Not Strong, But Not Weak Either
Prologue
The curly blonde haired girl sat impatiently with her head propped up on a hand, as she waited for her friend. She sat at the kitchen island with a bag of candy, slowly chewing the sweet gummy worms. She snuck a glance at the clock and let out a slow sigh.
"Briana," she called, "Are you ready yet? Lisandra expects us at her house by seven and it's already almost half past six." The girl set the bag of gummy worms aside and stood, walking over to her friend's room.
Briana was found rushing around the room, putting things away and taking things out only to toss into her bag. Her natural brown ombre hair, which went from a dark chocolate brown slowly cascading down into blonde at the tips that hung by her waist, was tossed into a messy bun so it wouldn't get in her face. She had mascara applied that made her eyelashes look longer and hazel eyes pop behind the brown frames of her glasses. She wore a black Panic! At the Disco top with dark wash jeans and a pair of black converse neatly tied on her feet. Her skin was set in a nice tan, barely showing her Hispanic heritage, and she stood at a 5'5 stature paired with the age of thirteen.
The brunette only stopped for a minute to glare at her friend and say, "Don't rush me; I got out of bed late and I had to shave my legs in the shower, so it took longer than I expected." Briana then went back to sorting things into her bag before zipping it up with a relieved sigh of content, "Now I'm ready."
The two walked out of Briana's room and she quickly closed it before setting her bag down on the kitchen island and skipping over to the pantry to pack a few snacks.
"I'm glad Lisandra invited us to her house for a sleepover; since you and I have no classes together and I can only talk to her in one of the two classes we have with each other, it almost seems I never see you guys," Briana stated absently as she grabbed a few bags of various kinds of chips, ranging from Doritos to Salt and Vinegar Lays.
She came over and set the chips in a plastic Publix bag and closed it with a knot. "Hey Hailey, save me some gummy worms! There is no need to hog them all," Briana complained playfully.
Hailey was the taller of the two, standing at 5'9 with curly blonde hair that fell messily a little less than half way down her back. Her green eyes sparked with constant playfulness and cheeks always tinted a slight pink as if she was blushing. She wore a simple green tank top with light wash jeans and black flats. Her skin remained pale and burned easily in the sun as it had for the past thirteen years of her life.
"There may be no need to hog it but I'm still going to," she quipped back with a grin, continuing to gobble the gummy worms. Briana smiled and grabbed a few before her close friend ate the rest.
As Briana started to close all the windows in her house and lock everything up, Hailey stared at her with a questioning gaze. "How can you stand using that Nair thing? I tried it once and it hurt like hell," she unknowingly started to rub her leg at the memory of the hair removal lotion burning her skin after a minute of having it on.
Briana chuckled softly before answering, "The first time I used it I thought the same thing, but later on I did it again and it wasn't as bad." Hailey gave her a disbelieving look. "I'm serious; I started to notice that even after I shaved, my legs still felt prickly, so I used that and it was kind of like waxing, but less painful. Plus, if it leaves any hair, I can just shave it off," she finished with a smile.
"Mm-hmm," Hailey hummed with a calculating look, "Or maybe you just don't have the nervous system in your legs."
Briana rolled her eyes with a small smile as she grabbed her bag and asked Hailey, "When is your mom going pick us up? I'm ready to get my anime on at Lisandra's."
Hailey looked down at her phone as she grabbed her bag and followed Briana to the door. "Uh, she should be here in-,"
She was abruptly cut off by a hard vibration in the ground and a sudden white light piercing the darkness that was in the house because of the lights being off.
Briana quickly fell to the ground, dragging Hailey with her, and braced her head with eyes pressed tightly closed. "What is this, an earthquake? They don't usually happen in Florida." The light suddenly became brighter and slowly became bigger, as if it was coming closer.
The girls squinted at the bright light, attempting to shadow their eyes while trying to back away. The back pacing proved to be pointless since the shaking of the ground made it hard to maneuver and the broken vase that had fallen soon after the quake started was in pieces around them, making it dangerous to crawl.
It was only soon after that the two were completely consumed by the light and, in a flash, they were gone and everything completely left perfect as if nothing had happened. The world outside the door was unaware of anything that had just transpired inside the house and carried on.
Meanwhile, the girls felt the hard wood that was Briana's home flooring, turn into a soft patch of grass before each of them fell on their sides. The cold air blew onto their arms, causing goosebumbs to rise on their skin.
Briana slowly opened her eyes, only to flinch at the sun's light and shield her eyes with a hand so she could get a good look at her surroundings. It appeared that they were in the middle of a vast terrain of grass with the occasional tree, along with hills in the distance blocking anything past.
Briana turned her head when she heard her friend let out a groan of displeasure at the situation. "Where the hell are we?" Hailey asked while taking a quick look around.
"I'm not sure, but it seems like a field somewhere," Briana answered while getting up and dusting off her knees that had slight dirt on them from the landing. She shielded her eyes again to get a better look into the distance. "I have many theories of where we are but they all seem impossible."
Hailey looked at her with a raised eyebrow before getting up and saying, "Trust me, I don't think things can get any weirder."
Briana nodded and started to explain, "Well, based on the temperature, a good idea of location is somewhere in the northern hemisphere and the time is about," she paused to glance at the sky, covering her eyes for a second after looking at the position of the sun, "a little before noon."
Hailey had a questioning look on her face as she then stated, "Don't stop there, keep going. Let's see how far you can pin point us."
"It's a simple hypothesis gathered from observation and knowledge of the seasons; since it's fall, the north is experiencing colder weather patterns, and, based on the fact that I can't see my breath, I would say it is somewhere between 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 70 degrees Fahrenheit," Briana finished with an innocent smile and hand on her hip.
