PLOT: After the war, the Galra Empire has been defeated, as far as the Paladins know. Sparks flew for the Princess of Altea and the Black Paladin. All four Paladins, and Coran knew, that they were meant to be. Now, Allura is trying her hand at match making, setting up Keith and Lance along with bringing the remaining Alteans home. And there might be a few bumps in the road…
Main Relationships: Allura & Shiro, Keith & Lance
Time: post Galra war
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Voltron, Legendary Defender.
A year had passed since the Paladins defeated Zarkon; life was a little easier on the Planet Altea. Many colonies of Alteans had been found and have resettled here, on their home planet, though Altea was now starting to be rebuilt. Now in the quiet halls of the castle, the Queen stirred in the arms of her husband, the one that was once called "The Champion", Shirogane "Shiro" Takashi, the Black Paladin. After six months, Shiro and Allura had married and crowned King and Queen. The five Paladins have been rebuilding Altea from the ground up, the newlyweds decided to start a family. Shiro hung onto her, as the Queen turned in his arms. Allura snuggled into her husband's arms, her hand placed gently on his bare torso. He too, had a hand placed on her small abdomen, as they found out the previous night that they were expecting. The sensitiveness of his robotic arm along with the coldness of the metal on her skin woke the female; she kissed his cheek and put her head back down. She pushed his bleached hair back from his face and smiled. Coran knocked on the door, and Shiro woke up. "I'm coming, I'm coming." He called out, kissing Allura's forehead as he grabbed a pair of boxers and his robe. "Stay in bed, I'll see what Coran wants." He said softly, his hair was a mess, he bent down and kissed her gently and kissed her abdomen. Coran knocked again, more alerting than just a typical wake up call. Allura sighed and she rolled over, so that Coran would assume that she would still be asleep. "Coran! Can't you be quiet? Allura is still under the weather." He said while he opened the door and he stepped out. Coran peeked inside the bedroom, only to find the Queen still in her slumber.
"My apologies, Your Majesty. But this is rather important- we need you and the Queen's assistance immediately." The red haired Altean stated. As Coran quickly said what was on his mind, Shiro put his arm on his shoulder, which made him jump a little.
"How much of an emergency is this? Do I have enough time to wake up the Queen?" But sure enough the door opened and out walked the silver haired female. Her hair was down, and she wore a pink long nightgown with a blue robe over her.
"What is the emergency Coran?" She asked; her eyes filled with worry as they followed him to the base of operations room. Coran flailed his arms up as he spoke.
"It was only a matter of time before the Galra Empire made its comeback!" Coran shouted, the four other Paladins were all dressed in their gear, and by the look of it, Shiro wasn't following her. Allura stopped, worried as her hand fell over her abdomen.
"Coran! What do you mean? Did the Galra's attack?" She asked, her hands worked fast as the screen filled with images from the latest attack. "Oh no-" She said, Shiro walked out with Allura's pink suit in hand, he walked over to her and held onto the outfit for her.
"They have been attacking the ones we've recently got back out of their control. They were weak and they took them!" Coran stated; Allura looked around, spotting all five Paladins. Pidge, the Green Paladin, Keith, the Red Paladin, Lance, the Blue Paladin, and Hunk, the Yellow Paladin, looked in fear as they watched the video's of the Galra's destroying the newly built homes they created the Altean flags torn down, vandalism everywhere.
"Alright team, everyone board their Lions and head to the planet! We have to rescue the rest of the Alteans there!" Shiro said, the five members went to board their lions while Shiro stayed back, he looked at his wife, worried with fear and kissed her gently. "It's okay, we'll be back." He said, handing her the pink outfit. "Coran! Make sure the Queen and unborn child stays safe."
"Yes Your Highness-" He looked at Allura and his jaw dropped. Shiro had taken off to his lion and the five of them went to the planet. "You're-" Allura didn't say anything but turn to the nearby bathroom and quickly changed, her hair tied back in a ponytail. Coran had placed a chair at where her station is. "My Lady-"
"Coran there is no time to drabble on with the surprise of a pregnancy. It is very natural for a woman to conceive- especially when something drastic is about to happen, like this." She said, pressing the colorful buttons on the keyboard in front of her. "I can't slow down, not now." The newly designed screen appeared in front of her, curtsey of Pidge, showed five individual colors; red, yellow, green, blue and black- the colors of each Lion. A box appeared, showing the Paladins themselves piloting the Lions. "Voltron- what is your time of arrival."
"Soon- Galra forces are here reclaiming the land."
"Uhh guys!" Hunk said, an alarm went off; there were about ten fighter Galra aircrafts behind them. "I think they aren't happy with our presence!" Allura had her hand on her abdomen as she watched the team defeat the Galra Space Ships. They quickly loaded the evacuee's and took off towards Altea. Allura was pacing back and forth when within the next two hours; she had no communication from the Paladins.
