Needless to say, _ sucked with 3DMG. Compared to Levi at least, he looked like he had been doing it forever. _ was right after him, though, she lost balance often. Not as much as everyone else, at least. So _ was sufficient. According to Levi she looked "like a cow attempting to preform ballet".

Oh, and did it piss _ off even more, resulting in her nearly attacking him right there. "I'll kill you!" She hissed trying to break free of Hanji and Petra's grip, "Lemme at 'im!"

Levi cracked a smile and shook his head as he walked off to lunch, catching up with Erwin. He sure was proud of himself, the damn peacock.

Petra and Hanji released _, causing her to fall on her face, and start punching the ground in fury. "_, calm down, it was just the first day. You'll get better, trust me!" Petra urged.

"Yeah, they'll faint when they see my- I mean, your glory!" Hanji added.

"As usual, you're right Hanji." _ rolled over, "Ya'll go ahead and get lunch. I'm gunna relax here a while…"

"Alrighty, seeya!" Hanji and Petra pranced off, talking frantically about upcoming events. _ however, remained where she was, flat on the ground, soft grass tickling her back.

After a few minutes, _ got up, and began running laps again. She picked up a couple bags of sand, meant to help build muscle, and began running with them. Constantly shifting the sacks, she began to get better balance. Really, _ was just venting out anger by wearing herself out. After a little while, she finally returned to the lunchroom, sweaty and tired. Lunch was just soup with potatoes and bread. As usual.

Eating like she never would again, _ ignored conversing with anyone, sitting alone. Her thoughts were too heavy.

"Ow, let me go!" A little girl with long _(colour)_ hair squealed, her older brothers holding the poor thing by the hair, beginning to beat her up. "Stop! Stop!" _ Continued to squawl, until her mother ran outside.

"She's so weak, like a mouse!"

"And a mouse is a pesk, pesks gotta' be beaten!"

This was a normal day for tiny _. Being beaten and showed up by her brothers. They were always stronger than her. And the strong prey on the weak.

"Jenks, Gilbert! Leave _ alone, go inside, now!" The two boys mumbled, letting their sister go, slipping inside. _ was on the ground, curled up in pain, crying her eyes out.

"I'm so weak… Why am I so weak… I'm so useless…" _ whimpered.

"Oh, _, sweetie…" Her mother picked her up, hugging the littlegirl as she began to wail into the apron. "_, calm down. It's ok. You're strong, strong enough to be a Scouting Legion corporal." The woman tried to hush _, whom couldn't hardly listen. "You'll get stronger, hon, trust me. You'll show everyone."

Later that night, while everyone was asleep, _ snuck out. In the small, unguarded town, it was easy. Titans had not bothered the town in decades, so she considered it safe to hide out in the forest for a little while.

Oh, but would it be a good or bad idea…

A while later _ could hear screaming. Crashing. Loud, giant footsteps. The sound of animals and humans crying out for help filled the air. The sound of armour clinking and Scouting Legion warriors fighting hard to save the town, but it was too late. _ looked through the bushes as she watched the silhouette of a titan devouring her family, her home crushed beneath it. The soldiers had to retreat. Few horseback made it, and just as they were not far from _, she cried out.

"Help! Wh-where's my mommy? What's going on!" _ Ran out of the bushes. The four soldiers that made it stopped, looked to each other, and one scooped you up.

"Come now, little one, everything is ok. We're going on a little adventure." Her voice was soothing as they charged off again, the woman holding you. "I'm Trix, what's your name?"

"I-I'm _... Where are we going?"

"To the big city."

Later on in life _ had found out what had happened. Titans attacked her town, and devoured her mother and brothers, though it was only her mother she missed. Ever since _ had been taken in by the orphanage, and when the girl hit the right age, she enlisted to become a solder, where her place was now as a trainee.

And boy, did _ hate Titans. Many of these people had never seen so much of a realistic painting. Let alone their family being consumed.

_ got up from her table and tossed her tray into the return bucket, then went back out to the lineup. She ignored Levi as he arrived, and tried to make conversation.

