A/N: Hello, this is my first SNK fic, so I'm sorry if the characters are a little OOC. This is set in an alternate universe, where all the 104th trainee squad people are students, and the adults have various jobs around town. There is some JeanMarco and YumiKuri. Also, I'm sorry about not updating my other fics for a while. I'll try to update them as soon as possible. Enjoy, and please review! Disclaimer: I don't own SNK.
Ch. 1: The Dare
"Hey, did you hear this? Another person went missing last night." Eren's head shot up at those words. Mikasa glanced in the direction of the voice, before directing her gaze back at Eren and Armin. "That's the third one this week. What's going on? Is it some sort of serial killer?" She said, looking slightly worried. "I don't know, but I'm going to find out," Eren said, standing up and heading over towards a group in the back of the classroom. Mikasa and Armin exchanged glances before getting and following him.
"So, Jean, what do you know about the missing people?" Eren asked as he approached the group. Jean turned around at the sound of his voice. "What, do you want to play superhero?" Jean said, smirking. Eren opened his mouth, ready to deliver a retort, but Jean went on before he could. "I saw the latest person, Thomas Wagner, go into the old Shinganshina house yesterday. I also saw the other two missing people, Mina Carolina and Mylius Zeramuski go into the house on the day they disappeared."
Eren blinked in surprise. The old Shinganshina house? They had always been told never to go in there, but he didn't think it would actually be dangerous. Jean must have seen something on his face because he gave a big shit-eating grin. "What, are you scared?" Eren shook his head and glared at Jean. "Of course I'm not," He snapped. "Eren," Mikasa cautioned, sensing where this was heading. "Then why don't you go vist the old house? And bring something from inside so we know that you actually went inside. Unless, you're too scared," Jean said. "Jean, don't," Marco said, placing a hand on Jean's arm. But, of course, it was to late.
"Alright, I'll go, and I'll show you whose scared," Eren said, stepping forward. "Armin, Mikasa, you going to go with me?" He asked, looking back at them. "Of course," Mikasa said, without hesitation. They both looked at Armin, who looked hesitant. "It's alright Armin, you don't have to come if you don't want to," Eren said gently. "I-I'll go," Armin said, looking slightly nervous.
"That settles it. We'll go right after school," Eren said, turning back to Jean. "R-Right after school? But why?" Armin said, a little alarmed. "The sooner we get it over with, the better, right?" Eren said, looking over his shoulder at Armin. "Good luck, and don't forget to bring something back," Jean said. Eren opened his mouth to say something, but the teacher walked in at that moment. He settled for giving him a glare before they all headed to their seats.
As the teacher droned on about World War II, Armin looked out the window. The stormclouds gathering on the horizon gave him a bad feeling about the events that were to take place this afternoon.