Hi everyone! So I have been out of the Voltron fandom for so long but I remembered how much I love Matt Holt. So I created this story. This fanfic is going to be mainly a series of noncanon events. I will keep the overall plot line of the show, the characters and the settings but alot of things will be changed. I am sort of ignoring the characters ages and any specifics about science and space in an attempt to not sound ignorant and in hopes of creating certain relationships between characters. This story will also be oc focused.

I do not own Voltron Legendary Defender if I did Adam would be alive.

Nova was used to being an outsider at school. The private academies her parents had enrolled her in were designed for biologist or chemists or anyone preparing for the medical field. Those prestigious schools had left her with a few friends and a lot of anatomy notes. Despite sharing the same classes with the same people for 12 years, she felt more comfortable stepping into the entrance of the Galaxy Garrison than any other school she attended. Dozens of scientific minds gathered around, looking at rolling creations that hoped to go into space. She noticed a group of young kids, maybe 10 years old, who were watching an older student giving his machine commands and cheering when they were executed. Nova found herself walking towards the crowd until her mother's shrill voice cut through the noise.

"Where do we go?" Her mother's harsh voice cut through her daydream as she searched for the orientation desk. Nova had been leading her family through the crowded hallways of her new school, aware of her parents' irritation and her younger sisters disinterest. She tried not to let their probably anger faces phase her.

"Over here." She pointed to a tent in front of her future dorm building. All the suitcases and clothes had luckily fit in the large bin provided by the campus so Nova only had a little bit of difficulty plotting a course to get through the number of families surrounding hers. She winced as the crate got close to this one man but she was luckily able to maneuver it away.

"Hi." She greeted quietly as her family followed her to the desk. Her mother, father and sister stood behind her like her own personal entourage.

"Hello! Welcome to Jacobs Hall! Can I have your name for your room." After giving the girl her name Nova held the key to her future in her hands.

"It's up here." She motioned down the hall to her family as they gave her unimpressed looks but followed her regardless.

When Nova applied to the Galaxy Garrison her main reason was to get away from her family. Sure she loved space and always wanted to feel the vast nothingness of the cosmos but she also wanted to do something her parents thought was wrong for her. Looking back her application had been the result of an impulsive decision fueled by her mother's most recent rant about the importance of being a surgeon, a career that Nova had no interest in. Nova was the one who wanted to be an astronaut rather than a doctor, so when the Garrison started sending out applications to their emailing list Nova signed right up. She had been lucky that the top grades required for a doctor where also needed to be admitted into the Garrison. She guessed she owed a thanks to her parents.

In her family she had always been the odd one out. She was the dreamer in a family of realists and that was obvious to anyone who saw them. She even looked different from them. Her sister shared her mother's pale blonde hair and bright blue eyes. Her father's light brown was shades lighter than Nova's rich brown color. They were all so serious which was opposite of Nova's constant curiosity of the world, which led her to stop during walks to look around while her family kept walking. She did admire them though, nothing ever stood in their way.

"Make sure you let me know what you're up to." Nova nodded at her mother who was looking down at her oldest daughter. "And if there's anytime you want to come home and try nursing we'll support you." There it was. Nova looked over at her father, who held his wife's shoulder, nodding at his daughter and she looked to her sister, who was smiling down at her phone.

"Got it."

The goodbye itself was unemotional. Nova's sister hugged her, telling her that she'd miss her older sister, her father gave her a pat on the back and her mother just nodded.

She had met Matt and Shiro almost immediately after her parents and sister left. It was a nice change from her statue like family to the two people who'd make her life fun. Before her family left she had been given some last pieces of advice: she wouldn't make friends dressed like a slob and to make sure her hair was neat and her makeup wouldn't run. They helped her unpack, met her roommate Lauren and had enough time to talk to Iverson before heading back. They had loved her roommate with her shiny hair and rich vocabulary, even she shared a striking resemblance to her sister. By the time they left Nova felt like an intruder in a touching family moment seeing her mother's open acceptance of Lauren.

