Disclaimer: I do not own Code Geass or its characters.

The complete name of the chapter is From the present to the past and back again pt 1, but the last words didn't fit.

The next two chapters are about a series of flashbacks that will kind of fill in holes in regard to certain relationships such as Gino/Luciano/Lelouch, Lelouch/Anya, Lelouch/Carolina/the twins, the vi Britannias etc. They aren't in chronological order. But they are grouped by who is in it with the vi Britannias starting and finishing.

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Confucius

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The moment he took my hand in his and kissed it that was the day I understood what kind of man stood before me. Even though at the time he was a child but so was I. I knew from then that he was the man who would control my destiny.

The Diary of Carolina Sforza

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Don't worry. Big Brother Lulu will save us. He always does.

Nunners Lamperouge
Converters Cartoon 2018 ATB
C and P Productions

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Just kill those stupid humans who get in our way.

Vampiro
Converters Cartoon 2018 ATB
C and P Productions


vi Britannia

June 9, 2016 ATB

Lelouch is sitting down on the bridge of his flagship. He is making final preparations for his attack. Evelyn walks in to bring him something to eat.

"Here big brother. You have to eat."

Lelouch takes a sandwich from the plate. He doesn't bother checking what it is. Evelyn learned the art of making food for Lelouch from Nunnally so it will either be bologna/ham or peanut butter/jelly. The lack of a glass of milk means that it must be the former. Lelouch devours the first sandwich and takes some of the potato chips from the plate. He must have been hungrier that he thought. Lelouch begins the second sandwich a little slower. Seeing that her brother is eating, Evelyn decides to leave him to his planning.

"Evie wait."

Evelyn turns back to see Lelouch take the last bite of his second sandwich and take a sip of orange juice. Lelouch puts his hand out, and Evelyn takes it. Lelouch pulls Evelyn towards him and sits her on his lap. Surprisingly Evelyn sits there quietly. Lelouch kisses the top of her head and begins to stroke her hair.

Jeremiah has been searching for the prince since early in the morning. He is not in his room or on the deck. Jeremiah sees Kallen standing by the door to the bridge. He goes over to see if she knows anything about the prince's whereabouts. Kallen sees Jeremiah approaching her. She still has not gotten used Jeremiah's changes. It seems almost unnatural. When Jeremiah reaches the door, Kallen points into the ship's bridge. Sitting in his chair is Lelouch with Evelyn on top of him. Both of them are sound asleep.

"Your highness, I think you had better wake them."

Kallen nods, "I guess you're right. It's about time to get started."

That isn't really Jeremiah's concern. He just isn't in the mood to incur the wrath of the raven haired vi Britannias. While Kallen is loved by both so it should naturally be her that wakes them. As the princess-consort wakes her husband and sister-in-law, Jeremiah decides to prepare for the day's operations.

December 19, 2010 ATB

Lelouch holds Evelyn in his arms for the first time. He looks into her amethyst eyes and strokes her dark hair. Nunnally comes up beside Lelouch and hugs him. Rather than being jealous Nunnally is ready to be a big sister. For seven years Lelouch has helped take care of her. Now it is Nunnally's turn to help. Lelouch puts an arm around Nunnally.

"I promise that I will take care of both of you. No matter the cost."

Nunnally nods. That night the two (three) of them make a pact to always stay together. They also pledge to make the world a place where little Evelyn can grow up in peace.

May 29, 2012 ATB

Evelyn is up early in the morning because Lelouch is coming home today. The only thing that can make this day better is if Nunnally was coming, but she is in Japan and won't be here for a few weeks.

"Hey Evie, what are you doing up so early?"

Evelyn looks up at Lelouch and raises her arms. Lelouch lifts her up, and she points down towards the twins. Lelouch smiles because it appears that Evelyn is not going to be a jealous sister. Lelouch remembers how he felt when Nunnally was born. Even more importantly he remembers how Euphie felt.

"Big bruther."

"Yes Evie."

