~Voltron Oneshots 2!~

Part: 04

[raging wars]
[more than one part]

"Lord I must insist that you pull our army together and defend what's left of our kingdom. It's been a stalemate for three days, we can't take much more. Our men are tired, you are too." A knife flings beside my head, sticking into a post. "What are you suggesting I do commander? Surrender?" The king turns and his face is flushed, "I have lost my husband to them. I cannot go without a fight as well."

"King Adam sacrificed himself for you, and your son! Shiro please as your friend-" the big man spits. "We need to retreat, bring our troops inside the walls. We'll stand a better chance." The king falls to his knees, "I am nothing without him. He helped with everything Lance, how can I do this alone?"

"My lord, you're not alone. You have your advisors, the prince. Your kingdom trusts you, and if falling back and saving who we can is the best option. So be it, we'll live to fight another day. With new allies, a new home."

"We must fight first Lance." I nod, "agreed. But we should have an evacuation plan."

He stands and grabs his sword, "let's rally the troops and plan. Our walls will hold for a few hours."

We walk out of the war tent and I rush away from him, going for our horn. I blow into it and our troops recall immediately. I watch the gates shut, for now we are safe.

The Prince walks into the square, drenched in blood. Lady Allura follows behind, her blade still drawn. There's two of the advisors, now I need to find the rest. I jog through the square, looking for the last three. Passing by a tent I spot one of the men I'm looking for, he pops into it carrying a large bag. I poke my head in as well, my second hand Hunk is lying on a stretcher. His hand is on his side and Paladin Pidge is holding a rag.

"Hunk- how did this happen?" I kneel beside him and he smirks. "A raider almost got the best of me, I lost one of my axes." His face is sweaty and he looks tired, "you'll be up soon okay? I'll conjure a spell, my book has to have one!"

"Ever since the prince showed his scrolls to you- I never thought it would come in handy. Try, please friend." I nod and look at Coran, his orange mustache still in perfect shape. He shrugs and Pidge steps away. I scan my recently aquired book of spells and find a small healing spell.

"The motions are simple enough, it'll ease the wound as much as I can manage." Hunk laughs, "just do your best buddy." I stand and close my eyes, and whisper the words I've just read. I place my hands around the wound and chant them a little louder, after a second a stinging fills my palms. I open my eyes and my hands are covered in Hunk's blood. The wound is gone though, just a scar. I hear him chuckle, "would you look at that." The stinging stays, and a wave of exhaustion spreads over me.

"The king needs us back to the war room, we have a new plan of approach." They nod and Hunk slowly stands, his look of amazement grows. "I don't feel a thing! You could be a healer! Or a mage! You could end our war!" I let out a small chuckle of disbelief. "The real mages haven't been seen since King Shiro took the throne. Hundred years or so, when we were young."

"My father was a mage, but he had been lost in a battle before I could be taught anything." Coran sighs, holing open the fabric of the tent for us. "I'm just glad The Prince found the Mage's old library, he's been teaching you a lot." Pidge says giving a smile.

We walk into the hall and find the Prince and the King bickering. "What do you mean you don't know where he fell? You were supposed to be beside him Keith!" The raven laughs sadly, "he was beside me. When I turned to him, a raider had a sword in his chest! I slayed them and hundreds of others father, for our home! The land he died for and you want to leave it?" I walk up to them, "we have to have all options available my lord. Everyone is here."

"Thank you commander Lance, please! Everyone, I offer you another option." The king explains the plan, to fight until we cannot. "To minimize our losses, if we flee at the right time- we can save our people!"

"And if we stay, they'll be slaughtered along with us." Hunk agrees, looking up from the table. "I almost met my maker today, I say we play it safe. We're not invincible."

Pidge nods her head, I do too. Lady Allura scoffs. "You promised me and my father that when you took this land you'd defend it until your last breath. This is going against your word my King. I'll stand with whatever you think is best, but I suggest you fight for our people. Commander Lance your family is here, do you think they would want to leave?" Her gaze is fierce, and angry. "I know not of who lives Lady Allura. If they do I'll see to it that they never face another war. If that means leaving, so be it."

"Paladin Pidge-" the short one stands. "My family has fought in this war since my grandfather was alive. We will leave to regroup, get strong again my Lady."

The king gives a defeated sigh, "then we leave at night break. Set out on foot with anyone that is still alive, regroup, and eventually take back our lands."
The prince hisses and storms away, tucking his sword back into his belt. "I'll go talk to him my lord, try to explain-" Shiro shakes his head. "Let him cool down, go to your family. See to it that the villagers are prepared for nightfall." I look at Hunk and he nods, Pidge follows us out as well.

"Each of us should go to our families and spread out. Make sure everyone knows that we are evacuating." I give them smiles and head to my home, my family should be there.

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