Loud angry thuds of footsteps echoed through the corridor, a man paces back and forth, medium length dark hair framed his face, his striking grey eyes frustrated.
"C.C!" he says.
"What?" she answers. As always he was going to rant on the tiniest of things, she sighs and lays back on his king-sized bed. His prideful nature had reminded her of someone. Though at this point she isn't really listening to him and his annoyed rants.
"-you leave my room in a mess, sleep on my bed and do nothing, at least clean up after yourself!" he rants on.
"A real gentleman would clean up other's messes and sleep on the floor." she states calmly. "After you are a man right?"
He throws his hand up in frustration. The look on his face shows not an inch of calm. The grey eyed man sighs and rolls his eyes, finally deciding to give up arguing with the girl. At the foot of the door he turns "There's a meeting today at 2:00 'o clock, don't be late like last time."
"Oh, now you're my boss I see," she states sarcastically.
He rolls his eyes before taking a few steps, looking at his bookshelf, he turns around quickly "If you're so bored read this," he tosses her an old book before closing the door behind him.
'Strange man,' she thinks before she slips off her old white boots and causally throws them on the marble floor. Then she notices the book lying next to her the tittle read
Britannian Imperial History.
Biography of Britannia's most important historical figures.
Bored C.C decides to open the book the first few passages read:
The Imperial Family are descended from Sir Ricardo von Britannia, the designated heir and lover of Queen Elizabeth III.
'Maybe this is worth my time' C.C. thinks, she then continues on.
Each of member of the Britannian Imperial Family is ranked by both birth order and inheritance. As an example of birth order, Clovis is the Third Prince while Lelouch is the Eleventh Prince, making them Emperor Charles' third born and eleventh born sons. Lelouch's mother, Marianne, was the Emperor's Fifth Empress. The numbering of the Imperial princes and princesses is separated by gender; for example, Euphemia is the Third Princess and Clovis is Third Prince. The order of succession appears to be male-preference primogeniture, though the number of children and precise inheritance is difficult to determine. Lelouch himself is both 11th Prince and 17th heir to the throne, this six place gap can be explained by Lelouch having a number of nieces and nephews.
However, this presumed order of succession has been contradicted. Lelouch becomes 99th Holy Britannian Emperor through the force of arms, ignoring that many of his brothers yet live. Nunnally's ascension to the throne lies in a gray area. As the closest living relative to the deceased Emperor Lelouch, she has a defendable position as Heir Apparent. However, her elder half-siblings would also have a point to argue from, as a genetic relationship to her mother, Marianne, would not be a major consideration in choosing the next Emperor. Though of the siblings introduced in the series, only Cornelia retains the mental ability to argue the point by series' end. Some others may be unspecific such as unveiling Maribelle, a princess older than Nunnally, yet lower ranked in the succession than she.
The princes and princesses use the same nobility particle as their mother, though the usage does not mirror any real-world method. Each member of royalty is entitled to elect a personal guardian called a "Knight," who are given authority and placed directly under their command, though only Cornelia and Euphemia are shown to have done so, other than the Emperor. Cornelia's Knight is Guildford who, along with her, commands a unit of Knightmare frames. Suzaku Kururugi also served as personal Knight to both Euphemia and Lelouch (as the Emperor of Britannia), donning the title "Knight of Zero" in his service with the latter.
C.C. now interested, flips to the next page. Her lips part as she exhales.
Charles zi Britannia - Charles has one-hundred-eight consorts. He installed most or all of his children into important positions throughout the empire to see what their true abilities were. Charles saw his children as extensions of the collective unconsciousness rather than human beings, and showed little concern for their well-being. He plotted to destroy the collective unconscious, thus uniting humanity as a single mind. In spite of this, Charles did show some care for a select few of his children, particularly Lelouch and Nunnally.
