Guess who fell into Voltron hell :)

I know I really shouldn't with all these stories on my plate but I seriously just couldn't resist. I love this show and all the characters way, way too much.

I do not own Voltron.

Of the Stars and You

Chapter One:

It's not that hard

In which compliments fall like rain, Mavis bites off more than she can chew, Pidge notices all, Lance is the A1 for the long run and Keith's jacket smells nicer than they all expected.

Mavis never tried to ask for much in life.

She really didn't. When she was younger and wanted the toys other kids had, she always held her tongue unless she knew it was plausible. When she was craving something specific she never asked unless everyone was fine with it too. When life dealt her the harder cards, she tried not to complain. All she wanted was a nice bed, good food to eat, and to actually be of some use in this world.

"I need cover—now!"

"We're working on it!" Lance's face popped up on her holographic screen as Mavis veered left, narrowly missing a high energy beam meant to disintegrate her. "We're still trying to figure out how to take this guy down—"

"Just pull out and get out of the way." Keith's voice snapped as his face appeared on the screen, eyes narrowed and decked in his red paladin gear as he barely even spared her a glance. "Then you won't have to worry anymore."

Uneven black—nearly an off gray or really diluted black to be honest, but she hated thinking her hair was the color of dirty paint water—hair done up in a messy pony tail whipped out behind her. Mavis bristled at the notion, urging herself onwards because like hell she was going to let Keith tell her to run away and hide with her tail between her legs.

Even though that's kinda what she was doing already...and even if it did make more sense because they were in space lions and she was on the ground.

Mavis' feet pounded against the floor, arms pumping wildly at her sides as she attempted to out run the alien beast thundering after her. She felt acid spit flick at her heels and she paled, increasing her sprint across the rocky terrain as she looked for some form of cover. Mocha brown eyes darted left and right, searching with a groan for something to get this monster off her tail.

The mission had meant to be simple, head into the planet and extract the Galran crystal causing trouble with the wildlife there and leave. But nooo, Galran troops had to suddenly appear out of nowhere and cause trouble for everyone, leaving the paladins to hit the skies and fend them off while Mavis had quickly volunteered to shatter the crystal. She couldn't pilot a lion like the rest of them and she currently didn't have a fighter ship on her, so doing whatever she could was the next best thing.

"Hold on Mavis we're coming for you." Shiro's voice was like music to her ears and Mavis let out a screech as she lunged to the side, a massive claw swinging out to grab her.

"That's fine! Take your time," Mavis laughed breathlessly. "I'm doing fine don't worry—quiznak!"

"Uh, no offense Mavis, but you against that thing is not going to end well." Hunk's voice lulled over the communicator.

"Acting like a child isn't going to do anything," Keith snapped back. "We didn't need you on this mission to begin with—"

"Lance, cover me!"

"You got it, babe," Immediately fire was drawn away from her as the blue lion flashed through and darted to the side. She inwardly thanked Lance for not putting up a fight about her pulling out as well and mentally promised to make it up to him.

The hulking beast behind her was dripping acid from massive jaws. Rock hard plates lined its back and it ran on six legs as it thundered after her, letting out a massive roar as it shook its hammer shaped head.

"You don't sound fine," Keith's voice grumbled in her ear and she rolled her eyes. "You should have just stayed back in the castle and—"

"And what?" Mavis snapped. "Sit around and feed the mice? I broke the crystal didn't I? How was I supposed to know the crystal was sitting on top of a living creature?"

"Regardless—"

"Oh stop fighting," Pidge groaned over the communicator. "Mav, I need you to stop moving for a second so I can hone in on your location, the gas clouds are making it hard to track you."

"Yeah, well," Mavis stumbled, lunging upwards and grabbing onto a rocky ledge as she scrambled upwards and began to climb away from the beast who let out a furious roar below her. "That's a little difficult right now."

"Woohoo! I got their lasers!" Hunk cheered. "Now let's take out that ship!"

