I decided to rewrite the entire story "Knights of Nunnally." The reason for my decision is that I want to ease back into writing fanfictions, since it has been such a long time. As a result I'm going to make "Knights of Nunnally" a shorter story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass. It is the property of its creators and respective owners.

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Chapter 1: Red Vanguard

Normally at the crack of dawn, the Aries Palace would shine as brightly as ever. Its spires were almost lighthouses for the land, signaling the glory of the estate. The vast lake was a blue liquid sapphire, but would shine different colors in the morning sun. It was truly a grand property, and it got to Kallen every time that they visited. But today, the clouds were grey, signaling the rains, and dulling the palace's beauty.

It had been well over five years since the events that shifted the world into a new era.

Kallen had changed a lot over the past five years. She grew out her hair, which was now as long as her mother's and the front part hung down while the back was tied neatly into a ponytail. Her wardrobe changed as well, shifting to a more professional look as opposed to her resistance wardrobe. She wore a white long sleeve dress shirt with a black tie and black office coat. She also wore a black office skirt, and some dress shoes. Despite the new look, that did not mean that she did not forget the skills that kept her alive during her time with the resistance and the Black Knights, for she is still as deadly as she ever was. In fact her whole outfit was a call back to her days as a Black Knight. Her coat's pocket held her wallet knife, and she also had a mechanism, designed by Rakshata, that carried a mini-pistol hidden in the coat sleeve. All she needed was a flick of the wrist to get it ready.

Kallen walked through the marble floors, of the elaborately decorated halls. The walls were filled with paintings, and even the ceiling was a canvas of beautiful paintings. She looked outside one of the windows, and became lost in thinking of the grand scale of only one of the Imperial homes.

"Kallen?"

Kallen tensed immediately, but she relaxed just as quickly. She knew that voice.

"Good morning, Nunnally," said the redhead.

Nunnally had grown considerably taller, and she was almost fully free from the affects of her father's geass. She could see quite well, and she was trying to learn how to walk again. She wore her hair as she always had since the days at Ashford, and her eyes possessed the same intensity that they had when she opened them for the first time in many years. She drove her wheel chair forward toward Kallen, with a serious expression on her face.

"That's, 'Your Highness,' to you, knight," said Nunnally with a stern voice.

Kallen was shocked and speechless, but Nunnally quickly began to giggle.

"I'm just kidding," said the empress with a smile.

Kallen's shocked expression relaxed, and she began to giggle a little.

"What were you thinking about?" asked Nunnally.

"The past…and the present," answered Kallen.

"I see…so were thinking about him?" asked Nunnally.

Kallen's face tinged slightly red.

"Maybe," she answered in a teasing sort of voice.

The two giggled again. Though Kallen was never a girly girl, she would always have small moments with Nunnally, or her other Ashford friends where she would loosen up.

"Is it weird? Living here in Brittania?" asked Nunnally as soon as she calmed down.

Kallen just looked out the window.

"A little, especially knowing that, he, used to live here," she said somberly.

Nunnally was quiet for a moment.

"Well, we will be seeing him today, maybe you can tell him," said Nunnally.

"Yeah maybe, I will," said Kallen with a smirk.

"Come on, it's going to rain soon, and we have to hurry," ushered Nunnally.

"Right," said Kallen.

She got around behind Nunnally and began to push her chair for her.

"You don't really have to Kallen," protested Nunnally.

"No, I want to. Besides, what kind of knight would I be if I didn't," replied Kallen.

She remembered when Nunnally first asked her to be her knight just last month. She almost fell from the shock of the offer. She who had killed so many Brittanian soldiers and knights, and now she was being offered the position of a Brittanian knight. She didn't understand why she wanted her as a knight, but something deep inside her urged her to take on the role. Perhaps, it was because it was Nunnally she would be serving, and she loved Nunnally the way an older sister would. She also knew that Nunnally was the one who would get the world back on its feet, and lead it to the peace that they all longed for. Or maybe it was something that he would ask her to do, and it somehow would bring her closer to him. No matter the reason, she accepted after thinking about it heavily for a week.

"Alright," sighed Nunnally, giving in to Kallen's reasoning.

Kallen pushed her along through the halls of the Brittanian royal palace. All the while Kallen's thoughts were imagining what it was like for Nunnally and her brother to live in such a place, as well as what is was like for them when they were kids, being geassed into a forced perception of events.

'It was here…that everything was set in motion,' thought Kallen.

This was only Kallen's third visit to the palace, but it still felt like a new experience to her. This was the place where Lelouch began to set about how to get back at Brittania, where the memories of his mother and sister made him despise his homeland. The place where it all began…

Her thoughts, however, were interrupted, when she heard a noise. Nunnally heard it too, and was shocked. Kallen flicked her wrist, and her pistol slid out of her sleeve and she took aim. It was a man in black, with an all too familiar mask.

"Zero…" said Kallen, not once, lowering the weapon, "Speak, so that I know it's you, Suzaku."

She said the last part in a whisper, knowing that if Suzaku was discovered to be alive, it could lead to a whole series of complications.

"You can relax Kallen, it's me, Zero."

Well there is the new first chapter. What did you think? I got Kallen's new look based of the Turks in Final Fantasy 7. The only difference is that Kallen has a skirt, and not office pants, and the outfit that Kallen wears in black as opposed to navy blue.

Thank you for reading, and please review.