Hey guys, sorry bout the long update wait, I promise im going to try to update a lot more frequently now, Anyways after this chapter i can finally start becoming more creative with the story, don't worry though, im not going to go OOC and im not taking it in a different direction, its still going to stick to cannon, but as said i can explore it more (Probably not the right word but im knackred) anyways i hope you enjoy, and please give any feedback you can, have a nice day ~ Yasaric
The sun beamed down on the training ground, the crowd had gathered around the rigs, a large portion of the group, including Dan had already completed the test, the vast majority had passed with very few failures, those that did had ambled off in shame towards the camp exit, where carts were waiting to transport them back, in the back of his head Dan envied them.
"Wagner, Switch belts with Jaeger" Dan knew what was going to happen next.
A few hours later Dan was sat under the same tree he had sat under the day previously, Shadis had told them that tomorrow the training began, before they even thought about using the 3DMG they needed to be physically fit enough to cope with it. Dan sighed to himself, it had finally hit him how difficult the training was going to be. In the real world he had never been good at sports and could barely run a lap before feeling like he was going to die.
"Dammit" he muttered to himself.
"Something wrong?" he heard a familiar friendly voice ask, he looked up to see Armin stood in front of him with Eren and Mikasa, Dan smiled.
"I'm just realising how hard this training is going to be" Armin chuckled. Dan looked towards Eren.
"Well done on the rig" he said sincerely. Eren smiled sheepishly and muttered a thanks.
The others sat down near Dan and they all began to chat. Most of the conversation revolved around what they thought they would be doing tomorrow, and they came to the conclusion that it would most likely be a lot of running and jogging. Eren and Armin told Dan of how they snuck out with Reiner and Bertolt to practice, before they realised that the sun had started to set and the bell to signal dinner began to ring. They all headed towards the mess hall and once they had got their food they found a table and were soon joined by others and the conversations continued. Dan noticed that everyone seemed to be excited, he envied them for their confidence, it felt like his stomach was twisting and contorting and he wondered if he would be able to stick the training out. He would have to, there was nothing else for him to do. His eyes continued to scan the table until they fell upon Mina and he immediately looked away. The memories of his dream flashed back to him, and he felt like he was going to throw up, so he quickly finished his food and excused himself and made his way outside of the mess hall into the night.
The cool air surprised him as he stepped out as it had still been warm when they entered the mess hall. But now there was a gentle breeze blowing, it was at this point that he noticed his hands were shaking violently, in fact it felt like his whole body was and he felt the bile quickly rising from his stomach. He bolted for a dark secluded spot a little away from the mess hall, and was violently sick.
"Fuck" he exhaled, wiping the tears that had formed away from his eyes.
'This isn't good' he thought to himself 'I can't let things like this affect me this badly.' It was only a dream he kept repeating to himself mentally.
He sighed to himself 'But it isn't only that' he continued his train of thought 'I shouldn't be here, this is a story, it's fiction, why..' he felt the tears begin to well up.
"No!" he said aloud to himself whilst quickly rubbing his eyes with his sleeve "Fuck that, I'm here now, nothing can change that, I might as well do the best I can do!" He mouth formed into a broad smile.
Suddenly he felt a hand clap down on his shoulder, causing him to jump out of his skin and make a large squeaking sound, he span on the spot to see who had just scared the life out of him, whoever it was, was taller than him, he slowly raised his head to see their face, until his eyes locked with a pair of intimidating green eyes surrounded by dark circles. Dan snapped into a salute.
"Sir!" he said in the clearest voice he could muster.
"Didn't you hear the bell" Shadis questioned.
Dan felt his stomach drop "N-No sir!" he answered meekly, Shadis looked behind him and noticed that Dan had been sick.
"Well, I suppose I will have to let you off this time" he said sternly, he gestured his head towards the dorms, Dan didn't move.
"THAT MEANS NOW!" Dan bolted, and was in bed before he even realised what he was doing.
"And I'm gonna save Mina" he said lowly to himself, a head suddenly appeared upside down to his right from the top bunk
"Huh?" asked Marco
"Oh Nothing, Just thinking out loud." he replied
"Well, get to sleep" Marco chided him "It all starts tomorrow!" Dan made a half salute, before Marco made a wry grin, and his head disappeared.
"I'll save you too Marco" He whispered before drifting off to sleep.