The Quiet Sara
(chapter 1/ Tears in a teacup...)
Note- I do not own attack on titian.
I stand there on the ledge thinking of the past. I can not remember why or when I started coming to this place but it always seemed to call to me in some way.
I look to the horizon across the vast, bland landscape that led beyond the wall I was standing on, to see a nightingale flying freely as it had no cares in the world but I did...
I could feel the cold sensation of the dry breeze blowing on my face as I cried. I do not know why I was crying that day but it did not matter as I looked to the sun that was setting. I feared that my only comfort would soon leave me just like everything else so I followed my bright friend.
And jumped...
"Sara! Wake up! We will be late if we don't hurry now!" Yelled an ear-splitting voice from downstairs. Sara groggily sat up from her desk as she peeled a piece of paper off her face that had decided to stick itself onto her left cheek while she slept.
Sara had been living in her own apartment ever since she six cause apparently to her adopted father that was the right age to get lost and leave him alone at... not.
'That was a weird dream... Hm?" Sara mumbled to herself while she noticed the unfinished manuscript on her desk and could feel the blood drain from her face. Miss parkson was going to kill her.
'Well, what can I do now? Might as well give it to her like this...' Sara thought scornfully as she grabbed her worn-out bag and shoved the unfinished manuscript that was due today inside her bag. Sara was leaving her apartment to meet her friend, Sally Mikael who would sleep over at Sara's apartment when ever her adoptive parents were drunk or abusive, down in the lobby.
"So did you finish it?" Sally asked hopefully and Sara yawned frowning. " No, I fell asleep before I could finish the ending..."
Sara and Sally both went quiet as they walked through town to school. Sally had done the presentation that she finished and gave to the teacher the day before but Sara took the task to write the manuscript since she loved to write and had yet to finish it.
Sara could see people coming in and out from their homes and workplaces as her and sally passed by, she could smell the cold crisp air of the morning musk. She hated this part of town. The people were snobs and their smiles never truly reached their eyes. she always wondered what more was out there but would always end up pushing those thoughts aside, as she had no freedom or anything to that nature.
The life in the walls was suffocating, but Sally and Florence who she swore was a girl's name gave her hope for change. She feared from how close she was getting to the two and wondered if she would be able to let them go if need be, but she was glad to have them beside her.
"You know... she not going to be happy with you?"
It was not a question it was a statement and Sara knew that as she nodded grimly to Sally. They had both been abandon alone into family's until they met each other at St. Rose Academy, but ever since they have never left each others side.
Sara saw the school roof coming into view and gulped nervously as she grabbed Sally's hand tightly which Sally responded just as tightly. They both feared Miss. parkson as she was a very scornful and bitter lady, but Sara would sometimes have her doubts if the woman was really as bad as they said she was. She never truly feared the woman as much as Sally did, but Mr. boo their principal was a whole other story...
Miss. parkson may have a varying mean and not exactly friendly side to her, but she was a very ambitious woman who had built her way to the top with her own hands even when she was tired which explained her always being a grump. it made Sara respect the woman a lot and just as Miss park she wished to do the something as her. A librarian, even if her friend sally thought it was boring.
Mr. Boo on the other hand was a conceiving asshole, who would sell his own kidney if it meant he could get money for it. Sara bet he probably did once, but no matter how much she wanted to kill the man, she could not as he was not only their principal but her step father as well.
Sara and sally were now two blocks away from Sara's apartment in the Trost District and one turn away from their school when they turned the corner and were welcomed to the ugly sight of the new polished school building for the children inside Wall rose, but all the students knew that as lovely as the rose academy may be it still had its thorns all over its roots and those roots will never go cause if they do the rose will die...
The students were all running to get in the morning line up that the principal insisted they all do when he came to "study" them. Sara felt like they where fruit's being judged by the farmer if they were ripe or not and it was not in a normal military or teacher way. Oh, no! it was more like a perverted fascination that of which disgusted Sara to no end.
Mr. boo, aka the principal or letch was talking to Miss. park at the entrance of the school building when Sara and sally walked into the academy's courtyard before noticing that they were the only ones not lined up. Sara nudged sally to run to her place in line as sally gave her an R.I.P sign with her hands and sara doing as her friend signaled quickly in return when the letch noticed her.
Sara waited out in the open as Mr. boo spotted her and screeched at her causing everyone to freeze on the spot. "Miss. Sara! well, aren't you a pleasant sight to see out of line! but then you are always a very pleasing sight to see for me..."
Sara in-wordily cringed as her "father" said it with a second meaning that everyone picked up on, but would not dare speak out before she noticed that he was now in front of her grinning madly. she mentally prayed he would not do anything as she had to wash her self with tomato's all night the last time he did.
