A/N: I suddenly have the urge to write this…

Chapter I

God's Messenger

Is this… a dream?

"Winry Shacklebolt, I shall give you a mission."

Who… are… you? Where… am I?

"Who I am is of no importance. I want you to save someone who had saved me. I had rewind the time, but I fear everything will be repeated. My savior had died an unjust death for the sake of the world, and your mission is to create a much better ending for him."

I… just want this to end…

"Consider this your atonement for committing suicide. Your knowledge of the story shall prove more than useful, and, in time, you shall be granted the Power of Kings."

I just want to die…

.o0o.o0o.

Charles zi Britannia was – to put it mildly – impressed.

When he heard of his dear Marianne – the only one he truly loved from many of his wives – giving birth to twins, Charles was already sure that there will be twice the noisiness, twice the dirtiness and twice as troublesome as the previous ones.

The first prince was named Odysseus for that reason. Charles scowled as he remembered how noisy he was – the reason he named said baby as Odysseus. The second baby, Schneizel, was only slightly more tolerable since he was not as loud as Odysseus. Perhaps Cornelia was the most hellish of all, with her tendencies to smack anything and everything.

But these two babies – twins, a boy and a girl, he heard – had succeeded to amaze him by just being silent. Charles had suspected that Marianne had found a way to gag babies without actually gagging them, but looking at her happy face – as if it was such a great accomplishment that she gave birth – Charles get rid of the idea. Instead, he walked over to Marianne and carried one of the babies.

"He is the older one, dear," Marianne said, smile still painted on her face.

Charles looked over the baby. Sharp chin, black hair… he has most of Marianne's facial features, and Charles was sure that this baby will grow slim like Marianne too. The baby's eyes (bright violet, very much the color of Charles's eyes), which had been looking around the room despite the blurriness, was now resting on Charles as if he was the most interesting thing.

Charles settled the baby back into his position on Marianne's bed before he took the other baby up.

This other baby looks very much similar with her twin, sans the color of her eyes. Unlike the bright eye-catching violet that her brother has, her eyes were the color of a strong and deep indigo. The eyes that were so similar to Marianne's darted around the room before finally resting on Charles's face. The baby blinked, stared blankly, before she yawned.

Charles held back his rising anger. How dare a weak fragile baby dismiss him just like that? He reminded himself that it is a baby he was handling and reined his anger before Marianne noticed his ire.

Marianne chuckled as she took the baby from Charles's hands, "That's what I thought too. Babies are supposed to be a curious little thing, but she just disregards everything she saw!"

Charles smiled. "Lelouch and Rebecca vi Britannia. That will be their name."

"Charles, dear, I refuse that name. My babies are twins and you refuse to take advantage of their cuteness together?"

With a raised eyebrow, Charles asked, "Then what should I name them?"

"Lilianne. Lelouch and Lilianne. They have a nice ring to it, don't they?"

Charles hummed in agreement.

.o0o.o0o.

C-code Geass? I am in the world of Code Geass?

"Yes, the world of war and hate, of battles of twisted minds and tactical geniuses. You should know by now who you shall aid."

I-I refuse! There's no way I can do it!

"Then we shall see in the future…"

.o0o.o0o.

This is a dream… just an extremely real dream… an extremely long dream…

That was what Lilianne vi Britannia convinced herself with for the past 4 years. Lilianne rubbed her eyes tiredly, willing herself to fall asleep just so that she might wake up from this place.

"Lily!"

Lilianne raised her head and saw a black haired boy – her twin, Lelouch, Eleventh Prince of Britannia, soon to be exiled Prince, soon to be Zero of Black Knights, soon to be the 99th Emperor, protagonist of the anime called Code Geass, the one she needs to protect – running towards her with a huge grin. Lilianne shook her thoughts away from the future – unpleasant as it is – and smiled weakly at the approaching boy.

"Play with me, Lily!"

Children and their boundless energy…

Lilianne rubbed her eyes once more and yawned. "Don't wanna…" she mumbled.

"Come on!" Lelouch whined. "Just for a bit. There's a puzzle I want to finish."

"Lulu…" Lilianne whined in a manner similar to Lelouch, with just a little bit more sleepy edges to it. "I want to sleep…"

Lelouch won't have any of that as he pulled her arm to their room.

"Come on! Mother also asked us to take care of Nunnally!"

Yes… it was just a dream. There's no mission whatsoever. She will wake up sooner or later.

.o0o.o0o.

Lilianne yawned once more, before she looked around her surroundings and scowled. She was still in Aries Villa, that much she was sure. It's impossible for her to get out of Aries Villa without noticing despite her half-asleep state after all. Not to mention Aries Villa is very secure, the guards would know to warn the prince and princess of where not to go.

