"May I be the first to welcome you into the Scouting Regiment!" Erwin smiled, opening his arms to the new recruits, Eren included, in the dining hall after his speech.

They cheered, letting out loud whoops and whistles, before the Commander finally calmed them down.

"Now, I know quite a few of you have heard from the Senior Officers that we have some hazing rituals, and I am here to confirm that we do not." The teenagers let out a sigh of relief. "But," Erwin's eyes glinted mysteriously, and they began to grow nervous once more.

"Me and Hanji," he indicated the crazy scientist next to him. "Do have a test for you."

He let his words sink in as they began to whisper anxiously.

"Eren what does that mean?" Armin squeaked.

"I don't know! They never told me anything!"

"But you've been here the longest!" Mikasa said.

"Yeah but-"

"Now I know you're all wondering what this 'test' is going to be. Well, let's just say that this is supposed to test your ability to escape almost certain death…." The blond man interrupted a slight grin gracing his face. Hanji looked ecstatic behind him, making Eren all the more nervous. She quickly opened the door, peeked out, and the shut it, giving Erwin a thumbs up.

"Uh oh," Reiner muttered as Bertholdt visibly gulped.

"And now, your first task as new recruits is…..."

They all leaned forward in anticipation.

"To continuously knock on Corporal Levi's door at 4:30 A.M. By the way, his door is right next to mine, with his name on it. Whoever gets caught will not get saved. Good luck."

Since they were still very new, few of them had actually met the short man in person. Eren and Armin however, blanched while Mikasa smirked.

"Oh that doesn't sound too bad!" Connie said happily.

"Yeah I thought he was going to make us jump in a lake tied to bricks or run naked in the forest or something stupid!" Jean laughed.

"You fools!" Eren shouted, his green eyes blown wide and sweat streaming down his face. "You've never even met him! If only Commander Erwin gave us an easy task like that horse-face!"

"What's the big deal Titan boy?" Ymir grumbled. "It could have been worse."

"No it couldn't! He'll literally impale you with a mop or force-feed you cleaning fluid! You'll all see for yourselves tonight!" Armin pulled Eren off the table.

"Commander Erwin's still watching." His friend whispered in his ear.

Erwin was doing his best not to burst out laughing while Hanji was rolling around on the ground, not even trying to hide her amusement. They have no idea what they've got into.

"So when should we meet up?" Sasha mumbled through a potato that she had snatched from the kitchen.

"How about at around 3:00 A.M. in the morning tonight, outside of the dining hall?" Marco asked.

Everybody agreed, and thus all the boys were dragged complaining out of their bunks. It was especially difficult to pull Eren and Armin out of bed, understandably after being kicked like 18 times in the face by the Captain, and watching it happen from the sidelines. Reiner and Jean had to pry Eren's hands off the bedpost while Connie pulled his legs, though Armin was a bit weaker and more compliant, saving them a bit of trouble. Unfortunately, the moment they had pried the Titan-shifter off his bed he bolted for the door, but luckily tripped over Armin smashing his head into the floor and Reiner was able to tackle him to the ground.

The girls, on the other hand, didn't seem to be having the same problem getting out of bed. They had never seen Mikasa so happy in their entire lives, it was almost creepy.

Quietly, all the new cadets tiptoed down the halls towards their meeting location. By the time they had all arrived, nearly an hour had passed.

"What the Hell took you guys so long?!" Ymir demanded angrily when the boys finally made it there.

Most of them just glared at Eren while he rubbed his head sheepishly.

"What? You'd be nervous too is Corporal Levi kicked you in the face like 500 times in front of a crowd!" He retorted.

"And now we can get revenge!" Mikasa said gleefully, a glint in her eye that pushed all the boys back a good five feet.

"Aside from that…." Christa tried to diverge the subject. "What's the plan?"

"Well maybe we could go one by one and do it." Bertholdt suggested.

"Will Commander Erwin actually be watching?"

"He said his room is right next to the Captain's, so he will probably know whether or not we actually did it."

"What's the punishment for not doing it?" Eren asked.

"Are you scared Eren?" Jean taunted. "It's just a little prank."

If there was anything Eren hated, it was losing to that stupid horse. "Fine! I'll do it!" He hissed.

"That's the spirit! Now who's going first and how are we going to do this?"

"Armin!" Someone shouted, and the blond-haired boy sighed.

"Why is it always me?"

"Because you're smart that's why! And least likely to screw this up! Now what should we do?"

"Okay fine. First we should find an order for who goes first and then determine hiding spots."

"There's plenty of rooms near his office, so it shouldn't be a problem," Mikasa added. "Let's just see what happens."

They watched the time ticking apprehensively until it was five minutes before the beginning of the operation. Jean had been elected to go first after a competitive game of rock-paper-scissors with Eren, to which he had obviously lost.

"Dammit why do I have to go first," he grouched as he crept towards Levi's closed door. Hopefully, he was asleep, but he never slept for more than three hours a night, which Jean didn't know. Maybe that why he was a bit noisier than he should have been when approaching the door. The moment that he had gotten five feet away from the door Levi was instantly aware of somebody outside his room and pulled out his blades. It didn't matter that he wasn't asleep, it was just who had the balls to walk outside his room at 4:30 in the fucking morning.

Unbeknownst to them, Erwin and Hanji had their ears pressed up against the walls listening intently to the whole ordeal. Sucking up a breath and puffing out his chest, Jean looked at his friends hiding around the corner and then back at the door, finally raising a hand to knock. He rammed on the door like a madman for a couple of seconds and instantely sprinted off down the opposite hallway, which was just as well since Levi immediately slammed open the door and gave chase, still in his uniform and ODM gear. He looked even more terrifying as his black hair whipped across his face and his blades flashed like deadly shards of ice in the moonlight. If Titans could shit themselves, then they would probably all get severe diarrhea when they saw Lance Corporal Levi charging at them.

"Get back here you shitty brat!" He screeched as he moved at such a pace that a man of his stature should never be able to obtain. Levi nearly flew down the halls after the terrified cadet, who was shrieking so loud that a few of the sleepy and disoriented officers poked their heads out to complain.

"THEY MADE MEEEE!" They heard him shout as their footsteps began to fade. Then there was only silence.

"Hey do you thin-"

A high-pitched scream cut through the air. "PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! NONONONONONO…."

A loud crash and clanging were soon heard afterward followed by a loud thudding noise which could only be Jean.

"I'LL TEACH YOU FUCKING IDIOTS TO PLAY A PRANK ON ME AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING YOU BITCH-ASS LITTLE MOTHERFUCKERS-" They all shrank back in terror as they heard the small yet furious man rant like a banshee on crack.

Oh shit, Eren thought as the dread in his stomach crystalized into a hard ball of fear and suspense. I'm next.