You stood by Mikasa and Armin at the court; you looked down at the wooden floor, scuffing your feet from time to time in boredom.
'How long was this going to take?!' You just wanted to get out there as fast as you could and sleep, forget everything in a dream, simple as. You looked up hearing the large double doors swing open, Eren walked through them with two soldiers, and he looked like a rabbit in headlights, not knowing what to do. You felt sorry for him in a way, being cast out just because of his new found 'talent', people turned on him, knowing nothing. To you Eren was just, well, the same old Eren. Sure he was what people were calling a 'titan shifter' and it was a scary concept, but you wouldn't judge him for it,
"Proceed forward slowly." One of the soldiers ordered, you sort of felt unnerved around the court since a few of the jury knew who you really were and glanced at you from time to time. You rolled your eyes and focused on the trial ahead. Eren kneeled down before the judge, Dallis Zacklay.
"Well then, let's begin shall we…" A loud squeak resonated around the room as the man took his place as the judge. Letting out sigh he picked up a pile of papers and adjusted his glasses. Nervously Eren looked around, then he saw Mikasa, who looked back emotionless, then he looked at you, you just gave him a nod as he looked back down at the ground with a sad look on his face.
"You're Eren Jeager, correct?" Eren jumped and stared at him blankly, finally realizing the situation; you let out a quiet sigh and looked elsewhere, you weren't good in these kinds of places, it was too quiet, too much tension.
"And you're a soldier sworn to sacrifice your life for the cause, if need be…is that right?" Looking around you met eyes with Levi, he looked just as bored as you, but you could tell he was ordering you to pay attention, telepathically.
'This is boring.' You mouthed as he frowned, giving you a glare,
'Pay attention and shut up.' He mouthed back; you just sighed and looked back towards Eren.
"Y-yes sir." He stammered, obviously scared to hell and back. You felt sorry for him somehow and wanted to give him some support, but you'd probably get arrested if you jumped over the railings so you stood where you were. As the case got underway a sentence took you by surprise,
"Eren, today I shall decide your life and death, here and now. Any objections?" Your eyes widened,
'They were going to kill him?' You smirked, the least to expect from the military, after all, all they were, were scared pigs. As soon as they see a threat they want to kill it with fire…cowards.
As the trial continued it turned into a fight between, the SC and the MPs, The Mps wanted to kill Eren and do tests on him, whereas the SC wanted to use Eren's power to help humanity. You didn't really pick a side, but you would probably go with SC since they wanted Eren alive. As Nile began to state his case you thought it sounded more like a plea to just get rid of Eren where he stands, you couldn't help but scoff at the end of it, even to people of the 'church' got involved, luckily no one heard you. Then Erwin began to state his case,
"…with his titan power, it is possible for us to reconquer wall Maria. I would think that the preferable option in this situation is clear enough." Zacklay re-adjusted his glasses,
"I see…by the way, Erwin, from where do you plan to sort your exploration mission this time?" You went back to day dreaming as it became more boring again, Erwin explained how he would get outside the wall considering the hole in Trost was blocked. Suddenly someone yelled out of the crowd,
"Just wait a sec! Ain't all gates in all districts walled up this time?! That Colossal titan only destroys the part in the wall where the gates are. If we get rid of the gates, there won't be weak spots in the wall anymore! His attacks are going to be nothing and we will all be safe, are you so pride driven to don't feel anything about your comrades' deaths! You've caused so many deaths you have no right to be called 'heros' anymore! You're even breaking rules and letting scum into your ranks!" He pointed a finger in your direction; all attention was now on you as you scowled. A dark aura hung around you,
"Excuse me?" You growled.
Silence filled the entire room; you don't think anyone even dared to breathe, even Zacklay stayed quiet. However the man in front of you quivered,
"Y-you heard me. Y-you're _ _! A m-murderer in the underground, y-you deserve to die, b-but instead y-you got into the SC! Y-you're just s-scum! Y-you don't deserve such a-a position." You scowled, anger began to boil in you and Erwin and Levi began to notice that, as did Mikasa and Armin. You growled and gripped the wooden railing; it smashed slightly in your hands causing splinters to go in, but you ignored the pain, let alone the dots of blood that began to stain your skin.
"I dare you to say that again…pig." Your voice was cold and dry; your bright E/C eyes had turned into nothing more than dark hues. The man was about to retaliate when Levi cut in,
"Cool your jets _, talking big, huh, you swine; We let who we want into our ranks, regardless of who they are." You clicked your tongue.
