Prologue
silence
Battleworn, he made his way through the field. It was empty at that point, the only presence the field mice, the pools of blood, and the silence. The three lay there together in perfect unison, harmonizing with one another. They gave him a reminder that he never needed. A reminder of what happened here. He didn't want to remember. He wanted to lie down there, collapse in the grass and let his breathing fade slowly, let his whole existence do the same.
He did just that. The pain was too much for him to handle. He didn't know where he was anymore. The only thing that he was certain of was his name, and even that slipped his memory occasionally. "Shiro," He thought, although it was only a whisper compared to the ringing in his head. "Takashi Shirogane."
It scared him that he could hardly remember even that.
Shiro stumbled, fell into the dry grass. Let everything slip away, his life, his brother, the pain. Yet before he could let go completely, a pair of bright blue eyes blinked. They faded in and out of his vision. There was something about them that gave him hope. Hope to hold on. He didn't know why.
Whoever owned the pair of wide, worried eyes offered him their hand. He struggled to take it, but he managed. Once he was back up on his feet, whoever it was put their arm around him for support. "Oh, you are not dying on me now."
He knew that voice. "I won't," He muttered, trying to muster up the strength to go on. It was hard, so hard. For a few moments he thought he wouldn't be able to, but he remembered the arm around him and whoever had saved him. Whoever had saved him.
Someone had saved him.
And he wasn't going to die.
He didn't know where he was or why he was there. He didn't even know how he had gotten the wounds that scarred his body. That didn't matter. The only three facts that mattered for Shiro in that moment were that he wasn't going to die. That someone had saved him. And that he, Takashi Shirogane, at least knew his name.
That, along with the pair of blue eyes, gave him hope.
a/n: hey hey, welcome to my first full Voltron fanfic. I have a book of one-shots that's not really full at all, it would be nice if you looked at that. I don't know, I guess this is going to be fun to write. It's Klance with a side of Shallura. I have the first chapter written already, it'll be up soon.
I'm doing this with a friend of mine in real life, I'm writing and she's editing, so keep in mind that it's not just me doing this.
This chapter is shorter, my normal ones will be around 1,000 words.