Geass 1 - Prologue

2010 a.t.b. – Japan

A child curled up in a ball, soaking wet, clinged to her life in the coldness of the night.

"I see something, this way!" a man said as he led his followers towards the girl.

"What is a little girl doing in this area?" One man questioned.

"More importantly, what is she doing all alone on the Shushou's property?"

"She's shivering. Maybe we should get her out of the cold. The Shushou will know what to do."

A few hours later, the other men left to go back to their patrolling duties, while leaving one to watch over the girl while she rested next to a fireplace in the Prime Minister's main living room. A small boy in traditional robes nervously walked into the room. "Who's she?"

"Oh Suzaku-sama, shouldn't you be doing your studies?"

The boy shamefully looked away; but his eyes trailed back to the girl when she made a noise signaling she was awake. "Where am I? …W-where's Momma?!"

The man put a hand on the girls shoulder, "You're in the Shushou's home. We found you alone in the snow."

The girl blinked a few times before she realized the truth… she was alone.

"What's all the noise? Do I hear a visitor?" asked another girl a bit younger then the other that was cuddled under the covers for warmth.

"Oh Nunnally, t-this is-" Suzaku attempted, looking to the girl to ask for her name.

"Maeko; my name is Maeko."

"Oh what a pretty name! I'm Nunnally, this is Suzaku… and somewhere is my brother, Lelouch…I wonder where he went, he was right behind me."

"Nice to meet you." The girl called Maeko replied rather nonchalantly.

The two children stared at her for a few minutes what was the matter with her before the watch guard spoke up, "She's kind of down. After all, you would be too if we just found you outside in the freezing snow without a parent, right?" he petted the girls head not noticing the sudden even lower mood she had. The two kids just sweat dropped at the grown-ups absentmindedness.

After a good deal of introductions, the group-meaning Suzaku- decided on letting Maeko live with them. After all, he could ask his Father later, right? They had let Maeko get some rest; and after an hour, she sat up- not able to get much sleep. She had the feeling someone was watching her. From the corner of her eye she sees a boy with black hair peek out from the door. "You're Lelouch, aren't you?"

He didn't seem to move from his spot. A sound began to echo in the little girls ears, "Maeko…"

7 Years after the war (2017 a.t.b.) – Chinese Federation

That was a memory from when I began to live with the Kururugis. It's one of the first memories I remember. The Shushou took me in, and that's when I met Suzaku, Lelouch and Nunnally. 'I wonder how they are all doing, back in Japan.'

"Maeko…Maeko! Wake up already!"

Hearing the noise from outside, I finally realized I was awake. "Huh-wha? What's with all the noise? It's giving me a headache."

Chóngdé (Chong-deh)- an old lady who had taken me in when I escaped from the Japanese War- was screaming her head off about how I wasn't waking up and how I could've died in my sleep and yatta this and yatta that. I only managed to hear a few words come out of her mouth, due to the fact that I was ignoring her. She did this a lot; she was the type who loved to spout off her problems to someone who didn't care. "Did you hear a word I just said, Maeko?"

"Yeah, yeah. You couldn't get me up. So, what's for breakfast?"

"You did NOT just hear a word I said! We are under attack! Now hurry up and get packed, Déhuá's already got everything except your things done!"

Wait… did she just say what I thought she said? "Under attack? By who? Are you sure you aren't just overreacting?" Naturally, I was a bit skeptical. Whoever heard of an attack on the Chinese Federation? Why would someone come straight to the C.F.'s main country for an attack?

"I am not overreacting!" Chóngdé fumed.

I could hear Déhuá (Deh-wah)'s voice come from the other room, "Uhh Hunny, have you waken up Maeko ye- Ahh, ok! I see you have!"

"Can at least you tell me what's going on? You're more conscious than Mrs. Crazy over here."

He blinked a couple times before answering, "What, you don't know?"

I raised an eyebrow.

"Word has it that a group of Britannians have sneaked into the district. When one of the villagers spotted them, boom! All hell broke loose. Now they're going on a riot killing any Chinese they see."

"That's why we're going to take you to Area 11-"

"Japan." I corrected.

"-Japan before Britannia takes over the Chinese Federation."

"And you seriously think a bunch of blunt Britannians are going to manage to take over China just like that?" It takes much more than that to stop the C.F. They would need the army to come here and start a war.

"Come on now, it is where you were born, after all. Why can't we?" Chóngdé asks.

"Because it's ruled by Britannia now! …It's not the Japan I once knew."

"There IS another reason why we are going, you know." Déhuá interjected, "They say there's a new activist called 'Zero' there. He's going to try and take Japan back from Britain."

"And you think he can do it?"

"Well of course, dear!"

"He's already succeeded in 3 battles."

The cowards, they just want to escape all the drama their country is dealing with. "Fine. I'll start packing."

An eruption sounded from the ground, jolting us all into action.

"No time. Time to go."

"H-hold on! Don't I get something to eat first?"

Déhuá dragged me out of our apartment and into the already crowded hallway. I guess others were thinking the same thing that they were. I pulled my wrist away from the old man and told him I could walk. That's when the chaos began.

The crowd started pushing harder and jumping on top of one another to try and fight for the front. This could only mean that the gang of Britannians was close. As the crowd continued to push, my body was separated from Chóngdé and Déhuá. I was alone now. Just like that little girl was when she was separated from her mother.

All I could do was stand there as I watched their bodies be swooped away by the anxious crowd. That's when my eyes landed on what would change my life forever. The ground rumbled, and before I knew it, a discharge activated taking what I knew as my family'slife away from me.

And so, leaving behind the life I had in the C.F., I decided to go back to Japan, as Chóngdé and Déhuá would have wanted.

I told myself the only way I was going to live safely in Japan would be to live as a Britain. And thus, I went and changed my name and identity. Now, I would be known as Malin Harriss.

Author's Note: Thank you for reading the 1st chapter of "Malin of the Zealot"! The title isn't that good, cause I didn't put much thought into it, and I apologize.

This is a re-written version of my old story. The old was basically the anime with an extra character, as you can tell, this is a lot better. So~ since I re-vamped the story, why don't I re-title the story too?
Contest time! When you review (I hope you do,) please tell me a title you think might work for the story. Whoever gets their title chosen gets to…uhh…gets their username recommended in the next chapter I do!

Until next time~Ja ne!
~Haimaru