Chapter 3
"So you're being strangely cryptic as you wrap your magic hair around my injured hand." Pidge said, nonchalantly. It was true, she scratched herself when they were getting out of that cave. She then grunts in pain and hisses. Lance winces at that.
"Sorry. Just don't...don't freak out." He says. Pidge raises a brow. That's when it starts. The incantation, the magic lighting up. His voice was soothing. Pidge's eyes widened as the light reached her hand. Pidge looks at her hand in disbelief.
"Please don't freak out." Lance said. Pidge muffled her screams.
"Ahhh. I'm not freaking out, are you freaking out? No, I'm just very interested in your hair and the magical qualities that it possesses..how long has it been doing that, exactly?" She said, playing it cool.
"Uh. Forever, I guess. Mother said when I was a baby people tried to cut it. They wanted to take it for themselves. But, once it's cut, it looses it's power. A gift like that, it has to be protected. That's why Mother never let me...That's why I...I never left the..." Pidge looked sad.
"You never left that tower. And you're still gonna go back?" She asked.
"No...yes. Ugh. It's complicated." They sat in silence around the fire. Lance then smirked.
"So...Kathlyn Holt?" He asked. She snorted.
"Ah yeah, well. I'll spare you the sob story of poor little Katie Holt, it's a little bit ah... It's a little bit of a downer." Lance stared at her. Pidge pushed her glasses up.
"There was this book. A book my brother used to read to me every night. The tales of Flynnigan Ryder. Swashbuckling rogue, richest man alive. Not bad with talking either...It also showed me the magic of alchemy. Not that he'd ever brag about it, of course." Pidge said. Lance looked at her, surprised.
"Was he a thief too?" Lance asked. Pidge opened her mouth and rubbed her neck.
"Ahh, well no. Actually, he had enough money to do whatever he wanted to do. He could go wherever he wanted to go. And...and, for a kid, with nothing. I don't know, I... It just seemed like a better option...Also, the alchemy part where I could help people...like my sick brother...umm- A-And I've never actually stole anything! I borrowed and returned but I never kept something... You can't tell anyone, about this, okay? It could ruin my whole reputation." Pidge said, frowning. Lance smirked, amused.
"Ahh, you wouldn't want that." Lance said. She smiled.
"Oh, a fake reputation is all that a girl has. Um, well I should uh... I, I should get some more firewood..." Pidge said and got up. Lance looked after her.
"Hey! For the record...I like Katie Holt better." She blushed and smiled softly at him. An actual warm smile. Lance felt himself melt.
"Well, then you'd be the first. But, thank you." Pidge said, pushing her glasses up on her nose and leaving. Lance started taking in every detail of her. Her short red-ish hair, the freckles and the green eyes, that small, a bit stubby nose that was holding the glasses up and the clothes. They were a boy's clothes. A tunic with a vest and pants with boots. He could see how the satchel worked with the look. Lance smiled a bit as she was walking away.
"Well, I thought he'd never leave." Haggar said from behind him. Lance turned around in a panic.
"Mother?" He asked in disbelief.
"Hello, dear." Haggar said, calmly. Lance's eyes widened.
"... How did you find me?" He asked. Haggar chuckled.
"Oh, it was easy really. I just listened to the sound of complete and utter betrayal, and followed that.-" Lance looked at her, hurt.
"Mother..." He tried to reach out to her.
"We're going home. Now." The woman demanded. Lance frowned.
"You...You don't understand. I've been on the most incredible journey. I've seen and learned so much. I even met someone." Haggar snarled.
"Yes, the wanted thief. I'm so proud. Come on." Haggar grabbed him. Lance pulled his hand away.
"Mother, wait. I think... I think he likes me." Lance said, making sure to say she was a guy.
"Likes you? Please, Lance...THAT'S DEMANTED!" Lance frowned. That wasn't really nice to say.
"But Mother I--"
"This is why you never should have left! This whole romance that you have invented! It just proves that you're too naïve to be here! Why would he like you? Come on now, really! Look at you! You'd think that he's impressed?? Don't be a dummy! Besides, he's just an useless thief! He's fake--" Lance snarled.
"Stop it! Don't talk about him like that!" Haggar's eyes widened.
"Fine...If you're so sure now...Go ahead and give him THIS!" She said. She took out the satchel with Pidge's stuff.
"How did you--" Lance said in disbelief.
"THIS! Is why he's here! Don't let him deceive you!" Haggar said. Lance snarled.
