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Lance, Hunk, and “The Debate”

Pidge meets Lance and Hunk around the start of High School

Lance was oddly determined to become her friend and, eventually, she just allowed it to happen

Lance and Hunk were actually one of the first people to reach out to her (as most people thought she was just weird and left her alone) and really try to befriend her

Of course, they were very confused as to why she wore sunglasses all the time

They didn’t really buy her excuse to being “light sensitive” as she wore them even at night around them and it was usually very dark

They never forced her to explain though

As High School started to draw to a close, Pidge realized she had developed feelings for Lance

Only problem? He was head over heels in love with a girl in their school by the name of Allura

Who could blame him? She was a pretty, take no shit type of girl and very popular

This is where Pidge found herself caught in a debate

It would be so easy to make Lance fall in love with her. All she’d have to do is lock eyes with him and give him the command

But, that would be the wrong thing to do

So, she just kinda hoped that Lance would change his mind and fall for her

He didn’t

This is where the debate became harder and harder for her because she has this power for a reason, isn’t it okay to be a little selfish with it once in a while?

It’s during this debate that she meets Keith

Meeting Keith

Pidge bumped into him by accident

Well, actually, he bumped into her

The bump caused her sunglasses to go askew (showing off her eyes)

When she snapped at him to apologize, he turned to look at her (taking off the sunglasses he was wearing in the process) with a glare, until he noticed she wasn’t going into a catatonic state

Pidge was confused why he wasn’t doing so either

He almost instantly grabbed her arm and pulled her aside, causing her to panic

Who the hell was this guy and what was he going to do to her?!

“Calm down! You’re a Suassie, aren’t you?”

Yup, this guy is the same thing she is

At Pidge’s demands for an explanation, the guy introduces himself as “Keith” and explains to her who he is and what they are

Turns out, she’s not the only person with this ability

There are many others; some good, some bad

Keith is actually trying to track down one of these bad ones by the name of “Lotor”

Lotor kinda stole Keith’s boyfriend from him (and not just in a “you love me now” sort of way)

As a kind of way to figure out what kind of Suassie Pidge is, he asks for her help to get his boyfriend back

Seeing as Pidge wants a distraction from her Lance issue, she agrees to help him

Little does she know she had just entered a battle bigger than what Keith let on

Lotor and the “Champion”

Keith and Pidge manage to track down Lotor a day or two after they met (as Keith was already rather close to finding him)

Turns out, Lotor isn’t alone

He’s got 4 other Suassies with him and one... human?

He greets Keith warmly, contrasted by Keith literal growl of a response

When his eyes fall on Pidge though, he’s interested

“Ah, so the Eyes of Marmora are dragging any Suasoculi they can into their ranks? How cute~”

Keith tells Lotor to shut up but Pidge is already confused

Who the hell are the “Eyes of Marmora??”

Lotor tells Keith to not be that way, after all, shouldn’t he be happy to see his boyfriend is safe?

Yeah, the “human” wearing a strange visor/mask turns out to be Shiro, Keith’s missing boyfriend

The visor/mask makes his eyes unable to be seen, which prevents Keith from freeing Shiro from Lotor’s control

Not only that but Shiro now responds to the call sign of “Champion”

Lotor soon sends Shiro to attack both Keith and Pidge

Now, Pidge has next to no combat training at all and Keith refuses to fight against Shiro 

The two are almost taken out... until they are saved by three men wearing rather interesting outfits

Keith seems familiar with these men as he calls one out by name, “Kolivan”

The three drive Lotor’s group and “Champion” away and soon scold Keith

“WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU TRY TO FACE LOTOR ON YOUR OWN AND WHO THE HELL IS THIS?!”

