Haden Dior, currently 8 years old and is working in the fields. The muscular boy continued to hack at corn with his machete, and if he was ordered to do anything else he obliges and does as he was ordered. Whether it is to help pull a cartful of corn or plant seeds into the ground, Haden Dior will do it. However, today was simply cutting down the vast fields of corn along with hundreds of other farmers. Haden Dior stopped chopping down and took a deep breath in, allowing the gliding wind to encompass his young and muscular body. Haden Dior was wearing a sleeveless shirt and worn down pants he used for labor and the boots he used daily since it was one of his two pairs of shoes he had. His muscular body was very defined for an 8-year-old, standing at 5'5 feet (167 cm), his veins were visible from his beefy arms and his beautiful white skin made him seem to shine under the sun. His black hair flowed to the back while a couple of strands of hair fell to his forehead. His sea-blue eyes were thin, monolid to be sure, and focused and determined as if he can only see his task at hand. The young boy proceeds to reach in his back pocket and pulls out a carton containing cigars. He fumbled through his pockets in search of his matches and pulls them out, and proceeds to light his cigar. Smoking cigars and chewing on tobacco is a norm in farming areas to fend off flies and other insects. Haden looks to his right and sees his friend: Ronny, an energetic friend that expresses his emotions with ease. Ronny was being his usual self: singing with no care, and taking a puff from his cigar while picking up the corn. Ronny was a shorter boy with blonde hair and brown eyes. Haden then picked up his machete and readied himself for more hacking. He took a long puff of the cigar and inhaled the smoke, giving himself a small buzz. He blew out all the smoke and continued to hack.
After a full day of cutting corn, planting seeds, and such, the farmers started to turn in the tools and head to their houses. Haden Dior placed his machete in the tray where all the other machetes were designated and headed home. The walk was long, but luckily Haden had Ronny to accompany him. As they walked to their houses, Ronny was throwing jokes around and telling stories about how he was going to own a bar and become well known all around the walls. Ronny would always say the same thing, 'gonna own a bar and become the guy everyone wants to get information from like I'm an informant for everyone.' Haden would say nothing and listen to Ronny's entertaining stories, whether it was about owning a bar or talking about how he be king of the streets, those imaginations that roamed in Ronny's mind somehow soothed Haden's body and emotions. Due to Ronny's effect on Haden, Haden would practically do anything for Ronny. After a long time of walking, they finally reached their homes: Shiganshina District. As they walked towards their houses, Ronny's finished his cigar and offered Haden Dior the last puffs, which Haden declined. The moon just appeared into the night sky and the sun fell below the horizon, this is the usual time Ronny and Haden Dior arrive at their homes. As they two walked up the stairs, they arrived at Ronny's house, which was run down and barely with cracks and such. As Ronny left for his house, he did a salute and went into his house. Now it was just Haden Dior, alone in the night, walking his guardian's house.
Haden arrived at the residence he resided in. He remembers all of the memories he had here, some good and some bad. It was a two-story house, which was rare in the walls. Though, the reason for having a two-story house was because his guardian was Dr. Fuchs, an incredibly respected doctor in Shiganshina, as respected as the famous Dr. Jaeger. Though, the people of Shiganshina District only new Dr. Fuchs as a doctor, not the actual person he is. There are times where Dr. Fuchs would come home full of blood and vessels with organs or other parts of the human body, and Haden would not question or even mention what Dr. Fuchs would do. Especially since Haden Dior feels an obligation to serve Dr. Fuchs. The young boy was taken into Fuchs residence two years ago, the Doctor saved Haden from the streets. The constant pain of hunger, especially for someone like Haden's size and build, being taken advantage of by those stronger than him and being stripped of his belongings by others who suffered Haden's position, and the resolving to stealing from stands. Dr. Fuchs rescued him from all that, and to repay his savior he will serve him, even if its things as repulsive as putting human organs in jars and setting limbs in bags. Somehow, these human pieces all eventually left their shelves, jars, and bags. It was odd, but Haden did not question and pushed his thoughts aside.
Haden knocked on the door and Dr. Fuchs opened the door. This time, he wasn't covered in blood or helping a patient. They didn't talk, which was normal. They talked, but very little, which was because of the work that was imposed on Dr. Fuchs, and the laconic Haden that kept his thoughts to himself. They didn't greet each other, they just went to doing what they knew they had to do: work. As Dr. Fuchs worked on his papers, Haden went to the kitchen and started to make some tea for the Doctor. He reached up into the cabinets and grabbed a tea bag, raspberry tea bag, which was Doc's favorite tea. As the tea started to boil Haden started to make some food, but was interrupted by Dr. Fuchs.
