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Napoleon

Summary:

Stranded in a fantasy world, Napoleon Bonaparte found himself in a great situation:

A royal election, the poor's unhappy and Lugnica's army is stuck to feudal levels.

Watch how the former emperor attempts to achieve the rule of the entire world, this time there's no room for failure.

-June 18 1815, near the village of Waterloo-

Night time was beginning and the sounds of the battlefield were diminishing.

In the French temporary camp, a man was taking a very old bottle of wine.

He was neither tall nor short, his hair short and greying from his old age and from his stress filled life.

His dress seemed to have seen better days, but he didn't care.

No. Him, the greatest general and ruler of history didn't care about menial things like fashion.

His image had reached such a great height thanks to his brilliant military mind.

Only then he achieved the absolute control over France and its puppets; there he showed great skill in reforming and creating model systems and laws and made the world tremble before his might.

He had been defined the 'Soul of the world'(1), the one that was able to change centuries of traditions with just few orders.

But even great men have their fault and Napoleon knew his own was his greed.

If he had been much more cautious, he would have won the war against Russia.

Yet he didn't saw the important role of supply's sources and logistics and his army was forced to retreat.

He had initially been exiled to one of the most obscure islands(2) in central Italy, there to be left and forgotten.

The coalition underestimated the true strength of Napoleon and left him very close to his homeland.

While Napoleon came from an Italian family(3), the Buonaparte, he still hailed from Corsica and the island was french. He was helped by few of his supporters to reach France and then he started his new and last victorious campaign: in just one hundred days he had been able to reconquest the whole french mainland and drive the monarchist force out of it.

Obviously the coalition reacted by dispatching several armies but they had several weaknesses.

Weaknesses that the old general was able to use and bring the enemies' armies to incredible defeats.

This battle, near the Flemish village of Waterloo, will seal his successes and confirm his victory.

Sighing, Napoleon couldn't just shake off the bad feelings.

In all his life, the general had very few doubts about battles and yet just now he was nervous.

This campaign was more driven by hope than logic.

Yes, he had been able to secure some important and impressive victories but...

He shook off his head and returned his focus to the bottle. He was about to open it when a soldier entered the tent.

"Mon General." The soldier saluted and put a letter at the table. Seeing his grim face while leaving, the general paled and reached for the white letter.

He opened it, his eyes widened and the sound of a bottle falling and crashing echoed in the almost empty camp.

This... THIS... he put an had on his head, trying to found composure and yet failing.

One of the most crucial element of this battle was keeping the Prussian army at bay and Napoleon had assigned Marshal de Grouchy to the defensive plans.

This man had showed him unwavering faith and capacity, yet he had been unable to keep the enemy away and now they were marching onto Waterloo.

He tried to blame the incompetent marshal, yet he couldn't.

Once again, he failed. This time he will not get off easily, he knew it.

So much for his hope to die now, easily, as if nature was against him.

Now, in his darkest hour, Napoleon found solace in a thought.

Even if he had been defeated, he will still be remembered. His enemy shall always fear his name as if the devil's one. His supporters shall always fight for him, even if dead. His legacy will not be stopped by death but the opposite: his image will reach an height superior than Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Charlemagne. Yet, from the very depths of his mind, a thought, a desire spoke. If only I had much more time...

He took his sword and gun, then, when he had reached the exit of his tent he looked back at his old hat.. the one that has seen from his first battle to the last few ones. He left without it, knowing that he would have been unable to forget his great victories by wearing it.

Just a step out of his tent that he felt a inhuman pain from his chest. He kneeled and started sweating. He first thought that it was a stress induced heart-ache but then it expanded equally to all part of his body. He wanted to scream yet no sound left his mouth. The pain reached an unbearable level and he fell unconscious. If there had been another witnesses, then they would have seen a light covering the body of the general and then, as it had appeared, it left, Napoleon wasn't there.

AN- In those few weeks I had time to think about my fanfics' situation:

I am unable to keep updating all those with a planned schedule. Sadly, for those who wish to see those continue, I decided for the best of everyone to just write, update and finish this one first and then continuing with the SvtFoE one. Pairings will be decided later (no poll for this one).

Glossary

1- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel gave Napoleon this name when he conquered Jena, where the german philosopher was living.

2- Napoleon was initially exiled to Elba, an island off the Tuscan coast.

3- Napoleon changed his surname from Buonaparte to Bonaparte to enter the French Army. Then he decided to stick with it after being influenced by the French Revolution and nationalism.