Welcome back peoples. I hope you're enjoying the story so far, here's the newest chapter. Now we see the Paladins with their powers in action. Enjoy!
BTW, this song actually has nothing to do with this chapter, I honestly just wanted to show you guys it.

-Nebola-

Lance stood straight and perfectly still on the snowy landscape, if he remembered correctly from the show, water is free-flowing and more of a gentle element. Heck, they were even water benders who could heal. Like stated in Tai-Chi philosophy, softness in breath can be stronger than sheer force. Although Lance was still unsure, so far he had only been able to make small streams of water and most of the time it was by accident. He needs to master this.

He took slow and steady breaths as he concentrated, then began moving his arms in a fluid motion. As he moved, he felt water swirl around him and follow along with his motions. He started slow as he manipulated the water, making it flow back and forth like the ocean waves. He then began moving his legs in a shuffling motion, the water building around him as he began turning his body.

He kept moving slowly, gradually speeding up, he wasn't sure what he was doing, it just came to him naturally. Unknown to him his eyes began glowing crystal blue. He positioned himself, bringing his hands and the water in to his side, then thrusts it out like a whip, the water jetting straight at an iceberg hitting it dead on impact, shattering its icy peak clean off. Lance breaths out as he sees his progression.

"Woah. I can't believe I actually did that." He thought as he turned to the monitor drone. "Hey Princess how was that?" He asked the Royal Altean through the coms in his helmet.

"I-impressive Lance. That was truly amazing." Allura said in awe, having seen the spectacle through the drone, that was being projected onto one of five separate screens on the castle-ship bridge.

"Indeed Number 3. A direct and precise hit. How did you do it?" Coran asked.

"I'm not entirely sure myself. It just sort of came to me. Although I am the team's sharpshooter for a reason, and am "cool as ice~", as they say. Right princess?" He replied and added the flirty remark and wink at the end. The princess groans and rolls her eyes, but couldn't help the small fond smile on her lips. Coran chuckled quietly to himself at the princess's expression.

-Terrian-

Hunk kept a rock steady stance, similar to what he'd seen the earth benders in Avatar do. If he remembered right from what Toph, defiantly one of his favorite characters, had said, earth bending was all about strength, straight forwardness and facing any obstacle head on. If Hunk were to be honest, he wasn't particularly brave, actually he was a bit of a sacredy cat. Though ever since coming to space, he's learned to face his fears and become stronger.

He then stamped his foot on the ground and a boulder burst from it. Well that worked, so he went over to the rock and using the moves what he had watched, thrusts his hands forward causing the rock to go flying smack into the canyon wall.

"Alright. That's a start." He thought, than realized that the boulder caused some loose rocks to detach from the cliff, and began rolling downhill towards him. He manages to jump out of the way of the first two boulders, and was prepared to do the same with the next one coming, but then remembered Toph's words again. He was still unsure, but he took a deep breath, kept a steady stance, and waited.

"Hunk! What are you doing?! Get out of there!" Allura's rang through his helmet coms, but Hunk didn't move. He closed his eyes, and suddenly, he could sense it. The boulder coming, where his lion was, even the tiny pebbles falling along with the rock. He eyes snapped open, glowing a bright golden yellow color, and stuck his hands stopping the rock in its path. Then thrusted his hands up , sending the rock flying, this time over the canyon's cliffs.

"Whoa~" Hunk said breathless at what he just did. "Hey guys. I think I just unlocked Seismic Sense." He said through the com-link.

-Energon-

Pidge was stunned. Apparently Hunk had unlocked an ability to use seismic sense.

"Woah, really Hunk? That's awesome!" Lance's voice shouted through the coms.

"What the heck is Seismic Sense? Never heard of that." Keith asked confused.

"In Avatar, Seismic Sense is a sub-type of bending to earth bending. It's allows the bender to sense a thing's movements and positions by feeling vibrations and tremors through the ground." Pidge explained. "And great Hunk, I'm sure it will come in handy in future battles." She added.

"I'll get right on it then." Hunk replied, and presumably went back to his training. Pidge smiles to herself and went back to her own training. So far she's been progressing really well, she's been able to conjure up plants and control them, with Rover monitoring her progress. It's ironic, before all this Voltron stuff she was never really what you call an "outdoors person", but after Olkari she found a connection to nature she didn't know that she had. These powers strengthen it.