"I help babies, kay."

Lelouch kisses Evelyn on the forehead. He sets her down and grabs the twins one at a time. She shows Evelyn the proper way to hold a baby. Even though she is only 18 months old, it is never too early to learn. In fact Lelouch is already teaching her how to play chess. She is probably good enough to beat Euphie or Clovis. In a few more years she will probably be beating everyone around the palace.


Carolina, Lelouch, and the twins

August 7, 2008 ATB

Carolina has been visiting Aries Palace all summer, but she doesn't come alone. Her cousins, Edward and Isabelle, usually stop in to visit. Despite being born a commoner, Marianne vi Britannia, has managed to gain some power in the court. Carolina's father and uncle wish to make an alliance with her of sorts. Marianne usually spends the day speaking with the Dukes of Oregon and Alberta about politics. Lelouch enjoys Carolina's visits because she is the only girl that can seriously challenge him at chess. At least since he begins to beat Cornelia consistently two years ago, but today is not Carolina's day because she is already down several pieces. Despite this fact Carolina plays Lelouch until the end. Another thing that he likes about her. Euphemia and Nunnally would have given up after losing a few pieces and would have tried to get him to play house or some other girly game.

"Looks like you won again, Lelouch," Carolina smiles, "Now its time to collect your prize."

Unlike Euphemia and Nunnally's prizes, Lelouch enjoys Carolina's. She leans in to give him a peck on the cheek when Edward and Isabelle tumble through some bushes. Lelouch can see Euphemia and Nunnally standing back there as well. Just like his sisters to try to see what he is up to. They do the same thing whenever Milly Ashford comes to visit. Then Lelouch has a brilliant idea.

"Why don't we play hide n seek?"

Everybody seems to like the idea except for Euphemia who always wants to play house or doctor.

Lelouch continues, "Since Edward is the oldest, he's it."

Lelouch yanks Carolina and runs off with her. The other girls also make a run for it. Edward stands confused wondering how he got stuck with this task. Lelouch takes Carolina to one of his many hiding spots.

"Here Carolina, sit down here. Do want anything? I have some snacks here or a book to read."

"Sure Lelouch, whatever you have," Carolina is impressed by Lelouch's hiding spot, "Lelouch, did you make this by yourself."

Lelouch nods, "Kind of. The servants helped for some of it. We had to be careful and work on days that mother and Nunnally were out of the house. Here I have some girly books."

Lelouch hands her a book. Carolina can tell by the size and the title that it is too advanced for her. Carolina decides not to look foolish because Lelouch is reading a similar book. From that day forward Carolina decides to learn as much as she can about everything to be like Lelouch. She thinks back to the first time she remembers meeting Lelouch vi Britannia

February 14, 2005

Carolina is getting ready for her fifth birthday party. Her cousins, Edward and Isabelle, are here, of course. Carolina really doesn't like their mother. Since the death of Carolina's mother, Lady vu Britannia has been a constant visitor to the house. Even though she misses her mother, Carolina wishes that her father would remarry that way her aunt would just leave Carolina alone. What Carolina really hates about her aunt is that she makes her do ditzy noble stuff. Since her father lets her do as she pleases, Carolina's parties are usually pretty big events. Sometimes even members of the royal family come. Well other than Edward and Isabelle.

Today Marianne vi Britannia is coming with her two children, Lelouch and Nunnally. Carolina has never met her, but she already likes her since her aunt does not. Lady Marianne is carrying a little girl who is given to one of the servants. She then begins to walk around with a boy who appears to be about Carolina's age. Carolina signals for the musicians to begin playing something. Carolina makes her way across the dance floor. Her servants follow her closely. Once Carolina reaches her destination, she signals for her servants to stand down. Marianne turns to face her.

"Now who do we have here?"

Carolina bows, "I am Carolina Sforza."

The boy is being held back by his mother. He keeps trying to wiggle free and finally manages.

"Hi I'm Lelouch vi Britannia. Thank you for inviting me to your party. Pleased to meet you," he says with a bow.

