I look at the world and see nothing but despair. The moment I became aware of things, the question how all of this happened tends to plague my mind. How did all of this happened? In today's world where true information is limited to rulers, it's difficult to truly know whether the history laid out for many to view, is true or not.

"The Demon Emperor is responsible for all of this!" is the ongoing slogan of the media outlet here in Japan. The Demon Emperor did this and that, it's so blatant of a lie but everyone seems to go along with it. Well, not me. Because I know who's responsible. I know the Demon Emperor, and he's not the one who turned the world into a state of constant fear and terrorizing. This current dystopian world is founded on the satellite warship orbiting the earth, the Damocles, that's what it's called. It's amazing how the majority of the world has no knowledge of such a weapon looming above their heads. I guess it just goes to show how powerful the media is, and considering they have the perfect scapegoat to put all the blame on, the Damocles was put outside of the public to view. But it's still there, engraving fear at the hearts of world leaders, forcing them to bow their heads to the person who reign control over it, the 100th Emperor of Britannia, Schneizel el Britannia.

It's been seventeen years since the death of the Demon Emperor. On his unprecedented defeat at the hands of the Second Prince of the Britannian Empire, Schneizel became the hero in everyone's eyes. I only have an inkling of what happened afterwards, but I'm certain that they were all fabricated.

The Demon Emperor is not a Demon, and morally questionable his deeds may have been, I know he was in the right. Well, that's the conclusion that I came out with after hearing the tale of the legendary Zero. Lelouch vi Britannia, Lelouch Lamperouge, Zero, he goes by many names, but one thing is for certain, he tried to create a gentler world while looking forward at the future. Well, that's how mom tend to say it, but I agree with her, I'm sure that's what he envisioned. It's too bad that his failure cost him his life, I wonder what he would have thought of me, his one and only daughter.

"Dad, it sure would have been nice to meet you," here I am, sitting over a rock, admiring the sunny blue sky in the middle of one of the few untouched forest in Japan. I touch the locket that mom gave me, and when I opened it, I was greeted by the so called Demon Emperor, smiling without any care in the world. Mom said it was the rarest picture she had of him.

"I can help with that," hearing an unfamiliar voice, I briskly turned around to see the source of it, "You must be Annella, I'm an old friend of your parents," she said after waving her silky green hair to the wind. The yellow orbs in her eyes looking at me with a hint of affection, "My, aside from the color of your eyes, you sure took after your mother," she said as she went to approach me.

"That green hair, you must be the witch that gave that Geass power to my dad," I said, hesitating to be comfortable with a stranger who seems to have a habit of eavesdropping.

"Witch? What did Kallen told you about me?" she sighed, her black gothic dress swaying as she moves.

"C.C. am I right?"

"Yes," she simply answered.

"What do you mean you can help me meet my dad?" I asked.

"Simple, I can help you to meet him," she answered with a playful grin.

"He's dead!" I shouted, feelings of anger and annoyance welling up inside me.

"That's true," she said with a tone of regret, prompting me to ask in confusion, "What if I tell you that you can meet him when he was still alive?" then it dawned on me.

"Time travel?" I asked somberly, I can't believe I'm being led by this green haired witch.

"Why yes," she said as she spun around, "Now, shall I list the terms of the contract?"

After a lengthy conversation with the witch of pizza hut, I found myself accepting the deal of saving my dad from his death, and at the process, try to change the world for the better. She's eloquent, persuasive, and surprisingly insistent.

"Now, while I can securely put you in a safe area, I can't pinpoint the exact time in the past to send you, but it'll be in the span of those two years where your dad is fighting against Britannia," she said in what I can assume is her lecturing mode, "After you get back to your senses, look for a newspaper or ask someone about the date, then look for the date in this journal, and go from there. Unfortunately I can't give you instructions afterward, so I can only wish you luck," I just nodded in response, somehow I expected that I'll be on my own after she sends me back. She then reached for her pocket and handed me a blue earring, "And here's a Geass Canceler, put it on you at all times, it only reacts when someone uses their Geass on you, it'll be extremely helpful when it comes to dealing with your father," she said with a wry smile, "Oh and do limit your expectations, your father might not be the virtuous person you had in mind."

"What do you mean?" I asked with one brow raised.

"Well, you'll know it when you meet him," she said. It reminded me of what my mom used to say about dad. She always describes him as being enigmatic, guess that's what mom was into when she was at my age.

"Say, is this truly necessary?" this took her full attention as I looked at her with a serious expression, "I'm grateful for what you're doing, and I truly want to meet my dad, but what of the consequences that can arise from this?" after binging through time-travel films last week with mom, I'm made extremely aware that fucking things up is inevitable when it comes to time-travel.

"It is," she said, mirroring my serious expression with hers, "This… future isn't supposed to happen. The world we're living in right now is the result of the wrong person gaining the power to go back in the past."

"You mean someone already messed with time?" I asked in bewilderment. Chaos theory and the stupid butterfly effect tends to favor villains' fortune as movies portrayed.

"Yes, and it resulted on the defeat and death of you father," as she said that, I felt the air grew colder.

"How…" I didn't get to finish my question, but she proceeded to answer nonetheless.

"I'm connected with the history of the world, and as to what originally happened, your father had sacrificed himself to take the hatred of the world to his grave," I was dumbfounded at what she was telling me, "He still had the same bad reputation as he has right now, but there was no Damocles, and no Schneizel on the throne, rather it was Empress Nunnally who was fixing the world to be better," Nunnally? Dad's little sister? But she was reported to have died on the same day as my Dad died.

"I know you're full of questions right now, but time is running short," I looked at her, and noticed the panic in her eyes, "There are people after me, and I can only send you at this span of time," she then gave me sympathetic smile, "Trust me, you'll find the answer in the past. And don't worry about your mom, if you succeed, I'm sure she'll understand."

"Or she'll kill both of us," I said, we shared a laugh on the reaction we expected from my protective mother. Afterwards her expression turned serious, albeit a bit softer than what she had on before.

"Are you ready?" I nodded, "Close your eyes."

After closing my eyes, a sudden attack of dizziness erupted on my head and spun my entire world. When I opened my eyes, I found myself sitting on a grassy patch. Looking up, I found myself staring at the moon and the night sky. Looks like I did travel in time.

As for Annella's appearance, just imagine Kallen with amethyst eyes and long hair, tied in a ponytail.

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