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I only own my OC, Kistune AKA Sabrina vi Britannia.

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An Unexpected Saviour

Chapter 8: Emperor Schneizel

In Pendragon…

Odysseus, Guinevere, Marrybell, Carine and the rest of the royal family along with the rest of the royal family and nobles were waiting for Emperor Charles to sit on his throne and make an announcement.

Instead of the Emperor, Schneizel el Britannia came forward to sit on the throne much to everyone's shock.

"Greetings, everyone."Schneizel greeted. "I'm Schneizel el Britannia, the former Prime Minister of Britannia. But now the new Emperor of our beloved homeland."

This caused everyone to murmur in shock and disbelief.

"Schneizel?"Odysseus said in surprise. "What's the meaning of this?"

"Where's father?"Guinevere asked.

"My dear siblings, I regret to tell you this."Schneizel said with a fake sorrowful expression. "But our beloved father, Charles zi Britannia is no more. His life had been stripped away by the hands of our siblings, Lelouch and Nunnally vi Britannia."

This caused everyone in the room to become horrified and outraged by Schneizel's reply.

"The children of Lady Marianne killed our Emperor?!"

"It can't be!"

"How is that possible?!"

Schneizel lifted up his hand causing everyone to become silent.

"Everyone. I know most of you are angered and saddened of what has accrued. But I understand how you all feel."Schneizel announced. "Lelouch and Nunnally are my beloved younger siblings. Unfortunately, they have no remorse for the dastardly deed they have committed. They have joined forces with the Black Knights and had declared themselves our enemies. In return, I attend to bring them to justice as the 99th Emperor of Britannia. Accept me as your new emperor and we'll continue making Britannia stronger as my dear father had. Obey me and in return, we shall have peace."

The moment Schneizel ended his speech, someone everyone started clapping and cheering at the new Emperor of Britannia. Except for Odysseus, Guinevere and Carine.

Not far from the throne, Kanon watched the scene in amusement while Cornelia looked down with an unsure look on her face.

However, Marrybell secretly and carefully moved away from the huge crowd with her friend, Oldrin, following in tow.


Meanwhile…

When Lelouch and Sabrina arrived to Ashford Academy, they arrived in front of the school of the area with C.C, Nunnally, Sayoko and Jeremiah.

Anya decided to join them even though she couldn't understand what just happened.

The moment their private military plane landed Jeremiah used his Geass Canceller to free Rivalz, Milly and everyone (except Shirley) from the influence of Emperor Charles' Geass.

The group later went to the place where the OSI was stationed with the Ashford campus.

They had just told them what has been going on for the past year.

Lelouch revealed to them that he was Zero and that he was fighting against Britannia with the help of Geass as well as the reason for fighting.

He, along with Sabrina, told them what had happened during the Black Rebellion and the aftermath with Suzaku leading them to the late Emperor Charles so that he could use his Geass to alter their memories.

In addition, Sabrina had to reveal to Lelouch's three close friends what would've happen if she didn't come to the present.

Milly, Rivalz and Shirley were taking this all in and was shocked about the whole things.

The Emperor made them forget about Nunnally, a small kind girl who loved her brother more than anyone with Suzaku's help.

Milly became deeply hurt.

Everything had changed, happy memories replaced with fake ones.

Milly was forced to believe she never knew about Lelouch and Nunnally's real identities.

She never knew Princess Nunnally.

Instead, she only knew Lelouch's little brother, Rolo.

A twisted heartless assassin from the Geass Order, who worked with Villetta Nu, their so-called PE coach that secretly worked with the O.S.I to keep on eye of them. Mostly, Lelouch.

All of it was just to trick Lelouch into a trap.

"I can't believe this."Milly muttered.

"Aw, man. All this time."Rivalz replied and rubbed the back of his neck. "It's just so unreal…"

"I know this is hard to believe, but all of this is true."Lelouch said. "And consider that you have some of your memories that were altered and messed with, you all still needed to know the truth."

