Hey, sorry it's taken so long to update, my computer isn't connecting to wifi for some reason. Also I've been busy with life. Again, the basic storyline was provided by nine1775, so thanks. If you have a specific scene you want to see happen, contact me. (You will eventually find out why Lana is so fragile. Also her past) I'm sorry for throwing Romelle and Krolia in without a proper introduction, I'll work on that. Also I'm not really describing things incredibly detailed for a reason, it's easier (and probably better) for you guys to use your imagination instead of me writing it.

Katara

She could tell right away that something was up. Lana slept in a lot more than usual and Zuko was quiet. Zuko showed the paladins where they could train, the platform in the center of the city, and went to check on Lana. Aang worked on his and Firbending while Sokka and Lance sparred. Once Lance has beaten Sokka a couple times, they let someone else use the space and talked. When Lana and Zuko appeared, around midday, Lana was leaning on her bō.
"Guys, we need to talk," Lana said.
Zatara traded a look with Zuko and Aang, was she really going to tell them? The paladins circled around Lana, mixing in with the Gaang. Romelle, Coran, and Krolia crowded around too. Shiro was trying to make lunch using some recipes and he hadn't blown anything up yet, so Katara assumed he was okay.
"What is it?" Allura broke the silence.
"I think I can trust you, so I'm telling you something I probably shouldn't. My bending never went away, I can still Lighbend and Shadowbend," Lana said, fidgeting with the edge of her dress, "also there's a cave that might have more information about the Shadow Clan."
It didn't take too long to get to the cave that Lana was talking about. It was large enough that Shiro could walk through, and Katara was glad. Allure had gone back to get Shiro and returned with him close behind beer holding something burnt. Apparently Allura had filled Shiro in about Lana's bending, because he wasn't too surprised when Lana opened her palm and a small, spinning circle of light appeared. Lana walked in front with Zuko with flame in hand. Behind them were Toph, Shiro and Pidge. Katana caught Shiro saying something about his arm and there was dead silence when Toph announced she was blind. Pidge went crazy, asking Toph how she used her Earthbending and if anyone had tried fixing it. While Pidge and Toph traded answers and Shiro listened, Sokka and Lance were laughing. Katara heard something about alien girlfriends and Yue. She smiled, of course they would get along. She looked for Keith and found him. He was next to Lance and every once in awhile, he opened his mouth like he wanted to say something. Aang touched her shoulder, letting her know she'd fallen behind a little. She and Aang were in the back, behind Allura, Coran, Romelle, and Krolia. Romelle ran up to Lana and Zuko, which was a bad idea, and attached herself to Zuko's arm. Lana scowled and the lights in her hand spun even more furiously than before. Zuko looked at Romelle for another minute then turned back to Lana, continuing their conversation.
"Is she always like this?" Katara asked.
Allura turned and smiled, "No, Keith and Krolia rescued her from a not-so-good colony of other Altaens. The colony was run by a Galra, Lotor."
Katara gave her a confused look, sometimes the paladins were so strange. Lana's light went out for a moment then flickered back, illuminating a split in their path. There were three paths; one was blocked by rocks, one was dark, and the last one was illuminated by something out of sight. Ahead of Katara, Pidge adjusted her glasses.
"Which way do we take?" Sokka asked.
"That depends," Lana said, "what does the path on the left look like?"
"The one on the left is the path blocked," Zuko muttered.
Lana turned her head, just slightly, not enough for anyone else to notice.
"We'll take that one," Lana said, pointing to the left tunnel.

Lance

Sometimes he wondered if Lana was stupid. She wanted to take the hardest route, not the one that was dark or lit. The one filled in with boulders.
Toph broke away from her conversation from Pidge and moved next to Lana.
"Why should we listen to her anyway?" Lance groaned.
Sokka thought about that for a minute, "Well, she did grow up here."
Lance shut up and watched Toph and Aang Earthbend the boulders. They moved to the side, blocking off the exit from where the group had entered.
"Why'd they do that?" Lance asked, on the edge of freaking out.
"Because now no one else can get in," Keith muttered.
Lance scowled, annoyed. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Lana and Sokka exchanging a look. Lana looked like she was suppressing a smile, that alone made Lance nervous.
"Let's keep going," Keith growled and stalked forward.
Lana and Zuko moved in front again to lead and Lance could hear them talking quietly. Pidge walked faster and caught up to them and talked with them. Lance heard the word "captain" and "Galra." He assumed that Pidge was explaining the Galra ranking. Romelle was now pestering Toph with questions. Shiro, Katara, and Allura were complaining about listening skills and common sense. Krolia and Coran were talking about moving the castle closer, so that the paladins could run some drills and the Gaang could explore. They might even be able to help fix some stuff that had been damaged in a recent battle. Lance scowled and moved closer to the wall, accidentally bumping into Keith.
"Watch it," Keith muttered, less aggressive than usual.
Lance moved away from Keith and focused more on keeping pace with Sokka.
"Hey, you okay?" Lance asked seeing the look on Sokka's face.
Sokka looked up startled and wiped the look off his face, "I'm fine."
Lance opened his mouth to respond, but Lana interrupted him with a "Watch out!"
Everyone ducked and something wooshed over their heads. Lance looked up and saw Lana pressed against the wall, glowing. She threw up her hands in a stop gesture, and did something with her legs that Lance couldn't see. He heard a thunk and saw that another projectile had come at Lana, but had hit an invisible wall instead.
"It's safe," Lana said, still holding up the Shadow shield.
Two more thunks. Lana continued moving forward with the shield, more like a wall, protecting them from more projectiles. Everyone else was moving now, getting to their feet and moving forward. As Lana rounded an unseen corner, Lance helped Keith to his feet. They continued their walk, more turns, more flying things, two spike traps. Now with most of the Gaang leading, they rounded another corner and the cave opened into a huge room.

