Love in an Odd Place
Chapter 5
Dreams
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Disclaimer: No change in this I do not own Voltron.
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Later that night Allura tossed and turned as a dream plagued her dreams.
Allura was standing on the balcony of the beloved Castle of Lions. Below her stood the cheering people of Arus. She looked to her left and saw Koran standing tall and proud. Allura then turned her head to her right were the Voltron Force stood. Keith was looking at her smiling, but then it changed. Slowly a look of deep thought and concern washed over his face. Allura followed his gaze to the sky. To her horror the sky was littered with Doom ships. The sound of screaming grabbed her attention. As she stared at the people below her, she noticed that her world was slowly going back to the devastation it once was before the force arrived. Something told her though that this was her world in the future, or what she feared it would be. Allura could hear the voices of her people, woman, men, and children all alike were screaming for her to save them.
All of a sudden she saw guards by the dozen grabbing them and taking them away. All Allura could do was lean over the balcony railing and scream for them to stop. Tears flooded her eyes as she reached out to the people below. Hoping that she could hold on to any of them. A shriek then escaped her mouth as she was grabbed from behind. Allura noticed that it was Keith before he tossed her over his shoulder.
"Where are you taking me?" Allura yelled over the screams.
"To hide Allura! I have to keep you safe." Keith yelled as he rounded the corner. Allura mentally slapped her self as she realized that Keith had called her Allura and not Princess, but this was no time to think of things like that.
Moments later they were inside her room. Keith gently set her down on the ground. "Where is that entrance to the secret room?" It was evident in his voice that he was on the edge of panicking.
Allura walked over to the book self and pulled on a book titled 'Romeo and Juliet'. The bed soon slid to one side revealing an inner room.
"Come on we must hurry." Keith said as he yanked her into the room the door slid close behind them and the room went dark. Keith pulled on a chain turning a light on. The two slowly sat down.
"Keith." Allura stopped as Keith placed his hand over her mouth. She could hear the orders of the Doom soldiers as they searched her room. Allura's breath caught in her breath as their feet scuffled around the room.
It was a long time, but they soon left.
"Allura stay here! I'm going to go have a look around." Keith said as he started to stand.
"No!" Allura quickly jumped to her feet. "Please don't leave me. You could get killed!"
Keith put his hands on her arms and said, "I have to Allura. It's my duty."
Tears were coming down her face as she looked at the man before her. "But Keith you can't! I. well." Allura just couldn't hold her feelings in any longer. "Keith, I love you!"
Keith pulled her close to him and held her face up to his/ "Don't worry." Keith then started to lower his head. "I love you too." He whispered before they're lips touched. It was a brief and light kiss, but it held so much more, a promise, a hope, and a new life. He stepped away from her and with one last reassuring smile he turned and left. Allura sank back to the floor, her fingers lightly touching her lips.
After sometime afterwards Allura emerged from the tiny room. Allura was not shocked to see her room destroyed. She quickly exited the room and started walking down the halls. Glass, clothes and linens were everywhere. At times Allura even saw blood spots. She slowly entered the Control room, which was to a somewhat bad state. A sigh escaped her lips though as she saw something red sitting in the chair.
"Oh Keith, I thought for a moment that you were gon." Allura ended her statement with a blood-curdling scream. There in the chair sat Keith with blood all over him.
Keith was dead!
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Allura! Wake up!" Keith was trying to wake her dream. He had woken only moments ago to Allura's screams, but was having no luck in waking her. He was hoping to wake her before the guard came by.
'That just would not help her to be woken in that manner.' Keith thought as he turned to the large metal door. "Oh great!" he breathed as his hopes were dashed away by the sight of a flickering light. Keith froze as he heard a click in the door.
"What's going on here?" the guard said in a harsh voice. "What is wrong with her?"
Keith watched as the guard walked over next to him. "She's having a nightmare and I can't wake her up."
~Is there a problem down there? ~ A familiar voice yelled at the guard.
