Chapter 1: Ambroise Bonnet
She clutched her chest as she tried to calm herself down, her heartbeat paced quicker every second as she glanced at the slip of paper. Ambroise grabbed the pencil as she scribbled her name and her information. She was to report exactly at Tuesday when her real training began. Her father insisted her not to join the Military but she had to. I'm not going to let these Titans get away with the murder of my sister, the girl thought to herself. Ambroise scowled at the thought of the memory, she would never forgive herself. She dashed towards her home to meet her father. He was a farmer, trying to earn money by selling his fruits and produces. Nobody really knew his first name, but most call him by the nickname-Merce.
Merce held Ambroise's hands tightly. He didn't take a glimpse at her, as he focused only on her gentle, soft hands.
"Please…promise me that you'll be alive." He whispered.
Ambroise nodded. She didn't need to say anymore. Merce smiled, but Ambroise obviously knew it was a fake mask. She knew that he would break down in tears just seeing the last glimpse of his daughter. Merce picked out a plump, red apple from his bushes and handed Ambroisee a piece. She politely took the apple from him, and sighed.
"Dad, I'll be safe out there." She promised.
She had a satisfied look in her crystal, blue eyes. Ambroise slowly strolled to a grass field. The sunset slowly approached the day as fumes of colors paint the skies. A bright mix of purple, orange, red, and yellow filled the sky. She observed the clouds and felt hypnotized by the peace and beauty of nature. Beauty is always ruined by much more horrible things, Ambroise thought. In this case-Titans. Ambroise always wondered about how or where they came from, they are such a mysterious creature to her.
Ambroise took out her iron dagger from her left pocket. She stared at the familiar rose bush that hid her secrets. The girl took out a body sized ragdoll stuck in the middle of a wooden stick that held it all together. It had some scars and cuts because of Ambroise. Its brownish-yellow color still reflected Ambroise. She had dirty-blonde hair that was held together in a ponytail. Her most prominent feature is her bright blue eyes that stuck out due to her pale, snow complexion.
Ambroise positioned the training figure to stand in place; this would be her training for Titans. She swung a deep cut to the body's neck, as cotton poured out from its neck. Then Ambroise jabbed her dagger in the chest of the body, and ripped it out. The force of her strength pushed the body forward to collapse. She spent all night practicing and every cut she pierced, Ambroise would get angrier and think more about her sister-Julie.
Two days later, it was the day when her training to be in the Military started. Ambroise's knees were slightly shaking but she concentrated only on her sister. The comfort of her sister made her relieved. She was standing in a row with other trainees like her; in a distance she could see the faint mountains overlapping each other. There was a bald man with a tan complexion with a brown goatee. His eyes could kill you in an instant if he just glared at you. Ambroise was not startled by him. She was not scared of anything, except death. Everyone fears death, but she despised dying and had a deep fear for being chewed by one of the Titan creatures. Ambroise gulped silently, trying not to think about death and focus on the screaming man.
"You're in three years of hell!" He shouted. He was confidently pacing back and forth. "Who are you?!"
Her eyes were dazing off, as she felt her body slowing down. The sun was beating down on her, and all she could hear is the faint buzzing. Ambroise slowly shut her eyes to relax a little, doing this would potentially risk her life but standing there made her tired. She could hear a loud thud, but after that-nothing.
Loud footsteps approached the girl. She could feel the warm air softly press against her cheek. Ambroise quickly opened her eyes to see the face of the man in charge. His deadly eyes stared into hers, and she immediately stood with confidence.
"You think you're having some comfort?!" Asked the man.
"No sir!" Ambroise said.
"PAY ATTENTION OR I'LL FEED YOU TO THE TITANS!" He shouted in her eardrums.
A dozen eyes shot up at her, she hated being the center of attention. Some snickered after his remark. I didn't want to be a clown, I'll never be taken seriously after this, she thought.
After introductions, she could feel a touch of embarrassment for a brown haired girl that tried to share a potato with the man. However, Ambroise moved to another Trainee Squad due to the squad limit. She moved to the 105th Trainee Squad. Ambroise ran to the cabin that was serving dinner, she took a plate and searched for a place to sit on. She spotted a boy with glasses; he had jet-black short hair with freckles covering his cheeks. She sat across from him and he pretended not to notice her.
"Hello…?" She asked.
He didn't respond but continued eating his food. Mashed potatoes with gravy and some slush of meat she didn't recognize. Ambroise poked her food with a fork, and glanced up at the boy.
"Are you going to answer or what?"
"Why are you here?" He sighed.
"To restore peace to humanity and stop the Titans for justice and honor." I said.
"I mean-why are you sitting here? I don't need to know about your Titan bullshit."
Her cheeks were red with anger; Ambroise pointed her fork at the boy. She didn't even want to start an argument with him, or be his friend.
"It was an empty table! You're extremely rude. No wonder why you're all alone." She said.
"Shut up." He scowled. "You know nothing about me."
"No person that rude should be allowed to save humanity! People's lives depend on the hands of a rude…no good…" Ambroise mumbled.
"You think I'm doing it for humanity? I'm only going to go to Wall Sina to be safe from these Titans. I don't care if the humans will die or not. I'll be with the King's side and be prot-"
Ambroise violently punched him that made the boy flung off his seat. She grabbed his collar and took a jab at his jaw, his nose started pouring blood.
"SHUT UP! YOU THINK THIS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE?!" She shouted. "THIS WON'T SAVE YOU ANYTHING! THAT'LL MAKE YOU A COWARD!"
Some of the people from the cabin stared at the scene with surprise while other separated Ambroise from hitting the boy any longer. She hated being in the center of attention. The captain stepped in at the right moment and pulled her away from the rest of the group. He dragged her to a dirt patched running track. The man had a long beard that reached to his bottom neck with a low-cut hairstyle.
"What do you think you're doing?!" He said.
"I can explain, sir! He angered me by…by insulting the people in these walls. He only wants to join because he wants to be safe in Wall Sine!" She defended herself.
The man-Karler, walked back and forth with a strained expression.
"I don't know if I should kick you out of the group, or give you a second chance." He said.
"Please! I'll promise never to hit my team mates ever again! I have to be a part of the Military. I have to kill the Titans." She pleaded. "Please!"
The girl dropped herself from her knees and didn't dare look up at Karler's eyes. He was pacing from the field, thinking about what to do with her. She thought about her life if she was not working from the Military, who would she be? A merchant? A useless person that gives no position to humanity? Even if she feared death she wanted to die honorably, to die with people knowing that she contributed from humanity's success.
"Run around the track until you see the sun go up." He said. "You have to control your anger even if you feel you want to punch them. Be patient, then maybe you'll be allowed to be from the Military."
Ambroise nodded. She stood up and immediately began to run. She didn't want to be out of the group just yet, she vowed herself to save Julie from the dangers of the outside world. But they have already grasped her…and took away her life.
A/N: Hey guys, this is my Attack on Titan fanfic, I hope you enjoy. I noticed Ambroise is a lot like Eren but I will be trying to progress her personality better every chapter ( to try to make her unique) \ ( ^ o ^ ) /. Please comment & rate