The Reign of Emperor Charles Zi Britannia, was considered as the 'Golden Age'
After 3 Centuries of Internal Strife and the Aftermath of the Emblem of Blood, Charles and his brother Victor survived.
After the horrific ordeal, Charles decided that enough was enough.
'No more Betrayals! No more suffering! No more Violence!' Was Charles' rallying cry, vowing to end the cycle of violence that plagued his family for centuries
His ascension to Emperor was equally bloody, after he and his brother was raised from the Geass Order Charles decided to take control of the throne and rule Britannia.
With the help of his Beloved Consort/Empress Marianne Lamperouge. He had ascended to the Throne.
He then began making reforms, changes to the Britannian System. Tax Reforms, Abolishing the Area System and replacing it with a Commonwealth System: this would bring back any countries that was conquered by Britannia in the past thier culture and identity, in exchange for loyalty to Britannia. And the Meritocratic system, where Commoners can earn high positions in Government and noble ranks to anyone who can prove themselves of worth, this outraged the Nobles who felt threatened by this new System and saw the System as a threat to their power
And many more reforms that earned him the praise of the people, and hate from the many nobles that threatened him and his life. But his most surprising act as Emperor was his visit to the British Isles, by giving a request to the British Parliament: that the British Isles must return back to the fold, that they join Britannia.
This request completely caught the EU off guard, The Britannian Empire had simply asked England to join Britannia, which they hope that England doesn't join.
But many of the people and government in England were in favour of the 'Joining of England', the reasons were that after the Humiliation of Edinburgh and England Joining of the EU, the Country had suffered two dozen times of economic depression, corrupt governments that were appointed by the EU, ostracized by many Member Nations due to unwarranted dislike of England and large tariffs of important goods placed at England.
This unjust treatment of England made the Euro Brits angry, and joining their Country to their long separated Sister Nation-Empire will bring their Floundering economy back to it's feet and their long lost Britannian pride after the Humiliation, brought back.
All was well for the Empire, the Country now coming back from it's feet after years of conquest and inward strife which drained their economy greatly.
But good things come to an end
March 13, 2009 a.t.b
Pendragon Palace
Emperor Charles fell down from his throne as a sword was stabbed in his abdomen.
"Vic-Victor!!??" Charles, in pain saw his brother, the one who stabbed him, in shock and anger
"Dear Brother" Victor Zi Britannia, looked at his soon-to-be-dead brother with emotionless eyes "You know this should've been avoided if you just listened to me, and not to that whore of yours, but alas you didn't so you gave me no other option than to do this"
"I should've li-listened to he-her ARGH!!!" Charles screamed in pain as Victor twisted his sword, doubling the pain.
"Now now Dear Charles, my little brother don't talk, you'll make this harder for yourself" Victor smiled, "But this won't be a problem, if my plan will work then this world will know peace, i can assure you"
"What Pla-Plan?" Charles questioned
"I wouldn't tell you but since because of your situation right now, i'll tell you" He whispered to Charles' ear
"The Ragnarok Connection"
This shocked Charles, he knew that plan and he knows what would happen
"VICTOR!! WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS TOTAL ANIHILATION OF THE ENTIRE HUMAN RAC-AAARRGGHHH!!!!" Charles shouted but screamed as Victor thrusted his sword deeply to his chest
"The world will burn for all i care, and the entire Human Race. These people were the reasons of our parent's deaths remember? But if this Plan is successful, no one can lie anymore you know, no more masks, and our dead love ones will come back" Victor reasoned
But Charles knew better, and knew that Victor won't change his mind. So he hoped for a miracle
'Alaya help me!' Charles prayed to the Counter Force
And 'She' answered
"My Lord!! Princess Cornelia and Empress Marianne are at the Doors with Imperial Guards and Soldiers, they've broken through our defenses!!" One of Victor's 'Eden Elite' reported to him
"Tch! That Whore really wanted to make things difficult for me and my brother" Victor sneered, and smiled at Charles "Don't worry brother, just stay here and i'll be back after dealing with these vermin" He pulled his sword from Charles and ordered his men to follow him, and they were gone
All that's left in the room was a dying Charles
"Damn it! I need to get to my Children quickly!!" He struggled to get up, using his throne to pull himself.
Then he staggered and began to take a secret passageway hidden under his throne, a staircase which leads to a underground sewer with a fast speedboat. The tunnel leads towards Aries Villa
"Your Majesty!! My God, you're bleeding!!" Charles' personal knight, the Knight of One Bismarck Waldstein came to him and helped support Charles' stature
"My Old Friend, thank you for helping me. But we have little time left, we need to get to Aries Villa now!!" Charles ordered
"Right away your Majesty!!" He then helped place Charles in the Backseat of the Speedboat while Bismarck took the front wheel and sped towards Aries Palace
'I hope i'm not too late' Charles hoped
Fifteen Minutes Earlier...
