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Chapter 3: Truths and Lies

Castle of Lions

They haven't heard for months. They had begun to worry. The Paladins were concerned as to why Keith never contacted or visited them since the incident. Everyone was in the living quarters sitting down.

"Something's not right.", Shiro said to everyone. "Keith would never do something like this." Lance leaned back in his seat. "He's probably busy with the Blades."

"Even if he's busy, he would at least message us during a little spare time.", Pidge countered. "He's done it before." Everyone else nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, Kolivan and his men entered the room, startling everyone. "My apologies for our sudden appearance. We needed to inform you personally regarding Lotor and his location." Allura stood up from her seat and approached him. "Thank you." She then noticed that Keith was not among them. "Where is Keith?"

Pidge, Lance, Hunk, and Coran all stood up as well. "Yeah. He's usually with you guys."

Frowning, Kolivan shook his head while facing the group. "He won't be joining us. Not right now or ever." Upon hearing these words, Allura became extremely worried. "He was sent to retrieve an artifact for the Blades, but was suddenly killed in a newly formed black hole." That was when the entire room grew silent.

"I am very sorry." Without another word, Allura quietly walked out of the room to be alone. Shiro watched her go before turning to the Blades leader. "Just give her some time alone." Kolivan nodded to him. "Very well. Anyways, about Lotor..."

In her room, Allura was sitting on her bed with tears flowing out of her eyes while the mice sat on either her shoulders or her lap. They were trying to comfort her as best as they could. One even brought her a tissue to wipe her tears away.

Taking the tissue, she started wiping her tears, but couldn't stop crying. "Keith...I can't believe he's gone..." The mice looked at her with sad expressions. "I didn't even tell him..." She continued crying.

Remnant - Mistral at Team RNJR's house - 11:19 PM

In the backyard of the house, Keith was doing push ups while Jaune, Yang, and Weiss were watching quietly. "Keith is training really hard, don't you guys think?" Weiss and Yang simply nodded while watching. Jaune was dumbfounded. "Are you guys even listening?" They both shook their heads, causing him to sigh.

Keith soon stood up on his feet and turned to the group. "I need to train if I'm gonna defend myself here." Ozpin, now controlling Oscar, walked over to the others with Ruby beside him. "Keith is right. He has no other way of returning to his friends. Until we can figure out how, he'll be accompanying us for now."

"The more the merrier.", Ruby said with a smile. Keith simply nodded to him. "So, when will we be visiting this Lionheart guy?" Ozpin shrugged. "I'm not sure. He said that he would be consulting with the High Council about tracking Qrow's sister and her tribe. It shouldn't take too long." Everyone ended up nodding. "For now, let's all get some sleep and wait for what's to come tomorrow."

With that said, Yang, Weiss, and Jaune all stood up and walked inside the house to go rest. It was nearly midnight, so everyone needed to sleep for the night.

Everyone had their own rooms in the house, except for Keith. He was sleeping in the living room on a hammock that Ren had fixed for him so that he wouldn't have to sleep on the couch or the floor. Getting his armor off and leaving himself in a black shirt and pants, he got in the hammock and began drifting off to sleep.

2 hours later...

Keith was tossing and turning in his sleep while grunting in despair. It appeared he was having a nightmare.

He was in a dark space, wearing his armor and his weapon now in hand. He turned to see Allura standing far behind him. "Allura?", he asked. "Why'd you have to leave us?", she asked him. Keith looked at her with a shocked expression. "I didn't..."

Suddenly, a blade was seen sticking out from behind her back and out through her chest. Keith was now in total shock and tears began running down his cheeks from his eyes. "Allura!" Standing behind her holding the blade was Zarkon, whose eyes were glowing a very bright purple. "You're too late..."

Instantly waking up, Keith shot up from his hammock and was now sweating and panting. He quickly wiped the sweat away from his forehead as he turned to see Weiss kneeling beside his hammock. "Are you okay?"

Keith simply stood up on his feet. "Just a bad dream..." Weiss stood up as well as she looked at him. "About what?" Sighing, Keith started walking to the kitchen. "I don't wan't to talk about it..." Weiss looked at the former Paladin with a worried look. "Keith, it's not good to not talk about uncomfortable things. You need to be more open about them."

Sighing, Keith got a glass of water and gulped it down before setting the glass down. "It's about a friend of mine...Allura..."

"Your friend Allura?", she asked him. Keith nodded. "Yeah. I had a dream that...I failed to her..." Staring down at the glass, he had a sad expression. His hands even began to tremble. "I failed my team..."

Seeing this, Weiss quickly moved to his side and pulled him into a hug. "Don't say that." Keith was shocked at the sudden hug, but slowly hugged her back. "Why do you think you failed them?"

After letting her go, Keith sat down in a nearby chair. "I abandoned them." Weiss stood in front of him while listening them. "When I was in space, we fought an intergalactic alien race called the Galra. They are hellbent on controlling every planet in the universe. Voltron was the only one who can stop them." Keith then stared down at his hands, which were still trembling.

"I left the group to join another called the Blade of Mamora, Galra who want to stop the Galra Empire." Weiss became confused. "Why would you do that?"

"Because...I became leader temporarily because our original leader, Shiro, disappeared. When he returned, I tried giving him the leadership back, but he refused, stating that I'm a great leader. But I wasn't. So I focused most of my time with the Blades so that he could bond with the Black Lion again." He then looked away from her. "And it worked."

Unbeknownst to either of them, Oscar was standing behind a wall listening to the conversation. he had a sad expression while listening to them talk. "And to top it of, I...", he continued. "You what?", Weiss asked him.

Taking a deep breath, Keith looked straight at her. "I tried to kill myself." At that moment, both Weiss and Oscar became extremely shocked. "Why?! Why would you throw away your life like that?!"

"Because my friends were in danger!", he yelled. "We were in the midst of a battle and Voltron couldn't figure out a way to defeat our enemies! I thought that if I sacrificed myself by flying my ship into theirs, they would have a chance at survival!" He then stared at the ground as tears formed in his eyes. "But...our enemy Lotor...stopped them before I could...then I realized...that I shouldn't face my old team and Voltron again...so I forced myself away from them...then the Blades betrayed me..."

While crying, Weiss pulled him into another hug and let him cry into her shoulder. "Just let it out..."

Oscar stayed in his hiding place at that moment.

It's best to leave them alone for now, Oscar. Weiss is there to cheer Keith up, so let's not interfere for the night. Nodding, Oscar began walking back to his room.

Sorry for the long wait, everyone! I was trying to figure out how to write this chapter without getting a few people angry. Plus, the last part was the most challenging.

Anyways, I hope you liked it!

See you guys in the next chapter!~