Author's note: Hey guys! I'm here with the second chapter and I hope you guys like it!
The second the doors shut, Allura let loose every word she wanted to yell towards Keith.
"How could he!" She barked before turning towards Shiro for answers. "What does he mean 'half Galra', Shiro?" She added before whipping her head towards the said paladin. Rage seeping through every pore on her body.
"Well…" Shiro sighed, almost sheepishly while scratching the back of his neck, and explained everything that happened on the base after they arrived. It was almost a go with the alliance, but when it was learned that Keith came to them with a weapon after agreeing to go in weaponless. It wouldn't have been as bad as what he witnessed, but had Keith refused to give up how he got the blade. That, in turn brought forth the Trials where Keith either learned what he wanted or died trying. In the end, the blade formed when Keith decided to return it to the Blade and that was how they all learned he was half Galra. "I'm just as shocked as you guys are though. And you should have—"
"He betrayed us all, then." Allura spat, her anger taking over any rational thought she had.
"What the fuck Allura?" Pidge shrieked while Hunk spat out, "That's not right!"
"Hey! That's going too far!" Shiro spat back as he pointed a finger at Allura. "I know for a fact that Keith had no idea about his heritage. Hell, he never knew his own mother because she left him before he could have any decent memories of her! He only had that knife because it was in his father's will that he receives it upon his death with no explanation as to how or where it came from."
"Shiro's right, Allura, blaming Keith for something he had no control over is a low blow." Lance said with backup from both Pidge and Hunk.
"Keith may be a loner and not open up to anybody unless he did so on his terms, but he would never betray anyone and you know that!" Pidge hissed, disappearing from the bridge to go to the Green Lion's hangar before they blew a gasket.
"And I may not know Keith like I Shiro but blaming someone for their heritage is just… bad. Wait, no, not bad, just plain wrong on so many levels." Hunk said. "I mean, wars were created on our planet because no one liked the other's heritage. Heck, that's still happening now!"
"How can you guys take—" Allura started before Lance spoke.
"Don't you dare go further with that statement, because if you do, you'll say something you'll regret for the rest of life." And with that Lance turned to leave the bridge. "I'm going to go see if Keith's alright."
Once the doors slid shut, Shiro turned back to Allura with a fire in his eyes that she had never seen before.
"Keith is my adopted brother and I know him more than anybody on this damn ship, Princess." He said before taking a deep breath to calm himself down for his next statement, "but, I know you've lost everything to the Galra, your home, your family, your entire people… After Keith's dad died in a fire, nobody wanted him but my family because we saw something in him that could make him happy. The greatness he never knew he had that could pull him out of the depression and self-hatred he had for himself. Understand? We are the only family he has and if you don't like it, then that's your problem to sort out."
Then Shiro turned to Kolivan and said, "I'm sorry for what you've witnessed… but we really should get on with the meeting. I'll inform Pidge, Lance, and Keith of our plans later."
Kolivan looked Shiro with a quick gaze. Knew that there would be hardships the second he stepped onto the Castle as well as Keith revealing his lineage, but he didn't know it was going to be this bad.
"You're right, but before we actually put these plans into action, everyone aboard this Castle ship needs to get along, learn to set aside their differences, and learn to care for one another. If anger and bitterness reside in anyone's hearts over something that another cannot control, it will throw us all off balance and destroy everything we've all come to accomplish." Kolivan lectured. "Now, let's begin."