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Part 1 of All Roads Lead to...Oriande
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2020-01-25
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2020-02-27
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The Road to Home

Summary:

"That was three decaphoeebs ago. No one has seen you since your fight with Lotor."
Keith couldn't believe what he was hearing. "That's impossible," he gasped.
Acxa turned to face him. "It's true."

The long voyage back home to planet Earth from the point of view of the leader of Voltron, Keith and the ex-general of Lotor, Acxa and the unexpected turn of events that followed after Team Voltron's supposed vanishing act for three years.

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I do not consent for my work be hosted by any third party site or app. This piece of fanfiction 'The Road to Home' (in the series 'All Roads Lead to...Oriande') has been posted ONLY in archiveofourown.org under the pseud fivekrystalpetals.

Please note that this is for purely entertainment purposes, and NOT for any monetary gain. This means that you, as the reader, DO NOT have to pay to read this fanfic.

Also, this work is strictly my intellectual property. If you find this fanfic on any other app or site or under any other name, in part or in whole, it has been reposted without my permission, so kindly bring it to my notice. Thank you.

Chapter 1: Preface

Chapter Text

I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this piece of fiction, except for a few that I have created as per the story's requirements. Otherwise, all the characters belong to Voltron Legendary Defender and/or Dreamworks (WEP).

The story that I have written here is to be taken purely as an alternate universe ending as far as Season 7 and 8 are concerned. The overall storyline will be based on the canon episodes from these two seasons. However, there would be some major changes as mentioned below. Please make sure to read these disclaimers before proceeding. 

Shiro is not incarnated in the clone's body: Sorry, Shiro fans but this is a big fat no. Shiro died heroically in the attempt to defeat Zarkon. It is only a disrespect to bring him back in such a way as to force his essence into the very clone body which he himself considers as being "evil". So, if you have watched the show only for the sake of Shiro, then I am sorry you might not find this story interesting enough.

Allura doesn't die in the end: Allura deserves all the happiness the world has to offer. The poor girl has been fighting tooth and nail to defend the universe. And then, finally when she is this close to getting reunited with the colony of her people, she has to sacrifice herself to save them and everyone else. That doesn't sit right with me. So, yes, a happy ending for Allura. 

Lotor gets his redemption, Honerva doesn't: Okay, this is something I have lost my sleep over. I can accept that Honerva melted the statues at Oriande and created her robeasts out of them. I can even accept that she is able to rip into realities with her super mecha. But, no one person can be this powerful that they go about destroying all universes, destroying all realities and destroying the space-time itself, or whatever. Plus, she is equally vicious as the alchemist Honerva "who studied the rift on Daibazaal" or as the space witch Haggar. So no amount of past memories or "good still left within her" (because she has none) is going to stop her from doing more evil things. But, I can't say the same for Lotor. He did try to do something good for the planet he was put in charge of. So, let's see how this angle turns out to be. 

Lance and Allura/ Lotor and Allura: Allura got her heart torn to pieces after the true colors of Lotor were revealed. For good or bad, I believe that she truly fell in love with him and the feelings were pretty much mutual.  After Lotor had seemingly died and been left in the Quintessence field, (remember how she (and Keith too, for that matter) kept saying that it was not right to just leave him like that in there), I think she would take a long time to move on and trust someone the way she trusted and loved Lotor. So, for now, she would try to focus her mind and energy on her mission rather than getting distracted by another love. But, Lance would be fiercely protective of her and see to it that she doesn't get hurt once again. So, maybe a slowly falling in love and happily ever after with Lance at the end?

Keith and Acxa: Honestly, I came to this show after seeing all the posts about Keith and Lance and believing they are a canon couple. After actually watching this show, I have now become a die-hard Keith x Acxa shipper and there is no going back from this. Their dynamics are simply awesome, and that too without even speaking a single word to each other. I still can't get over the fact that Acxa's first spoken words to Keith were "Synthian Nitrate", lol. True warrior buddies here!

Apart from the shipping angle, I am a big fan of Acxa as a standalone character as well. Her classic words "For Narti!" and kicking Lotor's butt with her stun gun still remains one of my most watched scenes from VLD. I was severely disappointed at how she just disappeared from the show in Season 8. 

Most of the chapters will be from Keith's POV. But in order to explore Acxa's character arc more, I will try to write from her POV as well. Being the mysterious Weblum Galra (that even now she is), I will be adding some parts which would be totally different from what is presented in the show. 

Also, there might be hundreds of rewrites for Voltron Season 7 and 8, on AO3 or other platforms. It is not possible for me to read all the rewrites, but I have tried to make this story as original and different from others as possible. So, the plot and the writing is strictly my intellectual property, except for the ideas that I took from the canon episodes of VLD and the corresponding dialogues. If the style or presentation of the series is similar to any other fic you find under the tags for Voltron: Legendary Defender, it is purely coincidental.

For now, this is all. If you are okay with all the above points and continue to read my story, I will be really happier than I can express. And if you like what you are reading, do let me know in the comments. I really treasure all my readers' opinions. 

Anyways, this is me signing off. Happy reading!!