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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Pagan + Anastasia Notes: Challenge 131. Baby Series 3 #164. Takes
place at approximately the same time as The Importance Of Dignity.
Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
True To His Ideals "There you are you old buzzard. You have some explaining to do." Pagan, who was not exactly accustomed to being described as an `old buzzard', was careful not to permit his ruffled feathers to show. One did not give the Duchess Anastasia any more of an advantage than one possibly could. The formidable old woman was not to be taken lightly, particularly if one was privy to her position as The Griselda The last thing he needed was to alienate the women who so effectively had preserved the direct bloodline by saving the life of the then Crown Prince Milliardo. He was uncertain exactly what had occurred in their rescue of him and the time immediately following the rescue, but Pagan did know the new King held the Order in the highest regard. If anyone could appreciate the purpose of the Order of the Sisterhood of Griselda it had to be the King whose life they had saved. To think that at one time the former King had spoken of making a move to disband the Sisterhood, citing them as an archaic legacy of the past that Sanc's coffers could well do without supporting. Some days he wondered how Stephan Peacecraft could have been so blind in some things and so brilliant in others. The man had been a great advocate for peace, pushing relentlessly, upsetting the Alliance hierarchy to the point where some of their highly placed Generals had had enough. It was unthinkable that a petty King from an upstart backwater in the middle of nowhere, a better to be forgotten kingdom left over from the Middle Ages, should have the audacity to dictate to his betters. Some days the blindness of the former King, and his own failings in security, made his heart ache. Stephan had been true to his ideals, stubborn to a fault and blind to the consequences. Even today Pagan could only wonder at his friend's insistence on ignoring the warnings given. Who would have thought the Alliance would actually target the country and do their utmost to eliminate the annoying bloodline that stood up for the ideal of freedom and peace? Who would have thought this little backwater country had a ruler who could sway so many, drawing attention to ideals considered dangerous by those who controlled Earth and the Colonies? Watching the old woman approaching him he had to wonder how many lives the Sisterhood had lost in rescuing not only Milliardo, but other children from the massacre that had decimated the precious bloodlines? He had been tempted to ask in the past, but he never would. He had his own war dead and he respected the rights
of others who had died in secret, as had his friends, to preserve
what they could. He believed somewhere in the Sisterhood's sanctum
there would be an honour roll containing the names of those who had
given their lives.
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