When Two Worlds Collide

Chapter 11

"First and foremost, I must apologize for making you all wait." The Queen Meedogenloze said as she entered the room with one of her advisors. "An unexpected and urgent matter had come up amongst the townspeople that I had to attend to. "That is quite alright your majesty, we did not mind the wait, and we understand perfectly well, about things occuring that are out of your own control." Allura told her. The Queen just smiled in response as she moved to sit down. All of the members of Team Voltron were getting ready to bow down before her, but she stopped. "Please, I know that it's customary in many cultures to bow down before the leader as a sign of respect, but you don't have to do that with me." The Queen told them. Everyone stopped and nodded in return. "I know that this seems very unorthodox, but I am not my parents nor my grandparents." She told them. "I want to be seen as an equal that my people can come to for help." And that was something that all of the Paladins could relate to with her. From appearances only the Queen didn't seem that much older than Keith, so it was understandable that she wanted to change the ways of past generations. "And please, do call me Meegen." "Alright, you high... I mean Meejen, it's a great honor to be in your presence." Coran said. " If you don't mind me asking but you don't happen to have an ancestor by the name of Willowmeana do you?" He asked her. "Ah, yes! Now, I know why you are so familiar to me." Meegen said. "Your name isn't Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe by any chance?" "Why yes, yes it is!" Coran told her. And everyone else was very confused at what was going on.  

"Uh, Coran, how do you know the family?" Hunk asked. He was the only one out of all of them that brave enough to ask the dreaded question. "Oh, Coran is very famous on this planet." Meegen said. "A couple of deca-phoebs before the Garla first invaded, Mr. Symthe here came to our planet on a research mission for King Alfor." Meegen said. "Yes, and when I got here I was introduced to the King's sister Willowmeana." Coran told them. "She was the most beautiful creature that I had ever seen." "And Aunt Meana was very enraptured by you." Meegen said. "I grew up listening to her old stories of your time here with her from my grandmother." Coran had a fond look on his face as he was being informed of his lost love. "Really? Ever since I got out of the pods I've been thinking about what happened to her." Coran said. "Aunt Meana lived a very long and prosperous life after you left." Meegen told him. "She was only 18 deca-pheobs old when she met you, but she really did love you. When the war broke out and she never heard from you again, she thought that you were dead." Meegen said. "Eventually she ended up married to a refugee that immigrated to our planet to escape the war, though he was killed when the Empire first tried to take us over." Everyone's expression sort of deflated at the mention of that. "Aunt Meana never married again, and she found out that she was with child, the baby died at birth and she never tried again." "That's awful." Lance said. Meegen nodded her head. "Yes, it is a very sad story, but it made her very anti-Zarkon, she didn't get how someone could be so cruel to go after their own people even if they were only half Garlan." "What, half?" Keith asked. And it was one of the first times that he had spoken up the whole time that they have been there. He was curious, so sue him.

"Yes, Uncle Draxum was half Garla from his father's side, I can't remember what race his mother was though." Meegen said. "He fled from the Empire in fear of his life, Zarkon had issued a decree that all half-bloods had to be taken out once and for all." She sighed to herself before she continued on. "Shortly after him and Aunt Meana married the Garla invaded and he died trying to protect her." Meana said. "Do you have a problem with hybrids Black Paladin?" She asked Keith sternly. Keith quickly shook his head, "No,no I don't have a problem with them, in fact I am one." Keith told her. "My father was human and my mother if she's still alive has Garlan DNA in her blood." Meegen didn't say anything for a couple of minutes before finally speaking again. "So, you aren't a hundred percent sure?" She asked him curiously. Again Keith shook his head. "No, I'm afraid not Meegen, my mother left Earth not that long after I was born and I've never met her." Keith told her. "So, since you talk about your father in the past tense, I say that it is safe to assume that you are an orphan like myself?" Meegen questioned him. "Yes, I am, I've been on my own since I was about 10 deca-phoebs old give or take, until the previous Black Paladin took me in under his wing until we joined and formed Voltron." Keith told her. Meegen seemed to take a few minutes to ponder over the information that she had just been told. Keith didn't know if that was a good thing or not, but he was banking that it would get her on their side.