Mavis smiled, glad that things were going well on their end. The rock beneath her fingers trembled and she jerked, head glancing downwards where the alien beast below had begun clambering up after her. Her face paled and she scrambled upwards, fingers digging into the rough rock as she hauled herself over the edge. "There, that ought to do it—"

The earth shook and Mavis jolted, scooting back as her mouth fell open in horror. The alien beast landed roughly on its side before her and turned, acid burning holes through the rock as several of its eyes locked onto her figure. "—or not. Guys, can I get a little help—now please!"

The alien let out a spit filled roar and Mavis jerked to the side as acid burned a hole through her uniform. Her eyes went wide and she scrambled backwards, searching desperately for cover as the alien began to stalk forward.

Wind buffeted her hair, sending black and gray toned locks all about her. Mavis' eyes went wide and a heavy weight rocked the earth beneath her as the rumbling purr of engines ceased and mechanical gears clicked into place. The alien creature paused, mouth half open and acid dripping as all of its eyes slowly traveled upwards.

The hulking, shining, and grand figure of Voltron, defender of the universe, stood looming behind her. The alien creature blinked once with all of its eyes and Voltron merely set down the blade in its hand, letting it split rock and break earth a few feet from her.

There was a momentary pause and the alien quickly scrambling backwards, letting out something like a high pitched whine as it ran away. Mavis craned her head backwards to gaze up at the hulking figure before her, a wide smile splitting her lips.

"Voltron! The universe's savior and hero, liberator of worlds."

"You know it, sweetheart." Lance's smooth and velvety tone rang out.

"Flattering," Shiro's voice echoed out around her and she winced. "Get inside Blue. We have some things to discuss as a team when we get back."

"Ooh, someone's in trouble." Pidge sang and Mavis felt her shoulders slump as she stood, at least glad she was riding with Lance instead of Keith this time.

"Yessir…"

"Good job everybody!" Coran spread his arms extravagantly wide and beamed, mustache lifting. "Thanks to the destruction of the crystal, all wildlife is beginning to turn back to normal!"

"We'll monitor the process to make sure it's all fine now," Allura added, turning from the castle console and smiling in the same regal fashion she always possessed. "You all did wonderful."

"Thank you," Shiro smiled, though slightly strained as he turned his gaze half backwards to the mess behind him. "We all did our best."

"Wasn't I amazing?" Lance beamed, chest puffing outwards as he slicked his hair back.

"Absolutely," Mavis praised and Lance eagerly turned to her like a dog wagging its tail. "Especially when you covered me from so high up, I appreciate it."

"Anything for you, babe," Lance slung an arm around Mavis' shoulder and his smile became impossibly wide. "You can ride with me anytime—"

"Is it that hard for you to follow orders?" Keith suddenly snapped, standing up straight from where he'd been leaning against the wall like usual. "You always do this, there wasn't any need for you to be down there and causing more trouble."

"But I didn't cause any trouble," Mavis snapped back, whirling around with Lance's arm still slung over her shoulders and the taller paladin blinked with wide eyes, looking back and forth between the two. "I needed some help, sure, and some delivered, but otherwise everything went fine."

"There just wasn't any need for you to be down there." Keith stressed once more, taking a step forward with narrowed eyes and slips pulled back as if he were snarling. "All you do is get in the way and make things more complicated."

"You wanna fight, mullet—"

"I think you're just upset I swooped in first," Lance proclaimed proudly, puffing out his chest. "And you couldn't help Mav when she called for assistance.

"I am not—"

"We all need to understand that everyone is a valuable part of this team," Shiro's voice fell over them and Lance's arm clamped down around her as he turned his head the other way and began to whistle, Mavis' rants muffled against his arm. "And while we may take some unnecessary risks sometimes," his eyes landed on a struggling Mavis and she ceased, "and we may not agree with others," his eyes found Keith who was staring hard at the floor. "What matters is that we're all in this together."

"Exactly!" Coran cheered, pointing a finger toward the air. "Even if Mavis could have been eaten alive and eroded by that acid creature, what matters is that we're all fine now and we must move onwards!"

Allura hit a hand to her forehead and Shiro sighed while Keith turned his head to the side. Mavis sighed, rolling her eyes as she wiggled her arms over and let them hang over Lance's, a bored look on her face before her eyes swiveled over to Hunk. "Want to find something to eat?"