Carolina puts her hand, and Lelouch takes it and kisses it.

"Would you like to dance, Lady Sforza."

Carolina nods, "It would be my pleasure your highness."

They dance for a few minutes. They spend most of the night dancing with each other. Lelouch introduces Carolina to his little sister, Nunnally. The little girl seems very attached to her big brother.

December 5, 2005

Of course Carolina is invited to Lelouch's birthday party. For the first time in her life Carolina gets a taste of what it really means to be with a member of the royal family. Sure her cousins are royals, but their mother holds them back. Carolina is amazed at the amount of people at the prince's party. Much to her chagrin he spends most of the night being dragged around by his mother being introduced to silly nobles. Carolina's father does that to her sometimes. Lelouch manages to get away a few times, but he usually dances with his sister, Euphemia, on those occasions. Lelouch does come over to dance with Carolina once. Then his mother takes him back to meet with nobles. Carolina notices that Lelouch dances with two other girls, a blonde and a red head. However before the night is done, Carolina manages to get a few more dances with Lelouch.

February 26, 2016 ATB

Castor and Pollux are excited. For the first time since leaving Japan in December, they are going to have a play date. According to Lelouch the kids they are going to meet are important, however, Lelouch won't tell them if they are boys or girls. Not that it matters to the twins. They just want kids to play with. They figure that their guests are probably girls since Nunnally and Evelyn dress them up. Now they are waiting alone with Lelouch in the living room which is another sign that their guests are probably girls. One of their servants steps into the room and signals for them to stand.

"Now introducing Lady Carolina Sforza, Duchess of Alberta and Ladies Emily and Miranda Sforza."

The twins stand to their feet, and Lelouch quickly wipes the crumbs from their faces and clothes. Carolina and Lelouch step forward and greet each other. Both sets of twins stand there in amazement. Castor's favorite color is red, like Kallen's hair, so he is immediately attracted to the little girl wearing the red dress. Pollux favorite color is blue since it is Milly's favorite color so he is attracted to the little girl in a blue dress. Caroline winks at Lelouch when she sees this. They came up with the idea of dressing the girls in dresses that matched the boy's favorite colors. Not to mention that they also dressed the boys in the girl's favorite colors.

Pollux being the more forward one, a product of him hanging out with Milly, decides to speak first.

"Hi my name is Pollstor. This is my brother Casux."

Lelouch shakes his head. He decides to correct his brother. "This is Pollux, and this is Castor."

Carolina also decides to avoid confusion, "This is Miranda, and this is Emily."

"Why don't we go out to the garden?"

Carolina nods and she reaches out to take her cousins hands, but they go over to Castor and Pollux who take their hands and lead the girls out. Lelouch smiles and takes Carolina by the hand and leads her outside. Once out in the garden both sets of twins are a little more relaxed. Lelouch has to help the boys take some of their clothes off that way they can play in comfort.

"Looks like that worked."

Lelouch laughs, "I guess it did. So how long are you here for?"

Carolina thanks the servants as they bring out some tea.

"I'll be here for a few weeks until the girls get acclimated. I think they should be comfortable with your sisters," Carolina looks around in particular at some bushes, "By the way where are your sisters."

Lelouch smiles, "Euphemia is in Japan. Nunnally is probably with Alice doing some knightmare simulation. Evelyn is with her tutor."

Carolina nods, "And your wives."

"Kallen is probably working on her own knightmare simulations. Milly is wedding planning."

"I see."

"Let's not talk about them."

Carolina smiles and touches Lelouch's hand, "What should we talk about?"

Lelouch nervously looks around, "We should probably keep on eye on the kids."

Carolina waves that thought away, "Don't worry about it. The girls are perfect angels."

Lelouch shakes his head, "But the boys are not."

Almost on cue Castor and Pollux come running covered in dirt. Miranda and Emily come out slowly behind them. They aren't quite covered in dirt, but it isn't from lack of effort. Carolina is absolutely appalled.

