The Paladin's Honour

The Sleeping Castle

Normal POV

The turbulence of the wormhole force the team back when the Blue Lion finally exit out of it, "Whoa. That was..." Lance began before Hunk vomits. "So sorry." He said weakly before continuing, "I'm surprised it took this long." Pidge commented as Shiro look out and take notice of their surroundings. "I don't recognize any of these constellations. We must be a long, long way from Earth." He said before feeling the lion gravitate toward a nearby planet, "The lion seems to want to go to this planet. I think... I think it's going home."

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Shiro's POV

As we descend to the planet's atmosphere, we were greeted by turbulence stronger than that back on Earth— and yet pale in comparison to the wormhole. "Guys, personal space. Hunk, your breath is killing me." Lance said, "Um, is it just me or is anyone else having second thoughts about flying through a mysterious wormhole? Why are we listening to a robotic lion anyway?" Hunk asked as the turbulence lessens a bit. "It got us away from that alien warship, didn't it?" Lance counters, "I don't know if you noticed, but we're in an alien warship." Keith pointed out. "Oh, are you scared?" Lance teased, "With you at the helm? Terrified." My brother quipped. "All right, knock it off." I spoke up to break the tension, "No one's happy to be in this situation, but we're here now. If we want to get through this, we've got to do it together."

"So, what do we do?" Pidge asked, "First, we find out where we're headed. Lance?" I turn my attention to the pilot. "I don't know." We all look at him, "I'm sorry. The lion's not talking to me anymore. Wait! Wait, wait, wait! Shh! Listen. I think I hear something." We listen closely. "I'm hearing it, too." Keith said, "It's, uh— It's kind of a— a high pitched squeal?" Hunk added before realizing what Lance just did. I covered my nose and mouth in disgust— as did my brother, Hunk, and Pidge. "But seriously, there's a castle up ahead." Lance commented, prompting us to see a white castle-like structure that looks futuristic and somewhat... familiar to me. "Wow." I heard myself say this with the others as the lion approaches it, causing the castle to pulse in a blue light— almost as if it's welcoming the lion home; welcoming... me home. It wasn't until we landed in the castle's courtyard that I remember the fact that we're on an alien planet. "Keep your guard up." I said, "Something wrong?" Pidge asked me. "My crew was captured by aliens once. I'm not going to let it happen again."

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Normal POV

The five humans disembark to look around, only for the Blue Lion to suddenly move on its own. "No! I knew it was going to eat us! No!" Hunk panicked before the lion to let out a roar, causing the doors to glow before opening. "Oh, the door is open. Guess I was wrong about you." The team looked at each other before entering the dark vestibule. "Hello?" Hunk's voice echoes, prompting the others to look at him before looking around again. "From the size of the lion, I expected these steps to be bigger." Pidge commented before a light suddenly shone down on them.

*Hold for identity scan.* A computer's voice said as it proceed scanning around the five humans. "Why are we here? What do you want with us?" Shiro call out, hoping to get an answer. Instead, the crystal torches lit up— allowing the team to take in the castle's splendor. "I guess we're going that way." Pidge said as the castle continues to light a certain passageway, prompting the humans to walk deeper into the castle until they've reached a circular room. "Where are we?" Lance asked as they look around, "It's some kind of control room." Pidge guessed as the console activated, causing two pods to emerge from the floor— each indicating with a dark silhouette that there's someone inside. "Are these guys... dead?" Hunk asked from behind the console before one of them begin to open.