Paladins of the Elements

Chapter 1: The Mysterious boy, Zarc

AN: This takes place in Season 2, between episodes 7 and 8. Also I'm gonna be diverting from the Canon of the story a little bit here and there just to warn you.

It was from a training mission gone wrong that had led to the Paladins of Voltron finding themselves stranded on an uninhabited planet, without their lions and awaiting for Allura and Coran to pick them up. The planet was pretty much half forest and half jungle, with one river of water running all over the whole planet. The pilots were currently in the middle of a clearing waiting for the two Alteans.

"How long did they say they were going to be?" Lance, the blue paladin, a tall lean boy with tan skin, brown hair and blue eyes, wearing blue armor asked the others.

"Not sure. I think Coran said around 5, maybe 7, vargas I think he said. What does that mean again?" Hunk, the yellow paladin, a bulky boy with darker skin and brown hair, brown eyes, wearing an orange headband and yellow armor replies than asks.

"I'm pretty sure varga means hour, and Coran said it would at least be 9 since they get here." Pidge, the green paladin, a short fair skinned girl with short light brown hair, light brown eyes, wearing glasses and green armor said. Floating next to her was a little robot that looked like a silver pyramid with glowing turquoise stripes and single glowing turquoise eye.

"Hnn," grunted Keith, the red paladin, a tall boy with pale skin, neck length black hair that looked like a wannabe mullet, and violet eyes, wearing red armor. He's remained mostly silent and stand off for the time.

"Alright, we don't know when exactly Coran and Allura will be getting here, so for now we need to prepare in case we do get stuck here for a while." Said Shiro, the black paladin and team leader, a very tall and muscular man, with pale skin a scar across the bridge of his nose, gray eyes and short black hair with shaved undercut and white forelock, wearing black armor.

"So, until they get here, let's do prepare." He continued and scanned the other paladins. "Lance, you gather the water. Hunk, you set up some shelter. Pidge, you and Rover gather any produce or the like that seems edible, and check in case it might be poisoned. Keith, you hunt down any meat that might be able to eat. And I'll scour the area for anything suspicious or dangerous. Look alive team and be careful." He instructed. The others nod and they all head out to their tasks.

Lance carried the water containers down to the nearest part of the river that runs through the planet. He sighed as he set the containers down by the water and stretched his back a little before bending back down to fill up on the water. After filling the third container, Lance sees what he thinks is the outline of a leg a few feet away behind a bush.

"What the-? I thought this planet was uninhabited." He mumbled to himself. He then carefully walked over to the bush. When he was close enough to get a good look, he gasped. There, lying on the ground, was a human outline covered by a black cloak with a hood. "What the cheese?" He said and ran over to the figure and turned them over onto their side. He then gasped again.

It looked like a human boy, no older than 14, he had fair skin and was dressed strangely. Apart from the black cloak draped over him, which Lance noticed was outlined with bright green. He was dressed in a solid black shirt and pants, which were tucked into his black boots, which were all outline by green as well. Lance noticed on the boy's left hand was a black fingerless, with each finger ring being outlined by green as well, but his right hand was wrapped, quite thickly he might add, in bandages. He also wore a gold dangling earing that looks like a fang in his left ear, and a blue crystal pendant in silver casing that hung from his neck.

"What the quiznack?!" Lance thought then did another look over the kid, noticing the slight scars, bruises and bleeding cuts on the boy's face and some slash marks on his body, especially a particularly bad wound on his left hip that was bleeding, and a gash on his right leg. "Had he been attacked?" Lance asks himself, before shaking his head and quickly took action. He used the full water container he still had in his hand, to give some to the boy, who despite being unconscious eagerly drank the cool liquid and began waking up.