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Things had been quiet at the castle lately - too quiet. As a matter of fact it was during this quiet period of time that the spate of practical jokes among the Voltron Force began. It began with what would be known in the anals of Castle of Lions history as the BVD Incident or the Big Flap!
One practical joke led to another. Everyone got it, Keith, Hunk, Lance, and Pidge. The only one who had been exempt from these jokes was Princess Allura. In a way, she kinda wished she could get in on the fun, but in a way she was glad she was not.
Little did she know that a small incident with a gift would start the whole thing...
As everyone in the entire galaxy knew, Prince Lotor, the Crown Prince of Doom was completely, utterly, and madly in love with Princess Allura. Princess Allura always eluded him, either by luck or design, but Lotor kept chasing her and sending her gifts. He sent her rare, valuable flowers from distant planets, jewelry, costly perfumes - everything a woman would want, but she refused them.
Then one day Allura received a package that was marked as being from her Aunt Orla. She was excited, for her Aunt was sending her something that had once belonged to her grandmother - an heirloom gown. She opened the package in front of the guys who happened to be in the rec room at the time. But instead of the heirloom gown, her hands brought a black provocative evening dress! It was backless, with a heart-shaped neckline. The skirt was long, but it had a slit clear up the side to almost mid-thigh. It was definitely a gown meant for a woman to wear to please a man.
Allura could hear the stiffled guffaws of the guys on the couch and she blushed.
"Auntie must have made a mistake.."
She looked in the box and found a card. But instead of the familar feminine handwriting of her aunt's she saw the bold handwriting of Prince Lotor's.
My Dearest Love..
I send you this in the hopes of someday seeing you wear this for me. If you wonder how I was able to obtain the royal seals of your aunt I won't tell....
Allura was angry. She could just see him smirking as he wrote that! She continued to read his note..
At any rate, my sweet, someday you shall be mine, and I will see you in the dress I send to you and I will have the sweet satisfaction of removing it from your lovely body myself. I shall be dreaming of you as always, my love and the day I see you wear that dress is the day I know that you have accepted fate and shall be my bride..
Until we meet again, my sweet...
Lotor
She blushed a deep crimson at his implications and blushed a even deeper shade when she felt someone reading the note over her shoulder! She spun and saw the intruder.
Suddenly Nanny came down the hall. Pidge was the first to spot her.
A few months passed uneventually, and so to relieve the boredom, Allura decided to hold a ball to commemorate Arus' continued freedom. A holiday was proclaimed planetwide. (Although as always, everyone was on the alert) At the castle, all the preparations were made. Allura was even going to wear something
else beside the pink dress she usually wore.
It was approaching the time for the ball, and Allura was taking a long hot shower. The water was running and she could not hear a thing as she happily bathed. After a while, when the water started to turn lukewarm, she stepped out and wrapped a towel around her. She dried her hair in the bathroom and then stepped out, feeling refreshed and renewed. As she went to her bed where her white dress lay, she frowned. It wasn't there! Perhaps she placed it in the closet...
Nearly an hour and a half later, she was dressed and ready. Fortunatly, the dress did have a built in bra and she did find some shoes - some black stiletto heels that came from somewhere. She dressed her hair herself and did her makeup. She had to admit the dress looked nice on her, even though it was a wee bit snug and when she walked, the slit opened, revealing her legs -
fortunately, it didn't reveal the fact that she was sans panties!! Oh, she would never live this down! She already suspected who did this, and boy was he going to get it! She pulled up her low neckline for the upteenth time and bravely took a deep breath..it was going to be a loooong night..
After the first ooohh, ahhs, gasps and a horrified look from Koran, the ball went into full swing. Nanny claimed a reeally bad headache and was in her room sobbing over the fact that her little girl was well - not a little girl tonight! The guys were awestruck and even Keith nearly fell into the punchbowl when he saw her. The only guy that really grinned was Lance. He had danced with her once and she said charmingly, "I know you did it, Lance..and I will definitely kill you after this night's up.."
Prince Lotor was bored and well, he just couldn't get Allura off his mind! These two reasons were why he snuck onto Arus. He knew he was taking a risk, but he loved her so and it just wasn't often he saw her out of battle. He had heard about this ball, and he wanted to see his beloved all dressed up, even though he woud rather see her dressed down! He found a spot at the castle
where he could watch the ball without being spotted and so he sat down and waited.
"Lance!!"
She crushed the card against her chest - which is not a wise thing for young ladies to do! She winced.
Lance laughed. "Too late! I saw it! Another love note from Lotor!"
"Whoohoo! Where you going to wear THAT dress, Princess?"
"Hey yeah! I wanna see!"
"Guys, stop it! It's NOT funny!!" Allura stamped her foot.
The guys couldn't help it. They knew she was sensitive about this subject, but it was so funny to see her blush and get mad. She was so cute!
"Man, Lotor's blood pressure will go through the roof when he sees you in that!"
Lance quipped, "Probably not the ONLY thing!"
Allura's mouth came open. "Lance!!"
Keith reprimanded him. "Lance..cool it.."
Allura yelled, "Yeah, Lance! I wouldn't wear this thing - if it were the only thing I had left in the world!"
Lance only laughed, "Oh yeah?"
"Yes!!" She whopped him with the dress.
"Hurricane Nanny's comin'!"
And like all self-surviving species do before a destructive force,they all scattered! Allura hurridly stuffed the dress back in the package and hurried to her room, feeling rather
embarrassed. She placed it on the top shelf of her closet and promptly forgot about it...unfortunately for her, a certain
mischevious member of the Voltron Force did not!
It was a white satin with small puffed sleeves. Although the neckline was a little lower than what she usually wore, it met with Nanny's approval and was considered A-OK for the ball...
She opened the closet. Nothing! Every shred of clothing that was hanging there was gone! Her mouth gaped wide open! Where were her clothes!! She looked down where her shoes would have been...no shoes! Who would do such a thing! In creeping horror, she looked in her dresser drawers - nothing! No underwear! No
bras! Nothing!! In utter panic she looked everywhere! Nothing! Not a shred of anything! The only thing she had on was a towel and it was only an hour and a half till the ball started! No one else at the castle really wore her size!
She bit her lip. Oh she was going to kill whoever did this!!
She looked around aimlessly when she saw the forgotten package upon the top shelf of her closet. No. No way. She was not
going to wear that! But - but she had no choice! She couldn't just cancel the ball and if she said she were sick Nanny and Koran would be frantic. Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad? The only bad thing was the lack of underwear! Well if she didn't tell anyone - oh god, she must be very desperate to do this! She went to the closet, got the package and proceeded to dress...
He laughed and as the dance ended, Allura cheerfully stomped on his foot, not caring if she maimed him.
To relieve her embarrassment, she drank some punch, really enjoying it. It had a nice kick to it. After about oh - 4 or 5 small punch drinks, she started to feel better about everything. She was glad she had the dress on then 'cause it was getting sort of hot in the ballroom. Everything started to take on a rosy glow. She started to loosen up and enjoy herself - much to Koran's chargin.
And then he saw her. His jaw dropped open and his eyes widened! That dress! He sent that dress to her! Oh, she looked so delectable! Had she finally accepted him? It must be! Why else would she wear it? It took every shred of self control not to rush in there and grab her up. He would wait for an opportunity - it had to come..it must!