"You know what? Maybe I will give it to him!" Haggar smirked.
"If he's such a dream-boat? GO! Put him to the test!" Haggar yelled. Lance's eyes widened.
"Mother--"
"IF! He's lying...DON'T come crying to me! Mother knows best, Lance! You'll see." The woman left in the mist. Lance left standing there. Lance looked at the crown and frowned.
"Lance!" He could hear Pidge's distant voice. He gasped. He needed to hide this.
"So, hey uh, can I ask you something? Is there any chance that I'm going to get super strength in my hand? Because I'm not going to lie - that would be stupendous--- Hey, you all right?" Pidge said as she approached the camp with fire-wood in her arms.
"Oh, sorry, yes. Just um, lost in thought, I guess." Lance said, turning around and smiling at her.
"You...sure...?" Lance nodded.
"Welp. I mean because here's the thing. Superhuman good looks, I've always had 'em. Born with it, but superhuman strength? Imagine the possibilities, I'm just--" And she started talking. And his worries just seemed to melt. She seemed so...curious and genuine now. Not far from their camp however...Were Haggar, Sendak and Zarkon.
"Patience boys. All good things to those who wait..." Haggar told them. The two galrans smirked with greed as Haggar puffed her chest and watched the small human talk to the taller one.
Lance was sleeping with her head on her hand when he felt small drops of water on his face. He shut his eyes tightly then opened them. What the- When he looked up, he saw the shape-shifter Pidge fought.
"Hmm, what? Well I hope you're here to apologize." He said, closing his eyes again. A scream woke Pidge up.
"AHHHH! No, no put me down. NO, NO!" Lance screamed as he was being dragged on the ground. Pidge got up. First thing both boys noticed was that her vest was off and her belt was around her waist. They could clearly see the curves and the tunic wasn't that thick so they could also see her bra underneath. They both froze dead in their tracks.
"Release him." Pidge demanded. Keith immediately dropped him. Both of them still staring at her. She didn't have her glasses either.
"What?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips, only emphasizing their point. Keith was still holding onto Lance's boot. Pidge came closer.
"Now. Drop the boot." She said, crossing her arms in front of her chest. Keith looked down. Lance looked up.
"I said" Drop. The. Boot." Keith immediately let go of the boot. Lance blinked in disbelief. Pidge smiled.
"Oh, you are such a good boy. Yes you are. You all tired, chasing me and Lance all over the place? Aren't you?" She said in a sweet tone as she was rubbing Keith's head. He leaned in her touch and purred. He also nodded at the last part.
"Excuse me- what?!" Lance asked in disbelief as he sat up and looked at her. She raised a brow.
"Hm? What?" She asked. Keith now was hugging her, melting on her.
"Nobody appreciates you, do they? Do they?" Pidge asked Keith. Keith purred.
"Come one, he's an animal." Lance said, crossing his arms.
"Aw, he's nothing but a big sweetheart. Isn't that right? Keith?" She says, reading his horse tag. Keith chuckles.
"She's sweet. What were you even doing stealing something?" He asked. Pidge chuckled.
"Listen...Let's make a deal. It's this man's birthday right? Let's just...stay on good terms for 24 hours and then you can arrest me. I promise." Keith smirked.
"How can I say no to a face like that?" Pidge smirked. Lance frowned.
"Hey--" Suddenly, Lance looked away from them and gasped. The Kingdome. They started walking towards it. They crossed the bridge and Lance lit up like a bulb. Everything was so festive! But his hair kept getting stomped on. Pidge helped him gather it.
They both frowned. They needed to do something about this. Also, Pidge was taking off her vest again which wasn't helping with Lance's comprehension of Pidge being a girl. Keith however seemed fond of the look. She at least had her glasses back on. Pidge seemed to be looking him up and down.
"Ok...Haven't done this in forever but i can give it a try." Lance raised a brow then he felt Pidge's hand starts working. She was braiding his hair. By the end he had a braid AND a green flower crown. He also made one for her from blue flowers. She giggled as she put it on. Keith gave Lance a knowing look and wiggled his brows. Lance frowned. Keith just started laughing at him. They went over from place to place, checking markets, looking at books, they even drew with chalk and Lance was pleasantly surprised when he noticed Pidge really did know how to draw. He shouldn't be surprised, she did mention some stuff about drawing herbs before. They visited more stalls, they even stole some cupcakes. At some point, Pidge bought him a small purple silk handkerchief with the sun on it, just like all the flags hanged around. As the two were sitting in a line at one of the stalls however, Lance noticed something strange. A memorial for the lost prince but...it reminded him of himself. That's when Pidge came over to him and handed him all the food.
