Meanwhile, in another area of the palace. The cloaked man led the group of camels carrying the thieves to a hidden area out of view. As he was unhooking one of the baskets, one of the thieves grew impatient and using a pair of gold claws, cut his way out.
The man had purple skin, grey slicked back hair and yellow eyes. He was dressed in black puffed pants that were shoved into a pair of brown boots, a grey v-neck shirt, and a black vest with gold lining. He had bronze cuffs around his wrists and a bronze armband on his left arm.
The man walked up to the cloaked man and placed a hand on his shoulder. The man turned from where he was watching the ceremony.
"Why do you walk in the open while I suffocate like an animal?" the man snarled with a glare. The cloaked man shoved off the hand and sighed.
"Someone has to keep a cool head Zarkon," the man spoke. Zarkon snarled and held the claws up to the man's cloaked face.
"Someone will have no head if this is another wild goose chase," the man glared at Zarkon but turned back to the ceremony.
"The Oracle is the real thing," the man spoke as Zarkon pulled the claws away. "This time I'm sure."
Meanwhile, in the courtyard, a crowd was gathered on either side of a red carpet. On one side of the crowd, Hunk was dressed in a red tuxedo and held a microphone.
"Hello, and welcome to 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Magical!'," Hunk spoke with a smile towards the camera. "That's right; we're taking you to the marriage of a millennium. And who's this coming on the lovely stretch camel?" Hunk asked as the crowd turned to see who was walking down.
"Oh it's Cleopatra and Caesar," Hunk said as the pair walked down the aisle. "And they're bringing a salad," behind them two assistants were carrying a large bowl of caesar salad. "How wonderful," Hunk spoke as another assistant followed behind with a pepper shaker.
"Oh look, there's Osiris, Oh Osiris, Osiris, could we have a word with you?" Hunk asked a guest with his back turned. Osiris turned around and squawked at the camera. The crowd jumping at the loud sound.
"Oh no, the crowd is parting, who's coming?" Hunk asked as the crowd parted to reveal a bearded man with a cloak on. "It's Moses!" Hunk exclaimed to a surprised looking crowd.
"And you're name is?" Hunk asked a tall man with blonde hair a viking hat on.
"I'm Thor," the man replied into the microphone with a smile.
"You're Thor?" Hunk repeated trying to conceal his smile.
"Well, it hurts," Thor said with a cheeky smile. The crowd groaned at the horrible pun but watched as Hunk continued.
"Once again, this whole broadcast has been brought to you by sand. It's everywhere," Hunk exclaimed as he motioned to the sand on the ground. "Get used to it!" Hunk said with a serious expression on his face.
Hunk flew up to Lance's side, startling the groom-to-be. Hunk held a flower and a cloth in his hands.
"Bad news Lance, the boutonnières clash with the cumber buns!" Hunk exclaimed. The annoyed crowd turned their way and stared.
"Hunk, isn't it a little late for that?" Lance said with clenched teeth. Hunk was studying the flower and cloth before turning back to Lance.
"What, what are you trying to say? Out with it!" Hunk exclaimed before his gaze caught the annoyed crowd. "What, what…" Hunk gave a sheepish smile. "...they're here." Hunk then changed into a white rabbit with a red tailcoat on and a watch in his hands. "Oh no!" Hunk exclaimed as he landed on the ground and checked his watch. "I'm late; I'm late, for a very important date!" Hunk said as he ran down the aisle and through the doors.
The doors swung a few times and before long, Hunk was standing in front of the doors, dressed in a white suit, holding a trumpet. Hunk blew the horn a few times before golden smoke appeared and through the smoke appeared the bridesmaids. Nyma, Shay, and Florona held baskets in their hand and as they walked down, dropped purple petals onto the aisle.
Behind the trio was a small boy carrying a flag with the royal family crest on it. Following the group was Allura on her throne, carried by four guards. The crowd bowed down to the Queen as she passed by.
Once they reached the end of the aisle, the guards knelt down to allow Allura to step off. She then headed to her spot beside Lance who bowed down in respect.
"Don't look so solemn Lance, this is a happy day," Allura said with a smile.
Hunk used his magic and created a white and gold carpet which was being held up by white doves. The doves flew down and laid the carpet down flat. Peacocks blocked the doorway and as the fanfare started to play, the crowd turned to watch the prince walk down the aisle.
The peacock feathers parted and there stood Keith. Beside him was Shiro, their arms linked. In Keith's free hand, he held a bouquet of white and purple flowers. The pair slowly started to walk down the aisle, the crowd smiling as they did.
