Once upon a time,

LOL, you thought this was some fairy tale? Nah dude, this is about the castle and its faulty technicalities due to Coran's terrible programming in the castles mainframe…

P.S I knew this theme is super cliche but… yea I couldn't think of anything else.

Btw this takes place before Pidge finds Matt and stuff so yea don't get confused.

It was a quiet day in the universe. Training was at 12:45 pm and the time currently was 9:30 am in the morning but as the castle was residing in a solar system with no sun, it was pitch black outside. Pidge was in the lab, as she always was, gazing at her computer.

"Alright… where the hell are you…" Pidge mumbled unconsciously at her computer. She was running scans of the Galra ship that held her brother and father to see if there was any possible way they could have escaped using a trap door. At the back of Pidge's mind, she knew that it couldn't be possible but at this point she was willing to try anything. She was looking for the so-called "trap door" in the ship's graphics while chomping goo Coran gave her. This must have been the 3rd time she was running the ship through the program she built to find the trap door but as usual.. Absolutely nothing. She dug her face into her hands as she was ready to just give up. Her computer started making wiring noises and suddenly the screen became black and all the lights around her shut off immediately.

"Are you frickin kidding me?" She mumbled. "Ugh must be a power outage.."

Suddenly a high pitched scream came from down the hallway which made Pidge yelp. The scream sounded like Allura who probably got the shock of her life while working on the Teleduv.

"HELLOOOO?! ANYONE THERE?!" A yell came from outside the lab. Darkness had overtaken the entire castle as Pidge couldn't see the person who was yelling. Suddenly she heard ominous footsteps sounding like it was coming right at her. Pidge had no idea if it was the person who screamed so she assumed it was an intruder. She quickly got her bayard and pointed it at the figure who was approaching. The green glow from her blade bayard slightly lighted the individual. Both the individual and Pidge screamed for their lives.

"Pidge! WHY THE HELL WERE YOU POINTING YOUR BAYARD AT ME?!" The individual also known as Lance yelled.

"WHY AM I GETTING THE BLAME?! ITS COMPLETELY DARK AND I CAN'T SEE A THING! YOU SHOULD HAVE STATED YOUR NAME WHILE WALKING YA MORON!" Pidge screamed.

"Alright… Alright sorry SORRY!.. Anyway WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!" Lance replied.

"How should I know?! I was working on my laptop, I heard a high pitched scream which sounded like Allura's, and now you are here!" Pidge said.

"Yea...Allura's scream..that's probably who it was.." Lance mumbled embarrassingly fully known that that scream was his.

Pidge got up from her chair and started walking around to find a power switch. She kept her bayard out so she had some form of light to see.

"The main power supply isn't in here Pidge.." Lance said quietly.

"No shit Sherlock, I know that.. I'm trying to find another switch to see if I can rework the wiring to turn the lights back on again." Pidge said with annoyance.

"Yeesh, someone's in a bad mood. Wait why were you in the lab in the first place? I just woke up and... wait you look exhausted! Pidge did you even sleep last night?" Lance questioned seriously.

"Well..I..uh..sorta..OK FINE I DIDN'T SLEEP AT ALL." Pidge yelled. She was gonna lie but as her eyes were locked onto Lance's ocean eyes, she knew he couldn't lie to him. Lance looked at Pidge with absolute anger. He noticed her garden like eyes and the bags underneath. Then he slowly sighed.

"Pidge… you need to sleep, this isn't good. I know finding your family should be your priority but they would want you to look after your health. And that goes for me too." Lance said as he crossed his arms.

"I.. Ok ok.. But like I thought I got close so I lost track of time." Pidge replied. She rubbed her eyes and started walking forward to the light switch.

"Alright from now on, I am making it a frickin priority to check up on you at night to make sure you are asleep because this is bullshit for you." He saw Pidge was trying to rewire the lightswitch but her hands were tied with her bayard. He walked up to her and took her bayard from her to shed light on the switch.

"Oh..thanks Lance..OH COME ON?!" Pidge yelled in frustration.

"Calm down! What happened?" Lance questioned.

"The fuse is completely busted! How could this happen? I thought the castle just got refurbished. I knew I shouldn't have trusted the infamous 'Coranic'." Pidge muttered.

"Its ok. Me and you will figure it out." Lance replied in hopes to calm Pidge down. "Alright.. Pidge you are going to sleep right now while I try to find the main power grid in the castle's hallway."

"What? NO lance! Number one, I am perfectly fine. Number two, how are you going to find it in the dark. Number three, we are not splitting up! That is literally the worst thing to do in a horror movie esc situation!" Pidge yelled.

"You are a terrible liar, you look awful. I mean you still are Cu..I MEAN YOU JUST LOOK TIRED. Also, I am not a moron Pidge. I can find it easily as I have helped Coran out with the castle before. Finally, we are not even in a horror movie but I respect your judgment. Fine, you will sleep in here and I will stay in this room and look for flashlights got it?" Lance said sternly.

"You are not the boss of me Lance." Pidge said sternly and glared at him.

"Katie..Please just go to frickin sleep." Lance had dealt with his younger siblings before he left for the Garrison. He knew that if he was stern with them, they would know that he was doing what was best for them. But then again, Pidge wasn't his younger sister.

"Lance, just...fine, if I sleep then, will you wake me up in 10 min, will you let me finish my work with rewiring the light system?" Pidge said with annoyance.

"Make it 30 min and you got yourself a deal," Lance said with a smile on his face.

Pidge groaned as she sat down on her comfy chair she always sits in and started dozing off.

"Who knew Loverboy would be this persistent.." She muttered quietly.

"What was that Pidge?" Lance asked while looking for supplies. He quickly looked over at Pidge who was almost close to falling asleep. He smiled at himself then noticed she might get cold. It was his brotherly instincts taking over again. He took off his jacket and placed it on top of Pidge ever so slightly.