"Hold this!" She said, happily. Lance tilted his head. Suddenly, Pidge went over some musicians and started dancing. Keith whistled. The brunette hit him right behind his mullet. She actually did know how to dance fairly well. It surprised him, really. He never thought of Pidge as the type to dance. Soon enough, some people were pulled in her little game and the whole plaza started dancing. Keith took the food from Lance and pushed him in. The shape-shifter winked at the human and Pidge and Lance made eye-contact. They tried getting to the other but were caught by some other people. Pidge however seemed to be enjoying herself. Lance smiled. He was enjoying himself as well. This was the best birthday ever! Soon enough, they bumped into each other, Lance catching her by the waist and her hands being on his shoulders. They both stared in each others eyes and started laughing.
"EVERYONE! TO THE BOATS!" And now? They were sailing, Keith hanging on the docks. Pidge threw him an apple.
"What? I bought it!" He took a bite.
"Maybe...." Pidge said with a smirk and Keith choked.
"Where are we going?" Lance asked. Pidge snorted.
"Well, best day of your life. I figured you should have a decent seat." She said as she took the pallet out of the water.
"You okay?" She asked him, leaning a bit on the boat's edge. Lance chuckled.
"I'm terrified." Lance said. Pidge smiled.
"Why?" She asked. But she knew the answer.
"I've been looking out the window for twenty-one years. Dreaming about what it would feel like when those lights rise in the sky. What if it's not everything that I dreamed it would be?" Lance asked. Pidge snorted.
"It will be." She assure him. Lance frowned.
"And what if it is? What then?" She smirked.
"Well that's the good part, I guess. You get to go find a new dream." She told him. He looked in her eyes and smiled. She chuckled.
"Don't you trust me?" She asked, amused. Lance scoffed.
"Unfortunately? I do. And that almost got us killed three times!" She spurted and they both started laughing. The lights started floating.
"Pidge! Woah! This is--" She smirked and then patted him on the shoulder.
"Hey! Here..." She smirked and pulled out a lantern.
"W-What...?" Lance asked. Pidge winked.
"Just a small present. Come on!" She put her hands under his and started helping him light it up. They both lifted it. Lance looked up at the sky, then at Pidge and he froze. The way the crown was hanging on her head, the reflection in the glasses, the twinkle of her eyes, the soft parted lips. God...She was stunning. How come he didn't see this before?
"Hmm?" She asked and turned to him. They stared at each other, a second too long. And then Lance inhaled.
"I....I was scared of giving you this...But i'm not anymore." Lance said, showing her the satchel. Pidge's eyes widened. She looked and also saw Sendak and Zarkon on a boat in the distance, sailing to the shore. She frowned and put the pallet in the water, sailing to the shore.
"Is everything okay, Pidge?" Lance asked. She blinked and shook herself out of her daze.
"Oh, Huh? Oh yes. Uh, yes of course. I just...I'm sorry, everything is fine. There's just something I have to take care of." She took the satchel and started walking away. Lance looked at her confused and in doubt.
"Okay." He said. Pidge turned around and sighed.
"I'll be right back." She said with a small smile. Lance nodded and she walked away.
"It will be fine, Lance..." He told himself as he watched her leave.
"Ahh, there you are. I've been searching everywhere for you guys. Since we got separated. Hey, the sideburns are coming in nice, huh? You gotta be excited about that. Anyhow, just wanted to say, I shouldn't have split. The crown is all yours. I'll miss you, but I think it's for the... best." Pidge said as she got to where Sendak was sitting with his back against a rock and threw him the crown.
"Holding out on us again? Hey, Gunderson? Also...Cute body." Pidge's eyes widened. Shit- she wasn't wearing her vest! She backed away and hit Zarkon.
"We heard you found something. Something much more valuable than a crown. We want him, instead." Pidge's eyes widened even more in horror. No- NO!
Lance saw a silhouette in the distance and sighed in relief.
"I was starting to think you ran off with the crown and left me." Lance said chuckling. The silhouette became two.
"SHE did." Sendak said with a cruel smirk. Lance's eyes widened.
