Alternate Reality (Klance)

Chapter 2

Keith had some kind of sixth sense, when it came to Lance. Or at least, he sometimes thought he had.
Because something had told him to visit Lance on this beautiful evening. And since Lance was taking care of Kosmo, he always had an excuse to visit. Keith smiled at the thought.

He had entered earth the way he always did. With Black at his side. He wondered, if Lance had heard him or if he was inside for once.
Lance tended to be on the fields a lot. The juniberrys blossoming, no matter the time of year.
Keith smiled sadly at the flowers. "Hey Allura.", he muttered, petting the almost purple petals.

It was only then, that he saw Lance and Kosmo on the field.
They were circling each other. Lance was smiling, telling the dog something. Keith approached as his saddened smile turned genuine.
As suddenly, a white light appeared out of nowhere.

Startled by the sudden blindness, Keith stumbled backwards with a squeal. However, the scream on the other side of the field caused his eyes to rip wide open anyway.
For a second, a familiar face smiled at him. One moment later, she was gone. Leaving Keith as a troubled mess in the grass. Multiple emotions ran through him, endlessly confusing him. Was that Allura?

But the scream hasn't stopped. Causing Keith to come to his senses.

Curses replaced the screams, Kosmo was barking. Keith jumped to his feet and hurried over to the place, where his best friend tried to escape Kosmo.

"Kosmo, STOP, what the hell are you doing?!", he screamed, shocked at what he saw. Kosmo was turning against Lance. He had never done that before. It was so unlike Kosmo, it scared Keith. The dog turned towards him, sniffed him and backed away of both of them. He growled. Fletching his big white teeth.
Somehow, the giant blue beast didn't seem accustomed to his height anymore, as he stumbled and tripped over his feet.

"Lance! What happened, are you okay?" Keith turned towards Lance. His safety being more important right now than Kosmo's weird behavior.

Lance had finally stopped screaming, as Keith knelt next to him on the ground. A worried expression, open and vulnerable and understanding plastered on his face.

"Keith?! Holy fuck, what happened to your face?", Lance exclaimed, obviously confused as to why Keith was even here. Whats more, he looked shocked at Keith's initial reaction, rather than whatever confused him in his face.
Keith only blinked in response. As he touched his own face in confusion. It took him a second to realize that there was nothing out of the ordinary. It was actually Lance's face that was missing eternal marks.

"What happened to yours?", he asked incredulously, wincing as he realized how stupid his remark sounded.

Lance frowned, causing Keith to flinch. Lance had never looked at him like that. Not in a long time. It was then, that Keith noticed something else was off about Lance.
He looked like usual. Same age, same wounds and scars. What was different was the way Lance carried himself. Of course, they were only sitting on the ground, but Keith just knew something was off. Not to mention the marks were gone. Keith shivered at the thought. Did Allura leave him? Was that why she was here? After torturing him with the memories of her for so long? Why now?

"Nothings wrong with my face, Mullet.", Lance practically spat at him. Keith couldn't help but shake his head. He ignored the nickname that was spoken with such malice rather then the fond chuckle Lance used to. He also ignored how his own hair was far too long to be a mullet anymore. Lance was never so rude to him. Or rather, he hadn't been in years. So, if he really had lost his memories, then this was hardly the Lance Keith knew. So he stood up and held out his hand towards this stranger.

Right now this was what Lance was. The fire in these eyes was young, younger than Lance was at least. Keith's mind rushed through a thousand possibilities what else could have happened to the boy. But the memory thing seemed quite accurate and logical.
Keith wouldn't be too surprised if it were true. Shiro has had amnesia before. Also, they were in space. You wouldn't assume a white light out of nowhere wouldn't do anything.
Though it didn't make sense, why would Allura erase Lance's memories? Or did they leave alongside the marks? Did she do this to ease his pain? That was both cruel and thoughtful of her, if he was honest. Or was it an accident?