Lilianne was lost, utterly, unmistakably lost.

She was lost as she was running away from Lelouch.

Lilianne yawned once more, getting irritated by the second that she cannot find her way to her beloved bed.

"Why should I care about being lost or not, anyways," Lilianne mumbled to herself. "This world is just a dream, a never ending nightmare."

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"A never ending nightmare this world is indeed."

"It was about time…"

Lilianne gasped in surprise and panic when she realizes that someone heard of her. She turned around to the source of the childish voice.

Long pale blond locks, vibrant violet eyes…

V.V.

"And why do you even think so? You are just a child, not even 5 years old."

Lilianne held herself from yawning. Instead, she focused her eyes to the immortal. V.V. seemed to sense her apprehension as he went into another topic.

"You are one of Charles's children? If so, how come Charles did not tell me when he has such an interesting child?"

"Maybe it was because Father did not know his children well enough?" Lilianne mumbled, slightly annoyed at the 'child' comment. "He certainly did not think much of us after all."

Apparently, V.V. heard of her thoughts and smiled. "You certainly speak of the truth. Come, follow me."

Lilianne stepped backwards, showing her discomfort at the idea of following a stranger, a dangerous stranger who happens to be an immortal.

"Do not worry. I know of Charles personally. He is my brother. You may call me V.V."

With that, he walked past her. When he was about to turn to the next hallway, V.V. stopped for a moment. "To follow me or not, it will be your choice."

When Lilianne was alone, she became torn on whether or not she shall follow him. On one hand, she was terrified of what someone like him – Code Bearer, Leader of the Geass Deteriorate, Emperor's brother and ally in destroying God – would want to do with her, a mere princess, still 5 years old. On another hand, she was really curious.

"It was about time, follow him…"

Lilianne suddenly felt the urge to follow V.V., so follow him she did. She trailed behind him with her usual slow sleepy pace. She was still far behind him, but it didn't matter to her since she could still follow him as long as he was still in her sight.

She turned to another hallway, only to find that there is no one there. No V.V. to follow. Lilianne stepped forward, confusion evident in her face.

Then she heard a conversation from one of the doors in the hallway.

"… Marianne's twins?"

"No," Lilianne heard the familiar childish voice of V.V. through one of the doors. Lilianne set to find out which door he is in. "Only the girl."

"Why her, brother?" the deep voice said, "She certainly has nothing special, always feeling sleepy. She is much weaker when compared with her twin."

"Still so young, and she had considered this world as a nightmare to her. She will aid well to our cause."

A thoughtful hum was heard. "Then you may."

Lilianne pushed open the door where she guessed V.V. was in and peeked.

"There you are," V.V. smiled, next to the child-like immortal, stood the ever imposing figure of the Emperor, her father. "I had feared that you are not following me."

V.V. approached the little girl with his hand extended to her forehead. When his hand touched her forehead, she felt memories rush towards her – memories of V.V., a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but too fast for her to actually comprehend what she was actually seeing – before it all stopped, leaving her to stand on top of the universe.

"I shall grant you the Power of Kings," V.V.'s voice started, "the way of life before humans know it as it is. It will give you a power of great magnitude, and together with it, a different life, and in return, you shall aid us in creating a new world that consists of only truth. Help us destroy God. That shall be our contract. Will you accept it?"

Lilianne did not know what possessed her to say her next words, but it will cause her to have regrets for a long time. She had wanted to avoid Geass, to avoid anything remotely connected to it, but in just the 4th year of her life, she had failed.

"I… accept…"

"It was about time, follow him, and he shall be the one to grant you the Geass."

.o0o.o0o.

Y-you! You made me accept it!

"Yes. It is as what I promised to you. V.V. might wish to destroy me, but the only one remotely willing to give it to you is only V.V."

B-But where did all of this… thing… come from! Geass are not supposed to like this!

"Interesting, isn't it? Snakes symbolize traitors, and at the same time, symbolize the devil himself. It also symbolizes hatred to me."

That's not what I'm asking! The snakes are following me! And they coil around every people inside the range of my snake!

"Let's just say that your Geass is a combination of Lelouch's and Mao's."

.o0o.o0o.

Marianne knew nothing of the contract, that much Lilianne was sure. Marianne was acting as the kind loving mother as usual. If she had known that Lilianne had made a contract with V.V., Marianne might show her worry in some ways.

(When she saw a huge snake coiling around Marianne's torso, a sign that Marianne can easily fall for her Geass if she so wishes it, she can't help but feel happy. That woman deserves it for what she will do to her, and Lelouch, and Nunnally in the future.)

