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A Change in the Winds
Arus
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Voltron and its characters are owned by World Event's Productions.
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Chapter 4
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----- Planet Arus ------

Neive slowly opened his eyes. His vision was blurred, but soon cleared. He found himself staring up at an unfamiliar ceiling.

He let out a soft groan, as he tried to sit himself up, and realized that his head ached. He breathed in deeply as the pain slowly disappeared, then came to realize a weight on his covered legs.

He looked down and saw that Katherine was sprawled over him, sleeping soundly from the chair she was sitting in. He could not help but smile seeing her there. Reminded him of an incident when he was in the academy and she had stayed at his bedside after he'd had crashed his practice ship during runs.

He slowly moved a bit, when he saw the silver band still on his right wrist. He looked down at it, as two jewels, one red and one blue, adorned the etched metal band. He looked at the familiar symbol, wondering what it was for. He could not see a way of removing it either.

He pulled away the covers as he tried to extricate himself, but his stirring caused Katherine to wake up. She met his gaze as she tried to shake the sleep off.

"Neive?" she asked.

He smiled. "Yeah," he answered.

She looked around, stretching as she let out a yawn. She then turned to him again, and he could not help but laugh when her expression then changed to one of surprise.

"Neive, you're alright?" she nearly exclaimed.

Neive closed his eyes as her sudden raise in voice caused him to wince. "Shh!" he said. "I feel like I have a hangover."

Katherine looked at him. "Hangover?" she asked. "You gave me a scare last night!"

Neive winced again but met her gaze. "What happened?"

"Whatever that metal thing is, it sent a shock through the both of us, and knocked you unconscious," she said pointing down at his right wrist.

Neive looked at it again. "I don't know what it is," he said. He then met her gaze. "But before I blanked out, I swore I heard a familiar voice."

"Voice?"

He nodded. "It was speaking in Arusian," he stated.

"What did it say?"

"Child of Arus, you are the next destiny."

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----- Planet Ebb ------

Allura slowly woke, sitting up quickly as she breathed heavily. She grabbed onto the blankets that covered her as she held her hand to her head, trying to shake the sudden headache she had.

"Ally?"

Alllura looked up to see Hunk standing at her bedside.

"Hunk?" she asked. "Where am I?"

"Keith brought you in last night, saying that you fainted out on the balcony," he said. "The medics here have kept you in the wards to watch over you."

"Fainted?" she asked. She then closed her eyes feeling a little dizzy. "I was..I was speaking with Keith on the balcony."

"And you suddenly reacted when this appeared," he said.

Hunk lifted her right arm and they both stared the metal band that now rested on her wrist. Allura looked down at it, seeing an etched design in the metal. A red and a blue jewel adorned the strange bracelet.

She then closed her eyes as a sudden pain went through her, and then dizziness. "Hunk?"

"Yeah?" he asked.

"You ever ran across anything in the old archive about how my father came to develop Voltron?"

Hunk slowly shook his head. "That was one secret he definitely took with him when he died, princess," he stated. "We found nothing; no documentation as to what he did when he created Voltron, which I think is a good thing."

Allura slowly nodded. "Then why do I feel that it wasn't my father who was the main force behind Voltron's creation?"

Hunk met her gaze. "What do you mean?"

"Hunk, have Keith and the others meet with me later this afternoon," she stated. "I have the odd feeling that whatever caused this to appear, has to do with the development of the Voltron Lions."

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----- Planet Doom ------

"Zeya?"

Zeya furrowed her brow, as she slowly opened her eyes. A bright light shone down on her so she brought up her arm to block it.

"Wh..where am I?" she asked as her vision started to clear.

"Haggar's laboratory."

With a groan, Zeya pushed herself up to a sit upon the bed she was lying on as the feeling of dizziness faded from her. She blinked her eyes twice before meeting the gaze of her brother.

"How did I get here?" she asked.

"I brought you here when you suddenly fainted," Lotor stated. "And this appeared."

Zeya looked down at her right wrist and saw the metal bracelet around her wrist. She looked at it, unfamiliar with the etched design. She then shook her head as she looked around.

"Damn, I thought that it was a dream," she said.

"What dream?"

Zeya looked at him. "Have you ever heard of a woman named Karone?" she asked.

Lotor's expression went blank for a moment. "Where did you hear that name?"

Zeya looked up at him wondering why he acted the way he did. "In my dream," she stated. "Lotor, what is it?"

"Princess Karone?" he asked.

Zeya slowly nodded. "Yes," she stated.

