Where am I? Is that. . .Jun? He was looking at me strangely. I couldn't recognize his expression. His right eye glowed a reddish color. It seemed so familiar for some reason.

'Alex, you and I, we're the same.'

Huh? I could understand what he meant. I couldn't open my mouth either.

'That's why. . .that's why-'

Before Jun could finish, I felt a strange pull. I was falling. Then, I was floating in mid-air. Visions were flashing before me. There were people I didn't know, but they looked familiar. They were wearing Ashford uniforms.

But then there was someone in particular. They wore the middle school girl's uniform. When I saw this girl, I felt my heart throb. Her smile was bright. Who was she?

"Agh!"

A scream woke me up. I realized it was my roommate. I walked over to his bed, where he was gasping and sweating.

"Casper, are you okay?"

"I just had a nightmare."

"Do you wanna talk about it?", I asked.

"I was, I was killing people."

"Killing people?"

"Yeah. What?. . .It was?. . .Oh I see. . .It's alright Rolo. . .No really it is."

"What's going on?", I asked.

"My dream, it was a few of Rolo's memories. Don't worry."

"Don't worry? Casper you just said you were killing people-"

"It's fine. Rolo explained everything. Go back to sleep."

"Oh, okay then. You're sure?"

Casper nodded. I went to my bed and tried not to have that strange dream again.

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The next morning I woke up feeling refreshed for once. It was a normal morning. While getting dressed for classes, I went through the abnormalities of my life. 1) I had a friend who could talk to ghosts, 2) I was the 'reincarnation' of the 99th emperor, and 3) that emperor was still alive.

The fact I had one abnormality was astounding. Usually people lead monotonous lives, and nothing extraordinary happens (not including the years of the Black Rebellions). I knew some people had exciting lives, but why did it have to be mine?

I was perfectly happy living a normal life. Sometimes I wondered if humanity was just a bunch of toys to a higher being. Then I forgot those thoughts because it made me question what I was eating.

Casper was still alseep. He really did look peaceful, despite having a bunch of voices in his head. I went to class and something unexpected happened. Jun wasn't there at all. I don't know why I didn't expect that, considering yesterday.

After school I decided now would be as good a time as any to visit Lelouch. Maybe I could even get a few facts for my biography.

I got a bus immediately after my last class. I stayed on until it stopped near the cemetery. I was a little surprised to see people there. It was more like a tourist attraction, than a burial ground.

It was a little hard trying to find that old unfilled grave. I thought I was in the right place, but this grave was filled and marked. At that moment, my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller ID.

"Lulu? Who's Lulu?"

I answered it anyway. Needless to say, I was surprised to hear the voice on the other end.

"We've changed locations. I'll text where you should meet us", Lelouch said.

"Um, okay?"

A few seconds later, I was told to go to the library at Ashford. That was odd. If this was some sort of book or movie, I'd be suspicious that someone wanted kill me. As I got off the bus and walked toward the school's library.

I remembered that those teleporters brought Casper and I back here. Well not really, it was some sort of room that was under the library. I didn't know where to go exactly, so I wandered the shelves.

"It's about time you got here", C.C. said from next to me.

I might've been more surprised if I hadn't seen her a few days ago. She led me to a hidden elevator and we descended to a familiar place. This was where Casper and I appeared. But it looked more alive.

What seemed like a wall before, was now a bright screen. There was a table with chairs as well. It was like a surveillance room. Lelouch sat there with a laptop. He looked totally natural right there.

In fact, I got sort of a nostalgic feeling watching him.

"Come and sit Alex. We have things to discuss."

I sat down across from him, the glow of the laptop in front of him and the screen from the side gave Lelouch an eerie look. I think I saw this scene in a movie once. The dude sitting where I am was killed.

I guess it's too late to be having these thoughts huh? The scene turned less homicidal, but akward in my opinion, when C.C. sat down in Lelouch's lap. She rested her head on his shoulder, then closed her eyes.

She looked like she was sleeping. Lelouch didn't seem a bit bothered. This reminded me of my question I had a while back.

"Hey Lelouch?", I said quietly, trying not to wake C.C.. I felt a little uncomfortable asking this in her presence.

"What is it?"

"What's your relationship with C.C.?"

For some reason, he chuckled before answering.

"C.C. and I are accomplices. We have a contract with each other. It's a unique type of friendship. All the years we've been together, we're extremely close."

That wasn't exactly the answer I was looking for. After hearing that I didn't feel any hesitation in my response.

"Your sex life is nonexistent, isn't it?" I thought I saw a smirk on C.C.'s face, but it was too dark to tell.

"I don't see how that's any of your business", Lelouch said.

"Whatever. What did you want to talk about?"

"Your future."

"My future?"

"Yes."

Give me a better answer already. I knew Lelouch vi Britannia was supposed to be some sort of enigma, but you'd think after being in hiding he'd drop it.

"Okay, me future. Let's hear it."

I'm pretty sure I could handle whatever he was about to tell me. Of course you should know by now I'm prone to excessive blackouts. Maybe whatever Lelouch said would give me some clue about Jun.

There's a plot device that's like that, but I can't seem to remember it. Hmm, no wonder I got a C in English.

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Up next: What's Alex's future? What's going on with Jun? Who did he meet at the cemetery?