White Lion (Voltron Fanfic)

Chapter 2 - Balmera

Zola POV

Pure flew close to the planet the keyway pointing at. "Pure, do you have any idea what this place is?" He nodded, "Yes, this is the plant for the Balmeras. The Balmera are massive ancient, petrified creatures that have become inhabitable planets that naturally create a variety of Crystals used as power sources for spacecrafts." I giggled a bit, "Well, let's go down there." 

We land in a crowded area, people with yellow eyes stare at us in aw. I get off of Pure and give them all a small smile, "My name is Zola Nightwood, who is the leader of your race?" An older looking man appears from the crowd. "That would be me, what are you doing here? Were you sent by the Galra?"

I looked at them a bit confused, "Who are the glara?" They look at each other and start to whisper. The old man walks up to me, "The galra are a violent race that conquers planets and destroys races, that fact that you don't know shocks me. Where have you been living, under a hole?" I shrug my shoulders, the may sighs, "Follow me my child and bring your friend too." 

As we walked with him I saw the peace all around me, then I heard a scram. I turned around to see a woman pointing at a large ship in the sky, "Zola! Hide Now!" I get in Pure's back then barrier forms around us. We run towards the small blasters and I sliced them all one by one. I took down a lot of them but them soldier started to swarm the place, I froze. The barrier Pure put up must have made us invisible because the soldiers ran right past us. 

I watched in horror as they enslaved and slaughter the people of this plant. I felt so many emotions, but the one thing I felt the most was confusion. 'Who would want to go this far? They must want the crystals. Who is the leader and what is there goal?' 

My key starts to glow again and points in the opposite direction of the ship. Pure looks at me, "We must leave." I look around 1 more time and I see a girl on the ground about to get blasted by a soldier. I pick up my spear and stab the soldier in the head. 

The girl looked at me with fear in her eyes. I touch her head, "What is your name?" She stutters a bit, "S-shay" I close my eyes and visions flood through.

'I see a yellow soldier with a heart of gold and a family of friends learning the ropes'. I take my hand off of her head and the visions stop, "Your future is bright and this dark age will not last forever, you and your family will be safe and the Galra's darkness will no longer spread. Don't lose hope." She gives me a confused look and I hope on Pure's back. Then we flew off.

Pure zoomed through space until we were met with a small ship. Pure starts to slow down, "This is another Galra ship." "Let's get there attention." Pure flys to the window at the front of the ship, when I look through I see a tall man with long white hair. He stood above some other females, they might be his soldiers. I get a bit closer and knock on the glass, everyone turns around and looks at me with wide eyes. I wave at them and scream at the window, "Can you let me in?" The man points at the bit one and then she leaves the room. He looks at me and nods. 

Pure flys over to the now open hanger and lands safely. The purple guy and the other woman walk in front of me. Before I could say anything Pure spoke up, "This is Queen Zola Nightwood of the Kingdom of Geness Vlam. I am her protector Pure." They look at Pure with shock as he speaks with them without opening his mouth.

The man walks up to me, "I am Prince Lotor of the Galra Empire. And these are my generals. Why have you come?" Before Pure could say anything I inturped him, "We need a place to rest, may we spend some time on your ship until we've gotten the rest we need." Prince Lotor smiled at me, "Of course. Ezor, Zethrid can you get a room ready for Queen Zola." 

"You can just call me Zola." He nods at me, "You can call me Lotor then. Let me show you around, I'm assuming you will be staying here for a while." I nod and follow him.

I look at Pure to see him Sniffing the air then covering his nose every so often. "So Zola, this is the training room. A large room was presented with dim purple lights and an open door with weapons in it. We continue to walk, "This is the kitchen and dining area" I don't take the time to look as we continue to walk. A door opens and I see an elegant room, "And this is your room, I'll get someone to come by to get you some food soon. Goodbye."

I wave at him, then he leaves. I look at Pure to see him sniffing the air again. "What's wrong?" He gives me a serious look, "I smell quintessence." I give him a confused look, and he sighs, "Quintessence is a substance with the highest known energy in the universe. Raw quintessence is capable of being extracted from planets. If used incorrectly it can be like a drug and corrupt people and drive them mad, it isn't uncommon for quintessence to be used in a safe way like the form of a crystal but it can be risky to one's health when trying to mulipuate it incorrectly."

I think for a moment, "Do you think that quintessence maybe the cause of this commotion with the Galra?" Pure nods, "We need to look into this before we leave this ship." I nod and then the door opens.