"Food in the cabinet."
And with that, Haden started searching for the food in the cabinet. He opened the cabinet to the far right and saw a plate covered in a towel. Haden took the food out and took off the towel, potatoes, and rice. Haden got a pan and started the fire and heated his dinner. The teapot started to hiss, Haden grabbed the teapot on cue and poured it in the cup and dipped the raspberry teabag in the boiling water. Haden then grabbed the pan and put the warm food on a plate and set himself on the table. Haden walked back to the kitchen to get the tea. He heard Doc drop his pencil on the floor, in which doc leaned over and picked it up and continue to scribble down on his papers. Haden got the tea and placed it on the Doc's desk, which Doc quickly took a sip and continued his work. Haden went back to the table and proceeded to eat his rice and potatoes.
"Need Help?" Haden said.
"No," Doc said as he took a sip of the tea, "Thanks."
Haden looked back down at his food and continued to eat. All that could be heard was the doctor's writing and the quiet munching of Haden's mouth. The quietness was normal in this residence, now and then, the faint singing and hum of a guitar can be heard from Haden's room. It was a nice sound to hear, the combination of Haden's rare voice and the guitar being expertly handled. Haden finished his platter and placed it in the sink and went upstairs to his room. The steps of Haden ascending the stairs can be heard in the house. Haden opened his door and went inside, the room was emotionless. The wood floor, the small amount of clothing housing the closet, and the bed. The only thing alive in the room was the guitar that was kept beautiful and clean. Haden took off his clothe and fell to his bed, immediately falling asleep.
Two Years Later
Haden has been living the same lifestyle for the past two years: get up and get ready, make breakfast, and ready tea for Dr. Fuchs, then leave for the fields. However, today was different. Boss allowed all the youngsters to have the whole week off, which was nice for Haden. So he took his sweet time making a hearty breakfast for Doc and readied the tea. He went to the Docs room and woke him up. Doc moved around in protest, but finally, he got up and headed towards the table. As Doc sat at the table and started to eat, Haden placed the tea on the table.
"I got the week off," Haden said. He then walked over to the bed where patients would stay in and organized them.
"Clean and then go out to the city." Dr. Fuchs said as he ate his breakfast.
"Medicine to get?" Haden asked.
"No, you don't need to get anything. Just have fun in the market area." Dr. Fuchs said. Haden finished organizing the beds and began to sweep.
"I'll bring some tea when I come back," Haden said, he continued sweeping the first floor of the house.
"We already have tea, don't spend your money," Dr. Fuchs said, "Just have fun with Ronny."
Haden continued sweeping the floor and accepted what Dr. Fuchs wanted.
After cleaning the house and organizing everything, Haden headed outside, but Dr. Fuchs stopped him and pulled out a ruler that's 7 feet tall (213 cm). Haden knew what he had to do. He lined up against the wall as Doc measured his height, Haden was an astonishing 5'9 feet (175 cm) for a 10-year-old. Doc was 5'11 (180 cm), but he never cared much for his height, but he was impressed by how Haden Dior was growing in size and muscle. And as a doctor, he's performed many tests on Haden which were all to determine his strength. All of which were amazing in terms of a 10-year-old. Doc knew that Haden was abnormally strong, and he concludes that Haden is one of those rare humans with abnormal strength. Doc finished talking his notes and measurements on Haden's body and practically threw Haden out of the shop along with Haden's savings.
"Now then, what to do?" Haden thought to himself. Haden went to Ronny's house and walked in. He greeted Ronny's mother and father, who was enjoying a bottle of rum as always. The old man has been drinking since the age of 15 and he's currently 53, he could drink bottles on bottles of rum and still would be able to function as a normal human being. Haden asked where Ronny was, and his mother said he still in his bed. Haden walked to Ronny's room and walked in. He started to push and shove Ronny until the small lean boy woke up.
"Damn, I'm up you fucking cunt so stop pushing me!" Ronny screamed, only to be screamed at and receive a smacking from his mother with a kitchen utensil.
"Let's go," Haden said as he waited for his only friend ready himself. Ronny got up from his bed and started to put on his clothe and his only pair of shoes which were boots.
"Aight, let me get something to eat, and then we're off," Ronny said, as he tightened his boots. Haden pulled out all of his money he has been saving for the past two years at working in the fields.
