This popped in my head today around lunchtime as I was taking off from work. I thought it was a cute idea - what if Lotor and Allura met were they were very small? - say at some royal function or whatever? I thought it would be a cute change from my usual. So here goes..

Little Royals

Allura giggled as she ran from her Nanny, who had lost her in the press of the crowds at the Castle of Lions. She loved eluding Nanny! Her face would turn all red and then she would yell. She didn't want to be a little princess, she wanted to run and play. It wasn't fair. She was a big girl now - why she was going on five and she didn't have to do what bossy ol' Nanny said! Of course Nanny did tuck her in at night when her mama couldn't and sometimes read her stories, but being told to sit still was too much! She was going to run away..
Allura ran to her secret hiding place in the edge of the woods near the castle and laughed with the joy of freedom. Nanny would never find her here! She sat down, careful not to ruin her new dress and watched as all the adults in the distance made merry. Adults were funny sometimes. She loved her daddy and mama but they always had to go away on royal things and she couldn't go. Daddy said that someday she would have to do the same thing when she was all grown up and married to a prince. Allura wrinkled her nose.She would only marry a handsome prince! One who wouldn't make her act like a prissy princess and let her do whatever she wanted. But that was a long time from now - when she was old!
Her stomach rumbled and she felt hungry. Now she wished she had eaten the lunch Nanny had tried to make her eat. But she hated brussel sprouts! Yuck! Allura's stomach growled at the thought of the chocolate cake that Nanny had made earlier and wouldn't give her a piece. How she wished she had some now!
She heard a noise behind her. She turned around and saw a boy with long white hair, blue skin and pointed ears! She smiled. He looked like one of those elves in her fairy tale book! Maybe he was a fairy prince or something and would give her a wish!
She said, "Are you a fairy prince?"
The boy puffed up and said, "I am Crown Prince Lotor and I'm not a sissy fairy!"
"You got pointed ears.."
"So..you got - long puffy hair like some princess or somethin!"
"I am a princess!" she said huffily. "I 'm Princess Allura and my daddy is the King of Arus!"
The little seven year old prince, already tall for his age came towards her and said, "So! My father is the King of more planets than yours is! And someday I'm gonna rule em too!" He puffed up with pride as only a seven-year old boy could do.
Allura pouted a little. Big, bossy boy! "Who said you could come here? This is my spot!"
The white haired boy shrugged and smirked, "I can do anything I want! I'm a Crown Prince, Pinky Princess!"
He stuck his toungue out at her! Ooooh..boys were so mean!
She stood up and stomped over to him and kicked him!
"Ow! Hey! Girls aren't supposed to hit boys!" he yelled.
Allura turned and stormed off where she immediately tripped over a tree branch and fell hard on the ground cutting her knee on a rock. She started to cry, holding her bleeding knee. Lotor didn't know what to do but he came over and looked at it.
"Wow! You're really gonna have a big scab on there!"
This only made Allura sob harder. Her knee hurt!
Seeing her cry, he tried to comfort her. "Don't cry. If Hagar were here, she could make it better.."
He looked around, as if expecting her to pop up somewhere, but she didn't. Allura cried some more. She wanted her mother, not this stupid elf-boy!
Lotor disappeared for a moment and came back with a big hunk of chocolate cake and a handkerchief. He looked uncomfortable for a moment and handed her the handkerchief.
"Here, put it on your knee - it'll keep ya from bleedin' to death. That's what happens when you get wounded.."
She looked up and sniffled but took what he offered. She put it on her knee but it didn't help. It only stung more.
She sniffled and said, "It still hurts.."
Lotor munched on the cake and said, "That's cause you're a weak girl. Men don't cry when they get hurt."
She looked at him with frosting on his face and she said, "You got cake! Where did ya get that?"
He smiled and said, "Some big lady brought it out an' when she wasn't lookin', I took some!"
Allura said wide-eyed, "That's stealing! Your mama will be mad at you!"
He looked very sad and said, "My mama left me. She's dead."
Allura's eyes widened some more. She never knew anyone that had a dead mama before! She said, "But who tucks you in at night? Who gives you a hug when you feel bad?"
Lotor shrugged, "No one.."
Allura bit her lip and said, "I wouldn't want to lose my mama.."
And then the thought of losing both her mama and daddy made her feel so sad.
Lotor felt a little uncomfortable and handed her his cake."Want some? I got most the ants off.."
Allura smiled, "Well..okay!" and she took the cake and ate it with relish.
"That was good! Nanny makes good cakes!"
Lotor smiled, "Wish they made stuff like that in my Castle. When I am grown up, I will get a cook that will make me cake like that!"
Allura said proudly, "Well, Nanny is our cook and you can't have her!"
Lotor gave her a superior look and said, "Aw! You're just a silly princess! Anyway..you gotta marry a prince and you'll have ta to what he says!"
Allura got up and yelled, "I will not!"
He smirked. "Uh huh..girls are only good for 'ducing hairs and stuff like that.."
Allura looked puzzled and fingered her long hair.
"Hair?"
He looked smugly at her and said, "No, hairs! Like I'm the hair to the throne! Well, girls gotta like havin' bables cause then they'll be hairs"
Allura's eyes brightened. "Oh, babies! I like babies.." Then she made a face. "Cept when they smell.."
Lotor's eyes squinted and he said, "Betcha never smelled a roebeast! They stink!" this he said almost proudly
Allura said, "Yuck! I bet they're ugly!"
Lotor's eyes twinkled in delight. "Yeah! And they got these big claws that tear up a man in two! They leave blood and guts everywhere! It's so cool!"
Allura turned away and said, "Well, when I get married, my prince won't watch all that icky stuff. He'll be nice and kind and handsome an' smart too!"
Lotor puffed up and said, "Well, if I haveta marry a silly girl, she's gonna do everything I say an' she's gonna be pretty too!"
He made a face and then said, "Wanna get married?"
Allura said, "No! Not some icky boy like you!"
He said, "Oh yeah, you're just some silly princess! I'm a Crown Prince and I'm gonna rule everything! So you gotta marry cause I said!"
"Will not!"
"Will too!"
"Will not!"
"Will too!"
"Pointy ears!"
"Puffy hair!"
"Smurf Face!"
"Stinky Pinky!"
"Take that back!" and Allura kicked him in the shin!
"OW!" he howled. "I'm gonna get ya for that!" And he started to chase her! Allura shrieked and ran, forgetting her skinned knee.
Lotor was right behind her yelling, "Rahhh! I'm a roebeast! I'll EAT you!!"
Allura laughed and screamed just like all little girls do when they're chased! They reached the castle when both were jerked by their collars!
"Ah HA! Allura! Caught you! And what is that all over your face? Chocolate cake? Young lady, wait till I tell your father!"
"Prince Lotor! What have you been into? You are a mess! Your father will have my hide for letting you get away again! Now come on before your father sees you like this!"
The two guilty children looked at each other. Lotor was being taken away by one of his many slave/nursemaids, and Allura by her Nanny. They looked at each other and giggled, proud of their little adventure...although in years to come it would be a lost memory..
Little did they know that they would meet again under much different circumstances..but for now they were - little royals..

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