A Crown of Flowers



Fun and Games...

On planet Doom, the witch Haggar watched with interest. She looked deep into the crystal orb that gave her the power to spy on her enemies. Her Master's forces had been defeated once again, but still she continued to look for weaknesses in the Voltron Force. If ever their defenses were down she would know, and hopefully take advantage.

Her face cracked into an evil grin when she saw the scene played out in the mystic orb.

"Well my kitty, it seems that the goddess Fortune is with us today," She cackled, "We must go and inform King Zarcon of these wonderful events."

~`@'~

"Get away from me! Stay away!"

Allura was about to speak when she heard the cry. It was right outside the door to the Control Room. Lance quickly ran to the door and opened it. A blue and black streak ran past him and straight to Allura.

It was Keith, he was still in the oversized pajama top and the blueberry juice still stained his face. Allura could tell by the smears that someone had tried to wipe it off.

Nanny ran in after him, huffing and puffing. As soon as she entered the room she bent over in an effort to catch her breath.

"Nanny, what is going on here?" Koran demanded.

"I was ... *huff*...trying to give the young man a bath... *huff*... when he disappeared. I followed that little rascal here," She said as she gasped for air.

"I'm not gonna and you can't make me!" Keith yelled out from behind Allura's skirts.

"Look at you, you're filthy!" Nanny began; she was beginning to recover from her run. "You can not run around the castle looking like that!"

"Why not?!" Keith challenged while the rest of the Voltron Force fought back their laughter.

"B...because it's just not done!" Nanny sputtered, her cheeks were getting red with indignation.

"Keith, why won't you take a bath?" Asked Allura. She was trying hard not to laugh, but she knew that if someone didn't stop this they would all have to endure Nanny's anger.

"I don' wanna, not with her." Keith pouted.

"Why not with her?" Allura smiled at the boy.

"'Cause she's a girl!" The little boy's answer was too much for Lance, he roared, tears of laughter streaming down his face. Hunk laughed so hard he couldn't catch his breath and Pidge was rolling on the floor. Nanny's face went past red to purple.

Lance wiped the tears from his eyes, "Alright little man, would you feel better if one of us did it?"

Keith looked at Lance, a wary look on his face, "Yeah, maybe."

"Well guys you heard him, who wants to see O Fearless naked?" He roared again.

Allura gave him a stern look, which wasn't very effective considering she was having trouble holding back her own laughter. "Lance, that's enough. Pidge I want you to help Keith with his bath. Lance, you and Hunk should go back down to the engineering bay. Koran, I'm going to speak with Dr. Gorma. You should contact planet Pollux. Tell them what's going on," The men left the Castle Control and Allura followed shortly after.

~`@'~

Lotor paced the bridge of his space cruiser relentlessly. It was only about five hours ago that his father had commanded him to go to planet Arus. He couldn't understand the logic in it. He had no robeast and no armada. It was just one small space ship with a minimal crew. This is suicide, he thought. Not only that, but the waiting was driving him mad, he was a man of action and to fly half-way across the galaxy with no idea as to why was insulting and as well as irritating.

Haggar sat in the corner of the bridge and watched the prince. Finally she addressed him, "Prince Lotor would you like to know the reason why we are here?"

"Of course old witch, why would you bring me here and waste my time if you didn't have a reason." It better be a good reason his voice insinuated.

"Relax my prince and look into my crystal ball." The cloud of white fog within the orb cleared and the prince could see a face. It was a face he knew well and despised with all his strength, but it was much younger than he remembered. It was the face of a...

A wicked grin broke the scowl on his face, "Is this your work old witch?"

"No, oddly enough." She put the ball down and stroked her cat, "We are here to take advantage of our good fortune though." She cackled.

"Tell me."

~`@'~

Keith, now clean and dressed in a pair of short-pants and a shirt was restless. "Can I go outside and play?" He asked for the tenth time in five minutes. He always got the same answer.

"No you may not." Nanny answered him.

"Why not?" the boy pouted.

