Self Insert: Dark Abyss
The water below looked dark and still, reflecting the lights and the old bridge above it. Yet underneath that mirror like surface, raged currents that tumbled around trash and small rocks. Anna wanted her life to end, she didn't want a second chance, but she got it anyway... In the world of Voltron: Legendary Defenders!
WARRING!: Mentions of self harm, bullying, groping, sexual situations, and child abandonment.
~Chapter 6, Blood, Lust, and Affection~
Sparkling amber eyes ran across the printed characters, her mind processing the characters into words and the words into sentences that made up the tale of a neglected boy whom was finding out about a world full of magic that had been awaiting his arrival.
The eyes belonged to a rather chubby little girl of 9 years old with dark brown hair pulled back into a single braid, dressed in a white blouse and black plaid jumper just like all the other girls in her class, only they were off on the other side of the room, playing with Barbies and other girly stuff, while on the other side of the room the boys sat in a circle, playing Dare or DARE. The chubby girl was in between the two groups, quietly reading at her desk as the teacher graded the young children's work at her desk, keeping an eye on the rowdy boys making nothing but dares.
The little girl smiled as she imaged the story in her head, seeing it all threw the young boy's eyes as he saw a small portion of the magical world that welcomed him as a hero, and didn't shun him or call him a freak like his relatives did.
"Anna, I Love you!"
Frowning the little girl was snapped out of her imagination as she glared down at a little boy her age, hugging her leg for a few seconds before letting go to rejoin the group of snickering boys who watched with amused smiles at the 'confession'.
The teacher noticed the commotion from her desk as the little girl just rolled her eyes before going back to her book, ignoring the sudden and insincere, confession from one of the boys that usually made fun of her for being so different.
Yet it wasn't long before she got to the part about the boy getting his first wand did she feel a hand on her shoulder. She looked up from her book in annoyance as the boy's lips smashed hard into her lips in a quick 'kiss' before he turned away and vigorously wiped at his mouth in disgust.
The other boys laughed at his misfortune.
It was then the teacher intervened as the little girl blushed bright red with tears to swelling up in her eyes, the boy having stolen her first kiss just because of a stupid dare.
~Voltron~
Devine gasped as her eyes opened wide, seeing nothing but a glowing teal color, feeling chilly air surround her body in a light flurry that didn't seem to last on her over heated body. "W-where am i?" she asked out loud, reaching out fearfully as her finger tips felt cool glass like texture just an inch from her face, setting of a fearful reaction as her elbows hit the concave sides of whatever container she was in.
"Hello? C-coran? Allura? S-shiro?" she called out, as tears gathered in her eyes as her nails scrapped the lid of her prison. "S-sendak?" she tried the Galra's name but was still trapped in the small coffin like container. "A-anyone?" she cried out desperately, clawing at the lid slowly before it turned transparent and she could see a familiar face as the teal glass dissipated into colorful sparkles.
"Miss De-ah!" Pidge choked as Devine had a vice like grip on the paladin. "Katie! It's really you! You're here! Thank the STARS!" Devine gushed happily as white and pink sparks erupted from the older female as she gave the younger one a bone crushing hug. "Can't... breath..." Pidge managed to breathe out as she felt the woman loosen her grip, allowing her to breathe in but not letting her out of the tight hug.
"You really... don't like small spaces." She voiced as Devine shook her head as she rested her chin on the small paladin's shoulder, Pidge felt the older woman exhaling hot air behind her back as there was warm pink sparks forming hearts between them as they fell into an awkward silence for a few ticks. "Um? How are you feeling?" Pidge asked unsurely as she let the woman hug her as they stood infornt of the healing pod Devine had been in. "Coran said your fever would go down after a few... varga? Whatever that is." The paladin awkwardly supplied as Devine answered her.
"A Varga is roughly little more than one Earth hour. Is… everyone alright?" Devine asked, slowly letting go of Pidge who seemed relived the woman wasn't hugging her anymore, okay with her hands gently resting on her shoulders. "Yeah, Coran and Hunk got a new crystal and removed that weird purple one the Galra had. Lance is in a healing pod to take care of what you missed and the rest of us only had minor bumps and bruises but... the Arusians are calling YOU, The Lion Goddess now."
Devine groaned as she ran a hand down her face, looking away from the young paladin as she bit her lip, wanting to ask but not to hear the answer.
"What was that?" Pidge asked curious as the older woman blushed once she looked down at the white healing suit she had been changed into. "Oh, don't worry, Allura changed you into that before putting you in there. Your clothes kinda... burned way with that... fire lion thing?" she asked curiously as Devine cringed, remembering fragmented images of her blood lust.
"I'm sorry you had to see that." She said unsurely, as Pidge shrugged her shoulders. "Dad warned me that you where kinda sadistic, but you wouldn't really hurt anyone without good reason." Pidge mentioned her father as Devine sparked yellow, fearful of what else Dr. Holt had mentioned in his letter to his daughter, or the other letters he wrote.
"So what was with this thing?" Pidge asked as Devine noticed she held a severely cracked red orb that was still faintly glowing, the lion symbol no longer inside of it.
"It's... something I call a Lion Orb, a physical manifestation of two conflicting emotions." She explained simply crossing her arms over her chest. "Pidge, you think you can fetch me some clothes to change into?" she asked the young girl who was looking at the orb in curiosity. "So, this is a manifestation of your anger? But it's the wrong color, you spark gray when your angry." She pointed out as Devine sighed. "It's not really anger per say... more like, um?" Devine tried to think of a better description for her Blood Lust.
"Detestation?"
"Yeah. Let's go with that." Devine agreed quickly, not sure how to explain it to a normal(ish) teenage girl who had a genuinely, loving family.
"So why did it crack? It feels like a Balmera crystal." Pidge asked as she carelessly dropped the fragile looking ball, not expecting it to actually shatter once it reached the floor. "Quiznack!" Pidge cursed in shock as she saw the orb fragments turn colorless as red mist traveled into Devine's body, making the older female gasp and shutter a sigh as she felt the other emotion associated with the red color...
Desire~.
"I-I'm so sorry... Miss Devine?" Pidge called her worriedly as Devine calmly breathed in and out before giving Pidge a soft smile.
"It's okay; I'll let that little curse word slide this time if you get me some spare clothes. I'm... not very conferrable in anything skin tight." She explained to Pidge who nodded and left the healing room, Devine let out a sigh of red mist as her face blazed red. "Calm down, you can get thru this. You have control and decades of self discipline on your side. Not to mention a whole castle to stay far away from Shiro's sexy ass, and Keith's cute little-AGH!" She cried out, shaking her head of the rather, suggestive, fan art she had seen of the two paladins back in her world.
