AN: This takes place in Season 2, between episodes 7 and 8. Also I'm gonna be diverting from the Canon of the story a little bit here and there just to warn you.

It was from a training mission gone wrong that had led to the Paladins of Voltron finding themselves stranded on an uninhabited planet, without their lions and awaiting for Allura and Coran to pick them up. The planet was pretty much half forest and half jungle, with one river of water running all over the whole planet. The pilots were currently in the middle of a clearing waiting for the two Alteans.

"How long did they say they were going to be?" Lance, the blue paladin, a tall lean boy with tan skin, brown hair and blue eyes, wearing blue armor asked the others.

"Not sure. I think Coran said around 5, maybe 7, vargas I think he said. What does that mean again?" Hunk, the yellow paladin, a bulky boy with darker skin and brown hair, brown eyes, wearing an orange headband and yellow armor replies than asks.

"I'm pretty sure varga means hour, and Coran said it would at least be 9 since they get here." Pidge, the green paladin, a short fair skinned girl with short light brown hair, light brown eyes, wearing glasses and green armor said. Floating next to her was a little robot that looked like a silver pyramid with glowing turquoise stripes and single glowing turquoise eye.

"Hnn," grunted Keith, the red paladin, a tall boy with pale skin, neck length black hair that looked like a wannabe mullet, and violet eyes, wearing red armor. He's remained mostly silent and stand off for the time.

"Alright, we don't know when exactly Coran and Allura will be getting here, so for now we need to prepare in case we do get stuck here for a while." Said Shiro, the black paladin and team leader, a very tall and muscular man, with pale skin a scar across the bridge of his nose, gray eyes and short black hair with shaved undercut and white forelock, wearing black armor.

"So, until they get here, let's do prepare." He continued and scanned the other paladins. "Lance, you gather the water. Hunk, you set up some shelter. Pidge, you and Rover gather any produce or the like that seems edible, and check in case it might be poisoned. Keith, you hunt down any meat that might be able to eat. And I'll scour the area for anything suspicious or dangerous. Look alive team and be careful." He instructed. The others nod and they all head out to their tasks.

Lance carried the water containers down to the nearest part of the river that runs through the planet. He sighed as he set the containers down by the water and stretched his back a little before bending back down to fill up on the water. After filling the third container, Lance sees what he thinks is the outline of a leg a few feet away behind a bush.

"What the-? I thought this planet was uninhabited." He mumbled to himself. He then carefully walked over to the bush. When he was close enough to get a good look, he gasped. There, lying on the ground, was a human outline covered by a black cloak with a hood. "What the cheese?" He said and ran over to the figure and turned them over onto their side. He then gasped again.

It looked like a human boy, no older than 14, he had fair skin and was dressed strangely. Apart from the black cloak draped over him, which Lance noticed was outlined with bright green. He was dressed in a solid black shirt and pants, which were tucked into his black boots, which were all outline by green as well. Lance noticed on the boy's left hand was a black fingerless, with each finger ring being outlined by green as well, but his right hand was wrapped, quite thickly he might add, in bandages. He also wore a gold dangling earing that looks like a fang in his left ear, and a blue crystal pendant in silver casing that hung from his neck.

"What the quiznack?!" Lance thought then did another look over the kid, noticing the slight scars, bruises and bleeding cuts on the boy's face and some slash marks on his body, especially a particularly bad wound on his left hip that was bleeding, and a gash on his right leg. "Had he been attacked?" Lance asks himself, before shaking his head and quickly took action. He used the full water container he still had in his hand, to give some to the boy, who despite being unconscious eagerly drank the cool liquid and began waking up.

"Hey. Hey you okay buddy?" Lance asked as the boy fluttered his eyes open, revealing crimson red orbs. Woah. They looked almost like rubies with how they shined in the light. "Hey. Hey!" Lance shouted, finally the boy seemed to become coherent enough to notice. "You alright man?" The blue paladin asked again.

