A/N: Alright, Trainee Arc is almost over, all thats left is Winter Training, a second Reiner, Eren, & Alto vs. Annie fight (the canon ep.4 one) then graduation!
blueassassin996: Yeah, it's Mina x OC.
Day 3
"God... where am I?" Alto found himself on a bed that was so soft it seemed unreal.
"You are one dumb kid you know that?" Kyren entered the room, pushing the door open.
"Kyren?" Alto got up, and staggered toward the older boy, then he couldn't contain himself, and tackled him in a hug.
"Alright. Alright." Kyren pushed Alto off of him, but smiled down at his younger brother.
"So... where am I?" Alto asked.
"Well, I guess you can call it our own private heaven." Kyren said. "Every Burke comes here after they die. And a few others as well."
"That's amazing... wait what do you mean 'a few others'." Alto breathed,
"Basically, a Burke can invite people to spend the afterlife with them. Mostly people do it for their wives and close friends, you know, loved ones. But sometimes it gets out of hand, one time someone invited his whole cadet class and they're still here till today!"
"Then this place must be pretty cramped..."
"Nope! You see this place is self-expanding, meaning that whenever someone new arrives, this place automatically expands itself to meet that persons needs."
"Holy crap." Alto was overwhelmed.
"Yeah, it's nice until you realize all your memories are on public display. To every Burke that ever lived."
"Wait what?"
"Every. Last. One." Kyren shuddered, "Believe me, titan fights are a daily occurrence here because somebody got to looking through their descendants memories and found some pretty nasty insults."
"Ouch. So how does it work, this memory vision thing?"
"Well, you focus on a person, and then a circumstance. For example, try thinking about me and, well, just anything really."
"Alright." Alto closed his eyes, and focused on a memory of him and Alto playing.
"Come up!" Kyren beckoned Alto up a tree.
"I'm not sure about this Ky..." Alto looked at the tree nervously
"Come on! We got to finish this treehouse!"
Alto sighed, and tried climbing it.
Only for a branch to snap under his feet half way through, and with it, fell his pants.
Alto began to laugh. "Wow this really does work!"
"What'd you see?" Kyren asked curiously
"I saw that time I fell out of the tree, but not before I dangled there with my pants down! I can't believe you didn't warn me about that branch!"
Kyren laughed, remembering it as well, "The funniest part is that everyone saw you then you fell!"
Kyren was interrupted by the arrival of their other siblings.
"Oh my walls! Alto!" Annabeth squealed tackling the boy in a hug.
"I really hope this doesn't mean you're dead." William said from the doorway.
"He isn't. He's just asleep right now." Kyren explained.
"So, you're a cadet huh?" Gertrude entered.
"Yeah." Alto smiled.
"Oh by the way. Now that you're here, we can communicate whenever we want! Unless you lock us out of course."
"What do you mean 'Lock you out'?"
"We can't enter your memories or communicate if you don't want to." Gertrude explained.
"That's good to know." Alto said relievedly.
Gertrude walked over to him, and patted him on the head, "Well, now that you're here, and a cadet. I guess I'll be giving you some private tutoring!" Gertrude smiled,
"Wait... You'd do that?"
"Course! I can even teach you how to properly use ODM gear as well as fight! By the time I'm done with you you'll be able to match with Captain Levi!"
Alto began to tingle, "Uh, I'm starting to feel tingly.."
"Means you're about to wake up. Lucky, not every day someone gets to wake up in a lap pillow given by their crush." William teased
"What the fu-"
Alto woke up in Mina's lap.
"Ah! You're awake!" Mina turned red.
"Uh...why was I-"
"Don't ask!" Mina said quickly.
"Right... How long was I out?"
"I don't really know. I found you unconscious by the riverbank and you've been out for two hours since."
"O-oh..."
"The sexual tension here-" Kyren began to speak telepathically
"BLOCKED!" Alto quickly locked him and anyone else out of his head.
"A-anyway. They found a titan in the woods!"
Alto tried to do his best to act surprised. "Wait. Seriously?!" Alto exclaimed
"Yeah. At least, they found the skeleton of one. People are speculating it was the Armored. You know how it just appeared and vanished right?"
'Good. That takes the heat off me.' Alto sighed. "Yeah. I mean, what other titan could've gotten in the walls."
"Anyway, you're alright?" Mina asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Then he looks out, "We better make our way down the mountain. It's the last day."
"Yeah," Mina kicks out a small fire. "Come on!"
Down the mountain
Mina and Alto are running down the mountain when they hear voices.
"Reiner, if it wasn't you who was it?"
Alto turns to them, "Hey Reiner! Bertoldt!" Alto waves to them.
Bertoldt turns to Alto, surprised to see them there. "Hey Christopher!" Reiner says.
"You guys going down as well?" Alto asked
"Yeah. I don't want to be up here for another minute longer." Reiner said, "Hey, how about we all go down together?"
"Sure, safety in numbers right?" Mina agreed.
"Alright, I don't see why not." Alto said. But something bothered him.
'Reiner, If it wasn't you who was it?'
It could've meant anything, but Alto had a sinking feeling that it meant alot more than what one might think.
Rallying Grounds
"Good work cadets!" Shadis walked up and down the rows of assembled cadets.
"I must say I'm impressed! No one died this time round!"
'This time round? Does that mean there were casualties?'
"If I remember correctly, two cadets got mauled by wolves back when I was a cadet." Gertrude showed up in Alto's head
"Don't scare me like that!" Alto nearly jumped. "But holy shit... two cadets?"
"Believe me there's alot of horror stories I could tell you. Example: Did you know a Cadet strangled himself with ODM gear?" Gertrude said
"BS" Alto said in disbelief,
"It's true! Then there was this other time a cadet fell on his blade box and skewered himself!"
"Holy crap..." Alto was shocked.
"Cadets! I'm willing to be merciful today! You'll have the rest of today off!" Everyone gave a sigh of relief.
"Enjoy it while it lasts!" Shadis yelled at them
Cafeteria
"Christopher! Is it true you killed a Grizzly?" Connie, Eren, and a few others crowded his normally empty table
"Where'd you hear that?" Alto asked
"Mina!" Connie leaned in, "To be honest I think she has a thing for you if you know what I mean." Connie grinned.
Alto turned a bright tomato red. "Shove off Stupid."
"Ah~! Someone's blushing!" Connie teased,
"Lay off the man Connie. Anyway we just want to know if it's true or not." Jean said.
"It wasn't fully grown, practically a teenager in fact, but yeah, I killed one." Alto confirmed.
"Woah! Remind me not to mess with you Bearkiller!" Connie exclaimed
"W-what did you call me?" Alto asked
"Come on! After such a feat you need an appropriate nickname! Bearkiller is perfect!" Connie said to him.
"It isn't bad." Jean said, "Yeah, Bearkiller is your new name."
"Bearkiller huh? I think I'm gonna start calling you that." Gertrude said to him.
"Oh no. Do not say that in front of Kyren or Will. They're going to find some way to give me grief about it."
"Hmm. Maybe I will? Maybe I wont."
