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After defeating the Zarkon ship everyone picks a bunk then passes out. Nau tries to sleep but has no luck.

Unable to sleep she heads outside for a walk. As the wind blows by she sees Shiro leaning against a tree.

"What are you doing up?" Nau walks over him.

"Couldn't sleep. You?" Shiro glances over at her.

"Ten thousand years. Guess my sleep schedule is off." Nau shrugs as she joins him.

The two of them just stand there awhile. Not a sound between them aside from the wind blowing by them from time to time.

"Have you been to see him yet? Your dad's AI I mean." Shiro stares up at the stars.

"Why should I? What would I gain from that?" Nau stares up at the sky.

"You woke up in a world without your family. If that was me I would want to let it out. Even if it's just to scream." Shiro glances down at her.

"I think I should try getting some sleep." Nau turns to leave.

"I'll walk you back." Shiro leaves with her.

'Did I upset her?' Shiro glances at her from the side.

'He has a point. Maybe I should think about it.' Nau ponders as she stares down at the ground.

The next morning Nau wakes up to alarms going off.

"What in the…?" Nau

"Everybody up! Zarkon's attacking! The Castle's about to be destroyed! Go, go, go! We need Voltron now! Hurry! We can't survive much longer!" Allura announces over intercom.

"What exactly is going on here?" Nau yawns.

"It too all of you too long to respond." Allura sighs as she turns off the alarm.

"You must always be ready to do battle with Zarkon. Look at you! Only Shiro is in uniform." She points to him.

'I wonder if he ever went to sleep.' Nau glances over at the soldier stance of his.

"Keith, Pidge, Hunk, Nau, where are your bayards? And where is Lance?" Allura points to the others.

"Good morning, everybody. What's going on? Coran and I have been up for hours getting the Castle back in order." Lance comes in wearing PJs and fully rested.

"We had to run a test on the alarms, and we decided to test you as well." Coran seems very proud of himself.

"Guess which one failed." Allura stares sternly.

"Hey! You got to sleep for 10,000 years, man. Monday night, I was on Earth.

Now, I've flown through space, fought some evil alien named Zarkon, eaten goo in some weird castle. That's a lot to process in, uh I don't know. What day is today?" Hunk names them off with his fingers.

"It's the third quintant of the Spicolian movement. Hump day!" Coran seems proud.

(Please no Hump day jokes)

"It's a lot to process." Hunk sighs exhaustedly.

"You must understand the stakes of our mission. Over the last 10,000 years, the Castle picked up distress beacons from the following locations." Allura brings up the star chart.

"So, we have to assume that Zarkon has conquered almost the entire known universe." Nau stares with her ears pinned down with a worried expression.

"Earth is here." Allura moves the screen. "An attack on your planet is inevitable." She stares seriously.

"Oh, no." The others look worried.

"Exactly. Our mission is to free all those planets. Coran and I are getting the Castle ready to leave Arus. During that time, you have to learn to form Voltron, so we can begin fighting Zarkon." Allura explains.

"The Princess is right. Let's get to our lions and start training." Shiro puts on his helmet.

"Wait. But I want to talk to the prisoners we rescued from the Zarkon ship." Pidge struggles with the idea.

"Negative, Number Five." Coran stops her from racing off. "I have you ranked by height, okay? The prisoners need to remain in the cryo-replenishers until tomorrow." He takes out a small pocket watch.

"That's right. Now, get to your lions." Shiro motions for them to get going.

"While they do that I'll go take care of something." Nau heads off.

Nau stands in front of large doors. She stares at them for a moment.

Flashback:

-'I would need to let that out.' Shiro glances at her.-

'Okay.' Nau takes a deep breathe then heads in.

The room is dark until she comes closer to the center then a blinding light waves over everything. All of a sudden she is in a cherry blossom park with a blue hologram of her dad in the center of the room.

"Hi pup. I was hoping to see you." Rex smiles gently at her.

"Why?" Nau mutters with her head down.

"What was that?" Rex seems confused.

"Why only me?! Why didn't you two join me?! If you're putting me in a damn pod why not hop in one yourself!?" Nau shouts with tightened fists.

"We couldn't abandon Altea." Rex shakes his head. "We left one world and have no idea what happened to those we care about. We couldn't do that again." He speaks calmly.

"Then why send me away? Why make it so I would wake up with nothing? Do you have any idea how that feels? To have nothing left." Tears start streaming down her cheeks.

"How could we fight with you in danger?" Rex stares at her lovingly.

Nau stares at him wide eyed. Rex simply smiles at her then fades himself and the world away.

Nau goes to clean herself up. Splashing her face with water she stares at her reflection for a few minutes then wipes her face as she sighs heavily.

"So how did the training… go?" Nau walks into the lounge area to see them all look defeated. "Not well huh?"

"Nope." They all, aside from Shiro, shake their heads.

"Well, I'm not surprised. You know, the original paladins fought hundreds of battles together, side-by-side. They were like a pack of yalmors linked at the ears." Coran pulls on his own ears gently.

"Wow. Yeah, that's definitely not us." Lance falls on to the couch.