"Girls, what has come over you?"

Miranda and Emily stand there with their hands lowered.

Lelouch grins, "Don't worry about it. We are prepared for anything here at Saigon Palace."

Lelouch signals for the girls to follow him. Castor and Pollux already know the routine. Lelouch leads them all towards a little room prepared for just such an occasion. Servants come to help clean up the kids. Castor and Pollux are disappointed because Lelouch isn't bathing with them. Also because the girls are bathing in a different room. Outside Carolina picks up one the twins' play swords and turns to face Lelouch.

"En garde, your highness."

Lelouch laughs and picks up his own toy sword.

"You never did beat me."

Carolina grunts and adjusts her dress.

"Well then, shall we?"

Carolina and Lelouch engage in a little fencing duel. The twins come out to see them. The girls cheer on Carolina while the boys cheer on Lelouch. Lelouch manages to get the upper hand by tripping Carolina. Both set of twins jump in to help her. Lelouch manages to fend them all off. He is even able to fend Evelyn and Jinta when they come. He is not so lucky when Nunnally arrives. Castor pulls Emily back.

"Watch Nunnallys is going to fight big brother Lulu."

Miranda pulls Pollux back which is a little difficult because he wants to keep going at it. Alone Nunnally is no match for Lelouch, yet as she likes to say, but with Carolina's help they manage to pin him down.

Nunnally isn't surprised to see Carolina and her little cousins there since she suggested their visit after a talk with Isabelle. She begins to laugh.

"Remember when the two of you used to fence."

Evelyn, Jinta, and the twins sit down to hear Nunnally tell a story.

August 3, 2010 ATB

After Lelouch informs the emperor of his intent to join the military, he begins to train. Nothing to strenuous, he is only ten after all. He begins to run and does some exercise with Cornelia and Guildford. Everyone thinks that Lelouch is just trying to ready himself for the future. For some reason Lelouch begins to take fencing lesson, however none of his available fencing partners is adequate. Euphemia and Nunnally are not strong enough, and Nunnally is a little too aggressive for a little girl. Marianne and Cornelia don't take it seriously. Clovis is most likely unable to defeat an armless man in a sparing session. Lelouch's other brothers such as Edward and Theseus are too busy with other things. If Milly was here, she would at least humor Lelouch. He wonders if that Kallen girl knows how to fence. So there is only one possible sparing partner for Lelouch.

Being a noble from an old noble family, Carolina is trained in all the usual noble things such as horse riding, ballroom dancing, and fencing. When she is invited to be Lelouch's fencing partner, she accepts. At first she is more of a teacher, but she is patient much in the same manner that he is patient with her whenever he teachers her a new strategy game. Now several months later Lelouch routinely and soundly beats Carolina.

"En garde, your highness."

They begin their match. Isabelle cheers on Carolina.

"Come on Edward, you're a boy. You have to cheer Lelouch on."

Edward cringes each time the swords clash.

"Isn't it a little dangerous?"

Euphemia agrees with him. Nunnally as always cheers her brother on.

"Cut her head off, big brother."

Euphemia tries to calm Nunnally down. Lelouch defeats Carolina once more. After their match the two of them sneak off before anyone can see where they are going. They hide in one of Lelouch's hiding spots.

"So you guys are going to Japan."

"Yes, we leave in a few days."

"Are you coming back?" Carolina asks this because she knows that Milly is living there with her grandparents now.

"Probably it depends on what mother wants us to do. The Ashfords are living there now, and Clovis has been named Viceroy of Area 11."

"Well keep in touch okay," Carolina leans in to give Lelouch his victory kiss, "We should probably go with the others."

Lelouch nods in agreement. After that day Carolina does not see Lelouch for several years. They keep in touch. Every year Lelouch makes sure to send Carolina two gifts for her birthday, February 14.


Lelouch, Luciano, and Gino (a little Nonette)

February 10, 2013

Gino notices that Lelouch is working on some sort of card.

