Suzaku was devastated. War had always seemed to be a meaningless concept to him, until today. The Britannian invasion was swift and merciless. The city he had been in was one of the first assaulted with the blitzkrieg.

Genbu Kururugi was in the city on a request to see the new tank in the base. He had brought Suzaku and Kaguya with him as they toured the buildings. Suzaku held the soldiers in high esteem as he looked in awe. He was going to be one of them someday. He was predestined for it. His sensei Tohdoh had told him so. Although Suzaku was ecstatic to be here it still tasted bittersweet knowing why he was.

Suzaku knew that the negotiations with Brittania were going south but he had no idea how badly until that day. He watched from a room in the command center as a Brittanian planes zoomed above the sky. They were made for an airdrop as their payload descended towards the earth. The four iron giants marveled Suzaku as they struck the ground and rose to enormous heights.

It hadn't taken thirty seconds for the alarm to sound. The defense came immediately with the twenty tanks shelling the new foes. The knightmares were agile though and were able to dodge the single shots. Within a few minutes the entirety of the tanks had been destroyed at the cost of one knightmare. Then they opened fire on the foot soldiers.

Suzaku witnessed in horror at the onslaught that could only be called a massacre. Genbu rushed in a moment later.

"Suzaku come here, we need to go"

The impact of the words instantly hit Suzaku. He grabbed his cousin's hand next to him and sprinted out of the room. They ran through the base making it to their driver. Genbu pushed the children in before jumping in the car himself as it peeled out of the base. Suzaku haphazardly glanced back to be greeted by the view of thousands of foot soldiers storming the base with the knightmares standing there as guardians above the carnage. There was no going back from this. War had finally broken out.

It was 2010 the year Japan was invaded. Lelouch was with his little sister Nunally watching the news on the television. She was restless constantly jumping around the television.

"When is she gonna be on I'm tired of waiting,"

"Be patient Nunally. It's been two days since we saw her last surely you can wait a few more minutes,"

Nunally's scowled for a moment before her she flopped onto the couch. Lelouch was a little annoyed with her but understood. He also wished the video feed would hurry up. The Brittanian Assault had started in the morning there and were quickly bringing Japan to its heel. That meant it was late night in the capital city of Pendragon. They had managed to convince their guard Jeremiah Gottwald to let them stay up, at least until Marianne was shown. Gottwald had proven easy for Lelouch to convince, most likely because he wanted to see Marianne as well.

The news cut back to the anchors as the front line was no longer in view. The anchors were reporting on the first blitzkrieg assault led by three knights of the round. In most battles a single knight of the round may have been on the scene. For three to be ordered into the fight it could mean just two things. One the emperor was determined to have Japan. Two the Japanese were in deep trouble.

"Yes, we have confirmed that the new super weapon is being used in this first assault. We have live video being streamed from our correspondents on the mainland,"

"We are here on the beach as the Britanian army continues to obliterate the opposition. Behind me you can see the giant metal mobile armor now being dubbed the knightmare,"

The camera zoomed in on the machines lingering on the purple machine in the middle of the four. Saying that it was massive was an understatement. It was easily over fifteen feet tall and was incredibly agile with the wheels on its feet. The knightmare took one step forward as it challenged the five tanks in front of it. The knightmare lowered its hand as the landspinners on its feet revved. The tanks preemptively fired knowing they didn't want to see what this new weapon was capable of. The pilot of the purple machine was too quick. Like a flash of light the knightmare zoomed straight towards the tank dodging the three shells on target by a hairs breadth. As the knightmare reached the first tank it quickly showed off its strength by throwing one tank onto another. It then pulled out the handgun attached to the right arm and fired three shots piercing the tanks. The knightmare destroyed five Japanese tanks in a row without so much as a scratch.

Lelouch smirked. At this rate Japan would be conquered in a month and his mother would be home in time for his first real test. She had promised that if he won the junior chess title that she would finally grant his biggest request.

Lelouch knew why she wanted him to start to showcase his abilities early. It was because the Vi Brittania line were commoner royalty. Royal only on their father's side, and as such most other royals held them with contempt. It didn't matter though, it was like his father always said "The only thing that matters is the ability to produce results." His chess win had certainly displayed his prowess despite being two years younger than the age of his opponent. The championship match had been completely one sided. Leave it to a noble's son to underestimate Lelouch because of his age and blood. He probably owed his brother Schniezel for that, not that he would ever admit it. After playing at least a game a week against him Lelouch's own game had improved exponentially. Although he still hadn't managed to glean a single win against Schniezel. Now opponents his own age were just child's play. He would think of a way to pay him back quickly. It was never a wise idea to stay in debt to any member of the royal family.

Nunally shouts brought Lelouch back to reality.

"Look Lelouch, Look, That's mom outside of that Knightmare," she said smiling. Jerking his head toward the screen Lelouch was greeted to a picture of their mother. It was no surprise to him that she was the pilot of that purple knightmare. She stood outside of the cockpit posing for the camera. No doubt that picture would be used as a recruitment poster. Marianne looked brave and powerful on top of the knightmare in her purple military uniform. A true inspiration for everyone aspiring to be a soldier.

Now as soon as this war was over she would come back and teach him. She had to. He had never known his mother to break a promise. Without a doubt she would keep this one even if it went against her motherly instincts.

"Alright children you got to see your mother, now it's way past your bedtimes," Jeremiah said as he strolled in. Lelouch was originally surprised Gottwald was still here when his master was in the soon to be area. As a member of her royal guard Jeremiah had always admired lady Marianne and would do anything she asked of him. When she told him to stay in the Aries villa with Lelouch and Nunally he was hesitant at first until she told him that Jeremiah was the only person she could trust to look after her children that long. From that moment on he was putty in her hands.

"I don't wanna go to sleep. I'm not even tired," complained Nunally as she ran from Jermiah. Gottwald laughed to himself as he started to chase her. Nunally would get tired eventually but at least this time Lelouch wouldn't have to carry her to bed. It irritated him to say the least, compounded by the fact that he is rather skinny making it much more difficult.

Nunally had only lasted five minutes after her declaration before she folded over the couch. Lelouch yawned right as Jeremiah picked Nunally up. He was fine going to sleep now. Lelouch had seen his mother and that was what mattered. He walked with Jeremiah up the stairs as he carried the princess. He got in bed counting down the days he would be reunited with his mother, and how she would teach him to pilot a knightmare.

Author Note: Hi and thanks for reading my first chapter. Just a bit of information for you about the story I intend to write. To start off I am making two drastic changes to the story line. One Geass never existed. Two Marianne wasn't assassinated. Needless to say this changes almost everything in Code Geass. Character Interpretation will have a vastly different interpretation because how I think they would act with Marianne still alive. One example of this would be now Lelouch is a little more idealistic and a lot better fighter. The way I see it is Lelouch is a Char Clone so if I'm taking away his backstory I must compensate elsewhere which will be his piloting skills. Also please remember that in chess the king is the third strongest piece on the board. Plus when you're raised around Marianne, Bismark, and Jeremiah there's no way you don't grow up to be a kick ass pilot. I will try and fit as many canon characters as I can but I might have to make OCs.

Last tell me what you think about the story. If you like it let me know. If you don't like it tell me why. I am always trying to improve my writing and while I don't expect to please everyone I will try to nevertheless.