"I was joking, you know."… "You really have some potential." … "Are you ignoring me?"…

"I don't care if you were. I know I do. And yes, and I would like to continue doing so." _ answered swiftly, folding her hands behind her back as Pixis returned.

"We'll be doing a combination of various techniques in order to improve hand-to-hand combat." He announced, and proceeded with the demonstration with his assistant.

He paired people off, and of course, _ was stuck with Levi. Damnit.

_ held the fake dagger she was given, and got ready to attack Levi. Oh, this would be fun. "Alright, when you're-" _ didn't get the chance to finish, due to Levi swiping his feet under her, then proceeded to snatch the dagger, and pin her on the ground with her arms behind her back. "Ahck! Geeze, you could be more gentle, I'm not a damn titan!"

"Sorry." He murmured, getting off of _ and allowing her to stand up. "Alright, your turn to defend."

Now, this is something _ could do. As he charged, _ grabbed left Levi's wrist that held the dagger, then using her left leg, curled it around his waist to toss the boy to the ground. Or at least, that was what she wanted to do. Levi somehow managed to _ around, plant his boot on her back and shove her to the ground face first, the dagger pressing to her back.

This was going to be a long day.

After five hours of being tossed around by Levi, and only managing to take him down twice, everyone retired to their quarters. _ was whimpering in pain as Hanji set the last bag of ice on the girl's arm. "Damn short stack…"

"_, you're shorter than him."

"So! I can't believe he managed to beat me again! This is bullshit…" She growled, grinding her teeth.

"So what, are you going to give up?" Petra inquired, pausing the polishing of her boot.

"Of course not!" _ gave a tch, "I'm going to show him what I got. Then he'll be sorry he even tried to show me up." The aura was dark around _, causing Hanji and Petra to retreat in fear. When _ was like this, it was best not to be around her. "I'm going for a run." She shot up, throwing the ice bags to and fro, rushing outside as the sun was setting.

"_-_! You haven't even had dinner yet!" Petra tried to call the girl back, but _ wouldn't have it.

Turns out _ had made her way to the weight lifting area, then began a long hour of exercise. Though, she was unaware of the two sets of eyes on her.

"She sure is persistent." Pixis commented from his office, watching _ struggle to lift more than she should.

"I know, I know. I'll go help her." Levi sighed. Pixis had called him in there to talk to him about _, in fact.

"Oi."

"Fuck off, Ravalli." _ hissed, managing to lift more than should be possible.

"Let me help you." Levi tried to assist the girl, who only shot him a death glare.

"I don't need help. Especially not from you. Not from anyone." _ almost yelled, setting down the weights. "I can handle myself."

"You'll fail the teamwork test in no time with that attitude. Besides, Pixis instructed me to help you."

"I said, I don't need help."

"_. No one is around, and you know it. Why are you so damn hard headed?" He sat next to _ on the bench, who looked away with a scowl. "I want to know why you're so grouchy all the time. No one here is like that. I care more than I look, you know. You can tell me."

_ stared at the ground, her eyes narrowing. "Because, I want to show everyone I'm worth more than I look. I was always treated like a piece of stale bread no one wanted."

At that point, _ already couldn't handle it. She began to spill everything about her past. Tears began falling from her eyes as she spoke of the titan attack.

"You see? I can't stand for anyone to try to surpass me. I will get into the Scouting Legion. And I swear, I'll kill every single Titan I see." Her hands clenched into fists as she proceeded to try and wipe away the tears, "Damnit, why the hell am I telling you of all people…It's just a stupid sob story, not hardly an ex-"

"Shut up, _." _'s head turned to Levi as he spoke, "It is all a good reason. Sometimes people simply handle some things. Let me help you train, ok? I'll help you get your revenge. I promise."

"…. Ok."

From that moment on, _ didn't know how, but her enemy became her friend.

"Don't you dare tell anyone." She punched Levi in the arm.

…. For the most part at least.