The druid hid away behind his mask and his robe. No one has ever seen him without them, except for the high priestess, his family and some other druids.
He had just absolved his exams and he was already known as the second highest priest and druid in the empire. And as such, he wore a special mask and also a special robe. Today would be the day, where he'd follow the highest priestess around and serve as her fellow druid. In a twisted way, the priestess seemed quite fond of him, which was only to his advantage.
"Follow me, Alliod. From today onwards, you're going to serve the prince and the emperor with your life."
"Yes, priestess."
A weird alien had been taken as a prisoner and he was supposed to interrogate them with Haggar as it was a race, they hadn't ever encountered before.
"I entrust you to get information out that filthy alien. Do not disappoint me."
"I wouldn't dare to disappoint you, high priestess."
As they entered the room, Lotor was standing there with a few guards behind him, watching the prisoner.
"Prince Lotor."
Haggar bowed down to the prince and so did the boy, he bowed down and went on to the prisoner. But Lotor noticed something. The boy was quite young for the second highest druid and even though he couldn't see his face and such, he felt that this boy held much more then a druid's power.
"Haggar, who is this? I believe I haven't met him before and his masks says that he's quite peculiar."
"As you should know, sire, he's the second highest priest and druid in our empire. He has good qualities and could help the empire to even greater success. Although he's merely 170 decaphoebes old, he's mastered the exams quite well and has peculiar forms of magic."
"You seem quite fond of him, I hear it out of the way you speak of him."
"Well, he's of good use and simply a druid, that is capable of many things, such as executing orders right."
The boy touched the prisoner's head and from his hands, a flow of purple blue electricity sparked between the prisoner's head and his hands. He looked into the prisoner's mind, but couldn't find anything valuable.
"High priestess. There's nothing valuable his mind holds, therefore there is no useful information."
"Tell me about his home planet."
"Yes, priestess. They're called 'Human' and it is a race that hasn't got to the point of being interstellar yet. It is a rather small planet and it looks like Altea, quite not as beautiful, but it is very similar."
"Sire, we should enslave this planet too."
"I'll think about it. For now, you can leave. I'll interrogate this prisoner a little bit more."
"Yes, prince Lotor."
As Haggar and the boy were about to leave, Lotor's voice rang once again.
"Except for you, second highest druid. Stay behind."
"Yes."
As Haggar and the guards left the room, the boy stood behind the prince and watched his every move carefully. He didn't know, why he was ordered to stay behind, so he was suspicious.
"What is your name, druid?"
"Alliod Theodore Lux, prince Lotor."
The prince turned around to take a look at the unique mask the druid was wearing and his robe that had some more motives on it.
"What would you like to be called?"
"I have no preferences, prince Lotor."
Actually, the boy liked to go by the name Lance, but of course, he didn't tell the prince. Moving closer, Lotor inspected the boy from head to toe, curious what kind of person would be hiding behind that mask. Would it be just another one of those ordinary druids?
"Could I take a peek under that mask of yours?"
"Who am I to refuse you, prince Lotor, but I'd rather not."
Lotor grinned and commanded the boy to take off his mask. Defeated the boy took it off and looked down. Throwing the boy's hood back, Lotor grabbed the boy by his chin and inspected him.
The boy had beautiful sparkling ocean blue eyes like diamonds in the ocean with blue Altean markings under his eyes. His hair was white with blue highlights and glimmered, which made them look silky. A tan color tainted his body and seemed to glow, his skin looking more than just smooth. A true beauty was standing infront of Lotor, a real sight for sore eyes.
"You are... truly beautiful."
The boy's eyes looked deep into the night sky blue eyes of the prince. It seemed like he could look through the soul of the prince and Lotor somehow liked that. This boy was the first to make him feel this way, even if he met him right a second ago, and he would definitely not let it go that easily.
"I'll have you become a part of my team. I heard that you're quite qualified as a druid and perhaps I could take advantage of that unique power of yours. As for now, I'll call you Blue, until you tell me what you're comfortable with being called."
"I cannot deny you, as the high priestess has ordered me to serve you and the emperor with my life. I'll follow your commands."
Lance knelt down onto one knee as he looked down, but closed his eyes, swearing to serve the emperor and the prince right the second he finished his sentence.
"Mhm~ interesting. I'll inform Haggar myself, giving her reasoning as why I'm taking her newest assistant."
Suddenly, a groan was to be heard and the two males looked at the prisoner that opened his eyes and looked around still slightly numb but in confusion.
"W-What.."
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Underneath The Mask
FanficWhat if Lance actually wasn't a paladin? What if Lance wasn't even human, but an Altean? What if Lance was trained to be a druid and was so successful, that he was the second highest druid in the Galran empire? And what if a certain prince took a li...