"Wow..." Lance said as his eyes never left Keith.
"Oh Yeah!" Hunk exclaimed as he fist pumped the air. After all, he was the one who designed Keith's outfit.
"I never thought this day would come. Now I'm afraid that it has come all too soon," Shiro said as they reached the end of the aisle. Keith gave his father a smile.
"Oh father," Keith said as he hugged his father. Allura stepped up to her son with a smile.
"You look wonderful darling," she said with a smile.
"You distract the guards," the cloaked man said to Zarkon.
"Part of your plan?" Zarkon asked as the man walked up to an elephant.
"A large part," the man replied as he knocked on one of the baskets lids. "It's time," he spoke quietly.
From inside the baskets, the thieves smiled and popped out of the baskets. They crowded around Zarkon, some holding swords. They all shared a knowing smile with each other.
Lance and Keith shared a smile as they walked up to each other. Joy and excitement flooding through them as they linked arms and walked up the stairs to the altar.
"It's all so magical. I'm not gonna cry. I'm not…" Hunk said as tears spilled out of his eyes. Pidge sighed and handed him a handkerchief. "Thank you," Hunk replied as he blew his nose several times.
"Well, we're here," Lance said as him and Keith finally reached the top of the altar. Keith handed his bouquet to Nyma who gave the couple a smile.
"Together forever," Keith said with a smile as they linked hands.
On top of the pavilion, the cloaked man was holding a sword and shining it in the sunlight. Zarkon caught the signal and turned to the eagerly waiting thieves. One of the thieves was trying to push the elephant but was failing. The elephant continued to chew on the food it was eating. Zarkon sighed and pushed the thief out of the way.
"Let me be the point man!" Zarkon said as he poked the elephant in the butt with his claws. The elephant's eyes widened and it started running.
The crowd cried out as the ground started to shake. Lance and Keith sharing a worried and confused look.
"I thought the earth wasn't supposed to move until the honeymoon," Hunk said as the ground continued to shake.
"Oh, oh, my word!" Shiro exclaimed as him and Allura ended up falling over as the ground started to shake harder.
"Stampede!" Hunk exclaimed wearing a cowboy hat and plaid as a herd of elephants crashed into the throne room. The guest's eyes widened and scattered to avoid being run over by the red-eyed elephants.
The elephants in their rage ended up destroying half of the room. One headed straight for the altar. Keith and Lance's eyes widened as it came closer. The pair jumped off the altar just in time before the elephant destroyed it, Pidge turned into her carpet form and caught them before they hit the ground.
Upon hearing the chaos, Kolivan and his guards ran to the throne room. Guests ran out of the pavilion and into the garden. But they were all pushed back into the throne room by the thieves. Each of them holding a sword.
"It's an attack!" Ulaz said as they caught sight of the thieves.
"Not in this palace!" Kolivan growled out as he pulled out his sword.
One of the thieves was throwing knives and pinning guests to the wall, while another walked by and stole the coin bags out of their pockets.
One of the elephants hit a weakened pillar and a piece of roof ended up collapsing. Lance pushed Keith out of the way and jumped away just the ceiling piece landed on the ground where they stood. Lance's turban ended up being crushed under the piece.
"Oh, I think we're going to have a little problem with leaks," Hunk said as he stared at the crumbling roof. He then flew up and enlarged himself to cover as much of the falling roof as possible.
The thieves continued to rob the guests. Swooping under dresses to steal jewelry, robbing the guests as the ran past in panic. Two of the guards ran towards one of the thieves, swords in their hands. The thief noticed them, and kicked a weakened pillar beside him, which fell in front of the guards, blocking their path.
"It must be here somewhere!" the cloaked man exclaimed as he pushed through the gifts to find what he was looking for. He ducked just in time to dodge a golden plate that was aimed for his head.
"Meet your match, Zorro!" Sendak said with a glare. In "worry" of the gifts, he had gone back to the room.
"Good birdie! Polly want a little…" the man said as he slowly approached Sendak. Sendak held a golden goblet in his wings and glared at the man.
"Say cracker and I'll let you have it on principle!" Sendak exclaimed as he swung the goblet towards the man who dodged it and ended up grabbing it.
"You have a lot of spirit, "the man spoke as he took the goblet out of Sendak's grasp and pushed him into a vase. "And a lot of mouth."
Three thieves landed behind Lance. They seemed to be triplets and landed on each other's shoulders. Each held a sack of coins in their hands. Lance picked up a wooden stick and swung to hit one of them. The thieves, however, jumped and Lance ended up missing all his swings to hit them.
