Haunting Another Reality

Summary: … AU. The words that left her mouth would haunt him for days to come, "The boy from your nightmares will come", she said, "The truth is that your nightmares are not mealy bad dreams… they are real." Lelouchs' nightmares haunt his everyday life… but the strange thing is that they are not really nightmares but memories from another reality…

Dreams… 'Thoughts'

Real life… "Speech"

Warnings: SPOILERS!! Loads, like for the whole series….

Disclaimer:… Sadly I don't own Code Geass… some of the scenes (the 'dreams') are directly from the anime, because I found it easier to write like that… but I take no credit for them. I did not make them and if I did would I be here? (I probably would you know…)

Anyway, on to the first chapter…

Prologue – The 'Nightmares'

Bodies lay scattered on the ground in front of him. The gunshot wounds on them leaking out a great amount of blood onto the floor of the ruined corridor.

Lelouch gasped, "Terrorists are responsible for this? But-" he eyed the fallen Britanians and, "Elevens were killed too!" He knelt down next to a particular man and while looking around he eyes a photograph held by an Eleven woman. It was a picture of Zero.

Smeared with blood.

"Are these people still counting on Zero to save them?" Lelouch asked aloud.

It was only now that he realized a Knightmare frame stood in front of him. Instinctively he backed away, and breathed the name of the terrorists, "The Black Knights… What do I do? Will they kill me, even if I run?"

The Knightmare turned and he could see a figure standing on the back of it… She called his name "Lelouch!"

"Lelouch!"

This cry was different, more persistent and familiar. His eyes snapped open and he sat bolt upright, aware of the sweat making the sheets cling to his skin. He turned slightly, breathing a sigh of relief when he saw his younger sister lying beside him.

"Nunnally," he smiled lightly, the nightmare not forgotten but rather pushed to the edge of his mind, "What's wrong?"

She shook her head slowly, "Nothing" she replied, opening her blind eyes wide, "But Lelouch, are you-"

"I'm fine." Lelouch butted in, "It was just a bad dream…" Her hands reached out to him and he gently hugged her. "Anyway, it's time to get ready for school" he said and she held him tightly as he lifted her into her wheelchair. She yawned and Lelouch smiled again.

"Sayoko!" he called, as he opened the door. The maid appeared within minutes and wheeled Nunnally out to help her get ready.

**

The day was fairly uneventful. Lelouchs' first class and second were spent staring out the window. In his third class, Social Studies, he was forced to abandon his watching of the grass growing, and take notes on a video about Climate Change.

The bell rang for lunch and Lelouch stood, well before the others in his class, and walked out of the classroom searching for a quiet place to eat. He turned a corner and his eyes blurred for a second, he swayed, shoulder hitting the wall in an attempt to keep himself upright. But suddenly he was back in that corridor from his nightmare, dead bodies lying on the ground beside him…

"Lelouch!" The girl whispered as she fell, her long green hair flying as she began to slip off the Knightmare Frame. Blood spilled from a gunshot wound on her chest. Lelouch jumped forwards, reaching out to catch her before she hit the ground. He shook her, crying out "Hey are you alright?"

She did not answer. He looked up to see her attackers. The soldiers advanced.

"Why are soldiers-" he began but stopped as he saw one of them reach a body. The soldier pulled out a weapon and began burning the bodies. The fire surrounded him… a woman screamed and Lelouch yelled to the commanding officer, "What are you doing?!? That woman is still alive!!"

A hand shook his shoulder and Lelouch cried out, "What-"

He was back in the school hallway. He had slid down the wall and was resting on the ground. Rivalz was shaking his shoulder, "Hey Lelouch, are you okay?" he asked. Lelouch nodded, absentmindedly.

"Come on," Rivalz said pulling Lelouch up, "Milly has called an emergency Student Council meeting."

He took off down the hall with Lelouch following. He turned a corner and almost ran race first into a girl. She stepped aside and smiled, "Hi Rivalz." She said. He stopped and laughed half-heartedly.

"Sorry about that C.C." he smiled back, "Well got to go!" He waved and continued on his way to the Student Council Room. Lelouch was about to follow but as he passed the green haired she stopped him. Her hand grabbed his sleeve and tugged it so that he turned to look at her.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked her. Golden eyes stared up into Lelouchs' violet orbs.

"Is there something wrong?" she repeated, letting go of his uniform. Lelouch frowned.

She reached out and took his hand in both of hers. C.C closed her eyes for a second as she brought the hand closer to her. As her golden eyes opened a flicker of shock was shown on her face and she flicked her long green hair out of her eyes. She dropped his hand immediately.

The words that left her mouth would haunt him for days to come, "The boy from your nightmares will come", she said, walked past him and whispered in his ear, "The truth is that your nightmares are not mealy bad dreams… they are real." With that said she left him alone in the school corridor. Shaking and with his violet eyes wide he turned to see the direction in which she left, but she was gone, as if she had never been there in the first place.

The world blurred again and Lelouch found himself somewhere he did not recognize.

A soldier stood in front of him. His hands reached for his helmet and he pulled it off. Lelouchs' eyes widened as the soldier smiled.

"Lelouch, it's me. Suzaku." The soldier said and moved forwards.

"Suzaku?" Lelouch asked, stunned.

The images became distorted and sped up. Lelouch was vaguely aware of the danger from a large container. 'Poison gas?' he thought hazily. Suzaku threw himself at Lelouch, maybe to protect him as the container opened and gas spilled out. But Lelouch was falling backwards into darkness.

He was lying on the floor in the hallway of Ashford Academy, eyes closed.

A/N: So, what did you think??

Is it long enough?

Anyway, I'm trying to keep all the characters mainly the same in this AU. There will be some changes… like I think Suzaku's dad will be alive and Nunnally was actually born blind. I'm also trying to make C.C. sound really mysterious, did it work?

Haha, anyway please review and tell me what you thought of it. The more review the faster I'll update!!