Aries Villa
It was a normal day in the Aries Palace for a few children playing in the Gardens.
Three girls and one boy were minding their own Business
Two of the girls were arguing over some unrelated topic, while the other two, a boy and the girl were quietly playing chess
"Geez Lelouch, that's about 3 times in a row you've beaten me!!" The Girl, a redhead complained and muttered how unfair the boy was
"Come on Kallen, you managed to beat me once, and that is a major improvement" Lelouch laughed, enjoying the company with Kallen
Kallen Kozuki-Stadfelt, a Britannian-Japanese girl who is the legitimate heiress to the Stadfelt fortune. Daughter of Duke Francis Stadflet, Duke of New York and Himeragi Kozuki, a Japanese woman who owned a simple ramen resturant in Tokyo. Her parents met and fell in love, the two were secretly married and had two children: She and Naoto. The reasons of Kallen staying in Britannia were that she wanted to stay with her Father since she didn't want to make her father feel all alone with a spiteful woman he was forced to marry
Francis and Himeragi were divorced in public but not in spirit as they still loved each other. Kallen was able to bear and tolerate the attitudes of nobles her age, during her stay in Britannia.
But that's where she met two of her most close friends: Nunnally and Euphemia
In a party set up by some bigshot noble, the three met each other and quickly became fast friends.
But that's where she also met Lelouch, she and the Prince quickly became best buddies and had a small crush over him as he managed to defend Kallen from Bullies.
Kallen was considered an athletic girl, who can run very fast and the like. And the only person currently can match her when it comes to physique is Lelouch
"But one victory for me and seven for you is just unfair, i can't beat you in smarts and strategy you know" Kallen sighed
"Don't doubt yourself Kal" Lelouch smiled, "I can see genius when i see one, just a little thinking outside the box and a little bit of knowledge you can beat anyone, except for me and Schniziel of course" he laughed and Kallen pouted
Prince Lelouch and Princess Nunnally Vi Britannia, son and daughter of Emperor Charles and Empress Consort Marianne Vi Britannia nee Lanperouge. They are the Emperor's favorite children as was Empress Marianne was his favorite, the favored weren't liked by the other Consorts and Their children who were born from the Emperor.
The only Royals that tolerated the two, were Ariadne Li Britannia and her two daughters Euphemia and Cornelia, Gloria La Britannia and her son Clovis, Devorah Eu Britannia and her sons Schnizel and Oddyseus, and Flora Mel Britannia and her daughters Julia and Marrybel.
Many nobles would insult the Vi Britannian siblings with names like 'Pauper Prince' and 'Paperbag Princess' but due to Marianne's reputation and a threat made by Emperor Charles soon left the two alone.
"Lulu! Can we borrow Kallen for a moment please, we wanted to ask her something really important" Euphemia called
"Sure thing, Kallen-" Kallen raised her hand
"Ok Lelouch, i'll go" She stood up and went over to the girls
Then suddenly the sound of cars stopping at the Aries Villa Parking lot was heard and a few gunshots were heard, then a explosion coming from the power plant nearby cut off the entire Villa's power supply.
"Lelouch!!!" Nunnally screamed and held on to Lelouch's arm, Euphemia did the same
"Are we being attacked??!" Lelouch said
"I don't know, but i don't think this is a terrorist attack" Kallen replied
"We need to get to mother's office quickly! There's a secret staircase underneath mom's desk that leads to Pendragon Palace, Father might help seek shelter for us" Lelouch explained and the group agreed
They ran towards to the Villa, they encountered many dead guards and servants, Nunnally and Euphemia were sick green at the sight and wanted to throw up, Kallen and Lelouch were a little green but kept thier composure and kept moving.
They moved fast in a calm and orderly manner, they avoided large corridors and moved instead in the interconnected rooms in the Villa.
They were able to reach to Marianne's room, and there were no Armed men
"We're here, I'll go first, Kallen get behind me" Kallen nodded and they quietly opened the door
BAMM!!
Lelouch was ambushed and Kallen was pushed back from the door.
"Wha-!?" A spec ops soldier in black was on top of him, then he began chocking Lelouch
"Lelou-" Euphemia screamed but was gagged by another Soldier as was Nunnally
Kallen struggled to break free from the Black Ops soldier, and the situation looked hopeless
'Someone save us!!' Lelouch screamed in his mind
Then all of a sudden, a scream from the Black Ops soldier suddenly released Lelouch from his grasp. Lelouch saw a sword coming out from his attacker's chest, then the sword pulled back and the soldier fell down dead
Then he saw his sisters and Kallen, their attackers were also dead and he saw two men coming to help them.
