I don't own anything except for Eudocia, my OC. So enjoy if you can.
"Armin are you still carrying that old book around?" My question fell on deaf ears. He only seemed to slow down. The swish of his hair is what made me take a step back. "I'm sorry. I just, I want to read it again." His eyes glistened (Sparkled?) at my request.
"Really?!" The sudden warmth on my hands and his loud voice made me flinch. I smiled nonetheless.
"Of course," I slide my hands out from between his fingers. "Eren isn't the only one who wants to visit the outside." The loss of excitement in his bright blue orbs is what made me worry.
"Look at what the cat dragged in? A kid who's been converted by the heretic." I sighed before turning around.
"Why don't you mind your own business?" I bark out with outstreched arms. The shivering of my legs made me look useless and not terrifying. The drop of sweat running alongside my cheeckbone made it look like I was exhausted. The quivering smirk I attained on my face had me looking like a child who's lost their candy. The harsh tug of my pigtail brought thoughts to my head of how light and unfit I am as it brought me down to the cold cement ground.
"Why would you look at that boys? This girl thinks she's intimidating." The laughter from the three teens echoed in the empty alley. A soundless yet hurtful kick to my side made me yelp in pain.
"Girl?! Boss not to sound rude or anythin' but the noise that just came out of her mouth didn't sound like some normal girl." One of the bullies commented. I was in such a daze that I couldn't tell him otherwise.
"Yeah! Sounded more like a dog to me." I managed to open my eyes to locate Armin. I saw that he was held up against the wall by the one who called me a dog. We made eye contact for a split second before my pigtail was tugged again.
"Eudo-"The sound of Armin's yelling managed to attract the two away from me. Beginning to pick myself up, I stare through my uncombed bangs. I couldn't stand to look at Armin's battered face. Looking down at my brown sandals and (now littered with black spots) tan dress I stifle a shout.
"What's wrong heretic?" The loud sound of body against wall brought me out of my daze. "If you don't like it, hit back!" Stumbling and nearly tumbling to the floor, I pick myself up.
"No way, that would put me on your level!" I clench the now forming bruise on my right side and stagger my way towards the wall.
"What?!" The leader of the bullies questioned angrily.
"You know what I said is true. That's why you're hitting me instead of arguing." The hand on his shirt seemed to loosen for a second. "Doesn't that mean you admit I win?" Inhaling air into my lungs, I push myself off the wall. Removing one sandal from my foot, I target the leader's head and chuck it at him.
"He's right! You're all idiots who are no better than the titans!" He glares angrily at me and I glare right back.
"What are you waiting for? Get her for what she called us!" I squeeze my eyes shut when I see the fattest of the three begin to walk towards me.
"Stop it!" I turn my head to where the voice came from, and so does everyone else. I smile at my friend Eren's, sudden appearance.
"That's Eren!" One of them shouts.
"The fool's back!" The 2nd hollers. I shake my head at their continuing comments before tiptoeing over to Armin's side. If Eren's here, that means-
"N-no, let's get out of here!" Mikasa's here as well. I sit myself down beside Armin and look at the forming bruise on his cheek.
"They ran away when they saw me!" I stare at Eren for a few seconds before deciding that I should say something.
"No it was Mi-" Armin started before I cut him off.
"Thanks Eren." He smiles at me. "And Mikasa." I smile at her and wait for her nod.
"Ouch…" I instantly turn to Armin and grab his shoulder. Eren and Mikasa are soon in front of us.
"Are you okay Armin?" He stares at Eren's outstreched hand before removing my hand off his shoulder.
"I can stand on my own." I stay seated on the floor for a while longer, hurt at Armin's action. Not soon after, a hand comes into my view and I smile at Mikasa. Grabbing onto her I pick myself up, wincing at the immense pain located on my hip.
"Cia…" Mikasa whispers my nick name. I sigh before looking from right to left, then at Armin and Eren. She catches my stare and inclines her head towards their direction. "Look away." Eren begrudgingly listens and crosses his arms while Armin nods and faces the same way. She hands me my sandal I had thrown and watches as I slide it on. Reaching the end of my dress, I slide it up above my hip just enough so the bruise is noticeable. I'm not embarrassed with having her see since this isn't the first time. Happens occasionally whenever I'm injured, she always takes a look. Her fingers brush against the purple spot and her ministrations stop when she catches me wince again. She waits for 2 seconds and runs along it once more. I shiver as a sudden breeze flows by and she notices. Her hand retreats back to her side while I let the dress down. She reaches for my hair this time, pulling the white ribbons. My dark reddish/brownish hair cascades down till it reaches about mid back. She pockets the ribbons and rubs the spot once more before turning towards Eren and Armin.
"Thanks and sorry for not thinking." I whisper shame laced in my voice. She only shakes her head before fixing the scarf around her neck. I dust myself off once more before walking alongside Mikasa to Eren and Armin. We made our way to the river and everyone sat in different spots. Eren by the ledge, Armin on the top stair, Mikasa by the bottom, and me one step from the water.
"So I said Humanity should go out into the world someday and Eudocia mentioned that she wanted to know more about the outside." He paused for a while before continuing. " Then they hit us and called me a Heretic." I sighed when I heard that word again.
