Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I've posted anything on this site, but I've just been enjoying Voltron: Legendary Defender too much to NOT write anything.

This story is going to start pre-Kerberos and then continue on with the show's main plot line and stay pretty much canon-compliant. Think of it as the written version of the show from Pidge's POV with additional content /story arcs.

Hope you enjoy!

THE PIDGE PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 1

"We're almost there, Katie." I turned my face away from the desert outside the window and looked over at my mom.

"I know." I smiled at my mom when she glanced over at me before I focused on the road ahead of us and the looming shape of military buildings in the distance

My dad has worked for the Galaxy Garrison for as long as I remember, and it feels like my family has driven along this road thousands of times. It's gotten to the point of familiarity that Matt and I both noticed a week ago that a particularly old cactus near the road had finally fallen over. We had a running bet as to whether it would stay standing until Matt and Dad left for Kerberos, but Matt was forced to admit defeat. He never admitted to it, but I think he was secretly hoping for the shuttle's launch to shake the desert surrounding the Garrison to the point of tipping the poor cactus over.

My mom slowed down the car as we approached the military base and came to a stop at the security gate. She handed an ID card to the officer on guard duty who double checked the card before scanning it. As the guard handed the card back through the window, a buzzing sound came from the gate as it swung open. Mom eased the car forwards through the security checkpoint and onto Galaxy Garrison property.

In the distance, I could see the Kerberos shuttle standing proud against a cloudless sky. I pressed my face against the passenger window to try and get a better look at the sleek spaceship, ignoring my mother's amused chuckling.

We parked on the airfield tarmac a few hundred metres from the launch pad, but I pried my eyes away from the shuttle as my mom told me, "Look, there's Matt and your father! Don't they look so official an important in their uniforms?"

"I guess so, but you've seen Matt in his cadet uniform plenty of times, Mom." I reminded her.

She chuckled again and informed me, "Katie, one day you will realize that there's nothing quite so dashing as a man in uniform."

"Ugh, Mom." I groaned. I shot her a look over my shoulder and stated, "Matt is a dork, and that orange and white menace of a uniform just accentuates his dorkiness." At my mom's raised eyebrow, I insisted, "It's true."

"Well, how about observing a different specimen than your brother to see if my theory is correct? Look, their hotshot pilot straight out of flight school is with them in uniform too."

Rolling my eyes, I turned to look out the window and focused on the group of men on the tarmac. My gaze passed over my brother and his orange uniform before landing on the two men in gray uniforms. I quickly noticed my dad's enthusiastic gesturing that only happens when he's excited about something, and realized he was talking to the pilot. My eyes moved on from my dad and froze.

Matt had told me about the prodigious pilot before, that he was a year ahead of Matt at the Garrison and had recently been promoted in order to fly the Kerberos mission. What Matt hadn't told me was that Takashi Shirogane was a looker. Mom's theory about uniformed men still floating around in my mind really wasn't helping either, especially with how well Takashi filled out his uniform compared to Matt's slight build and accompanying baggy uniform.

"See anything you like?"

"Mom!" I exclaimed and whirled around the face her.

She simply smirked at my reaction and said, "Well, let's go get your Dad, shall we? He'll have the entire mission to talk that poor boy's ear off, so we may as well hurry up and give him one last night of peace!" She opened her door and slipped out of the car before I could get a word in.

"Honestly." I muttered. I glanced out my window in time to see Takashi look behind my dad and notice our car. He pointed towards us, and I saw Matt and Dad turn around. Dad's face instantly broke into a cheesy smile as soon as his eyes landed on my mom walking towards him.

I took a quick look in the rear view mirror to make sure my face wasn't red from my mom's teasing before I got out of the car and slowly made my way towards the rest of my family. Mom had already made it to my dad, who quickly wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her to his side. Mom extended her hand in greeting towards the young pilot, and he hesitated for only a moment before shaking her hand and beginning to exchange pleasantries with her.

Matt was standing behind our parents and grinned when he caught sight of me. He took a few steps in my direction and grabbed me in a quick hug before flawlessly transitioning into a loose headlock and a light noogie to my head. He released me with a laugh at my disgruntled expression, but quickly stopped as I punched him in the arm.

