Warning: Slight Spoiler for manga and Emotional Girl Shit
Disclaimer: The OCs and some of the plotline are mine (since I shall be going by Isayama's plotline) all other rights belong to Hajime Isayama: Killer of Fangirls
Chapter 1
The girls had been walking for a little less than half an hour before they got to a small village. Somewhere along the way, they both got out jackets and tossed it on to save them from the chilling air. The houses seemed old but sturdy, like something you would see in the mid-1800s. It wasn't even a village exactly, just about ten houses crowded around each other with a small farm to the side
"This place seems oddly familiar," Hailey commented as she ran her hand along the side of the house. The houses weren't that big and were made of cement and bricks while being held up and supported by wood. "This sense of déjà vu is almost sickening."
"Hello!" Briana called out, her voice echoing slightly on the houses, "Is anyone here?" At the lack of response, Briana sighed and went up to a house before opening the door and stepping inside.
"Are you crazy? That's trespassing, Briana," Hailey called to her friend as she stepped into the doorframe.
"Yeah, but if everyone decides to hide then I guess I'll just have to force them out," Briana insisted as she started to explore the house.
Furniture was scarce, just a simple kitchen and dining table with three doors; most likely leading to bedrooms and a bathroom. When Briana went over and tried the faucet, nothing came out other than a few drops of brown water. She wiped a finger over the surface of the dining room table and looked to see about three layers of dust collected on it. When she opened the kitchen pantry, she nearly shrieked as she slammed them shut again before the roaches fell out from where they were piled on a whole bunch of rotten food.
Hailey had opted to stay outside and look around the area. The small farm had dead plants, slowly disintegrating under the sun as flies surrounded it. Some doors to houses were left open while others had wood bolted to the windows on the inside; one door had even fallen off completely.
Hailey hummed in thought as Briana walked out to stand by her side. "It seems as if the people here had attempted to protect their houses, but," Briana looked at the few houses with their doors hanging open, "It looks like they ended up having to leave in a rush; some clothes are still left in the bedrooms and food in the kitchen pantry; completely rotten food I should add."
"I wonder what could have been so bad that people had to leave in such a hurry," Hailey murmured. "This place seems to have been abandoned years ago."
Briana shivered, "Whatever it is, I don't want to have the pleasure of finding out. I grabbed some clothes that seemed as if they would fit us and weren't full of holes, but the food was way beyond unsalvageable." Briana started walking to the front of the village with Hailey quick to follow. "Which way should we go now?"
Hailey looked back over the hills in the distance and noticed a sliver of cement over it. She pointed to the left and suggested "That way, I see some cement on the other side of the hill; maybe some kind village is on it."
Briana nodded and they both, once again set off into the unknown; although, the sense of déjà vu never left them. Even as they walked alongside each other, they remained quiet, both lost in thought.
As Hailey thought about rational things such as how they got there and what their parents must be thinking; Briana thought about all the anime she could be watching right then and what way to kill the person that, somehow, put them there. One thing they were both focused on was remaining level headed throughout the situation, they couldn't afford to freak out and end up outside in an unknown place, completely vulnerable in the late hours of night.
That was when Briana noticed something. She had known Hailey for ten years of her life since she had went to elementary school with her and, even throughout of all those years without having one class together, they became best friends somewhere along sixth grade. Somewhere during the time they became friends, Hailey had a huge growth spurt. But, looking at her now, she seemed… shorter to the ground.
When Briana looked up at her, the height difference seemed about the same, but when she looked at the ground, it seemed to be closer than before. "Hey Hailey," Briana decided to speak up about it.
"Yeah, what's up?" Hailey questioned with a raised eyebrow.
"Do you feel, I don't know, shorter to the ground, maybe?" Hailey switched her eyes from Briana to the ground then going back again.
"Actually, yeah; I feel four inches shorter or something. You look shorter too, maybe like another inch shorter than me compared to before" Hailey answered while looking down at her with a grin. "Now you're a small bean like Levi."
Levi was a character from the anime Attack on Titan. It takes place in a world where giants, ranging from three to fifteen meters, appear and nearly wipe out humanity. To save themselves, humans built three fifty meter walls and hid behind them to escape the titans, Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina. After one hundred years of peace, a titan appears out of nowhere, taller than the wall, and kicks through the gate of one of the outer distracts connected to Wall Maria, the outer wall. They called the titan, the Colossal Titan, which disappeared shortly after the kick that made a hole in the gate and let titans into the district, Shinganshina. Another titan then appeared, called the Armored Titan, which ran into Shinganshina and broke through the gate connected to Wall Maria, causing titans to get through that gate and humanity to lose a third of its territory and many lives. After seeing his mom eaten by a titan at the age of nine, the main character, Eren Jaeger, makes it his goal to become a member of the Scouting Legion, one of three branches of the military, along with his adoptive sister, Mikasa Ackerman, and best friend, Armin Arlert. The Garrison Regiment takes care of protecting the people and keeping the wall armed; The Scouting Legion sacrifice their lives to explore outside the walls and study the titans in order to find out anything that may help them win for humanity; The Military Police protect the king in the very inner district, Wall Sina, which is said to be the safest district, and only the top ten cadets of training can enter this branch of military. The Commander of the Scouting Legion is Erwin Smith, the Corporal is Levi who is later found out to be an Ackerman in the manga, and Hange Zoe is the Squad Leader.
