sure to protect Aelita from XANA's monsters for she was the only one who could deactivate the towers. Afterwards, Jerimie could initiate the return sequence which took them back to the past and this was when they figured out no one but themselves could remember any of it. It wasn't long before Aelita had remembered her name and the more important things about where she lived. During the year Jeremie used to de-virtualize Aelita, they had become quite close. After Aelita had been introduced to Earth she began to attend Kadic as Odd's cousin.

Jeremie's and Aelita's friendship soon blossomed. The two were inseperable. Everyone had seen it coming. Jerimie hadn't been as attached to his computer then and Aelita became the center of his life. They were the best couple anyone could think of and Jerimie had benefited so much from the relationship, even the way he looked started to change. That was when Aelita had started to notice the change. Jeremie Belpois, for once in his life, was surrounded by girls. Maybe, it was his new hairstyle, or the fact that he started wearing contacts, or maybe even his change in wardrobe. It could be anything. Rumors were spread like wildfire when Jeremie had been holding Alora around her waist. Aelita was not stupid but she gave him the benefit of the doubt. She would only regret it sooner than later.

"Remember students, tonight's dance is for your enjoyment, we know you have all been working hard and the dance committee has been planning for a while..." A blond, spiky haired boy yawned in his seat.

"Man, can he talk or what?" he'd asked casually to his group of friends. A girl with black hair responded, "Oh, Odd I'd bet you'd much rather be sleeping right now, wouldn't you?" Odd smiled back at her, "You know me so well Yumi," he chuckled,"but honestly, I mean is an hour long speech necessary?" Ulrich glanced over at them smiling.

"It wouldn't be Kadic if Mr. Delmas didn't give us a rule book the size of the Bible." They all laughed at his statement because they knew it was true. They had stopped paying attention much like all the other students in the auditorium and started to conversate about the dance, everyone equally excited to go.

"So, Ulrich, you gonna' ask Yumi to the dance or am I gonna' have to do it?" Odd asked teasing the brunet.

"You're too late Odd," Yumi stated good-naturedly," he already asked." Odd smiled, shaking his head.

"Okay, well Yumi, you know where to go if you want some real fun." The three laughed at this.

Sissi turned around in her seat, the one in front of Ulrich of course, and smiled.

"Oh Ulrich my dearest," she began but never finished.

"Um, your a little too late Sissi," she immediately turned her head in the direction of Yumi,"I uh, already asked someone," he smiled.

"Hmph, well Ulrich my sweet if you change your mind I'm always available for you," she said blowing a kiss afterwards. As soon as she turned her head he pretended to gag.

When their own quiet laughter had died down, Ulrich asked where Aelita and Jerimie were. The other two shrugged.

"Together I assume."

"Yeah, you would think they would have been the first two here," Odd said simply. Yumi worried her lips, they had been acting strange lately. The two weren't around as much as they used to be.

Aelita smiled in Jeremie's arms. They were sitting on a stone bench in the forest in back of the school. She sat in his lap with his arms around her waist. Jeremie kissed her neck softly. It was cool outside, here underneath the large trees. The wind was blowing softly, for it was fall already, and blowing through the pink hair of the Lyoko girl. She closed her eyes letting it consume her. Jeremie smiled. She was beautiful. Her hair was wispy, beautifully soft, like her skin. Everything about her was irresistible to him. He knew he hadn't been around her much lately he also knew that it was getting to her. The blond boy played with her hair thinking to himself about what he could do to make her happy. Aelita stared up at him, tilting her head up, and kissed his cheek. He glanced down at her smiling.

"Hey, Aelita, do you wanna' go to the dance with me?" Aelita's eyes brightened visibly.

"Why Jeremie, are you sure? Really?" He nodded at her. "Of course! I would love to go!" she kissed him sweetly, but he pulled her in pushing their lips together forcefully making Aelita wince slightly. Her lips were still bruised from the last time he was so rough with her. She pulled back slowly. Aelita had a sweet taste that he could not get enough of.

"I'd better start looking for something to wear," she stood and turned to walk away. Jeremie grabbed her wrist and kissed her one last time. He waved as she left then got up and headed to his room.

"Hey, Einstein!" Jeremie turned to see the rest of the group walking towards him.

"Where have you and Aelita been, huh?" Odd questioned. Jeremie smiled at him.

"I didn't think you guys would have been so worried about us or else I would have told you, I was asking Aelita to the dance," he said casually," she went to her room, Yumi." Yumi faked a smile. She still did not feel right.

"Um, well I'll go check on her and see if she needs help. Later!" Yumi turned the corner and ran to Aelita's room.

"What's been up with her lately?" Jeremie asked the other two.

"Jeremie," they'd ignored the question completely,"we need to talk." With that said, Ulrich pulled the blond into his and Odd's room.

Jeremie was sitting on Ulrich's bed as he watched them sitting opposite of himself.

"Jerimie, I think it's time we had the talk," Odd started. Jeremie raised his eyebrows.

"The talk?"

"Yeah, you know, when a girl loves a guy, the birds and the bees, buns and ovens..."

"Woah woah, hold on I know about all that already," Jeremie said shaking his head.

"Well, you see, that's exactly our point," Jeremie looked at Ulrich.

"Okay, what are you getting at?"

"Well, seriously, you know more about it than Aelita, Jeremie, we don't want you trying anything on her." Jeremie rolled his eyes.

"Have I changed so much that you feel I would do that?" The other two looked at each other then back at him.

"Just watch yourself."

"That's a...different dress," was the first thing Yumi said when she walked into her and Aelita's room. Aelita looked over at her.

"Do you think Jeremie will like it?" she asked chewing her lip. Yumi looked her over once

Yumi looked me over once more. I could tell she was choosing her words carefully. The dress wasn't anything I was used to wearing. I knew it had to be the reason she was staring. It was a black, strapless dress. I was planning on going by myself to the dance when I had bought the dress. I had already figured Jeremie wouldn't want to go. I'd chewed my lip. This was all I could think of to attract his attention and keep it. She smiled a seemingly weary smile at me.

"Aelita," pause, "you look absolutely stunning but," another hesitated pause,"is that what you really want to wear?" I looked over myself. I honestly couldn't answer her, because I didn't know myself. I just smiled and nodded. This was supposed to be a night to remember. A night I didn't ever want to forget

A night she never wanted to forget, but as the saying goes be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

The girls readied themselves. Aelita could still remember each thing that happened that night. Vividly, it seems as if every time she would remember it, she relived it. The pink haired girl had applied some mascara, carefully curling her lashes. Then she applied eyeliner and a light shade of red lipstick. Aelita crossed over to a small wooden box that she kept her jewelry in and opened it, pulling out the silver necklace with a blue stone set in silver. It had been a gift from Jeremie, for no reason at all it seemed. She walked over to the closet and retrieved her black heels. After she had slipped them on, she went to the mirror, picked up her curling iron, and carefully curled her hair at the end. The two girls smiled happily at each other before heading out the door.

Kadic Academy was known as one of the safest places to be, and for a while, it was. It was the kind of place where you thought, "That could never happen to me," and for a while, you would have been right.