Disclaimer: I do not own anything that deals with Voltron. I did make up a few characters though.

Does anyone know nanny's real name? And if not can anyone give me any ideas?

I can not do Sven's accent at all. I am sorry. Please use your imaginations.

It is going to be a while for Romelle and a few others to show up. I am just going to stick with who I have introduced so far.

And I am going to have it where Keith's ancestors are not from Arus, but Japan.

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Princess Allura sat at a small stool bench at her vanity while her lady in waiting, Adele, finished putting a pink ribbon that matched the princesses frilly dress and slippers on her left pigtail. The hair were going down her shoulders in ringlets of a banana curl.

Allura then stood up. She then shook out her heavy, cumbersome dress and smoothed it down.

"How do I look?" Allura asked her lady in waiting.

"Every inch a princess, your majesty." Adele replied.

"Then, let's go." Allura signaled for her and Larmina, who had just finished with Trinity's help, to go down to dinner.

After they left, "Adele?"

"Yes Trinity."

"I know they look pretty. But they look like little girls playing the part of royalty. With the both of them wearing pigtails and ruffles and ribbons."

Adele was about to say something, then thought better of it shook her head and sighed, "You are right. That is why I am hoping meeting those young men will do them both good."

"What do you mean?"

"They will want to grow up after meeting the young men."

"I see. You are hoping they will see that it is ok for them to expand their minds and stop being so dependant on others."

"If they could make their own choices, it would be better."

"No more pigtails but grown up hairdos and better fashions instead of ancient hoop skirts and frills. They will probably even start wearing makeup as well. At least a little bit."

"That would be a good start. Although nanny and Coran will both probably argue with them about makeup no matter how little."

"Hopefully they will both grow up a bit."

"If they stand up to nanny and Coran."

Trinity shivered, "With nanny, there will be trouble. I think she likes using them as her dolls to play dress up with."

"You are right about that. She is too traditional."

"She will not let them change without a fight."

"But I think Coran will probably be more willing to let them change."

"If anyone knows that change will be forthcoming it will be Coran."

"He will be their best supporter for change. With clothes anyway."

Both maids started cleaning up the room by putting the girls clothes away. Chatting about different subjects first and foremost the new young guests that were staying in the castle.

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At the bottom of the stairs, the guys who were wearing their formal dress clothes of the academy they had packed. They were waiting with Coran who invited them to eat dinner with him, nanny, Dr. Gorma and the royal family.

Coran was running through a few rules when it came to royalty.

"…and remember when their royal majesties arrive…." Coran was cut off.

"I do not think we will be having a state dinner, Coran."

Every body's eyes followed the soft voice at the top of the staircase. A beautiful young preadolescent girl and gorgeous teenage girl were standing at the top of the stairs.

The soft torch lights played across their faces and the glow gave them a luminosity look on their skins. The dresses and hairdos made them look exceedingly young, though. While Allura's hair looked like spun gold and Larmina's looked like an intense red flame.

Coran smiled, "You are right, Princess Allura."

Allura smiled and walked gracefully down the stairs as did Larmina who followed her. "Is everything ready for dinner?" She held out her right hand and Coran kissed it. As he did the same to the grand duchess.

"Yes it is. And I also took the honor of making up a seating chart as well, your highness."

"Thank you Coran." Coran then extended his right arm to the princess who took it.

"Commander Kogane, could you please escort Grand Duchess Larmina into the dinning room?"

Keith gave a slight bow to Larmina and extended his right arm. "It will be an honor Grand Duchesses Larmina."

Larmina gave a slight bow and took Keith's arm, "Thank you, kind sir."

"Sven, Hunk walk in behind us and Pidge and Lance you may bring up the rear." The others fell into line.

"Just what I want to be. The caboose." Lance sighed quietly.

"Patience, Lance. Good things come to those who wait." Pidge advised his friend.

"I am not known for being patient."

"Trust me, Lance, everybody knows that."

"Thanks, Pidge."

"I mean, think about it. All it takes is one meeting and people know how your attitude is."

"Ya don't say."

"You are too blunt at times."

"Well, my friend, you are too logical at times."

"And proud of it."

"That is exactly how I feel about myself. And no one is going to change me."

Pidge laughed, "Something will happen. And it will probably be a girl that changes you."

Lance chuckled, "Don't count on it."

"Want to make a bet?"

"What did you have in mind?" Pidge just grinned.

Once inside the dinning room, Pidge and Lance were seated at the very end of the table. With two of the guards and a general and the captain of the guards seated between them and the others.

"Coran did it on purpose, right."

"What?" Lance asked.

"The seating arrangement."