"Hey Lelouch who is that for."

Lelouch quickly put his letter away.

"Nothing Gino. Just working on some extra credit."

Gino smirks, "Whatever, come on we have get ready for our next battle."

Later that day Gino tries to look for Lelouch's letter but finds nothing. A few days later Lelouch gets several Valentine's Day cards. Gino looks them over. There are the usual ones from his sisters, Milly, Shirley, Kallen, and one from Carolina Sforza. Gino is sure he has heard that name before.

May 21, 2014

Lelouch's graduation from West Point is in a few days, but tonight Luciano is taking him out. Lelouch supposes that no one will say anything about a Knight of the Round taking a prince out to drink even if both them are underage. In Lelouch's case a lot underage. Luciano takes Lelouch to a small auditorium on the edge of the city. It is mostly used for local dances. Lelouch wonders if some kind of hazing is about to take place. He also wonders if Gino is coming.

"Is Gino coming?"

Luciano scoffs at the comment.

"That guy isn't what we need for this."

Luciano leads Lelouch onto a platform. Standing before there are several dozen soldiers. Lelouch recognizes some of them as being current or former members of the Black Knights. Luciano steps forward.

"Everyone is here for a reason. We have all come to an agreement. We have decided that there is only one person worth serving."

Those in the crowd all stand at attention.

"All hail Lelouch. All hail Lelouch."

Lelouch is stunned at first, but then he smiles. Luciano is correct in that Gino is not needed for this. Lelouch wonders if his supposed best friend would think of this. Throughout their time at West Point, Gino seems too perfect, too helpful. Lelouch must uncover the truth behind him. Lelouch reaches up and removes a contact from his left eye and steps forward.

"You will serve me and me alone. You will be my Black Knights. We will destroy this world and together create a new one in our image."

"ALL HAIL LELOUCH! ALL HAIL LELOUCH! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!"

May 26, 2016

With the girls providing a perfect distraction for his mother and vice versa, Lelouch is at the airport picking up his and Cornelia's Knight of the Round along with their new knightmares. Lelouch is going to have to give his science team a vacation after all they have accomplished. Lelouch sees his oldest non-female, non-family member friends walking towards him. Luciano appears quite satisfied. Lelouch wonders if the violence loving knight became a member of the mile high club. Gino doesn't appear too happy about being here under Lelouch's command. Behind them Aphrodite is walking a little unsure about herself. Lelouch decides to approach her first.

"Ah Lady Venitus, a pleasure to meet you once again. Your radiant beauty is almost too much to bear."

Aphrodite giggles as Lelouch takes her hand and kisses it.

"There will be no funny business, Lulu," Nonette says as she pushes Aphrodite away, "What would your wives think?"

Lelouch smirks, "They would probably think that there is finally someone else here to handle my insatiable appetite. Now my sisters would probably want to fight her."

Aphrodite blushes. Lelouch turns to face the final Knight of the Round.

"Lord Doedilus, I hope that these maniacs were not too bothersome," Lelouch points towards Luciano and Nonette.

Amadeus laughs, "Not at all your highness. The flight was interesting to say the least."

Luciano decides to get down to business.

"Your highness, there is a question I have been meaning to ask since we landed," Lelouch looks at Luciano in anticipation, "Are there any women available in your area? Someone like you must know who likes to play and who doesn't," Luciano glances towards Gino.

Lelouch maneuvers himself around so that all five Knights of the Round are in front of him.

"Finally someone with some common sense," Lelouch manages not to completely glare at Gino, "There are a few lonely noblewomen who wouldn't mind someone new in their bed, but why look around when perfection is standing beside you," Lelouch moves towards Aphrodite and brushes her cheek as he says this. The Knight of Ten blushes even more than before. Lelouch continues, "Very well then, shall we? There is still much to do."

They follow Lelouch to their transport. Once inside Luciano decides to get really serious.

"And our knightmares."

"On their way to the training location."

"The new ones."

