#kidgetober 2021

It’s now August, which means I can reveal the results of the the poll for this year! So here it is, the official prompt list for Kidgetober 2021!

October 1-2: Free Days Write whatever you’d like! If you want some ideas for prompts, here’s a few: Classic Monster Movies ; Family Favorites ; Horror Movies.

Week 1: Week of Whimsy Oct. 3 | Enchantment 4 | Dreams 5 | Moonlight 6 | Library 7 | Transformation 8 | Garden 9 | Castle

Week 2: Fall Fancies 10 | Drive-in Movies 11 | Baking 12 | Lantern 13 | Nighttime Sky 14 | Sleepover 15 | Fall Breeze 16 | Soup

Week 3: Globe-trotting 17 | Road Trip 18 | Amusement Park 19 | Maps 20 | Moving Day 21 | Campfire/Camping 22 | National Park 23 | Vacation (Also, it’s Keith’s birthday!)

Week 4: Ghosts and Ghouls 24 | Grave-digging 25 | Haunted Hotel 26 | New Moon 27 | Hunted 28 | Fangs 29 | Shipwreck 30 | Secret

October 31: Free Day!

She loves her brother but he can be annoying…which is why she left before he could stop her. They had planned this road trip for months, but then his job changed his vacation time and he thought she would just cancel the whole trip. Argument after argument ensued with no resolution. Each were sure they were right in typical Holt fashion. Yet, she could not change her vacation and she just didn’t understand why she couldn’t do the trip on her own. She had her Ph.d for goodness sake, she could take a two week trip by herself.

Which is why when she found herself in this predicament, she just could not bring herself to call him. This was just embarrassing. She tried calling Hunk, Allura, hell she even called Lance. All with no response. She sat in the car looking at her phone. Did she dare call Shiro. He was her brother’s boyfriend but he was really nice. Maybe he could help her and …no. Not gonna happen. Ugghhhh.

She thought absently of Keith. But, she didn’t really know him well enough to ask this kind of favor. Not to mention, she felt all tongue tied around him. He was just, too good looking for her to feel completely at ease around. Shaking her head, she refocused, well, she put a call into triple A so she’d just have to wait.

A few hours later, she moved beyond bored and annoyed into well and truly pissed. It was now dark and she was cold. She thought about just building a fire on the side of the road but she didn’t really want to walk through the forest in the dark. She kept turning the car on and off to keep it warm but she was dangerously low on gas by now. Again she wished she knew that the damn car didn’t have a spare tire. She wrongly assumed that every car had one!! Fuck.

Suddenly, the roar of a motorcycle sliced through the night She abruptly sat up. Crap. She looked like easy pickings for a serial killer. She frantically rummaged through her nap sack for her mace. Held tightly in her hand she saw the light from the bike in her review mirror and tried to sit up and look bigger.

Silence. She watched the light turn off and could vaguely see a silhouette approach on her driver side. Heart beat racing she debated staying in the car versus getting out. Either way she felt she was at a disadvantage. If she got out she could run, but honestly she wasn’t fast. If she stayed in, she could see him breaking the glass of her compact car. Damn. If she died, Matt would totally be proven right.

Tap, tap. Jumping slightly she looked up…to see KEITH?!?! She let out a tiny squeal and then frantically opened the door. “What are you doing here?”

Keith shook his head, “Some road trip, you got like four hours away before getting stuck with a flat?”

Pidge could feel her face getting hot, “Okay well, I went to a few museums and got a little delayed. Um, how did you know I was here?”

“Hunk saw you called but you didn’t pickup. Then he went into detective mode and tracked you. You hadn’t moved. So he called Lance, who got a garbled message about you having a flat. Luckily you shared your trip route with Shiro when you thought he was going. So I snuck in his room and sent it to myself.”

Pidge was still trying to take in the man in front of her. Wind blown hair, goggles pulled up, black shirt and leather jacket, dark jeans and boots. He was too hot. She blinked. “Okay, but why are YOU here?”

He looked down, rubbing his neck, “Yeah well, maybe I was the only one of us who had any vacation time to use. I rarely use it, so, um, I took a couple of weeks and decided to see if, um, you needed help. If not, it’s no big I could just ride it out, you know follow your trip, it’s not like I’m the best at planning anyways.”

Pidge felt her heart race again but this time, it wasn’t from fear. “So um, wanna go on a road trip. With me?”

Keith’s face breaks into a slow grin. “Yeah, hop on my bike and let’s get your car situated. We could either rent a trailer for the bike or I could store it for a bit.”

Pidge starts to turn, then stops. With her back to him, she queries, “Um, Matt didn’t ask you to do this di-“ when her voice abruptly dies off.

Kidgetober week 1: Moonlight

Chapters: 23/31 Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Keith/Pidge | Katie Holt, Keith & Pidge | Katie Holt Characters: Keith (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Various Characters Additional Tags: Kidgetober 2021, Alternate Universe, One Shot Collection, (well mostly) Summary:

A collection of one-shots written for Kidgetober 2021, all revolving around the pairing (or friendship) of Keith and Pidge.