The guard dropped his communicator as he tried to answer it. "Sorry you highness. I thought you were asleep."
~Well both my father and I are up and wish to know what's going on! ~
"Sorry. It's the princess. According to the commander she is having a nightmare. Also it seems that he is having trouble in waking her."
~Well bring the two up here now! ~
"Yes sir." The link ended with that. He turned to Keith and raised his gun. "You heard him! Wake the princess!"
Keith quickly took to his new task. "Princess, please wake up. Everything's okay." Keith repeated these soft pleas in her ear while gently shaking her until her eyes shot open and she sprang into a sitting position.
"Oh Keith!" Allura cried as she wrapped trembling hands around his neck. Tears streamed down her face. "I'm so glad that it was just a dream. I was so scared. So alone." A gasp then escaped her mouth as she felt the cold metal clamp down on her wrists.
"Sorry Princess, but you are wanted by Zarkon and Lotor." The guard then took her arms from around Keith's neck. "Now let's get you two-ready." He put the cuffs on Keith's ankles and wrists and then on Allura's ankles. Before they left he connected both together and then led them out.
"Are you okay?" Keith asked as they walked down the long hallway.
"No, but I'll tell you later."
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King Zarkon sat at the head of the conference table looking over a large star map as the Arussian and her captain entered. Looking up at the couple a smile developed on his lips. "Now what seems to be the problem here?"
Keith was loosing his cool, but when he saw the smile on his face it was all lost. Keith was now furious. "She just had a nightmare!"
"Why are you having these dreams?" Zarkon questioned. The caring voice he was attempting was a well-rehearsed one.
"Why the hell would you care?" Keith snapped.
Allura lowered her head as in a small voice she said, "Well, they actually occur when I become insecure."
"Oh I see. Now how do we fix this? You just need a way to be secure?" Zarkon stopped to think. "You feel safe around your Captain, right?"
Allura looked up shocked by his question. "Y-yes, I guess I do feel safer with him around." She stopped and looked over at Keith. "But we sleep in the same cell anyways."
"Then another one of your orders is to find a way to feel safer."
"Father! What are you suggesting?" Lotor said as he turned and looked at Keith. He blamed Keith for all his problems. Not Voltron just Keith!
"I just want the nightmares to stop so they are to find away to do this." Zarkon stared at his son. "No arguments! It's final! You are all free to leave now!"
Once the two servants had left Zarkon looked at his son who hadn't yet left. "Lotor?"
"Yes."
"I hope that you can see that by putting my trust in them that I was only furthering my plan. You should really be taking notes."
"Yes, but is it really working?"
"Well the captain is hard so it is going to take longer for him, but I can see Allura's resistance dwindling. She was already so tired from fighting. Her hope for a free world is sliding. That's really what those nightmares are of. I can see it in her eyes, and so does the captain. That's what made him so mad."
"Well then I guess I should just relax and wait until she will be mine."
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The door shut with a bang that made Allura jump.
"So tell me what happened in your dream." Keith said as he grabbed her hand and led her to her bed.
Allura laid down on the bed. As Keith started to cover her she began her story.
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"Well I walked around to see you better and then I screamed because there you were, your body limp, blood all over you. Keith you. you were dead!" tears had been trickling down her face but at the words of his death they began to flow like two waterfalls.
Keith pulled her up into a sitting position and quickly embraced her shuddering body in a warm, tight hug. "Don't worry Allura. It sounds like a horrible dream for anyone, but everything is going to be okay."
Allura pulled away and looked into his eyes. She could barely see through the tears in her own. "Keith, I never want to lose you like that. You mean so much to me!"
The young commander was beside himself with joy, but also was confused on what to do. He hadn't felt a love like this in a long time. "Don't worry. I will fight for your life as well as my own." Keith then blew out the light that the guard had given him. "Now go to sleep."
"Keith, stay with me please." Allura pleaded.
"Of coarse." He said as he sat down in the bed with his back leaning on the wall. "Goodnight Princess."