"Lowlife…" You added as Levi glared at you to shut up; he let out a breath and continued.
"Anyway, where's the guarantee titans will quietly sit and wait for us to finish walling up all the gates?" The man kept quiet as Levi continued to talk; even you had stopped and listened to him for once.
"'We', 'us'…by 'us' you keep chanting…You must mean my friends who risk their lives, protecting you, while your kind fattens up in safety, Eh? Even that brat you called scum has had to watch her friends die before her, and you live safe because of that fact." Your eyes widened, was Levi standing up for you? You clicked your tongue, you didn't need that shortstack to fight your cause, and you could do it yourself! You wanted to butt in but even you thought it wise not to.
"Some people are driven to starvation because of the lack of lands, but that never even occurred to you swine, did it?" Levi finally allowed the scared man to answer,
"I-I just said that we'll be safe if we wall up all the gates,"
"What about what you said about my comrade?" The man stuttered and looked at the floor,
"I-I don't know…i-I just don't th-think it's r-right…" Levi clicked his tongue as he resumed he place,
"Just don't say such things about the SC again." There was a long silence in the court until someone else called out, it was a man from this so called 'church' place.
"I've had enough of this blasphemy! You vile insect! How dare you say such a thing!" The man was wrinkled and old; he had a garment around his neck of the three goddesses that were said to protect the walls.
"The wall of Rose is granted to us by Lord, and it is not in human rights to maim it!" The man yelled more and began to cause a riot within the court, but it began to quiet down as Zackley spoke,
"Let's get back to the business at hand, next, Eren I have a question for you,"
"Yes sir."
"It seems there is hope for you to join the SC. However….as a soldier that you've been up until now, do you really believe you can put that 'titan power' of yours to good use?" Eren looked down in thought for a moment,
"Y-yes sir, I do!"
"Oh…On the other hand, the report on the recent mission to plug the gap in the wall says this: 'Following his transformation into a titan, he swung his fist three time, aiming for Mikasa Ackerman…'
You looked towards Mikasa, she clicked her tongue and glared a Riko, and she probably wanted to kill her right now. To you it seemed that Eren had no memory what-so-ever of transforming into a titan, this could be troublesome…You sighed as Zacklay continued,
"Is Mikasa Ackerman present?" She let out an exaggerated sigh,
"Yes, sir…I am here." The man once again re-adjusted his glasses and looked towards the three of you,
"Ah, so you're Mikasa. Is it true that Eren attacked you?" He asked, Mikasa said nothing for a moment, showing no emotion or will to talk.
"Oi, you won't help his case by lying, you know." She growled and looked you in the eyes, you just nodded, and you didn't want to get involved…
"Yes….That is true." Murmurs broke out amongst the crowd, you were getting tired of this, you just wanted it to end, and your hand was still clamped around the railing and bleeding, and you saw drops roll onto the floor, you ignored it however. Eren's face was etched in horror and sadness all at once,
"However," Mikasa continued.
"Before that Eren, in his titan form, has saved my life twice. The first was when I was about to fall prey to a titan, and the second time he protected me and Armin from being shot." As Mikasa was about to finish striating those cases Nile spoke up about how they had murders a group of kidnappers, only age nine. This coursed unsteady theories to travel around the jury.
"He's a titan that took shape of a child to infiltrate us!"
"But hi violent colours came through in the end!"
"Why are we debating what to do with him? Just kill him!" You rolled your eyes.
"What a load of morons…" You muttered under your breath, clenching the railing harder as your hand bled more. Then the same man that call you 'scum' spoke up,
"T-that goes for her too…I have my doubts about her even being human!" He yelled,
"I agree," Another man spoke,
"She should be killed too, just to be on the safe side."
"NO!" Eren yelled as everyone stopped to look at him,
"I may be a monster, but Mikasa has NOTHING to do with this! She has nothing to do with this at all! And you know what? All you've been doing is taking guesses, you're nowhere close to the truth, and you're disregarding how things really are! And besides…" He seemed to be thinking about whether he should say the next sentence,
"What are you all so scared of? I bet most of you have never seen a titan in your life. What are you going to do if the strong stop fighting for you, Eh?" You noticed Erwin was holding Levi back, you knew something bad was going to happen soon if Eren didn't shut up.
"You're just spineless cowards, So, JUST STOP FUSSING ALREADY AND PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME!" The room fell silent as you saw Levi jump over the railing; Nile was getting ready to shoot Eren where he was. You'd had enough; you were going to do something about this.
Well you would have, but it seemed Levi was faster, as he kicked Eren in the jaw…