Aries Villa

Pendragon Imperial Palace, Britannia

"Lelouch are you paying attention?"

"Yes Mrs. Grottingham."

"Then tell me what year is it today in the Revolutionary Calendar?"

"219 Mrs. Grottingham."

"Good. You seem to be paying at least some attention"

Lelouch, or more formally, Lelouch vi Britannia, couldn't have cared less about what his tutor thought of him, for he was a prince of Britannia, and princes always get there way.

"As I was saying, The European Union uses a different calendar system then we do, the Revolutionary Calendar, based off the starting date of the French Revolution."

'Well of course, anyone with half a brain could figure that out.' Lelouch retorted in his head.

"This differs with our calendar of Ascension Throne Britannia."

Thank you Captain Obvious.

Lelouch was fed up with this pointless tutor and desperately needed to get away. With the sanity of his mind at stake he decided to go with the good ol' fashion bathroom trick.

"Mrs. Grottingham, may I go to the bathroom?" Lelouch tried to sound as innocent as possible.

"No," came the reply, "You are a prince, and princes need to learn how to control their urges."

Lelouch was disheartened that is attempt failed, but he would not give up hope.

"It's an emergency, Mrs. Grottingham!"

"...Fine, go, but only because I don't want you wetting yourself all over the floor."

Lelouch took that with a little offense, but he could not turn down the offer of freedom. Once the door to his room was closed behind him, he bolted down the corridor to the gardens, and as he finally made it to the outdoors, he took a deep breath and sighed, relishing the fresh air. He began his adventure one step at a time down to the pond within the gardens, a magnificent oasis of tranquility.

The young boy lied down upon the soft grass of, at least in his opinion, the most beautiful garden in all of Britannia. He started to doze off when he began hearing bells, not like church bells, in fact they weren't festive bells at all, they were alarm bells, the kind that ring during fires.

Oh no, this can't be good.

Scenarios of what could've happened were racing through Lelouch's brain when he was interrupted in mid-thought by a certain friend of his, a certain girl.

"Hi Lelouch!"

"Milly? There's a fire happening! Shouldn't you be with your father?"

"Silly Lelouch, I turned on the fire alarm! And shouldn't you be with your tutor?"

A mischievous smile slipped onto Milly Ashford's face as she said that.

"I uh...I was...," Lelouch began and started to try and think of an excuse but in the end gave up, "...I escaped from Mrs. Grottingham because I was incredibly bored. I tricked her into thinking I was in the bathroom and once I escaped that dreadful room I made it here." The young girl, Milly, could not help but applaud at the child-like selfishness of his reasoning.

"Now, Milly, you must tell me why you decided to send the entire villa into an uproar and turn on the fire alarm."

"Oh, that, well I was bored to death by my tutor so I just pulled the fire alarm lever the moment she looked away!"

Lelouch took a few moments to completely cover his face with his palm because of the absurdity of it all, with Milly giggling at Lelouch's action.

"Milly you understand that now everyone will searching for us?"

"Yeah, but the same would've happened with your plan, Lelouch"

"But Milly, now you will get in trouble too."

With that statement, Milly Ashford's face turned a shade of red. She quickly tried to think of something to say.

"I..I don't care."

Lelouch sighed in defeat. This girl truly was stubborn.

" Let's just head back to the villa." Lelouch finally suggested.

"Uh yeah, that sounds like a good idea." Milly was glad Lelouch seemingly didn't notice the blushing.

With the constant ringing of alarm bells preventing any attempt at conversation, the pair of noble children walked towards the villa, a slight hint of awkwardness in the air. As they approached a corner someone called out to Lelouch.

"Lelouch! There you are!" A deep, mature voice, not something from a young girl.

There was Lelouch's mother, Marianne the Flash, covered in a blue silk dress.

"Mother I uh..." Lelouch was cut off by his mother before he could finish.

"Lelouch! I'm so glad you're safe!" Lelouch would've responded, had his face not been covered by his mother's gigantic breasts in a hug.

"Mother! You're embarrassing me!" uttered Lelouch, noticing how Milly was giggling at the scene. No one could hear him of cource, because he was face first in his Mother's own Cleavage.