Lilianne diverted her gaze from Marianne, who was entertaining the other children, to the blue sky high above. Lilianne closed her eyes as she felt the grasses tickling her body from underneath her as she lay down in the garden of Aries Villa. She sighed shallowly as she heard the laughter of the other children.

She suddenly felt the streaming sunlight blocked, so she opened her eyes, only to see a pink haired princess kneeling beside her.

"Lilianne! Join us! Your sister is sooo cute!" Euphemia – the Third Princess, soon to be Massacre Princess due to Zero's mistake, one of Lelouch's regrets (should she give the effort to save Euphemia?) – cooed, gesturing to the direction of the crowding children with Marianne cradling baby Nunnally in the center. Lilianne saw the glowing red snake coiled around Euphemia's neck. It tilted its head, as if asking for permission to bite her and let Euphemia fall to her Geass.

Ignore the snake. Don't let your feelings rule you. The snake listens to what you want, not what you need.

Liliane shifted so that Euphemia was facing her back.

"Hey! Euphy has offered to you kindly! The least you can do to thank her is to accept her offer!"

Lilianne felt even more annoyed that Cornelia had joined in forcing her to socialize more.

"Geez, calm down Cornelia, let little Lilianne do what she wants." A boy said. "It's not like this is a party or anything."

Lilianne could feel gratitude swelling in her chest. Thank goodness Clovis was here. Flamboyant man that he is, he had always let her do whatever she want and defend her.

Lilianne suddenly felt someone poking her cheek, knowing well just who was doing so. She opened one of her eyes and stared at Lelouch, squatting beside her with his finger touching her cheek.

"Come on!" Lelouch whined, "You are always sleeping!"

That was when she realized that everyone was standing over her sleeping form, Euphemia kneeling in the same position with Cornelia standing imposingly on her back. Lelouch was squatting on the other side, Clovis standing elegantly beside him, and then Marianne with the giggling Nunnally cradled in her arms, standing on Clovis's other side.

(Lilianne can't help but fear, since all of them has a snake coiled around their body, ready to Geass her second family into her will.)

"I'm still sleepy," Lilianne mumbled as she closed her eyes and get herself comfortable, "Go 'way."

Lilianne suddenly felt someone grabbing one of her feet and drag her along the grass. Lilianne opened her eyes in panic, only to see an angry Cornelia yanking her feet.

"Sister!" Lilianne shouted, losing the sleepy tone she usually has, "Let go!"

Cornelia huffed as the rest giggled or laughed outright at her. Lilianne did not want to lose her comfortable sleeping position, so she started kicking and screaming obscenities that the Empress Marianne even balked at.

All of a sudden, Cornelia dropped the leg she was pulling, and Lilianne quickly scrambled back.

"Cornelia?"

When Cornelia turned around, Lilianne swore she saw a faint red hue surrounding her iris. She held herself back from gritting her own teeth when she realized the glowing red snake biting on Cornelia's shoulder.

"Ah…" Cornelia smiled as she shook the hand which had been dragging Lilianne, "I thought my hand was hurting, it seems like I was wrong."

Lilianne inwardly cursed herself at her slip up of her feelings. She looked up to Marianne, trying to gauge her reaction; whether or not she realize that it was her wild Geass acting up.

Lilianne heaved a sigh of relieve when she realize Marianne was too busy cooing Nunnally.

.o0o.o0o.

"Close call, isn't it?"

Damn you! It's your entire fault! With this kind of Geass, you are dooming me to a life of loneliness!

"A Geass represents who you are. Isn't it your fault for wishing this was all a dream? And those snakes represent your hatred to me, right?"

Y-you! You knew since the beginning!

"I had my suspicions as too what kind of power you will receive. Quite the similar power to what your twin will have, yet the complete opposite of Absolute Obedience. Isn't it a wonderful power?"

Wonderful? People will just be following on my whims willingly! It's a curse!

"Not to mention those snakes as a beautiful representation of your Geass."

Those snakes are doing whatever they want!

"Then that shall be your reason to try and take control of your Geass. They, after all, only wish for your well being."

.o0o.o0o.

Lelouch had always been intrigued with his dearest twin sister. He won't lie; he was extremely fond of her, just as much as he was fond of Nunnally. Lelouch felt safe with her, even when she was lying on some random part of the floor, sleeping like how she spent most of her time doing. Even then, Lelouch knew she was not actually sleeping. It was like she was still aware of her surrounding while still half-resting. They are twins; they share the same room, so of course Lelouch would know when she was actually sleeping.

