Welcome to my first attempt at a Code Geass Story! yay! lol i recently fell in love with the anime series and decided to create my own story set in the world.
Without further ado...
Plot:
You all know Lelouch and Nunnally vi Britannia right? But what if they had a sister? Lelouch a twin? What then? Meet Katerina vi Britannia, forgotten Princess of Britannia, and join her on her journey to embrace who she truly is. What would you do if you were her? Sit in the shadows? Or step out into the spotlight? Set after the anime series, a short story about this twin coming into her own.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, only Kat and my other OC's.
Amethyst eyes scanned her surroundings as she stepped onto the school grounds, snow lightly falling to the ground.
Ashford Academy. Built and run by the Ashford family, who once held a position of great power as one of the greatest noble families in Britannia. Now they were mere school teachers.
She snorted as she threw her ebony locks over her shoulder, glaring up at the main building, her breath becoming a puff of tendrils dancing in the air. She had no personal grudge against the Ashford family, in fact, she rather liked them, it was Britannia as a country and government that she despised.
"Katerina?"
The high school senior looked over to see an older man standing off to the side, his eyes smiling as he held his hands behind his back.
"Mr Ashford?" Kat asked, her eyes widening.
Ruben Ashford smiled at the young women. "Welcome Katerina. Any child of Marianne's is welcomed here."
Kat smiled sadly, but nodded. "Thank you Mr Ashford. I never even knew her, but your kindness means the world."
"I never even knew that you existed either." Ruben sighed heavily. "Marianne must have been so devastated that you were taken from her that she never spoke of it to anyone."
Kat narrowed her eyes. "Hai, well if I hadn't been so insistent on finding out where I can from and got that DNA test, no one would know there was another Britannian Princess walking around."
"Your secret is safe here Katerina." Ruben smiled softly as he held out his arm, gesturing for her to follow him.
Kat nodded and came to his side. "Thank you for keeping this from Nunnally as well." Kat looked up into the flakes falling from the sky. "I only just found out myself and now my sister is the Empress and my twin brother is the dead Demon Emperor."
Ruben looked down at her, sadness for the young women consuming him. "I've placed you here with the last name of Kingsley as there are still students here who were and still are close with either Lelouch or Nunnally. You will only be here a year before you move on to college if that is your wish. Lady Nunnally has more to worry about then one new student at the Academy."
Kat snorted, a smiling slipping onto her face. "Thank you Mr Ashford, I hoped that by going here I could get a sense of what life was like for my siblings before everything unraveled. Then maybe I can eventually meet with my sister."
Ruben nodded. "I understand. My granddaughter may not be the Student Council President any longer, but a good friend of your twin's is now. His name is Rivalz Cardemonde and he'll get you set up." He nodded, gesturing ahead of them.
Kat looked up to see a tall, lean boy about her age with messy dark blue hair and kind but energetic grey eyes. He was currently jumping up and down in excitement, waving his hands about over his head in greeting.
"Good luck." Ruben chuckled before leaving her to her brother's best friend at Ashford.
Kat raised her eyebrows but sighed and walked up to the boy.
"Hi! How are you? I'm Rivalz! Your Student Council President here at Ashford Academy! And I-" Rivalz eyes widened. "Woah."
Kat almost froze. No way, he couldn't know. No one but Mr Ashford and I know. I made sure of that.
Rivalz shook his head, coming out of his memories. "So-Sorry about that." He stumbled over his words, a pained expression quickly passing over his face. "You just reminded me of a friend of mine for a second there. Sorry." He smiled quickly, getting over his shock. "Here, let me take your bag." He offered, reaching to take the huge duffel bag that she had slung over her right shoulder.
"Oh, thanks." Kat quickly smiled, covering up her almost stumble of fear that her secret was out so quickly. She let him take the bag even after he struggled with it and she offered to take it back. Kat couldn't help but let a small smile come to her face as she followed Rivalz to the Student Council Building. Ironically, she was taking Lelouch and Nunnally's old quarters while she was here for a year. It would be strange, but it would also help her understand who they were.
"Here we are!" Rivalz announced as he unceremoniously dropped her bag in the foyer. Kat was glad she kept her valuables in the backpack on her back. He bent over, hands on his knees as he breathed heavily from the exertion.
"Geez Rivalz, what did you do? Run a marathon?" A voice snorted. Kat looked up at the staircase to see a young women her age narrowing her eyes at the both of them. And she looked familiar.
It's Kallen. Kat realized, her eyes widening.
"Shut up Kallen, her bag is very heavy!" Rivalz whined.
Kallen Kōzuki rolled her ocean blue eyes as she looked down at the new girl and her heart stopped. She looked like Lelouch! What the hell? "Who are you?" Kallen asked, narrowing her eyes and she brushed her red hair out of her face.
Kat's keen eyes caught sight of a Knightmare Frame key around the red-heads neck and she barely kept herself from blurting out her secret. This girl, the one who knew both sides of her brother, the ace of the Black Knights. Somehow Kat forgot that she was still going here.
"Kallen! Don't be rude!" Rivalz laughed. "This is Katerina Kingsley, the new transfer student? Remember? She's living here for her senior year."
Kat faked a smile through her shock. "Hi Kallen was it? Nice to meet you. You two can call me Kat."
Kallen narrowed her eyes. "Here? As in where Lelouch and Nunnally used to live?" She said, totally ignoring the girl in front of her for a moment.
"Yes Kallen. You know they wouldn't mind, right?" Rivalz smile faltered slightly, but then turned brighter again.
Kallen thought about it for a moment, then let go of her hatred. It is what they would want. To welcome a new student into the newfound peace that surrounded them now. "Indeed. Sorry Kat. I'm Kallen Kōzuki, Student Council Vice President. Welcome to Ashford."
