Scarlet Defender

Fall of the Castle of Lions

"Great job training today, guys. We're really getting the hang of Voltron." Shiro complimented as the team walked into dining room.

Today, they practiced piloting with their lions before forming Voltron. Everyone was good at it.

"Seriously, how far do you think my lion kicked that broken alien ship? Must've been like a mile!" Lance bragged.

"Yeah, that'll come in handy when the Galra challenges us to a soccer match." Keith remarked.

"Hey, I did something cool and you can't handle it. I get it." Lance replied smugly.

"Well, your 'cool move' ruined our balance. We fell thanks to you." Terra remained him as she and Pidge walked past boys. She took off her helmet, revealing her hair in high braided ponytail; bangs still swoop to her right

Keith smirked as Lance just scoffed. "That falling part was Hunk's fault."

"Hey!" Hunk yelled from his chair as he put down his helmet.

Shiro signed, kids. "All right, save your energy for fighting Zarkon."

Just then, Coran came into the room with a silver tray, "Hello, guys!" He greeted enthusiastically, "How was the Voltron workout?"

"We're getting there." Shiro answered, "Are you and Allura almost done fixing the Castle so we can leave this planet? I feel like we're sitting ducks here on Arus."

"Just about; In the meantime, to get your minds off those duck seats you're worried about, I made you guys an authentic ancient paladin lunch!" Coran proudly stated as he open his tray.

The paladins cringed at disgusting sight pile of green and yellow slop.

"Coran, you just got me hooked on that goo and now you're switching it up?" Hunk asked.

"This is packed with nutrients." Coran replied cheerfully.

Hunk then took a sniff: Big mistake. He nearly throw up. "Oh, it smells disgusting."

"I know! That's how you know it's healthy!" Coran beamed.

Terra signed. "Yeah, I'm NOT eating that." She pointed at food before facing princesses' advisor. "No offence Coran, but I'm not risking having stomach ache from food that is ten thousand years old." The other paladins nodded in agreement.

Coran frowned. "Well, what do you have in mind?"

Terra smirked. "I'm going fishing."

"Great!" Hunk chimed in. "I'm going to gather plants around castle."

"I'm with Terra." Lance and Keith said in same time. They glared at each other.

"OKAY!" Exclaimed Terra; "This is easy to solve, both of ya're coming with me."

The boys grumbled, but agreed to.

The scarlet then looked at Lance. "BUT!" He flinched at her tone. "That also means ya never leave my side, is that clear?" She towered over boy.

"Yes ma'am!"

"I'm not old, damn it." Terra muttered in her breath before leaving with Pidge for bridge to get a map. 

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The following day, Keith and Terra used their swords to catch Ginkos in lake; they were like cat fish just with striped colors like zebra. While Lance was putting all fishes into a large bag.

Lance looked around and signed. The forest that surrounded the lake looked so much like ones from earth; have not been for a distant planets in sky, Lance would've assume he was still home.