And here's Chapter 2 for you all! I don't want to rush into things right away, so that's why it's a pretty slow start... Just wait until Chapter 4 (That's where it really gets started.)
The ride was a bit bumpy, but honestly, Eren didn't really care. Several carriages held many kids, all being taken to the big event happening at some mansion. Eren Jaeger, a kid with a determined face and messy brown hair, huffed in annoyance. Yeah, the ride was long, but he also had to sit in the same carriage as his rival, Jean. He crossed his arms and looked to Mikasa, who was pushing some strands of her black hair behind her ear quietly. "Hey, Mikasa…. Why do we have to go to this anyways..?" Eren asked her, eyebrows furrowed in irritation. Mikasa glanced at Eren and just said, "I don't know," Before turning back to look down at her hands, eventually moving one to pull up the red scarf that was wrapped around her neck. Eren grumbled in response and craned his neck to look at the kid sitting beside the girl, a kid with blonde hair that pretty much reached his chin. "What about you Armin? Do you know?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow expectantly. Armin blinked a few times and shook his head. "I'm not so sure either… Maybe they'll help us find homes?" He suggested before shrugging.
Across from Eren, a boy with short dark brown hair and freckles named Marco spoke up. "It's still nice that we get to go right? I've never seen a mansion before actually…" Marco admitted with a small smile, turning to Jean, who sat next to him. "I'm actually pretty excited!" He added and chuckled softly afterwards. Jean also chuckled, placing a hand on his best friend's shoulder. "Not sure what the deal about all of this, I heard this mansion is pretty damn big. And it's on a big ass hill too." Jean said to him with a smirk, hoping he was able to push Eren down said hill. It would be funny to see the little suicidal bastard rolling down that hill and hitting a tree. Marco beamed at him and nodded quickly before turning to look out of the window. "Ah… And there's a full moon out! It looks amazing! Look Jean!"
Marco was right, the moon did look amazing. And pretty big too, which gave Eren the creeps for some strange reason, almost as if the moon would fall and crush everyone beneath it. He turned and smirked over at Jean, who was practically crushing Marco as he tried to look out of the window to see the moon as well. "J-Jean!" Marco exclaimed, squirming a bit. "Well you told me to look didn't ya? I can almost see it!" Jean answered, squinting and tilting his head. Beside Jean sat Sasha, who looked a little upset that she had to join them instead of being in the same carriage as her friend Connie. She giggled at the two beside her however, taking a break from imagining all of the food that could be at the event they were headed to.
In another carriage, a kid with a shaved head hung his head and arms out of the window with a groan. The people he was with were cool, but Connie would rather have Sasha here instead of Ymir, a tall brown haired girl with a bad attitude with everyone except for Christa. In front of Connie was Reiner, who was looking at the tall kid beside him, Bertholdt. Bert was sweating nervously as he almost always did, but Reiner didn't blame him. They were orphans being invited to a huge party in a mansion after all, and also Bert was sitting next to Annie. Annie had a bored look on her face, and it was surprising when Reiner discovered that Bertholdt had a thing for her. Christa, who sat next to Connie, brushed a few strands of hair from her face with a small smile, while Ymir had an arm around her as always. No one said anything, which was fine but a little awkward too…
Connie groaned, breaking the silence and causing Reiner and Bertholdt to glance at him. Reiner grinned at the other, an eyebrow arched. "What's up with you Connie? You upset because you got stuck in a carriage with Ymir and not Sasha?" He asked with a small chuckle. Connie didn't look up, just sighed and kept quiet. The quiet earned a smirk from Ymir, who just hugged Christa closer. "Cat got your tongue Connie?" She sneered, making the short blonde girl she was hugging frown in disapproval. "Ymir! P-Please be nice…" She asked with innocent eyes looking up at her. Ymir's smirk vanished and she turned her attention to the window, damn she could not say no to those eyes….
Everyone looked up and around when they noticed the carriage had come to a complete halt, making Connie sigh in relief. At least he was getting out of this stuffy carriage. Though it was thrilling at first to be riding in something fancier than an old wagon, he lost interest after a few hours. They were let out, Connie beaming when he saw Sasha running over to him with a huge grin on her face. Bertholdt's eyes widened at the sight of the mansion, having never seen such a sigh before. The house was enormous. Bert could hear many gasps around him as the others saw the house as well, grins appearing on almost everyone's faces. Even Annie looked amazed at the sight before them.
Everyone was led inside, and at this point, Marco practically clung to his friend out of sheer excitement. "Look at this place Jean! I-It's amazing!" He said with a wide grin. Jean looked at Marco with a smirk and then looked around him. "Calm your freckles down Marco, they might fall off!" He joked, though he too was amazed at interior of the mansion. Hell, it was more than amazing… If only they could find a word to accurately describe it.
A voice caused them to all look up and move more towards the large dining room, excitement coursing through the orphaned children at the sight of the Master at the head of the table, arms held out. "Everyone! Our other guests have arrived! Please wait patiently; the event will begin very soon! As of now, you may want to mingle amongst yourselves while you wait!" He shouted before moving away from the table, disappearing behind a door.