"Sounds good to me!"

"I'm pretty hungry myself."

"Maybe we can actually make some cookies this time!"

Just as the four of them were about to exit the floor, Mavis cast her eyes backwards to where Keith's eyes had been following, meeting his gaze before she smirked and stuck her tongue out. Keith's eyes widened and he stepped forward but the door slid shut behind them and Mavis grinned.

A job well done.

It'd only been several days since the ragtag group of heroes had been assembled together by fate or some other worldly power. Mavis supposed she was lucky in a sense to be able to be a part of this grand mission, assigned to help save the galaxy from Zarkon and his evil empire. Though she wasn't grand to the scale of the paladins alongside her, she had known Lance for as long as they'd been in the Garrison together and had somehow been roped into this whole ordeal after they went to go save Shiro. She had originally been training to be a doctor, one skilled with injuries in space and other off planet needs, and Coran and Allura had quickly proclaimed such knowledge would still be useful despite having those healing pods of theirs.

She did pride herself on her aerial combat skills, and while she knew her mission wasn't as large, she still wanted to do whatever she could to help.

Even if some others happened to disagree.

Lance was by far her closest friend, despite all his ups and downs and flirtatious advances, she trusted him with her life. Pidge and Hunk were lovable buddies and she couldn't resist letting them slip into her life. Shiro was something near unattainable and a goal to work towards, he'd been a legend to her after all. Keith, on the other hand, was a bit of a bigger issue. She'd only faintly remembered him from the Garrison and Lance constantly complaining about this rival she rarely ever saw. It bugged her more that when they all met Keith seemed to remember more about her than she did of him, but the loner's personality often came into conflict with her own for some god damn reason.

Like now.

The spacious common area within the castle was filled with a somewhat terse silence. Mavis was currently curled up at one end of the circular couch, eyes forcefully shut and trying to remain hidden beneath her arm as she peered beneath her lashes. Keith was situated at the other end of the couch, head tilted back and she assumed his eyes were closed as his chest rose and fell peacefully.

Couldn't he just sleep in his room? Mavis inwardly groaned. Sure it had been her fault for falling asleep here too, but it's not like she'd meant too. She'd been waiting for Lance and she'd just nodded off.

I really don't want to be caught with 'my guard down'. Mavis' brows furrowed and she sighed. How should I go about this?

She supposed she could try and slink from the couch like some kind of snake. But from this angle she couldn't tell if Keith was asleep too or not. She'd already mulled it over with Pidge and knew she should sort of apologize if maybe she made Keith worry—"Maybe he's just worried about you. I was too." "Maybe he just thinks I'm dead weight and likes pointing it out."—but she hadn't owned up enough yet to want to do it right now. Mavis frowned and she resisted the urge to sigh. Maybe if I wait long enough he'll go—

Mavis froze, trying to calm her breathing to pretend she was still sleeping when she heard Keith rustle at the other end. There was a soft sigh and she heard him stand, seemingly adjusting himself as his footsteps echoed on the sleek floors. She stilled herself, trying to seem as relaxed as possible when she paused, brows furrowing slightly as she listened for the footsteps, wondering why they were getting so much louder when she froze.

Why did he stop here? From what she could tell Keith was standing directly next to her. For whatever reason she had no idea because she couldn't risk peeking. Her brows furrowed and she suddenly wondered if he was going to play a prank on her when a soft sigh left his lips and there was a rustle of fabric.

Something soft and slightly heavy fell over her shoulders and Mavis remained still as Keith stood there for a moment before walking off with a yawn.

What felt like hours but were mere minutes passed as Mavis waited before opening her eyes as she scrambled to sit up. The familiar fabric of Keith's jacket fell onto her lap and she blinked, staring at it as if it were going to suddenly start speaking to her.

He put... his jacket on me?

She tried to process the number of answers that would make sense for such an action. Pidge's voice and Shiro's reprimanding tone finally won over and she sighed, realizing and knowing full well that no, Keith didn't hate her or anything like that—she doubted he even hated Lance. If anything, she probably did just worry him and he'd gotten upset just as she would've done if he'd been the one down there getting chased and not listening to orders.