"So Rolo was a replacement for Nunnally set up by your dad?"Rivalz commented.

"And he was going to kill me, if you didn't come and shoot him, Sabrina."Shirley stated uncomfortably.

"You don't have to worry about him anymore, Shirley."Sabrina remarked with a smile. "His gone for good."

Shirley nodded, smiling back at the red haired girl.

"To think Suzaku would sell us out like that…"Milly said sadly.

"Just forgot about him."Sabrina retorted with a hint of annoyance. "That filthy rat never deserved to have your friendship to begin with. He let all of you be used as pawns, just to be a Knight of the Round and spread his corrupted belief. Not to mention, he was so desperate to end his own life after killing his own father to begin with. You're all better off without him."

Nunnally looked down at hearing Sabrina's words, not knowing what to say.

"And Nina?"Milly asked.

"To my surprise, Nina wasn't actually under the influence of Charles' Geass, so she remembered everything and also that Nunnally was my little sister."Lelouch commented. "It's surprising that she didn't bothering asking you all about Nunnally and Rolo as her replacement."

Milly, Rivalz and Shirley were silent at Lelouch's respond.

Nina still remembered everything and didn't bother saying anything about it.

"The philanderer of an Emperor made Lelouch and all his children think they saw how Marianne was gunned down, just so he could sell his lies better."Sabrina thought coldly. "Not that Marianne was any better. I feel like a absolute fool to think all this time that 'the Flash' would've been a loving and caring grandmother like Grandma Mei."

Sabrina suddenly heard a beeping sound on her phone and took it out from her pocket, only to frown and show the others the latest news.

The screen showed Schneizel sitting down on the throne of the Imperial Palace in Pendragon.

He was now the new Emperor of Britannia.

"Greetings."Schneizel declared. "I am Schneizel el Britannia of the royal family and I'm now the 99th Emperor of this realm due to the passing of my dear father. Our glorious emperor, who will give Britannia a peaceful era."

Lelouch frowned. "And so it begins."

Soon after, the group left Ashford Academy to head back to their private military plane and back to the Ikaruga.


In the Ikaruga…

Lelouch, Nunnally, Sabrina, C.C, Sayoko, Jeremiah and Anya met up with Kallen and the rest of the Black Knights.

The moment they saw Xingke, Kaguya and Tianzi, the young red haired girl from the future immediately told them her true identity and everything.

Including what would've happened.

"Oh, my goodness."Tianzi said with a startled expression.

Xingke frowned. "This is most unfortunate."

"Suzaku…he…."Kaguya muttered while gripping her dress tightly, completely angry at her cousin's actions.

"I'm sorry, Kaguya."Sabrina apologised. "This must be very hard for you, but it is fair that you should know what that cousin of yours did and what Schneizel would've done. Not to mention all of this mainly happened because of Ohgi's stupidity."

Xingke glanced at Tohdoh, Chiba, Tamaki, Diethard and Asahina.

"So, the Black Knights would betray Zero over the words of the enemy without telling the UFN and hearing their leader's part of the story?"Xingke questioned.

"Come on!"Tamaki argued. "No need to be mad! It didn't happen!"

"I would've met my death, if it weren't for Sabrina."Asahina declared. "So, I have no part in that."

Kaguya glared down at the floor for a moment.

"Ohgi didn't think with his head because of that OSI agent, but you, Tohdoh?"Kaguya said.

"I still can't believe it either, Lady Kaguya."Tohdoh responded. "We let ourselves be manipulated by Schneizel and this would've been the result. It was foolish of us just go along with that man."

Kaguya looked at Lelouch.

From the horror she felt when Lelouch admitted what happened with Euphemia, to the anger she felt towards her cousin after Sabrina told her of Lelouch being sold to the Emperor by her Suzaku.

"I…I wish I could have fixed everything. You didn't deserve to have to suffer all of that. No one did."Kaguya said in shame. "I am supposed to be your wife and I ended up betraying you too. I'm sorry Lelouch, I truly am."