Kolivan charged towards one heavyweight thief with a snarl and held his sword tight in his hands. The thief, however, used his large stomach and ended up bumping Kolivan away with a smile.
Ulaz and the other guard helped Kolivan stand up. Only the be met with an evil smiling Zarkon. Claws shining in the sunlight. The pair raised their swords to swing but Zarkon swung his claws three times. The pair looked confused as it had seemed that Zarkon had missed. But the next thing they knew, their sword broke and their clothes fell to the ground in stips.
"They fight like demons!" one of the guards said as they watched the chaos unfold still.
"Worse than demons. These are the Forty Thieves!" Kolivan replied as he clashed swords with one thief.
"Really? I get thirty-nine," Hunk said as he quickly counted the thieves. Lance turned towards the gift room and caught sight of a blue-cloaked man.
"Forty," Lance mumbled as he slipped off his coat and headed over.
"Where is it?" the man asked as he continued his search. He pushed two large jars out of the way and found what he was looking for. "Ah, at last!" he said as he picked up a golden scepter with a large green jewel in it.
The jewel shone as the man raised it into the sky. He was suddenly tackled to the ground and the scepter was out of his grasp.
"Can I see your invitation?" Lance asked as he stood in front of the man, holding the scepter in his hand.
"Stay out of my way boy and you won't get hurt!" the man spoke as he picked up a small cat statue and threw it towards Lance.
Lance grunted as he fell on his back. The man running towards him and reach over to grab the scepter, but Lance tried to hit him with it. The man grabbed his wrist and glared at Lance, blue eyes glaring at blue eyes.
"Fool, you don't stand a chance against the King of Thieves," the man growled as he tried to grab the scepter out of Lance's hands.
"When I get up, I'll bow to you!" Lance said as he kicked the man off him.
One thief grinned at Kolivan, one sword in each hand. Keith tapped his back and the thief turned around. When he did, Keith punched him in the face with a glare, the thief falling over.
"That was for ruining my wedding!" Keith stated with a glare, his crown had fallen off and his hair was a mess. Kolivan grinned at the prince and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I told you that those self-defense classes would come in handy one day," Keith nodded and headed over to safety with the lions, Pidge, and his parents.
Hunk moved from the ceiling and stared at the spot he had occupied, it was the only piece left of the roof.
"I guess there's really no point to this now," Hunk said as poofed away, then appeared in front of a trio of thieves. The thieves dropped their bags and threatened him with their weapons. Hunk closed his eyes and sighed with a smile.
Hunk then changed into a ninja version of himself, seven other ninja Hunk's appearing behind him. The group of ninjas began doing several tricks with their weapons. The thieves eyes widened and they turned and ran in the other direction, Hunk turning back to normal with a victorious smile.
At the sound of an elephant thumping towards him, Hunk used his magic to turn the elephant small. Hunk then picked the confused elephant up and pointed it's trunk towards a group of thieves.
"Freeze sandbags; don't make me use the other end!" Hunk said as the air started to blow out of the elephant's trunk. The triplets ended up being blown away as the elephant's trunk deflated. Hunk patted the elephant's head and placed it on the ground. He then turned to a pair of thieves and shot them with his magic.
Hunk then changed into a man sitting on a bench with a box of treats.
"Mama always said 'magic is as magic does'" Hunk said as he continued to strike the thieves with his magic.
"Blaytz said nothing about facing the powers of a genie!" Zarkon growled out as he watched Hunk continue to strike with his magic. "Get the others out of here. We'll leave the King to his plans," Zarkon said to another thief who nodded.
The cloaked man ended up with the scepter in his hands and tried to make a break for the entrance. Lance saw and tackled the man to the ground by grabbing onto his legs. Lance grabbed the scepter and tried to yank it out of the man's grasp.
The man, however, had held on and ended up being dragged up with the scepter. Lance backed up and his foot ended up hitting the vase Sendak was trapped in and the vase broke against the wall.
An elephant crashed through the doorway and headed straight for the pair, who were still fighting over the scepter. The two stopped fighting and with wide eyes watched the elephant come closer and closer. Lance rolled out of the way and the man rolled the other, the scepter falling out of his grip and into Lance's.
The elephant broke through the other entrance and continued on outside. Lance stood up and watched the elephant trample on while guards outside jumped out of its way. Lance looked back and expected to see the cloaked man in the room still, but he was gone.
"Where's the King of Thieves?" Lance asked.
Unknown to Lance, the man had jumped on the side of the raging elephant and escaped when it crashed outside. The man jumped off and turned back to the half-destroyed palace.
