I was deep in thought as I went to my chess team meeting. I wasn't able to talk to Jun all day, and I really wanted too. But I did notice that Cassandra did seem really comfortable with my Japanese friend.
"That's not strange at all, I guess. When we first met, she made me wear a dress."
I tried to make a firm decision about joining Lelouch. I don't really like fighting, not in any form. I don't want to cause trouble. But a certain prophecy stated otherwise. I was greeted by the other club members when I arrived and saw someone new.
"Who's this?", I asked.
"This is Amanda Travers. She said she wants to join the club", one of the members said.
"I prefer to be called Sidra Ambrose. Nice to meet you Alex." She extended a hand to me. She had wavy, black hair, brown skin, and dark eyes.
"Um, okay. . ." I don't think I've ever met someone who wanted to change their full name. Especially to something so strange. "Why did you decide to join?"
"I need to have an extra cirricular activity. So I chose chess."
"Okay. And you're sure you want to join chess?", I asked.
"Well, I wanted to start a club of my own. But the Student Council wouldn't let me make a 'Truth Seekers Unite' club."
We sat down and started a game. "Truth seekers unite?"
"I wanted to gather those who believed in the same conspiracies I do."
Great. Another wackjob. Why do I suddenly attract all the weirdness in the world?
"I've always thought the government was hiding a few things from us", she said.
"Like what?"
"That we don't know everything about Geass. And that all the Zeroes have actually been either clones or robots. But there's one I'm really interested in", she said, taking one of my pawns.
"And what's that?" What's she gonna say? Britannia's putting mind control chips in the pizza?
"That the late Emperor Lelouch is alive."
Ah shit! Sorry, went a little crazy there. I'm just getting really annoyed that everything happening to me was related to Lelouch.
"Y-you think he's alive?"
"Of course. I don't think someone as intelligent as Lelouch would die from something like being stabbed."
"Do you hear what you're saying? It's been a long time since it happened. What do you suppose he's been doing all this time?", I asked.
"My friends and I have many theories. Why don't you come check it out?"
"What?"
"Come meet with me and my friends. I think you'll be interested."
"Actually-"
"I'm not taking 'no' for an answer", she said.
Suddenly she grabbed my wrist and started walking towards the door. "Don't wait up!", she called back to the other club members.
She dragged me to some really old wing. I think it had some of the discontinued clubs. She took me deeper and deeper, where the dust piled up like it was always there. Sidra, or Amanda, or whatever, opened a door and led me in.
It was dim, lit only by two lamps on opposite sides of the room. Four others sat on the floor in a circle. Please don't tell me I just joined a cult!
"You guys, this is Alex. Alex, that's Astra, Sirius, and Vesper", Sidra said.
Astra looked sort of ghostly, with platinum blonde hair and grey eyes. Sirius had black hair with a white streak in it, and dark eyes. Vesper hair long brown hair and green eyes. Sidra and I sat down in the circle.
"Today we're going to ask the Gods of Geass, where Lelouch vi Britannia is", Astra said in an airy voice.
What did I get myself into?
"Hold on. How do you plan on doing that?", I asked.
"Sirius knows many incantations. He can find anyone. Even if they're dead", Vesper said.
Is there a gas leak in here?
"I call upon the keepers of the world's collective concious", Sirius said in an ominous voice. "Show him to us, your greatest emissary. Show us Lelouch vi Britannia!"
After that it was silent. Slowly, Sirius turned towards me. "Lelouch is here."
"Here? In the school?", Sidra asked.
"No. Here. In this room."
Sirius stared straight at me. Time to leave.
"I think I'll be going now", I said, standing up.
"You can't leave just yet", Astra sighed. "Your spirit has some sort of conncection to vi Brittania. You must lead us to him."
"Well I can't. My parents are real strict about me leading spiritual cults. Besides, I've got homework-"
"You can leave now if you want", Sirius said, grabbing my wrist tightly. "But we will find you."
"Riiiight." I released my arm and left. First stop, the library. I really needed to talk to Lelouch.
- - -
"You certaintly are a magnet for trouble aren't you?", C.C. teased.
