Black and red, where are you led?

Everyone in the room froze at the sound. They had heard a voice that was completely foreign to them. Except for two. Luna stood frozen. Even Kolivan, commanding aura that he had, was frozen in disbelief. They had heard the voice as well. But to them, it was familiar. Yet they had never heard it like this. Never truly heard it. Until this moment.

"Guys? What's wrong?" Diego asked in a clear, matured, low pitched voice. An audible voice.

"Diego… did you just speak?" Celestia asked.

I tilted my head to look at the sun princess.

"Yeah, whyyyyyy…" I trailed off as I realized that I could hear my own voice in my ears. I laid there for a moment, shocked by my revelation. A groaning sound issued from the floor, making everyone else look down at the ground at Luna's feet.

There lay a woman on her back. Her long hair was bi-coloured, split down the middle. One side was a blood red. The other, pitch black. Her frame was slightly muscled, possibly from small amounts of exercise. Despite this, she still had a womanly body. Moderate bust, a round waist and long legs. Her body seemed bent, as if she had been stepped on or kicked. She suddenly bolted upright, screaming in terror and protecting her body with her arms. Her scream managed to jolt the people in the room into motion. The engineers immediately vacated the room as Kolivan drew his own sidearm.

"Who are you-" Kolivan began, being interrupted as the woman screamed again, shocked at being aimed at.

"Kolivan, put that down!" Celestia immediately admonished, forcing his weapon down with her hand. She began slowly approaching the scared woman, raising her hands in a calming gesture. "Don't worry. We promise not to hurt you." She said placatingly. The red and black haired woman stared at her for a moment.

I began to sit up straight, the woman noticing my movement. She screamed again, locking eyes with me. Looking into her eyes, I noticed that they were coloured like her hair. One was a bright clear red, like coloured water. The other was a dark black, almost as black as her iris. The strange thing was that her left red eye was glowing. I only saw her face directly for a moment before she suddenly vanished, appearing in the far corner of the room.

Warning: I have detected an unknown phenomenon. I am unable to analyse it.
Voltron! I thought, happy to hear my partner's voice. What do you mean? I mentally asked as I stood from the gurney I was lying on. I looked at the woman huddled in the corner.

Notice: The ability that the woman just displayed is not something I recognize. If I were to hazard a guess, I would say she ceased to exist for a single unit of Planck time. This is the absolute smallest measurement of time that can exist. In that unit of time, she was able to move from the middle of the room to the corner of the room. This should be impossible as that would put her speed at near infinite. Even teleportation through quintessence isn't as fast as that.

"Holy kaltenecker, are you serious?" I asked audibly, the others in the room looking at me with confusion. "She can teleport." I explained.

"We saw." Kolivan replied.

"Now is not the time." Celestia interrupted, facing the woman again. "Hello. My name is princess Celestia. What is yours?" Celestia asked calmly.

"C-Caulina." The woman replied hesitantly. "Caulina Albrecht." She said in a slight German accent.

"Caulina. Hello. Do you wish to come over here?" Celestia asked, holding her hand out. Caulina glanced to the side at Kolivan, staring at the weapon he held in front of himself. Celestia followed her line of sight, seeing the sidearm. "Commander. I believe you should put that away." She suggested. Kolivan shared a look with her for a moment before holstering his weapon. "Thank you." She said, looking back at Caulina. She raised her hand to her invitingly.

Caulina stood from her huddle, cautiously moving forward. She eyed me warily as she stopped, not wanting to get too close. Sensing her discomfort, I slowly stepped back, stopping against the gurney. Caulina slowly inched forward again, reaching for Celestia's hand.

"What did I miss?!" Spitfire suddenly yelled as she bursted into the room. Caulina screamed again, her left eye glowing as she vanished back into her corner, huddling on the ground again. Celestia glared at the Flier captain, causing Spitfire to shrink into herself. "Bad time?" She asked quietly. Everyone nodded as Celestia turned back to the huddled human.

"I believe the best thing for this situation is some peace and quiet. Could everyone please leave the room?" Celestia asked. Kolivan nodded and turned to the door.

"She's right. This is a tense situation with a terrified civilian. Let's all let the princess handle it." Kolivan said, heading for the door. On the way, he left his sidearm on a bench next to a wall, pointedly looking at Celestia as he left. The message was clear.
As a for incase.

Everyone filed out of the room in turn, Spitfire quickly hugging Diego as he passed before leaving as well. Only Celestia and Caulina remained as we all stood outside the room. The doors glowed in gold light before softly shutting.

Celestia turned back to Caulina after magically locking the door.

"There. Now, would you like to try that again?" Celestia asked, raising her hand back to the girl. Caulina stared at the diarch for a moment before raising her head, sitting up straighter. Celestia brought her hand a little closer but Caulina only shuffled further into the wall. Seeing that she wouldn't move this time, Celestia dropped her hand. "Well, since introductions have been done, can I ask what is the last thing you remember? Before appearing here?" Celestia asked. Caulina stayed silent for a moment, Celestia patiently waiting for her.