That's what you get for being a glory hound. Mavis sighed, stretching her arms over her head and curiously bringing the jacket closer toward her as she let it wrap around her shoulders.

It's warm. Despite falling mid torso on him it practically covered her entire top as she idly brought the collar closer toward her and blinked. It smells nice too.

"Is that Keith's jacket?"

Mavis screeched, nearly leaping into the air as Pidge blinked, stepping back to avoid any collisions as Mavis whipped her head around, making sure no one else was in sight. "Pidge! Where'd you come from?"

"The door, like any normal person." Pidge gestured to the open door behind her leading to the lounge. "What are you doing?"

"I—well, you see—" Mavis faltered, realizing there was no proper way to explain this and she really wasn't doing herself any favors with the stutter.

Pidge was still staring at her, dubious and waiting for a proper explanation for why she had Keith's jacket draped over her shoulders. Mavis finally slumped, letting out a heavy sigh. "It's not what it looks like."

"Well, it looks like to me that you were having some fun sniffing his jacket." Pidge said flatly, slightly bemused as a knowing twinkle glistened in her eye and Mavis groaned.

"I was just chilling here waiting for Lance—" Pidge snorted. "When I nodded off and when I woke up, Keith had fallen asleep too for whatever reason—"

"Wait, you saw Keith sleeping? Isn't that a super rare occurrence—"

"You're one to talk you insomniac. Anyway, I didn't want him to know I woke up and didn't want to wake him up so I stayed here and before I knew it he'd decided to leave his jacket on top of me."

"So in short, he did something nice and you decided to do something creepy."

"I just wanted to see what it would feel like," Mavis muttered, shrugging the jacket off. "Besides, it always looks kind of comfy anyway so I was just curious."

Pidge hummed, eyeing her for a moment before she pulled up a hologram on her computer. "Well, anyway, I pulled some of the plants we found on the last planet and I'd think you'd want to take a look at the make-up. I think if we can synthesize something from them we may have our own space equivalent of Advil."

Mavis' eyes brightened, eager to tackle anything plant or medical related as she leapt from the couch, following after Pidge like a lost puppy with Keith's jacket in her arms, gently folded and held with care.

I should thank him later.

"You know, there's something oddly familiar about this plant but I'm not sure what."

Mavis was eyeing the thick bundle of deep green leaves and painfully bright pink buds sprouting from the top where thin stems protruded in a bundle. She hummed, wondering where in the plant encyclopedia Allura had given her on intergalactic vegetation—along with several hundred books on medical procedures and bodily functions of other alien races—"If you're going to be a doctor might as well be a doctor to all!"—these plants had shown up.

Pidge was tapping madly away at her computer, several vials laid out on the table beside them as water bubbled in one container and the two of them were located in the Green Lion's hangar. Mavis tapped her chin, feeling the information regarding this strain was particularly important but god damn it she just honestly could not remember.

Must not be that important then. "Alright, you ready?"

"Yes ma'am," Mavis approached the thick and bushy leaves with a pair of scissors. "If our calculations are right, I think the main nutrients and components will be in the leaves while the chemical compound should be in the stem."

"And I've already melted down the advil, so we can compare the make up!"

Mavis grinned, honestly loving spending time with Pidge because the younger girl was never a bore to be around. Sure some of her technical know-how might fly over her head from time to time, but regardless she found a nice solace with her she didn't get as often with the others.

"Alright, proceeding to clip," Mavis reached outward, adjusting the surgical mask over her face as she opened the scissors. "Sorry boy, I'm just going to take some of those pretty leaves."

"You know it can't understand you, right?"

"Oh, shut up."

The scissors snipped off several of the thick leaves and Mavis grimaced at the thick white goo that began to slip out from the stems. She turned to pitch with a wide grin, "Okay, now let's just—"

"U-Uh, Mav?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? Should I get some more—"

"Is that supposed to happen?"

