Alrighty so this was a Writer's Challenge that I took on. The idea came from LockFlower so go look her up and read some of her stuff. Read and enjoy!


I walked across the lush green lawn of the university campus, making my way towards the science building. I was about to meet Dr. Wyatt Blackford, one of the most prestigious scientists in our modern world. I was so excited I could not contain myself. I had to do a little dance before I entered the large stone brick building, my many bracelets jingling loudly on my wrists.

When I walked in, I observed the huge lobby and the tiny desk which sat in the center. Behind the desk was a short and stubby looking woman reading a magazine. She had dark hair tied into an unyielding bun in the back of her head. Her nose was sharp and pointy with a pair of turquoise horn-rimmed glasses resting on the bridge. Her tight lips smacked noisily on a piece of gum, the sound echoing in the empty room.

I strolled up to her and adjusted the purse hanging by my hip. I read her name plate: Melissa Graden. I cleared my throat. "Um, excuse me," I said over the noise of her smacking.

She glanced up at me. "Yeah? Whadda you want?" she asked in a rough voice, immediately returning back to her magazine.

"Um, what room is Dr. Wyatt Blackford in?" I asked. "I'm the intern he hired last week and today is my first day." She peeked up at me again and looked me up and down, taking in my ripped jeans, brown patched bag, and my faded red t-shirt. I blushed and moved some of my honey colored hair out of my face. "Um, he said over the phone that I didn't have to dress up or anything," I explained, suddenly feeling self conscious.

"Uh-huh," was all she said. She turned her face back to her magazine. "Go down the hallway to your left and it'll be the third door down after the water fountain," she informed me without glancing back up.

"Thank you," I replied quickly and headed in the way she directed.

I arrived at the door and was about to knock when it opened. Standing before me was the scientist himself, Dr. Wyatt Blackford. I recognized him from his pictures. He was wearing a light blue buttoned up shirt and a pair of blue jeans. His hair, black, but peppered with flecks of gray, was messy and curling around his ears and covering his forehead. His green eyes were fixed on me. "Oh! Hello," he said warmly. "You must be Ariadne Sloan, correct?"

I nodded nervously and stuck out my hand. "Yep, that's me!" No! Too casual! Quick, I have to correct myself! "Uh, I mean-"

He smiled and shook my hand. "No need to be formal," he told me. "I was actually just coming to look and see if you had arrived yet." He waved me in. "Come on. I'll show you around the lab." He turned and I followed after him.

"Sir," I started, "I have to say, it is an honor working with you. I hope I can learn so much. I mean, I've read all of your books, but there is so much more I can learn just by working with you."

Dr. Wyatt stared at me. "You've read all of my books? And you understood them?"

I nodded sheepishly. "Y-yeah. I don't have them memorized, but yeah I did read them."

"Well, I'm impressed," he said putting a hand on his hip. "Go ahead and take a look around if you'd like." He gestured to a table. "Here, I have a bunch of little trinkets I've been playing with. They're not on the market yet, but I have tested them many times so they, for the most part, work."

"What's that one?" I asked pointing to what looked like a little piece of glass with lines going through it.

"So glad you asked!" Dr. Wyatt said animatedly. "This," he said proudly, "will change how we charge cell phones forever! It's a portable solar charger. You can hold it in your hand while it soaks up the sun's rays while it's connected to your phone." He handed it to me. "You can have this one if you would like. I have plenty more."

I gaped and took the seemingly delicate invention from his hand. "Are you serious? I can have this?"

He nodded. "Don't worry about breaking it though. It's a lot tougher than it looks."

"Are you sure?" I asked. "About me having this, I mean."

He nodded again and chuckled lightly. "Yes, I'm sure." His face lit up again. "Oh! I was just about to test a new machine. Would you like to come and watch?"

"Yes, sir!" I replied eagerly, putting the glass into my bag and zipping it closed.

"Follow me," he said. Together, we walked into a metal room. In the center of the room was a peculiar device. A cube-like shape was being supported by two short, metal pillars. It was glowing a dark blue and spinning slowly between the two pillars. "This is it!" Dr. Wyatt announced. "The Machine!"

"What does it do?" I asked kneeling down to get a closer look.

"Not sure yet," he replied honestly. "We were about to test it to see what it could do."

I looked at him confused. "What do you mean you aren't sure yet? You made it, right? Don't you know what you made it to do?"

He shook his head. "No, actually. This showed up at the lab one day with instructions on how to keep it in a safe place and what to do to activate it." He shrugged. "Nobody knows where it came from."

"Hm. Should we go ahead and test it then?" I asked straightening up.

"Yes. Let's." We walked out of the metal room and entered a separate room with a window into the metal one. While standing in front of the controls, Dr. Wyatt told me, "If anything happens, we have this thick chunk of glass separating us from it." He knocked on the glass with his knuckle. "It's 4 inches thick. We'll be safe."

I nodded and watched as he set the controls to their proper settings, turning switches and dials and pressing buttons. After several minutes of this, he turned to me. "Would you like to do the honors?"

"If you insist," I replied, reaching for the start button. This is only my first day and I'm already getting involved! I am working with a famous scientist, I have a new gadget, and I am helping with a new experiment. Could life get any better right now?