"Queen Allura! Please sit down!" Coran said, he followed the female around, which only made her even more nervous. "The child-" Allura stopped and turned towards her guardian. Piles of wood, and other construction equipment were piled up in a settlement nearby.
"Please don't 'the baby' with me now. My husband is in one of those Lions; I'm more worried about him than this child." She said, as the five Lions settled on the ground outside the castle. Allura and Coran ran towards the front of the castle. The forty Alteans emerged from the Lions along with their Paladins, Allura smiled as she ran towards Shiro, wrapping her arms around him. "Oh I missed you!" The Alteans were all of different shapes, sizes, ages, and colors. The Alteans formed into forms that were very similar to Allura and Coran. Being settled down on the ground, Shiro had his hand placed around the female's waist. The Alteans looked at Allura and Shiro.
"My Lady-" The eldest one of the group bowed their heads, followed by the remaining people. "Thank you for rescuing all of us. But please, tell us, where are we going to live?" The elderly woman turned her head, she had silvery hair, just like Allura, but hers was more of a grey. She wore tattered green clothes, along with the remainder of the colony. Shiro let go of Allura as she stepped forward.
"For now, you will be living here in the castle. We need all the men, along with the Paladins, Coran and myself to work on homes for you. I have already established a well blossoming garden."
"Fruitful might you say-" Hunk said with a smile. Allura was pleased with his compliment and she fiddled with a piece of her silvery hair.
"Thank you, Hunk." She said with a soft smile on her face. "Tonight, we will rest, replenish, I will meet with each family individually to seek jobs for all of you."
"My Lady, you look unhealthy." Worry struck the elders face. "Is everything alright?"
"Yes, everything is just fine. I just need to rest. Coran, Hunk, Pidge, Keith and Lance will show you to the housing apartments you will temporarily live in. We will bring you food and a new pair of clothing." Allura said; Shiro's hand went on her waist again.
"I will be by to see if you need anything." Shiro stated, he bent down and kissed Allura's forehead. Allura's cheeks turned pink, and she smiled. Allura handed a list of the Altean's last names to Coran- the names were relatively old. Coran and Allura knew their predecessors before they were frozen. The families were called and all were following their individual Paladin. Shiro followed Allura to the Royal Living Quarters, it was true Allura did not look good. She kept to herself, as they walked down the hall, Shiro merely fussed in his head over the Queen. The doors to the bedroom opened and Allura moved quietly to the closet, she changed out of her armor and into a summer gown; it was light pink and lacey. Shiro changed out of his armor and into his everyday black outfit. She took her long silver hair down, and started to brush it.
"I need to go into the seamstress room and start to make clothing." She said, as she placed a soft white robe over her gown. Shiro stopped her, and held her shoulders. Allura looked at him, her eyes filled with chaos, as she needed to assign jobs, plots, send someone to plot housing, tend to her garden-
"Allura- calm down. You have another body to take care of." Shiro said, kissing her gently. "Plus you do look sick."
"Have I? I've been trying to hide the nausea all morning." She looked down, her hand placed gently on her abdomen. She was only a few months along, maybe in the middle of the first trimester.
"You look green. Take a nap, please."
"There is no time for idle rest. Things need to be done now and if they don't things could go well, upside down!" She said, shrugging away from him. The doors opened from the bedroom, she made her way to the rooms the families were staying in. Talking to anyone over the age of sixteen- as they all needed work to be done. Overall, there were nine families in the castle, various sizes. The elders, Minda and Inias would sit on the newly established council besides Barbelo, Stadiel and Aliyah, the first elders who had came back to Altea. There were two women, Laylah and Rachiel, who fancied making clothes and were quite good at it. The other two, Amelia and Pronoia fancied gardening; those two would take care of the garden. One family; lost its mother due to childbirth. The three males, Zachriel, Mihael, and Ansiel, liked working with their hands, therefore would start on construction in the morning. The other two, Chamuel and Saniel, brothers, were fine electricians and mechanics, they would first, make repairs to the castle and start on finding a power source. When Allura left the last apartment, she felt wiped out. There were no children over the age of sixteen, as they were all ten and younger. She heard sobbing stories of what happened when the Galra took over, and how many more Alteans were left behind. Allura didn't know what to do- should she send the Paladins off to rescue the Alteans? Or should she wait? There were so many possibilities- and Allura didn't know what to do. Shiro stepped out of the apartment before the one she was at. He looked over at her, and how worried she looked.
"Allura? Is everything okay?" He asked, walking steadily over to her. She placed her head on his shoulder and his arm placed gently on her back. "I think we should go to bed." He said, Hunk and Pidge arrived with the next cart of food and clothing. Tomorrow starts a new day, a new day for rebuilding and reconstruction.
"No- I still need to do some more things."
