Written for the AU 100 on LiveJournal.
Summary: In present day, there are queens prepared from birth. For over two-hundred years, the queens of North America have been named Elizabeth, but one woman changes it all. meet Queen Cordelia, the merciful and wise.
Title: God Save the Queen
Fandom: BtVS/AtS
Characters: Cordelia Chase, Willow Rosenberg, Alexander Harris, Elizabeth(Buffy Summers) Chase, William(Spike) Kingston, Liam(Angel) Doyle, Rupert Giles, Drusilla Kingston, Tara Maclay, Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, Lindsey McDonald, Winifred Burkle, Wesley Wynham-Price, Tyrese(Charles) Gunn, Kendra Gunn, Alonna Gunn, Andrew Wells, Dawn(Summers) Chase, Faith Lehane-Wilkins, Richard Wilkins, Allen Francis Doyle, Lorne Reed, Darla Giles, Gwen Raiden, Anne Steele, Lilah Morgan, Jasmine Torres, Eve Thompson, Ulysses Knox.Pairings: Various. Mentions past Cordelia Chase/Richard Wilkins.
Prompt: #49, Queen.
Rating: PG-13, may go up to R later.
Word Count: 149
Author's Notes: I was looking for a prompt to start this all on. I wanted something that I could make AU-ish. So I spotted 'Queen' and thought, "Hey, it's perfect for Cordy!" But then I was stuck on the AU-ness. So I thought, "Medieval times!" And so Queen Cordelia of North America came about. Oh, and I'm not going to be using Old English words. It'd be a pain in the ass. So it's just like, proper American-English.
Disclaimer: Joss pwns all.
WARNINGS: Extremely short prologue.

PROLOGUE

On my sixteenth birthday, I was crowned queen of North America. I'd been prepared my entire life for that one role that I beat my sister to by three seconds. Elizabeth was my dearest companion and friend, and together, we were destined for greatness. If I hadn't been birthed first, I do not doubt that Elizabeth leave quite a legacy with her stunning appearance, sharp tongue, and quick-thinking.

On my seventeenth birthday, my husband died. My poor Richard, died from the epidemic spreading through the peasants. It must have been after the visit to his cousins in the country. But he left behind his daughter from a former marriage to the Queen of France, Faith, my beautiful step-daughter.

And now, on my eighteenth birthday, they are planning on my second marriage to one Liam Doyle; prince of Ireland, the one with an angelic face, and my twin sister Elizabeth's beau.

Prologue. VERY short, but the chapters get longer, I swear. Reviews are greatly appreciated.