"W...what...?? No. She wouldn't--" Zarkon pointed at a boat. Pidge seemed to be steering it while holding the crown. But...where was her satchel...? Something was wrong--
"PIDGE?! KATIE!!" Lance called out. No reaction. That's not how Pidge acted. She would have at least glanced in his direction. Something!
"Fair trade. A crown, for the boy with the magic hair. How much do you think someone will pay to stay young and healthy forever?" Sendak said, snickering. Zarkon started chuckling as he pulled out a bag.
"No, please. NO! NO!" lance starts running but his hair gets tied in something. That's when he hears grunts and a familiar voice.
"Lance? Lance!!" He starts tearing up.
"Mother?" he asks in disbelief as Haggar comes from a corner, holding a huge stick.
"Oh, my precious boy. Are you all right? Are you hurt?" She asks as she hugs him. Lance freezes.
"How did you...??" He asks in disbelief, but soon enough returns the hug.
"I was so worried about you dear. So I followed you. And I saw them attack you. Let's go, let's go before they come to." Haggar started pulling him away. Lance didn't move from the first thug.
"You were right, mother. You were right about everything..." He breaths out. Haggar sighs.
"I know darling. I know..." Meanwhile on the other shore, near the Kingdome, Pidge was unconscious and tied up in front of the steering wheel, her hand stuck on the crown. The guards notice the boat.
"Look! The crown!! GET THEM!" The guards rush and Pidge wakes up.
"Shit- LANCE! NO NO NO! Wait, wait, wait. Guys, guys. LANCE!!" Keith was on the docks and noticed the fact she was tied up and screaming. Something was wrong and they both needed help. Keith frowned. He had to do something.
Next thing Pidge knew, she was in a cell. The door opened to show Shiro in the doorway.
"Let's get this over with, Gunderson." She looked confused as she pushed her glasses up.
"Where are we going? Oh..." Pidge said, realizing what was happening. She slid a hand on her throat. Oh God....No...
"There, it never happened. Now, wash up for dinner. I'm making hazelnut soup." Haggar said as she undid his braid and took off the flower crown, ready to throw it away. Lance just stood there, looking down. He felt so betrayed. It hurt...she chose the crown over him? But it didn't make sense...The satchel and the unresponsiveness....It just didn't add up.
"I really did try, Lance. I tried to warn you, what was out there. The world is dark, and selfish, and cruel. If it finds even the slightest ray of sunshine, It destroys it." Haggar said, leaving. Lance stayed in the room and took out the handkerchief. He rubbed his thumbs on it and took it down. He kept looking up and suddenly something just clicked. Memories he didn't know he had, the resemblance at the memorial, the sun...Of course! HE was the lost prince. As everything came to his head, in a panic, he tripped and made a loud thud. That witch WASN'T his mother.
Pidge was being escorted by two guards. She was walking until she saw Sendak and Zarkon in a cell. Her eyes widened.
"YOU!" She slammed the two guards and went to the bars, grabbing Sendak, that was closer and slamming him to the bars when she pulled at his shirt.
"How did you know about him?! Tell me, now! HOW?!" She growled at him. The man stammered.
"It wasn't us! It was the old lady!" Zarkon pleaded. Pidge's eyes widened and her hand let go. No....NO! NO NO NO- THAT WITCH- THAT WHORE!
"Old lady? Wait, no, wait! You don't understand, he's in trouble. Wait! WAIT PLEASE!" The guards were dragging her now, the metal binds jingling. NO! Lance was in trouble! That bitch will do something him!
"Lance? Lance, what's going on up there? Are you all right?" Haggar asked as she was coming up the stairs. Lance came out of his room with a dark look on his face.
"I'm the lost prince..." he mumbled. Haggar frowned.
"Please, speak up, Lance. You know how I hate the mumbling--" He looked at her and the woman froze.
"I am the lost Prince. Aren't I? Did I mumble, Mother? Or should I even call you that?" Lance said, frowning.
"Lance, do you even hear yourself? Why would you ask such a ridiculous question?" Haggar said with a nervous chuckle.
"It was you! It was all, you." Lance said, anger spiking up. Of course Pidge didn't leave him like that!!
"Everything I did, was to protect you." Haggar protested.
"I spent my entire life!-- Hiding from people who would use me for my power." Lance said, putting a hand through his hair in exasperation.
"Lance!!" The woman said.
"I should have been hiding from you!" Lance yelled at the 'mother'. The woman smirked.
