Razamataz22 here, bringing you the second chapter of "Discovered." As a fun fact to know, I also wrote the first chapter.

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The rooftop garden, despite being in the middle of production, would likely never receive greater company than those standing on it now. Four of the crowned royalty of the empire stood unwavering as a gentle breeze floated through their hair. Nunnally wasn't able to see what was happening from her wheelchair but the silence followed by the comforting hold of Euphie told her everything she needed to know. Lelouch and Cornelia stood among the unplanted flowers and unplaced pavers. All entrances to the garden had been sealed off and Britannian soldiers stood along the base of the building as the students stared upwards in the hope that they may see something.

"Cornelia," said Lelouch informally addressing the second princess.

"Lelouch," replied Cornelia, doing her best to hide the emotion of seeing her brother again.

"Sister," said Euphie only to receive no response from the proclaimed 'Goddess of Victory.' Euphie quickly turned her attention to Lelouch in an attempt to have a better chance of breaking the tension that hung in the air. "Lelouch, after this do you want to go out to dinner with me?"

That did it as Lelouch turned to her in shock as she and Nunnally began to giggle uncontrollably, a smile even managed to grace itself across Cornelia's lips. He quickly managed to realise that the comment was a tension breaker and allowed himself to relax a little. "Sister, I would be glad to go to dinner with you but I am afraid I do not have the money to afford such a delicacy as you would be used to," he replied, causing Euphemia to gasp in shock at his response.

"Stop teasing her Lelouch," said Cornelia as her eyes focused on her younger brother. "Why is it that only after seven years after the war ended that we only now just realise you are alive?"

"Because we didn't want to be found," replied Lelouch with coldness in his voice. "Despite the emperor knowing that he had just sent us here as diplomatic pawns he still attacked the country not caring if we survived or not."

Cornelia quickly picked up the fact that Lelouch had referred to their father as the 'emperor' and the distaste in his voice clearly showed long suffered hatred. "Yet you still mingle with Britannian civilians every day," she said indicating the students that looked on from the ground.

"Unlike those back home, these students do not have blood on their hands," said Lelouch. "They come from Britannia only hearing of the successful takeover of countries to help build the empire but they know little about the sacrifices made on the battlefield. Very rarely is it that Britannia loses a battle, you yourself should know this more than anyone, but to have wallowed through the death and suffering afterwards is something different altogether."

Cornelia took this in, quickly realising that he was giving her the watered-down version as to not corrupt Nunnally and Euphie as it were. She knew of the suffering that she brought down upon those with both her Knightmare and the resultant falling from grace for the countries. Disease was created from the countless bodies that needed to be buried and the hurtful look in a child's eyes when they wept for their fallen parents, she knew all too well of this but always looked at it from a conquerors perspective. Now however as she begun to realise that even those she loved had gone through the same form as suffering as those considered inferior, it left a sour taste in her mouth.

"Lelouch, I don't know what you and Nunnally suffered here in area eleven, but remember that I am your sister and only want what's best for you," said Cornelia trying to establish some sort of family connection with her brother.

"Be that as it may, word is probably already over the area by now, within hours the whole world will know that we still exist," said Lelouch. "That in itself means that we are now the targets of both politics and rebel gangs, for those who revolt to know that royalty had been sitting within their grasp all this time will almost force them out into the open."

"You believe the Black Knights will come after you?" asked Cornelia knowing of the hazard that the Black Knights presented, having fought against them on several occasions.

"If one trusts what Zero says, he is the defender of the weak," said Lelouch indicating towards where Nunnally and Euphie were. "If he is a man of his work than we can safely say that Nunnally and to an extent Euphie are safe as they pose no threat compared to the likes of you. As for myself, I am an unknown factor at this point and thus they may want to be rid of me before I have the opportunity to cause unrest."

"You're not that kind of person Lelouch," said Euphemia genuinely from the sidelines.

"That doesn't mean that they know that," said Lelouch keeping his eyes on Cornelia who sighed realising that by doing what she believed right in her heart she may have ended up endangering them even further.

"Can you show me your dorm Lelouch, I wish to see where you lived," said Cornelia wanting to talk to Lelouch in private. The former prince nodded in understanding as the two made their way towards the door.

"What about us?" asked Euphie standing up while keeping her hand inside the comforting grip of Nunnally's palm.

"You don't think after seven years there aren't some things you wish to talk about?" said Lelouch cryptically as he opened the door, allowing him and Cornelia to step out of the sunlight and indoors. For the longest of whiles the two didn't make a sound to one another, their footsteps echoing through the stairwell. Lelouch contemplated using his Geass in an attempt to figure out everything that Cornelia knew about his mother's death however with the things proceeding as they were he would very likely learn that in time. As such, he opted to let things continue as they were without the use of his ocular power and save the use of it for another time and need. As they descended to the floor, they could hear the sounds of the excited crowd. While Lelouch didn't particularly want to walk past the people who had accepted him as simply the Student Vice President, he knew that being mobbed would be appropriate payback to his sister.

"We live on the other side of the compound," he informed her as he gripped the handles of the door before pushing them open. The soldiers stood little chance as students rushed forward as Lelouch smiled while Cornelia looked on in fear.

