The 104th Cadet Corps
Two years after the fall of wall maria in the hands of the Colossal titan, a huge influx of enlistment to the military is in high.
Rows and rows of young teenagers some tall and strong, some short and nimble stand at attention, A tall bald man strolls in-between glares at each face and eye's he comes across. Drill Instructor Keith Shadis is his name, the guy can guarantee that you be wetting your pants by the end of the day.
He walks past a small blonde; one would mistake for a girl.
"Hey Kid!" He bellowed to the young boy
"Sir" in an instant saluting, right hand on their hearts, left hand on their lower backs.
"Who the Hell are you?" Shadis bellowed back
"Armin Artlert from Shinganshia, Sir!" with a terrified contained stutter as the Blonde known now as Armin shouted back under the scrutinized gaze of their Drill instructor.
He walks past picking on the few he could weed out, each time calling them titan fodder or no good meat that even the titans wouldn't bother eating.
'That would be a bad compliment' The Boy thought. Making a small grin to his face but instantly hiding the smirk in case he be looked upon. A Cocky Trainee by the name of Jean Kirstein, poor guy got head butted for just wanting to go into the military police and live a life of luxury. He continued walking and gazed upon the tall blonde muscular guy next to him.
"OI, Ox what is your name?" He again bellowed at him.
"Reiner Braun, Sir!"
The same as usual but the boy next to Reiner, smiled a bit losing his composure when his reply was to save the World.
The instructor just catching his smile peered over him.
"What's so funny Titan Feed?"
"Alan Braun, Sir!" Alan shouted back, eye's meet, neither back down.
"Oh? Brothers are we now and where do you come from? So are your ambitions as great as his?" His eyebrow cocked up at noticing the same surname.
"I am from Shinganshia, Sir! I'm here to save Humanity sir!" Alan bellowed even louder, not breaking eye contact with Instructor.
With a humph he told his line to about face and continued his rite of passage.
He gazed to Reiner beside him and grinned which the guy returned his gaze back and grinned in return.
He looked to his left and see Bertholdt smiling as well, allowing the small time before the Instructor comes back to grill them again.
All good mood was cut short with a sickening crunch heard not far from them. Keith holding onto a poor young man's head stared in shock at the audacity that this girl to eat a… wait is that a potato in her hands? Where the hell did, she get one of those.
In the empty silence it boils down the potato girl to run till she drops or no food at all. Potato girl instantly paled at the thought of no food and started running with Keith watching dumb founded as she ran, with a shake of his head he continued his rite of passage to the rest of the recruits.
All was rowdy and calm within the mess hall as Alan collected his food, he looed around seeing where his group sat until someone bumped into him, with reflexes he caught the other persons tray while also catching the said offender, quite annoyed but went to ask if she was ok… 'Woah' his eyes widened as he looked into the face of a beauty her skin pale as snow yet her face was unmoving, hair black as the night but despite her everything with her emotions displayed inwards her eye's grey yet to the trained eye showed emotion of embarrassment.
Pulling her up straight and placing the tray back into her hands, he simply walked away towards the desired destination leaving the poor girl to her thoughts.
Heart racing something she hadn't felt with anyone besides Eren. She looked to the back of his head and wondered who he was. She pulled her scarf to her face for some comfort that usually finds yet something towards this guy seems out of placed yet right in so many ways, shaking her head ridding of such thoughts she moves carefully avoiding anymore mishaps towards Armin and Eren, with a slight glance behind her as the man that managed to save her of embarrassment and food, 'curious' she wonders as she proceed to eat with her friends.
Noticing this Armin spoke up. "Mikasa what was that all about?"
Eren cocking his eye up to this and voiced his opinion "Yeah, what's up with that, it's like you never make a stumble like that before" he teased yet more interested in his food than anything else, plus ignoring Jean's insults towards him.
"It's nothing." Mikasa grumbled yet glancing behind him the guy as if he seen him before from somewhere.
Eren looking over saviour of food and spoke as if reading her mind. "You know that guy looks familiar, He's from Shinganshia, maybe he's." mind trailing off as if trying to recall memory. "Gah you know what I go straight up ask him"
Before either Mikasa or Armin could stop him Eren marched to the other side.
Alan sat staring at his food remembering the Raven Girl, minds puzzled yet unsure what to do. He never got her name but what can he really say, 'hey I am the saviour of your food, how about your name' yeah that will go down well. He fumbled from inside of his jacket pocket and reached out his diary, he then reached further and found nothing, he grumbled to himself as if annoyed by the lack of object in his hands. Noticing this Bertholdt reached into his own and handed Alan the pencil. Seeing this Alan looked at Bertholdt with a questioning look, with shrug reply.
"We know you long enough that you enjoy writing and drawing in that thing, might as well have a spare in case you go lose one" He smiled.
With a laugh Alan grabbed the desired object "Who knew you would be my Logistics assistant Bertholdt and be there when I need something"
A snicker from Reiner and an eye roll from the Logistics Assistant, the three smiled yet Reiner's eyes shot up looking past Alan, on alert Alan glanced behind seeing Eren marching towards him.
'What now? Was that his woman I just handled back then?' With a sigh he turned around on his bench to see Eren miss stepped his footing as if he didn't expect him to turn around.
With a raised eye he waited for his lecture or question, debating which one.
"Have we met before, two years ago?" Eren instantly asked as if it's a dire question.
Raising his eyebrow ignoring the stares from his two companions "possibly, we was all refugees so we may have crossed paths"
Brows furrowing Erne retort "No during that, I mean" finding words to without causing distress to himself of the painful memories. "The day the walls fell. Are you that boy that was cornered by those three titans" he said eyes looking down to the diary in his hands, Eren remembered that young kid with the diary in his hands.
Alan's eye's widened as if having the flashback, he looked down to the diary as his face went blank remembering the hand that reached. He looked up into Eren's Emerald eyes as if waiting for his response. "You're the kid that told me to run?"
Eren relaxed and smiled as if the tension was released. "I thought you didn't make it, not after those titans was on you and when that armoured titan took the second wall down and you not on the boat, I thought you be gone. Even Mikasa asked about you."
Alan's eye's shot up and glanced to the girl watching attentively at the exchange. 'When did she get here?' he shook his head cursing for letting his guard down which Eren took it as him trying to forget that day.
"Sorry for bringing it up, just had to know, glad you're alive though" After that Eren walked away with this Mikasa following close behind with the subtle glances that he caught towards his direction.
Now the fun part, as Alan slowly turned round seeing Reiner grinning and Bertholdt looking at him as if waiting for the big story or the century.
With a Grin. "Where do you guys want me to start?"