"Where will you go? He- or should I say she- won't be there for you." Lance frowned.
"What did you do to her...?" Silence and a cruel smile.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!" Lance demanded. The woman laughed.
"Well...The criminal is to be hanged for her crimes, isn't she?" Lance choked in horror as he slid a hand to his neck. Pidge....No....
"Now, now. It's all right. Listen to me. All of this is as it should be--" Haggar said, trying to calm him down.
"NO! You were wrong about the world. And you were wrong about me. And I will never let you use my hair, again!" Lance said. Haggar looked at him with a dark look.
"You want me to be the bad guy? Fine. Now I'm the bad, guy." Haggar said, walking towards Lance. The game wasn't finished. And it was Haggar's turn.
Pidge was walking, slumped down as the guards were dragging her through the halls. They stopped at a locked door.
"What's this? Open up." Pidge perked up.
"What's the password?" Pidge gasped as she recognized the voice. SHAY!
"What?" A guard asked confused.
"Nope." Hunk said as well.
"Open this door." The guard demanded.
"Not even close." Shay sing-sang.
"You have three seconds. One...Two...Three..." Suddenly, two frying pans hit the guards in the head. Pidge smiled.
"Frying pans. Who knew, right?" Pidge said. Allura chuckled as she twirled the pan around and Lotor hit her chains with a huge ask. They shattered and then Pidge looked around.
"Ok! Listen! If we want to get out of here- We'll need the high ground and- What is your plan??" Pidge asked. Coran who was behind the door with Shay and Hunk blinked in surprise.
"You weren't lying when you said she's smart..." Allura said, scratching her head. Pidge snorted. Hunk pointed through a window at some wooden beams. Pidge immediately caught onto their plan.
"Oh...OH! OK OK! SURE!" They all started running, taking out guards on their way. Pidge took the time to steal a knife and put it on her belt. As they were running Allura and Shay looked at her.
"Sooo...A girl?" Shay said, amused. Pidge frowned.
"They have mistaken me for a boy- I just never bothered to correct them!" Pidge said. Allura laughed.
"I like her even more!" Pidge smirked as they all came to the garden. Pidge got on the beams and Hunk was up on the wall.
"Head down." Hunk told her.
"Head down." She repeated and did so.
"Arms in." Hunk told her.
"Arms in." She did just that.
"Knees apart." Hunk told her.
"Knees apart- Knees apart? Why do i keep my-- WOAHHH!" Hunk jumped and sent Pidge flying in the air. She still kept the stance.
"AHHHHH- WOAH!" Suddenly she was on a horse.
"KEITH! Oh thank you- Come on, let's go get Lance!!" Keith got on two legs. Pidge laughed.
"COME ON! LET'S SEE HOW FAST YOU ARE! HIYAH!" Keith dolted like lightning through the town square and started running out on the bridge, towards the forest. Pidge frowned in determination.
"Hold on, Lance...We're coming." Pidge said, more to herself.
They ride through the forest, then arrive at the hidden gorge where the tower stands. Pidge hops off the horse. Pidge looks up.
"Lance! Let down your hair!" Nothing. She snarls. She starts climbing using two arrows when suddenly the hair falls. She climbs up using it.
"Oh Lance! Thank God! I thought I'd never see you again--" She lets out a pained gasp as she gets stabbed and choughs out blood. Shit- no...no no no...Lance was bound and gagged. Mother Haggar comes up behind Pidge and stabs her with her dagger. That's what happened. The wounded thief falls to the floor. She hisses in pain and lets out a choked back groan. Lance shakes his head violently and calls out her name through the gag. Haggar clicks her tongue as she pushes Pidge with her leg, she chokes again as the woman touches the wound. Lance's eyes widened in horror at the blood.
"Now look what you've done, Lance. Oh don't worry dear. Our secret will die with him. And as for us? We are going where no one will ever find you, again." Haggar tries to pull Lance through the trapdoor and down the stairs but- He still resists. He tries to get to Pidge.
"Lance, REALLY! ENOUGH ALREADY! STOP. FIGHTING ME!" Haggar yells at him. The gag falls down and Lance looks at her with teary eyes.
"NO! I won't stop. For every minute of the rest of my life I will fight. I will never stop trying to get away from you. But, if you let me save her... I will go with you." Lance says. Pidge's eyes widen. She moans in pain and protests.
"No, Lance-- Agh!" She moved and a sharp pain went through her body.