Keith and Pidge are brought back to the EoM base to explain themselves

The Eyes of Marmora

After explaining their actions and being scolded by Kolivan, Pidge is finally told what the “Eyes of Marmora” are

They’re a group of Suassies that either use their powers for the benefit of humanity or don’t use their powers at all (their name comes from the Suassie that formed their group)

They’re in constant battle with the Eyes of Galra (named after the first Suassie who used his powers for this reason), a group of Suassies that desire to use their powers to benefit themselves and only themselves(They’re pretty much the Suassies that want to control the world)

Keith is a member of them and has been raised by them his whole life

Keith tries to explain to Kolivan that he believes that Pidge could be a great member of the EoM if she’s trained as she was willing to help him despite him being a stranger

Kolivan is hesitant but soon asks Pidge if she’d be willing to join their ranks

He warns her that from just helping Keith that she’s now on the Galras’ bad side and isn’t safe anymore

Not really having much of a choice, she joins them

Keith becomes the main person who trains her as he is excellent in combat (when Shiro isn’t the one he’s against)

Pidge picks things up rather quickly as Keith is a rather unrelenting teacher

Soon, she becomes his partner for missions against the Galra

Turns out, Lotor isn’t the only problem as there are many, dangerous Galra that have to be dealt with

So, Pidge often finds herself suiting up to take Galra down

EoM uniforms are pretty much the BoM uniforms but more casual and modern, being made up of hoodies/jackets, sweatpants, and parkour/paintball armorNothing too fancy

The armor, of course, is enchanted so it’s a lot stronger than it looks

Both the EoM and the Galra use a mix of magic and technology

Pidge is also given her first blade after her first successful mission against a Galra known as Sendak

She and Keith have many encounters with “Champion” and all they can really manage to do is drive him away, never beat him as Keith refuses to hurt him still and Pidge isn’t that strong against him

Pidge becomes really dedicated to her EoM training and missions

Questioning of Morals

As Pidge starts to disappear to do EoM stuff more and more, Lance and Hunk become worried

I mean, their friend is becoming so scarce that she’s almost a ghost at this point

The two eventually head over to her house to ask her what’s up

She doesn’t let them come inside, so they compromise by heading out to the local park to talk

She’s very vague when answering their “Where have you been?!” questions

This only causes more worry in both of the boys

“Do you not want to be our friend anymore, Pidge?”“No! It’s nothing like that!”“Then what is it?”“Like I said, I’ve just been busy-”

That’s when Keith shows up

He asks Pidge if the two guys she was talking with were giving her trouble and she explains that they aren’t and they’re just a couple of concerned friends

Lance takes one look at Keith and pretty much instantly doesn’t like him

Dude looks shady as hell and is wearing sunglasses at night like Pidge

Yup. He doesn’t like the fact that Pidge is talking with this guy so casually

Pidge cannot be having shady friends like this

Meanwhile, Keith gets very worried

He asks Pidge if she close with these two guys and when she confirms his suspicions, he gets extra worried

He doesn’t want either of these guys to end up like Shiro

So, because he doesn’t know how to explain things well, he tries to use his power on them to make them leave and forget about Pidge

This only pisses off Pidge and she stops Keith before he can follow through with it

This betrayal of trust really hurts her

She storms off with Lance and Hunk in a rage and makes sure they both get home safely before she wanders off to sulk

She questions if it’s really even smart to be a part of the EoM and questions how she even got into her situation

She cuts herself off from everyone and everything for a few days as she questions her place in the world

This is when Lotor and his group make their move

They bring Pidge out to the local forest and make her an offer: Join the Galra and not only will her family be safe but she’ll have what they know she wants: Lance in love with her

To prove their point, they even already manipulated Lance to love her and present him to her

He, of course, is very happy to see her and tells her that the two of them could be happy together if she just join the Galra

Now, even though she may not be on best terms with Keith and the EoM but she still has her morals and refuses to accept the offer

However, when she tries to free Lance from their control, a visor/mask similar to the one on Shiro is placed on him as he is commanded to attack Pidge like his life depends on it

Not only that but “Champion” is sent to attack her as well

Battle of the Oak Forest

Pidge is well outmatched by just having to fight “Champion” with no backup but Lance attacking her doesn’t help her situation

She also realizes why Keith refuses to hurt “Champion” as she can’t bring herself to hurt Lance

Also, it doesn’t help that Lance is actually really good at fighting when he thinks his life depends on it

Just when Pidge is about to easily be overtaken by both of her attackers, Keith and a few members of the EoM jump in just in time

