The Princess and the Witch

Nunnally was sitting alone in the dark room. She did not need much light as she could not see a thing anyway, but because of that her other senses were much better and so she felt the presence of some other entity.

"Miss Sayoko, is that you?"

"No, I am C.C."

"C.C.? And who are you?"

"Oh, has Lelouch not told you about me?"

"Why…?"

"I am an ally of your brother."

"Ally? In some kind of game?"

"Yes, in a way."

"Well… Onii-sama is not here right now."

"I know. This is also kind of my fault…"

"Eh…? Well…oh! It must be dark in here. I'm sorry. Shall we go into the living room?"

"Fain. Shall I push you there?"

"Thank you very much."

C.C.! Stop it right there!

Screw you. I told you to stay out of this. Don't you remember?

I can't. I know your perverted mind. I don't want you to make Nunnally feel bad.

Perverted Mind? I think you mistook me with some empress right now.

Very funny.

Piss off!

Okay, okay. Fine. And boy, I'm gonna kill you if you don't keep your promise.

I told you I'll do it.

They sat in the living room, both with a cup of tea. C.C. however got a little worked up. As the blind girl completely relied on her hearing there were not even some distracting noises so the jingling of her straightjackets buckles sounded like something incredibly loud despite it was just as loud that one could even hear.

"Say, Miss C.C., are you wearing some kind of gothic style?"

"Why do you think so?"

"What I hear, aren't those studded belts?"

"Yeah, you're right. You got me."

Great. Now she thinks I'm into this dark stuff. Well… better than explaining why I wear a straightjacket… At least one can't hear colors.

"Miss C.C., may I ask you something?"

"Of course. If you could not, talking would not have any sense, would it?"

"Right. So, how long do you know my big brother?"

"Well… It is quite a while now. I'm surprised he did not mention me. Well, everyone has secrets."

"Then I'm sure you are his secret."

"And what about you, Nunnally? Do you have some kind of secret?"

"What kind of secret do you mean?"

"I don't know. A beloved memory no one shall know about? Some unrealizable love? A kind of special wish? A secret desire?"

Nunnally blushed.

"What are you talking about?!"

"Calm down, it's nothing to get embarrassed about. These kinds of wishes are quite normal for a girl of your age and older. And if you don't know what I mean you can always ask me."

"There is no way I could ask such a…"

"Then why don't ask your brother?"

"Ask… Lelouch? There is just no way I can ever ask something like this. And especially not my brother. I mean… how do I ask something so intimate?"

"Just ask me if you don't try to lose your mask in front of him."

"No… no way! Besides… there is someone special… Not that anyone would ever do something with me that would make me blush for, but still…"

"Do not think of yourself like this."

"Pardon?"

"You are a wonderful fair young lady. And I am sure if you find the right person they will."

"But who would do these kinds of things to a crippled girl?!" C.C. heard the desperation out of Nunnallys voice. She was prepared for this when she broke the question, however…

"Love is something that comes from the heart."

"You can do things like these without love."

Don't tell me that. I lived like that for centuries…

"But you can only fully enjoy them if you love the other person."

"You sure?"

"I know. So, would you tell me… who this special person of yours is?"

"I can't!"

"So, is it your brother? Do you think you would hurt me if you told me?"

"That's not it. You'd consider me ugly if I told you."

"I promise you I won't. Pinky-swear."

"Okay… It is my best friend… Her name's Alice."

"I see. Well, I must say it hurts a little."

"Pardon?"

"To consider me a person who does not accept this."

It hurts quite much indeed. After all I even slept with your mother.

"I apologize."

"Accepted" C.C. said while petting Nunnallys head.

"Might I have your hand?"

"Of course."

C.C. offered her hand to the princess, who laid her hands around it, tracing the witches hand lines and feeling her wrists. The witch had never felt skin as soft as hers.

"I see. You loved a woman in the past, too. And now you are longing for love again and your biggest hope to fulfill this desire is…"

C.C. ripped her hand away.

"How do you…?!"

"I'm sorry. I was peeping into your thoughts a little too much…"

Geass?!

"How can you do that?"

"I don't know… I think I got used to expose lies told by my friends like this…"

"Your friends are lying to you?"

"Not because they dislike me or something. They lie to protect me, I know that. However… When the war between Japan and Britannia raged Lelouch and our friend Suzaku tried to get home. They carried me across a village filled with corpses. They told me we were passing a dump, but…"

"I see. They must really love you, Nunnally."

"Yes. I am so glad to still have them with me…"

And I am glad you do not remember me from Aries Villa…

"Oh my. Welcome home, Lelouch." C.C. said to the staggering prince who had trouble not to pass away as he saw the woman he considered dead.

"Welcome home, big brother!"


Well, I was shivering with anticipation when I was to write it. Compensates a little for the last one being so shit. I mean, this is Chapter nine! That's a reason to celebrate!

After all 9 is the number dedicated to the only god whose existence makes a little sense, at least for me.

The Lord of Change, Tzeentch.

Well, if you missed the reasons to laugh in this try to imagine what would have happened if C.C. actually SAID what she thought throughout the dialogue.

Next one is dedicated to Orange-sama!(I might be the only one calling him that…)

I'm merely thinking of a great name for the great event.(After Narita comes more Orange-Goodness when V.V. shows up. By the way, Narita is my favorite event in the whole first season. Expect MAAAAANYYYY chapters dealing with the before-, the while- and the after-events. Incest, Yuri, CCxLL, a Kickass-Bismarck-appearance and V.V.-Orange-sama-Goodness included. Oh, sorry, now the crystal ball is out of energy…)

I actually thought about including SOMETHING here but then I realized that it's not special anymore if the characters do it all the time.

The credit for making Marianne a peeping perv and for some of the parts in this goes to Sierra-de-Lafayette. Especially for the idea in which direction C.C. would lead a dialogue with Nunnally I have to thank her. If you want the whole train of thoughts you have to read her Fanfic^^ I could not include this here because Marianne was absent in my version.

If you want to know where I stole read her Fanfic. I'd greatly recommend that either way.^^