The Silver Paladin

Red Paladin

~~~~Keith~~~~

All of us were sitting in the lounge, thinking about their next move for the Lions.

"How are we supposed to find a new Black Paladin?" Saoirse asked, "We're on limited time so we can't stop fighting to find our newest Paladin."

"I wish Shiro were here to tell us how to go on without them." Lance depressingly said.

I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms. Everyone is eager to find a replacement for Shiro, and even though I accepted that we needed Voltron, I still didmt think that Shiro could be replaced so easily.

Pidge sighed and turned towards Allura, "Allura, when we came here, you told me that I would fly the Green Lion, and I thought there was no way. But then I found it and I flew it. And then, Hunk flew the Yellow Lion, and he's not even a pilot. In fact, you told everyone who would fly which lion."

"Yeah, how did you do that? Did we ever find out how you did that? Can you do that now?" Hunk asked, nervous and freaking out.

"Sadly, no." Allura replied, "When you arrived at the castle, I immediately recognized the special qualities in each of you. But I don't know how to search the entire universe for a new Palidan."

Coran turned towards me, "Keith, you piloted the Black Lion when you had to save Shiro. Perhaps you're the one." I looked away, down towards my feet. Saoirse leaned forward off the wall to see my face and frowned at my expression.

"Keith would be the worst leader of Voltron." Lance voiced his thoughts aloud.

"Yeah we all have our thing. Keith's the loner. I'm the brain. Hunk's the nice one. Allura's the decision maker. Coran's the wise old guy. Saoirse's the sweet older sister. And Lance is the goofball." Pidge said as she pointed and described everyone.

"Mm-hmm. Yeah, exactly. Totally right-- Wait a minute." Lance exclaimed annoyed by his title, "I'm not a goofball! I'm like the cool ninja sharpshooter."

"Are you joking?" I scoffed, resulting in Saoirse lightly hitting my chest.

"I'm being completely serious when I say, I do not want you to lead me anywhere." Lance shouted abruptly jumping out of his seat.

"I don't want to be the leader! That's just what Shiro wanted!" I quickly realized what I said and turned away from the group again.

"What are you talking about?" Hunk asked, surprised like everyone else about what he had said.

"Nothing." I quickly answered

"Shiro wanted you to be his successor, didn't he?" Pidge asked. I didn't answer.

"I think Shiro was right in his decision to make Keith his successor." Saoirse said, "Think about it, if Keith was able to pilot the Black Lion, that must mean he has enough qualities and the Lion's trust to pilot it."

"Saoirse makes a good point." Allura said, "In the past, I chose Shiro because he was ideal leader, however, I think Keith would make a good pilot for the Black Lion."

"Well, I didn't hear Shiro say that Keith was his successor, and how convenient that you're bringing it up now, when Shiro is gone." Lance said, annoyed by the fact that Shiro made the decision.

"You want the job so badly, you can have it." I shouted standing straight off the wall.

"Now, now, hand on. I've called being the head since the very beginning." Hunk claimed.

"What about me? I'm the one who picked up the radio waves that lead us to Voltron in the first place." Pidge interjected.

"Hold your gazurgas, everyone!" Coran silenced the group, "It's not our decision to make. We must let the lion decide."