"Good night, Keith."
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Disclaimer: No change in this I do not own Voltron.
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Later that night Allura tossed and turned as a dream plagued her dreams.
Allura was standing on the balcony of the beloved Castle of Lions. Below her stood the cheering people of Arus. She looked to her left and saw Koran standing tall and proud. Allura then turned her head to her right were the Voltron Force stood. Keith was looking at her smiling, but then it changed. Slowly a look of deep thought and concern washed over his face. Allura followed his gaze to the sky. To her horror the sky was littered with Doom ships. The sound of screaming grabbed her attention. As she stared at the people below her, she noticed that her world was slowly going back to the devastation it once was before the force arrived. Something told her though that this was her world in the future, or what she feared it would be. Allura could hear the voices of her people, woman, men, and children all alike were screaming for her to save them.
All of a sudden she saw guards by the dozen grabbing them and taking them away. All Allura could do was lean over the balcony railing and scream for them to stop. Tears flooded her eyes as she reached out to the people below. Hoping that she could hold on to any of them. A shriek then escaped her mouth as she was grabbed from behind. Allura noticed that it was Keith before he tossed her over his shoulder.
"Where are you taking me?" Allura yelled over the screams.
"To hide Allura! I have to keep you safe." Keith yelled as he rounded the corner. Allura mentally slapped her self as she realized that Keith had called her Allura and not Princess, but this was no time to think of things like that.
Moments later they were inside her room. Keith gently set her down on the ground. "Where is that entrance to the secret room?" It was evident in his voice that he was on the edge of panicking.
Allura walked over to the book self and pulled on a book titled 'Romeo and Juliet'. The bed soon slid to one side revealing an inner room.
"Come on we must hurry." Keith said as he yanked her into the room the door slid close behind them and the room went dark. Keith pulled on a chain turning a light on. The two slowly sat down.
"Keith." Allura stopped as Keith placed his hand over her mouth. She could hear the orders of the Doom soldiers as they searched her room. Allura's breath caught in her breath as their feet scuffled around the room.
It was a long time, but they soon left.
"Allura stay here! I'm going to go have a look around." Keith said as he started to stand.
"No!" Allura quickly jumped to her feet. "Please don't leave me. You could get killed!"
Keith put his hands on her arms and said, "I have to Allura. It's my duty."
Tears were coming down her face as she looked at the man before her. "But Keith you can't! I. well." Allura just couldn't hold her feelings in any longer. "Keith, I love you!"
Keith pulled her close to him and held her face up to his/ "Don't worry." Keith then started to lower his head. "I love you too." He whispered before they're lips touched. It was a brief and light kiss, but it held so much more, a promise, a hope, and a new life. He stepped away from her and with one last reassuring smile he turned and left. Allura sank back to the floor, her fingers lightly touching her lips.
After sometime afterwards Allura emerged from the tiny room. Allura was not shocked to see her room destroyed. She quickly exited the room and started walking down the halls. Glass, clothes and linens were everywhere. At times Allura even saw blood spots. She slowly entered the Control room, which was to a somewhat bad state. A sigh escaped her lips though as she saw something red sitting in the chair.
"Oh Keith, I thought for a moment that you were gon." Allura ended her statement with a blood-curdling scream. There in the chair sat Keith with blood all over him.
Keith was dead!
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Allura! Wake up!" Keith was trying to wake her dream. He had woken only moments ago to Allura's screams, but was having no luck in waking her. He was hoping to wake her before the guard came by.
'That just would not help her to be woken in that manner.' Keith thought as he turned to the large metal door. "Oh great!" he breathed as his hopes were dashed away by the sight of a flickering light. Keith froze as he heard a click in the door.
"What's going on here?" the guard said in a harsh voice. "What is wrong with her?"
Keith watched as the guard walked over next to him. "She's having a nightmare and I can't wake her up."
~Is there a problem down there? ~ A familiar voice yelled at the guard.
