Moana but with Voltron
This is based off of something @iamtheyaoiqueen mentioned on her blog. I really liked the idea so I ran with it? I might write something for it later! Basically, this is going to be a Moana AU thing?
Lance is the next chief of the island, Moto Nui (which is Moana’s island in the movie). His sister, Allura, wants him to take being the next chief seriously. Lance thinks the next chief should be her! He thinks he’s not suited for it. Not just that but the ocean keeps calling out to him. He prefers spending time on the beach or in the ocean than learning how to lead ‘his people’. That kind of stuff is Allura’s thing, not his.
Coran, the resident crazy man of the island and Lance’s uncle, agrees with Lance. Coran thinks Lance is more suited to sailing and venturing beyond the reef. In fact, most of the time, it’s Coran enabling Lance, telling him stories about islands beyond their own. The unfortunate thing is, however, there is no sailing past the reef. Moto Nui is a paradise and there’s no need to leave, ever. Plus, Lance can’t sail the oceans either way because he’s going to be the next chief of the island!
Well, none of that stops Lance from at least trying. He wants to see what’s beyond the reef, what else is past the horizon. He and his parrot friend, Rover, tries to leave Sadly, their boat capsizes and they’re sent almost drowning. After barely getting to shore, Lance swears off ever thinking of leaving. Instead, he’s going to throw away his life to please his family.
That’s what he planned to do until the fishes disappear from the island and the crops start drying up. Coran explains to Lance that it’s the darkness spreading. He then tells Lance about a legend. In the past, there were five Lion Gods. They maintained the world, making sure that everything was in balance. The Blue Lion took care of the seas, the Green Lion took care of the forests, the Yellow Lion took care of the mountains, the Red Lion took care of the volcanoes and the Black Lion took care of the skies. However, this even demigod, Lotor, stole the Lions’ source of power, their heart, also known as the Quintessence stones.
In fact, Coran has one of the Quintessence stones, the blue one. Apparently, when Lance was really young, the ocean brought him the stone. Of course, because Lance had a one track mind as a child, he accidentally left the stone on the beach. Thankfully, Coran was there to pick it up. Coran thinks Lance is the chosen one, the one destined to bring an end to the darkness.
At first, Lance refuses. Sadly, because of the darkness, Lance’s father, Alfor, is dying. The darkness just continues spreading, slowly consuming the island. Lance decides then that he doesn’t have a choice but to journey past the reef. His and Coran’s plan is to find Lotor, the demigod that stole the stones, and have him return them.
Lance packs a boat with the help of Coran. He brings his parrot friend with him and he begins his adventure hesitantly. Once Lance meets Lotor, the three unlikely heroes come together to find where the hell Lotor managed to lose the five stones (but also holy hell who loses five world-changing stones??). On their trip, they meet other people along the way and these people help them with their journey!
To further add to the AU, I was sort of concidering the other Paladins and how they applied to the AU? All I came up with is:
Shiro: Another kid chosen by the sky to return the black stone! He manages to get to Lotor about the same time as Lance does and joins their journey because he wants to help the extremely pretty stranger with beautiful blue eyes Lance
Keith: A demigod like Lotor who doesn’t really like other people much. He spends most of his time chilling inside a volcano, soaking in lava or something. He has two horns, a forked tongue, sharp claws and red eyes. Also, he spits lava which Lance thinks is both pretty cool and gross. Keith didn’t even know the red stone was on his island but reluctantly helps them because his island is also being affected.
Pidge and Matt: Two explorers with this super cool big boat. The two of them basically just travel the oceans, going from island to island. They found the green stone in one of the islands but they just thought it was jade or something, not a life altering stone. The gang meet Pidge and Matt when Keith accidentally sets fire to the sail or something. The two siblings rescue them and decide to help them.
Hunk: The son of the chief of another island. Apparently the yellow stone is an heirloom that has been passed down in his family, from chief to chief. Like Lance, Hunk doesn’t really want to be the next chief. In fact, all he wants is to travel from island to island, tasting all the different islands’ cuisine. When the crew meets Hunk, he joins them because he doesn’t want them to do anything bad to the family heirloom but also because he wants to help.