"Of course he did, his attitude and job is to protect their royal highnesses."

"But why us? He doesn't even know us."

"Think. He is also a diplomat and can read people like Keith likes to read his books. He saw what I am like and made a judgment call about me,"

"In short he has intuition like you do."

"I prefer to call it gut instincts and a healthy dose of common sense."

"No offense Lance, you I can understand," Pidge trudged on, "But what did I do? I am a scientist and would not do anything to anyone, I mean I have my computers and my training."

"In two words the grand duchesses."

"What?"

"You are probably the closest in age to her and just right for a crush to develop."

"But I would never…"

"Not you, her…"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Dude you seriously need to get away from the computers and the gym."

"Why? I mean I have been out on dates before."

"But you don't stay out long enough."

"The girls I dated were boring."

"Pidge…"

"I mean seriously boring. All they want to talk about is girl stuff. The closest that some of them talking about something that I actually liked was all music related." Pidge grinned, "Actually my best date was at and after a concert when we finished our second year at the academy."

"Pidge, women actually like talking about girl stuff."

"You talk about that stuff with them."

"How do you think I always end up in their beds."

"Well I am no virgin but still…"

"It was at the concert or after it right?"

Pidge grinned even more. "It was two years ago and boy did we have fun."

"Way to go Pidge! Who was she? What was she like? Does she have an older sister?"

"Not telling you. But she has older brothers. But the things that girl can do." Pidge got a distant look in his eyes, "Unfortunately she is engaged."

The captain of the guards leaned over and whispered, "Coran is going to take a sword and run you both through if you keep those conversations like that going."

"Oh, I see they want to keep them as innocent as can they can." Pidge came up with.

"Him and nanny both want to keep both of their royal highnesses in the dark as much as possible. And McClain you are right,"

"Call me Lance."

"OK, Lance, the Grand Duchesses will be crushing on you, Stoker, before too long."

"Please call me Pidge. It is logical though since I am nearest in age to her. And everybody else is too old for her tastes."

"I wouldn't call twenty old, Pidge."

"I mean come on, almost what, ten years difference. To her you guys are ancient."

"Her grace is going to turn twelve in a couple of months."

"She doesn't look that old. Must be the dress and how her hair is styled."

"Better not let nanny hear you say that. She was the one who obtained and sewed those dresses and insists on the hairdos."

"Poor girls don't even have a chance. I feel sorry for them on their marriage nights as well as their husbands."

"You are blunt aren't you."

"I tell it like it is."

"You, nanny and Coran are going to but heads."

"That's what I am here for."

"But I have too much to do than to try and date anyone." Pidge sighed and Lance shook his head while rolling his eyes.

Pidge really needed to relax and enjoy his time as a teenager. Lance really did not want him turning into another Keith Kogane. The poor guy was too uptight. That was the majority of his problems.

"Don't worry, old rusted hairpins will not let anything happen."

"Old rusted hairpins? Who's that?" Lance asked aloud.

Nanny slammed down a casserole, "Enjoy."

Apparently she heard the nick name and knew who referred to her as that. She glared at the captain of the guard then left turned and stalked to her seat at the front of the table, mumbling something about barbarians.

"That's who." The captain started filling his plate.

"I am very much well going to have some fun riling her." Lance smiled as he started filling his plate as well. Not to mention making plans as well.

"I am so going to join you. I mean you can not have all of the fun." Pidge picked up a roll and bit into it.

Pidge got a look in his eyes. Him and Lance looked at each other and grinned. They were going to have fun at her expense.

"Do I even want to know?" The captain asked. "Then again, tell me."

"We were both known as THE practical jokers of the academy." Pidge announced with pride, taking a bite out of the casserole.

"Everyone there was fair game to play jokes on."

"And he means everyone."

"I have a feeling with the both of you here, it will not be boring around here anymore." The captain stated. He was really going to look forward to this. If the guys were legitimate, that is. "Miscounting when we get attacked. But that is shear terror."

"With all of the surprises that we brought, the Drules are defiantly going to be the ones that will be feeling shear terror." Pidge explained.

"You will get to see all of the supplies and new weaponry that we will be using against them. Not to mention you and your men will be trained to use them as well. " Lance just gave a very hateful grin.

The captain looked at both of them. Pidge smiled and got a hard look in his eyes but it was Lance's expression on his face made shivers go down his spine.

"I have seen looks like that before on people out for revenge, what happened?"

"I am from Balto. So you know they destroyed my home."

"At a reunion on Draden when the massacre happened I was eight, I was also the only survivor of my family. Do you know what it is to see your family cut down in front of you?"

"Yes, I do. They attacked and killed off the village where my family and friends lived at. I was not there, but I had to help with clean up."