The guard dropped his communicator as he tried to answer it. "Sorry you highness. I thought you were asleep."
~Well both my father and I are up and wish to know what's going on! ~
"Sorry. It's the princess. According to the commander she is having a nightmare. Also it seems that he is having trouble in waking her."
~Well bring the two up here now! ~
"Yes sir." The link ended with that. He turned to Keith and raised his gun. "You heard him! Wake the princess!"
Keith quickly took to his new task. "Princess, please wake up. Everything's okay." Keith repeated these soft pleas in her ear while gently shaking her until her eyes shot open and she sprang into a sitting position.
"Oh Keith!" Allura cried as she wrapped trembling hands around his neck. Tears streamed down her face. "I'm so glad that it was just a dream. I was so scared. So alone." A gasp then escaped her mouth as she felt the cold metal clamp down on her wrists.
"Sorry Princess, but you are wanted by Zarkon and Lotor." The guard then took her arms from around Keith's neck. "Now let's get you two-ready." He put the cuffs on Keith's ankles and wrists and then on Allura's ankles. Before they left he connected both together and then led them out.
"Are you okay?" Keith asked as they walked down the long hallway.
"No, but I'll tell you later."
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King Zarkon sat at the head of the conference table looking over a large star map as the Arussian and her captain entered. Looking up at the couple a smile developed on his lips. "Now what seems to be the problem here?"
Keith was loosing his cool, but when he saw the smile on his face it was all lost. Keith was now furious. "She just had a nightmare!"
"Why are you having these dreams?" Zarkon questioned. The caring voice he was attempting was a well-rehearsed one.
"Why the hell would you care?" Keith snapped.
Allura lowered her head as in a small voice she said, "Well, they actually occur when I become insecure."
"Oh I see. Now how do we fix this? You just need a way to be secure?" Zarkon stopped to think. "You feel safe around your Captain, right?"
Allura looked up shocked by his question. "Y-yes, I guess I do feel safer with him around." She stopped and looked over at Keith. "But we sleep in the same cell anyways."
"Then another one of your orders is to find a way to feel safer."
"Father! What are you suggesting?" Lotor said as he turned and looked at Keith. He blamed Keith for all his problems. Not Voltron just Keith!
"I just want the nightmares to stop so they are to find away to do this." Zarkon stared at his son. "No arguments! It's final! You are all free to leave now!"
Once the two servants had left Zarkon looked at his son who hadn't yet left. "Lotor?"
"Yes."
"I hope that you can see that by putting my trust in them that I was only furthering my plan. You should really be taking notes."
"Yes, but is it really working?"
"Well the captain is hard so it is going to take longer for him, but I can see Allura's resistance dwindling. She was already so tired from fighting. Her hope for a free world is sliding. That's really what those nightmares are of. I can see it in her eyes, and so does the captain. That's what made him so mad."
"Well then I guess I should just relax and wait until she will be mine."
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The door shut with a bang that made Allura jump.
"So tell me what happened in your dream." Keith said as he grabbed her hand and led her to her bed.
Allura laid down on the bed. As Keith started to cover her she began her story.
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"Well I walked around to see you better and then I screamed because there you were, your body limp, blood all over you. Keith you. you were dead!" tears had been trickling down her face but at the words of his death they began to flow like two waterfalls.
Keith pulled her up into a sitting position and quickly embraced her shuddering body in a warm, tight hug. "Don't worry Allura. It sounds like a horrible dream for anyone, but everything is going to be okay."
Allura pulled away and looked into his eyes. She could barely see through the tears in her own. "Keith, I never want to lose you like that. You mean so much to me!"
The young commander was beside himself with joy, but also was confused on what to do. He hadn't felt a love like this in a long time. "Don't worry. I will fight for your life as well as my own." Keith then blew out the light that the guard had given him. "Now go to sleep."
"Keith, stay with me please." Allura pleaded.
"Of coarse." He said as he sat down in the bed with his back leaning on the wall. "Goodnight Princess."
"Good night, Keith."