"Quiznack~ Keith's probably still innocent. No way can Shiro still be a virgin, not with those looks but..." Devine bit her lip hard enough to bleed as her skin glowed bright red. "He doesn't seem like he would just..." Devine shuttered as a suppressed memory that came forth.
"WHORE!"
"NO! It's natural for guys to fuck around with girls. He's probably had a few pregnancy scares or even..." Devine's red glow dimed as she was reminded of her high school crush. "Has a child already back on Earth, or at least his parents if anything. Dr. Holt never mentioned him having a girlfriend or... boyfriend." she reasoned as the burning desire dimed sparking blue as she looked around the room for a distraction.
"Lance?" Devine called out worriedly as she felt sadness coming from the pod next to the one she was put in, where the blue paladin was healing and dreaming of the home he had left back on Earth, then never seeing it again turned it into a chilling nightmare. "No duermes bien, niño?" Devine asked softly in what little Spanish she remembered from her grandmother. Lance seemed to recognize it but the nightmare was still haunting him. "Qué tal una pequeña canción para dormirse?" She asked again in Spanish, willing to sing if it helped soothe the Cuban boy's nightmares.
Devine huffed as she felt a little ridiculous talking to a sleeping Lance, before she breathed in and though of a soothing song that might help his dreams.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
When the blazing sun is gone
when there is nothing to light the night
It is when your light shines bright
Twinkle, twinkle, thu the night
Twinkle, twinkle, you shine so bright
You will be our guiding light
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
~Voltron~
"Thanks for getting my clothes Pidge, but... where's my necklace?" Devine asked as she changed into a lavender tank top, gray slacks, and a backup black jacket, only nervously covering her neck with her left hand, Pidge looked at her in confusion.
"Coran has it. He said it looked like something from Altea so he's looking it to find out if it is. Where did you get it from?" she asked as Devine frowned, snuggling into her hoodie to hide her neck. "It was a gift from someone very dear to me. Do you know where is he is now? I would like it back." She asked the green paladin who shook her head. "Nope. Sorry. Not a clue." She admitted as Devine was suspicious of the young girl's words but brushed it a side as she reached out for Coran's Quintessence, finding the male Altean just a floor above them, in the library.
"No worries, I found him. Thanks again, Pidge." Devine gave the paladin a soft smile before leaving the healing room as Pidge adjusted her glasses to catch a glare that hid her eyes.
~Voltron~
"Coran?" Devine called out to him as she walked into the ships Library, much like the rest of the castle it was white with teal lights, elegantly decorated and tall shelves filled with books with rolling ladders to help shorter patrons reach the top shelves, most books were written in Altean, few where written in other languages but, even fewer in Galra.
Walking past the short maze of book shelves, she reached the center where a large round table was surrounded by five couches, each matching a lion except for the maroon and gray couch that had numerous over stuffed lavender and black pillows creating a comfy looking nest. Situated right across the table from the couch was a small podium where Coran was looking threw a physical book... the necklace in his gloved hand.
"Find anything yet?" She asked, lifting up her neck a little to expose the long thin scar across her neck that the necklace usually hid. The Altean glanced up at her voice for a tick before he glared down at the book in frustration.
"Nope, it seems someone tore a few pages out of Queen Amora's gift registry. Literally!" He informed her as he showed her the remains of the ripped pages. Devine carefully taking the book to flip through the pages, seeing illustrations of gifts along with the names of the ones who gave and received the gifts, where they lived, the occasion, and their reaction to said gift upon receiving it.
"The Queen keep a Gift Registry? Why?" Devine asked, stopping at the familiar image of a little Galra helmet that was given to Allura as a baby. "To make sure no one gets the same gift twice, unless they wanted more of it, but gifts were usually given among the leadership of Altea and her allies. Ah, I remember that one..." Coran pointed at the helmet, a frown under his mustache as his eyes glared at the reminder that Zarkon had once been a dear friend to King Alfor.
"It was a gift from Zarkon, but why a Helmet? Kinda seems... boyish for a baby girl." Devine pointed out, not needing to read the name written in Galra to know whom the gift giver was, curious about the Atean's response as he sighed, but seemed to remember something fondly a he twirled his mustache.
"Yes it is, but the helmet was actually a gift from Princess Bastet, of Planet Daibazaal." He informed her as Devine recognized the two names, but not together.
"Princess Bastet? You can't mean Daibazaal. As in the Galra home world, Daibazaal?" she questioned as Coran looked at her in shock. "Um? Coran? You okay?" she questioned as the Altean advisor stared at her and then at the necklace in his hand, then back up at her with disbelief. "Miss Devine, how old are you?" he asked carefully as she looked at him in confusion, before answering him.
"Um? About 25, 26 years maybe, why?" she asked as he narrowed his eyes as her as he placed the warm necklace on her forehead, fixing her hair so that some of it lay over her forehead as the rest waterfalled down her back with some small strands falling over her pointed Altean ears. "I-it can't be... Miss Devine what is your earliest memory?" he asked urgently as Devine cringed at the question. "Waking up to a Galra Druid?" she supplied a half truth, still unsure if her old body had really traveled with her Quintessence into this world, or if she had been born into a new body which raised even more questions.
"How long ago was that?" he asked as she felt his nervousness and a strange glint of hope. "I... don't really keep track. You're not thinking that might be this princess." she scoffing at the idea that she could have been the princess, let alone an unknown galra princess.
"That Galra kept calling you princess, and you have a Luxite Circlet, much like the one King Alfor and Queen Amora had made for her as a gift. She- you where just a little ankle bitter back then." Coran explained with sad fondness as Devine felt his hope grow dangerously high. She carefully pulled off the necklace from her head to look at it.
"Coran... I was given this as a reward for enduring some brutal training. My teacher, Master Ulaz, said he found it on a swap moon and gave it to me. As for Sendick, he... he was planning on using me to... breed." She explained as she looked away uneasily as she carefully griped Ulaz's gift to her. "The princess you're thinking of... is most likely dead." She sadly informed the Altean who sighed as all hope drained from him.
"Yes, she is. Has been for the last 10,004 years I believe." He admitted, painful sadness made Devine cry in empathy as her eyes widen in curiosity as tears ran down her cheeks, Coran holding back his own. "What happened?" she asked as the Altean hesitated, letting out a sigh. "It was a dark time in Altean and Galra history, I would dare say it was what drove Honerva and Zarkon to their own deaths... losing your children at such young and promising ages isn't something I would wish to happen ever again."
"Children?" Devine questioned as her mind went to Lotor, questioning if he was alive before Coran nodded.