"It's too dangerous out there, what if Zarcon should attack? No, absolutely not." She and the boy were in the kitchen. Keith sat at the table, drawing, while Nanny oversaw the preparation of lunch for the castle's inhabitants.

"But you said Zarcon hasn't attacked in a while!" Keith answered indignantly.

"All the more reason to keep you inside the protection of the castle. He is overdue."

"But..."

"Nanny, there you are. Hello Keith." Koran greeted the boy as he entered the room, "Will lunch be ready soon?"

"Soon Koran," She glared at Keith who was on the verge of mutiny. "Will you please take Keith for awhile so that I can finish here?"

"Ummm..." Koran began as he looked Keith over, "Certainly I can. Would you like to come with me to castle control?" He asked the boy.

"Sure!" He was bored anyway so why not?

Koran led the boy down the hall to Castle Control. "So how are you doing today?" He began. He wasn't sure how to address the boy. He hadn't been around a young boy since... he shook the thought out of his head.

"I'm O.K. 'Cept I wanna go outside and Nanny won't let me," He pouted.

Koran watched the little boy's face and suddenly an idea came to him, "I think I can arrange something..."

"REALLY?!"

~`@'~

It was two hours after lunch and Allura, Hunk, and Lance were standing in the square of a local village, handing out food and clothing to the war-torn villagers. They had almost finished when Allura noticed someone was missing. "Lance, where's Keith?"

"I don't know princess, but you stay here, we'll look for him." She watched him as the two men ran off.

She waited for five minutes before she noticed a small group of children on a low hill playing nearby. Maybe they've seen him, she thought as she made her way to the hill. As she got closer she recognized a familiar mane of black hair. His back was facing her.

"Keith? Why did you run off like that? I thought Koran told you to stay with us."

"Don' look yet I'm not finished!" He said as he bent back over his project. She could see that he was working on something, but what, she couldn't quite make out. "Kay, I'm done!" He announced. He turned around to face her.

He was holding a ring made of flowers, it looked like a crown. "That's lovely Keith!" She smiled.

"I made it for you," He said softly.

"Why thank you," Her hands moved toward the crown.

"No," He said, "That's not how it goes!"

"How does it go then?" Her hands snapped back to her side.

"You gotta bend down so I can put it on you," He said solemnly.

"O.K. how's this?" Allura knelt down so she was as tall as the boy.

"Good," He held the crown above her head, "I crown you Allura, Princess of Arus." He announced as he put the crown on her head. "You may kiss the bride."

"What did you say?" Allura giggled.

"Well I never did this before," He pouted.

"It's O.K. I think you did a good job." She smiled.

"Really?" Keith's face brightened.

"Really. Now what do we do?" She asked.

"Now you come with me and become my wife." Allura gasped as she looked up at the person who had addressed her. She got a familiar sinking feeling in her stomach as she recognized the figure of her enemy.

"Lotor!" She grabbed Keith and pulled him to her.

"Well, well, I came here to take advantage of Keith's current 'condition' but it seems that I have even more luck than I thought," An evil smile crossed his face, "Not only will I capture the captain of the Voltron Force but also the beautiful princess Allura."

"Leave us alone Lotor," She tried to escape with the boy but the evil prince leapt up and blocked her path. He grabbed her.

"I'm afraid I can't do that my princess," His grip tightened on her arm. She cried out in pain.

"You leave her alone!" Keith yelled.

"Or what boy?" He laughed, "You are helpless."

"Kieeeyaa!" Keith cried out as he delivered a roundhouse kick, right in Lotor's groin! Lotor doubled over in pain as the two quickly made their escape. When they met Hunk and Lance at the hovercraft in the square Allura couldn't help but crack up in laughter.

"I don't believe it! You saved me again!"

~`@'~

The final chapter is on its way, it is written, I just have to edit it, (for those of you impatient people who are on me to update ;).

This story was first posted 5 years ago under the persona of Ssaturne, but it is still mine. Voltron however is not. Feel free to let me know what you think. Ja!