She met Shiro first, physically running into him as she scurried away from a group of girls who looked like they had nothing better to do then tease her on her frizzy hair or her freckles.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" She said, looking up in utter embarrassment to see a tall, Asian boy smiling down at her.

"Hey. It's okay. You were just over excited. New school, huh?"

"Yeah. And the fact I was trying to hide from these girls who looked like they'd eat my insecurities for breakfast." Nova tended to ramble when she was embarrassed, an unfortunate event given that it caused her even more embarrassment.

"Well if they bug you let me know. I'm Takashi Shirogane but you can call me Shiro." He held out his hand. Nova hesitated for a moment, unsure what to do.

" I'm Nova Larsen." She shook his hand. She smiled as Shiro welcomed her to the school. He explained the first year dorms and how he had spent the summer in a prestigious internship for the Garrison so if she had any questions he was the person to ask.

" See you around." He nodded at Nova as she waved.

"Bye"

Okay maybe if she made one friend she could get through this. If Shiro, a complete stranger, was kind to her maybe others would too. Everyone was new here, how hard could it be to make friends. This was what she wanted right. To do something extraordinary. She went back to her dorm where her roommate had already invited someone over.

"Hi. I'm Sarah." She was a tall blonde with bright blue glasses and matching eyes. She looked like her sister too.

"Hey. I'm Nova" She responded, quickly straightening up the area of her desk that was already full of welcome papers.

"Wow. Great name. So what are you here for?"

"Engineering. But I'm looking for a pilots position." It was a monotonous answer but one that Nova liked quoting.

"Wow. That's cool. I'm in communications." Nova was just about to reply when her roommate interjected.

"Hey Sarah, we should go." Lauren started dragging her away as she ignored her roommate.

"Nice to meet you Nova. There is a freshman meet and greet in the library if you want to come." Nova wished she missed Lauren's incredulous look.

"I'll think about it."

Nova waved goodbye and started re-organizing her room. Everything was set up in precise lines which Nova didn't think represented the chaos of her life.

There was a knock at the door. Nova assumed it was either an RA or that Lauren had locked herself out. She got up to get the door only to find a short, brown haired boy standing in front of her.

"Hey. I'm Matt Holt. I live just down the hall and I was introducing myself to all the rooms."

"I'm Nova." She replied slowly, unsure how to respond.

"Cool name. Is your roommate here?"

"No. She went out to the freshman welcome thing. Her name is Lauren by the way. If you see someone on this floor you don't recognize."

He smiled at her and there was a brief silence between them as the two stood awkwardly in front of each other. " Are you going to go to the freshman thing?" He asked, Nova couldn't be sure if he was mocking her disinterest or not.

Nova wasn't sure. Her idea of a fun time was staying in her room, watching netflix. But she knew if she wanted to survive the school she had to make friends. "Probably. I don't know anyone here."

"Cool. Want to come with me?"

During the walk to the library they engaged in the mandatory small talk. She learned that he had a sister, Katie who he called Pidge and a dog Bae Bae. He told her how much smarter Pidge was than him and how it was her dream to go here too. He told her about the time when Pidge was being picked on for her intelligence leading to a discussion about what is valued in society.

Nova mostly listened. Matt was so enthusiastic she almost didn't need to say anything. She did mention her sister and her parents wish for her to be in the medical field. And at the mention of Bae Bae she brought up how cats are better. And she's had one named Barry for ten years.

"Wow. I bet he misses you now."

"Probably. I'm the only one he actually liked."

They made it to the mixer only to be bombarded with fellow students questioning them on everything. Nova saw Lauren and Sarah and gave an awkward wave only to have them ignore her. Matt quickly started talking to everyone. He had mentioned how in high school he was ostracized for his intelligence. "I'm not bragging," he had said. "but I focused more on science than sports so it paid off." Nova felt a little awkward following him around the whole night but he didn't seem to mind. She was able to meet at least a dozen people she had conversations with. That being said it wasn't a very large school and the forty in their grade would spend the next few years in all the same classes but she was already starting to feel like she belonged here. She fell asleep knowing that the impulsive decision that caused her to attend the Galaxy Garrison was the right one and she was ready to explore the world.