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Aaaahahhhhh,,,,,, my school blocked ao3 ;-; so i thought i might as well update A Ten Thousand Years on here? The grammar corrected version is on ao3 but i'll correct it here too, I don't have anything to do now.

*takes a shot* drown my sorrows!

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Pidge was looking at the strange man named Shiro, Keith told them to get the Green Lion because he saw them fit to become their paladin. They was honoured at the fact and quite happy that their intelligence was known, but also worried about Lance and Hunk since they didn't have anyone to guide them.

They were also curious about the fact that maybe Keith or Shiro knew where their father and brother were, the seemed to know a lot about the Galra. Deciding to take the chance Pidge turned to Shiro "So.... the Galra.... do you know if they take a lot of prisoners?"

Shiro turned to Pidge with a frown "Yes they do, some go to work camps, some go to the arena and some stay in cells for the rest of their lives" Pidge gasps, their mind in overdrive "Do you think we could go save them? Maybe my brother and father are among them!"

Shiro frowned, his face hardened. He knew what it was like in captivity, during the first fight with Zarkon he was captured and put in the Arena. His arm got amputated and replaced with the metal one he has now. He sighs eventually and looks at Pidge before focusing back on getting to the planet with the Green Lion "Maybe we can"

Shiro lands the ship near a river and looks around "Keith said this planet was peaceful... i certainly hope so" Pidge nods at Shiro's words and looks around, spotting a boat "Look there!" they turn to look at Shiro but are met with the sight of a hairy alien, they yelp and jump to Shiro who chuckles "No worries, they're a peaceful species"

Shiro follows the alien to the boat and the alien rows the to a temple, Pidge is fretting over the fact if they're good enough to pilot the lion while Shiro stares eventually putting a hand on Pidge's shoulder "Don't worry, They'll like you for sure" they nodded at Shiro's support and climbed the vines to the top of the temple.

Shiro watched Pidge and waited for a while until a green glow was visible under the vines and the Green Lion ripped free, Shiro smiles and gets aboard of the lion and shows Pidge how to pilot back to the Castle.

Pidge nods at Shiro's instructions and looks down at the controls, they fly back to the castle but now without some questioning. "So i was wondering, what exactly is going on with you and Keith?"

Shiro smiles at the question and puts a hand on the piloting seat "Well, Keith and I were childhood friends. Our parents had arranged for us to marry and we were perfectly content with it, we usually spend our time together. We eventually grew closer and fell in love, our parents were delighted with the news."

Pidge smiled at what they heard but then frowned again "I also have a other question... i just... fo you think the Galra have information on where my brother and father are?" Shiro thought for a little before nodding "I'm pretty sure they do, look the castle is in sight"

The Green Lion, Yellow Lion and Blue Lion became visible to the Castle and Keith walked over to the hangars waiting to congratulate them on successfully retrieving the lions. The Lions opens up and reveal the paladins, Hunk, Lance and Pidge hug each other and congratulate each other. Keith walks up to Shiro "I found Red, she's on a Galra Warship heading to Ares this very moment"

Shiro sighed and turns to the rest "It seems you three need to train sooner than we thought, a war ship is heading our way and we only have three of the lions. I trust you three can bond and train within a day."

They complain a little but they get ushered to the training room anyway, Keith and Shiro lead them to the armoury. Everyone gets suited up in their respective paladin armour and Keith hands everyone their bayard, meanwhile Shiro prepares the training room.

When everyone is gathered in the training room Shiro activates a few bots that would shoot non-lethal rays at the team "This training is so we can learn to protect one another, of you protect your teammates well. Then they can protect you" everyone gathers in a circle with their backs to each other.

They use their shields to defend each other, just like Shiro expected Pidge and Hunk were hit fairly fast. They'll need to work on their reflexes, he's pretty sure he can help them with that easily, he's not a commander of the army for nothing.

Lance, not completely trusting the Alteans says something over his shoulder to Keith "You have my back or not?" Keith scowled at the question before answering "Yes i do, now focus on protecting me as well" Lance huffs and drops his shield to turn to Keith, getting hit in the back as result. He stumbles forwards towards Keith before getting dropped through a hole in the ground.

Eventually Keith and Shiro stand together with their backs against the others, the familiar feel of the situation makes them both smile and more motivated. They defend each other until the training sequence ends, Shiro turns to the team "Great job everyone, but next time. No arguing"

The teams nods and waits for Shiro's next command "You guys go train more with the gladiator while Keith and I make a battle plan against the Galra Warship." Shiro activates the Gladiator before leaving to another room with Keith in tow, they sit down before starting to plan.

Lance and Hunk fought the gladiator on long distance with their bayards while Pidge cuts them with theirs on short distance, they get hit a few times but they can handle the hits "Why doesn't this robot die?" Pidge chuckled and looks at Lance "Maybe because you aren't aiming at the correct part?" Lance gasps offended before getting hit by the gladiator and falling down, Coran wandered over to the training room and was keeping watch over the training paladins.