Hailey gave her a skeptical stare and remarked sarcastically, "Geez, is that all? Maybe if you keep talking you'll be able to tell me our coordinates, too." She then crossed her arms and questioned, "Honestly though, is Mr. Thomas teaching your class better than mine? Or do you just get randomly smart at times?" Briana sent her a grin and knowing stare that had Hailey sighing out, "Definitely the latter."
Mr. Thomas was their science teacher for eighth grade, but while Briana had him third, Hailey had him fourth. It wasn't that he was a bad teacher, it's just that Briana may seem like a foolish fangirl that is probably barely passing her classes, but she managed her time to get straight As, take another elective course out of the other two she took of her six classes in school, spend time with friends and family, and still have time for manga and anime. Hailey often wondered how she did it, since she wouldn't know with the antisocial life she has; although she also maintained a constant flow of As and the little B every once in a while.
Hailey was snapped out of her thoughts when she saw Briana get on her knees in front of a few yellow flowers and start to stare at them intently. "What are you doing?" she asked as Briana plucked the flower from the ground.
Briana looked up from the flower in her hand and stared at Hailey while biting her lip, seemingly troubled by something. "It's just that," Briana paused and looked back at the flower, "I did a report on this flower in seventh grade for my science class; it's a part of the sunflower family called Arnica."
Hailey seemed a little confused and asked "What does that have to do with anything?"
"It only grows in Europe and Northern Asia," Briana answered as she laid the flower back down and got up. She went over to where their Jansport bags had dropped and grabbed hers. "I guess this would be a good time to whip out my phone," she joked as she set her bag on the ground in front of her and began opening it.
Hailey also went to her bag and opened it up, only to be met with a shock; half the things she had in her bag were missing. She looked up to see Briana staring at the contents of her bag with a shocked expression mixed with slight horror that only grew as the seconds ticked by.
"What the fuck is this?!" Briana practically screeched as she started to furiously search her bag, taking things out and setting them to the side.
Hailey also began to shift through her bag, counting all the things that were missing and some things that weren't there before. "All of my technology is gone along with my bathing suit and a couple jeans and shirts," Hailey told her panicking friend before adding, "But it seems that the jeans and shirts were switched with… What the hell? This cloth looks hand made," she finished while feeling the new fabrics that were found in her bag.
Briana on the other hand was not taking the situation well at all. "All my technology is also gone plus my bathing suit, make up, all of my hair products, my nail polish, and worst of all, my fandom merch," she finished with a slight cry of anguish.
Hailey made a horrified gasp, "Not the merch!" Briana curled up on the ground and hugged her knees. Hailey took that time to look in her bag and saw that she was right; the bag was pretty empty compared to how stuffed it was before. Some clothes were switched out like hers had been, but what caught her eye was the huge stack of papers in the center of the biggest pocket.
She picked it up and started flipping through the pages and noticed that they had titles at the top. "Centuries by Fall Out Boy, Colors by Halsey, Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At the Disco; why do you have a whole bunch of papers with songs on them?" Hailey asked Briana as she slowly started getting up, sniffing nonetheless.
"What are you blabbing on about?" Briana questioned to which Hailey responded by handing over a couple of the papers. She started flipping through them, outwardly showing her confusion before a spark of recognition struck in her eyes.
"These are all my songs on Spotify, I think. Give me some more papers," Briana held her hand out so Hailey could hand her more of them. After a few more seconds of flipping through them she stated "Yeah, these are the songs I had saved on Spotify, even some of the ones I had saved in separate playlists I see in here. Who had time to do this? I have, like, five hundred songs on my phone from that app."
Hailey just closed her eyes and let out an irritated sigh. "I don't even know anymore, maybe when we landed we passed out and someone mugged us," she tried explaining.
"I don't think muggers would trade some stuff for ours nor take the time to print out all my songs," Briana reasoned while orderly putting the papers back and closing her bag. "But, if there were muggers, that means civilization is nearby."
Hailey looked around and pointed north of where they were, "I think I see something just beyond that hill, we should start walking."
And so, with annoyed expressions of confusion, the two girls set off in hopes of finding a house full of people; preferably nice.
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So this story contains two OCs named Briana and Hailey. As said in the story they come from Florida in America and I have been writing this story like crazy since the words just seem to flow easily. This is the prologue and tomorrow I will be posting Chapter 1. This story takes its time with things and is not rushed so bare with me. I will try to make this seem realistic and right now I am on Chapter 3 on Word and I need some inspiration on some things so feel free to give advice.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Attack on Titan, all rights belong to Hajime Isayama except for OCs and anything that deviates from the main storyline he has written.
Warnings: This Story may/will contain:
Massive Fangirling
Character Deaths
Both Silliness and Seriousness
A Lot of Sarcasm
Descriptions of Certain Male and Female Body Parts and How They Work (for anyone who gets uncomfortable)
Briana and Hailey Feeling Like Mega-Geniuses
Fluff and Pain
Mentions of Shipping Certain Ships That You May Not Like
Magic (You're wizards Briana and Hailey)(JK)
Possible Similar Scenes to Other Stories (I will mention whoms in the Disclaimer)
Tears
OCs Arguing Before Breaking Down Into Tears of Pain From Character Deaths
Exaggerations of Strength, Intelligence, Coolness Factor, etc.
Real Heart-To-Heart Moments
For the other chapters, I will put the warnings at the top of the chapter explaining the warnings that will apply to THAT SPECIFIC CHAPTER ONLY
