As Cold as Fire [VOLTRON Keith X OC]

The Rise of Voltron (part 1)

3rd person POV:

"Where... are we?" questioned the Cuban boy, Lance, looking around the vast castle with an expression of confusion and awe. The much shorter boy, Pidge, walked up to a console standing proudly in the middle of the room, wondering aloud how to activate it. (I'll be referring to Pidge as he/him until it's revealed to the other characters)

"It's some kind of control room," he realised aloud. As if on cue, the console began to brighten with a flash of light, causing them all to yelp in surprise. As the glare dimmed, three mysterious pods sheltered by frosted glass rose from the floor. The boys, Lance, Pidge, Hunk, Keith and Shiro, were beginning to regret stumbling in here, and could make out three figures behind each misted glass.

"Are these guys... dead?" Hunk asked what was on the others' minds. As if to answer his question, one of the pods opened, revealing a girl. She looked around 19 years old, had long, stunning waves of white hair, in contrast to her flawless, mahogany skin. There were two peculiar glowing marks under her eyes, and her ears were pointed like an elf's from fairy tales. She wore an elegant blue dress, brimmed with noble golden and white. Her luminous blue eyes, and a golden headband on her forehead, caused her to have an an unmistakable royal aura about her.

And to Lance's surprise, she fell right into his arms.

"Father!" she cried. Lance blushed immediately, then sadly tried to impersonate a suave persona.

"Hello," he greeted with a smirk.

The girl didn't seem very impressed. "Who are you? Where am I?"

"I'm Lance," he clarified, "and you're right here in my arms." The girl analysed him carefully, and her eyes fell on his ears.

"You're ears..." she began.

Lance was caught off guard. "Yeah..?"

"They're hideous. What is wrong with them?" she asked sharply to Lance's dismay.

"Nothing's wrong with them!" he shrieked in defence. "They heard exactly what you said about them!"

The girl, seemingly much more awake now, pulled the boy by his ear, bending him over and putting him in a restraining position. Lance cried out in shock, struggling to escape.

"Who are you?" she repeated, but with a clear authoritative tone this time. "Where is King Alfor? What are you doing in my Castle?" Her accent was somewhat British, very accentuated and almost posh in a way.

Lance cried out, "A giant blue lion brought us here! That's all we know!"

There seemed to be millions of thoughts running through her mind, the boys could almost see the gears turning in her head. "How do you have the Blue Lion? What happened to its Paladin? What are you all doing here? Unless..." Her numerous questions melted into one. "How... long has it been?"

It was at that moment a second sleeping pod opened. It was a girl again, younger and slightly shorter than the first, looking around 17 years old. She looked strikingly similar to the older girl, with the same dark skin, and marks on her face, although blue instead of pink. They also didn't seem to glow nearly as much as the other girl's. Her eyes on the other hand seemed to shine, and were a dark hazel, with golden specks making them seem all the more magical. She had raven black hair with multiple silver-white streaks in them that fell past her shoulder, halfway to her waist.