Mavis blinked, slowly turning around and her mouth fell open as she gaped. The stems she'd snipped off that had been oozing a white goo only seconds before had begun to sprout new stems, ones that were moving around wildly as more and more began to sprout. Mavis backed away unsteadily, feeling like this was bound to be a bad sign as her eyes darted around at the rapidly growing vines. "Okay, stay calm Pidge. I think we just need to find something to calm the plant down and—"

"Mav, look out!"

Mavis jumped, nearly screaming as several vines exploded from her hand and she dropped the bundle of leaves she had cut. She and Pidge quickly scrambled to the other side of the hangar, the vines growing rapidly as they began to bunch up, twirling and curling over each other. "Why is this happening? My sensors are going crazy and right now they're multiply at an insane rate!"

"I have no idea!" Mavis cried, hands in her hair as she kicked a handful of vines away from them and the two scrambled on top of Pidge's work station. "The plant encyclopedia Allura gave me is in my room, I can't tell what species this is and how to make it stop!"

"Should we burn it or something?" Pidge exclaimed and the two girls screeched as the vines whipped out menacingly, seeming to grow more angered by the minute.

"Right now we need to get help!" Mavis leapt from the table and rushed to the hangar doors. "Your bayard isn't going to do much against all of these—oof."

Her chin smacked into the floor and Mavis blinked, turning around and paling at the sight of several vines entwined around her ankles. "Oh, no."

"Guys! We need help!" Pidge shouted into her communicator, pulling up a screen as she fended off several vines with her bayard. "The plant Mav and I were studying is going haywire and we need back up!"

"Pidge? What on earth are you talking about?" Allura responded back, disbelief in her voice. "What do you mean?"

"Just come help!" Mavis screeched, clawing at the smooth floor for a grip as the vines began to tug her backwards. "Now, please!"

"W-We're on our way!" Allura called back quickly.

Mavis nearly let out a sigh of relief, but quickly refocused on the task at hand as Pidge cried out, running to the other side of the hangar as the vines shot after her. She lunged downwards, wrestling with the thick vines clamped to her legs and she squeaked when another wrapped around her waist, raising her into the air as several more rushed to her.

"Please tell me this thing isn't carnivorous!" Pidge exclaimed from the other side of the hangar, waving her bayard menacingly as vines followed and Mavis swallowed.

"I-I'm sure it's not, I think!"

"You're sure or no?" Pidge shouted.

"I'm sure!" Mavis rushed through all the plants mean to be dangerous in the food chain and she blinked, turning back to the massive vines and leaves. "Wait a minute..."

"Pidge, Mav, we're here—oh my gosh, what is that!" Lance exclaimed, skidding to a halt as Shiro and Keith slammed into him, nearly knocking the three to the ground.

"Guys, thank goodness!" Pidge started as she tried to work her way toward them. "Where's everyone else?"

"Hunk is helping Coran and Allura try and keep this thing from slipping into the castle even more!" Lance explained. "Whatever this thing is, it's spreading spores like mad through the airstream and sprouting all over the place."

"What did you two do?" Keith snapped and Mavis groaned, wrestling mid-air with the vines as she bit down on one that came dangerously close to her neck.

"Nothing!" Mavis exclaimed. "Pidge and I were just experimenting and out of nowhere this plant decided to go monster on us!"

"That's not nothing," Keith pointed out and Mavis spat out a chunk of plant in his direction.

"There has to be some way to stop it," Shiro started, his hand glowing and forming into a pointed blade as he stepped forward. "We'll just hack our way through—"

"That doesn't work! They're just going to multiply even more," Pidge cried from the other side of the hangar. "We have to find out what's causing the rapid growth and stop it."

"You're the plant expert here," Keith quickly rounded on Mavis, who was currently being held upside down as the other girl scowled, narrowing her eyes at him while she gripped one vine in her hand.

"Don't you think if I knew what the answer was, we wouldn't be in this mess?"

The plants pulsed, beginning to enlarge their growth and Mavis paled as Lance and Keith quickly formed their weapons, shoving the vines aside but not destroying them.

"Come on, babe, I'm sure you can think of something," Lance offered, throwing her a thumbs up in motivation as he ducked and Keith whacked aside another bundle of plants.