"Princess Karone was the daughter of King Neason and Queen Sharone, of the Kingdom of Mythrias on Planet Arus," Haggar stated as she came to stand before the two. "She was your mother, Princess Zeya."

Zeya's eyes widened as she stared at the old witch. "My mother?"

Haggar nodded. "When she was captured during an attack on Planet Arus, she agreed to marry King Zarkon in exchange to save the other two kingdoms, Altaire and Helena from attack," she stated. "However, that promise was soon broken soon after you were born."

"Wha..what happened to her?"

Haggar turned to Lotor and he nodded. "When she planned the assassination attempt against King Zarkon, for her treachery she was thrown into the Pit of Skulls." Haggar stated. "Several years later, along with a group of rebels, they were able to steal a slave ship and escape, to return to Arus. There, she later died from lazon poisoning."

Zeya breathed in deeply as she looked down at the ground before her. "I must go to Arus." She said quietly.

"I must protest against that, princess," Haggar stated. "You are chasing after a ghost, a woman who did not love or care for you."

Zeya's eyes narrowed as she looked to the old witch. "Its not to chase after a ghost, Haggar," she stated. "Its to find out the secret to Voltron's creation." She breathed in deeply. "To find the source of Alfor's secrets."

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----- Planet Ebb ------

Allura breathed in deeply as she walked out into the courtyard where Hunk, Pidge, and Keith were standing with Ambassador Remlis and Ambassador Hersche. She smiled to herself before approaching them.

"Ahh, princess Allura," Hersche said as he stepped forward and greeted her. "Your friends told use that you had a fainting spell last night. I hope that everything is alright."

She smiled. "Yes, everything is, Ambassador." She said. "I believe the long trip from Arus and probably not feeling well before the trip coupled with the ongoing meetings were just tiring me down. But I am fine now."

"Now, now, princess," he stated as he took her hands into his own. "You sure do make this old man feel his age, to see such young people complain about tiring down." He laughed to himself. "However, Ebb is probably the best place to have an episode I guess."

"Princess Allura, I hope all is well," Remlis stated as Hersche escorted her over to their small gathering.

"As well as they can be," Allura stated. "Ambasadors, if you don't mind, I must speak with my teammates on a diplomatic matter."

Hersche smiled to himself. "Ah, I know when us old folks are getting in the way of you young'uns," he stated. "Ambassador Remlis, if you don't mind, I hear that Ambassador Krysl has some interesting news of his discovery of a cure for the Aruca disease in the Emerald Quadrant."

Remlis looked at the small group before smiling and then joining Hersche as he escorted her back toward the palace.

"So, what is it?" Hunk asked.

"I contacted Lance and he says that Neive had an episode last night as well."

"What?"

"Seems that he and Kit decided to go on a treasure hunt, into the underground tunnels and they ran into something that cause Neive to blank out," she stated. "They were following a map that was hidden in one of my mother's old diaries."

"A map?" Pidge asked. "what kind of map?"

Allura could only shrug. "Something that led Neive to find a small box that contained a metal armlet, exactly like the one that appeared on my wrist, however, his is etched with the Royal symbol for Helena; mine is of Altaire."

"Why suddenly you both are wearing armlets from your own kingdoms?"

"I don't know," she stated. "Lance has stated that he would like us to return to Arus a soon as possible. Neive decided to go through the rest of my mother's diary after that episode and he ran into something very interesting."

"What is it?" Pidge asked

Allura met Pidge's gaze. "My mother wrote her last four diaries with hidden message strewn throughout the entire thing."

"What?"

She nodded. "From what he has been able to decipher, the secret to everything that my father built his legacy on, is hidden within the written passages of my mother's diaries."

"You mean-?"

"All that my father did to build Voltron was thought to be lost, to protect us, and prevent our enemies from ever finding out," she stated. "But it wasn't my father who was the main force behind Voltron's creation."

She turned away for a moment as she stared down at the metal armlet. "It was my mother's devotion to keep her family, her planet safe that did."

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----- Planet Ebb ------

Ambassador Remlis stood just inside the of the palace entrance from the courtyard as she stared intently at the small group, known as the Voltron Force. She studied them greatly, but she had all that she needed.

She stepped away before pressing a small button on a communicator she carried.

"Taisia here," she said into it. "I have what we need."

--Good work Taisia, return to the ship, we make course for Crimson Quadrant.-

"Yes, sire."

Remlis turned toward the courtyard once again. She then smiled to herself as she pressed another button then suddenly disappeared from Planet Ebb.