The anime was both one of Hailey's and Briana's favorite shows of all time. By the mention of the anime, Briana had a small spark of remembrance appear in her mind before it was washed away by the insult.
"How would that even be possible?! I can't just shrink; it's probably just your imagination! I am not short," Briana argued with crossed arms and an irritated look on her face.
Hailey laughed, but after a few seconds, her face became serious. "I'm actually not kidding, we do seem shorter." Briana gave her a suspicious look but shrugged and started walking ahead.
Looking at the Jansport bag on her back, Hailey confirmed that Briana got smaller when she saw that the bag was nearly half her size. It would have been amusing had it not been worrying. How can someone just shrink? How can someone just appear in a new place? How is any of this possible? Maybe it's a dream, Hailey wondered. If it is a dream, it sure is awfully realistic.
"Hey, Briana," Hailey called, causing her friend to turn around with crossed arms. Hailey ignored the slightly annoyed look on Briana's face, knowing that she would forgive her sooner than later. "What bra size are you?"
Briana had a startled look on her face at the very sudden and forward question. "Last time I checked I was a C cup, why?" she answered cautiously.
Hailey motioned for her to turn around, to which Briana obeyed, somewhat curious as to what she was doing. Hailey pulled down the back of her shirt to grab the tag of the bra and looked at the size of it. "Well, it seems that height wasn't the only thing that changed," Hailey said with a small chuckle. "It seems that you have become an A cup; welcome to the club," she finished, letting laughter seep out.
Briana looked down and saw that her chest was indeed smaller, she must've not noticed because of the change in height. She crossed her arms again and looked back towards the direction they were headed; now that she was closer, the cement was coming into view more.
"I refuse to believe this any longer! The height could just be some kind of mistake that we were just seeing; but bra sizes? I am officially more than suspicious that this is a dream," Briana emphasized before she slowly turned towards Hailey. "If this is a dream, I want to be told right now!" she demanded of her friend.
Hailey shrugged, used to the explosions Briana would make in situations she was unable to understand. "Sorry to say that I'm in control of my mind at this moment, not some thought created by your imagination." Hailey pondered for a moment before an idea came to her mind, "What if we are having one of those dreams where two really close friends share the same dream?"
Hailey had a big smile on her face while Briana stared at her with an expression practically screaming that she was done with everything right then and there. "Aww, we are so close!" Hailey wrapped her arms around Briana from the side so her chest was touching her shoulder.
The same expression remained on Briana's face as she slowly ordered, "Get the fuck off me."
Hailey obliged and crossed her arms over her chest, "Oh come on, you know you are the only person I actually hug, right? Why are you so grumpy all of a sudden?"
When Hailey turned her head back towards Briana, she saw her sitting on the ground with crossed legs, slightly leaning back on her bag. "What are you doing now?" Hailey asked with an eyebrow raised slightly.
"I'm sitting, what does it look like I'm doing?" Briana grunted back, a slight pout on her lips. Hailey still wondered today how she could deal with this crazy person's bipolar personality. "I refuse to get up until all this stupid shit is explained to me."
Hailey sighed and commented, "Well, if you get up and we get over that hill, maybe this dream will be explained and we can wake up in the morning content with finding the answer."
Briana huffed in annoyance and shut her eyes for a moment. She brought up her hand to adjust the glasses on her face before noticing, they weren't there. Her eyes snapped open and she quickly got up and started to survey the surrounding area, mostly everything at a far distance away.
Ever since sixth grade, Briana had been confined to wearing glasses as her ability to see far away objects started to dwindle and she could barely see things from five feet away without them getting a little blurry. But at that moment, everything around her was seen with perfect clarity whether it was up close or far away. She stood up and felt tears brim her eyes as she stared at a tree, situated at the top of the hill they were headed towards, sway in the cold breeze.
"Briana, what's wrong?" Hailey asked with concern laced in her voice as she put a hand on Briana's shoulder.
She was alarmed when Briana looked at her with tears welled up in her eyes and a smile on her face. "I can see," at Hailey's confused look, Briana was quick to explain. "I can see everything, Hailey. Without my glasses I can see as far as the hills will let me," Briana returned her gaze to the hill and rushed to wipe away the tears before they could spill. She cleared her throat and pointed out, "We should really continue walking; wouldn't want to wake up still troubled from an unanswered dream and such."
With that, she continued walking, leaving Hailey to gap at her friend. After a moment, Hailey sighed and let a small smile curve her lips as she started to walk along with her friend. Whatever is going on, I know that we will get through this, together, Hailey thought.
Hope you enjoyed :D
Love Always,
Commander_of_Anime