"Mavis, are you alright?" Shiro called out, brows furrowed as he shoved aside a bundle stretching toward them.

"For now," Mavis grunted, wrestling with a particularly touchy vine as it curled around her wrist and jerked her backwards.

"What are we supposed to do?" Keith growled, looking frustrated and closer to just hacking at the plants with his sword. "We can't just let her hang there!"

"There has to be something we can do to get them to stop…" Pidge whacked a bulb aside and threw her hands in the air. "Stop this!"

"Allura, how are things on your end?" Shiro inquired, and the communicator clicked into action.

"We've almost got this area under control, have you contained the plant, yet?"

Mavis racked her brain for answers, trying to keep the plant from breaking any bones as its grip on her tightened. To the side Lance and Keith had started to bicker over what to do and Shiro was shoving the plants back with brute strength.

"I feel like they're just getting bigger!" Lance shouted, punching a bulb that had wandered closer and Keith snarled.

"Really? I hadn't noticed!"

Mavis' brows furrowed, the vines pulsing at their words and growing bigger. Pidge seemed to notice the growth as well and Mavis snapped her head around to where the center of the bulb was growing a dark gray. Is it responding to...us?

"Hey, I had that one!"

"Clearly with the vine wrapped around your leg."

"Focus, guys. We need to figure out how to stop this."

The missing information finally clicked and Mavis nearly slapped herself in the face. Wriggling around in the vines she peered down at the glowing center that had begun to turn a dark black. That's it!

"Pidge!" Pidge snapped her head around and Mavis quickly shouted. "I think the way you handle technology is absolutely amazing! I wish I was as smart as you and that I could do as much, you're honestly amazing!"

The vines around her slackened slightly, hesitating as Pidge merely threw her a look of disbelief, a slight blush on her cheeks. "Have you lost it?"

"It's the plant!" Mavis explained, wriggling around yelping as she almost slipped, hanging upside down as she turned to the others. "It feeds off the negativity of others, Nocte-nox, that's the plant! Before Pidge and I cut it we were making fun of each other—it feeds off of negativity and anger and we have to say nice things to bring it back down!"

"Nice things?" Shiro echoed, looking almost done and lost with this entire situation—he was trained to be a soldier after all, not a botanist.

"That's it! Well done, Mavis," Coran's voice cheered over the communicator. "We'll work from our end, you lot get it to stop at the source!"

Mavis racked her brain for a brief second before shouting, "Shiro, I wish I could fight as well as you. You're super respectable and kind and I know I can come to you for anything!"

Shiro looked slightly taken aback, a light blush on his cheeks. The vines by Pidge began to wither, shrinking under the weight of her words and everyone blinked in disbelief, turning to each other.

"What are you waiting for?" Pidge exclaimed, rushing over to the console so she could generate a barrier once the plant was a smaller size. "Start complimenting each other!"

"Lance you're one of my closest friends and I love you a lot!" Mavis easily exclaimed, Lance looking completely dopey at her words and she continued. "You always smell nice and your skin is flawless!"

"I'm proud of all of you," Shiro quickly added, watching in amazement as the plants began to wither at his words. "We've all come so far these past few days, you've all been working your hardest and have improved immensely."

"Pidge I always thought you were pretty rad!" Lance called out, ducking from a wave of vines that halted at his words, waving about uncertainly. "Mav, your lap is really comfortable!"

"How is that—"

"Keith, just say something!" Pidge snapped and Keith balked, sword in his hand and ready to hack at the plants instead. "We need to overwhelm this thing!"

"I..." Keith swallowed, letting out a growl of frustration as he racked his brain. "S-Shiro, you're a natural leader."

"Keep it coming!" Pidge said, walking forward as she began to plug several wires in.

"Lance, you're..." Keith shook his head, finally spitting out. "You're a decent shot."

"Wow, I really feel the love over here, buddy."

"Keith your jacket smells really nice and it's super warm!" Mavis rushed out, everyone throwing her looks of surprise while Keith balked, mouth agape as she swept on. "I know you were just worried about me earlier and it actually means a lot and makes me feel super loved!"