"I'll never run, I'll never try to escape. Just let me heal her. And you and I will be together. Forever, just like you want. Everything will be the way it was. I promise. Just like you want. Just let me heal her. Please- D-Don't let her die....please..." Lance pleaded. Haggar narrowed her eyes. The woman binds Pidge up, using the binds Lance had.
"In case you get any ideas about following us." The woman says. She leaves and Lance immediately slides on his knees next to her.
"Oh, Pidge- Pidge no no no- Oh, I'm so sorry. Everything is going to okay, though." Pidge was choking and gasping in pain, holding a hand on her wound. Lance slowly lifted the hand and winced. He took a strand on his hair and Pidge stopped his hand.
"L-Lance...No..." He shakes his head.
"I promise, you have to trust me." Lance said, tearing up. Pidge shook her head slowly.
"No...I can't let you do this." She said, choking. Lance put a hand on her cheek. He was doing everything he could not to cry right now. She looked so pitiful...No....She couldn't die....
"But I can't let you die." He said, his voice cracking. Pidge inhaled and coughed.
"But if you do this--" She started coughing again. Lance leaned foward.
"Shhh." He tried to make her stop talking.
"Then you...will die." Pidge said. Lance couldn't do this- just let yourself be healed. His heart was breaking in pieces.
"Hey. It's gonna be all right." Lance said, almost a whisper. She had a pained look on her face. He couldn't read it. What Pidge realized is...that she faces death either way; being hanged by the guards or bleeding out with Lance. She chooses to die in his arms and set him free. She slowly picks up a shard of glass. He opened his mouth to sing but-
"Lance, wait..." She says, her hand brushing the hair he always held in that ponytail. She sat up a bit and grabbed the low pony-tail. She got closer to his face and- Lance leaned closer- The shard sliced the hair off. Her hand fell limply down, the shard being shattered. Lance watched in horror as she wasn't moving.
"Pidge, wha...." He said in disbelief. Haggar screamed.
"NOOO! No...NO! What have you done? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Haggar screams. Looking at the shattered mirror, the woman sees herself aging.
"No, no, no, NOOO!" Platt, who has been hiding the whole time, places Lance's hair in her path and the woman falls out the window, turning to dust in mid-air, as her over a few centuries old body was decaying at alarming speed. Lance almost reached out to Haggar but then rushes back to Pidge.
"No, no, no, no, Pidge...." She groans a bit in pain, her eyes almost opening. Good- good she was alive...He made her face him as he put his hand on her cheek.
"Oh, look at me, look at me, I'm right here." He took her hand and held it to his face as she prompted her up with his other arm.
"Don't go, stay with me, Pidge!!!" He says, desperate. He bites his lip as there's no use. Lance attempts to sing the song- but he's choking on his words.
"Lance..." Pidge says weakly.
"what...?" Pidge smiles a bit.
"....you....were my dream....." She says to him, as she rubs his cheek. He sniffles and gives her a sad smile.
"...and you were mine..." Suddenly she closes her eyes and falls back, limply.
"P-Pidge....? Pidge....P-Please...." He tries again to sing....this time he can barely finish the song.
"...what once was mine..." He says as the song ends and put her hand against his forehead. He couldn't hold it anymore. He starts weeping. One of his tears that were rolling down, has the sun power glow. Gold light and white light in the shape of the flower erupt from the wound. The gold light stretches around the tower, and Pidge's wound heals. The light recedes into her. Lance looks at her with hope.
"Pidge?! Pidge!! Come on, Katie! You need to wake up!" Pidge scrunches her face up as her eyes start fluttering.
"L...Lance??" He chokes back a sob. She was alive! HE SAVED HER! SHE WAS ALIVE!
"Pidge....?" He says almost in disbelief. Pidge smirks.
"...you're a crybaby, princey..." She says with a weak chuckle. He gasps and pulls her in a tight hug.
"PIDGE! YOU'RE ALIVE! OH GOD- YOU'RE ALIVE!!" She laughs a bit.
"I mean...i did DIE but- wait a second, aren't you supposed to kiss me right now?" Lance blinks in surprise.
"Wha...?" Pidge chuckles.
"Come here!" She pulls him by the shirt in a kiss and he doesn't resist, his hands slipping around her waist.
"Ok and now- this." She smacks him over the head.
"OW!" He says. Pidge frowns.