"Ow! That actually hurt this time, what's with you, Katie? Can't you just give me one last normal Holt sibling ritual before I go into space for a year?" Matt rubbed his arm I had just punched in annoyance.

"Sorry, but I'm pretty sure that was a typical sibling greeting for us. You noogie me and mess up my hair, and I punch you to get you to stop." I replied, fixing my mussed up hair out of habit.

"Yeah, well, you usually only fake punching me. It felt like you meant it this time."

I returned the frown Matt sent my way and told him, "Well, I just figured it might make up for the year I won't have the chance to punch you."

"Does that mean I get to give a years' worth of noogie-hugs before I leave tomorrow?"

"That depends," I crossed my arms with a smirk forming on my lips, "How many bruises do you want to be nursing for the first week in space?"

"Jerk."

"You know you love me." I countered.

Matt rolled his eyes and threw his uninjured arm around my shoulders, "I thought siblings were required to love each other? Some unwritten rule, or something like that. Anyway, come and meet Shiro."

We walked over to where our parents were still talking with 'Shiro', as Matt called him, and heard him say, "It was really nice to meet you Mrs. Holt, but I should head home – lots to do before the big day tomorrow."

"Of course, Takashi, it was lovely to meet you after hearing all about you from my Sam and Matt."

I noticed the tips of Shiro's ears turn a slight shade of red at the praise from my mother before he turned to my father and shook his hand in farewell. "I'll see you bright and early tomorrow, sir. I hope you have a great night with your family."

"You as well, Shiro." My father replied as he shook Shiro's hand heartily.

Shiro smiled, and with a slight nod to my parents he took a step back before walking around them. My eyes widened as I realized Shiro was headed towards us. Matt took a step forward, and the two clasped each other's arms at the elbow in a strange short of handshake, but I could tell from the grin the two shared they had both really hit it off at some point.

"Take care, Matt."

"You too, Shiro – don't party too hard tonight."

Shiro let out a small bark of laughter as they let go of each other's arm. "I don't think you need to worry about that, Matt." They both chuckled before Shiro turned towards me and added, "And this must be the infamous Katie Holt."

Shiro was grinning good-naturedly, but I still turned to Matt and deadpanned, "Infamous?"

Matt scratched the back of his head and shrugged. "You know Dad, he likes to brag about his two genius kids, even if one is a little temperamental."

"Oh, comforting to know they're sending the crazier of the Holt siblings up in space in a fancy, pressurized metal can." Matt frowned that his jab had been deflected so easily. "What could possibly go wrong?" I taunted.

I heard a low chuckle from Shiro and realized I may have just dissed my brother in front of his teammate. Whoops.

Shiro shook his head in amusement and began to walk forwards again. As he passed by Matt, he patted his shoulder and said, "I'll see you tomorrow, Matt."

I turned my head to watch him walk away, but was surprised when Shiro raised his right hand in a wave and called back, "Nice to meet you, Katie."

I stared after him in shock for a moment too long, as Matt soon poked my cheek and stated, "You're staring, Pidgeon."

Fighting the heat rising up my neck, I whacked my brother's hand away from my cheek. I used both my arms to shove Matt towards our parents and grumbled, "Oh, just shut up, will you? Mom mentioned in the car she wanted to take photos of us all since you're in uniform and everything today, so let's just hurry up so we can go home for supper."

Matt looked back at me and grinned. "Sure, sure. You hurry up and get over here too, then." I caught up with Matt and we both walked to the base of the shuttle's launch platform where our parents were waiting for us.

While we were still out of earshot of our parents, Matt nonchalantly stated, "Y'know, I guess I forgot to tell you that all the girls in the Garrison think Shiro puts the 'hot' in 'hotshot'." Matt stopped right in front of me to look me in the eye, not quite hiding the smirk in his voice as he asked, "What do you think?"

"Matt!" I ground out, moving to strangle him, but he quickly ducked out of the range of my short arms and ran the remaining distance to our parents, laughing all the way.

"You know what, at this rate I'll probably be more than happy to ship you off to space tomorrow." I muttered to myself.

Let me know what you think, and if I should continue on with this story! If I continue, I'm hoping to be able to post a chapter every week or so.

~Crimson Fox4