"Yes. Bastet was their first born baby girl. A curious, and impish little tyke who always got into a lot of trouble. She was so excited to have a younger sibling but... their son was very ill when he was born, and he perished within his first few varga of life." He told her as Devine cried the tears Coran wanted to at the moment. "But that didn't stop little Bastet from declaring Allura her new little sister. Ah~ the trouble those two caused together." Coran drifted off before noticing Devine's tears.
"Miss Devine are you alright!?" he asked as the young woman brushed them away. "Yeah, I'm an Empath remember. I can feel the love and sadness you have just from telling me about Princess Bastet." She gave the older Altean a sad smile, but was curious about what happened to the Princess.
"How did she die?" she asked and Coran looked nervous and sad.
"It's a curious tale, we never really found out what did her in. The trauma from losing a bonded mate alone would be enough to cause even the strongest of hearts to crumble; topping it off with over exposure to quintessence does not give one much a chance for survival, let alone a desire to." He informed her as Devine felt a cold chill come over her as she wrapped her arms around herself.
"Yeah, and I bet corrupted quintessence doesn't feel much better." She admitted as she felt herself become warmer as Coran seemed surprised about something. "Oh you poor dear, are you going into Heat?" he asked worriedly as she blushed, biting her lip.
"I-it'll pass in the next Varga or so Coran, but... I might have a chat with Sapphire about icing me for a bit. The pods don't really help with this kinda thing." She told him with as she reached out to find the Paladins she needed to avoid, clipping her necklace back on to hide the evidence of a failed suicide.
~Voltron~
"I should have gone to the main deck first." Devine muttered to herself as she could feel the two paladins leaving Ruby's hanger. "I could have at least had a little fun on one of the speeder bikes." She sighed at the lost opportunity before she saw the walk way that led to Ruby's docking bay in one of the castle's thruster-towers. Quickly hiding behind a convenient out cropping that lined the halls, Keith and Shiro walked out the doors talking about her. "You think Miss Devine is gonna be alright?" Keith asked the older paladin worriedly, feeling guilty for some reason as she listened in curiously.
"Of course. Coran assured us it was a just fever. She and Lance will be fine after a little bit of time in the healing pods." Shiro tried to assure him, but Keith still looked unsure as they nearly reached Devine's hiding spot, carefully levitating a little above their heads to avoid being detected as she watched them with mild interest. "Are you forgetting she turned into a flaming lion and mauled Sendak, with her bare hands!" Keith asked feeling a bit scared and unsure as Devine looked at her nails and gave them a sniff, the familiar scent of Galra blood reaching her nose making her frown.
"Yeah, that was kinda scary, but she looked more like a lioness protecting her cubs. To be honest, I think she sees you and the others as her little cubs." Shiro mentioned with an amused smile, Devine blushed at the partial truth being said out loud. "We're not babies, Shiro. You, Pidge and I could have handled Sendak all on our own." Keith responded with a pout as Shiro chuckled. "Maybe, but I she would have still gotten her claws on Sendak anyway. It... just may not have been as gory as ripping his other eye out if we had." Shiro mentioned as Devine let out a low growl.
'I would have castrated him with my blade.' she though just as Shiro froze in shock, his dark eyes going wide as the blood drained from his face, Keith looked at the older paladin in confusion. "Shiro? Something wrong?" he asked carefully, Devine peeking out from her hiding place to look at the two, only seeing Shiro's back as Keith faced him with Devine's blade clutched in his right hand in its dormant dagger state.
'My Blade!' Devine thought as she touched the small of her back, not feeling the familiar handle present.
"Miss Devine?" Shiro called out to her, looking around the hall in front of him, and then behind him just a second after Devine took cover in her hiding place again. 'Quiznack! ' She cursed in her mind, still confused as to how Shiro could hear her thoughts at random moments without Obsidian's intervention.
"There's no one- is that a tail?" Keith asked sounding surprised and confused as Devine looked down to see the furry appendage sticking out from her hiding spot. The stripes and tuff of fur at the end glowing like a dark pink beacon. "Miss Devine are you... hiding from us?" Shiro asked as Devine sensed him walking over to where she was, making her face glow bright red.
"Are you feeling okay? You're glowing red again." He asked, stopping a few steps away, unsure of what she would do if he came closer. "Y-yeah, just running a little... hot." She told him, her tail wiggling as she could smell the Black paladin from where he was, Shiro's natural scent was alluring enough on its own but with Keith's scent adding a tempting spice to it.
"Sheith?" she questioned out loud in another language, picking up on the red paladin's oddly spicy scent on Shiro's clothes. "What?" Shiro questioned in confusion as Devine blushed, Keith just being confused and ignorant of how delectable he smelled to her on his own.
"I-it's nothing." She assured him and sunk to the floor, her back making the wall heat up from her embarrassment and... felt a cool, metal hand gently cup her forehead. "You're burning up; maybe you should get some rest until it comes down." Shiro suggested worriedly as he felt his prosthetic heat up just from touching her.
"How much can you feel with this?" Devine asked grabbing his wrist to keep his strangely cold hand where it was as she ginned, exposing her sharp fangs as an idea popped into her head. "Ah? I'm not sure. I can feel how hot you are right now but it's pretty obvi-US!" Shiro shouted and blushed as Devine had pulled his hand away from her forehead, and down to her mouth, where she bit the index finger of his Galra arm.
"Did you feel it?" she asked, smirking up at him as she sparked green with red mist. Shiro noticed her voice had become slight higher and the pupils in her golden eyes expanded as they locked onto him. The black paladin blushed but was still confused, and nervous, about what the woman was doing with his arm.
"N-no, I really think you should take something for that-DEVINE!" he yelled in shock as his face exploded bright red. Shiro tried to pull his arm away from the woman's firm grasp, but failed to keep it from traveling any lower down the woman's body. As she placed his hand over one of her covered breasts, the fingers of the prosthetic curling slightly, sinking into her soft bosom. Red mist traveled up his arm, migrating across his chest and head before the blood in his face started to flow downward steadily.
"How 'bout meow~?" she purred seductively as the black paladin felt the tip of her tail brush something that was very sensitive at the moment, making Shiro yank his wrist free from her hold as he stumbled backwards a foot or two as he stared at her is disbelief.
"Shiro? What's... wrong?" Keith tried to ask as his eyes widen in confusion even more as he saw Devine pounce on Shiro like a lion, pushing the black paladin flat on his back as she pined his arms to the floor, sitting on his stomach with her legs at his sides, a gleeful grin on her lips and tail swaying behind her in amusement.
This sent a spark of panic threw the young paladin as he felt that his leader was in terrible danger.