"Okay, let's try something a little more extreme." She said to herself as she got into position, taking a steady stance, but also loose enough to move easily. She took a deep breath and started moving, the vines and roots shot from the trees and ground, began twisting and swerving at her command. "Now, we're talking." She said as her eyes began to glow neon green as the plants twisted to together.

"Oh yeah! Rover how was that?" Pidge shouted in accomplishment and turned to her little bot companion, who seemed to beam at her. She smiled, feeling proud.

-Pyrolion-

"Argh!" Keith growled frustrated. While he was able to produce flames, he was having trouble keeping them under control, causing them to spark and fly all over the place. "Dammit! This was easier than before?!" He grumbled to himself.

"Keith? Buddy? You okay?" Lance's voice rang through the helmet coms.

"Are you alright Keith?" Shiro jumped into the conversation.

"I'm fine." He groaned back and tried to conjure the flames again. they stared flickering and started moving, only for them to burst and causing him to stumbled back, letting the fir go out. "Urgh!" he gritted his teeth and kicked a rock away.

"Keith what's wrong? Are you having trouble?" Shiro asked, knowing something was up. He'd known Keith long enough to tell if something was the matter.

"*Sigh* Guess I'm just having some trouble with my powers." Keith signed as he sat down on a nearby rock.

"What's the problem? You can tell me you know." His brother figure asked.

"To be honest, I don't know. I can make fire, but can barely control it. Every time that I try, it just goes all over the place! *Sigh*" He explained with an exasperated sigh. He honestly had no idea what to do.

"Maybe that's the problem dude, you're thinking too much." Lance interjected. "While using my water, I just kind of let go, and let it flow. Suddenly, I just knew what to do, like it was natural instinct. Also you should use the Shaolin Kung fu fighting techniques we talked about." The blue paladin said.

"I'll give it a shot, although I've no idea what Shaolin really is." Keith answered.

"The basics of the style is wide stances, with jumping, quick and powerful hand and leg movements. So try that." Lance instructed. "Also don't think just act. Like you tend to do." He added.

"Okay, I'll give it a shot then." Keith said, as he then got in a wide stance, and taking Lance advice, just let go. He began with a wide stance, before he started punching a kicking the air, creating flames, and this time letting instinct tell him what to do. It then he felt like his body was moving on its own. Finally he got the hang of the fire he was creating. He then sent a fire blast at a nearby rock and blasted it to smithereens. "Yes!" He shouted in accomplishment.

-Aurarea-

Shiro was still a little unsure about all of this, he was honestly a little scared of these abilities, but if he could master them, they might be useful with defeating Zarkon and his empire. He actually knew about Bagua kung fu, he remembered it being a style comprised of walking in circular motions and shuffling your feet. The point, if he remembered right, was to evade your attackers and to always be moving so that your opponent couldn't land a concrete strike on you.

"Whew... Okay let's give it a shot." He said to himself as he began. He started by moving his feet in a shuffling motion, while keep his arms stretched out, before changing stances. Taking the advice he heard Lance give Keith, he lets his instincts take over and tell him what to do.

His body began moving completely on its own, and it was like he was bending with the wind current itself. He moved his arms in a circular motion, gathering up the air into a concentrated force, and sending it flying into the mountain's side, creating a large crack in the rock.

"Whew..." He breathed out. "Looks like I'm getting the hang of this." He said.

-Castle of Lions-

Allura and Coran were impressed with the Paladins' progress. Lance was already manipulating the water fluidly, and even started on the snow. Hunk had moved to the sandy dessert and was creating sandstorms. Pidge went from flowers to trees in a matter of minutes. Keith had moved from making fire to controlling lava, and Shiro was now creating wind storms and small tornados.

The powers that Zarc bestowed upon them were truly incredible, and hopefully the advantage they needed in this war against the galra, and bring peace to the galaxy. Allura smiled to herself at the thought, Coran happy to see the Princess hopeful. He himself had hope the Paladins' new powers could help them in their fight against the empire. Only time will tell.