"I was so afraid I lost you." At this, Lelouch felt a feeling in his gut, like a tragedy was about to commence, but he couldn't tell why. He began to tear up.

"I-...Lelouch what's wrong?"

"What? Oh nothing Mother I'm fine." Lelouch barely put out, wiping the tears off.

"Hm? Well that's good to hear. Anyway lets go back inside. I was just receiving a call from your tutor when th-wait...did you sneak out a again?"

Lelouch could hear Milly's giggling resume

"Yes Mother." It was all Lelouch could say under the shame.

"Lelouch, you need to go to the tutor to learn."

"But Mother, everything she teaches me I either already know or will never ever need to know."

Marianne would've explained further why he must go, but she noticed the alarm ending and decided to drop the conversation till later.

"Lelouch, why don't we talk about this another time? It's getting dark. Milly, Why don't you go find your father."

"Okey-Dokey." came Milly's happy-go-lucky response, and off she went.

"Lelouch go to your room and get ready for dinner, and tell Nunnally to do the same. We will talk about your absences tomorrow."

"Yes Mother." came the disheartened reply.

And so Lelouch took a mostly uneventful trip, besides him sticking his tongue at Milly when they passed each other in the hallway, up to his and Nunnally's shared bedroom.

"Nunnally? Are you in here?" Lelouch asked out loud.

"I'm in here Big-Brother!" came a pleasant reply from the closet.

"Nunnally? What are you doing in the closet?" Lelouch inquired as he grabbed the handle of the closet door

"Don't come in!" Nunnally shouted, while still keeping a pleasant voice, "I'm putting on some nice clothes for dinner."

"Well Well I guess I didn't need to remind you after all. You sure you don't need any help Nunnally?"

"Lelouch! I'm old enough to where I can put on clothes by myself!

Lelouch began having that strange feeling again, and he still didn't like it, but he was soon brought back to reality.

"Oh, right." Lelouch could only respond, slightly shocked by what she said.

She normally wasn't this assertive, oh well, I guess it comes with growing up.

"Just don't take too long Nunnally." Lelouch advised.

"Ok Big-Brother!"

And with that, Lelouch began changing himself, and when they were both done, they went to the grand dining hall together.

As they sat down, others soon joined, such as Euphemia and Schniezel, and soon all the nobles and royalty residing in the Aries Villa were in their seats.

With the toast given and what not, everyone began eating.

Euphemia Li Britannia, Princess of Britannia and more importantly Lelouch's half-sister began to speak to Lelouch.

"Hey Lelouch!"

"What is it, Euphie?" Lelouch asked with inquiry.

" I heard you and Milly snuck out to the gardens when the fire alarms went off!"

At the mention at was a mere coincidence, Lelouch began blushing intensely.

"That is NOT what happened!"

Lelouch took a slight gaze off to Milly to see that she had overheard and was giggling at him.

How could she be giggling? She should be just as embarrassed as me!

"Oh yeah? Well how come Marianne told me that she stumbled upon you two in the gardens herself?"

Lelouch took another glance at his Mother, who also was giggling. Lelouch shot her a look that basically said 'You told her that expecting her to do this didn't you?' His Mother shot back a look that read 'LOL U MAD BRO?'

"Lelouch what are you looking at?" Euphemia said, bringing Lelouch back to Earth.

"I...uh ...I was just..."

"Euphie my dear," Schneizel interjected, "Can't you see you're embarrassing the poor boy?"

"Sorry Schneizel, I was just asking Lelouch a question"

"A question, my dear Euphie, that appears Lelouch would not like to answer."

"I'm sorry, Do you forgive me Lulu?"

Lulu? Seems familiar somehow even though I've never heard Euphie or anyone else for that matter call me that ever.

"Yes I forgive you Euphie."

"Yay!" Euphie exclaimed and then gave Lelouch a hug, nearly choking him on a piece of meat.

"For goodness sakes Euphie you almost killed me!" Lelouch over-exaggerated.

" Oh no! I'm sorry Lulu! Do you forgive me this time?"

"Yes." Lelouch stated with a sigh.

"Yay!" Euphie exclaimed again and almost gave Lelouch a hug but restrained herself at the last second and returned to eating.

As Schneizel began to head up to his room, Lelouch caught up to him and began to speak.