"It's okay, Kaguya."Lelouch assured. "It's in the past. I'm now opening up and start to share with the people around me. I'm doing it to avoid experiencing the same pain I went through on some of my worst days."

Tianzi brought her attention on Sabrina.

"Sabrina, what will you do now that you stopped the Black Knights from betraying Zero?"Tianzi asked. "Will you go back to the future?"

Sabrina shook her head.

"No. My purpose is here now in the present to prevent the Zero Requiem from ever happening."Sabrina explained. "Emperor Charles and the Geass Order are dealt with, but we still haven't defeated Schneizel. Now that he claimed himself Emperor of Britannia, it is most likely that he will use those monstrous F.L.E.I.J.A's to destroy us and the rest of the world."

"I want to join you guys."Anya declared.

This caused everyone to look at the pink haired girl.

"Are you sure, Anya?"Jeremiah questioned in surprise. "Aren't you the Knight of Six?"

Anya looked at Sabrina.

"My memories are back thanks to you, Sabrina."Anya admitted. "In return, I should at least help you out."

"Thanks."Sabrina thanked. "Now we have to figure when to strike-"

"Hold on, Sabrina."Lelouch instructed. "Before we do that, I have a task for you."

"Which is?"Sabrina questioned, not liking where this going.

"You have the Geass ability to travel back in time, right?"Lelouch said. "Since you have that power, can you travel back on the day when the special zone went wrong?"

C.C, Nunnally, Sayoko, Jeremiah and Anya looked at Lelouch with surprised expressions.

"Lelouch..."Nunnally whispered.

A wave of anger began to rise within Sabrina.

"Pardon?"Sabrina asked in disbelief, feeling somewhat insulted by her future father's proposal.

"If you saved Shirley's life that means you can save Euphie' too."Lelouch suggested.

"And what exactly will make a difference in stopping the SAZ massacre?"Sabrina scowled with her arms folded. "Nothing. Only that the Japanese will be treated as equals within the zone and not out while the rest of the world still suffer by Britannia. Also, Euphemia ends up sleeping with that good for nothing while the world continues its cycle of never ending war and corruption. Britannia will still be terrible like it was when under the rule of our ancestors."

"But Euphie was still very close to me and Lelouch."Nunnally admitted. "All she wanted was to have a gentle world like I did."

This caused Sabrina to be more irritated.

"Is that so? Then ask yourselves this. Does Cornelia really deserve to have her back after all the countless amount of lives she has taken and the horrible way she treated her? And why should I even help her anyway? She did nothing when the two of you were exiled."Sabrina retorted bitterly. "And what difference exactly would Euphemia make? She was nothing more but a doll that the former Emperor wanted to get rid of and was waiting for the right time to take advantage of her stupidity. If she didn't exist, we wouldn't have gotten into this whole mess and things wouldn't have gone horribly wrong. She was useless."

"No one is useless, Sabrina."Lelouch said with a frown. "Not even Euphie."

Sabrina turned her head to glare angrily on her left side.

"I'm not convinced."Sabrina scowled.

"Please, Sabrina."Nunnally begged. "Euphie is really a good person. She is not bad as Schneizel."

Sabrina didn't reply at Nunnally's respond.


Suddenly, everything and everyone around Sabrina froze as a female figure appeared before the young red haired girl.

It was the Caretaker of Spacetime.

"So, what will you do?"the Caretaker of Spacetime asked. "Are you going to accept your future father's wishes?"

Sabrina glanced at the Caretaker of Spacetime.

"Fancy seeing you again."Sabrina said bluntly and glared at the ground. "I don't like what Lelouch is offering me to do. I have no love for Euphemia. Just like I have no love for Schneizel and Cornelia."

"But you told me from the beginning you wanted to build a world, where you and your loved ones are happy."the Caretaker of Spacetime informed. "If you keep holding your hatred for the royal family that is within you, your judgement will be clouded and likely lead you to have a foul end."