"Then you know exactly what I am feeling and what I must do."

"Then the both of you are more than welcomed." They were going to be the perfect soldiers for Arus. The captain could tell.

Up at the beginning of the table well away from were Pidge and Lance were located, Allura, Larmina, Coran, nanny, Dr. Gorma, Keith, Sven and Hunk were all having a very good time.

Hunk could not stop praising nanny's cooking skills. Which made nanny like him even more. And then she found out that he happened to be a chef as a hobby. They conversed about what was the best way to cook and what ingredients to use with what dish as well as what wine to pair with each course.

The conversation was polite and the food was good. And for Coran and nanny, the potential troublemakers were away from the girls. At least these young men were gentlemen to the highest degrees.

They talked about the weather, classical music, good food and history. The conversations were light and the young men were witty and charming. Nanny even approved of them.

Seeing that Lance and Pidge were done eating, Keith gave them an order, "McClain and Stoker, since you both have apparently finished, get your uniforms back on and start patrolling the castle and check on its defenses and start brainstorming some ideas to increase it's defense and report back to me tomorrow."

"He did not just seriously treat us like we are strangers?" Pidge asked.

"Dismissed."

"He did." Lance shook his head.

"Come on, I will take you on the tour of the defenses of the castle." The captain offered.

"Thanks, uh…."

"Jase. Call me Jase."

"You know what, Jase. Forget changing, let's just get to it."

"You both are sure?"

"Positive." Pidge replied.

"Shall we get started then?" Lance asked.

On their way out, "We have so many new forms of technology and we brought three huge generators with us."

"We can use everything that you brought."

"Computers and technology is great, Pidge. But I have a few ideas that are easy to prepare and do not need electricity."

"Traps, you mean." Pidge answered.

"That is such a base term to use."

"What would you call them?"

"The use of the land to our advantage." Lance grinned.

"I almost forgot that you were first in our class with sniper skills."

"I prefer to call 'em survivor skills. Besides survivor and sniper are different from each other. I could go on, but I won't."

Pidge rolled his eyes. Lance was deadly enough with the use of a gun and hand to hand, but the enemy was in for a rough time of it when he used his other skills. He happened to be merciless when it came to fighting.

His Celtic ancestors would be more than proud of his ability, but so would the Viking ancestors of Sven. Put those two together against Drules, no mercy would be showed. Thanks to their personal losses they shared because of the Drules.

He was not only a scientist but a very good ninja as well, Keith's ancestors were the samurai of ancient Japan and Hunk was in football since he was a kid and could fight with no sweat and walk away without a scratch.

But add them all together and no Drule attack could succeed. They were just going to rig the game in their favor, though just for kicks and screams. They kicking while the Drules would be screaming.

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The next morning after a meeting with Keith, Coran, Jase, the general and a few of their army leaders, the team was divided up into two groups. Hunk and Pidge set to work on the castle defenses or to start the generators and the computer and lasers they were setting up. Outside further away from the castle Lance and Sven started to design the outer defenses or traps as Pidge liked to call them around the castle. With Jase and a few of the soldiers also helping them out.

While working with Lance, Jase found out that he really liked him and started to see that he could be a friend and he was just getting to know Sven the resident Viking, as Lance called. While Sven called him a southern Celt.

When they were on break, Jase asked what they meant Lance and Sven just grinned.

"They were our ancestors." Sven explained.

"The Vikings were pirates." Lance explained.

"Raiders." Sven corrected Him. "But his ancestors were the terror that scared even the Romans."

"Romans?"

"Bloodthirsty people like the Drules who were after an empire. They evidently did not like my ancestors. Either of our ancestors really." Lance got a mischievous look in his eyes.

Sven grinned as well. "Rome felt it was best not to attack either of their lands."

Lance grinned, "Wonder why. Although they did attack one part of my ancestors and got sent packing. Rome built a huge wall to keep my ancestors away from them."

All of the other soldiers around them were giving them weird looks. Lance and Sven both grinned at each other and started back to work.

Two hours later, they finally made their way back to the castle. "Just in time to hear Hunk pronounce 'Let there be light.' And for the first time in a long time, no torch light was needed to light up the castle that night.

Earlier that day Keith, Pidge and Hunk as well as a few soldiers just finished putting up a basic computer system and laser weapons system up. Just in time too. Lotor was soon to 'come' for his bride. With only a small fleet of a flag ship only to be in for a very nasty surprise.

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I have decided to break this up into two parts. Hope that you liked.

And I made reference in one part to a wall to keep the Celts out. It was called Hadrian's Wall built by the Roman General Hadrian.