"I'll see you again, boy!" the man said as he took off to find the others.
Hunk winced as two weak pillars behind him crashed down.
"Oooh...This is not my fault!" Hunk exclaimed as the lions, Pidge, Shiro, Allura, and Keith joined him. "This was not built to code!" Hunk said as the rest of the pillar and beams crashed down on the ground.
"Good luck getting back the catering department," Sendak said as he landed on Allura's shoulder.
"Oh my," Shiro said as he glanced around the ruined palace. Keith placed a comforting hand on his father's shoulder.
"Fear not, oh father of the groom," Hunk said as he popped upside down in front of Shiro and Keith. "We can rebuild!" Hunk exclaimed as he changed into a construction worker with a built chest.
"Oh, please do. We can't have a wedding without a pavilion!" Shiro said with a sigh. Hunk nodded and brought out a notepad and a pencil.
"All right, a wedding pavilion it is my man," Hunk said as he used his magic to create construction worker copies of himself. One was eating a sandwich, another was drinking coffee, and the other was reading the newspaper. "Hey, I want to see some resumes on these guys," Hunk said to Shiro and Allura.
"Yes, yes, Hunk whatever it takes. I am sorry about all this Keith," Allura said as she and Shiro turned to Keith. Only to find him not there.
"Keith?" Shiro asked as they looked around for him.
"What were they after, the gifts?" Keith asked as he stared at his reflection in a broken pot.
"Not all the gifts," Lance said as he picked up the scepter. "This is what the King of Thieves wanted."
"With all the other great stuff, why go for this thing?" Sendak asked as he landed on the scepter. The group joining them moments later.
Suddenly the green gem of the scepter started to emit a white light. The group flinched and covered their eyes from the blinding light.
"Your question is mine to answer!" a voice echoed out, the scepter flew from Lance's hands and floated in the middle of the room. "The King of Thieves sought my sight to find the Ultimate Treasure," the voice spoke again as a figure manifested. The figure was a male with pale white skin, white hair, and white robes.
"Did someone say treasure?" Sendak said as everyone's eyes adjusted to the light.
"Hunk?" Lance asked as he turned to the genie.
"Oh... Looks like an Oracle," Hunk said as he put on a pair of sunglasses. "And not just any oracle, this is King Alfor," Hunk said with wide eyes.
"I see all that has been, and all that will be," Alfor spoke slowly, his voice echoing throughout the room.
"Uh oh, uh oh, definitely an Oracle, tells the future, uh oh," Hunk said. He then popped up beside Keith. "Man, where were you registered?" Hunk said with a smile.
"Okay, you know all, so tell all. Where is the treasure? You know, the ultimate one?" Sendak said rubbing his wings together and a greedy smile on his face.
"I am bound by the rule of one. One question, one answer," Alfor said, hiding his smile.
"I only want one answer! Where is the Ultimate Treasure?" Sendak repeated with a glare as he landed in front of the oracle.
"You have already asked your question," Alfor stated and folded his arms over one another.
"You mean before? Oh, that wasn't a question! That was uh... thinking out loud," Sendak said as he flew up to the oracle's face. Hunk grabbed his tail feathers and pulled him down.
"Very loud," Hunk said before releasing Sendak, the bird then landed on Allura's shoulder, a pout visible on his face.
Keith laid his head on Lance's shoulder softly as he stared up at the Oracle.
"Lance, we could learn anything. About our lives, our future," Keith said as he grabbed Lance's hands.
"You have but to ask," Alfor said with a soft smile.
"I know what my future is, my future is you," Lance said as he turned to Keith with a smile, which the prince returned. "But my past... it's a blank. My mother died when I was just a kid, and I never even knew my father," Lance said as grabbed the dagger he was hiding in his clothes. "I have no idea where I come from," Hunk, Pidge, and Blue shared a sad smile.
"Your question is your choice. But remember the rule of one. Choose carefully," Alfor warned with a wave of his hands.
"Oh sure, she warns him about the one question thing," Sendak grumbled before being knocked off Allura's shoulder by Pidge. "Hey!" Allura smiled and turned back to the oracle.
"I don't think you can help me. My past isn't just one question, it's a million questions," Lance said as he walked away a few feet. Keith following and placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Ah, but mere questions about your past can be answered by your father," Alfor said. Lance's eyes widened and he turned around to face the Oracle once more.
"My father?" Lance asked. Alfor nodded and using his magic created a created an image of a man. The man had tan skin, brown hair like Lance's, and blue eyes. "My father is alive?"