"Don't you dare hurt him!" Keith yelled as he held the woman's own blade to her neck, narrowing his eyes at her as she froze in fear, only Shiro noticed her pupils contracting back to normal as her grip on his arms weakened. "I'll cut you with your own blade if you don't get off him right now." The red paladin threatened protectively as Devine blinked in confusion before her mouth dropped open in a startled gasp as she quickly let go of Shiro's arms as she shot up quickly into the air as her face glowed red.
"Oh, Stars! I'm so sorry Shrio." She apologized as she curled her tail around her waist as her ears dropped down, floating about two feet off the ground to let the black paladin get to his feet as she tried to focus on something else besides Shiro's scent, and her amplified desire making her body brun.
"I-it's alright Miss Devine... but, what was that?" he asked, confused and a bit aroused as he looked away from her in embarrassment, Keith however narrowed his eyes at the woman. "It was because of that orb thing wasn't it?" he asked as Devine started to chew on her nails, the taste of Galra blood calming her down a little. "Kinda, but this is... the opposite of what happed with Sendick."
"What could possibly be the opposite mutilation?" Keith asked, unnerved by Devine's lack of concern about the sharp blade to her neck, not seeing Shiro blush a deep red as the answer came to him as soon as Devine looked at the younger paladin, her pupils expanding as she eyed Keith hungrily, licking her lips like a ravenous predator.
"Want to find out~?" Devine purred as Keith took a defensive stance, the seductive tone going unrecognized by the young paladin.
"Keith! No!" Shiro tired to warn as he scrambled to get up to stop them only to be frozen in disbelief and horror. Keith attacked the woman with her own weapon, only for Devine to easily avoid the blade as she floated in midair and grabbed Keith's right hand first before she wrapped her dominate arm around the younger male's waist. Pulling him flush against her body tightly, pining his feet down with her own as her right hand slipped under his black t-shirt and up his spine before slowly traveling back down and over the red Paladin's jeans to squeeze one of Keith's firm ass cheeks.
Only Shiro couldn't tare his eyes off their connected lips, Keith looked both confused and embarrassed as his eyes where wide open with his face burning red. The young man feeling the woman's soft breasts pressing into his chest, her hips slowly grinding into his own as he could feel some warm tingling sensation travel up his spine before feeling it come back down, slowly, with a pulse of blood being sent down to his groin, gasping at the feeling of the sharp claws threatening to rip the back of his pants. The woman's slick, warm tongue then ravaged his mouth and lightly bit his bottom lip.
Devine smirked as she felt Keith's hold on her blade loosen, but the desire to grasp his hidden blade arose as she felt it pressing into her lap before the clang of her blade dropping to the floor brought back her senses, pulling away from the red paladin as if he was actual fire, letting him fall back onto the floor, red faced and panting for air as he struggled to process what she had done to him.
"Quiznak." She hissed as she slapped a hand over her face in shame, feeling a shock with hint of anger coming from a nearly forgotten Shiro.
"D-devine? Did you just... molest Keith?" he questioned unsurely, gulping nervously as he saw her ears lay flat on her skull and tail tightening around her waist as she produced yellow and blue sparks. "I-I've got to go chill out with Sapphire for a bit." She told him before hastily picking up her blade before running towards the blue lion's hanger urgently.
Shiro wanted answers from her but he looked at Keith who groaned in frustration, his face starting to match the color of his Lion as he placed his hands over his eyes. "What the Quiznak was that Shiro!?" the young man asked as the older male blushed, noticing Keith had also become noticeably aroused. "All I know is... we both need to take a long, cold shower." The black paladin suggested, looking down at his prosthetic arm in confusion, recalling the feeling of Devine's breast threw it somehow.
~Voltron~
"SAPPHIRE! ICE ME, PLEASE!" Devine yelled as she entered the hanger, her skin burning a bright red before the lion's ice beam hit her, only to create fog that filled up the hanger quickly with the vastly different temperatures.
"T-thanks, Safy. You're such a good girl." Devine smiled at the lion, as her ember eyes glowed just like the Voltron Lion who purred in amusement. 'Tell me everything~.' The lion asked eagerly as Devine took in a calming breath, slowly exhaling before she confessed to the robotic beast.
"I ALMOST RAPED SHIRO, AND I JUST MOLESTED KEITH!" she yelled in a heated panic before the lion hit her with another ice beam to calm her down.
~Voltron~
"The Lion Goddess burst into flames! Transforming into a powerful beast that ripped apart the evil invader! Defeating him and protecting the young cubs." Kylzap spoke to his village; they all looked to their new leader as he told them of Devine's mystical transformation and conquest.
"Ooh~!" they responded in aw before the ground shook, scaring the Arusians before they heard a familiar roar. They gasped in surprise as they looked up in admiration for the mighty blue lion slowly approached, lowering its head to let Devine out.
The Arusians promptly bowing low at the site of her.
"The Great and Powerful Lion Goddess has returned!" Kylzap yelled with excitement as Devine gave a nervous smile as she looked out at the sea of bowing Arusians. "Please Rise. I wish to see all Arusians to apologize for bringing destruction and calamity upon your village." She spoke loudly to all of them as they looked up carefully, confusion washing over the small creatures as she disembarked form the Lion.
"I'm here to see your injured and sick, first and foremost." She asked as the Arusians parted quickly, Kylzap eagerly approaching her. "Of course Lion Goddess, we are humbled by your kindness." He grinned, proudly displaying his pin of leadership that shined in the light.
"Calling me Devine will be fine, Chief Kylzap." She teased as the new Arusian leader nodded. "Our sick and injured where moved to the caves. Please come with me... Devine Lion." The Arusian addressed her before leading her to the missing Arusians.
~Voltron~
"Seriously? Is there nothing but food goo in this place?" Hunk asked as he was near tears, having searched the kitchen for anything that resembled food from Earth, or even some solid alien food. "Hunk, are you okay?" Devine asked as she walked into the kitchen with two hand woven baskets, concerned for the large paladin as he was slightly relived at the site of her.
"Miss Devine! Please help me! I don't want to be stuck eating goo for the rest of my life!" He asked the woman who gave him a soft smile as she held up the baskets in her hands. "I guess it's a good thing the Arusians gave me some non-gooey ingredients then." She chuckled and set the baskets down on the kitchen island as Hunk eagerly opened them, excited to see solid ingredients as he picked up a familiar smelling white block.
"Oh my gosh! Is this cheese?!" Hunk asked her as she smiled at his discovery, giving him a nod. "It's something similar, yes. Is there any chance you know how to make Pizza? I hear it's a very popular food on your planet." She asked carefully, not wanting to show that she was from Earth. The yellow paladin however looked at her with wide eyes as he gasped in realization, going thru the baskets to pull out more ingredients: squeezing, sniffing, and tasting what he could.
