Chapter 2
"No!" My scream of agony filled the air. Eren smacked Hannes repeatedly, "You son of a bitch! We could have saved her! Why did you have to come?" Hannes threw him to the ground, "Stop it!" I struggled away from him and went to check on Eren. "Look, you couldn't have done anything, you're weak." Eren lunged at him. Hannes caught his fist and began to cry and shake. "But, i'm worse. When it came to it, I was too frightened. Your mother died because i'm a damn coward!" They both stood and we were led to the ships. Luckily, we were loaded on before the ship was set off. Thousands of people still stood on the land. I knew that they weren't going to make it.
Eren stood at the front of the deck, tears were running down his face. He looked angry… no, he looked absolutely furious. "I'm gonna put a stop to this. I'll kill them all. Every last one of them." I stood and hugged Eren, "I'll help you. You can't kill them all on your own." He nodded at me in thanks. 'Besides. I promised i'd protect you with my life.' I turned around and snuggled into Mikasa's arm before falling into a deep sleep.
We were in Wall Rose now. 'I feel bad though, they have enough of a shortage in food as is, now they have to help us too?' I sigh and look down at Eren's sleeping face. He bolts up with a gasp. I yelp and fly backwards in surprise. "It's ok, you were just dreaming." Mikasa comforted Eren as the after effects of his nightmare wore off. "It felt so real." I stood as he tucked a key into his shirt and we head out to get food. "I think this used to be where they stored all the dried goods. Now it's where they corral the refugees."
The sun shined in our faces causing me to shy away from the sudden change in lighting. Hundreds of people were gathered around as the garrison provided food for them. "There are so many people." Mikasa made a sound of agreement. I looked over and saw two people fighting over food. "Hey guys, my grandpa got extra when he told them he had kids." I smiled at Armin and took a piece of bread. "That was nice of him." A garrison soldier stood behind Armin and gave us a dirty look. "What's his problem?" Armin reasoned with Eren as I glared at the man's back. 'Hungry or not, he has no right to bitch to us. It's not our fault. Does he expect us to just starve?'
A hand waved in my face and I saw Mikasa standing in front of me. "You should eat, I don't want you to starve." I grinned and hugged Mikasa tightly, "Thanks for caring about me. You're the best." I let go and slowly picked at my bread, savoring the dull taste. Eren stormed off towards the guy who had been glaring at us just a minute ago. He kicked him and I gasped. "Eren, what are you doing?!" The soldier began to hit Eren. "You coward! You don't know what it's like! Have you even seen one, what they can do?" Armin intervened before the soldier could hurt Eren anymore. We walked away and Eren threw his bread at Armin. "Here, give it back!" Armin yelled at him, "What are you gonna do? Starve?" "When are you gonna get sick of their charity?! We have to stand on our own two feet!" I stepped in before Armin could reply, "Eren, that's enough!" The three looked shocked at my sudden raise in voice. "Look, I get it, we can't just run away! But still, what choice do we have right now! You're only 11 years old! How are you expected to get your own food, let alone provide for us! Think about it!" Eren got in my face, "Well, if you want to scrape by in the charity of cowards, that's your thing! But, i'm not a parasite!" I teared up as he yelled. 'I'm sorry. I just want to help.'
Mikasa came over and punched him in the face. She spoke angrily, "Have you looked in the mirror lately? All of us are parasites. We needed help to keep us alive. Don't take everything out on us. If you haven't noticed, titans are at the top of the food chain, period. Your mother didn't ask us to be brave." Mikasa walked forward and shoved the bread in Eren's mouth, "Eat it, she asked us to stay alive. I'm not going to let her down." Eren complied hesitantly and ate.
We watched silently as Armin held onto his grandpa's hat and sobbed. "We have to find a way to stop them. Our lives will never be our own until we do. This world will never feel like home." Eren sat next to his friend. "That's it. Next year i'll be applying to join the cadets. I will become strong enough to fight back." I sighed. Armin looked down, "I'm with you." I was shocked. Mikasa spoke up next, "So am I." "I don't want to drag you guys in! There is no point in following me to my death!" I stepped forward, "I'm coming as well. And as long as i'm there, you can rest assured that the titans will have to pry you from my dead hands if they want you. I will never let you die like that, ok?" He nodded, "Right, together then." In that moment, everything seemed to come together and our fates were set with a silver lining. No one could stop us now.
*Time-Skip, 1 year, 104th trainee squad*
I stood next to Mikasa and Eren wearing the traditional trainee wear, and saluted Commander Shadis. He yelled loudly, "Straighten those spines! 104th cadet boot camp starts now!" I flinched at the harsh tone he directed towards us, but continued to salute. I stood at the short height of 5'0", my hair now reached down to my waist and my eyes were still an icy blue tone. "Allow me to introduce myself, i'm Commander Keith Shadis, and you will grow to hate me! Training is going to be worse than a ride through hell! If I do my job right, you'll be waking up in a cold sweat remembering this place for the rest of your miserable life! Right now, you're nothing! Livestock! But, after the next three soul crushing years, you'll learn to take down your own goliath! Remember this moment when you come face to face with him! 'Cause here is where you ask yourself, 'Am I a fighter or am I feed?'" I looked at Eren through the corner of my eye. He was just as determined as everyone else that was standing here. My eyes were now up front and I stood with my back straight. I was going to make it into the Survey Corps and I will kill the titans. I will lead humanity to victory.
