𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 - 𝙺𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙺𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝚡 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

Chapter Twenty-Seven - Arrivals and Adaptation

After gracefully on the planet, the team of Voltron situated themselves next to the castle, Coran in the small pod that lowered itself down from the centre of the castle, doors opening as it landed on the ground. Squished between large aliens, he pried his limbs away from their grasp, barely squeezing past them.

"Excuse me! Coming through!", he said, pushing their limbs until he was able to fit through the gasp and yelling as he fell to the ground, one of his legs still stuck between the aliens' arms. The two aliens ran off, and the team watched in slight astonishment as Coran stayed on the ground, allowing them to trample over him. Then, when they were gone, he rose to his feet, all bruised, weakly lifting an arm. "Just right there. They'll get you sorted out,", he turned to the rest of the crew.

"Is that the last of them, Coran?", Allura asked, smiling softly.

"That's it. A few hundred more souls looking for a new home,", he reassured, putting his hands on his hips. Leaning your head on Lance's shoulder, you looked up at Shiro, noticing his subtle smile that matched Allura's.

"A few hundred more soldiers in the fight against the Galra,", he added, though the conversation was interrupted at the sound of a lion roaring. Standing quickly from your seat with Isiah clutched to your chest, you looked up, recognising the roar of the green lion anywhere. Pidge had been gone for a bit, having found a lead on her brother, but it seemed as if her mission had been completed, and you grinned, seeing Hunk and Lance had stood up, too.

"Hey, Pidge is back!", Hunk chirped, running towards her as she landed the green lion. Lance joined him, following suit, while you fast walked, making it to their side at the same time as Allura and Coran. Even the mice seemed excited, Allura gasping as they scurried past her feet, meeting Pidge as she crouched down, giving them all a bit of a fuss.

"Hey, everyone. This is my brother, Matt,", she spoke, rising to her feet with one of the mice in her hand as she gestured towards the tall, brown-haired male beside her. Looking between the two, you could definitely see the resemblance. He was tall and slim and shared the same face shape and hair colour as his sister, even their hairstyles not being too different.

"Hey, everybody,", he smiled, stepping forward. Lance leaned his arm on Hunk's shoulder, leaning against the male a bit as he gave a small smile to the siblings.

"Matt, this is Hunk, Lance, Coran and y/n,", she gestured to you four, and all of you began greeting him.

"Hey,", Hunk grinned.

"Nice to meet you,", Lance raised his free arm, giving a small wave.

"Pleasure,", Coran added.

"Hi,", you said shyly, bringing a hand from Isiah's back to give a wave. Matt gave you all a once-over, getting familiar with the new people he was meeting, the people who had looked after his little sister, and then Pidge turned his attention to a certain someone.

"And this is Princess Allura of Altea,", she explained, and his face lit up, the male gasping in surprise, giving a small "Woah!", as his cheeks went pink.

"It is so wonderful to finally meet you, Matt,", she greeted, smiling at him. Glancing towards Matt, it wasn't hard to see that he had a small crush on the Altean female, and you resisted the urge to laugh, turning your head down and silently giggling instead.

"You are so beautiful! It is my honour to meet you, Princess,", he bowed, giving her a bashful smile. Lance, not liking this, moved away from Hunk, standing behind Allura and growling as he stared Pidge's brother down. Finally regaining his composure as Lance moved to the side, he noticed Shiro standing a few feet away from the crowd, and his eyes widened. "Shiro?", he ran forward. "It's so good to see you, um, sir,", he offered his hand to shake, and Shiro grabbed it, yanking him forward and into a hug.