"During the last attack, your survival instincts forced you to work as a team, but that will only get you so far. You'll have to become a real team to have any chance of forming Voltron and then beating Zarkon next time." Allura stares at all of them with hopeful yet slightly irritated expression

"You should try working out on the training deck." Coran plays with his mostash.

"There's a training deck?" They all stare surprised.

"Good luck to you guys." Nau waves as she starts to leave.

"You should train with them." Coran blocks her.

"Me? Why?" Nau's ears perk up in surprise.

"White may not be a part of Voltron. But she's consider a second head. You should become one with them as well." Coran explains.

"Okay." Nau's ears droop again as she falls with the others.

"Okay, listen up, guys. The paladin code demands you put your team members' safety above your own. A swarm of drones is about to attack. It's up to each of you to do everything you can to protect the other members of your team." Coran announces from the control room.

The team members fall one by one. Nau and Shiro are the last to fall.

After this they try going through an invisible maze. Many of them fail at this, unable to follow or ignoring directions. Nau simply uses her instincts to make it through as Hunk panics about giving her directions.

After that they are blind folded as they dive from the sky in their lions. The only ones to make it through this are Shiro and Nau.

"The most important part of paladin training is being able to meld your minds and focus on one thing: Voltron. Everything else has to fade away. This technique will be essential every time you form Voltron. So, relax and open your mind. No walls, no secrets between paladins." Coran explains with physic linkers on their heads they all try to meditate.

"Come on, everyone, clear everything." Shiro keeps his eyes closed.

"Now, focus on forming your lion. Bring your lions together and form Voltron. Keep your minds open, work together. Good! Keep focusing! Only one to go!" Coran watches most of the lions moving to the center.

"Pidge, stop thinking of your girlfriend!" Keith shouts at her.

"I wasn't! Hunk was rooting around in my head!" Pidge points at him.

"I thought we were open." Hunk shrugs his shoulders.

"You can look in my head hole. Everyone has to be able to look in everyone's head holes! Clear your minds! Good! Almost there. Now, form Voltron. Yes!" Coran cheers that is until a photo appears for Pidge again.

"Pidge!" Keith shouts.

"I'm done with this! Look, I don't like everyone grubbing around in my head!" Pidge throws the helmet on the ground.

"Come on, Pidge, you were so close." Nau tries to calm her down.

"I'm just… I'm just tired, okay?" Pidge stares at the ground with crossed arms.

"Okay. Let's take a break." Shiro nods.

"You have been working hard. Maybe it's time to relax a little." Coran hands out water pouches.

"What are you doing lying around? You're supposed to be training!" Allura shouts as she comes in the room.

"Just resting a bit. You know, you can't push too hard." Coran smiles at her.

"What do you mean, "can't push too hard"? Get up, you lazy lumps! It's time you faced the Gladiator!" Allura stares them down.

"Gladiator?" The others glance at each other confused.

They all take out their weapons trying to take down a robot warier. All of them are tossed on to their butts by it.

"That's pathetic! He was even set to the lowest level!" Allura stares at all of them with crossed arms.

"Enough Allura!" Nau stands with her ears up in anger. "Pushing everyone to their limit is going to help anything!" She snarls.

"Why are you so angry?" Allura stands firm agitated.

"Let's see, I woke up in a world where everything I know is gone. Now what could be bugging me?" Nau stares in anger.

"You think I don't understand? I-" Allura starts.

"Do you? Do you really?" Nau cuts her off. "YOU found out your people still live on another world. I have a trinket, AI, and two lions to remember my world. Do you really understand?" She stares her down.

"I… I just…" Allura rubs her arm staring at the ground as she backs down.

"Let me know when lunch is ready." Nau passes by her coldly.

"I think I'll go check on the mice." Allura heads out.

"Wow. That was harsh." Hunk rubs the back of his head.

"Did she say two lions?" Pidge fixes her glasses.

They all turn to Coran. He explains her parents were the Paladins for Black and White. He also tells them that they didn't want Shiro to be pressured or have a hard time bonding with Black because of this.

After cooling down they all meet for lunch. Coran tries to use this for training. But they all end up having a food fight instead. This helps everyone's mood improve. Realizing they are actually working together, the guys leave to form Voltron.

At this time they leave the girls to stare at one another. The two walk over to one another with a serious expression.

"I'm sorry." They say at the same time.

"I shouldn't have snapped at you like that." Nau's ears pin down with goo dripping off of them.

"No, I shouldn't have pushed so hard." Allura shakes her head slowly. "I forgot the most important thing is that we trust one another and have a strong bond. I just hope this didn't coast my relationship with you." She glances at her friend sadly.

"You'll never lose me." Nau takes a hold of her hands.

"Really?" Allura smiles slightly.

"Now and forever." Nau begins.

"Sisters together." Allura finishes hugging her.

After taking a bath to wash off all the goo, Nau heads for the AI room again.

"I didn't think I would see you so soon." Rex looks down at her.

"I'm sorry about blowing up. I just…" Nau rubs her arm as she glances to the side.

"It's alright for you to be angry or sad. Just remember we love you and would do anything to keep you safe." Rex smiles at her.

"I know." Nau smiles softly at him.