A/N First of all, spoiler warning for all of AOT. This is the first fanfiction I've written, but I think I understand all of the characters, so hopefully it will be good. Enjoy!

Training Corps

Everyone had different reasons for joining the training corps. Each person hoped to gain a different thing from the experience. None of them understood where the road would take them...

Jean Kirstein had no desire to see the word beyond the walls. He thought it suicide, and he had no intention of ending his life. He thought humanity was destined to remain inside the walls. He joined to became a good solider for the Military Police, to serve the king behind Wall Sina. It was so he could live a life of safety and comfort. He was determined to join the MPs.

Sasha Braus was unsure of which regiment to join. She decided to choose later, for now she just wanted to train and eat potatoes. To her, that was the good life.

In a way, Connie Springer was the same. It was his intention to do well at the training corps, and then he would decide his regiment, and his fate.

Christa Lenz has always questioned her place in society. Confusion daunted each step she took within the training grounds. However, she vowed to do her best. To be a good solider, and better yet, a good person.

Marco Bott just wanted to be a good solider. He didn't have a specific regiment in mind, and he hadn't give it much thought. He figured, that could be decided later.

Armin Arlert had a dream; to see the ocean. He wanted to fight for humanity, so that one day when peace was won, he and his friends could see the ocean.

Eren Jaeger was unlike no other cadet. His goal was clear; to kill all titans. Moreover, he wanted humanity to win. He held the firm belief that humanity's freedom lay beyond the walls. Eren desired to avenge his mother's death, for she was eaten by a titan before his very eyes. The creatures disgusted him, and he was willing to sacrifice everything in order to end them, and to free humanity from their grasp.

Mikasa Ackerman joined the training corps for one reason; to protect Eren Jaeger at all costs. She knew he and Armin Arlert would join, and she decided that she wouldn't be left behind. She had to make sure he and Armin survived. Loyalty was her strongest trait. She was willing to die if it meant that Eren could live another day.

Reiner Braun and Bertolt Hoover were sent to the training corps on a mission. They shared the same goal, which was to return to their village. However, they would have to first complete the mission, much to their combined dismay.

Annie Leonhart faced an internal struggle. She was anything but a normal girl, but sometimes Annie wished she could live a simple life. She settled for pretending to be this way, putting up a front of simplicity and relative weakness, Annie continued on her mission, alongside her valued comrades; Reiner and Bertolt.

Ymir has been through a lot for the sake of others, so once she escaped her seemingly endless torture, she vowed to live only for herself. She joined the training corps, because she was interested in fellow cadet Christa Lenz.

With that, each of the cadets made their pledge, and they offered their hearts to humanity.