"Hey Schneizel, you saved me back there with Euphie, I was wondering how I could repay the favor."

"Good evening Lelouch, but I'm sorry, tonight I'm quite busy, maybe tomorrow we could play a couple games of chess, but tonight I cannot."

"Oh um," Lelouch began," That's ok, I didn't me tonight, but anyways, goodnight Schniezel."

"Goodnight, Lelouch."

Little did Lelouch know, those two words would be the last thing Lelouch would hear from Schneizel for a long time, until they finally meet again, under much different circumstances.

Lelouch was walking down of the long hallways in the villa when he passed Jeremiah Gottwald, a newly recruited member of the Royal Guard who Lelouch had become quick friends with soon after Jeremiah arrived at the Aries Villa. Jeremiah, noticing the angry look on Lelouch's face couldn't help but smile a bit and ask:

"Master Lelouch, why are you angry?"

"Because everyone is against me! Milly, Euphie, and even my own mother love to tease me, Mrs. Grottingham hates me, and Schneizel won't accept my requests for chess!" Lelouch dangerously approached the level of shouting

"Hehe, It's all a big conspiracy, isn't it?"

"It is! Everyone's out to get me! It has to be a conspiracy!"

"Oh Lelouch if it makes you feel better you are my favorite prince out of all of them."

"Really?"

"Really, but its getting late Lelouch, you should head back to your room."

"Ok then Mr. Gottwald."

"Please, call me Jeremiah."

As Lelouch approached the door to his sister's and his bedroom, he could hear the faint sound of his mother's voice. He could not understand it though the wall so he opened the door very slowly. He saw his mother leaning over his sister tucking her into bed.

"Ah, hello there Lelouch. Come, sit."

And so he did.

"Lelouch, did you know that tomorrow is your birthday?"

"Yes I did Mother, How could I forget?"

"Wonderful, I have a special surprise planned for you, it will be the greatest present you ever received, even better than that sword I presented to you last year."

"Really? That great? Oh can you tell me what it is? Please, just a hint?"
"Nope, I won't give you a clue, you'll have to wait until tomorrow."

"Darn it, Mother you're always teasing me."

Lelouch's mother laughed at this slightly and took another look Nunnally.

"Mother," Nunnally said, "I'm not tired yet."

"Oh really? Well let's take a walk around the grounds, then we'll see if you're tired or not."

"OKAY!" Nunnally screamed, waking a few nobles in the process.

As Marianne and Nunnally started to make their way to the door, that strange feeling returned to Lelouch, but it was stronger, and more violent. Lelouch could feel every inch of his body urging him to stop them, as if his very life was dependent on it.

"Lelouch, are you alright?"

Lelouch looked up to see that his mother had seen him trembling. He began to speak.

"Mother, today you said you were afraid of losing me," Lelouch began, every word a mountain to overcome, "Will we always be together?"

Marianne just stared at her only son with a motherly look on her face.

"Yes, my Lelouch, we will always be together."

Marianne waited for a reply, but she received none. She could still see that Lelouch was shaking.

"Lelouch, Do you want me to stay here with you?"

Lelouch, still trembling, felt his feeling collided together with the force of hurricanes. His mind was a blur and he could not think straight. Little did he know his choice would not only affect his life, but every life living on the planet.

Finally, he began to think of Nunnally.

What would she think if I took our Mother away from her?

Lelouch relaxed, took a deep breath, and decided the destiny of nations.

"No it's ok,you should go spend some time with Nunnally." He finally said with a strained smile.

Marianne only smiled the smile only a mother could smile, and ushered Nunnally through the day and into the hallway.

And with that, Lelouch Vi Britannia, Eleventh Prince to the Throne of the Holy Britannian Empire, decided the fate of the world and everyone in it, with only eleven words.

And there you have it, the first chapter of the first fanfic I've ever made. By god you will not believe how hard it was to get over the procrastination and finish this. Anyways, I bet you're wondering if Lelouch is going to get geass. Well to tell you the truth I'm not sure about that, If he does though it will definitely be in later chapters. Will there be pairings? Who knows? But I am leaning towards yes for pairings. With who? either Milly or an OC.

Anywho...please Review!