Lelouch nods, "Of course. The old ones have been returned to Cecile for upgrades. They will be given to unit commanders."

Nonette asks, "Are we going to get to test them first?"

"Of course," Lelouch smiles that predatory smile of his, "New Years will seem like last century's news when the new knightmares are revealed."


Aphrodite and the Pellinore are fighting several Ios. Gino and the Tristan are preparing because they are next. Nonette and Amadeus are watching the battle from below. Leaving Lelouch and Luciano to speak.

"Weinberg is a fool."

Lelouch nods, "Yes but a useful fool at the moment. Both for the emperor and myself."

"To that man we are all just disposable pawns."

Of course to Lelouch everyone is a pawn as well. Luciano understands this, but he understands the situation. The current emperor is wasting Britannia's resources on petty wars. Luciano isn't a big fan of peace. War and violence are almost like air and food to him, but there are ways to go about things. At the current rate Britannia will not be able to stand much longer. Already its resources are stretched thin. If not for Schniezel and Lelouch's planning, Britannia will not last for much longer. So what if the world eventually falls to Britannia's might, it will not take much to push Britannia to its extinction.

Luciano is not some idealist who believes that the world will unite against Britannia and once it is defeated peace will reign. No, Luciano is a realist. Like the others he has made his choice. Like Bismarck, like Merlin, like Thorin, etc, Luciano has chosen a member of the royal family to follow, and it is the one who hates losing the most. It isn't that Lelouch can't lose. It's that he doesn't know how to lose. Luciano saw it many times at West Point whether it was chess, poker, or even chutes and ladders. No matter the odds Lelouch always won not just because he was the best but because he knows no other way. Lelouch just doesn't know how to lose.

"Hey Luci,"

…. (silence mixed with giggling)

"Ano."

Luciano turns to source of the giggling and sees the twins sitting there.

"Castor, Pollux, what are you doing here?"

"Mom took away our girls.

"Ya she took away our girls."

Luciano looks confused, "Your girls. How many do you have?"

"Two."

"Ya two."

"I see."

The twins look down at the arena floor.

"Who's that?"

"Ya she's hot."

"Maybe we gets to keep her."

Aphrodite sees them looking and waves. For some reason Luciano waves back.

"Hey Luci is that your girlfriend."

"Ya Ano is that your girlfriend."

Before Luciano can say anything, Nonette walks into the room.

"Looks its Nonit."

"Ya Noni."

Nonette is surprised to see the twins here in Area 10.

"Boys, what are you doing here?"

Lelouch answers for them, "They live here, Nonette. In fact they've been with me for over a year."

"Yes I know but," Nonette pauses because she is not sure if Lelouch knows the details of the attack on Aries Palace. She has been instructed not to tell anyone about it.

Lelouch looks in her direction, "Yes but what."

"Never mind."

Luciano forgot all about Lelouch while talking to the twins. Luciano hopes that Lelouch didn't see him waving at Aphrodite because that would be quite embarrassing. Lelouch slightly smirks.

"Aphrodite did well, didn't she?"

Neither Luciano nor Nonette answer.

"Big brother Lulu, that girl's hot."

"Ya hot, can we keeps her?"

"Not right now guys. She belongs to the Q.O.G., but maybe later."

Nonette and Luciano wonder what Lelouch means by that.

"Come one guys. It's time to go."

"Oh we didn't even get to play with Bino."

"Ya what about Mino."

"You will get to see him later when they all come to the palace."

"I thought that Mino isn't allowed to go to the palace."

Lelouch grins, "We will have to change the rules just this one time. Come on let's go."

With that the three princes exit the training facility. Nonette wonders why Gino is not allowed to visit Saigon Palace. From down below Gino watches them talking. He is able to see Lelouch and the twins leave. That day Gino almost breaks his knightmare due to his aggressive attacks. He is caught off guard several times. He is severely reprimanded by Nonette who threatens to send him home if it happens again.