Kallen stood awkwardly from the sidelines as her fellow students rushed the princess. She knew she had the perfect opportunity to assassinate the princess but somehow she just couldn't bring herself to do it. She knew that Zero wanted Cornelia alive and in the middle of everything on she knew that she stood little chance of getting out of here in one piece let alone with the princess if she tried anything. Rather however, she couldn't do anything because of the sibling reunion, to see the look of happiness upon the princesses' faces when they met their long lost brother and sister tore at her soul. Memories of her own brother began to swell up within her and she wondered how she would react if given the chance to see him again, the thought forcing small tears into her eyes. As if snapping herself back into reality, she wiped the tears from her eyes and grabbed her phone out of her pocket, knowing that Zero would need to know about this immediately. The phone rang for several minutes but much to her frustration there wasn't an answer. Looking at the device annoyed, she opted to call Ohgi and tell him the information, knowing that that way the message would at least get out to the rest of the Black Knights.

Suzaku stood with his back to one of the pillars, his mind still uneasy about prior wounds being reopened only the previous day. His head tilted upwards to see the doors swing open wide only for Cornelia and Lelouch to be mobbed by a group of students. Part of him wanted to rush forward and help them, but since he knew that no real danger would come to them other than the occasional 'glomp' much like the one Euphie had given Lelouch he opted to sit this one out. If the need arose that he had to act in a way to defend their majesties, he would. Until that moment however he would casually sit on the sidelines.

Milly looked on with sad eyes from the second story room which played house to see Lelouch get attacked by a horde of female admirers and couldn't help but feel slightly upset about the whole charade. For years she and her family had been doing their best to hide Nunnally and Lelouch from the eyes of Britannia but now that they had been discovered she felt torn in two. Part of her wished to be happy that family was reunited, however she also knew of the trouble that this would cause for people she considered family. She tore her sight away from the scene outside and focused on the young woman who shared the room with her. Unlike her usual bright self, the orange haired Shirley seemed rather quiet about the whole thing. Mill believed that she shouldn't intervene with such things as Shirley had discovered a secret that her precious 'Lulu' had been hiding for so long. Little did Milly know that this was not the first secret for Shirley to learn about Lelouch that day, and that she was unsure whether the fact that Lelouch was royalty or the fact wore an infamous mask scared her more.

It took nearly twenty minutes for Cornelia and Lelouch to make it through the crowd of screaming teenagers, both managed to get through with only slight bruising of the skin. "I'm going to have those guards skinned," said Cornelia puffing heavily as she arced out her back, several vertebrae cracking as they did so.

"I don't think there was much that they could do," said Lelouch with his hands on his knees, panting heavily. "At least we didn't have the president try and make some sort of event of all of it."

"Should I be worried about this woman's personality?" asked Cornelia as she regained her composure.

"I'd be on the lookout," warned Lelouch as he managed to regain his breath, briefly checking his phone to see a missed call from Q-1 and quickly figured out what it was about.

"I didn't realise what the consequences of our actions might be," said Cornelia as she begun to spill her feelings now that she wasn't around her two younger sisters. "Just the thought of meeting both you and Nunnally again...it just drove me forward. I wasn't thinking straight."

"Having seen you again sister isn't the bad thing," said Lelouch as he looked the Britannian princess in the eye. "What I need to worry about is how the emperor is going to take this and whether or not Nunnally and I once again become pieces of the chess board for him to use. For all we know he could marry me off to the princess of Australia in an attempt to get the final neutral territory to side alongside him."

Cornelia couldn't help but scowl at the thought. For years Britannia had tried to launch a successful attempt to turn Australia into an area of Britannia but their coastal defence was too strong to be penetrated and for those rare few who made it onto shore they never survived long enough to make an impact. Thoughts began to process through Cornelia's mind however as she thought of the possibility of Lelouch leading an army to Australia, knowing of the strategic mind her brother had. There was always the possibility of Schniezel's Avalon flying over the top but even that had its limits, after all every defence was penetrable if the attackers searched hard enough. Shaking her head, she focused her attention back onto Lelouch. "Leaving that aside, I would like you to show me where you have been living these past years."

"Wait, you mean you weren't just saying that to talk to me privately?" asked Lelouch taking a small step away from Cornelia.

"That may have been one of the reasons, however I wish to see whether or not you have maintained the level of neatness and personal hygiene that was drilled into us as a child," said Cornelia as she began to walk down the corridor. Lelouch swallowed deeply as he followed, praying that two things would go his way. One would be the safe location of the infamous suit of Zero, the other he prayed that CC hadn't returned from where she had taken Mao's body. Lelouch knew that if either one of these two were discovered he would be in a great deal of trouble and he silently prayed to every God he could think of in the hope that at least one would provide with at least some good fortune for the day. It would not be however as the two members of royalty made entered the housing area of both Lelouch and Nunnally, only to find CC wearing the white Straightjacket Lelouch had discovered her in, a piece of pizza in her hand with her teeth clenched around the tip of her meal as she looked at the two of them curiously. Meanwhile, Lelouch only had a single thought running through his head at the predicament.

'Shit!'

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