Peter paced around his cell. Shiro and Allura had gone to get their team to listen to Peter's story.
Oh man, what am I going to tell them? 'Half of earth is dead, but don't worry, the guy who killed them probably got away with it!' Would they even believe me? What difference would it make if they did? Are they going to be mad? I sort of attacked them in their own territory. But it's not really my fault, I thought they were bad guys! Are they bad guys? They haven't seriously injured me yet. I mean, Shiro did knock me out, but that was on me. What if-
Peter shook his head, determined to stop worrying. I'm fine, everything's fine!
Shiro, Allura, Coran and the rest of the paladins walked in just in time to see Peter shaking his head and pacing around.
"You okay there kid?" Shiro asked.
Peter turned to face him and realized everyone was staring at him. "O-oh, um, yeah. I'm fine, really great."
"Great. We're going to let you come out of there, okay?"
"Oh, thanks."
Allura was glaring at Shiro, still wary of the boy in the cell. Shiro ignored her and he opened it. Peter walked out and stood awkwardly in front of the group.
"Introduce yourselves. I'll go first. I'm Shiro, the black paladin." Shiro prompted.
"I'm Peter Parker. Spiderman, brand new avenger."
"I'm Coran, the princess' advisor! I help with managing the castle."
"I'm Keith, the red paladin." Keith was glaring at Peter like Allura was.
"I'm Lance, the blue paladin." Lance glanced over at Keith's expression. "Don't mind him, he's always salty. Must be because of the mullet."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I'm Hunk! The yellow paladin." Hunk said, quickly interrupting the brewing fight. "Guys, this our first impression!"
"He attacked us, Hunk. We're past first impressions." The person in green said.
"Oh, right. Nevermind then."
"I'm Pidge. Green paladin."
"Nice to meet you guys. Sorry about earlier, was kinda freaked out. Um, I hope this doesn't sound rude, but why do guys call yourselves 'paladins'?"
"We're the paladins of Voltron! The universe's defenders!" Lance cheered.
"What's Voltron?" Sensing that this was common knowledge, Peter quickly added, "I've been on Earth for my whole life, I have no idea what's been going on in space."
"Oh. Well, you're missing out. Voltron are these giant magical lion ships that connect together and make one giant man ship!" Lance explained, making wild hand gestures.
"So you're paladins of those individual lions? And they're color coded?"
"Yes, exactly!"
"Oh man, that sounds awesome! How do they even work?"
"Well-"
Keith interrupted Lance. "How about we don't tell random strangers how the most powerful weapon in the universe works."
"Hey! That's... a good point." Lance looked sheepishly to the side.
"Anyways, what's an avenger?" Pidge asked.
"How long have you guys been in space?" Peter asked.
"We've only been here for a few months or so."
"But... the avengers have been around for a long time now. Everyone knows who they are. Do you know who Tony Stark and Bruce Banner are?
"Neither of those names ring a bell." All the other paladins agreed with Pidge.
"Mr. Stark is a billionaire, head of Stark Industries! Mr. Banner is one of the most renowned scientists of our generation! They're incredibly famous, not just for being avengers!"
"None of those things are true. I've never heard of them, and I'm an expert in this area. I definitely would know about these guys if they were real, but I don't."
"How is that even possible? Mr. Stark gets mentioned in the news almost every week! Everyone's heard of him at some point!"
Suddenly, Coran appeared next to Peter and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Peter, Allura and I have been discussing this, and I think we have a plausible theory as to why none of these names are recognizable to the paladins. The things you told Shiro didn't align with the other paladins account of their planet earth, yet he felt as though you weren't lying. You, Peter, are perhaps in another reality."
"What?!"
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Author's Note: Sorry for not updating sooner! I had this giant writing project for school and didn't have any free time. I'm going to be really busy with school for a while, but I'm on thanksgiving break now! I promise to write whenever inspiration strikes. Thanks for reading!