"Allura, you looked exhausted-"
"Shiro I have the cart here for the Ambersorrow family." Hunk stated, Allura broke from his arms and walked away. Shiro sighed; he was defeated- by his own wife. Shiro turned, looking at Hunk and Pidge.
"Is everything alright with Allura? She's been acting differently." Pidge said, Shiro looked at the two.
"She's just a little sick and stressed out." Shiro reassured the two, though he lied through his teeth. Allura and Shiro both agreed to keep the pregnancy between the two of them for now.
Travelling forward, Allura worked mostly all night, using this thing called a sewing machine to make clothes for the new residents tomorrow. Shiro arrived, close to one in the morning, to find her sewing away on a small dress; she looked peaceful until she saw Shiro. "I-I didn't see you there!"
"It's nearly two in the morning- I'm here to bring you to bed." Shiro stated; his arms crossed against his chest.
"Shiro- I'm nearly done with this."
"It can wait until the morning."
"But-"
"No buts-" Shiro said, Allura turned off the machine and stood up. "Lets get you to bed." Allura couldn't complain, she knew he was only trying to be helpful, though it could be quite annoying. He pulled the sheets back and took Allura's robe off of her. Allura stretched her arms up and climbed into bed, putting the pink floral sheets over her. Shiro faced her, his hand on her abdomen.
"We're going to be parents." Allura smiled, looking at her husband. He had stripped from his t-shirt and laid in bed, boxers and all.
"Parents? I think we're already parents to the four knuckleheads we call the Paladins." Shiro said, Allura rolled her eyes and kissed his cheek, placing it on the soft pillow below her.
"Space Dad." She let out a soft giggle.
"Is that what they're calling me these days?" Shiro asked, his voice was soft, and Allura let out a gentle giggle.
"You've been dubbed Space Dad since the first Voltron fight." She muttered, her eyes were already closed, as she was half asleep. Shiro held onto her, and kissed her cheek as she fell into a deep slumber.
Allura woke up feeling very nauseous. She checked the ticker; it was only six in the morning. Five hours asleep, she jerked up and ran to the bathroom, expelling what she had eaten for dinner and stomach content. When Allura left the bed, Shiro jumped. "Whose here? Where is she! Where is my child?" He yelled in a sleepy slumber. He wiped his eyes, seeing that Allura' s side of the bed was empty and the bathroom light was on. He got out of bed, and heard the quiet gags that were coming from Allura. He knelt down behind her, and he held back her thick silver hair back.
"Shiro- I really don't feel well." She said, before her hand went over her abdomen once again and she hurled into the toilet. Shiro rubbed her back, while holding her hair back.
"I think you over did it yesterday." Shiro gloated, but Allura only glared at him from her position over the toilet. She threw up again into the toilet, and flushed it when she was done.
"Can you take me to bed?" She asked; she was too weak to move on her own. Shiro nodded his head and he carefully picked up his wife. Placing her gently on the bed, he found her to-do list by her bedside. Scanning through it, he knew just who were up to these tasks, the Paladins themselves! The Black Paladin kissed Allura's burning forehead and tucked her under the covers.
"Just page me if you need me." Allura nodded her head, "I'll be back shortly." He slid the notebook in his robe pocket and quickly dressed in a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt, a heavily adorned bathrobe was over his shoulders. He quietly left the bedroom, closing the door quietly. He made his way towards the four Paladin's bedroom, knocking on their doors. "Get up! It's an emergency!" Shiro yelled, banging on the bedroom doors. "Meet me in the living quarters in ten!" He yelled,, inside of each bedroom, you could hear the Paladins get ready- but there was an even louder noise inside of Keith's room.
"Lance! Get out!" Shiro stopped in front of the door; he shook his head and made his way towards the living quarters without hesitation. Shiro had a cup of caffeine in his hand as the four Paladins ran towards the living quarters
"What's the emergency?" Pidge asked, they all took their seat and looked up at the Black Paladin. Shiro was pacing back and forth he had Allura's list in his hand.
"Allura is very sick today. I think it has something to do with the pregnancy-"
"PREGNANT?" Yelled the four Paladins. That was right, they haven't even told the Paladins that Allura was expecting.
"Yes, yes. Anyway, I need all of you to pick up some of the slack around here." Shiro said, looking at the list.
"HOW FAR ALONG IS SHE?" The yellow Paladin asked.
"IS IT A BOY?" Asked Keith.
"NO IT IS TOTALLY GOING TO BE A GIRL!" Lance stated, at this moment, the red paladin and the blue paladin butted heads, arguing over what sex Shiro's child would be.
"GUYS THE GENDER OF MY CHILD IS IRRELEVANT TO WHAT I NEED YOU ALL TO DO! NOW LISTEN PLEASE!" The black Paladin said angrily. The four younger Paladins stopped, staring at the older male. "Thank you, all." He said, sighing in content. "Because Allura is bedridden, I will not be able to help, I should be at her side. So Allura created a list of things that still needed to be done. Therefore, I will assign each one of you to complete these tasks."
