//------------------------------// // Chapter 12: The Fight Begins // Story: Code: Lyoko: Friendship Awakens // by DanBoeing //------------------------------// Chapter 12 The smoke from the blast finally cleared. The spot where Datherik stood was nothing but a charred remnant of what it used to be, still smoldering. "WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE?!" shouted the Doctor, obviously enraged by the violent actions just preformed. "You had NO REASON to kill him, and even if you did, we could have just tried negotiating, fighting is NEVER THE ANSWER!" "he isn't dead... If he were dead, his body would be right there where he was, he cant be atomized by any force other than his own, and even at that, he can remain alive... He is a cheap coward, and will no doubt be ready to burn this world to the ground..." said Dan. "Ok, so let me get this straight, three aliens have just walked into another dimension through a door which we can't go back into, and now one of the aliens just vaporized the other one with a necklace for no reason what so ever, and now that alien is apparently the evil one, and the other two have seemingly infinite knowledge of everything, I think i should get more sleep..." said Odd as he fainted. "Only now did I realize how quiet everyone has been..." said the Doctor "Well, its been a rough time for us, I mean, not to long ago we were supposed to graduate, and now were in a parallel world with talking horses and magic trying to rebuild one of our greatest enemies so we can get back to our world, WITH my father who I thought was dead! So yeah, forgive us if we're being a little quiet..." said Aelita. "I still don't know what exactly is going on, but there are two things that have been brought to my attention, the first being the fact that neither Luna nor Celestia are here, the second being that no pony in the crowd has run away, not even screamed, doesn't anyone find that a bit weird?" asked Twilight. "After all that's happened to them, I don't think they find anything weird, I mean, 5 people show up out of nowhere, two of them are gods, and then two more people fall out of a wood box that fell form the sky, and then another guy shows up and then he gets vaporized by some weird thing... I still can't even believe that I'm a horse!" said Jeremy. "Hold on, Twilight, you said Celestia and Luna, right?" asked Dan. "Yeah, why?" Twilight responded "They're still alive?" "Of course, wait, do you know them?" "Know them? Of course! Now i understand why a lot of this place brings back memories! This was where all this started! Everything that led to where we are now! I need to speak to them as soon as possible!" "I still don't understand a thing about what is going on right now, but you seem to know what you are doing..." The group arrived at the palace in Canterlot later that day, just as the sun was beginning to set. The guards opened the doors to the main throne room and the group walked in. They all stared at Celestia, amazed by the fact that her mane flowed like there was a steady breeze going through it, yet there was no wind. "Celestia! It's me! Dan! Do you remember? The war! the Cataclysm! The barrier!" shouted Dan as he ran towards her. "What are you talking about? I don't think I have ever seen you before, and what war are you talking about? In my entire reign I have never had a single war... Who are you?" asked Celestia. "What do you mean you don't remember? Don't you remember the war? The war that you had to fight to keep this land? The land that was your salvation from the harsh blizzards of the Frost dragons?" asked Dan. "I honestly don't know who you are or why you are here... Granted I know what has been going on in town, and I figured something was up, just like that storm not to long ago that brought those five other ponies here... Don't think I've forgotten you Doctor, you still owe me for what you did." said Celestia glaring at the Doctor. "Sorry, how was I supposed to know that there was an inter-dimensional creature hiding behind that door with the 'Keep out' sign on it!" said the Doctor. "Regardless, now is not the best time for this, my sister is recovering from and ailment of which I have never seen..." said Celestia. "What is wrong with her?" asked Twilight. "She is troubled by these 'dreams' or 'visions' of some sort." "What kind of 'visions?" asked Dan. "She says of some sort of room, with several beings in it, beings that aren't like us, but more like you... all of them wearing long white coats and observing a bunch of machines, but one machine in particular, this one machine, with a short-wide cylindrical base with a taller-thin cylinder extruding from it." said Celestia "What else did she tell you?' "I can't remember any more, I'll ask her, and, if she allows, you may come with me." said Celestia as she walked out the room. The group moved out into the halls of the palace as they watched Celestia enter what appeared to be her sister's room. After a while of waiting, Celestia came back out of the room and walked to Dan. "You may enter,but take your time, don't rush her, she is weak and doesn't have much strength" said Celestia. Dan entered Luna's room as Celestia closed the door behind him. He saw Luna looking out her window, in the direction of the Everfree. "Luna?" asked Dan, trying to get her attention. "You are Dan, yes?" asked Luna. "Yeah, I'm here to talk about those 'visions' of yours." "Yes, we know, we hope you might be able to aid us with these visions, as to their point of origin." "First off, that machine in the room, that color was it?" "The one that was in the center of the room? IT was a shade of yellow, some shade of it, it had more of a golden appearance to it." "Do you remember anything about the people in that room?" "Yes, There were two men in particular, a man, who's name is hidden from us, and, you." Dan's face went pale with the realization of what was happening. "You were in the vision, though, you looked different, but we know it was you in there." said Luna "What was going on in that room?" asked Dan, who was slowly filling with fear. "The machine was being activated, there was shouting, and then, and explosion, there was only two people in the room, that other man and you... the other man activated the machine and stepped into the light that it created, but you blew up the machine, and he disappeared... He vanished from reality, then there was nothing." "Luna, does the Gallong War ring any bells?" At the mention of those words, Luna froze, and her horn flared up with magic, the magic was the same color as the lightning and the computer. Her eyes began to glow as a magical pulse was released from her horn, a pulse that had enough force to send Dan flying into a wall. After hearing the commotion, the group ran to Luna's room, but they too were knocked back by the pulse. The group got up and continued running towards the room. As they flung open the doors, the saw Dan who was out cold on the floor, and Luna who was standing by the window, with magic leaking from her eyes which were still glowing. Another pulse sent the group into a nearby wall, while it sent Dan face-first into the door, which woke him up. As Dan regained consciousness, he soon realized what had just happened, and he had figured the second pulse came from Celestia, who's eyes were also glowing and leaking magic as she walked into the room. The glow then faded and both the sisters looked at Dan. "I take it that was the Level 9 Memory lock breaking... Was it not?" asked Dan. "Yes it was." replied Celestia. "I take it you remember everything then, do you not?" "I do remember everything... except for a few second period of time, what is that about?" "Well, you were just blasted into your own reality, there wouldn't be anything to remember now would there?" "I guess, so what happens now?" "You know very well what happens now, Glimpses of Cazareth were seeping into your sister's mind, as well as your's, that was because you lived there, this land of your's is the last remnant of Cazareth, and Datherik will no doubt wan't to restore it at any cost, meaning this land will become a battle ground, for a war that has not ended yet." The others were waking up as Dan was speaking to the sisters about what is to come. "What exactly are you saying?" asked Twilight "I'm sorry, but this is the moment your life changes, because now, we are at war, the next major confrontation of the Gallong War"