Star Geass

Episode 14: The tragedy of Darth Plaguies

"Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was...losing his power, which eventually of course he did."

1963 Earth

Location: Britannia

Victor!" A young Charles zi Britannia called out, almost on the verge of anguish. He was a boy of 8, with shoulder-length sandy brown hair and violet eyes. The boy was small and a little scrawny, as expected of his age. He wore exquisite clothing of red and white. Dressed as one of the heirs to the throne of Britannia... but that was the least of the boy's cares. Life as a Britannian Prince was not what one would expect it would be.

"Victor, please, where are you?!" Charles called out desperately to his twin brother as he wandered through the forest, not far from their Villa. He worried that Victor had gotten lost... or worse. No... he could think of that. "Victor please say something-"

But just then the young boy tripped and fell on his face struggling to hide back his tears knowing his own mother wouldn't want him to cry.

It had not been long since their mother's death. Charles could still remember the grisly scene of his mother's death playing in front of him and Victor. He shut his eyes harder at that. The woman who truly loved him and brother so much was gone. Practically the only family they could ever trust or rely on.

But now she was gone no matter how hard he ignored Charles couldn't shake the memory of their mother dying at the hands of their father who always loathed peace.

The young boy picked himself until he bumped into someone as the person gasped.

"Oh my heavens! Are you okay boy?" It looked to be a man in his early 30's at least. He had fair features of red hair and calm blue eyes that were fixed on Charles. He wore a dark cloak with a hood, as he had blond hair and blue eyes he looked down at the boy, and simply smiled.

"I said, "Are you okay?" I hope I didn't hurt you too much." He asked, before stretching out his hand. "Do you need help?"

Charles almost gawked at the fact a complete stranger was lending him a hand...less so one within the territory of the royal family. Who was this man? What on earth was he doing here? Could it be...he was...

"I... I... I was only looking for my brother," Charles said, explaining the situation to the man..

"You mean the other boy..." The blond haired man said knowing who Charles was talking about "I see you must be his little brother, he's a kid around your age with blond hair right?"

Charles nodded at the man who then said as they saw Victor chatting with someone who appears to have his face covered by his hood "He's with my master Hego."

"Hego?"

"My master. No need to worry, he is a wise and gentle man. Your brother is with him now. I can take you to them."

Charles continued staring at the man with grave uncertainty. "Wh... Wh...what do you want?"

"What could I want from you?" Palpatine asked, innocently.

"Do you know who I am? Who my brother is?"

"Perhaps, but I am more concerned about a boy lost in the woods. I have no intention of harming you. My master and I have never been to this place. Our starship was shot down by some pirates who wanted to raid our ship for credits. We jumped to lightspeed and crashed and landed on your planet. So in a nutshell, I guess you can say we are lost as well. So why not help each other?" He extended his hand once more.