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"Discovery"
"But I knew I had to find my own path, and it led me to you."
Keith had known what Acxa meant by that. He had seen it on the Space Whale that he was actually a twin. His twin sister had more Galran features and had to be taken into space when their mom left. However, he could tell by the faces of the rest of the Paladins that they took Acxa's words as romantic.
Keith sighed. He didn't know who to talk to first. Should he bring it up with his twin or talk to the Paladins first? A burst of light drew him from his musings, and he looked up. He gave his mom a soft chirp, and she responded with a soothing rumble as she sat down next to him. He leaned against her and whispered, "The Paladins don't know that Acxa is my sister, and they took her words as romantic." He started petting his wolf, who had teleported Krolia over to him. "I don't know who I should talk to first."
Krolia nosed his hair briefly if only to disguise her laugh. "My poor confused kit. I can talk to your sister or we can talk to them all together. It doesn't need to be one or the other."
"I'm glad we were reunited and got to spend time with each other." Keith gave his mom a genuine smile.
"Me too, kit. Me too."
"Let's talk to everyone together."
Krolia stood up and patted the wolf on his head, a signal that she wanted him to teleport her and not Keith. The wolf sat at her feet and cocked his head. Krolia gestured with her head towards the lone part-Galra on the other side of the cave and then at the back where the Paladins were sitting. He gave a soft bark and did as his mistress asked.
Once his mom and wolf disappeared, Keith made his way over to his team. He sat down next to Shiro. "Hey, guys."
"Hello, Keith," Allura replied. "I noticed you were talking with Krolia."
"Yeah. I needed help figuring something out."
"Moms are great at that sort of thing. I swear mine could almost read my mind," Lance stated.
"They can be scary though. Mine's going to kill me once we get back to Earth," Pidge added.
"Colleen won't kill you," Shiro contradicted.
"I don't know. She might and then resurrect you to help her clean the mess," Keith countered.
"You know my mom?" Pidge asked.
"I met her once, and she struck me as a person I didn't want to cross. I take it that's where you got it from, Katie."
Pidge grinned. "You know it."
A flash of light interrupted the lighthearted conversation as the two female Galra sat down. The wolf disappeared, only to reappear two ticks later on top of Keith, who was knocked on his back.
Keith groaned. "I can't get him to stop doing that, no matter what I do."
Allura stared at the downed Paladin. "So you did train him?"
"I don't know how much was Keith training him and how much was him training Keith, but it was humorous to watch," Krolia answered.
"Mo-om!" Keith attempted to shove the wolf off. "C'mon, boy. Work with me here. Get off."
The wolf licked Keith's face before he teleported off of his master and over to lay at Krolia's feet. The grin on the wolf's face told the group that teleporting on to Keith was his favorite past time, and he was liable to do it again as long as Keith wasn't flying his lion.
Keith sighed and righted himself. He wiped off his face and mock glared at his wolf. "You are a menace sometimes, but you're still a good boy."
The wolf gave a bark in response and teleported over to Keith. He reappeared at Keith's feet and laid down, resting his body against his master's legs. Keith reached down and petted his wolf.
Lance stared at Keith before looking at the wolf and then back at Keith. He couldn't seem to get his thoughts organized enough to say anything though; however, Keith still asked, "Something on your mind, Sharpshooter?"
"Not to sound strange, but you have a weird relationship with your wolf."
"He's a cosmic wolf. Of course, it's weird, but I've always wanted a pet. Just like I always wanted a related by blood family. Now, I have both."
"We're glad you found your mom, buddy," Shiro replied.
"Not just my mom. I have a twin as well."
"A twin?" Lance groaned. "That means there's two of you. I thought I was the only twin here."
"You're a twin?" Keith questioned. "You never mentioned that."
"Yeah. I have a twin sister named Rachel. She's two minutes older and likes to hold it over my head."
"Well, that's something we have in common, Lance. We are both the youngest twin."
"So, where's your twin?" Hunk inquired.
"Yeah. When do we get to meet her?" Lance added.
"You already have. Acxa's my twin."
There was complete silence for a couple of ticks before there was a chorus of exclamations, which all mashed together and made no sense.
"Whoa, whoa, guys. One at a time, please," Keith pleaded.
"We thought Acxa was interested in you as a girlfriend!" Lance was the first one to voice what the human Paladins had been thinking.
Allura smiled. "I knew she was his sister."
The three Galra and the four humans turned to look at the princess. Krolia asked, "How did you know?"
Allura smiled. "The family resemblance is obvious."
Lance turned to observe Acxa. "But she had cool hair, unlike Keith and his mom, no offense, Krolia."
"Some taken," Krolia replied without missing a beat.
"Well, the thing is..." Acxa trailed off as she reached up and took her hair down. She looked like a female, Galran looking version of Keith.
Lance blinked rapidly as if the image before him would change. Of course, it didn't, but his brain seemed to short circuit at the sight. Acxa fixed her hair, putting the clips back in. She stared at Lance. "I didn't mean to break him."
Pidge swatted at Lance, which didn't even make him flinch. "Eh, he'll be okay. So, are you going to come with us on our journey?"
"I...I don't know."
"It's okay, kit. You would be welcome, but the choice is yours," Krolia stated.
"Absolutely," Shiro added.
"If she does, she is riding in my lion," Keith stated.
Acxa smiled. "In that case, I think I'd like to join you."
There was another flash of light, but this time Keith was teleported over to his sister's side. He and Krolia nuzzled Acxa. They were glad that Acxa chose to come with them, because they would have missed her otherwise.
Fin