A Paladin's Blade

Forming Voltron

Allura led the team into an armory that had six different pods, each with the color armor corresponding to the Paladin. In the center of the room was a glowing table with a white symbol on it, most likely in Altean.

"Your suits of armor." Allura said, standing back as each of them went to their armor.

"Cool!"

"Outstanding."

"Nice."

"Oh, neat!"

"Wow." Sirafina gasped, admiring the purple armor in front of her. It was just like the rest of the other Paladin's armor, except the colored accents that were red, blue, black, yellow, and green on the others, was a deep dark purple, matching her lion.

"Princess, are you sure about this? They aren't exactly the best and brightest the universe has to offer." Sirafina heard Coran's question from behind her.

"No, but they're all we've got." Allura said, sounding quite confident.

"Team, it's time to suit up!" Shiro said. Slowly, the shield that kept them from their armor disintegrated. After pulling on the black undersuit, Sirafina grabbed the chestplate and looked at it a little confused. It was definitely made to fit the chest of a male, but she put it on anyway and saw that it molded to her more female features. She then started pulling the other purple pieces on until the pod was empty except for her helmet. Sirafina pulled a spare hair tie out of her bag and pulled her long greyish-brown hair back into a low ponytail before pulling the helmet over her head. Sirafina finally turned around to face the rest of the team.

"Looking good, Sira!" Pidge complimented, looking at Sirafina in her purple armor. Sirafina smiled at her friend before returning the compliment. Sirafina pulled the ponytail over her shoulders as she watched Allura reveal what was hidden within the table. Sirafina took a closer look and saw five handle like objects sitting on the table. Each one floated up and started moving towards the Paladin the color matched with. There was one for everyone but Shiro.

"The Bayard is the traditional weapon of the Paladins of Voltron. It takes a distinct shape for each Paladin." Allura explained as each Paladin grabbed their Bayard. Sirafina watched each Paladin before grabbing her Bayard. Hunk got a shoulder cannon, Keith had a sword, Lance also had a gun, but smaller, and Pidge had a grappling hook with a knife head.

"Aw, you got a cute little bayard." Lance smirked, looking at the small green object in Pidge's hand. His smirk faded when she touched it to him and it electrocuted him.

"Yeah, it is pretty cute."

Sirafina finally reached for hers and waited a second for it to transform. She watched it morph into a flat silver sword with dark purple accents. She looked at it, confused as to why her and Keith had the same Bayard. She examined it closer and realized they didn't have the same weapon afterall, for she had duo board swords. She disconnected the two and looked at the twin blades that sat in each of her palms. Sirafina smiled, quite pleased with the weapon she had received.

"Shiro, I'm afraid your Bayard was lost with its Paladin." Allura said.

"I guess I'll just have to make do." Shiro spoke confidently, like he wasn't fazed about being undefended.

"Nice board swords, Sira," Keith spoke. There it was again. The forsaken nickname. There wasn't anything wrong with it, but Sirafina was only used to Pidge calling her that and hearing it from Keith made her all flustered for some odd reason.

"Thanks, but maybe you'll have to help train me to use them, you seem more accustomed to the sword than me." Sirafina responded.

"For sure." Keith said, making Sirafina feel reassured that she would soon know how to defend herself properly. She then realized that the whole team was silent and watching the two interact. Sirafina turned her head to Pidge, seeing a smug smile wiped across her face.