"Mm, where... am I?" The boy asked then hissed he pressed his hand to his wounded hip. Lance quickly took out a cloth dumped some of the water onto it, damping the fabric. He put down the container, then nudged the mysterious boy's hand off his wound and gently pressed the wet cloth on it in. "Nngh, thank you." The boy said weakly and replaced Lance's hand on the cloth with his own.

"Easy there." Lance said as he lifted the boy's head, his black hood falling off, revealing the weirdest hair Lance had ever seen. Even weirder than Keith's mullet. The boy's hair was spiky, and colored red with green on top, making it look like a tomato. "What the quiznacking cheese?!" The Cuban boy thought, but he had other things to worry about right now.

"What happened? Were you attacked by something?" he asked, the boy nodded weakly and coughed a little. "Careful there." Lance warned. "Don't worry, you'll be okay. My friends and I will help you." He promised. The boy seemed surprised by the sincere gesture, but he started to become drowsy and fell unconscious again while in Lance's arms.

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When he came to, he found himself lying on a thick pile of leaves and under a makeshift shelter of sticks and leaves. What the-? What happened? That's right, he remembered walking through the woods like area, when a giant creature came out of nowhere, managing to get the drop on him and injure him. He was able to take care of the monster, but he had been worn out and was bleeding, so he had collapsed near the water. When he regained consciousness, a mysterious guy dressed in blue armor was above him giving him water and tending to his wound.

"You're awake." He turned his head to see the guy from before. "You okay? I wrapped your wounds as best I could." The boy explained and he looked down to see his hip and leg wrapped with bandages. He then turned back to the blue boy.

"Who are you?" He asked softly, liking to know the name of his mysterious savior.

"My name is Lance." The boy, Lance, said with a bright smile on his tanned face. He attempted to sit up, but was winced. "You should take it easy until your good enough to move again." Lance instructed and helped him sit up on the leaf bed.

"Hey, I got more supplies." He was surprised when another stranger showed up. Another guy, this one quite different from Lance. While Lance was lean and thin, this boy was noticeably darker in color and was more heavy-set and bulky, yet you could tell that a lot of that bulk was muscle. He wore similar armor as Lance, but where Lance's was blue, this guy's was yellow. He was also carrying a bunch of sticks and leaves in his arms.

"Oh, you're awake. Good to see you're alive. I'm Hunk by the way. How are you feeling?" the bulky guy, Hunk, fitting name, asked him as he stepped up to them. "I see you like the shelter I made. I'm no professional but at least it stands up." He looked up at the shelter and was surprised at the modesty in Hunk's words. For a pile of leaves held up by sticks, it was well made.

"You should rest up. I need to get the rest of the water." Lance said. With that, the blue boy stood up and left, presumably walking back to the river. While Hunk laid the forest supplies he gathered on the ground.

"Hey Hunk, I found some foods that Rover scanned and seem safe to eat." He turned his head as yet another stranger appeared. This one a short young girl with pixie cut light brown hair carrying what appeared to be fruits, veggies, nuts and was accompanied by a small floating bot. She wore armor like the two boys but in green. "Huh? Who's this Hunk?" She asked when she noticed him.

"Lance found him injured by the stream and brought him back and tended to him while I provided the shelter and a nice bed." Hunk replied to the girl who nodded and stepped over to him.

"Hi, I'm Pidge and this is Rover." The girl, Pidge, introduced herself then gestured to the floating bot, Rover most likely. "Are you okay? You look like you got banged up pretty bad. Are you human? You look human. Why are your eyes red? Are they real? Why does hair look like that? It looks like a tomato." She asked while staring at him as if studying him. He found her inquisitive and curious attitude charming.

"I'm back. Oh, hey Pidge, I see you've met him." Everyone turned to see Lance back. "Whatcha got there?" He asked when he noticed the supplies Pidge was carrying. The girl stood up from her crouching position and walked over to the boy in blue. While hunk leaned over to him.

"Sorry if Pidge's questioning made you uncomfortable. She is really thirsty for knowledge and is sometimes too curious for her own good, but she has the best intensions in her heart." The bulky boy explained.

"It's okay. I don't mind, and no harm done." He replied with a faint smiled and waved his bandaged hand showing he had no problem with it.