I pressed the button and instantly the cube began to glow and continued growing brighter as each second passed. I shielded my eyes because the light was so intense, but it was useless. Suddenly, I heard Dr. Wyatt cry out. The four inch thick glass had spider-webbed. That was when I saw the bolts of lightning shooting out of the cube in various directions.

Dr. Wyatt had crawled underneath the control counter. "Ariadne, get down!" he shouted at me, but it was too late. A bolt from the cube shot straight through the glass and right at me. I did not have enough time to scream.

All at once, the world went black. I could feel myself lying on…grass? Was I outside on the university campus again? I could not have fainted before even entering the building, could I have? I opened my eyes and found myself staring up at gigantic trees. Painfully, I made myself sit up. What happened? How did I get here? Where is here? This certainly was not the university campus grounds.

It took me a few minutes, but I finally remembered how I got here. Wherever here is. The experiment. The cube. The lightning. I do not remember arriving but I remember being in the lab and then showing up here.

I shook my head to try to clear it and stood up. Thankfully my bag was still hanging around me. I could try to call somebody, I suggested to myself. I opened my bag and brought out my phone. Drats! No signal! Where am I? Frustrated, I put my phone back into my bag and angrily zipped it closed.

I suddenly noticed large booming sounds. They came one right after the other, almost like footsteps. I realized they were getting closer. Closer. Closer. I had no time to think of what else they could possibly be before I saw it. It was giant! Quite literally a giant. I barely stood taller than its ankles. Its legs were as tall as a 3 story building. An enormous belly hung around its middle. Its skinny neck supported an enlarged head with horribly long teeth in its mouth. Oddly enough, it had short blond hair like a human. Its eyes were staring right at me.

I could not think of a better plan but to scream and run. No doubt my scream brought it chasing after me. I had no chance of outrunning it, but I had to do something to try to survive. As its hand came close to grabbing me from the ground, I was picked up, but not by its hand. Instead I found myself being carried through the air by someone. Whoever they were, I wrapped my arms tightly around their neck and thanked them profusely. Then, I was sitting in one of the trees, high above the ground.

My rescuer gently set me down on the thick branch and looked at me. We both looked at each other, both surprised by the others' appearance. He was dressed in a white shirt and pants with a tan jacket covering his top. His brown boots came up to his knees. He had straps and belts all over his body which were connected to two contraptions on either side of his hips. His blond hair came down to his chin and his bright blue eyes were fixed on me, taking in the oddity of my own clothes.

"Who are you?" I asked him.

He stared at me confused. "(Huh? I don't understand you. Where are you from?)"

I stared at him confused. He spoke another language I did not understand. It sounded almost like German, but I could not be sure. "Where am I?" I asked, trying again.

"(I still don't understand you.)" he replied.

Suddenly, another person landed on the branch. She was dressed similar to the blond, but with a red scarf around her neck. "(Armin, who is this?)" the black haired female said to the blond male.

"(I don't know, Mikasa. I just saved her from that titan,)" he pointed down to the now steaming and half rotted carcass of which must have been the giant chasing after me, "(and I brought her up here. She doesn't understand anything I'm saying.)"

"(What do you mean she doesn't understand you?)" the woman replied.

"Please, could either of you just tell me where I am? Do any of you speak English? Parlez-vous français?" I asked desperately. They both stared at me blankly. "I don't know what's going on and I want to go home!" I was nearing tears. I could not help it. I was scared.

"(What should we do with her?)" The male faced his comrade.

The woman shrugged. "(Show her to the Corporal I guess. He might be able to do something.)" She walked towards me and indicated that I should hold onto her. Hesitantly, I wrapped my arms around her neck as she awkwardly carried me. Using the contraptions hanging at her hips, she shot two metal ropes out towards the other trees and we took off, the male following close behind.

Flying through the air this time was different. One, I was being uncomfortably held by someone much stronger than their comrade. Two, she was going so fast I could barely hold onto her. Since I was facing backwards to some degree, I saw other people had joined us in this flight through the air. They were shouting to each other in the language I did not understand.

After what seemed like an hour, we finally landed on the outskirts of the forest. The woman set me down and I wobbled on my stiff legs. Some of the people who we landed near, snickered at me, but quickly stopped when they realized how different I was compared to them. They were all wearing the same clothing as the blond male and the black haired female.

A short black haired man walked up to us. "(Who the hell is this?)" He demanded crossing his arms. "(Where did she come from?)"

I stood staring at him dumbly, unsure of what he said. "(We don't know, Corporal Levi.)" answered the blond man next to me. "(We rescued her from a titan that was about to eat her.)"

The short man uncrossed his arms and walked all around me, sizing me up. I stood nervously and held my arms close to my body, obviously showing my uneasiness at this man's actions. He stood right in front of me, glaring dark daggers into my own light colored eyes. "(What's your name?)" he asked.

I shrugged my shoulders helplessly. "I… I don't understand… Please, does anybody here know what I'm saying?!"

He was taken aback for a moment. "(…Do you understand any of the words coming out my mouth?)" I stayed silent and looked down at my feet. I hated being center of attention. The short man sighed irritably. "(Ackerman! Arlert! Keep an eye on her until we get back to head quarters. Commander Erwin and I will have to talk about this one.)" He turned on his heels and marched away from our little group. I had no idea what was going to happen to me now.


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