That was why Lelouch took it to himself to get her to wake up and move. To socialize with their hundreds of siblings even though some will scorn them for their half-commoner status. To poke her and disturb her so that she doesn't go fat with that extremely lazy schedule of hers.

And need Lelouch remind, that said job was not easy in the slightest?

Even though people thought that Lelouch had always been looking out for the younger twin, Lelouch had always felt the other way around. Unlike Lelouch who outwardly showed his affections, Lilianne had always shown it through the little gestures.

And Lilianne was smart, smarter than him, even though she was always sleeping when their tutor came - Lelouch had always laughed at how Lilianne made other people lose their calm effortlessly. A dismissive wave of hand here, a smart remark, a scathing comment, a little yawn, and then return to sleep was all Lilianne need to do to make said tutor lose their temper. They can't do anything either, since Lilianne had satisfying results.

They had tried to coerce Lelouch into trying to fix her attitude, but Lelouch returned them with an innocent 'Why should I? It's your job, isn't it?' that immediately shut them up.

But when Lilianne was truly awake, like… she was no longer sleepy or wanting to sleep, both of them where either creating mayhem for the maids or the guards, or playing some random games, mostly chess, though.

So here they were, with Lilianne truly awake as she faced off against Cornelia in chess.

Nunally, now 5 years old, was seated on his lap as he observed the chess board from the side. He can see that Lilianne is winning, but her moves seem random, and he could feel Cornelia's rising temper.

"My… Who would have thought that our residence sleepy princess is skilled in strategies?" Schniezel commented from the side. Schniezel shifted from beside Odysseus so that he has a better view of the board.

"You just assume so, Brother Schneizel." Lelouch had to hide a smile at the snappiness in Lilianne's tone as she replied, "If I lose here, I'm not going to get any more than 10 hours sleep a day. I'm not going to let that happen any time soon."

"I'm starting to get displeased at your sleeping habits, Lilianne," Cornelia shot back, "I need to win this, no matter what."

A hesitant laughter disrupted them, and Odysseus started to pacify his half sisters. "Geez, calm down, let's not escalate it into a fight, okay?"

Lilianne sent him a glare as she slammed her remaining rook piece, checking Cornelia's black king. Lelouch had to wonder what Lilianne is thinking though, since Lilianne's white king was in the black's side of the board, surrounded by mostly black pieces, though none of the black pieces were capable of eating the white king.

"Checkmate."

"What?" Cornelia spluttered as she shot up. Lelouch leaned forward to get a better view. Schneizel's eyebrow was raised, intrigued at the sudden ending of the game.

"As I said, checkmate, no matter which move you will make, it will be checkmate. I'm about to promote my pawn into rook, and my other, still active rook is preventing your king from moving. Once it's done, it will be checkmate."

Clovis laughed as he twirled his hair with his finger, before he whispered to Lelouch, "Remind me not to face your sister when she is like this."

Cornelia gritted her teeth. "Fine! It's your win! Brother Schneizel! Beat her in my place! I'm not going to let this unhealthy habit continue any longer!"

Lelouch snickered when Lilianne's blood drained from her face. Lilianne was capable of beating Lelouch, but it was still with difficulty. She still has no chance against Schneizel.

Lilianne's elbow hit his gut and he winced, gripping Nunnally tighter as he stopped his snickers.

"It seems it can't be helped," Schneizel said as he flashed his smile, sitting on the opponent's side of the board, "I happen to agree with Cornelia. If you win, we will not disturb you, if you lose, you will not sleep any more than 10 hours a day."

Lilianne groaned, and Lelouch can easily guess that she will be aiming for a stalemate.

"No fair!"

.o0o.o0o.

"Aah… fun time as children… don't you misses it?"

It certainly… is… fun…

"It's such a waste; you used to spend time like this too, don't you? But you just had to follow your brother when he died."

Shut up, you stalker.

.o0o.o0o.

"Lelouch?"

Lelouch yawned and rubbed his eyes as he woke up from his slumber.

"What is it?"

Lilianne shifted and yawned. "Nothing, just having a chat with God. Do you know that He is a stalker? Just watch what you say, okay?"

"Hmm?" Lelouch mumbled sleepily as he fell back to slumber, "Don't care…"

Lilianne shrugged, "I've given fair warning."

"… …"

"Need I remind you that I am an omnipotent, all knowing being?"

"… …"

.o0o.o0o.

Yep, I know the story is going way too fast... but I don't want to waste time on a peaceful childhood...

Is the story understandable?

This is my first time writing a serious story... but I can't just resist the last bit... Anyways...

Anyone can guess what Lilianne's Geass can do?