"I was just about to get in line sir just wanted to ask my daddy on how his day was!" Sara said cheerfully using a sickly fake voice of a sweet daughter that her "dad" fell for all the time. He smiled fondly at Sara as he remembered his day telling her about him at a the board of teachers meeting before excusing her so she could also stand in line as well. She always used that trick to get out of trouble as her step father could not help but gloat about himself.
Sara was on good terms with some teachers as she did not like being in the slammer or punished at all so she would happily suck up to anyone to get what she wanted, but there would come a day when others would do it to her instead and Sara held that day as a goal that she would achieve no matter what.
Mr. moon went on to observe the student body and make a small speech before retiring back to his office while Sara and sally made their way to class sighing in relief. Sally giggled as she gave sara a side ways glance grinning sarcastically "God, I thought you were a goner for sure! damn it! we were on time and he still acts like you were an hour late..." sally frowned slaming her fist into the hallway wall scaring some students as Sara pulls sally away from the scene.
"Sally, come on you know how he is and besides we can't just give into him that easily so we shall laugh at his unfairness! Ha ha!" Sara laughed triumphantly as sally rolled her eyes at her friend's classic cockiness but a smirk broke across her mouth unwillingly. Later that day inside Mr. C's class which was math was interrupted by another teacher coming into the room quietly. The woman was vary tall and slim with a long black skirt, purple dress blouse and black rimmed glasses that matched her ice cold demeanor she always had.
"Miss. Sara?"the woman said in her husky rough voice that got every boy to drop dead to her feet which made all the girls roll their eyes when the boys in the class got nose bleeds.
"Yes!"Sara yelled over her classroom spot at the back next to sally's right and Her friend Florence's left to the attendant that had entered the classroom with the cold demanding manner that she would display to everyone if she could. Sara called her the black snake or for short Miss. sassy which Florence loved. He would snicker everytime she said it to her making his red eyes sparkle and green hair cover his face as he would try to cover his laughter.
"Miss. Parkson has asked for you..." That's all Miss. Sassy needed to tell Sara in order for her to understand that Miss. parkson wanted her to meet her for something very impotent. Miss. park the librarian rarely asked for anyone, but Sara put down her nerves as she got up and made her way to Miss. parkson's office in the academy's library.
Sara made it to the huge golden plated and redwood doors of the library before quietly opening them to be greeted by the cold chalky air of the room and bookshelf's that made long rows of dark creepy lanes down the library. it was not very cozy or clean as it has not been cleaned or dusted in years, but Sara loved the smell of old musky books. it was heaven for her and Miss. parkson.
Sara looked around the dark room and spotted Miss. parks office on the other side or the last row of books before walking up and knocking loudly on her glass oak door.
(Bang! Bang! Ban-!)
"Godchild! do you want me to go deaf?"
"Maybe..."Sara responded automatically to her sarcastic question.
(Smack!)
"Ow..."Sara whined after Miss. Park's patience snapped and she turned around before turning back to Sara with a package. Sara stared at it in curiosity.
"I want you to deliver this package to this address and be VARY! careful..." Miss. parkson gave Sara a glare as she handed her the package before continuing in a warning manner. "But whatever you do..."
Sara gulped as the old woman lent in close to her face with a dark expressionless face. she gave Sara a warning she should have listen too. "Do not look, no. do not even open this package or what you think is will not be..."
"Y-Yes, ma'am..." Sara stuttered before dashing out of the library with the mysterious package. she saw Florence and sally at the exit of the academy giving her worried looks before Sara let go a relived sigh as they trampled her with questions, but when Sara mentioned the package Florence eyes snapped to it.
"What do you think could be in it?"Florence asked cursorily looking at the small box in Sara's small hands getting Sara to star at it then at him nervously stepping away.
"I don't know, but I also don't plan on finding out after the warning Miss. park gave me..." Sara said casually giving the info Miss. parkson gave her to him knowing how mischievous he could be. she did not want repeat of the pig incident.
"What do you mean Sara?" Sally asked worriedly as it was rare for Sara to care about what others say especially if she did not like them. Sara explained what Miss. park had said and acted making Florence and sally exchange nervous looks before Florence's mischievous side broke free.
"We should open it!"Florence cheered trying to grab the package, but Sara was fast enough to dodge him and run over to sally's bike parked by the exist of the schools courtyard where she had locked it when they were walking to school.
"Oh, hell no! Florence, you already have gotten me in trouble in the past I'm going to make sure this gets to its destination! Sally, I'm going to borrow your bike, bye!" Sara yelled as she jumped onto Sally's bike and rode away while hearing Sally complain about not allowing her to take it.
Sara looked at the address on the box and made her way through town and out of the Rose wall district and into the wall maria's district. She had to ask a few locals around a couple of times to find the darn place as she was really bad at direction.