"No way! I can totally make pizza from this, ah? Wait a minute..." Hunk's beaming smile faded into confusion as he looked at the woman who let out a spark of yellow. "How do you know about Pizza?" he asked as Devine laughed nervously. "I discovered a little shop that sells a lot of things from Earth. Books, toys, games, movies, and lots of other little trinkets from your planet, I couldn't help but learn about such interesting creatures." She told him, half lying as the yellow paladin nodded in acceptance.
"That's so cool. You are gonna love Pizza! Hey! We can even have pizza party with all these ingredients~! " Hunk nearly drooled in excitement, as Devine was just as eager for Earth food as the he was.
"Sounds like a lot of work, mind if I help?" she asked, about to wash her hands to start helping, but Hunk put a firm hand on her shoulder. "No offence Miss Devine, but you seriously need a bath. Just leave all the cooking to me and you can enjoy a nice long bubble bath." The yellow paladin informed her as he gently escorted her out of the kitchen, Devine looking at herself, covered in dirt and dried sweat she had worked up while helping the Aurians rebuild their village. Putting the energy she received from the red lion orb to a more, constructive use.
"Sure, but leave the dessert to me. I've got an old Altean recipe I want to try." She informed him before leaving the kitchen to Hunk. Smiling fondly as she felt the excitement and joy pouring off of the lovable cinnamon roll for once.
'At least now I can try out that massive tub~.' She grinned with glee as she floated happily to her room.
~Voltron~
"Ohhh~ Stars, this feels so good~." Devine purred as she sunk into the massive tub filled with nearly boiling hot water that fogged up her bathroom, light pink bubbles coating the surface of the water give off an unfamiliar floral scent as she sunk her body up to her collar bone in the water. Leaning back on the edge of the tub pool, her hair pulled up to keep it out of the water that was soothing the sore and over worked muscles of her body.
"I almost forgot how good a hot bath could be." She sighed closing her eyes for a moment as she just enjoyed the relaxing bath, feeling herself drift off and slowly sink lower into the water until she was completely submerged under the bubbles for a moment, before springing up quickly coughing up the water she inhaled.
"T-that was close. I can't die yet, and drowning in a hot bath is the stupidest way to go." She spoke to herself nervously as she tried to calm her racing heart, looking for something to occupy her mind. "Time to find out if those books are just for decoration." She mused, reluctantly getting out of the back to reach the books that sat innocently on a shelf, the steam seeming not to affecting them as the woman pulled out the first book, opening it.
"What's this?" she questioned, surprised to see that the book was really a storage box that had a tube of some Altean product she couldn't read. Putting it back to grab another book that didn't have anything on its cover, opening it she found the title.
"A Lion's Prize? Sounds interesting, but why would it be in the bath-oh~." Devine questioned before she flipped thru the book before finding an illustration of three figures coming together, in a very intimate way. "This is a naughty~ book." She purred happily, grinning eagerly as she sunk back into the tub. 'All I need now is some white wine, and Shiro~.' She thought in amusement, blushing as she stared to read the first few chapters as she relaxed in the hot water for a few dobashes, becoming very engrossed with the fictional relationship between a maid and her master.
~Voltron~
"I really needed that." Devine smiled happily as she ran a towel over her hair to dry it, making the white strands sparkle with color as the light shined above her head, the refractions from her hair created colorful diamond shapes around her body as she dropped the damp towel into her dirty laundry.
With her skin glowing pink as she walked out of her room dressed in a pair of black shorts and a lavender tank top, her legs covered only by black and purple striped stockings, leaving her jacket unzipped to cover her upper arms as she wore the necklace Ulaz had gifted her out of attachment for the kind Galra.
"Wonder how Hunk is doing with the-" she asked out loud before stopping as her ember eyes met the dark gray eyes of the Black paladin.
"M-miss Devine?" He called her name as the woman froze, his scent overwhelming her nose and making her body heat up rapidly, the fact that he was shirtless and covered in alluring sweat did not help her stay calm. "S-shiro!? Ah? W-what are you doing here?" she asked, blushing as she looked away, Shiro doing the same as he nervously looked at his shirt before hiding it behind his back with a dark pink blush coloring his face.
"Well... this is my room, and I wanted to ask Coran where the laundry room is." He told her as he glanced at his closed door in disappointment, looking for an escape route nervously. "The castle has an automated laundry service; just put your clothes in the hamper and it returns the clothes to your room within 5 dobashes." She informed him, but he was clearly confused and a little embarrassed.
"Miss Devine, our rooms don't have hampers. Also, ah? The rest of us didn't exactly pack extra clothes for an extend stay." He mentioned as he heard Devine gasp, risking a look at her he could see the genuine shock and degust on her face as it paled.
"It's... been 3 Quintents since y'all arrived... and all of you have been wearing the same clothes!?" she yelled as she realized they had not been wearing the same thing because they wanted to, but because they HAD too. Shrio took a step back, confused by the slip of southern accent, becoming nervous as she narrowed his eyes at him.
"Let's fix that then." She announced firmly before closing the distance between them quickly, Shiro was slightly scared as the woman grabbed his Galra arm and pulled him down the hall with surprising strength, in the direction of her room. The black paladin gulped nervously as he felt his face burn red as they got closer to the woman's room...
Only to walk past it and be dragged into a room he hadn't seen before.
"What is this place?" he asked, looking around the room at the bolts of fabric taking up a large part of the room form floor to ceiling, then at the screen Devine had pulled up from what looked like a desk covered in sketch books, sketches of dresses, and what looked like pencils. The black paladin approached her from behind as she narrowed her eyes at the Altean characters that appeared on screen.
Experimentally, she pressed a few before Shiro's profile came up, making her smile with the progress.
"This was Queen Amora's sewing room, apparently the late Altean Queen liked to make her daughter's dresses herself. These books are filled with tones of designs of just dresses for Allura, and- here we go." Devine informed the confused paladin as she set the computer up to make Shiro a new set of clothes that where nearly identical to his own.
"In just a dobash, or two, you will have a fresh new set of clothes. Ah~ Altean tech is the best." She mused as she looked for the profiles of the other Paladins and setting the computer to work on clothes for the younger paladins.
Shiro looked at Devine in confusion before noticing something like a stage in front of the desk, and what looked to be the outline of his body was projected on stage, turning solid white before being draped with black fabric that was quickly sewn together into something that resembled his clothes. While he watched four more outlines appear on either side of his own, watching in aw as they created copies of the other paladin's clothes.