Week 1: Week of Whimsy Week 2: Fall Fancies Week 3: Globe-trotting Week 4: Ghosts and Ghouls

------PREVIEW for Day 22-------

Day 9-Castles

Pidge has always wanted to visit a castle. So when a request came in for a paladin to visit Himeji Castle in Japan, Pidge happily volunteered. She did her research too so she knows this castle is said to be haunted!! Apparently sometime in the past a person was falsely accused of losing or breaking valuable dishes and was therefore killed! Obviously she must have been a servant but now her ghost is supposed to haunt the castle at night! Pidge couldn’t wait to visit.

She mentioned this in passing to Matt who blabbed to Shiro. Then she was obliged to hear a lecture but honestly, did Shiro always have to treat her like a kid still?? It was nice he was worried but she would be fine. It’s not like ghosts were real anyways. But no matter, she was on a convoy to Japan with James, Ina and Ryan. She couldn’t wait.

This trip might also be a good time to figure out her James problem. Veronica said that James was interested in her but she was unsure what she wanted to do. She liked him but was it enough? He could be pretty by the book, but at the same time he felt very comfortable. She liked hanging out with him and they’ve eaten dinner a few times at the Garrison. Pidge wasn’t sure so at least this way she could figure things out without her nosy friends and brother around.

The next day James got a message they had to stop at a nearby town before heading to the castle. Where once they arrived they saw Shiro, Lance and Hunk were waiting. She arched a brow, what the hell?

James groaned and muttered, “I swear to God.”

Pidge turned and looked at him but he pasted on a fake grin, “Hey look who’s here?” Raising his voice he continued, “I thought you guys had stuff to do?”

Hunk waved and Lance had that idiot grin on his face, “Griffin, you know, we got to talking and thought this would be a great way to learn about Shiro’s culture.”

Shiro nodded and picked up, “Yeah, we never got to travel Earth really, so we decided to take advantage of this opportunity. Hunk can’t wait to learn some new recipes.”

Sighing I rolled by eyes and looked to Ina who shrugged. Finally James replied, somewhat angrily, “Well the more the merrier…I guess.”

After their arrival, they were allowed to rest and change before the dinner celebration was scheduled for tonight. Pidge rested, showered and changed. She really wanted a tour of the castle. It was built differently that the castles in Europe so Pidge couldn’t wait to explore. Unfortunately James caught her trying to sneak out and like the killjoy he was, he didn’t let her explore on her own. She really wanted to find the well that the ghost apparently died in. But instead they strolled the gardens.

Dinner was a big affair and just when she thought she was going to be cornered by the prince of the Imperial Family, she felt a familiar presence. Glancing up she caught Keith’s eye. What was he doing on planet? Before she knew it, the prince was asking if her parents were on the trip…what? Why? Before she could answer, Keith approached and placed his hand on her back, between her shoulder blades and said, “The moon is beautiful, isn’t it?”

Pidge blinked. Um. Okay. “Yes, I imagine it is. It’s not like I can see it from-“

Suddenly the prince looked to Keith, bowed and walked away. Huh? “So want to tell me what that was about?”

Keith shook his head, “Don’t worry about it. So ghost?

Grinning Pidge went into some details before the rest of the team huddled around and everyone was laughing and talking, even Ina and Ryan. James looked a little annoyed but Pidge wasn’t sure what had happened. Finally the party was over and everyone was supposed to go to bed.

Keith offered to walk her to her room, which she knew annoyed James but she tried to ignore it. That was a problem for another day. At the door to her room, Keith held her arm, and pulled her back into him. He asked, “I hope it’s okay that I came.”

Pidge quickly turned, “Of course it is! Look this is gonna be great, we hardly ever all get together in one location anymore. I…miss you…all. All of you. A lot.

Pidge internally groans and hope Keith cannot see how red her face is. Shit.

After good night’s, Pidge gets ready for bed and settles in for the night.

Pidge wakes up with a start. Her heart is racing. She feels sweaty and why is her bed so…pokey??? She reaches for her phone, only to find nothing. Shit, where did she put it? Rolling over, she feels like the bed is super scratchy and finally gets up to open the drapes. Only to see a completely different castle. There’s no outlets. No electricity. Hell even the town looks different more like a painting. What the hell???

Blinking, she turns all around. Why is she dressed in these clothes? Suddenly the door is opened and a partially dressed Keith enters he room. “Pidge? Where are you? C’mon please-”

She turns from the window to see Keith looking frantic. She instantly moves to him and basically throws herself at him. “Keith, what the hell is going on? I don’t have my phone and there’s no electricity!”

Keith holds her tightly, “Yeah, I figured. Um, so I know we don’t believe in ghosts, but what about time portals? I mean you guys went to an alternate dimension right?”