Daughter of Sendak: KeithxOC (ON HOLD)

The Masked Figure Part 2

"Keith, what are you do–" Allura starts. She stares at the strange girl in front of Keith. "I'm sorry, who are you?"

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Well, Keith got his wish, because after Allura woke Coran up, the masked figure was handcuffed in a small cage, far below the castle, with nothing there, but this cage, and a long catwalk to get to it. The room the cage is in, however, is huge. Keith was satisfied to find the masked figure (who doesn't have a mask) looking like she felt very small.

"Okay, can someone please tell me what is going on?" Coran asks.

"She was the one that was with Sendak when he tried to take over the castle. We fought, and I hit her, and some of her mask came off, relieving her eye. And it was full of hatred," Keith explains, glaring at her.

"Is that why you've been having nightmares?" Allura asks with concern.

"You know about those?"

"Keith, everyone knows you've been having nightmares. You might be good at hiding your feelings, but it's hard to hide something when you will randomly look like you've seen a ghost," Allura explains. Keith grunts, folding his arms, looking away.

"Look, I know you may not have been my favorite person back then, but there were a lot of things I didn't know. I've decided it's my duty to protect you. Please you must believe me!" the girl pleaded.

"Okay, well let's start off with introductions. I'm Princess Allura of Altea. And this is Coran," Allura says, as Coran nods his head. Allura looks to Keith, waiting for him to introduce himself.

"Fine. I'm Keith," Keith snaps.

"Well, my name is Harmony. And despite the circumstances, it's a pleasure to meet you," the girl says.

"I don't mean to pry, but how did you go from working with the Galra, to protecting us?" Allura asks, skeptic.

"Haha, yes, well, that's a long story," Harmony says.

"I'm very interested to see where this is going," Keith says, clearly not believing her.

"Alright then. I began working for the Galra at a young age. I was flying the Red Lion when–"

"Wait wait wait wait wait. You were just flying the Red Lion?" Keith asks. Harmony then goes on to explain how she found the Red Lion, and thanks to some vision of hers, she left. She then got captured by the Galra. Because of her unknown race, Zarkon decided to use her.

"Although I had left my home, for it was a bad place, the Galra are even worse. And much more powerful. I was restrained, forced to help them. A prison–"

"A prisoner in your own home," Keith finishes.

"How did you know that?" Harmony asks gently.

"I heard you talking to the creepy robed dude," Keiht answers, his eyes not quite meeting hers, as he felt a little uncomfortable with the way she was looking at him. It wasn't hatred, or anger. It was curiosity, mixed with something he couldn't quite place.

"Well, yes, I often felt like a prisoner in my own home. They were not the nicest people, but they did raise me. And my father was the one person I felt I could depend on."

"Your father? But you said that you left your family," Allura points out.

"Yes, but I found him. I don't know how, I don't know when, I don't even know where! But I found him. I planned on never letting him go. However, he has been taken from me. I plan on finding him. I was hoping that I could use the Red Lion to find him, but that didn't work out. Actually, now that I think about it, the last thing I remember, was clinging onto the Red Lion through that corrupted wormhole. What happened?" Harmony asks. Keith eyes open in surprise, and turns away, a blush on his face.

"Keith, tell her what happened," Allura demands

"Why do I have to tell her?"

"You know why." Meanwhile, Harmony was standing there, a very confused look on her face. Keith sighs, looking at her.

"I found you unconscious beside the Red Lion when we crashed into a planet. I saved you and put you into a healing pod, not knowing you were the one who tried to kill me!" Harmony looks at him with shock, and that same thing she had before, but Keith still couldn't figure out what it was. The two stare at each other like this for some time. The longer it goes, the more Keith starts to blush, until Keith turns away, unable to look at her anymore. 'What is wrong with me!' Keith thinks to himself. 'She tried to kill you! Stop blushing!'. But Keith had a feeling that she was telling the truth. At least some of it. And he couldn't deny the fact that her eyes no longer seemed to give him such a hatred look. Infact, they seemed to look at him with a sort of admiration. Admiration. That's the look that he couldn't quite place. It was admiration. Perhaps she really did want to protect him.

"We still don't know why you want to protect us," Keith says, willing to give her a bit more of a chance.

"Well, you know that vision I mentioned earlier? Well I had forgotten about that, until I dreamt of it again, before I woke up here. I believe the Red Lion had given me that dream, like it did so long ago. I knew then, that I must protect you. Though I also wish to look for my father," Harmony concludes.

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Keith, Allura, and Coran left Harmony alone and discussed if she could be trusted or not.

"I think she's telling the truth. I can't find anything that describes her race. It's very possible Zarkon wished to use her," Coran states.

"Maybe. But what if she's still working for the Galra?" Keith asks. Although he agrees that she may be telling the truth, he wasn't going to take a chance, unless he was sure of it.

"Keith, I understand that you don't want anything to happen, but I'm not going to turn a blind eye on someone who needs help. Especially if it has to do with the Galra," Allura says, convinced that they will help Harmony. Keith sighs.

"Fine."