"Can it only copy clothes? Or can you make new ones?" Shiro asked as Devine messed with the controls a bit more, glaring at the Altean characters she could not understand. "Not sure, I think it works on sketches somehow." She mentioned, picking up one of the books filled with drawings of dresses, opening it to a page that had a beautiful dress that had long white sleeves and a long skirt that gradually turned into a deep purple with realistic star like patterns decorating it.
"This is beautiful~." She admired the dress fondly, but she could feel her heart constrict strangely as she did. "Well you do owe Keith a pair of pants." Shiro spoke from behind her, making the woman jump in shock, before trying to understand what the Black paladin had just said. "What?" she asked, looking up at the handsome leader who looked at all the sketch books with longing before looking at her with wide eyes, cheeks tinted pink.
"It was when you... groped him; your claws ripped the back of his pants..." Shiro told her, blushing as Devine's eyes widen as she carefully recalled the moment. "Oh Stars." She responded with an embarrassed blush that Shiro found rather cute.
"I'm... so sorry about before. I usually have more self control then that." She admitted as she felt the paladin's confusion. "Did it have something to do with the orb Keith dropped?" he asked and she gave a shy nod, her face blazing red as she identified the alluring scent coming from the paladin who stopped hiding his black shirt/jacket thing behind his back.
'Was he-? Oh, Stars!' She bit her lip, trying not to let her mind wander to the paladin's neither regions.
"Yeah, they usually contain potent emotions and... it set me off on Sendick-" she stopped at her habitual butchering of the Galra's name, her mind snapping to the naughtier images she had collected of the Black paladin back in her world. Behind her, she could hear Shiro choke on his surprise, having somehow gotten at least one of the images transmitted into his mind.
"Um, maybe I should explain this to everyone at dinner? I've asked Hunk to leave the dessert to me." She told him as the copy of the black paladins clothes finished and the others where nearly done.
"Can you give Keith his? I don't think he's gonna trust me for a bit." She asked Shiro, not seeing his bright red face as he glanced at her for a moment. "Yeah, don't worry about Keith. He... doesn't get much affection." Shiro tried to explain the younger paladin's actions, not seeing her sad smile as he approached the stage to retrieve his new set of clothes only to freeze in confusion.
'I'm the same way.' Devine thought, Shiro over hearing it as the woman left the room, leaving the paladin to ponder over her thoughts.
~Voltron~
"Oh no you don't!" Devine yelled as she quickly grabbed the large yellow mouse before he could get his paws on the ripe Juniberries that were harvested by the Arusians and given to her as a gift. The large mouse didn't struggle in her firm grasp as the others looked at her in confusion and disappointment.
"These are for a special dessert I'm planning. So no spoiling it for Allura or Coran, okay?" she asked the mice, giving them a wink as they chatted among themselves. Hunk looking at her from his spot washing the dishes he had used to make the makeshift pizzas. "Do they understand you?" he asked curiously as Devine set the yellow mouse down with his friends before she gave the chubby one a gentle pet on the head, making him squeak in enjoyment.
"I believe so, or at least the intent of my words. Interspecies communication is always a bit tricky." She smiled at the other mice who looked at her, concentrating on the small creatures she could feel their primal emotions of confusion and curiosity.
"I'm going to try and make a Juniberry pie, a favorite dessert of Altea. If your good little darlings, I'll be sure to leave you some pie as well." She told the mice who showed their surprise before squeaking happily at her choice, making her smile at their simple emotions, so pure and open about how they really felt.
"More Pie? Ha! That sounds great Miss Devine. Gonna need any help?" Hunk asked as he finished the dishes, drying off his hands as the woman shook her head. "No thanks, Hunk. I'm better at baking then anything. I'll be sure to not leave a mess but... you do know there's a dish washer right?" she asked, pointing to the Altean dish washer that wasn't much different from an Earth one besides achualy working better and cleaning the dishes.
"Yeah, I know. Washing them by hand just gives me something to do." He told her, frowning as she felt the yellow paladin become worried. "Lance is going to be fine; he'll be out of the healing pod and flirting with Allura just in time for dinner." She voiced but the large paladin was still worried as he looked at her with a helpless worried frown that made her heart constrict.
"It's not that, Miss Devine it's... The Balmera we got the crystal from." he admitted as she grew serious, frowning as she recalled Hunk and Coran's mission to get the crystal and back to the castle, leaving Shay to the wrath of the Galra, because they had no mercy.
"It's not doing well... is it." She asked, as Hunk shook his head. "Worse still is that the people, the Balmerans, don't even know how to be free... they can't even see the sky because the Galra have them mining the crystals so deep underground!" Hunk explained, the woman could feel his guilt and panic rise before she spoke up and extended her hand to gently rest on the yellow paladin's shoulder, blue mist slowly seeping into him.
"It's gonna be okay, Hun. We'll be paying them a visit soon enough, but it seems a little strange you're so passionate about this mission. Did something happen? Or was it someone?" she asked, a bit egger to hear about Shay from Hunk's mouth, especially when she felt a strange, warm sensation coming off of him as he blushed.
"Well... there was this rock named Shay who helped us get the crystal, and escape the cell the Galra threw us in." He started before looking away from the woman shyly, fiddling with his fingers in nervousness. "How about we bake while we chat. It will give you something to do, and we get to learn how to make Juniberry pie together." She suggested as Hunks eyes sparkled in excitement.
"That sounds like a great idea, Mom." Hunk innocently praised as Devine's eyes widen in surprise, pink sparks arched into hearts from where Hunk's shoulder connected with her hand. The woman was speechless and touched by the slip of the tongue; the yellow paladin didn't seem to notice it as he looked at her worriedly before she gave him a soft smile of assurance.
"Then let's get to baking." She and Hunk carefully read over the recipe, translating the ingredients and some instructions before trying to make the crust of the Altean dessert as the mice watched, speaking to each other as the larger life forms took great care in their work.
~Voltron~
"Is Lance out yet? Dinner is already getting cold." Hunk asked, placing his hands on his knees as he gasped for breath from his sprint form the kitchen, Devine floating behind him with the blue, red eyed mouse, Plachu, ridding on her left shoulder nibbling on a treat she had given him and the other mice.
Allura, Keith, Pidge and Shiro turned to look at the late arrivals as Coran was focused on the human's readings, looking a little confused. "Not yet, what's for dinner anyway?" Pidge asked curiously, ignoring Keith who narrowed his eyes at Devine as she approached Coran at the main terminal.
"How are his vitals?" She asked, not able to read the Altean characters at a glance as she examined the outline of a body that was on screen.
"He's doing quite well, but um? Are they supposed to have orbs in their chests?" He asked her quietly as Devine blinked in confusion before she realized what the Altean was referring to. "No. It's something I used to alleviate his more life threatening injuries. It would be best if he keeps it in case of something like this happening again. Human children can only be so flexible before they break completely." She informed him worriedly, looking at the blue spot on the character gently pulsate, like a heartbeat.
