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Celestia walked into the dinning hall the following morning, finding Shiro sitting at the table, while looking at a picture. A mischievous look appeared on her face and she silently walked up to him, peering over his broad shoulder to see the picture better.

"Whatcha doing?" She quickly took a few steps back, laughing as he jumped startled and turned to her.

"Princess!" He breathed. "Please don't do that."

She was laughing. "I'm sorry." She giggled.

Shiro sank back in his chair. "So." He started, gazing up at her. "Did you and Keith talk yet?"

The happy feeling quickly left her. "It was more of a yelling match, but yes." She folds her arms.

Shiro raised an eyebrow. "And?"

"I fed him to the Lions." She answers like it was simple, and is quick to snatch his picture that rested on the table. "What do you mean 'and'?" She showed him the picture. "Who's this?"

Shiro sighed as he ran his human hand along his face. "About his behavior and what he did?" He suggests.

Celestia shrugged. "I'm not happy with him, so that's that." She hands him the picture back. "Who's this?" She repeats the question.

"Her name is Piper." He studies the picture a little longer. "We were suppose to get married."

Celestia sat in the chair next to him. "Suppose to?" She asks gently.

Shiro continues to look at his picture. "Yeah, but my mission to go to Kerberos came up instead."

"So you chose a job over the woman that you're suppose to love?" Celestia questions, her voice a little hard. "Why?"

"That mission meant a lot to me." He puts the picture back in his pocket. "And Piper knew how I felt about it."

"And she was ok with you putting hold on a very special day?"

"Not entirely." Shiro ran a hand through his hair. "But she did accept it." He looks off into the distance. "Keith suggested to just elope, and he'd be a witness."

Celestia blinked. "What's elope?" She asked confused, and he looks at her.

"It means to get married in secret." He explained. "Keith also suggested to just go to a judge."

"What will that part do?"

"That means you don't have to worry about having a big expensive wedding, and you don't have to deal with relitives." Shiro pulled out the picture again to look at it.

Celestia quickly noted that all four corners were starting to fold.

"Piper is one of the doctors at the Galaxy Garrison." Shiro continued. "She didn't want me to go, because I had an illness, and it was in my arm."

Celestia looked down at the table. "So in a way, the Galra saved you."

Shiro looked at his right hand. "Yeah, I guess."

The two were quiet for a little while, then she turned to him. "May I ask you something?"

Shiro looks at her. "Sure."

"There was a marking, like a picture on Keith's chest, the picture looked like a wolf. I-I was too mad at him to ask what it means."

"They're called tattoos." He explained. "It's like art."

"So, you paint your body?" She asks with confusion.

Shiro nods. "In a way, yes." He then stands up. "We should get to the bridge." With that he walked out, Celestia watched him leave.

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The team stood around the bridge, as they figured out their next move. "Ok, look I now know for certain that Zarkon is tracking us through the Black Lion. We have to find some way to stop him."

Pidge looks up at him. "How are we gonna do that?"

"We've never had this situation before." Allura said with a frown. "Two paladins battling for the same lion."

"Well, unless we want Zarkon taking control of Voltron every time we get close.I'll have to forge a new bond with my lion. One that's stronger than his." Shiro comments.

Coran turned to Shiro. "Well, while you're working on that, the rest of us need to find some new teludav lenses otherwise we won't be able to travel via wormhole."

"Is that something we have to mail order?" Hunk asked rubbing his chin.

"Does anyone even make those anymore?" Keith asked Coran.

Allura looks at them. "I don't know. Only a few Alteans could use the teludav 10,000 ago. They may not exist anymore." She huffs.

Coran pulled on his mustache, lost in thought. "I think I may know where we can get some." He moves over to his station and brought up some images of a humaniod species that had four arms.

Allura folds her arms. "Coran! You're not suggesting going to one of those filthy swap moons! The last time you went, those space pirates took you for everything you had." She scolded.

"Space pirates?" Lance asked, as Coran enlarged the images. The Unilu were traders and pirates that roamed the galaxies and dealt in black market goods. Umvy spice, by-tor water, little bottles of infinity vapor. Of course, you had to bargain. No one could bargain like the Unilu. Last time, I ended up giving away three quarters of my shipment of lango in exchange for a used pogo oscillator."