That night after all the excitement and preparation for the twins' party, Lelouch continues his planning. He looks down at his information on the Knights of the Round. Nonette, Gino, and Luciano he knows very well. Amadeus is just filler. He was probably chosen for his loyalty and past service. Aphrodite is the intriguing one. Not just because of her looks or skill but also her past. Despite being from a minor noble family, her past is a little tainted because of her mother's propensity to sleep around and marry. Aphrodite's mother has been married at least a dozen times. Those are just what one would call the legal marriages. There are probably a dozen others voided by court ruling. Still they live a comfortable life. Now that Aphrodite is a Knight of the Round, her past is a thing of the past. If not for the trouble Lelouch figures it will cause, he wouldn't mind having Aphrodite.

Aphrodite Venitus
Born: July 3, 1997 ATB
Hair color: pink
Eye color: hazel
Comments: Despite her calm demeanor she is one of the toughest in a knightmare. Her family situation is most likely the reason why she does not rank higher. If given the opportunity, she can probably defeat many of the Knights ranked above her. The best way to describe her is a body like Milly, knightmare skills like Kallen, aggressiveness like Nunnally, naiveté like Euphemia, intelligence like Nina, noble like Carolina, kindness like Lucretia and hair like Anya.

Lelouch continues working late into the night. Since tomorrow will be all about the twins, he can rest a little. Lelouch begins to ponder about his relationships. Over the years he has established many. Some are obvious and normal. Others are twisted and unusual. A few are a little of everything. Most notably his relationship with Anya is like this.


Author's note: There is a Shirley poll on my profile. I guess more people care about Shirley than Clovis because more people voted on that poll than the Clovis one from before. It's kind of funny because I haven't even mentioned te poll and people have been voting for it. Edward is winning. I will probably close the poll in a few days and either put another one up or put the Clovis one up since we are nearing the point where Clovis's life is in danger.

Converters is Castor and Pollux's cartoon about robots that transform into everyday vehicles. The main humans in it are Lulu and Nunners Lamperouge. Vampiro is their version of Starscream and is based on Luciano. Their version of Optimus Prime is based on Bismarck. Their Megatron is based on Schniezel.

Lelouch met Carolina several months before he met Milly or Kallen. Now it is possible that Milly has met Carolina before since they are both nobles from families that do noble stuff unlike Kallen's family. Carolina attends Milly's wedding, but is not introduced to Kallen until a few weeks later because Kallen is busy with other things. Lelouch is really good at hiding that might come up later. How else do you think that he and Nunnally hid for all those years? According to a sound episode they didn't move in with the Ashfords until Lelouch was in middle school which probably was a year after the invasion.

Miranda and Emily are also twins. Their birthday is June 3, 2012. Exactly one week after Castor and Pollux. It is heavily hinted that as children Lelouch/Euphemia and Schniezel/Cornelia "liked" each other. Luciano is not geassed. Like Anya, he just a loyal follower of Lelouch. When you consider Gino basically turning on Lelouch this becomes important as the story continues.

Someone asked about Milly or Nunnally getting a geass. I shudder at the thought of Milly getting a geass, but it actually makes sense in this story since Milly is mellower, less evil maniac. I think Nunnally would be against gaining a geass. To her it's okay if the others gain a geass but it kind of goes against her basic principles. Nunnally is kind of this story's Suzaku. Someone who will go to great lengths to accomplish the goal of someone she loves (Lelouch). It's also kind of her goal as well. Although her principles are slightly different than Suzaku's. Like Lelouch, her principles will be shaped by her parents actions. She also notices that geass is taking its toll on Lelouch and Kallen. So that might be the deciding factor.

This is an addendum to the little history lesson at the end of the letters chapter. Even though there was not a massive colonization of Africa and Asia, parts were still colonized by certain EU members. Places like Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, and Indonesia were under the control of certain European powers at the time the EU was formed so they stayed colonies for a while. Even democracies have colonies. Also since there is no British Empire to colonize certain parts of west and eastern Africa, France dominates the continent and the EU.