I loved this short oneshot called "Prince in Peril" by Takara_Phoenix on AO3 lol. I wanted to write my own take on it lol :)))
I really just wanted more OOC Lance lol
OK LETS GOOOO!!!
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When Prince Lance of Altea was lost in the enchanted mountins, he thought to himself 'Better than always being with those stupidly handsome knights'
When Prince Lance of Altea ran out of food, he thought to himself 'Better than spotting Shiro and Keith kissing behind the stables'
When Prince Lance of Altea was captured by a Dragon, he thought to himself 'Better than longing for something I could never have'.
For Prince Lance, anything was better than staying in Altea with a broken heart. Apparently that included being kidnapped by a Dragon and added to its treasure hoard. It wasn't so bad! Sure, the golden cage was small, but he was still given food and water. And yeah it definitely dangled really really high off the ground, which had Lance fearfully cry every few hours. He didn't like heights like this. But at least bellow him was a bunch of shiny treasures, beautiful to gaze at! The Dragon's cave was very far away and hidden, and he guarded it with dedication. But that just left Lance a lot of peaceful quiet to think about what would happen to him.
Maybe the Dragon was actually cursed, and they would fall in love and she'd be turned back into a beautiful Princess! Or maybe, a handsome Knight would rescue him. And he'd slay the Dragon, and carry him off to his kingdom and they'd live happily ever after!
Lance sighed to himself. Who was he kidding? Without Shiro and Keith, he would never live happily ever after.
Takashi Shirogane and Keith Kogane were the bravest Knights in all of Altea. And so King Alfor assigned them as Prince Lance's personal Guards. Lance felt very upset and at first--these where the best knights in the Kingdom! Surely they would rather be off on magical quests and fighting epic battles, rather than by a Prince's side just making sure he woke up on time in the morning.
And yet, they would always give him the softest of smiles. Lance couldn't sense any annoyance from them when they did menial tasks for him--not even from Keith, who spent every moment he wasn't with Lance training. They seemed quite content in their positions as Lance's knights. Lance soon relaxed around them, and began to feel much different feelings around them. He felt warm inside whenever he woke up to Shiro at his bedside. His heart fluttered whenever Keith would get extra protective when guests were at the palace. He would blush whenever the two knights complimented him. He loved them so dearly.
But to Shiro and Keith, Lance was just the Prince. They were just doing their jobs as his Knights. They loved each other so much, and Lance would never be able to fit into that. They didn't need him in their relationship. It broke Lance's heart to be around them so much, those soft smiles brought him pain when they once brought joy. Lance would dismiss his Knights any chance he got. He would send them on adventures and quests, in hopes they would realize that they had so much better thing to do and resign. But nothing worked. They would always return to him, no matter what.
Finally it all became too much, and Lance decided if he couldn't send his Knights away then he would run away. His sister Alurra was next in line for the throne anyway, and no one would care if he left. So he garnered supplies and ran away into the enchanted mountains. He wasn't planning to lose his map and get lost. He wasn't planning to lose some of his food to a wild animal and run out sooner. And he certainly wasn't planning to get captured by a dragon!
But what happened happened. Nothing he could do now--
There was a commotion outside the cave, and the Dragon perked up from its rest. He snorted some smoke angrily, and stomped outside. It was clearly threatened, was someone trying to Slay the Dragon rescue Lance?! Lance hoped so! Lance tried to look out past the mouth of the cave--he was right across from the top of it. He was really high up, Lance looked down and oh god he was really really high up. His fear of heights kicked in again and he curled into a ball, crying.
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The Knights Takashi Shirogane and Keith Kogane were on what was the most important quest in thier entire lives: Finding and Saving Prince Lance of Altea.
The two knights had entered his bedroom one morning, to find the Prince was gone! His room was a mess, which was strange because Lance normally kept his room decently clean. And when it wasn't, a servant cleaned it. But the drawers of his dresser were on the ground, and clothes were flown around everywhere. And the window was wide open. There was clearly a struggle, Lance would have never left his room in such a condition. He must have been taken! The two Knights alerted the king immediately, and declared they would find the Prince.
Keith and Shiro cared for Prince Lance a lot more than they probably should have. The Prince was known far and wide to be very beautiful, and Shiro and Keith would admire him from afar just as the rest of the kingdom did. However they were approached by King Alfor himself and asked to guard the precious Prince as personal guards. Shiro and Keith of course accepted. They would do anything to be close to the handsome Prince, even if that meant fetching the Prince a glass of water instead of out in the world fighting monsters. Soon they began to do more than just admire the Prince for his grace and beauty. He was so kind to everyone, and made sure his sister didn't stress to much about her future as Queen. He would tell Shiro and Keith jokes, and even managed to make Keith laugh a few times! They fell deeply in love with the Prince. But to Prince Lance, they were just Knights. It was very inappropriate to be feeling such things for him, so they tired their hardest to hide such emotions. They didn't want King Alfor to execute them anytime soon, thank you!