Shiro

The room was almost full. Old papers that probably hadn't seen the sun in forever, crystals, books, furniture, weapons, and a few random articles of clothing. The group filed in, oddly quiet. Lana stepped forward and brushed her finger tips against a desk. When something didn't embed itself in her head, the rest of the Gaang inched forward.
"Is that all the traps they had?" Lance scoffed, "anyone could have made it through!"
Lana whirled around, facing Lance with a disgusted expression on her face, "You littl-"
Allura put her arms between Lana and Lance, "I'm sure Lance didn't mean to-"
"But he did!" Lana yelled, she stabbed Lance's chest, "this is all the valuables that the Shadow Clan could find while they were being attacked! How could you! Try having thirty seconds to choose one thing from your house, to save for future generation, while being attacked!"
Lance stepped back, stumbling into Keith, "Okay, okay, you made your point."
Zuko grabbed Lana's shoulder, holding her back.
"How about we just look at what is left and see if we can use it?" Aang suggested, his voice shaking a little.
Poor kid. Earlier, Aang had told the paladins that he was the Avatar. That meant that he had to kill Fire Lord Ozai before the summer was over. That on top of keeping the Gaang in line, it was surprising that the kid hadn't given up yet. Lana snarled something under her breath that earned her a look from Katara. Zuko directed Lana over to a corner with weapons and Lana sat down, shoulders shaking.
"Hey, Sokka," Zuko whispered, turning around, "can you help Lana? I'm not too good at making people feel better."
Sokka smirked and headed over. The group split up, making sure that Lana and Lance were as far apart as possible.
"Anything useful goes in the middle," Shiro directed.
Half an hour later, nothing was in the middle.
"Uuggh, couldn't the Shadow Clan people have put useful stuff on top?" Lance moaned.
A thunk silenced Lance. Shiro looked over, a little worried, and saw Lance staring, wide eyed, at a sharp ice shard two inches from his face. Shiro looked over at Katara, she was glaring at Lance, and held another ice shard in her fist.
"Do you want to die?" Katara asked, "becuase we can make that happen. Insult them one more time and next time I'll tell Lana and Sokka what you said."
Shiro turned back to the pile of desks he was looking through.
"I found something!" Toph yelled, scaring the qwiznack out of everyone.
Sokka leaned over her, "No, that's a-"
"No, under it! There's a bunch of coins!" Toph shoved Sokka away from her and pushed and chair over.

Lana

Was it too much to ask for a few hours of peace? After what felt like a few minutes of meditation, Hunk knocked on her bubble, telling her that Toph found something. She had looked over just in time to see Toph shove a chair over and coins spilling out from the bottom. Even from halfway across the room, Lana could tell they weren't worth much. Probably equivalent to the pennies that Pidge had showed her awhile ago. Lana extended a finger and poked her bubble, popping it. She sighed and stood up. With a flick of her wrist, furniture floated up to the ceiling, supported by shadows. Under the piles of useless stuff, the real treasures were revealed. Rusty weapons moved and showed sharper, newer, cleaner ones. Coins, not worth much, were exposed. Most of all, jewelry was unveiled. Lana sucked in a breath, amazed at the wealth in front of her.
"Why didn't you do that first?" Keith shouted.
Lana scowled, "Because reasons."
Allura leaned forward, picking up a sword. The paladins, now confronted with new stuff to look at, spread out. Stuff moved to the middle, most were weapons. Lana shifted through a pile of jewelry, pushing useless rings and earrings aside. She looked frantically from pile to pile, looking for something. It had to be here, her grandma had told her it was here. Something silver caught her eye. Lana pushed the coins and other stuff aside and picked up the object. She let out a breath, relieved that her family's chest was safe. Hunk and Katara walked over to Lana, picking up other stuff on the way.
"What did you find?" Katara asked, straining to see the chest in Lana's arms.
"I'll explain later," Lana whispered, "lets just get the stuff we need to the houses. We can always come back."
Hunk nodded and walked away.
"Are you gonna tell them?" Katara asked, kneeling next to Lana.
"I don't really have a choice," Lana said softly.
Katara patted her on the back and got up, giving directions. The next hour went by smoothly. The paladins were stronger than they looked and had no trouble carrying large amounts of stuff that the groups had decided they wanted or needed. Toph just got a large chuck of rock and carried stuff on that, Lana did the same, but with shadows. She directed the group back to the houses in a daze, contemplating what she would say. Once they reached the house, Zuko put his hand on her shoulder, startling her.
"You know you don't have to tell them," Zuko whispered.
Lana looked back at him, a stubborn expression on her face, "I want to."
She set down the stuff she was carrying, mostly scrolls and crystals, and looked at the paladins.
"You might want tot sit down, I have a lot to say," Lana said, looking around at everyone.
"What now?" Lance groaned.
Keith glared at him and pushed him into a sitting position. Allura, Shiro, Krolia, Keith, and the rest of the paladins followed directions.
Lana sat down and glanced around again, "I'm sorry for this, but I keep lying to you. I'm going to tell you about the real history of the Shadow Clan and myself. Katara, Aang, Toph, Sokka, Zuko, you guys haven't even heard the full version."
She looked down at her hands, "I was trying to protect you, but I probably shouldn't have."