"well, this place looks like a dump... but its homey" Sara mumbled to herself as she came upon the small hut that looked like a house before parking her friend's bike on their doorstep and knocking on the front door.
The door opened to reveal a tired but sweet looking woman who smiled down at her kindly. Sara imaged that if she had a mother this woman would probably look like her. she couldn't help but smile back as the woman spoke softly. "how may I help you, dear?"
"I have been sent by Miss. parkson, the librarian of Academy rose to deliver this package to you?" Sara asked politely, but looked up at the woman unsure if she was the person she was meant to deliver it too.
"Oh! you must be what Grisha has been waiting for, He is out at the moment right now but your welcome to come inside and wait" The woman said in understanding before opening the door more for Sara to come in but she hesitated, shaking her head feeling it would be rude. "Oh, I couldn't intrude!"
"Oh hush dear it's perfectly fine now come in!" Sara frowned but obliged the woman by doing what she said and came into where the woman showed her to the dining room table.
"So, I'm guessing from your nice close and academy's name you are from within the rose wall? Tea?" The kind woman asked as she made her way to her kitchen cabinets and grabbed a kettle before Sara sat down at the table and nodded. "Oh, Yes please! and you are correct I am from within the rose wall."
"My! I guess coming from there has its perks with the children being so polite and all." The woman said cheekily with a wink at Sara how blushed but shrugged her shoulders not denying it. Miss. Yeager poured two teacups of her home brand of tea before returning to the table with two cups.
" ha-ha. I am Dina Yeager but you can call me Miss. Yeager for short! so, what shall I call you young lady?" Miss, Yeager asked chuckling at Sara's lack of modesty.
"Oh, I'm Sara! Sara Boo..." Sara said sadly frowning and Miss, Yeager caught on right away frowning as well, everyone knew of Mr. boo's reputation's so it was likely they also knew about his vary talented daughter.
(Bang!)
"Grisha! there you are!" Miss, Yeager called to her husband as he entered the dining room before she sat down the tea on the table in front of Sara."This lovely young lady from the rose academy has brought you that package you had sent for!
"She had just sat down for tea would you like to join us as you are the one who called for her to make such a long journey?" Miss, Yeager said sarcastically as she ran over to her tired husband and kissed him on the cheek before dragging him to the table to sit with them.
It was obvious that it was not a question.
Sara listened patiently to Miss, Yeager tales of her family before Mr Yeager asked for his package to which Sara happily obliged to give him before Miss, Yeager frowned at Sara."Dear It is getting late and your family is probably worried sick, please do come again! I and my husband are not as young as we use to be and need a helping hand once in a while with deliveries. would that be alright?"
"I would love to help you just send a letter to this address whenever you need me to deliver something!" Sara happily answered taking out a piece of paper and pen from her bag before writing and giving the Yeager's her address to mail too.
Sara looked at the clock and bidden them fare well before thanking them for the tea. she left for her apartment on sally's bike as she thought that the Yeager's were a lovely family and remembered hers. she felt tears fall down her cheeks, but it did not matter as rain ironically started to fall like her mood.
Sara had been abandon on Mr. boo's front door where he decided to keep her, but he was nothing like a father should be to her. oh, no... he was more like a Sargent how was never satisfied until Sara did something more then amazing, but Sara knew he was just keeping her around encase he needed someone to do his dirty work for him. Sara hated the man to death but he did give her, her own apartment and allowance as a gift for being talented in the arts before totally ignoring her afterwards like she did not exist. She had to basically learn how to do everything by herself until Mr. boo forced her into his school.
Sara found school and her apartment to be the only places she could truly belong as the teachers sort of liked her unlike the students that loved her wit and charisma but Sally and Florence were her only true friends who had stuck by her threw think and thin. She sighed wondering if her life would change as she made it to her empty home soaking wet before taking off all her clothes and running a long hot shower. She started getting dressed for bed when she saw her unfinished manuscript peeking out from within her bag.
Sara grudgingly pulled on a pair of her old red plaid pj's and took the manuscript out, thanking god that Miss. parkson was too busy to ask for it today. She sat down at her kotatsu that she also used as a desk and adjusted her green headband messily onto her head so she could see without having her long black bangs in the way before she started writing from where she left off.
"The girl fell from the cliff into the body of stars below..." Sara, paused yawning before she continued."swallowed up by her own heart of gold she thought of the one person who could have stopped her, but..."
Sara, took a deep breath as she pushed back her black long strands of hair she had missed when putting in her headband and wrote her last sentence before passing out again from lack of energy as the last words she wrote down still echoed in her mind.
'who could ever truly treat a golden heart the way it is met to be treated...'
A/N- Hey so sorry Bunny-Chan's! I was away for so long because of an infection but now I'm feeling better hope you like the story.