Allura laughed a little. "Father was not pleased about that."

Lance then stepped closer to her. "Well, while Coran is picking up his lenses I'll take you shopping for something sparkly."

Coran suddenly popped up between Lance and Allura, leaning over Lance with his hands balled into fists. "This isn't shopping! You're not wandering around saying "Oooo What a lovely pink hat! This is so becoming." No! I can't allow Allura to get anywhere near those filthy, lowballing Unilu hoodlums."

Allura smiled at him, then laced her fingers together under her chin. "But I'd love something sparkly."

Coran shook his head. ""Look, you're the only one who can operate the Castle. You need to be resting, after all you've been through. Now, let's ready a pod for our mission."

Allura's shoulders sagged in defeat.

Coran started walking out of the bridge. "We need to get in find the scaultrite lenses, and just get out."

"Shotgun!" Lance yelled, running out after the Altean man.

"What? No, you have to be in the pod bay to call shotgun!" Hunk yelled as he ran after the Blue Paladin.

Lance stopped at the door, and turned to face him. "Since when?"

"Uhh since forever? That's shotgun etiquette! I wrote the book."

Pidge ran after the two, Keith sighed as he walked after all three.

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"Hello? Back passengers? Can you hear me?" Coran's voice came from the back of a pod where Keith, Pidge, Hunk, and Celestia sat in. Hunk not happy with his arms folded.

"Oh, it's so comfy up here. Extra leg-room, heated seats! Oh, man!" Lance's bragging came next, causing Hunk's mood to sour even more.

"Stupid Lance. Stupid shotgun."

"Now, these swap moons are very dangerous environments. So be on your toes. No weapons or communication devices of any kind! Also, I've brought along some disguises." Coran's voice called to them.

The four look up at the speaker in confusion.

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Once the pod had landed, Coran insisted that the team wear the disguises before entering. But once they entered, the place looked like a regular mall that they have back home.

"Coran? This Unilu swap meet looks an awful lot like a regular mall." Pidge comments, while the others look around.

The Altean man looked around. "It does seem to be a little cleaner than I remember. Still, be vigilant. The Unilu are cut-throat wheeler-dealers. So keep your hands on your coin satchels."

Hunk reached into his pockets and pulled them inside out. "My satchels are empty."

"Good."

"Let's just get this over with." Keith was slowly starting to lose it.

Coran nods. "Yes, right. Everyone, let's fan out, search the area for teludav lenses. We'll meet by the giant ticking clock here in one vaga. Don't be late, and try to blend in."

Once Coran rounded a corner, the Paladins pulled off their disguises and dumped them in the nearby trashcan, then slip up.

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Celestia smiled as she wandered through the mall. Walking up to a store, she walked inside.

"Hello dear." An alien, who resembled a cat, greeted.

Celestia smiled. "Hi." She looked around.

"Can I help you with anything?" The alien asked.

Celestia walked up to the counter. "Do you have any picture frames? And lockets?"

"I do have a few frames." The alien nods thoughtfully. He then moves to a counter and Celestia follows. "How big of a picture are you thinking?"

Celestia thought about it and gave off how big with her hands. The alien nods.

"Then you'll want one of these." He picked a frame up and gave it to the Princess. "And you wanted lockets?"

Celestia nods. "Yes. If you have any."

"I have a few." The alien leads her back to the counter, as the alien walks behind the counter she opens the glass case and reaches for a tray. "Here we are!"

"These are all really pretty!" Celestia smiles as she admires the jewelry.

Suddenly Keith comes running in, he looked like he was being chased.

"Keith!" Celestia watches as he catches his breath, he blinks and looks around as he quickly took note of where he had run into.

"Oh, hey." He calmly walks over to her.

"What happened?" She asks as he walks over to her side.

"Nothing, why?"

She shrugs. "No reason." She links her arm through his, causing him to look at her, as far as he knew she was still angry with him. "Ooooh, I like this one!" She points to a locket.

"Oh, that's a rare one indeed!" The alien behind the counter, picked it up and held it out to her.

Keith watched as Celestia put the locket up to her chest like she was going to put it on, she turned to him. "What do you think?" She asked with a smile.

Keith stared. "On you? Stunning."

She smiled with a blush. "But I'm just browsing." Her blush fades as she turns back around to give back the locket. "I'll just get this."

