Kaede couldn't contain her excitement as they landed the lion. She was with her brother after all these years. She finally got to meet Keith. Granted, he wasn't what she expected him to be. He was very broody and snapped at the smallest thing. When she looked at him, it was like she was looking at a wall. There was no way in, but for him there was probably no way out.

"Before we exit you need to put on your mask." Shiro said as the lion lowered its head. "Why?" Kaede asked. "Let's just say your," Keith shook his head, "our people killed her whole race. So, she doesn't like us. At all."

Kaede nodded her head and hit the button. She knew a little about the galra history. Mentally kicking herself, Kaede wished she listened to her father. She didn't want to sound like an idiot in front of her.

"You will need to be quiet too. Let us do the explaining okay." Shiro said as they made their descent. "Gotcha." Kaede said with a wink. "You sound like Lance." Keith said opening the door. "Who is La-"

"Keith!" people shouted from the hanger. Before the two Paladin's could get to the center of the room people were surrounding them. Giving them hugs and asking how they were. It reminded her of the times that she would come back from a mission. Everyone would greet her and her father would have a special dinner planned for just the two of them.

The thoughts of Kolivan made Kaede homesick. Kaede wrapped her arms around herself. She never realized that she would miss the Blade so quickly.

"Uh, Keith. Who is that?" the young girl asked. Kaede looked up to see a small girl with round glasses looking up at her. The girl's hair was all messed up and going in different directions. "This is Kaede. She is a member of the Blade." Shiro said. Kaede looked at him. Her eyes went to the tall woman beside him. Her white hair was up in a bun and her tan skin looked like it was shinning in the light. As Kaede noticed that her eyes were blue but there was purple also.

She was beautiful in every aspect of the word.

"You brought a Blade member on my ship?" she spat out. Kaede tried not to flinch at the words. "You know that they are galra. The people who killed mine." she said glaring at Shiro. The hatred in her voice was unmistakable.

"You must be Allura." Kaede said walking closer to the group. "Why are you here?" she demanded. Kaede turned and looked at her. "I am here because I spoke on behalf of your Red Paladin. Since he passed his trials and joined the Blade I am the person he will train under." Kaede said. At this moment she wished she didn't have her mask on. She would have loved to give this princess a glare.

"What do you mean joined the Blades?" the tall man asked. Kaede glanced over at him. "He wanted to learn the truth behind his past, so he joined us." she said matter of factly. "Only galra can join the blade." the orange haired man said. "How were you able to get in?" the one with the orange headband asked.

"Because he is part galra." Allura said with a venom in her voice. "What? There is no way that Keith is part alien." the tall one said. "It's true Lance. My mother is galra."

Kaede shook her head. There he went again about their mother.

"Why did you join them?" the smaller girl asked. "Because Pidge, I wanted to find my mother. By joining the Blade it will be a lot easier than doing it through Voltron." Keith said looking down. Kaede could tell he was trying to avoid the death glare coming from the Altean woman.

"So you decided to join a resistance group that could just be something Zarkon created to lure us in. Did you not think with your head Keith? Now we have a galra on this ship who could tell people all our secrets. You basically invited Zarkon onto this ship!" Allura screamed. Kaede was having enough of this woman's yelling. Her brother could not help who he was.

Stepping in between Keith and Allura, Kaede said, "Leave him alone."

"Excuse me?" the altean woman asked. Kaede could tell she was insulted by this, but she didn't care. No one was going to talk to someone like that because of their parents. "I said leave him alone." Kaede said again. Allura glared at her. "You will not speak to me that way, galra scum." she breathed out. Kaede could feel her anger rise.

"Oh really? We are the scum? Where have you been these past ten thousand years while Zarkon destroyed people's lives? Where were you when he killed the innocent? Oh," Kaede waved her hand in the air, "you were hiding and waiting for Voltron to save you."

"Shit..." Pidge mumbled.

"Shut it." Allura whispered. Her cheeks were turning and red and Kaede could see tears forming the woman's eyes. "Oh no, did I make you mad? You should be grateful that the Blade is even helping. We've been having to do your job while you got to hide away on a nice planet soaking up sun." Kaede said. She could hear the anger in her voice but she didn't care anymore. "Keith has joined a noble group of warriors, so what? How about instead of being a complete ass to Keith, you show him some respect. He is your Paladin at the end of the day. It doesn't matter what race he is." Kaede said walking toward Allura.

She could see that Allura was steaming. "I want you galra off my ship!" she yelled. "Oh honey," Kaede removed her mask, "I'm half galra too. So I guess I can't leave your ship. Besides, I have to stay by Keith. It is my duty as a Blade member."

Before Allura could say anything Lance got between them. Kaede watched as Allura and the orange haired man walked out of the room. She knew that whatever just happened wasn't over, but she was kinda glad that this human interrupted them. Kaede didn't know what would have happened if they continued. Her father would be very disappointed in her right now. She was supposed to be diplomatic, but instead, she yelled at their leader.