Kat ignored the momentary hesitation of Kallen's acceptance, but she secretly knew why. "Thank you Kallen. I'm happy to be here."
"Where did you come from if I may ask?" Kallen asked as she descended from the stairs and made her way towards the pair.
Kat smiled. "Not at all. I'm originally from Britannia as you can see that I'm obviously not Japanese. But my family moved from the Homeland to Northern Japan when I was a small child. They did not agree with the previous Emperor on many things." Kat giggled. "When Japan became Area 11, we were actually protected and hidden by the Japanese in our small village from Britannian patrols. In the past years my parents have since past, but once Empress Nunnally came into power, I decided to move to the big city as I had no family to tie me to one single place anymore. So here I am." She spoke the rehearsed speech that she had planned weeks beforehand. She had to explain two major issues; her obvious Britannian ancestry, but also her light Japanese accent as well as her fluent Japanese if she ever found herself slipping into the first language she ever learned to speak. Plus she wanted it as close to the truth as possible. The only thing she falsified was the fact that she never lived in the Britannian Homeland; less then 24 hours on that soil didn't count, and her parents moving with her. They both stayed in Pendragon with her two siblings. She had an inkling as to why she was sent away, but now she would never get her answer; now that both her parents and Lelouch were dead.
"Wow." Kallen's eyes widened. She had an immediate respect for the girl in front of her now. In a way, Kat was like herself, half Britannian, half Japanese. She smiled. "Well, glad you're here now. Lets get you settled in, shall we?"
"This meeting of the United Federation of Nations is now concluded. Thank you all for taking the time to come out and be apart of this vital mission." A girl no older then 15 spoke with a proud and noble voice, one that reached many hearts.
"Thank you Chairwomen Kaguya, you may all go back to your nations to speak of the initiatives that we spoke of today." A young man's voice spoke this time, clad in secrecy by a black helmet.
The room broke into excited chatter as the representatives of the 26 nations began to speak freely while slowly exiting.
"We got a lot done today, didn't we Kaguya?" A sweet innocent voice pipped up. Dressed in the royal robes of the United States of China, Empress Tianzi, only 13 years old, looked up at her closest friend. Her pure white hair frame her bright crimson eyes in an innocent look that spoke of her sheltered life, but she was also the Empress now in power too and she grew up with that responsibility.
"That we did Tianzi." Kaguya Sumeragi, young mistress of the Kyoto House of Japan, Representative of the United States of Japan and Chairwomen of the United Federation of Nations grinned. Her long black hair was flowing about her shoulders as her kind emerald green eyes scanned the group around her. "What did you think Nunnally?"
The equally young Britannian Empress was wheeled to their side by the masked man only known as Zero to the world. "I agree." Nunnally vi Britannia smiled, her amethyst eyes lighting up. "We've really mapped out the trade agreements this time around. Many people will be very happy."
"I agree Empress Nunnally." A tall man joined them, stepping up to Tianzi's side as was his rightful place. He had long black hair and deep brown eyes and walked with the grace of a warrior.
"Xingke." Tianzi spoke sweetly, just the mere presence of her protector lifted her spirit.
"I've just double checked your transportation back home Milady." Li Xingke smiled down at his leader. "We are all set to head out whenever you are."
"Thank you for coming Xingke." Zero stepped up to shake hands with the other man.
"Of course, anything for peace." Xingke nodded and then he glanced at Nunnally and Kaguya. One at a time he bowed in respect. "Thank you both for co-hosting this time."
"Our pleasure." Kaguya smiled, sharing a look with Nunnally. "As Britannia and Japan have finally seen peace in the Tokyo settlement, it was only natural to eventually host a meeting of the United Federation of Nations."
"Well spoken Kaguya." Nunnally smiled. "It was lovely to see you again, Tianzi, Xingke. Thank you for all your hard work."
"Thank you Milady." Xingke bowed again.
"I'll see you all soon." Tianzi smiled brightly as she walked away, Xingke always within arms reach.
"Would you like us to accompany you to go see Ohgi?" Nunnally asked as she turned to face Kaguya. Zero also tipped his head in her direction.
"That would be great actually." Kaguya smiled. "Thank you."
It was a short walk down the hall into the building adjacent to the meeting hall, the building that housed the Prime Minister's office and those closest to the Prime Minister in the government. The Prime Minister's office was on the top floor and so they used the elevator and in no time, they were at Ohgi's door.
"May we come in Ohgi?" Kaguya asked as she knocked on the door that was slightly ajar.
"Hai! Hai! Come in!" Kaname Ohgi called from inside the office.
Kaguya opened the door wide enough for Zero to wheel Nunnally in and Ohgi quickly got to his feet, about to bow, his grey eyes wide.
"Ohgi, please." Nunnally giggled. "Not in private, remember? We are friends first in private."
"Oh, Hai. Of course Nunnally." Ohgi chuckled, scratching the back of his head, messing up his dark brown hair. "So how did the meeting go? What of the trade routes?"
"All written down and thoroughly explained." Kaguya smiled.
"There are going to be some very happy people back home." Nunnally smiled as Zero nodded.
Ohgi nodded. "Indeed. It's only been 4 months since Lelouch gave his all for this, and we've already come so far."
The room went silent for a moment as they all thought back to a brother, a best friend, a leader and a protector.
"Well, we all must live up to his idea of peace then." Nunnally smiled as everyone looked at her.
"Indeed." Kaguya smiled brilliantly.
what do you think?
shorter chapter then I usually do, but a good intro. As the plot said, this will be a shorter story I think then some of my others and so the action will start right away in chapter two.
Leave me a review and let know know if you feel like i got the feel of the Code Geass world down. Thanks!