After paying for the picture frame, Keith watched as she walked out of the store.

"She's very pretty, you're very lucky young man." The alien smiled at Keith. "A pretty lady needs a pretty necklace, don't you think?" He asks Keith, who turns to him.

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After sometime, Celesita walked around a corner as she drank from a mug, when she finished she tossed it into a trashcan. Then suddenly someone grabbed her and swung her over their shoulder.

"Whoa! Hey! Put me down!" She cried.

"Sorry, Princess!" Hunk apologized as he ran, Keith ran next to him. "Big scary security guy!"

"Security?" Celestia blinked as she realized she was over Hunk's shoulder and she was fine. She pushed her hair out of her face. "What?" She then saw a fat Galra security guard on a hoverboard, chasing them. "Oh."

They rounded a few more corners and started to pass a store that Pidge and Lance just walked out of a cow. The two looked at their friends in confusion as they ran, Celestia still over Hunk's shoulder.

"Time to get moving, guys!" Hunk told him as he past the two.

"Security's on our tail!" Keith added. The Galra guard then saw Pidge and Lance.

"There's the rest of the crew!"

Pidge and Lance quickly ran after their friends, while Lance pulled Kaltenecker behind them. The team panted as they ran.

Lance then jumped onto the cow's back, reaching down he grabbed Pidge by the hand and pulled her up behind him. "Everyone hop on Kaltenecker!"

Hunk lowered Celestia and placed her on the cow. "Did you buy a cow?" He hoped on behind Celestia, then helped Keith.

"It was free with a purchase!" Pidge replied.

The Paladins screamed as they flew the hoverboard down the escalator, and continued to scream as they flew down a hall. Pidge saw Coran walk out of a store. "There he is!"

The cow flew towards Coran.

"We gotta go, Coran!" Keith told him.

The Altean help the Scaultrite. "I got the scaultrite lenses!" He said with pride, before he reached for Keith's outstretched hand.

The security guard continued to chase them, until they reached the exit hallway and the guard stopped.

"Lance! Look out!" Celestia cried when Lance, who saw that, snagged the oppertunity to stand up.

"Oh, so you can't follow us outside, huh?" Lance taunted the guard, and turned only to get his face hit by a low beam and he the blue Paladin fell off Kaltenecker, and the team stopped.

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Once back in the Castle Of Lions, the team walked into the bridge, Coran running ahead of them as he happily announces. "We got our lenses!"

Allura stands up from the platform with two different hairstyles. "Excellent! Now, we can get the teludav up and running."

Keith looked around. "Where's Shiro?" No sooner had he asked,, the door behind them opened to reveal the Black Paladin walking in.

Allura stared at him. "What did you do? Take a nap?"

Shiro walked up to Keith's side with a look of amusement as he looked at her. "not exactly." He then turned to Lance and the cow. "Is that a cow?"

"Mm-hmm, his name is Kaltenecker." Lance grinned as Kaltenecker mooed at Shiro, who made a WTF face.

Celestia folds her arms. "Lance, your cow is a girl."

He blinks. "What? No."

Hunk rapidly nods. "Yes!"

"Totally is!" Pidge added.

Keith chooses to ignore Lance and turn to Shiro. "So, did you find a way to bond with your lion?"

"Yes." Shiro nods. "And we need to get moving. We're headed for the Blade of Marmora's headquarters."

Coran turns to run for his panel. "I'll plot of course!"

Pidge couldn't contain her excitement. "While you're doing that, I'm gonna hook up the video game Lance and I bought."

Lance was quick to join her as she opened the gaming box. "Yeah! Let's get this baby set up."

Pidge looked around, looking for a place to hook up the game. "Where can we." She stopped herself as she stared at the cord in her hand. "How do?" Realization struck her hard. "NOOOOOOOO!"

Celestia grabbed Shiro's arm and pulled him out of the bridge and out in the hall.

"Are you ok?" He asked with worry.

"I'm fine." She smiled, and pulled out the bag she was holding. "Here, this might help."

"What's this?" Shiro asked as he reached into the bag and pulled out the picture frame.

"I hope you like it." Celestia put her hands behind her back. "I noticed that the corners of your picture have been folded in."

Shiro smiled. "Thank you Princess."