Publicly a strong proponent of Social Darwinism (publicly supporting inequality and calling for competition and inviting to promote progress), Charles actually planned to make all of mankind equal and truthful by destroying "God," the collective unconsciousness of humanity, and thus uniting every living being as one mind that was incapable of deceit. He reiterated that traditional morals of not murdering, deceiving, stealing, and remaining faithful to one's spouse are counter-progressive lies made by the weak to defend themselves, and that this is Britannia's duty to show the world. Despite openly supporting warfare, he viewed it as an ineffective tool compared to diplomacy and bargaining. Above all else, he hated deceit, seeing it as the root of all evil, which was apparently brought about by trauma during his childhood wherein members of the imperial family lied and murdered for the right to succeed the throne.
C.C only briefly glances at the other pages before she freezes at the 21st page. she sees the picture on the old yellowing pages. a teenager no older than 18, medium length ebony hair and bright amethyst eyes, broad shouldered and handsome, she reads on.
Lelouch vi Britannia - Lelouch was born on December 5, 2000 a.t.b. as Lelouch vi Britannia the son of the Emperor of Britannia, Charles zi Britannia, and the late Imperial Consort Marianne, making Lelouch the Eleventh Prince of the Holy Britannian Empire. He was in line to be the seventeenth heir to the throne prior to his mother's assassination and his sister's crippling in the same incident. As a young boy, the age of ten, Lelouch confronted the Emperor afterwards and accused him of leaving his mother defenseless, even going as far as renouncing his entitlement to the throne.
In response, his father banished him to Japan, where he was used as a political hostage in the Sakuradite conflict. His mother's death and his father's apparent lack of concern in regards to it were huge blows to Lelouch. He always felt that it was unfair for both his mother and sister. As his mother was murdered in the Aries Imperial Palace, a place terrorists would be unlikely to penetrate successfully without being noticed, if at all. A conspiracy has been linked to this incident.
As Emperor, Lelouch abolishes all the oppressive laws and class systems of Britannia, frees every colony (thereby abolishing the concept of "Numbers"), and puts down all resistance to his goals. However, the seemingly benevolent acts are a smokescreen for his intention to take over the world, which he calls the Zero Requiem. He announces that Britannia intends to join the U.F.N. At the meeting, Lelouch takes the council members hostage after it is revealed that Britannia's large population would give him a majority voting block. This brings him into conflict with Schneizel and the Black Knights, the former bringing his F.L.E.I.J.A.-equipped floating fortress into the battle.
Lelouch and Suzaku disable the F.L.E.I.J.A. and the two proceed to board the Damocles. He manages to place Schneizel under his control, and takes over Damocles. With no one left capable of opposing him, Lelouch becomes the ruler of the world. He was killed by the masked knight Zero who ended Lelouch's misdeeds and the hatred of the world was focused on him.
He was often seen with his knight and a green haired woman, who seems to be his mistress it is unknown what her name was. Her trademarks are her long green hair and golden eyes. She was assassinated along with the emperor.
She slams the book closed. She remembers. She tries to ignore the fast beating of her heart, the anguish she's feeling now. And for the first time she cries, she feels the warm track of fresh tears fall for the first time in almost 300 years. In 300 years she hasn't ever cried she pulls her knees up to her chest draping her arms around them, and she weeps.
"You are not alone. We are each other's accomplice. If you are a witch, then perhaps I shall be a Warlock,"
When the grey-eyed boy finds her she's already asleep with tears still streaming down her face. Murmuring his name.
A/N: Wow really dark at the end, this was based off of "Traces of White" by Kagurazaka and Alternate Ending of Code Geass: [ R2 ]
watch?v=PEAAaqEl03Q A few changes to each though I used a website to provide the info on each charter.
"Lelouch Lamperouge." Lelouch Vi Britannia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2013. wiki/Lelouch_Lamperouge.
"Charles Zi Britannia." Charles Zi Britannia. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2013. wiki/Charles_zi_Britannia
"Imperial Family of Britannia." Britannian Imperial Family. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Feb. 2013. wiki/Britannian_Imperial_Family.