"…I… I was walking down the street. Looking up at the sky." Caulina said. "As I was walking… I heard something in front of me. I looked forward to see a truck… coming straight towards me. It moved too fast for me to duck out of the way. The last thing I saw was it's bumper, heading towards my face, then… I just saw the sky above me. There were colours dancing through it. Like auroras. I couldn't move. It was like the sky was wrapped around me. Or like I was asleep but I could still see. See the blue sky." Caulina explained.

"Then I started to feel something. Like the sky wrapped around me was… letting me go. Or like my body was beginning to wake up. Then I felt like I was lying on something cold. I think that's when I woke up here." Caulina said.

"Why did you scream when you woke up?" Celestia asked.

"I… I remembered the truck hitting me. Or about to hit me so I tried to raise my arms. That's when I woke up and… saw all of you. What are you?" Caulina asked, looking at Celestia. "What was… Kolivan?" Caulina asked as well.

"I am what's referred to as an Ascended. A being with great magical power and the capabilities of three of the human races." Celestia answered, to Caulina's confusion.

"Races?" Caulina asked.

"Ah yes. Diego didn't know either." Celestia remised. "There are multiple races on Mystacor, the planet you are on. There are-" Celestia began.

"I'm actually on an alien planet?" Caulina said.

"Yes. Our planet is called Mystacor. You are in the land of Arcadia, in the kingdom of Fantasia. I am princess Celestia. I, alongside my sister Luna, who was here earlier, govern this nation. Kolivan, however, is a Galra. He is the commander of the Blades of Marmora. A resistance against the previous Galran empire and the now dead emperor, Zarkon.

He, alongside the people of Arcadia and his Blades of Marmora now help bring peace and aid to the universe, stopping the remnants of the old empire and helping the ones that suffered at their hands." Celestia explained with a smile on her face. Caulina nodded at the information.

"What was that walking thing? That white machine?" Caulina asked.

"That was Diego. He was the one to end the fighting. He helped fight the empire alongside us and the Blades and he is also the one who dealt the finishing blow to Zarkon. Because of his actions, the universe is experiencing a peace like never before." Celestia said with a bright smile on her face. Caulina saw her happy expression and relaxed slightly, glad to see such a cheerful expression.

(Meanwhile)

As we were walking down the hallway of the Dagger, Spitfire was walking in step with me, looking at me with slight concern.

"So, how are you, Diego? Nothing broken, no screws loose?" She asked me. I gave her a thumbs up, brightening her mood immensely. She walked beside me with a happy smile on her face. As we were walking, Shining, Spell Blade, Hammer Strike and Night Slash, along with Cracked Sky came running from up ahead.

"Diego!" The captains all shouted as they ran up to us before all jumping on me.
Whoa! Talk about affection. I thought as the four of them all clung to me, Spitfire joining in a moment later.

"We were so worried!" Shining exclaimed, followed by all the others adding their own segments to the conversation. Finally, Cracked Sky broke the chatter.

"Alright you guys. I think that's enough. You guys are supposed to be captains." She playfully admonished. The group all let go of me, taking a step back.

"Sorry about that. Couldn't really help it." Spell Blade admitted.
Here comes the boom.

"Hey. It's fine. Nothing wrong with a little affection." I said. The group of captains froze. Cracked Sky looked at me with surprise. The other five captains looked at me with astonishment.

"You just talked! Like, actually talked!" Spitfire said. She then turned to the others who had followed us from the engineering room. "Did you know about this?! Why didn't you say anything?!" She yelled.

"I found it best that you hear it straight from Diego." Kolivan admitted.

"I thought the same." Luna added.

"Wait, wait, wait. How come you can talk now?" Hammer asked.

"No clue. Voltron?" I asked, tilting my head.

Vocal transmitter has been activated, allowing wide range communication.

"Voltron says my Vocal transmitter is on now and that's why I can speak." I relayed.

"Why is it on now and why wasn't it before?" Night Slash asked.

"I asked that before. The functions I have access to from this body aren't all available to me, I have to unlock them by doing heroic deeds." I explained as all of us began walking, this time following Kolivan towards his quarters.

"So, because you beat Zarkon, you can speak now?" Shining asked.

"Yep!" I enthusiastically replied. We kept walking on in comfortable silence, eventually coming to the door to Kolivan's quarters.

"Surprise, thank you for your help." Kolivan said, turning to the butter yellow Flier. "Please ask one of the crew to escort you back to the docking bay. From there, a shuttle can return you to Fantasia." Kolivan explained.

"No need! I remember the way back and I can just fly back to the castle. See ya!" Surprise said, vanishing down the hallway.

"I swear, Pinkie is related to her in some way." Shining said as we entered Kolivan's quarters.

"Possibly." I said as we all entered. Kolivan took his seat behind his desk, the rest of us standing around the front. "So, what did I miss?"