"My Prince, thank God you're all right!!" Lelouch took a look at his saviour, he was wearing a standard Aries Villa guard uniform, he had Teal coloured hair and Orange eyes
"Before i can thank you, may i ask of your name?" Lelouch asked or ordered the guard
"1st Lieutenant Jeremiah Gottwald, Your Majesty!!" The Guard saluted
"Very well, thank you Jeremiah and your men" Lelouch nodded.
But then the door underneath Marianne's desk began to open up, and saw a staircase going down.
"That's the escape door towards Pendragon! Quickly before-" Lelouch shouted
Then sounds arecoming from the Staircase, Jeremiah then ordered his men to form a defensive position protecting Lelouch and his group. Then the group tensed as a figure began to come out from the opening
And the person coming out was...
"FATHER!?/YOUR MAJESTY!!"
Charles Zi Britannia came out of the staircase, in critical condition, and on his shoulder with Bismarck Waldstein.
"My-My Children, thank Alaya" Charles grunted and fell down on his knees. Lelouch, Nunnally and Euphemia then went by his side in shock and tears
"Fa-Father" Lelouch stuttered
"Listen my son, i do not have much time left" Charles struggled to talk as blood began to pour from his mouth, "Your Uncle Victor had staged a coup, and the Majority of Nobles had supported it. You need to get out of Britannia now and flee to Japan, there's an old acquaintance of mine that can help you and your sister"
"But-but" Lelouch tried to comprehend what was happening, he had an Uncle? Britannia under a Coup?
"We had an uncle?" Nunnally asked
"Yes, and it's a desicion that i come to regret not sharing you this earlier" Charles gave a regretful look, "But the main thing is that my brother had already taken this Empire by surprise, the Military had been taken over by him and that many of the Unruly Nobles had secretly supported him and are now killing anyone who were loyal to me, Royal, Noble, or commoner! You need to get off Britannia now while you still have a chance!" Charles explianed painfully
"I won't leave, i'll stand and fight Uncle alongside you" But an angry look from Charles shut Lelouch up
"Then how about your sister? You'll drag her into trouble if you fight, your best chance at survival is if you run" Charles grunted, "I'm saying this is that you are the only one who can fight Victor as an equal, you and your sisters need to survive if Britannia were to survive"
Lelouch mind is conflicted, he wanted to fight but his father's logic made sense. He didn't want Nunnally, Euphie, and Kallen to get in trouble
"Ye-Yes father" Lelouch quietly said
"Good"
Then Charles turned to Jeremiah, "Sir Gottwald, as your Emperor swear to me, defend the prince and princess with your life"
Jeremiah was shocked and bowed on his knees, "I swear to protect the prince and princess with my life"
Charles nodded, he was running out of time
"Sir Waldstein, have 'it' here please" Charles ordered his knight, Bismarck nodded and brought out his cloak a long object wrapped around in cloth. He gave it to Lelouch, the Prince unwrapped it and revealed a Golden Sheath
"Lelouch, this sheath is Britannia's best kept secret and a Royal Heirloom. You must protect this scabbard, Victor must not have his hands on it" Charles explained
Lelouch agreed and held the sheath in his arms, the three royal children were in tears but Lelouch held a strong face as The Emperor lay dying
"Lelouch, Nunnally" Charles wheezed, "You may not know this, but out of all the children i sired *breathes heavily* the two of you i favoured the most, Schneizel may be capable but lacked too much Empathy, Oddyseus may be a Kind hearted Leader but lacked the capability to make decisions, You Lelouch are capable in carrying on my Legacy. You must live, so you can fight Victor when the time is right. Euphemia, you may not be my favorite child, but you and Cornelia have earned my outmost respect"
The two Female Princesses cried, Kallen was struggling to keep her tears from coming out. The guards bowed their heads in respect
"Kallen Stadfelt, your father have been one of my strongest supporters during my rise to power, alongside the Ashford family, i cannot thank you for your service" Charles smirked, "And you have earned my blessings"
Lelouch is unaware when Kallen blushed a crimson red when Charles said that
"Father, what about Mother?" Lelouch said in worry of his Mother
"Don't worry, your Mother can survive anything even from my brother's antics" Charles explained
Charles now feels a numbing feeling, he's going to die
"Lelouch, save Britannia" Charles coughed blood and wheezed, "And create a Peaceful World *Coughed* This is your first and final order from your Emperor, and as a Father"
"I will!" Lelouch bowed his head, hiding his tear
"Then go, and Alaya protect you" Charles smiled and breathed his last
And the 98th Emperor, Charles Zi Britannia has died.
Lelouch closed his now dead father's eyes and bowed, but his eyes now burned with anger and vengeance
'I will have my just revenge Uncle, i swear it!! I will Destory your Britannia!!!'
TO BE CONTINUED
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