But things suddenly changed with Lance. He would no longer tell them jokes, or smile at them. He would send them off to do the simplest of things, and even sent them away from the kingdom on quests! Of course they did what he asked, desperate to earn his praise and respect that they had somehow lost. But Prince Lance was taken before they could. The two Knights had to to rescue him, and maybe then he would smile at the two again.
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Shiro and Keith tracked through the Enchanted Mountins, until they discovered the cave in which Lance was being held captive.
"Keith, that's a dragon's cave." Shiro said.
"The Dragon must of taken Lance for its hoard," Keith growled. "Like some sort of prize."
"We can't just sneak in and grab Lance," Shiro said. "The Dragon is probably gaurding him. We're gonna have to slay the Dragon first."
Keith nodded.
Shiro pulled out his shield while Keith his sword. Keith smacked Shiro's sheild with his weapon, making noise to lure out the Dragon. It worked, and the Dragon came stomping out of the cave. It was big, with bright orange scales and sharp claws.
The Dragon stared down at them, and reared its head back with a big breath. Keith ran around the left while Shiro raised is sheild. Fire spilled from the Dragon's mouth. Shiro pushed against it, to make an advance on the Dragon. Keith lept at the Dragon with his sword, and stabbed in in the side. Using the momentum, he swung him self up onto the drgaon's back, pushing the sword deeper in before yanking it out. The Dragon screeched, and tried to throw Keith off of it. But Keith stabbed his sword into its back, and held onto it to keep stable. Shiro attacked from below, hitting the Dragon's chest with his sheild. The dragon stumbled back a bit, giving Keith the chance to rush farther up its back and to its neck. The dragon lifted its neck again to blow more fire, but Keith reached down and used his sword to slit its neck. Oozing green dragon blood poured out, and the Dragon roared. Shiro and Keith jumped out of the way as it collasped to the ground, slayed.
Keith and Shiro had no time to catch their breath, before running into the cave to find Lance.
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The Dragon's cave was very big, with a hilltop of gold and treasure. And even higher above it, was a gold cage dangling from the ceiling of the cave. Inside was Prince Lance, curled in on himself. The Prince did not like heights.
"Your Highness!" Keith called up to him.
Lance gasped and lifted his head. He wiped his tears and held onto the bars of the cage. "What are you doing here?" he asked.
"We're here to rescue you, your highness." Shiro said. "We've defeated the Dragon that kidnapped you!"
"I wasn't kidnapped, I ran away." Lance grumbled a bit, but it was hard for him to sound annoyed when he was so high up.
"You ran to a Dragon?" Keith asked.
"N-No, this is just a...uh, Setback!" Lance said.
"My Prince, why did you run away?" Shiro asked.
Lance looked sad, and scared. He wasn't looking at them.
"Did someone hurt you?" Keith asked. "Tell me who, I'll kill them I swear--"
"N-No one hurt me." Lance said quietly.
"My Prince, please look at us." Shiro pleaded.
Lance shook his head. "I can't. You're down there, and I'm...I'm u-up..."
Shiro and Keith remembered Lance's fear of heights. Keith shot an arrow at the cage's lock, breaking it. The door to the cage swung open, and the cage rocked. Lance tumbled out of it, screaming from the freefall. Shiro caught him in his arms. The Prince stopped screaming, but was crying into his chest griping it tightly. Keith and Shiro calmed him down after a bit, and set him down.
"My Prince, why did you run away?" Keith asked.
Lance still wouldn't look at them.
"Is...Is it us?" Shiro asked.
Lance looked up at them, shocked. "What?"
"Is it us? Did you run away from us?"
"You seem upset whenever we're around you now," Keith added. "Did we....do something?"
"What? No! I just..." Lance groaned, and sat down. He put his head in his hands.
"You guys are the bravest and strongest knights, ever!" the Prince said. "And yet, you're stuck with me. You should be out in the world. Fighting monsters and saving beautiful princess! I tried to send you on a bunch of quests so you'd realize that, and resign. You guys deserve so much better than serving a Prince who is hopelessly in Love with you..."
"But we did just fight a monster." Keith said.
Lance looked up at them.
"And we saved the most beautiful Prince in the world." Shiro said.
Lance blushed.
"I think all thats left is a true love's kiss, and the fairytale is complete." Keith smirked.
The two knights kissed the Prince on the cheeks.
"W-Wait!" The Prince gasped You-You guys...?"
Shiro lifted his Prince into his arms, and Keith saddled up the horses.
"We should get you back to the Kingdom now, your majesty." Shiro smiled.
Lance blushed and held on tightly.
THE END
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