Disclaimer : I sadly don't own any of these badass characters ... so yeah *cries self to sleep.
Without further ado :
1-Fresh Start
The shrill ringing of the alarm clock abruptly pulled me out of my deep slumber.
Great. I groaned burying my plush pillow further down my face, then proceeded to flip myself onto my flat belly and jabbed the alarm with my right fist, my knuckles swift, effectively knocking it off my nightstand along with it's batteries skittling across the marble tiles of my bedroom floor.
I sighed, mentally reminding myself to get a new clock before the day ends or else I would also have to save up for a new phone.
Who am I kidding … at this rate I won't even get up first, come on Mikasa. I exhaled as I heaved myself up to my knees and contemplated my reflexion through the wall mirror hung atop my wooden headboard.
Grey orbs, a perky nose and plump lips stared back at me, my hair falling limply down to my shoulders. It grew. I tilted my head to the side, toying with a strand in between my fingertips, mentally debating on whether this would be problematic in the near future or not.
As I zoned out I paid attention to what was happening on the other side of my door. People were bustling about downstairs and someone could be heard scurrying around on this floor, most likely Eren realizing he's late… speaking of which-
'MIKA!', Eren burst through my door nearly tumbling over, his shoulder angled in my direction. He had a toothbrush in his mouth, his searching eyes fell on me almost instantly.
'Yes Eren', I glanced back at the mirror, lightly readjusting my pyjama sweat.
'Oh great you're up, hurry or else mum's not driving us … and you know what that means right?' Eren rushed through his statement ending it with a sloppy grin, before dashing right out again slamming the door behind him.
I smiled knowingly whilst shaking my head. That boy is too troublesome for his own good.
I then lifted myself off the bed leaving my covers in a red heap and headed towards my separate bathroom, ready to shower and get ready for- oh yeah, my first day of freshmen year. I grabbed my earphones along the way playing a random playlist to help wake me up and kicked the door shut still yawning my missed sleep away. I'm up this early for school, oh the irony.
Armin entered and settled down across from Eren in the Jaeger family's dining room wiping his heated forehead. As he did so, Carla followed in his stead holding in her busy hands, plates with margarine and toasts, bacon, eggs and breakfast bagels making her way to the boys.
'Yeaaah mum! Eren screeched, green eyes sparkling as he eagerly eyed the food in her hands, his forearms already outstretched towards the brim full plates.
'Eren, your manners' Carla lightly scolded her son as she swatted Eren's hands away and handed the plates of goods to a blushing Armin first.
'Give him whatever's leftover" she sweetly smiled at Armin thanking him for helping her in the kitchen moments ago since his arrival from their neighbouring backyard. He chuckled as Eren fussed over how he was always the one to suffer from the injustices of life and how the world was a cruel place and placed the plates in front of them both amused by the latter.
Just then Mikasa strolled through the room, ceasing Eren's complaints, she pulled out a chair beside Armin greeting him with a warm embrace since they hadn't seen each other during summer break and she had frankly missed him.
'So how was the seaside there, I know you wanted to check out the sea turtles there, were you able to get the data you wanted ?' Mikasa questioned as she grabbed a toast and ate it in a pizza-like manner. Meanwhile Eren scuffed down as much as he could now that his mum had left to tend to the rooms upstairs and ready herself for work, no longer scrutinizing him.
They casually conversed, Eren joining in with them as they recalled their corps gang and funny events during the break and the previous school year. They were excited on meeting up with their friends and making new ones as the campus life started at last.
The corps gang members were simply put, all Mikasa, Armin and Eren's childhood friends. The gang was named after the trio and the other member's kindergarten school 'The Corps'.
Interesting long story put short, this kindergarten was built the year they all started school and shut down the year they joined Elementary school, a funny coincidence they all agreed on.
There were 8 of them in all and they had always found a way to stay enlisted in the same schools growing up.
Apart from Marco who moved away during summer to enter a different school with a curriculum mainly centered around his major in biophysics, other than him they were all together starting their first school year at TrostUni.
Carla called from the hallway startling them from their passionate discussion reminding them she was leaving that very instant.
The trio looked up at each other before bolting out of their seats and racing towards the entrance, grabbing their jackets and backpacks along the way.
Eren snook one foot into a red converse before yelping as he fell onto the front door hopping from foot to foot before giving up with a frustrated groan and opting on tying his laces on in the car. Armin scrambled after him grabbing Eren's forgotten bag for him and sweeping his fringe away from his eyes.
Mikasa quickly examined herself in the main mirror in the corridor.
She wore a simple grey sweat, high-waist black jeans with matching Doc Martens, topped with a pitch-dark leather jacket and her signature red scarf. Satisfied with her choice of clothing she followed suit out the door locking it behind her before taking shotgun in Carla's trax Chevrolet.
The ladies made small talk at the front about Carla's job as a lawyer and the classes the brunet would be taking that semester in Uni, whilst Armin was trying to escape the headlock Eren had put him in in the backseats as they pulled out of the driveway and started towards the university.
'Don't forget mum, dropping us off a little before the-
"-the campus gateway is for cool kids and rides to the parking lot are for pushovers, yeah I know'
Eren was all smiles as they all laughed at him in silence, Carla sighing along side Mikasa every now and then..
TrostUni Off-campus Female Dormitory
I squinted into the mirror making sure I perfectly winged my eyeliner, if I didn't make it legit who would be able to? After all I'm Petra Ral, this School's Miss A, I have to set an example for the rest of the wannabees here. I smiled as I took a stance backwards admiring myself from different angles. I seriously impress myself too much. I parted my bangs in the middle and puckered my lips pleased at my outfit for the day. With this Levi will want me back.
