Marianne vi Britannia was angry. That little shit of a brother-in-law had only gone and shot her. To make matters worse Nunnally got caught up, she must have come looking for me. As she bled out some of her maids made their way into the room. The nanny that was hired for Nunnally whilst she was away entered first. She was likely looking for her charge who had clearly slipped away. As she locked eyes with Marianne the empress' power activated.
She let the rest of the night unfold. Ultimately the woman she was now piggybacking in the mind of was sent home. She was a year younger than Marianne herself and was married with her own daughter the same age as Lelouch. She felt uncomfortable doing as she originally planned after that revelation. She was going to take over the woman's body and tell her husband what happened then continue working on the plan. But it left a bad taste in her mouth to steal the woman from her family just as she was from her own. She instead elected to play the long game.
"Sweetie, look mommy in the eye for a second." The young girl did as instructed and in the next moment both her and her mother were confused as to what was going on. Marianne however was simply tired. Travelling between bodies was tiring. Next was the hard part. She had to get this girl to join the military raise in rank and meet with Charles.
Preparing the girls body was the first step. She took the girl out for morning runs. Starting and finishing before anyone was awake, lest they ask the girl about them. Fortunately however the girl chose to join the gymnastics club at her school. Before long Mariannes new vessel was well on her way to having a body worthy of a knight of the round.
Then the news reached her. The girls mother was saddened as well but it really hurt Marianne. Her babies were dead. Whilst she knew it would not matter when Ragnarok came. It still stung knowing that her little Lulu and Nanna were dead, likely having suffered a lot beforehand. War was hell, she had waged it often enough to know that. The news only served to solidify her resolve. She needed to see Charles again, so they could complete ragnarok, and get her babies back.
Years passed and the young girl had grown into a young woman, her hair has grown long and with her taking up swimming in middle school, due to Mariannes manipulation, was now physically strong enough to endure even the intensity of the Ganymede, her gallant steed. The girl's own genetics certainly didn't leave much to be desired with puberty already leaving the young woman what most men would describe as 'a 10'. Just as she was entering high school her father was offered a job in area 11 and she would be moving with them. Marianne had barely kept up with much politics but from what she did gather in her limited time searching both Jeremiah Gottwald and Ruben Ashford were there, and with the inept Clovis at the helm she could likely gain in rank very quickly there.
To her surprise Ruben had started a school in area 11 which the girl's parents had enrolled her in. Marianne was beaming at the chance to quickly get her hands on her old steed again but before that.
"Please introduce yourself to the class" The teacher stated.
Marianne was silent not just because she was leaving the girl to handle it herself, but also because of who she saw at the back of the class. As the empress thought of what to do now the orangette she was residing in spoke.
"My name is Shirley Fenette, it's nice to meet you all."