A big thank you to Mertz for taking the time to tell me how the uploading works. If not for Mertz, I don't think I would have published anything here...afraid of how this whole thing works!

This isn't exactly cannon, but it isn't exactly alternate universe, either. I've never read the Devil's Due comics...all I've seen are the 80's cartoon and the new Voltron Force, so that's what I've mainly based it upon, with a few minor changes. I hope you enjoy.

I make no claims to Voltron or any WEP characters.

Prologue

It was a bright summer day on Planet Arus, but the atmosphere inside the Castle of Lions was anything but warm. A war had been raging for almost six months now and it was looking to only get worse, much worse, before it got better. The crown princess had been summoned to her father's study to discuss something major that was going on, something that she had to know about and be a part of. The conversation was not going well.

"But, Father, I'm your heir," Duvessa stated, a confused look in her cerulean eyes. She shook her black haired head, making the small crown with a single black jewel on it sparkle in the light as she moved. She wore a simple green gown that barely dusted the floor. "I don't understand. Yesterday, you told my brother, Alec, that you wouldn't even consider this? What has changed?"

King Darius turned and faced his oldest child, tears streaming down his cheeks from blue eyes that matched his daughter's. He gently touched the raven hair that she had inherited from her grandmother. "Kalai has been destroyed by the Drule Empire, my child. They refused to turn over the secrets of Voltron and King Xarior of Doom destroyed them for it," he answered. "The entire planet is gone."

Duvessa stared at her father in shock. She shook her head. It was the worst news she had ever heard in all of her twenty-five years. "No," she whispered, tears forming in her eyes. "That's not possible. They can't possibly have weapons that can destroy an entire planet!"

Darius nodded. "Apparently they do. Duvessa, you are the only one here on Arus who knows the secrets of Voltron. You have studied them all your life. They were your fairy tales when you were a babe. Voltron has been your life and he needs to continue to be your life. You must go into cryostasis to protect him."

"Won't the Drules come here? They have to know that someone here on Arus knows some of the secrets!" Duvessa cried, starting to pace. "If I'm in stasis, I'll be vulnerable to their attacks."

"You will be well hidden," Darius promised. "Every safety precaution is being looked into for your safety."

Duvessa stopped her pacing and faced her father. "And what of the people who fly the Lions? What will they be told?"

"The truth. You must turn over your duties to someone whom you trust," he stated. "You go into stasis tomorrow."

"So soon?" Duvessa whispered, horror in her eyes. "That doesn't even really give me a chance to say goodbye to anyone."

Darius nodded. "I am sorry, my child. But, the intelligence reports I have received have the Drule army poised to strike us hard within the next several weeks. You must not be injured."

Suddenly alarms started going off. "Your majesty!" an advisor cried as he ran into the study, causing both Darius and Duvessa to turn and face him. "A robeast attacks! The Lions are needed!"

Duvessa turned and looked at her father. "Alert the other members of the Voltron Force," she ordered, her eyes intent upon her father's as she spoke to the advisor. "We launch in five minutes." She shook her head. "Father, I wish I had more time."

Darius sighed as he nodded his head in understanding. "I know. It can not be helped. Your duty is to Arus and to Voltron."

Duvessa nodded and turned towards the door. "I know, Father. I will do my duty," she assured him. She walked out of his study and ran to change, then made her way to the Control Room and to Black Lion.