"Damn." I stare at the rock Eren had thrown into the river. They may have called me a dog but I don't want to mention that nor do I think it's something to get all fussy over. "Why does everyone act like you're crazy if you want to go outside?" That question has been in my mind since before I can remember.
"Because staying within the walls has brought peace for a hundred years." That makes sense but can't it be because they're scared? I pull the strands of my hair apart one by one, already bored with having this conversation again. "They're afraid that if many of us venture out, we'll risk letting them in." The lock of hair I had in my fingers was beginning to get smaller and smaller. Each strand represents everyone who had died while fighting the Titans and being – "So the royal government declared any interest in the outside world taboo." Devoured. The people-My people were eaten long ago and no one can hide from the truth. Not grandparents, parents, siblings, nor kids.
"You can't." I incline my head towards Mikasa. "No." I giggle at the sternness of her voice, as if she's actually Eren's responsible older sibling. She acts just like my older brother, Toxeus. The only difference between her and him is that he is less restricting. Just like Mikasa when it comes to Eren and his decisions, Toxeus makes it loud and clear about what he wants and doesn't want.
"Well…they weren't happy." I release the remaining strands of my hair and stretch instead.
"Who wasn't happy?" I question as I lean back. Eren stares at me as if my question was stupid. "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention." I look off towards clear blue running water. I must have had a sad look on my face because he only sighed.
"My parents. They found out about me wanting to join the Scouting Legion." I blink at him before staring up at the blue sky.
"Makes sense. " He turned away to continue talking with Armin. "It's dangerous…" I mutter as softly as I can. I too want to join the Scouting Legion but unlike Eren, I haven't told my older brother. I think it will hurt him and I know I'm being selfish by not even considering telling him.
"Just because the walls haven't been breached in a hundred years doesn't mean they won't be." He suddenly stops and all that can be heard is the sound of the wind. "Breached today." Closing my eyes, I notice the gentle breeze had slowed down till it was completely still. I feel myself being thrown up into the air, closer to the sky, reaching for the clouds. My stomach flips and it all happens at a slow pace as I turn myself over and see everyone else. Mikasa had been thrown to where I was sitting while I landed in her original spot. The switch happened with Armin and Eren as well. Thankfully, I landed on my arms and no cuts or gashes were formed.
"An explosion?" The question circulated in my head.
"If that was an explosion, it was a pretty big one." In front of us everyone starts to run in a mob towards the wall. Armin sped off ahead of us towards the wall and having no other option, we ran behind our friend. His abrupt stop made me bump into him and nearly made me fall but I managed with my feet. Looking up towards the wall, that's when I see it. That's when everyone had seen it. The large lack of skin hand gripped the wall with such great force that it almost completely shattered in its hold.
"Why, that wall is fifty meters tall!" I couldn't even comprehend what Armin was saying. The next thing we knew, the head was next and it lacked skin. All it really was was a big chuck of meat with teeth and steam protruding out of it. When it kicked was when I knew humanity was at a loss again. "It broke…a hole in the wall." I too wanted to crumble to the ground and gape but that wouldn't benefit anyone. I understand how Armin feels but if we stay in one spot for two long-if we stay in this town any longer, we'll all be eaten.
"Armin we need to go. We need to go now!" I grab his arm and pull him up, with Mikasa's help of course. My side was hurting like crazy but all that matters right now is getting everyone up and out.
"Eren?" I look in his direction and see him walking off in a daze. Everyone dashes past him screaming their heads off and bumping into him.
"My house is over there…" That's the last thing I heard before he ran off towards his house. Mikasa following not far behind him.
"Mikasa!" Armin reaches out for them and I see from the corner of my eye how his arm is shivering. I grab onto his forearm and pull him back with me.
"They have their family and we have ours." I manage out with a quivering voice. When I was pulling him alongside me, he began muttering some strange things.
"It's all over; the Titans are going to take the city!" I pull him along faster trying to withstand my injury and tears.
"They're going to take the city but they're not-never going to take us." I let the tears fall freely, not being able to withhold them anymore. We were just talking about it, how can it just happen? "Just like that!" I scream out while sobbing. My hold on Armin just got stronger with each passing thought.
Just like that
A/N
I apologize for this. Where I live it's been hot, in the three digits and all I had was my laptop and the 1st episode of SNK. As of right now I don't know if I really even want to continue this but if anyone really wants me to I will. I should be focusing on my other story but I decided to take a break for a while. I just wrote whatever came to my head while watching the episode. Yes this is an OC story and I will not be focusing so much on her brother nor will I really focus on love in this story. If I do, it will be like 20 chapters in or something. I mainly just want to focus on friendship and so I made Eudocia. So many mistakes and go ahead favorite, review. Do what you want while I work on a drawing her. I'm bad at describing as you can see so I'll just settle on drawing a picture and hopefully you all will take a look at that. If there's a way you can tell I didn't really care while writing this, it's by my "inspirational song" for this chapter.
Here it is - Assassin's Creed 3 Rap Parody
Smosh? Yes. = w =