Empress Nunnally vi Britannia looked out the window from her large bed in the top floor of the Britannian Royal Palace. Both Suzaku and Schneizel had urged her to move to the newly built Pendragon Palace in 2032. In fact, the entire old capital of Pendragon had been rebuilt by then. However, she was keen on relocating the capital to the east coast city of New York, which was the very first capital of the empire when the homeland islands were conquered by Napoleon I.

Nunnally herself refered to the islands as the 'British Islands' but only her and a very small amount of the population actually do. The rest despise their former homeland and always refer to the individual regions of Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales when talking about the islands. She thought it was a sad and disrespectful thing, that both Britannian and British peoples would see eachother in such different lights.

"Your highness, may I enter?" a voice appeared at the door with the sound of a metal food cart. Nunally turned to the door and smiled.

"You may enter, Elsie." she said sweetly. The light flooded in the slightly dark room when the door opened, mostly because the stars that shone through the window was all that had lit the room.

The maid named Elsie pushed the metal food cart in, which was decorated with silver and gold linings and had a beautiful tray on top with some delicate sweets and a cup of chocolate. She set up the cart next to the bed and looked at the relaxed empress, smiling softly.

"If you need anything your highness, I will always be at your immediate service." Elsie said. She was a bit old for work, according to the Elder Act of 2026, but she enjoyed it. She was also a native from Yorkshire in England, which had caused Nunnally to enjoy her company very much.

"I won't need anything else for now, thank you." Nunnally replied. Elsie nodded and exited the room quietly, leaving Nunnally to her thoughts again. The empress picked up one of the small vanilla candies and plopped it in her mouth. Due to her constant thinking as well as wanting to do everything in her power to make sure Britannia wasn't dragged into war, Nunnally had become insomnic. She thought it was nice though, since she got to see the stars shine in the skies over the Atlantic Ocean all the time.

"They remind me...of you, Lelouch." she muttered while she finished the candy. Every night, she would always be reminded of Lelouch by the stars. Sometimes, she would wonder if he was watching her from them, and a few tears would shed from her eyes. Nunnally understood that Lelouch had to sacrifice himself for peace, but she had always kept a sadness for his death. And further more, while Britannia's slate had been swept clean with his passing, the world was not at peace.

The U.F.N. dissolved a few days after Lelouch's death because of the overwhelming pressure it gained. It was only inevitable, since so many of it's inhabitants were zealous for independence. Also, in one of Nunnally's attempt to keep peace, she had released the E.U. and relinquished all territories to it within its original scope except Siberia.

Once Britannia and the U.F.N. had given up much of their territory for the sake of decolonization, the new nations were divided between even smaller ethnic or religious groups. India, who renamed themselves Bharata, had seperated from the Chinese Federation. Most of Africa dissolved into independent states that had seperated from the E.U. Indonesia, which had been annexed into Indochina, started a bloody war of independence that still went on to this day, and the Middle Eastern Federation lost some territories to radical islamic regimes. Only Britannia had kept any independence movements from turning to violence or unrest.

The door opened again, revealing an middle-aged man wearing the attire of a Knight of the Round. Nunally recognized him immediately and smiled.

"Hello Suzaku." she said, picking up a candy and offering him one.

He shook his hand and smiled back. "I'm ok Nunnally, no thank you." It was a bit amusing that out of everyone in the entire world only Suzaku was allowed to address Nunnally so casually. "Besides, I came to address important business."

Nunnally understood and nodded. Suzaku grabbed seat at a small chair and looked a bit nervous. "The anniversary of the Second Pacific War is coming up." he said quietly.

Nunnally nodded. "What about it?" she asked.

"What plans do you have in mind, if I may ask?"

"I will pay a visit to Japan to commemerate the event." There was silence. The sound of the midnight bells started ringing in the distance, and the ships at the harbor began pulling into port.

"What will you say there?" Suzaku finally asked. Nunnally noticed him clench his fist nervously.

"I will leave that for when the time comes." Nunnally replied. Suzaku suddenly flared up.

"Please Nunnally! You don't have to go and say the speech! What if-" Nunnally raised her hand for Suzaku to stop.

"Suzaku, I trust Japan. What I say at the ceremony will most definitely not start a war. Besides, it has been so long since then. I trust the people to accept a token of apology from an Empress who's sole intention since the beginning of her reign was peace and harmony." Nunnally smiled sweetly. Suzaku was quiet for a moment, then sighed.

"Fine. But be careful Nunnally. I don't want you to get hurt." Nunnally chuckled a bit.

"That's why you're my knight, Suzaku. To protect me." Suzaku smiled weakly and nodded. He got up and prepared to leave before turning to look at Nunnally.

"What ever you're going to say, please don't be radical about it. Ok?" Nunnally made a sound of agreement, then lifted up her pinky finger.

"Promise!"

Suzaku smiled and held up his own pinky finger. "Promise!"

Then he left the room and closed the door, leaving Nunnally to the stars she had become so fond of.


Author's Note: So, how was that? I thought that since August 10th, 2010 is actually coming up, I should write something special for it. However, since the Britannian Imperial Calender(ATB) is 55 years earlier than our internationally used Gregorian Calender(AD), it would mean that the real Britannian invasion of Japan would've been on August 10th, 1955. So, this coming August 10th would be the 55th aniversary of the actual invasion. So, in the Code Geass Universe, it would be August 10th, 2065 ATB. I intend this fanfiction to be focused on the days leading up to Nunnally's visit in Japan on the 10th, which will set major global events into action, hehehe. Anyway, if you enjoyed this chapter or are interested, please review or subscribe! :D Also, any ideas on world happenings between the end of R2(2018) and 2065 will be grealt appreciated and probably added.

btw, here is a map of the world I made of 2065 according to this fanfiction. It also hints at some countries that will have important roles in future chapters...

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