The EoM members deal with Lotor and his group while Keith takes on Lance and Pidge takes on Shiro

It’s at this point Pidge notices something she never noticed in all of her previous encounters with “Champion”: There’s a weakness in his visor

That means it can be broken off

She changes her battle strategy to do just that

After a few attempts, she manages to break the thing off of Shiro, causing him to stumble

Keith notices what she did and runs from his fight with Lance, telling Pidge to help Lance while he helps Shiro

Pidge does just that, breaking Lance’s visor off as well before using her powers on him to counteract Lotor’s

The other EoM members managed to drive away Lotor’s group so that everyone can escape

Once they return to their base safely, everyone can take a breather

Reunions and Explanations

Finally, Shiro and Keith can have a long-awaited reunion

It’s very soft as Shiro pulls Keith into a hug that lasts a long time

There a bit of tears on both sides of the reunion as both guys are just so relieved to be together once more

Keith makes Shiro swear not to leave him again, even using his power to make him promise for emphases

Shiro already had no plans on leaving Keith again

Kolivan lets the two have their moment while he tells Pidge that she should  either explain things to Lance (who is currently asking the EoM members way too many questions) or erase his memories of the whole thing

Pidge chooses the former, pulling Lance aside to explain everything. What she is, what she’s capable of, who the Eyes of Marmora are, who the Galra are, and anything else she thinks she should explain

Lance is really awkward and disbelieving of everything at first until Pidge uses her power to make him believe her

Now being fully aware of everything, Lance takes a note of Shiro and Keith’s reunion

The Galra captured him for a reason and made him do something he vaguely remembered and seeing Keith’s relationship with Shiro gives him a better idea as to what that reason is

Of course, he doesn’t ask Pidge. If his suspicions are correct, she’ll tell him her feelings for him eventually

He’s just not sure how he feels about that idea

Him ending up with Pidge? That’s crazy! Right...?

He doesn’t really have much time to think about it before he and Pidge head home

Now, he just has a lot to think about

Shiro and Lance

Now that Lance is in “the know” of what Pidge is, he kinda grows a friendship with Shiro as he’s really the only other human that he knows of that knows about these “Suassies”

Shiro is a rather nice guy when he’s not trying to murder everything while under the control of the Galra

Lance is kinda curious as to how Shiro and Keith ended up together and Shiro tells him the classic: “It’s a funny story...”

Shiro and Keith became friends in middle school (they’re in college now) and Shiro found out on accident what Keith was

Rather than be afraid of him, he was curious and did his best to learn about what Keith was

Years past and their bond grew stronger and stronger until Shiro finally asked Keith out

Keith was afraid at first because, well, he’s a Suassie and he’s rather dangerous

After a lot of comforting and convincing, the two started dating

Lance: “So, how do you two handle the whole ‘no eye contact’ thing? Isn’t that rather important for intimacy?”

Shiro: *chuckles* “I’ll admit, it’s rather difficult to remember at times and I’ve made the mistake many, many times. Still, there’s no doubt that we care about each other... ...Plus, if I’m going to be honest with you, sometimes we break that rule on purpose...~ The ability to give someone a command they have to obey can... spice things up from time to time~”

Okay, too much info, Shiro --

Still, learning about Shiro and Keith’s relationship really helps Lance come to terms and be comfortable with Pidge being a Suassie

Plus, if anything, he’s a lot more intrigued by her

Also, when Pidge and Keith go off to do EoM stuff, it’s kinda nice for the two to have another human to worry about their safety with

Basically, the two become best bros and Shiro starts to hang out with Lance and Hunk more often

An Ongoing Battle

Even though the Galra don’t have their “Champion” anymore doesn’t mean they’re any less of a threat

That also means that Pidge, Keith and the rest of the EoM have to continue to fight

Keith and Pidge reform their bond after that little bump and become partners once more

Shiro and Lance also become great support for the two Suassies

Hunk would also eventually learn what Pidge is as well and become support for her as well, along with her brother (who already knew Pidge wasn’t normal)

Pidge’s parents would still stay blind to everything but they’d still be protected

After all, the battle is nowhere near done and who knows what other things the Galra have up their sleeves