Alice's POV

The next day I went with Mikasa and Armin to Eren's trial, standing next to Mikasa, as much as I didn't want too. Eren was brought in and mounted to the floor. He looked more like an animal than a human, and that irritated me.

The trial began and after the Military police said their thing, which was that Eren was dangerous and should be executed and dissected, Erwin spoke for the Survey Corps, saying how they could use Eren's Titan shifting ability to help take back Wall Maria.

The Military Police, of course, had a counter. Which was that Eren couldn't control his Titan, and attacked Mikasa once he shifted. And Mikasa's defense? Eren was swatting a FLY! I barely withheld the groan at the stupidity of what she just said. And then they started claiming that Mikasa was a Titan shifter as well, and Eren, brilliant Eren, started yelling at them. He told everyone to put their faith in him so that he could end the war against the Titans.

This caused the Military police to point a gun at him, and to save Eren's ass, Levi stepped in and kicked him... repeatedly. Mikasa surged forward, but Armin and I held her back.

"Remember all those talks we had?" I hissed after Armin spoke to her. "If you go out there, you will only make sure those pigs get him." I turned and glared across the way at the one that pulled the gun on Eren, then the Commander of the Military Police, Nile Dok. He still thought Eren was dangerous.

After another proposal from Erwin, Eren was given to the Survey Corps. Which made me extremely happy because that meant that Eren would get into the Corps before the rest of us, and to be truthful, he fucking deserved it.

Armin, Mikasa, and I went to the barracks that the rest of the 104th, from all sectors, were staying. I turned on Mikasa as soon as we were inside.

"Are you fucking stupid?!" I growled, causing everyone to turn to us.

"What?" She asked. I threw my hands up.

"A fly? A fucking fly? Yes, that's perfect. While you're at it, tell them about the flea he squashed to protect you! Flies are tiny to US! I'd be surprised if a 15 meter Titan even notices their existence! They'd be too damn small dumbass!"

"I was just trying to protect him!" Mikasa snapped back.

"Well you didn't! That lie is what made shit go down hill! No one in that room is stupid as much as we may wish they were! Though if you had told the truth, they may not have questioned what you were, Eren wouldn't have flipped his shit, and Levi wouldn't have cleaned up YOUR mess and saved Eren himself. So congrats, you're fucking stupid over protective brain helped, this time."

"That midget didn-" And she was on the fucking floor, holding her cheek. The room was silent, and gasps rose into the air. I pulled my fist back, eyes narrowed and dangerous. I grabbed the front of Mikasa's shirt, pulling her towards me.

"You will NEVER disrespect Corporal Levi in my presence EVER again. Am I understood Ackerman? Next time, it won't be a fist in your jaw, but a blade in your chest." I let go of her and walked away. I was shaking in rage.

I wasn't all that happy that Levi beat Eren to a bloody pulp either. But I knew Eren would be fine with his healing abilities. And Levi's not usually like that. He doesn't beat people for the hell of it. Discipline for him is a different kind of pain, soreness of muscles from training to hard or cleaning hunched over for hours. He doesn't do physical pain that brings blood or breaks bones as a form of discipline, I'd know. He was kind in a different way. So for anyone to disrespect him, my blood boils.

I headed to the showers and started washing, thinking over everything that has happened in the past few days and what was to come. Unfortunately, I've had too much interaction with the Military Police, and my past memories surfaced, causing me to scrub my skin raw, almost to the point of bleeding.

A hand came and grabbed my wrist. I jumped and turned to see Sasha, a towel wrapped around her.

"Alice, what are you doing? Why are you crying?" I cocked my head. I was in the shower, how could she tell I was crying? "You're eyes are red and puffy, I just assumed." She said quickly. And with that realization, I just broke down. Sasha held me as I cried. And as I did so, I confided in the fourth person what had happened when I was younger. The trauma brought to me by the Military Police.

Once I had finished, Sasha looked completely mortified.

"Oh my Walls." She said, pulling me closer and hugging me tighter. "Come on, let's go. You need to sleep." She smiled softly. "The sooner you go to sleep, the sooner we can join the Survey Corps, and the sooner we can get away from here." I looked to her and smiled.

"You're joining too?" Sasha nodded.

"After watching them eat people... I can't not." She said, slightly shaken by the memory. We stood, got dressed, and headed to our shared room.

I will eventually share Alice's past, in detail, in a later chapter. How much later? Not sure yet.