"Coran, do you have a ticker?" Allura asked the older Altean produced the requested item to start their 'clock party'. Devine gently smiling at them before the little mouse squeaked in her ear trying to get her attention.
"What is it Plachu?" she asked, not realizing she had said the mouse's name as it squeaked and pointed at the console, the little outline becoming full as there seemed to be a countdown to when the pod would open.
She smiled and turned to the others gathering around Coran and Pidge, as they tried to compare Ticks and Seconds, even Shiro was focused on the two time pieces.
"Yes! I think we're winning." Hunk exclaimed excitedly as Devine walked over to Lance's pod, not wanting to break up the entertained little group. "Winning what? The intergalactic time-measuring competition?" Keith asked sarcastically but he was just as interested in the competition as the rest of them. "Yes." Hunk answered the red paladin, as if it was obvious that human seconds where faster than the Universally used ticks.
Devine was distracted more by the pod opening up, and the healed blue paladin stumbled out into her arms as she cradled him tightly to her chest. Quickly examineing him for any remaining injuries, finding none as he wrapped his arms around her, pink sparks arching into small hearts.
"He muerto y he ido al cielo?" Lance asked in his native tongue, making Devine chuckle in amusement as she ran her fingers gently threw his chocolate locks that reminded the woman of her own hair, only not as soft or short.
"No, niño. Todavía estás en la tierra de los vivos." She responded feeling the blue paladin smile at the familiar words. "Se siente así, abuela." He sighed before Devine let the Cuban boy fall to the floor at the unintentional insult, letting out a small cry that got the other's attention.
"LANCE!" Hunk yelled in happiness, picking up his friend from the floor to give him a big bear hug, Lance making a noise that sounded a lot like a squeaky toy. "What happened?" Lance asked, seeming to still be in a bit of a daze as Hunk had his friend's right arm over his shoulder, holding the lanky teen up on his feet.
"We can tell you all about it while we have dinner. Are you able to walk?" Allura asked, placing her hand on the cuban boy's upper back as a show of comfort only to have it work to well.
"Talking? Eating? Are you asking me out on a date?" Lance asked, mustering up the energy to give the princess a sly smile. Allura's eyes widen at the suggestion, looking put off by it as she removed her hand to cross them over her chest and turn her back to him. Devine could feel amusement, annoyance and relief come from everyone in the room regardless.
"Yep. There he is." Pidge adjusted her glasses, relived by Lance's flirting.
"Yeah, he's okay." Shiro let his amusement show.
"Classic." Keith however looked away with his arms crossed, visibly not impressed but relived that the blue paladin was alright.
"Let's get you dressed first, got to look good for your date right?" Devine suggested, picking up the folded copy of Lance's earth clothes as she smiled at the groggy Cuban. "Miss Devine, please don't encourage him." Allura pleaded with the older woman who shook her head in disagreement with a smirk.
~Voltron~
"What smells so good?" Lance asked as he felt his stomach roar for whatever savory concoction that Hunk and Devine made for everyone.
"I'm not quite sure. They just said it was a popular food on your planet before Miss Devine threw me out of the kitchen." Coran informed him, sitting next to the princess as the other Paladin's took their preferred seats, the table covered with a red and white checkered table cloth, cups and plates set out but no sliver wear.
"Strange, they forgot to set out the sliver wear." Allura voiced, confused as the human paladin's racked their brains for what dinner could possibly be before they heard a scoff come from the kitchen door. Hunk coming in with two large round plates, held high to conceal the meal with Devine doing the same only floating to help her hide the food she carried on similar trays.
"That's because it doesn't require utensils, you eat it with your hands." Hunk hinted at gleefully as he came to the end with the Alteans, Devine happily taking the other closer to the recovered paladin who sniffed the air.
"Huh? Smells like-No way! Hunk, you didn't!" Lance asked excitedly as he grinned widely with excitement and Hunk and Devine placed the trays on the table, the human's gasping, eyes widening at the familiar site and salivating with anticipation.
"PIZZA!"The young Paladins yelled in glee before Devine brought down her second tray in front of Lance who choked back his tears as he saw the freshly made appetizers. "and Garlic Knots!" he added with a small sniffle. Grabbing one of the earth delicacies, taking a bite before the flavors hit his taste buds, making him freeze in shock.
"Lance? Are you okay?" Devine asked worriedly as the others had gotten their own slices of pizza only to stop and look at the blue paladin as tears slowly streamed down his face.
"I-I'm fine Miss Devine. It's just that... it tastes even better than the ones back home." Lance told her, smiling softly as he remembered the garlic knots he usually had back home, missing his family as his heart constricted, Devine feeling it with him.
"I'm sorry. I thought something from Earth would cheer everyone up, and Hunk said these where your favorite food too." She admitted, looking worriedly over the crying Cuban boy. No one said a thing remembering that Devine was an empath, able to feel all of their emotions. "Yeah, they are. Thanks, Miss Devine. Hunk." Lance wiped away his tears on his jacket, willing for them to stop as Devine picked up a garlic knot.
"Come on, let's knot let all this food go to waste." She suggested as everyone looked at her with wide disbelieving eyes. "Did Miss Devine just make a pun?" Pidge asked as Lance smiled, holding back his amusement. "Yeah, we should eat while their still piping knot." The Cuban boy added as he made Devine giggle at his response.
"Come on you guys, let's knot get carried away here." Hunk jumped in with amusement, making the other two, snort in laughter. "I think that was for knot. You better knot hog those Lance" Pidge supplied with a sly smirk at she joined them, snatching up a garlic knot for herself.
"Hey! Those are knot for you." Lance shot back with a smirk as he playfully guarded his favorite food.
"Lance, the food is for everyone. Let's knot be selfish." Shiro chimed in as they stared at him before bursting into laughter, the Alteans looking confused. "It's knot that funny." Keith muttered from his place besides Shiro, who seemed to be the only one who heard him, as Keith blushed at his attempt.
"I don't get it." Coran voiced, looking at the Earthlings and Devine for some answers as Allura pouted in slight annoyance form not understanding what they were laughing about.
"I am knot amused." She said with her firm and proper British accent making them all look at her before bursting out laughing at the princess's unintended pun.
"Alright everyone. Lets calm down now and actually eat some dinner." Shiro reasoned as everyone agreed and happily ate their pizza and garlic knots. Enjoying it with some juice made from the Arus's native fruits, while Coran, Shiro, and Devine enjoyed something a little stronger, yet not as potent as Nunvil.