"Pidge, your family would be proud of you." Shiro added.

"Lance, your jokes aren't actually that bad." Pidge quipped.

"You all have beautiful eyes!" Mavis wailed as a several vines that had her suspended in the air slumped.

"Keith, your mullet suites you!" Pidge exclaimed, typing furiously at her computer.

"Mavis, thanks for doing the laundry!"

"I don't actually hate you!"

"Mav, you remind me of home!" Lance nearly screeched as one bulb opened its leaves, revealing a dripping white goo before slumping down at his words. To his right Keith jolted, throwing him a disturbed look, brows furrowed.

"Who says something like that?"

"I do, because it's true!"

"I'm glad we're coast kids!" Mavis yelped as the vine holding her up shriveled and her arms flailed as she plummeted towards the floor. "I'm glad—I'm glad I can be here with all you guys!"

The plant withered, shrinking back and practically hissing as though it'd been kicked. Mavis blinked as firm arms kept her inches off the ground and she and Shiro both slumped in relief, the two of them collapsing to the floor while Lance and Keith tripped, both having rushed out to catch her but neither making it as quickly as Shiro.

"I got it!" Pidge cheered, throwing her arms in the air as the plant shriveled back and quietly swayed behind a particle barrier.

Cheers were heard over the intercom and everyone slumped down in relief, falling to the floor as they all breathed, merely catching their breaths.

"Tomorrow we're going over some more mental training," Shiro declared, groans meeting his command.

"Hey."

Mavis paused mid-step, two large encyclopedias balanced in her arms—after the whole escapade she figured it was time to get more of these books translated so she could study up and be of some use to the team—and turned. Keith stood before her, awkward and several feet away like he always seemed to be when approaching people. Like a wild animal. Mavis inwardly mused, turning on her heel and shifting the books in her arms.

"What's up?"

Keith stared at the floor, rubbing the back of his neck as Mavis waited patiently, idly hoping this wasn't about to get awkward because she didn't really float well in awkward situations herself and this was much more up Lance's alley because he was Lance and he could make anyone laugh, even emo Keith and now she was getting nervous and rambling—

"Did you really mean what you said?" Keith managed finally, his eyes flickering upwards and meeting her mocha brown gaze beneath his thick lashes. "All that stuff back there..."

"Well, of course." Mavis said simply. "The plant can tell if you're lying, you know. Turns out it can be made into either a powerful truth serum or a really good painkiller depending what leaves we harvest—"

"I just..." Keith stopped, rubbing his neck a little harsher before he sighed, meeting her gaze evenly and almost softly. "Thanks."

Mavis stared at him for several minutes, racking her entire brain to wonder which one of the comments she'd spouted while hanging upside down and fighting off a plant would warrant her gratitude for Keith. Drawing a blank and figuring he'd never been complimented on his clothes before she shrugged, "'s no problem."

Figuring there was nothing more to discuss Mavis turned on her heel again and proceeded down the hall. She really did like Keith for the most part, and she was jealous of how capable and skilled he was. She was also thankful that because of him, Lance had something to distract him and push him to want to achieve even greater heights.

But she liked messing with people, so Keith didn't need to know that.

"For the record though, Lance's jacket smells nicer."

"What?"

And there we have it for our first chapter! I definitely hope you guys enjoyed and that it was even just a bit of a pleasurable read. :)

The story will take place roughly in the middle of season one and follow on throughout the storyline with added missions and chapters and what not to squeeze in as well. I'll post a chapter at some point describing the whole first episode process and meetings between each of the characters a little ways in like a good throw back. Right now pairings are mostly undecided because I'm debating between going in for a love triangle which I always love writing, or making this more of a Paladins/Oc with Pidge, Hunk, and Allura included of course, and maybeee Lotor if I feel like giving him enough love but writing him will be fun, without a doubt.

Let me know what you guys would like more and I'll be happy to oblige! I'm trash and I gave in. I love Voltron too much guys, these characters will be the end of me.

Thank you all so much for taking the time out to read and check out this first chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it and please feel free to let me know what you think!

Marshmellow-

-OUT!