The room was dead silent while Shiro and Keith were thinking of battle plan before Keith looks at Shiro with determination "Maybe the Green Lion can get close to the ship so Pidge, you and me can get on the ship so i can get Red. While the Blue and Yellow Lion trick the Galra's before attacking them on our command?" Shiro smiles at his beloved "That would work, as soon as we get Red we can defeat the Galra Warship and then we can get Black out of his hangar"

Coran eventually shuts down the Gladiator when he thinks the new Paladins did enough training, which was about a few varga later. He ushers the paladins to the kitchen and gives them some space goo, the paladins seem hesitant at eating it at first and just poke at the goo. Eventually they give into their hunger and start eating the goo.

Shiro and Keith eventually go to the kitchen when they're done with their discussing, the sit down and eat the goo easily. The paladins stare at them with a weird look, Keith raises his eyebrow "What is it? We're just eating. We'll tell you the plans soon enough" the paladins look down like scolded children and Keith huffs before continuing to eat.

Shiro and Keith finish their food fast, much to the disgust of the other paladins. Everyone follows them to the main room while Coran goes to attend to Allura who is still in her assigned room, Keith lets Shiro explain the battle plans while he goes to look at the stats of the Castle's defences.

When everyone is seated Shiro starts explaining the battle plan "Alright, Pidge in the Green Lion will take Keith and I close to the Galra warship so we can invade the ship while Hunk and Lance in their respective Lions distract the Galra before attacking when I give you the command to do so. When Pidge, Keith and I are inside Keith will go off to find Red while Pidge and I will free the prisoners from the warship. Understood?"

The team nods at Shiro's words understanding the plan "Good, you can all go to your rooms now. I heard from Coran that the training went well, so you deserve to sleep a little earlier. I expect you all to be up early in the morning for another training" he ushers everyone to their rooms before dragging Keith away from the castle's defences muttering something under his breath.

Shiro drags Keith to their room "We deserve rest as well Keith" he says to the teen who has crossed his arms "Yes, i know. But i also need to check on the castle Shiro, you know it's my home" Shiro hums and opens the door to their room "I certainly know it's your home, it's mine as well darling. But we need rest for tomorrow"

Keith nods in agreement, they both get into their sleepwear. They crawl into the bed and snuggle into each other, Shiro wraps an arm around Keith holding him close. "Do you think we'll be able to get Red back?" Shiro smiles and places a kiss on the crown of Keith's head "I'm sure we will love, Don't worry" Keith smiles and falls asleep followed by Shiro.

Meanwhile Coran is talking with Allura, she's been in her room for a very long time. Allura sighs "I just feel like I don't have anything to do on this ship, what am i supposed to do Coran?" He pats the girl on the back "You can help me around the castle if you want to! I'm always open to have another hand helping me." Allura smiles at Coran "Thank you Coran"

Coran smiles happily at the girl "No problem Allura, I'm always here to help!" He exits her bedroom and goes to one of the command panels to turn off the lights before going to his own room.

Pidge is in their assigned room just laying on their bed, they don't wanna sleep yet. They eventually get up and wander off to Greens hangar leaning against the Lion, they feel more at peace here and eventually they fall asleep.

Hunk and Lance are sitting in Hunk's room "Do you think we can handle that mission we have tomorrow Lance?" Lance grins at Hunk "I'm sure we can buddy, no worries!" Hunk smiles at Lance's attitude "Aright then, if you say so" they talk for a while longer until Lance eventually goes to his own room and Hunk falls asleep.

The New Paladins are awoken by sirens the next morning, Keith's voice is yelling in the intercom about them waking the quiznak up. Shiro is standing next to him with a smile, they're both dressed in their paladin armour while waiting for everyone to gather in the main room. When everyone appeared which took around 10 doboshes due to Lance's beauty routine, they were scolded about not being in their paladin armour.

The team is forced to go back and get into their paladin armour before Shiro leads the, back to the training room. The paladins followed them sluggishly due to still being tired but Shiro didn't pay mind to it.

"Alright team! Let's begin with the invisible maze today, in this maze one person will stand on the middle while another guides them through the maze. That person is the only person who can see the maze so you will have to listen carefully" the team nodded and Pidge was the first one to lead someone through the maze while Hunk was the first one in the maze.

They went through it fairly well with a few shocks and a few quiznacks, they repeated this until everyone has had a turn with guiding someone through the maze. Shiro congratulated everyone and let them go to the kitchen to eat something.

Pidge was excited after the training and was talking with Allura about how the energy fields were working, Allura listened carefully after Pidge. She began to be more mobile around the castle after her talk with Coran, sometimes she asked Pidge a question about how the training went.

Hunk and Lance were talking about the training as well, they were happy that they didn't get shocked as much as Keith did while Hunk was leading him. Although Hunk did feel a little sorry for the Altean, Shiro assured him it happened sometimes while Keith was grumpy afterwards.

Keith and Shiro were going through battle plans once again, sometimes sharing a kiss. They were glad that the new paladins did well in the training since it's only their second day, but the anticipation of the Galra Warship attacking them anytime was still looming over their heads. And then when they heard it, the alarm was going off and the lights were flashing red. The Galra was attacking