Lance coughed, causing her to turn her attention to him. Kaede didn't realize earlier, but he had deep blue eyes. A flash of a blue cloudy sky entered her mind and she was chasing Keith around. But before she could catch it, it was gone.

"Why hello there. The name is Lance." he said giving her a smile.

"Not again." Hunk moaned.

The whole mood of the room changed in an instant. Kaede looked at Lance. He wiggled his eyebrow at her, "Maybe you are my Mrs. Blue Lion." Kaede giggled. "I appreciate the offer, but I must decline." Kaede said waving her hand in her face. "What! Why?" Lance groaned. "You aren't my type." Kaede said.

"Is it because I'm human?"

"Oh no. It's because I like women." Kaede said with a smile. Lance's whole face turned red as he backed away. "I AM SO SORRY!" he said running out of the room. Kaede raised her eyebrow and looked at the others left in the room. Pidge was bent over laughing her head off. "THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!" the girl screamed. "I don't think I have ever seen anyone do that to Lance." the other man said.

Pidge led him out, still laughing about Lance.

Kaede turned and looked at Keith and Shiro. Shiro looked at the galra girl, "That could have gone..." "Differently." Kaede said. "For lack of a better word, yes." Shiro said walking out of the hanger.

Now it was just Kaede and Keith. Turning toward her brother, she saw he was glaring at her. Anger was rolling off him in waves. What had she done?

"You didn't need to stand up for me!" he shouted. "I could have handled that myself. You just made things worse!"

Kaede's eyes grew big. She just wanted to stand up for her brother. That Allura girl was just being so mean to him. It reminded her of the times the galra would be horrible to her because of her being half human. They would train extra rough with her, call her names in passing, make fun of her features. Kaede just didn't want anyone else to go through that.

"I'm sorry." she said looking down.

"If you're sorry then just go back to the Blade. You aren't needed here." Keith said walking out of the hanger.

The hanger door closed, leaving Kaede alone. This wasn't how she pictured things would go when she got to meet Keith for the first time. She thought he would remember her. That he ask her to hang out with him and they would discuss everything that the other missed. Maybe they would get close. But none of that would happen.

Kaede was not welcomed by her brother or anyone on this ship. She wasn't welcomed by the Blade. She wasn't welcomed by galra or human. Kaede wasn't welcomed anywhere.

Squatting on the ground, Kaede wrapped her hands around her knees and buried her head in between them. Her small cry washed out by the sound of the castle engine.

After Kaede got done crying she decided to walk around the ship. She would eventually run into someone if she kept walking.

As she walked she pulled out the note that her mother left with her. Kaede had found it when Kolivan gave her a bag filled with all her things from Earth. In it was a picture of her and Keith as babies, a stuffed hippo, and a blanket. The note was hidden inside a small cut on the hippo. Kaede was only able to find it because when she pulled it out of the bag, it got caught and ripped even more.

She had read the note so many times that it was starting to rip. Unfolding it, Kaede began to read it while she walked.

My Kaede,

If you are reading this note that means Kolivan has taken you. I'm so sorry that I had him take you away, but it was too dangerous to keep you on Earth. They would have experimented on you since you were different. Don't let that phase you though. You are different in a good way. Your brother and you are a step toward a future of no fighting and no war.

I know you probably miss home and we miss you too. Keith especially will miss you. I am so sorry that I took you away from him. That is what I hated the most about doing this. You two were inseparable. You all refused to sleep in separate beds and I would catch you mumbling to each other. You two were in your own little world.

I hope you remember your brother and he remembers you. And one day I hope you can forgive me for leaving you behind.

I love you Kaede.

Mom

Kaede thought she had cried out all her tears in the hanger, but she was wrong. Stopping, she looked out the window as tears fell down her face. This note was a lie. Keith didn't remember her and he never missed her. She probably didn't miss Kaede either. And if she was galra, then that meant that Kolivan wasn't her real father. He was just some alien man that took her away from her real dad.

How much of her life was a lie?

"Hello there."

Kaede turned around to see the orange-haired man standing at the end of the hall. She quickly wiped her face as he approached her. "Are you okay?" he asked. Kaede looked at his face and saw that he had the same marks as Allura. He must think that she is scum too. She wouldn't be shocked. Everyone else thinks she is.

"Your name is Kaede right? I'm Coran." he said sticking out his hand. Kaede looked at it then back at the man. "You don't have to pretend to be friendly with me. I know that you and Allura don't like our people." she said harshly. Coran just laughed and put his hand down. "Yes, Zarkon killed our people. But I know that you are not him and the Blade is not him. You are someone who is trying to help."

Kaede was shocked by his words. "Tell that to Allura." Kaede scoffed. Coran chuckled and played with his mustache. "Allura will come around eventually. She just needs to realize not everyone who is galra is bad."

"We might have to wait a long time." Kaede chuckled. "Saying those things probably didn't help though." Kaede said. Coran shook his head, "Yeah. That definitely did not help." Kaede sighed and looked at Coran. "I just-" Kaede stopped herself. He probably didn't want to her to open up to him. They had just met and it didn't go very well.