"Alright, so what are they?" Pidge asked, eager to please the Queen.
"Pidge- I need you to bring the new electricians to the electrical compartment, then I need you to test the system. Ever since the castle had that Galra crystal, remnants of its dark power still exists in the power supply."
"You can count on me sir!"
"Hunk- I need you to look after the garden. Plant the new seeds and make sure the new gardeners know what they are doing!"
"Got it!"
"Keith and Lance- I need the two of you to go and help build the houses." A soft vibrate could be felt in Shiro's pocket, it must be Allura. "There are many people willing to work with you. The two of you will just have to work patiently." The red and blue paladins sat next to each other with their arms crossed, as if they had a lovers quarrel earlier.
"Ugh fine." Lance replied.
"Now- go get a starter on your day." Shiro said, the buzz in his pocket was speeding up. He put the coffee mug down and quickly turned down the hall and found his way to the bedroom. "I'll check on you later." He replied halfway down the main hallway. He emerged from the hallway into the bedroom, finding Allura in the bathroom again. She had tears streaking her cheek as she threw up into the toilet. "How long have you been like this?"
"Since you left-" She whimpered, she looked miserable, her hair was a mess, she had stripped from her nightgown and was currently in shorts and a crop top.
"Should I get an elder?" He asked; the elders were knowledgeable in the medical aspect. Allura nodded her head, she didn't know what to expect from this pregnancy.
"I-I don't know if it's supposed to be like this Shiro. Please, get an elder." She looked at him, her eyes filled with worry and fear. Shiro wanted to help her get on the bed. "No- don't move me. I'll only just vomit in return." She said, covering her mouth. Shiro turned and ran towards the Elder's pace was quick as he darted down the corridors, the lights turned on as he passed by the. He approached the tall door and opened them in a panic.
"Is there someone here that is experienced in pregnancy?" Shiro asked the five Elders sitting in their living quarters. The one who noticed that Allura wasn't doing well earlier yesterday, her name was Minda, she stretched her hand up as she stoo.
"I am." The grey haired female said, standing up quickly. "Is everything okay with the Queen?" She asked, following Shiro to the Royal's Apartment. He opened the door, following the sound of vomiting in the bathroom. "Oh dear." Minda said as she walked into the bathroom, closing the door in front of Shiro. An hour later, the door opened, Minda looked for Shiro. "Your majesty? Please help me get the Queen to bed." Allura was cleaned up, her hair was clean, and she was dressed in a new outfit. Shiro jumped up from the bed and picked up his sick wife, carefully walking her to the bed and placed there. He kissed her forehead and tucked her under the covers. Minda motioned for him to step into their parlor.
"What's wrong with her?" Shiro asked, closing the glass door that separated the bedroom to the parlor. Minda sat down; Shiro sat down in front of her.
"It is a case of really bad morning sickness. I would like for you to keep pushing fluids, have her drink anything, bland meals- nothing of flavor. She's stressed, and needs to rest." The elder said, Shiro let out a sigh, and knew she probably would need to rest.
"Alright, how long does she need to rest?"
"Give or take a day or two." Minda said, a soft groan could be heard in the bedroom. Shiro stood up and opened the door, heading to the bedroom and sat down next to his wife.
"Shiro?" She asked, helpless and pale. He shushed her and pushed her hair back. Pulling the covers over the both of them.
"It's okay. I'm here." Shiro said, stroking his wife's silver hair. She curled up into him her head placed gently on his abdomen. "Just rest up for a bit."
"Shiro I can't. I need to continue to work." The sudden realization hit her, she still had plenty of things to do. The Black Paladin put his hand down, and had her stay down on the bed. "Shiro-"
"Don't worry about it- I assigned the Paladin's jobs."
"They're going to destroy Altea."
"It's okay. Keith and Lance are building the homes-"
"Those homes will be unstable and unsuitable for living!"
"Allura, you need to have some faith in your Defenders of the Universe." Allura rolled her eyes as she put her head on his chest. She had to admit, she needed to trust her Paladins- even if they destroyed the houses that the residents were living in. Coran walked in with a pitcher of water and a glass. He excused himself, and Allura did not even move, she was enjoying every minute of alone time with her husband.
"Shiro?"
"Yes darling?"
"I love you and thank you."
"I love you too, Space Mom."
"Oh hush, Space Dad."
A/N so how do you like my drabble of a chapter? I know that Allura is a little bit AU but I believe that if she was really sick or something or not doing well that she would try to be all tough about it than cave in about not needing help. I don't know- just let me know if you like it or now! Also, I probably will not continue the fights because I suck at writing fights and I don't like violence in general
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