Sabrina looked up at the Caretaker of Spacetime as she began to become very emotional.

"Yes, I know."Sabrina responded and gave the collective consciousness of the Universe a weak smile. "I've been taught always to help people even those who don't honestly mean anything to me. It's just too hard. I guess I'm not strong as I'm supposed to be. But if I keep being stubborn, I'm not far different to those blood sucking parasites."

"It's okay, Sabrina."the Caretaker of Spacetime informed firmly. "Just open your heart, if you never want to ever feel loneliness again. We'll be in touch."


Sabrina found herself back in the room of the Ikaruga, where she was with Lelouch, Kallen and the rest of the Black Knights.

"Fine. I'll do it. I'll bring Euphemia back. But don't think I will allow Suzaku to have free will to go near her. That's all I'm offering."Sabrina said simply. "I'm sorry for being so negative."

"It's okay."Lelouch assured. "Why don't you go rest for a bit while we come up with a workable plan."

"Thank you."Sabrina responded.

Sabrina made her way out to go to Zero's private head quarters.


Meanwhile...

On his throne, Schneizel thought to himself as he stared at the mess before him.

He was now the new Emperor of Britannia, but he wasn't entirely happy that Lelouch and the Black Knights were still allied together. Now Nunnally was with him too.

And all of this happened because of that red haired half-breed brat from the future.

"Lelouch has became a dangerous enemy especially with that brat of his from the future now aiding him."Schneizel thought, disappointed with how this went. "No matter any way. Damocles will destroy whatever Lelouch can throw at it. Geass or not, my little brother won't stop me. Not even his reckless brat of his."

Kanon approached Schneizel and bowed at him.

"My Emperor, what will happen now?"Kanon asked. "Your previous plans have been foiled. How will you now deal with Lelouch and the Black Knights?"

"I'm fully aware of that, Kanon."Schneizel said with an annoyed glare. "My latest scheme has been foiled due to an unwanted guest."

"But it still won't change the plans you have, correct?"Kanon questioned.

A smirk suddenly sprung on Schneizel's face.

"Of course not."Schneizel remarked. "In a few weeks it will be my coronation. Once that is done, we will move to the next stage of the plan. After all, everyone would probably want Lelouch and Nunnally punished for their deeds."

"Wouldn't it best to tell them it was that Lelouch's eleven quarter-breed pest, who got rid of the Emperor?"Kanon suggested.

"Since the world doesn't know about Geass, they would hardly believe a person that travelled from the future just to kill me and Kururugi exist."Schneizel exclaimed. "So, it will be pointless to reveal Sabrina's existence."

His thought then went on the power that Lelouch and Sabrina had.

He was actually intrigued of such a powerful weapon that he didn't have and its abilities.

"This Geass power is such a useful tool."Schneizel thought. "Such power, no wonder Lelouch and Sabrina became like this."


Suzaku returned back above the Avalon after reporting to Schneizel and Cornelia of the events that happened in Kamine Island.

However, under Cornelia's orders, the Knight of Seven was placed inside his quarters and wasn't allowed to leave since the purple haired princess wanted to question him.

Suzaku wasn't happy that Lelouch got away since he wanted him to pay for his actions, but didn't know what to do since Nunnally was now with him and that mysterious red haired girl.

Also, the Geass command of telling him to live that Lelouch placed on him was gone and its influence.

The Knight of Seven rubbed his jaw that still hurt after Sabrina's hard punch.

"That girl."Suzaku thought. "Just who the heck is she?"

Suzaku came out of his thoughts when he heard Cornelia questioning Bismarck of the events that happened in Kamine Island from outside his quarters.

"Care to explain to me why you, the first Knight of the Round hid the truth of my father's actions and that Lady Marianne was alive this whole time?!"Cornelia demanded angrily.