"You just what?" Coran asked.

"I am just tired of people assuming things about us who are half galra. At the Blade, they assumed I was weak and that I would bring down the group. Keith shouldn't have to face that." Kaede said. Coran put his hand on her shoulder. "It was nice that you were just trying to stand up for him. Almost like a big sister." Kaede chuckled. "Yeah, like a big sister." she whispered.

Coran smiled softly at the teen. "You know now that I've got a good look at you, Shiro was right. You do look like female galra Keith." he said as they began to walk. "Well maybe everyone secretly has a galra twin." Kaede teased. She wasn't fully ready to reveal herself now, especially since Keith was unwelcoming.

"Oh my! Do you think my twin would have a mustache as glorious as mine?" Coran asked. Kaede chuckled. "I don't think anyone's mustache is as glorious as yours."

"Well good." Coran said placing his hand on the wall.

The door opened to the bridge of the ship. All the Paladins were standing in a circle talking. "Look who I found!" Coran shouted. Kaede felt all eyes on her. Looking around she saw Allura glaring at Coran. "Where have you been? I have so many questions to ask you!" Pidge said pulling Kaede closer to the group.

"Kaede didn't realize how big the castle was and got lost." Coran said giving her a wink. She gave him a small nod, thankful for his cover. They didn't need to know that she spent the last varga crying and mopping. Kaede was better than that. She was a warrior of the Blade.

"First question, is the technology that you all have amazing?" she asked. Kaede gave her a nod. "I would assume. We aren't that big on it though. We are afriad that our location could be tracked."

"Cool. Second question-"

"Why do you look so much like Keith?" Lance asked. The galra teen turned to him. "I don't see a resemblance at all." Kaede said. "Hunk, doesn't she look like Keith!" Lance said pulling the bigger man closer. "I mean, now that you mention it, she really does."

Pidge looked up at Kaede. "Maybe they have like clones of everyone and she is just his." she said pushing up her glasses. "Just imagine if they had one of me!" Coran shouted. "Oh no. It would mean double the stories." Hunk whined. "I bet mine would be really handsome and win over all the galra ladies." Lance said with a wink.

Everyone rolled their eyes and groaned.

"What the quiznak guys!?" Lance said. "Quiznak?" Kaede asked tilting her head. "It is a swear word in Altean." Shiro said. Kaede made an 'o' with her mouth.

She looked back at the three friends bickering, her mood growing better with each passing second.

After they got the official introductions out of the way. Everyone went to their rooms to rest up.

"Good night everyone!" Kaede said waving. "Goodnight!" Lance said.

Kaede opened her door and walked in. As soon as the door closed, Kaede restored back to her human form. She was so tired from all the excitement that she couldn't help the change. Maybe now she could stay in her human form. Granted she would have to get smaller clothes because she is almost a foot taller in her galra form. She would also have to explain why she can switch between human and galra. Which would lead to her having to explain she is from Earth.

At that point even Lance would figure out that she is Keith's twin and that couldn't happen yet. She needed answers from Kolivan. She also needed them from Keith and he might be more likely to give them if she was more official looking.

A small knock was on her door.

"Ek!" Kaede quickly changed over into her galra form and opened the door.

Keith stood there with his arms crossed. "Uhm, hello." she said looking at the teen. Keith looked around then back at her. "Thank you. If you hadn't spoken up for me then I never would have discovered..." Keith faded off. Kaede gave him a smile, "You're welcome."

"Kaede?"

"Yes?"

"Did you basically get excommunicated from the Blade?" Keith asked. Kaede laughed. "Oh no no no. It is a rule among the Blade that we must train newcomers, but my father was punishing me for defying his orders." she said.

"Defying his orders?" he asked. "Oh yeah. I was told not to talk to you." Kaede said leaning against the wall. "Why weren't you allowed?" Kaede couldn't tell him the truth. She wasn't sure if he was even liked her. That would be a bombshell to drop. Telling him that she couldn't talk to him because she was his long lost twin sister.

Yeah, no. A lie wouldn't hurt. Her whole life was one.

"I wasn't allowed because it could interfere with the mission." Kaede said trying to mock Kolivan. Keith let out a small giggle. "You kinda sound like him." "Well that happens when you live with him for your whole life." she siad.

"Kaede?"

"Yes?"

Keith got closer to her and then backed away. "Nevermind. I think I should leave you to rest. We all have had a long day." he said walking down the hall. Kaede watched as he disappeared into his room. A huge smile was on her face. Keith actually talked to her.

Closing her door, Kaede changed back into her human form. She laid down and not once throughout the night did the smile come off her face.

Author's Note:

I hc that half galra that have human in them have a hard time controlling their emotions, especially in galra form. For some reason, they are in hyperdrive and Kaede is really bad about letting them take over. Also, I live for uncle Coran and him comforting the teens.

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