Authors Note: Hello! This is my first Attack on Titan fanfiction so fingers crossed you guys will like it. It is going to be a bit slow at first whilst I introduce everything, but hopefully you will stick around to see it develop further. It features an OC of mine, Rina Oswald. Anyway, please read and I hope you enjoy it! :)
Chapter One - Prologue.
Rina Oswald, aged eighteen. Height, five foot one, from the Trost district. That was what I told the soldier when I was signing up for military training, anyway. That was five years ago, making me twenty three now. I graduated as part of the top ten, excelling in knowledge and fast in the physical exercises. The factor that led me to join training was partly because it has always been difficult to contain my curiosity about the outside world: the world outside these walls we are confined in. My life before the training wasn't the best, more like hell, but that's a story for another time. The idea of leaving my old life behind and starting anew appealed to me. I was a coward, I knew that, to run away and leave my problems behind but what else could I do? The curiosity I had contained as a child had never left - only heightened. So when training had ended - there was only one section I could pick, one that allowed me to see the outside world: the Survey Corps.
The majority of people viewed them as heroes, valiant soldiers willing and ready to give up their lives in a heart beat. And why not? It was a good cause. The training wasn't easy, it required hard work and determination that most people lacked; thinking they could breeze through it and join the military police, where they could drink and gamble. But one of the hardest parts about it was getting along with somebody. Most were people who lazed about, thinking they could scrape by, and the rest were even worse. They were loud and boastful, shouting about how many Titans they were going to kill. So where did that place me then? I don't know, and that is my point exactly - I never really fitted in. It was a relief to find that my bunk mate, Nadia, didn't quite seem to it into both categories either. We were friends through sharing a cabin which developed to us sitting together at lunch and scoffing at everyone who thought they were better than others.
At first, Nadia had her hearts set on the military police, wanting to be place closer to home. I guess I couldn't really blame her. She had a family who loved her and she didn't want to give that up. But, for me? I had no one. No one who would stop me risking my life. That is why I was entirely surprised to find out that Nadia had decided to join me in the Survey Corps, refusing to leave me on my own. We both trained hard to enter and now, two weeks in, I can say that so far, I do not regret a thing.
Okay. so there it is, my first chapter! I hope you enjoyed it and yes, I know it is really slow, but this chapter was mainly about introducing my OC. Sorry about the lack of my personal favourite, Levi. But he is in the next chapter!
Please review, it would mean a lot to me :)
Ellie x