"I'm sorry, Princes Cornelia. That is for only Emperor Schneizel to know."Bismarck responded bluntly. "In other words, I can't reveal the secrets of my late lord even to his children. Since the plan cannot be accomplished anymore, it shouldn't concern you."

"You!"Cornelia snapped.

Soon after, Suzaku heard footsteps and Cornelia arrived in his quarters.

Cornelia glared at him with an irritated look on his face.

"Lord Bismarck refused to speak, Your Highness?"Suzaku asked.

"He told me that it doesn't need to concern me or anyone else beside Schneizel."Cornelia snarled. "But care to explain me why didn't you tell me of my father's Geass?"

"Your Highness, what ever I did was just for Lelouch to pay for his actions."Suzaku replied, trying to explain. "He used the Japanese people for his own benefit and framed Euphie for-"

SLAP!

Suzaku collapsed on the floor after Cornelia smacked him of the face.

"Is that what you say to yourself everyday, Kururugi?"Cornelia scowled, her tone cold as ice. "That Lelouch should only be the one punished while removing the fact is that you knew the Emperor had a secret city filled with kidnapped children that were brainwashed and experimented to make them invincible soldiers?! That he hid the fact that…Lady Marianne, the very person that I admired all my life, who died years ago, but in reality she survived and together with him she planned the creation of a world that rejects reality, disregarding the possible deaths of her own children."

Cornelia pinched the bridge of her nose, both angry and upset.

The purple haired princess was deeply effected upon learning the true nature of Lady Marianne.

She only remembered the 5th Imperial Consort as a sweet and kind-hearted woman with a rebellious spirit and a deep protective feelings towards her children.

But behind the mask, Marianne the Flash was nothing more but a selfish, heartless former member of Knights of the Round, who only superficially loves her children and will not hesitate to kill them if they get in her way. Also, having the same beliefs like her husband of a world without lies and complete control.

"I can't forgive Lelouch for what he done to Euphemia, but I started to feel responsible for his current state."Cornelia admitted. "He lost his mother while Nunnally was blind and crippled, when he confronted the emperor. Neither I, Schneizel or anyone else stopped and helped him when he needed it the most. We were all too busy following a mad man and his corrupted beliefs. None of us are better than anyone. Not even you above all people."

"All I wanted was to make things better in Britannia from changing it from within."Suzaku said with a frown.

A scoff escaped from Cornelia's mouth.

"By being a forever slave with your kind still being labelled as numbers and Britannia committing its other atrocities?"Cornelia questioned. "Do you really think Euphie would actually approve of you are doing? Doing things just to spread for your own selfish desires or willing to kill Lelouch just so you can bring world peace? You say your doing this for her, but in reality you are only doing this for yourself."

"Are you going to kill me?"Suzaku asked.

"No. Sabrina is already willing to that."Cornelia responded. "Her hatred for you as bigger as the one she has for Schneizel. And I honestly don't plan to do anything about it."

"Sabrina? Is that the real name of Kitsune?"Suzaku assumed. "But why is she siding with Lelouch? Who is she? I don't even know her."

"Oh, please. Kururugi."Cornelia retorted. "Haven't you figured it out? Who does she exactly look like to you?"

Suzaku became lost in his thoughts.

Sabrina had the same red hair and fair skin like Kallen, but only her eye colour was completely. They looked exactly like the ones that Lelouch had.

A horrified look appeared on Suzaku's face as pieces of the puzzle slowly came together in his mind.

Sabrina was the daughter of Lelouch and Kallen from the future.

Now everything made sense.

"She is Lelouch and Kallen's daughter."Suzaku said quietly.

"You figure it out."Cornelia retorted. "I won't interrogate you anymore. Be free to do what you please. But if you appear in my sight again, I will have to kill you."

After saying those words, Cornelia turned her heels and walked away.


Since Mrs Kozuki didn't have a name I made her one Mei while Mr and Mrs Stadtfeld will be Jordan and Natalie. I'll make sure to add more Kallen and Lelouch moments in the next chapters. See you all soon:)