"You paying?" Ronny said as he stretched and the cracks of his joints were heard. Haden nodded his head and headed outside. He waited for two minutes and then Ronny came outside with his face wet and clean.
"Aight, let's go," Ronny said, as he jumped off the balcony and started to walk towards the market. As they started to walk down the steps towards the market area, Ronny on cue opened his mouth and started to talk, "You know, we never had time to head over to the market area. I wonder if it's still the same as last time when we got a break? It probably is considering..." As Ronny started to talk and talk, Haden started to lose himself in his void mind. Nothing was in his mind at the moment, he wasn't thinking about Dr. Fuchs things, or even imagining anything. It was blank, which didn't bother Haden but it was kind of odd. Maybe it was because Haden hasn't had a break in so long that it slowed his thinking? Haden was clueless, but he didn't care. As they were heading to the market area while Ronny ran his mouth, Haden heard a bottle break, then another one, and then some angry screaming. Haden grabbed Ronny's arm and dragged him towards the noise.
"Hey what happened, you heard something?" Ronny asked as he followed behind Haden.
"Yeah," Haden responded. Haden and Ronny were at the market place, about three Garrison soldiers were drinking while watching three kids overpower one boy who fought full of rage like an animal; however, the closest animal the boy could've resembled at the moment was a cat. Ronny got a better look at the fight and just watched as the boy got his ass handed. Haden accompanied Ronny and watched the fight. Haden remembered that Ronny was hungry so he went over to a stand and bought some food for him. Ronny gladly accepted the food and watched the fight. The owner of the stand, who was victim to the boy's rowdiness, started screaming at the group of Garrison for not doing anything. The out of nowhere, some girl screamed "Eren!" and kicked one of the boys in the face just as he was going to punch the overpowered boy. Ronny started cracking up and pointed at the boy who just got kicked in the face.
"HAH! THAT BOY JUST GOT SERVED HIS ASS FRESH!" Ronny screamed, people watching the fight laughed at Ronny obnoxious comment, and the Garrison started cracking up. Haden watched with amusement as the group overpowering the boy was getting served by a girl that was much shorter than them, while a blonde boy held back the enraged one with green eyes. The boy that got kicked in the face grabbed a bottle and threw it at Ronny, who easily dodged the bottle.
"Hold my food and my cigars," Ronny handed Haden the food and the pack of cigars and walked over to the boy that threw the bottle. Haden sat back and finished up the small amounts of food left. Ronny walked up to the boy and got in a fighting stance. "Finna send yo ass back in your mama's pussy," Ronny said. The boy threw a sloppy punch, that Ronny easily slipped and got real close to the boy and wrapped his arms around the boy's leg and carried him out of the alleyway and into the plaza, and delivered a devastating slam that knocked the boys air out of lungs. Haden had to remind himself that Ronny was strong as well, he's been working on the fields too. Ronny got on top of the boy and started punching and punching. This is when Haden decided to intervene for the pummeled boy's sake, he grabbed Ronny and easily lifted him off the boy.
"Calm down," Haden said, he pointed at the military police officer that was making his way towards the ruckus that was unveiling itself. There were the group of kids fighting, and the drunk Garrison soldier fighting the stand owner, and a crowd of people watching and cheering as the entertainers fought. When the military police officer arrived, he separated the fight between the Garrison soldier and the stand owner and calmed everything down. The three boys that were originally fighting the underpowered boy each ran away, including the one that got slammed by Ronny. As they ran away, the boy losing the fight, Eren, chased after them. Haden was considering stopping the boy but chose not to since the boy was already down the street.
"Eren!" The black-haired girl screamed as she was being held by an officer, but her words didn't reach the boy since he was acting purely on anger. Acting out of anger, something that Dr. Fuchs grounded into Haden's brain as something irresponsible and reckless; instead, act out of sanity, reason, and logic.
Haden started to walk towards the more public areas, where people sold a variety of items and people ate and drank and enjoyed the company of others. As Haden walked away from the scene with Ronny, he felt a pair of eyes fall on his body, and he didn't turn around, he kept walking as the eyes belonging to the black-haired girl fell on him. And Haden Dior knew as if it was written in destiny, he'd encounter that group again.
I hope all of you enjoy this story! I can't stop thinking about the plot of this story and how I'm going to deliver it, I think I'm really going to enjoy (and possible you the reader too) this story! The original plot is going to be the same but will change later in the story. (Constructive criticism is allowed, I'm always looking for a way to improve my delivery and story).