Our Family

A Code Geass fanfiction by Artemis, Queen of the Night

Disclaimer: If I owned Code Geass, certain characters would be mine by now. But they're not, so stop freaking trying to sHe me! I have a giant Pikachu and will use it!

Warnings: Uhhhh...cookies. *nods* Yup, you never what cookies are up to... That and some characters maybe OOC. BTW, Marianne doesn't die in this story!

Summary: Basically, it's just a series of moments of brotherly/fatherly/sisterly/motherly moments between our favorite Royal Britannian family.

Characters: Entire Royal Family and some others who I don't feel like typing their names out. It's too much work.

Chapter 1: Marianne, Schneizel, and Charles

(We'll start it off with motherly, brotherly, and fatherly!)

It wasn't strange for Charles to have a new wife. Nor was it strange for him to have new children. But there was something about Marianne's children that was different. Charles watched with his new daughter as his new son played with his eldest brother, Schneizel, in the garden and tried to figure out what it was.

It wasn't their eyes. They were purple like his.

It wasn't their hair color. Lelouch had his mother's black hair and Charles supposed that Nunnally had a combination of both his and Marianne's.

It certainly wasn't the way they looked. Lelouch was only 2 and Nunnally was still a baby!

Whatever it was, Charles decided, it's not in their physical appearance. Just then, his Empress, Marianne, appeared.

"Thank you for looking after them." Marianne whispered into his ear as she took Nunnally from him.

"You are most welcome, beloved." Charles murmured, his eyes never leaving his sons. It was at this time that Lelouch tripped and fell. Braced for the impact, Lelouch squeezed his eyes shut and waited for the pain. But the pain never came. Strong arms were holding him up from a few inches off the ground. Lelouch slowly opened his eyes and looked up to see his brother staring worriedly down at him.

"Nii-sama." Lelouch whispered as tears cascaded down his pale cheeks. Seeing his little brother's tears, Schneizel grew alarmed and scooped his two year old brother up into his arms as his father and Aunt Marianne came. Marianne couldn't help but smile at the sight, but her heart tugged when she heard her son's sniffles.

"What's wrong, Lelouch? Are you hurt?" Schneizel asked Lelouch buried his face into his shirt. Lelouch didn't answer, but kept crying silently with little sniffles here and there. Marianne smiled at Schneizel and relieved him of Lelouch after giving Nunnally to his father. Cradling her son close to her, Marianne cooed soothing words to him as her husband and stepson watched with worried eyes.

Hesitantly and somewhat shyly, Schneizel asked "Is Lelouch alright?"

Even though he was Lelouch's half-brother, that didn't stop him from worrying about his siblings whether they were older or younger. Marianne looked from where she was staring at Lelouch to smile and nod to answer Schneizel's question. Charles, on the other hand, was proud of Schneizel for not letting harm come to his new son and worried that something had happened to Lelouch. After a few more minutes of sniffles, Lelouch stopped and reached for his older brother. Baffled, surprised, and slightly startled, Schneizel took his brother from Marianne and couldn't help the blush that appeared on his cheeks as Lelouch drifted to sleep on his shoulder.

Schneizel spent the rest of the day sleeping, playing, and taking care of his newest little brother inside the castle as his parents tended to their work.