I looked good, not your typical Mean Girl good but hot alright. I opted for low-rise leather pants, brown studded heels and an oversize v-neck cashmere blouse in beige, my eyes were complimented by a hazel Givenchy handbag which hung loose from one arm. I sighed, I can make just about anything work can't I. Just then the door knob turned and Rico made her way in our shared dorm room, her azul eyes pointed on me.
'You done yet, it's just the first day, you'll be able to showcase your cute outfits throughout the rest of the year anyway', Rico stated exasperated as I reapplied my matte lipstick for the fifth time that hour.
'Ok, right let's go', I smiled up at her innocently as I shut the lone window making sure not to drop any of the many awards and medals hung around my space in the room. My medals ranged from academics to the sporty fields of my talents, I'd picked them up along the way, there were beauty pageants wins, regional projects I'd aced, a fair number of wins in total I'll admit.
I scampered after her in my heels, my rapid small steps echoing across the room once I'd noticed she'd left me already. I think too much don't I?.
To the campus, where everyone was probably back, most importantly, to the campus where a certain Levi Ackerman was back.
As Petra walked down towards where Rico was headed, the Girls Common Room, she checked her social media again, blocking Auluo for the umpteenth time before enabling him on her messages once more simply because he's a close friend of Levi's.
He had been trying to get with her since they broke off and luckily for him she still needed him for precious info or else he would have been discarded long ago. It's as if Levi was still confiding in her, she was up to date with everything concerning him.
Petra suddenly slowed her pace as she picked up the familiar Ackerman name, all ears to what was being said.
'Erwin and him are gonna be back, yeeees, hot studs are back'
'dibs on Levi, Imma go all out this year, now that Ral is out of the picture, should be somewhat easier-'
'- you really think ? You've got the whole frikkin school body to compete with btw'
'-Oh my gawd, so true, you guys will have my back right ? RIGHT ?'
The group of girls were huddled together, the room to their dorm wide open, whispering oh so discreetly as upper class men in the rooms across from theirs were giving them the evils, probably wanting some of Levi as well apart from one girl blushing dreamily staring out the window she was perched on, she was obviously Team Erwin.
Petra narrowed her eyes at the trio before directing her direction ahead of her again, bothering herself with fake competition would only waste her time, she doubted she'd ever find real competition anyway but heck yeah if it could make Levi love her more than she already anticipated on, she wouldn't mind a rival.
She bumped into Rico, scratching her neck and excusing herself before entering the common room, her head held high.
The gossips started as she took her first step in followed by her roommate.
'what kind of genes does one need to be blessed with to look that good like seriously-?'
'- I'm telling you the secret's in the toner-'
'- bruh, I'm too broke to look like that-'
'-when you've got brains AND beauty, come on, I won't even put any effort in from now on, no point whatsoever-'
Petra tactfully controlled the smirk that threatened to break through as she listened in on the hushed talks, they occasionally looked up at her in awe and admiration, she smiled sweetly at a few girls here and there, even though she hadn't bothered to learn their names.
She knew they recognized her anyway so it was no big deal, just part of being popular. People are interested in you without you having to care. You could say being pretty and intelligent and THE best had it's perks at the end of the day.
'PETRAAAAAAA!
Petra stifled a laugh as she turned around just in time to brace herself for Hanji's jump embrace.
Indeed she dived into her arms picking her up in the process and twirling her around before putting her down again.
A girl in the background spat her coke out and was being tended to by a friend, patting her back upon the strange being entitled Hanji Zoe's theatrical arrival.
'Hey Hanji, what's new?' Petra rested a hand on her childhood friend's shoulder.
'Guess whaaaat, I'm this year's Cheer-leading Squad Captain, since Mina left last year' Hanji replied in a matter of factly tone, showing her the red ribbon tying her hair back in a high ponytail.
Petra congratulated her animatedly, both girls squealing and jumping on the spot until they heard the familiar ringing of a dreadful school bell.
'Great, let's go together, you're with me again right? I never bother checking schedules, such a bore' Actually, I only ever bother taking a peak at Levi's class list.
'Duh Petra, off to history, let's go!', she pushed Petra towards the backdoor where most girls were heading to cross the courtyard leading to the main buildings.
A flock of students could be seen arriving from afar, most on foot, a few by bike and the occasional skater could be spotted as well amidst the crowd. Parents were hugging their kids goodbye, certainly the last embraces until Winter break, boy would that be long.
Petra was knocked out of her thoughts as Hanji put her arm around her suddenly.
'You know what that smells like? Fresh meat …', Hanji gazed lovingly at the new incomers probably trying to spot freshmen she could coax into checking out her freakish lab and presenting her experiments too, a lab rat like herself basically.
Hanji may have been a cheerleader since freshmen year of high school, but she was always a genius master mind much like herself but to the extreme. Physically speaking, Hanji was fairly pretty but in a tomboyish way which meant that she was a close friend of Petra's since ages but had never been considered her rival.
Since entering college and joining in on competitive cheer-leading she had gotten herself a scholarship letting her be part of her two all time favorite clubs with prepaid accommodations. She had started off as an intern but following a few minor 'accidents', TrostUni had preferred to settle her down in her own apartments a few blocks down from the school building, the best choice in everyone's humble opinion including myself.
Hanji rubbed her hands together before leading the way to their first class of the day.
Little did they both know today was going to be a very interesting day for them and for many others.
If anyone wants this continued please let me know, If so updates would be weekly and a little longer than this first tryout chapter, Thanks for reading !