"Your friend gets posessed by a ghost, and you're recruited by some conspirators", Lelouch recounted.
"This stuff only happened when I met you!", I yelled in irritation.
"Because of me?", he said innocently.
"About my friend being posessed, Rolo told me a few things."
"Like what?"
"Like having a bunch of friends killed."
"It wasn't a bunch. I avoided as many innocent deaths as I could", Lelouch said.
"What about that girl? Rolo said he killed her because he was trying to protect you. Was there no other way?", I asked.
"Shirley. . ." Lelouch said her name and trailed off. "Because he was trying to protect me, huh? That was probably the reason he gave himself. Rolo was very posessive."
"In more ways than one", I muttered, remembering his control over Casper.
"He wanted me all to himself. That girl was going to end his world, so to speak."
"Geass caused you a lot of trouble, huh?"
"It did. But I don't regret it", Lelouch said, glancing at C.C.
"I guess it depends on the situation", I said to myself.
C.C. walked up to me. "If you understand, then it's time."
"Time for what?"
"To bestow geass on you."
"What? Why?" More like, 'Why did I not see this coming?'.
"To control Geass is your destiny", Lelouch said.
"I don't think so."
Lelouch looked genuinely surprised. "What?"
"I'm not getting a geass", I said definitely. Though, I'm not sure it sounded that way.
"Alex, you must. By acquiring geass, you'll have the power to fend off those who could harm you."
"Geass is nothing but trouble. I just want a normal life. I can't do that with some strange power."
"You're not normal. And you're never gonna be normal. You should just accept this."
"I might not be normal! But I can at least try. If I get a geass, then I'll never have a regular life."
"If you don't accept your destiny, the past will repeat itself. A world war could begin!"
"You don't know that for sure! Even if a war does begin, at least I won't be involved!"
"You could prevent it! Innocent people could die because of you!"
"Innocent people will die even if I accept this! You tried your best to avoid that, and you couldn't. You're a genius! If you can't keep bystanders alive, how can I?!"
"You're making a mistake!"
"I don't care!" I walked towards the door, but turned around. "From now on, don't come near me. I'm done with this!"
- - -
"'You're not normal. And you're never gonna be normal'? What were you thinking telling him that?", C.C. asked. Her voice conveyed that she was worried.
"It's the truth. He needed to hear it", Lelouch said.
"You needed the truth. But I don't recall that I was so harsh on you."
"That doesn't matter. What matters is, predicting what happens next."
"Didn't I tell you? The Code doesn't give you clairvoyance", C.C. said with a grin.
"Somehow, we must know where the past will start again", Lelouch thought out loud.
"Maybe when you were caught in Shinjuku, or maybe when I showed up making cranes with Nunnally", C.C. mused.
"It's getting late. What do you want to eat?", Lelouch asked.
C.C. was about to answer when she remembered the fight between Lelouch and Alex. Lelouch was an important person to her, and for reasons not known yet, so was Alex. For once, pizza wasn't the first thing on her mind.
"I'm not hungry."
"What?"
"I'm just going to sleep now."
- - - - - - -
Up next: As the prophecy foretold, history will replay, but from where? Is everything what it seems to be?
- - -Casper Omake!- - -
5 years ago. . .
Casper had celebrated his 9th birthday a few weeks ago. However, he hadn't recieved a gift he really wanted, a friend. There were a lot of kids he played with at school, but no one was his friend. They all stopped trying to be nice when he told them about the voices he heard.
'Look at the world today.'
'That's the man who killed me.'
'I feel so alone.'
"What?", Casper looked around when he heard that voice. He was sitting alone in his backyard.
"You're alone too?", he called out.
'You can hear me?'
"Yes. You said you're alone?", Casper asked.
'I am. I haven't really talked to anyone in a while.'
"I'm alone too. I don't have any friends."
'Then, you and I are the same.'
"Yeah. Will you be my friend?", the young boy asked innocently.
'Of course.'
"Casper! It's time for lunch!", a maid called.
"Coming! I have to go now."
'I'll come with you.'
"Always?"
'Always.'
Casper felt a slight chill, and then something strange, like a connection. Somehow, he knew he would feel this connection for a long time.