The paladins talked about their world as Devine and the Alteans listened to them and in return Coran and Allura shared some stories of Altea with everyone before Devine quietly got up to fetch the special dessert.
"I remember the Summer Berry festivals; people from all over Altea would come to celebrate the harvest." Allura sighed in fondness of the memory of her family enjoying the festivities and food as Coran nodded in agreement. "Yes, it was a miraculous event. Especially that year you stained your favorite dress. Took Queen Amora and Bastet a whole varga to calm you down." He added fondly as Allura frowned in confusion at the second name.
"Bastet? Was she one of my hand maidens?" she asked as Coran became stiff and nervous. "Y-yes. I remember she ran all the way to the castle just to get you a clean dress to look presentable for the parade." He informed the princess but Allura still looked confused.
"Something wrong Allura?" Shiro asked with some concern as Allura frowned, trying to recall the handmaidens face. "I don't remember a Bastet in my encourage, and that name doesn't sound Altean either." She voiced her thoughts as Coran tried to think of another excuse.
"Maybe she was from another planet? On Earth, Bastet is the name of an ancient Egyptian lion goddess." Pidge added helpfully, also confused by the earthly name as the two Alteans eyes widen at the information. "A lion goddess? Coran, you don't think?" Allura looked at her advisor with hopeful eyes. "That Bastet somehow made it to their planet? No princess, I don't think that's possible." The older Altean regretfully crushing the young woman's hopes before Devine came back with dessert, looking worried as she carried something that looked very familiar to him.
Coran let out a gasp before Devine pressed a finger to her lips and gave him a wink, before looking down at a sadden Allura.
"N-no worries princess. I'm sure some Alteans survived, we are a durable race that's lived almost to the very beginning of the universe." He told her as Devine quietly floated to them, grinning as the princess closed her eyes in a sad sigh before opening them to see Devine place a plate of a very familiar dessert in front of her.
"Is that!?" she asked, gasping as she turned to the older woman who was giving her a soft smile, all four mice on her shoulders with lips stained red from testing the Juniberriey filling.
"An Altean Juniberry pie, made by Hunk and myself?" the mice squeaked in her ears for their credit. "With the help of the mice too, I think we got the recipe down. The paladins aren't the only ones who are home sick Princess Allura. I thought a little taste of home would bring your spirits up too." Devine confessed as Allura took a deep breath and in haled the scent of the treat, egger to dig in.
"Just a moment princess!" Coran interrupted, tying a long table cloth length bib around Allura's neck before she could pick up her utensils. "There we go, don't want to ruin another dress. Enjoy." The advisor said with confidence as Allura glared at him as Devine and the Paladins tried to hide their amusement before trying the Altean dessert themselves.
"Mmmmm~" the whole room enjoyed the alien dessert, and it was gone as quickly as it came.
"That was simply wonderful~, but Miss Devine I'm curious..." Allura commented, blushing a little a she saw the bib was stained with juniberry juice, taking it off as she looked at the older woman who helped Keith with picking up the dirty dishes. "Why did you not include a dish from your home? Surely you miss your family as well."
She asked politely but Devine froze at the mention of her former home...
The room seemed to become colder as Devine turned her dull yellow eyes to Allura who flinched back in fear before she closed her eyes and gave the young princess a fake smile, disappearing into the kitchen after Keith.
As soon as the doors closed behind her, the room became warm again.
"Ah? Guys, what was that?" Pidge asked, confused and a bit scared by the odd reaction from the woman who was so kind and warm just a seconds ago. Shiro gulped uneasily as his brain tried to process more of the black, white, and red images he had seen.
"I don't know, Pidge, but I'm going to find out." Shiro narrowed his eyes walking into the kitchen to see a red faced Keith on the other side of the room from Devine who had her hand up just a little above Keith's height, looking genuinely surprised at the red paladin.
"What's going on here?" Shiro asked looking between the two with a slight frown.
"I was just... pat Keith on the head and he-"
"You called me cubchoo!" Keith yelled at her as she was still confused, she didn't feel the anger he was displaying but fear, sadness, and yarning for something. "Devine?" Shrio called her name as he looked at her with an understanding frown.
"Did you really call Keith, cubchoo?" he asked as she blinked in confusion.
"I... think so. What's wrong?" she asked, not sure what she said before patting Keith's head as he was about to wash the dishes by hand. She was aware of using a term of endearment, hun and sweetie being the ones she used most but she had let something slip past her lips, something that brought about darker emotions from the red paladin.
Shiro looked at Keith who looked shaken; Devine wanted to give him a comforting hug but knew it could just make things worse.
"My father used to call me Cubchoo before... he abandoned me..." Keith admitted, glancing at Devine who's eyes widen, tears falling down her cheeks as she looked longingly at Keith, wanting to give him hugs and kisses and all the love she could.
"You two are the same." Shrio realized as Devine stopped crying, blinking at she looked at the black Paladin fearfully, but he seemed more surprised and worried for the both of them.
"Miss Devine, you where abandoned by your parents too?" Keith asked uncertainly as he watched the woman take a similar stance to what he would when someone asked, or cared to ask him the question. Half turned away, arms crossed tightly across the chest, a slight scowl on her lips, looking down and away from anyone and everyone.
Shiro cringed as several images entered his head, a figure of a man walking away from a woman figure that stood next to him, holding his small hand in a painful vice grip. The man to walking into the arms of another female figure, the two kissing before the first woman figure clawed violently at the couple with blood red claws. Then he was looking at a woman's face, blood red lips pulled down in a frown before he saw the blood red claws come at his face, the feeling of sharp daggers racking across his cheek before he gasped for breath, looking up at a worried Keith and Devine.
"Shiro!? Shiro?! Can you hear me!?" Keith yelled loudly, making the older paladin's ears ring as he blinked rapidly to get rid of those images, at some point he had fallen on his back having experienced Devine being abandoned by her parents.
Keith's cries summoned everyone into the kitchen looking worried as Devine's hand glowed purple as it rested on Shiro's forehead, easing away the pounding in his ears.
"What happened in here?" Allura asked, concerned as she saw the Voltron leader laying on the floor with Devine's hand glowing lavender as it rested on his brow. Keith and Devine sharing a look before the woman spoke up.
"Shiro slipped on some water. Just making sure nothing got knocked out of place." She lied to them with a soft smile on her lips; Shiro looked at her with slight surprise along with Keith, only he frowned at how truthful it sounded as everyone seemed to believe her.
A.N. I will assume Allura is 16-17 or the Altean equivalent. Next chapter they should finally be getting off Arus, that or make a longer chapter, and I did by compressing some of the chapters and adding more to it. Enjoy!