"Nngh!" A grunt was heard as two dead beasts and a few bird like creatures were dropped onto the ground. Standing behind them was a young man, paler then the others and wearing red armor. He was doubled over and looked out of breath as he panted and was a bit sweaty. No doubt he had carried those things. He finally seemed to catch his breath and looked up seemly stunned when he saw him. "Huh?" he said confused and got a suspicious look on his face.

"Okay Mullet, before you get all slash happy, I found him injured when I went to get water and helped him. He's harmless." Lance explained to the red boy, who didn't look convinced, if that raised eyebrow and tight lip was any indication.

"Fine, but I'm keeping an eye on him." He stated and went back to the animals silently.

"Aren't you going to tell me your name? Unless it's Mullet." He asked the boy in red, who snapped his attention to him with a scandalized look, while the others seemed to be trying to hold back their laughter.

"Keith," the red boy said. "My name is Keith, not mullet." He emphasized and turned his focus back to the meat.

"Hey, you want me to take a look at that?" He turned to Hunk who was gesturing to his heavily bandaged right arm. He pulled his arm away and shook his head.

"No it's fine." He said and started to feel drowsy again. He laid back down on the leaf bed and fell asleep, while the others continued their tasks as he rested.

He awoke probably awhile later to a delicious smell. He fluttered his eyes open to see Lance, Keith, Hunk and Pidge all siting on the ground with cooked food set out in front of them. He slowly sat up and was noticed by Lance, who stood up and walked over to him, helping him up and led him to the others and the food. He carefully sat down next to Hunk, as Lance sat down on his other side. Keith then passed him some cooked meat and Pidge gave him some of the things she got.

"Looks like you guys are having a feast." He snapped his head up as he was eating the roasted meat, and saw a fifth person come into view. This one an extremely tall man with a well-toned muscular physique, black undercut hair with a white patch falling into his face, a scar across his nose, dressed in black armor.

"Um, who are you?" he asked and the man stops, puzzled when he noticed him.

"Uh, my name is Shiro." The man, Shiro, replied. "Wait though. Who are you, and where did you come from?" The man in black asked back.

"Who? Me?" he said unsure. "I'm just a traveler, and I was attacked and injured. Lance helped me, as did everyone else actually. Though I'm nothing special here, and don't have much to my name honestly." He replied modestly.

"Yet, you gained food, water and shelter with us." Shiro said. "I'm glad to see you're okay, since you yourself said you were attacked and have the wounds to prove it. Good job team." He said to the others who all nod. The man in black armor than took a seat and began eating and everyone joined in.

After eating the feast, they were some leftovers that the others packed up. Shiro then stepped up to him, with a sack of food and container filled with fresh water.

"Here, if you continue traveling you'll need this." The black and white haired man said and handed the supplies to him. He took hold of the gifts and looked at the others and decided to ask what had been on his mind.

"Why did you help me so much? I have nothing to offer and I'm basically taking your supplies. You could have just me left at the river, but you choose to help me instead. Did you expect something in return? Why am I special to warren your help and kindness?" He asked, and everyone stills and looked at him.

"I beg your pardon, but us helping you doesn't mean your special or anything." Shiro replied.

"Yeah, we help anyone anyway we can really." Keith added with a blunt tone.

"Yeah, what kind of Paladins would we be if we didn't help others?" Lance asked. Wait, did he say Paladins? As in...?

"Are you saying you're Paladins of Voltron?" He asked. Could it be true?

"Yes, we are. You've heard of us?" Hunk asked.

"Of course, you guys are practically legends. But if you are Paladins, then why help one insufficient person when you have to defend the universe?" He asked.

"Like I said. What kind of Paladins would we be if we didn't help others?" Lance asked the same question again.

"Sure we have to defend particularly the whole universe, but we also have to help the people living in it. No matter a single person or a hundred people. We help anyway we can." Pidge explained.

"Indeed, and then we will defeat Zarkon and free the galaxies from his iron grip so that everyone can live freely, won't have to live in fear of the Galra." Shiro added.