"I WAS WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU, DUMBASS! LETTING THAT WITCH TAKE YOU BACK HOME?! DIDN'T YOU NOTICE SOMETHING WAS WRONG?? MY FUCKING SATCHEL WAS MISSING AND I WAS TIED UP YOU MORON!" Lance scoffs.
"WELL EXCUSE ME FOR NOT NOTICING IT THROUGH THE MIST! AND WHAT ABOUT YOU!? YOU WERE ABOUT TO BE HANGED!" Pidge and Lance both hiss as they rub a hand on their necks thinking about it. They both narrowed their eyes at each other then erupt into laughter. She hugs him again and he falls back with her in his arms.
"Your majesties?" Says Pidge as she enters the castle, Lance behind her. She has her satchel and vest back, her glasses on properly and was trying the best she can not to spoil the surprise. Everyone in the room turned to Pidge. She wanted to shrink down but...she was already small enough. There were two princesses, two princes, the queen and her father, the King, sitting with one of Lance's brother's wife who also had two kids. One big Royal family huh...Suddenly, Lance, like it was a second instinct started speaking spanish!!!
"Mamá? Estoy en casa" The woman gasped and everyone rushed to hug Lance. However the woman gasped.
"Oh, Lance! My- you dropped in on a quite inappropriate time! You will have to wait out as we have a meeting with the royal family of another Kingdome for diplomacy." Pidge raised a brow until she heard a way too familiar face. Oh oh...Pidge started trying to tippy-toe away.
"Ah! McLains! So happy to see you- OH MIO DIO!" Pidge froze dead in her tracks. She looked at her brother and blinked. Her mother and father following with her father's trusty hunting dog that she calls Bae Bae.
"Ahahahah....i can explain...." Pidge said rubbing her neck.
"PIDGE!!!!" Matt said as he ran towards her and hugged her, twirling her in the air. Lance stared in disbelief.
"KATHLYN HOLT! WHAT IN THE NAME OF SAINT MARIA ARE YOU DOING HERE?! We've been worried sick--" Lance spurted.
"Hold the phone- YOU?! A princess?!" Pidge looked at him unimpressed.
"No, a toad." She said sarcastically. Colleen, her mother, rushed to her side and quickly hugged her.
"Oh la mia bambina" Pidge chuckled.
"Hi mom..." Lance frowned.
"Didn't you say you were a bandit? And poor?" Pidge chuckled.
"Bandit...sort of. Poor? That's a part i lied about..." Lance pouted.
"I feel betrayed, Pidgey." The two families looked at each other and smirked.
"Guess we found our diplomatic move." Lance's mother pronounced. Lance and Pidge tilted their heads.
"Huh?" They both said.
"Well, you could imagine what happened next. The kingdom rejoiced. The lost Prince had returned. The party lasted an entire week. And, honestly I don't remember much of it-"
"You were drunk for much of it, Pidge."
"Oh yeah! Oops...heheh...Anywaysss~ Dreams came true all over the place. Allura went on to become the most famous singer in the world. And this guy? Lotor? Well he eventually found someone to love. As for this guy, Hunk, well, I assume he's happy with Shay and his small bakery. He's never told me otherwise. Thanks to Keith and Shiro being the dream team they are, crime in the kingdom disappeared almost over night. As did most of the apples. Platt, never changed. At last Lance was home, I was home anddd and he finally had a real family. She was a prince worth waiting for. But above all, he led his kingdom with all the grace and wisdom that his parents did before him. And as for me? Well. I started going by Katie again...Sort off. I will practically be the first alchemist queen when I will rule, basically turned it all around. But I know what the big question is: did Lance and I ever get married? Well I'm pleased to tell you. After years, and years of asking, and asking, and asking. I finally said yes."
"She refused to marry me until I 'proposed the right way'...I got mad and forcefully put the ring on her finger and she said I passed the test."
"I would have said yes the first time but I wanted to make it a living hell for you."
"...Are you serious right now...??"
"hah. I can't be serious if I'm Pidge~"
"Finish the story right you little- AHEM! And then we lived happily ever after."
"Lmao. How many kids do you think we will have?"
"Dunno- why the hell are you asking that?!"
"Hah! Gotcha! BYEEEE!!"
"HOLD ON A SECOND--!!"
Pidge turned off the TV and Lance and her looked at each other.
"That was an awful movie." They both said at the same time.
"Wanna go hit the lions and fly around the moon a bit?"
"Hah! Let's go!"
THE END