He was touched, along his travels he had heard about the legend of Voltron and its Paladins, but he never expected them to be so humble and generous. He expected strong warriors who were mostly focused on the big picture rather than the smaller details. He smiled and set down the supplies.

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"Thank you." The mysterious boy said facing the Paladins. "Your kindness has touched me deeply. As thanks I shall give you all a parting gift that will help in your quest to defeat the Galra Emperor Zarkon." He exclaimed and unwrapped the bandages on his right arm, everyone gasps at the sight.

His arm was covered by pitch black jagged scales with green veins, black claws and a golden gem on the back of his hand that looked like an eye. It looked like a gauntlet, but fused with his skin. He raised his scaled arm as it began to glow.

"Paladins of Voltron, I have seen your hearts and as a reward I grant you these powers." The boy says as five different colored balls of light, blue, red, yellow, green and violet, appeared at his finger tips and each floated over to a paladin and entered their bodies causing them each to glow the same color as the orb that entered them. The boy than began speaking some sort of incantation.

"Lance, calm, serene, nurturing and soothing as water, yet strong like the stormy waves, soft and gentle as freshly fallen snow, but also hard and piercing as ice.
Keith, fiery, passionate, warm and unpredictable as flames, yet also burning to the touch, beautiful and awe inspiring to look at, but dangerous to get too close to.
Hunk, grounded, a foundation for all, providing shelter, keeping everything steady and balanced, but also strong and hard to hit without getting hurt.
Pidge, intelligent, constantly growing and sharing with others, never stopping to absorb more, beautiful like a blooming rose, but also dangerous to touch.
Shiro, ever-changing, guiding, shifting, gentle as the breeze, but strength like the gales and storms, the powerful force that manipulates the air and weather.
With my power, I bestow you the Paladin of Voltron, the powers of the elements!"

When it was over the Paladins all felt strange sensations within themselves, as the boy lowered his black arm and rewrapped it in the bandages, before pulling up his black hood. He then gathered the supplies they gave him, then turned away and began walking into the woods.

"Wait!" The boy stopped and turned his head at the sound of the black paladin's voice. "What happened? What did just do? And who exactly are you?" He asked. The boy smiled and turned back to the woods.

"I am called Zarc, and I have a feeling we will meet again someday." He said and, to the shock of the Paladins, literately disappeared into a shimmering light as he steps into the woods. The Voltron pilots were left stunned at the weird spectacle.

"What just happened?" Hunk asked confused. "Some stranger, we just helped, that has a weird scaly arm, seemed to cast a spell on us." He stated so confused.

"Woah!" Everyone turned to Lance to see him with glowing water dancing in the air above his hands.

"What the-" Shiro cut himself off as he saw flames flicker Keith's hand, then noticed Pidge seemly conjure a flower to grow up to where Rover was floating, and Hunk step on the ground, and rock flew up to his hand. Shiro looked at his hand and gently waved it in the air feeling the winds swerve and bend to follow his movements.

"What happened to us?" Pidge said in awe as they all heard a noise and looked up to see the Castle of Lions flying overhead. Shiro looked back to his team.

"I'm not sure, but maybe Allura or Coran can tell us." He said as the castle ship landed in the clearing and the door opened. There stood the two Alteans, and the Paladins rush to them to explain what happened and hopefully get some answers.

Hey guys, I RaiaYuki, and this is my first Story here on Wattpad. I mostly post on FanFiction. I hope you liked my story. 

AN: If you didn't pick it up right away, there are a few references and elements from other media in this story.

If the name wasn't obvious enough, the Zarc character is yes, Yuya Sakaki, the protagonist from "Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V". (That'll be explained later on. Promise).

The giving of elemental powers reflects the "Four Maidens" from "RWBY". (Even though it's five paladins in this version, instead of four sisters).

And the gauntlet item, if you don't know, is actually reference to "Witchblade". For those of you who don't know, Witchblade is a comic series about an ancient artifact, the Witchblade, that bonds to a female host and bestows upon them many magical abilities. There's been a TV show and even an anime adaptation.

So yeah, I know it seems like a lot of this is smushed together, but I hope it came out alright and it doesn't turn you away. Come back if you liked it.