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Day 13: Ymir
"Hey, guess what!" Krista said excitedly as she ran towards her squadmates, who were just sitting around in the Mess Hall, bored. Ymir was following the blonde with an amused expression.
"What?" Connie asked, curious.
"Ymir and I were walking in town getting supplies," Krista began, "and someone mentioned there would be a meteor shower tonight!"
Sasha gasped. "No way! I wanna see it!" General shouts of agreement followed the remark.
"I asked Commander Erwin if we could stay up and watch it." Krista told them. "He said sure."
"Yeah!" chorused her squadmates.
"Ooh, we should have a camp fire and stuff!" Sasha suggested.
"That would be fun!" Krista agreed.
After training exercises that day, they prepared a small campsite in the middle of the field they sparred at. Commander Erwin joined them - he said he was there to supervise them, but really he just wanted to watch the meteor shower as well - along with Hanji, Isabel, Petra, and Farlan.
"What time does the meteor shower begin?" Eren asked.
"About 9:00, but there will be more after midnight," replied Krista, who was setting up some pieces of wood Ymir and Mikasa had chopped up to make a fire. Once the blonde girl was finished setting it up, Commander Erwin started the fire. As time went on and the temperature dropped, everyone quickly crowded around it.
Around 8:00, everyone was extremely cold. Even with the fire, the temperature was so low that many were shivering. Finally, everyone got a blanket and huddled around the fire as close as they dared, hoping that would be enough to ward off the freezing air. When they were comfortable, they began watching the sky, with Armin pointing out constellations formed by the stars.
Soon it was 9:00 and everyone grew silent, anticipating the first meteor. When it appeared, racing across the sky before disappearing as quickly as it had appeared, gasps filled the air. Everyone spoke at once, with comments such as "There's one!", "Woah, cool!", and "Aw, I missed it..." A minute or so later, another meteor followed suit.
After that, meteors came at random intervals, occasionally right after each other and at other times after long, five minute waits. An hour or so later, Eren broke the silence. "I'm going to ask Moblit to make some hot chocolate. Anyone else want some?"
A chorus of "Yeah" and "Yes please" was the response, before everyone went silent once again. Eren returned a few minutes later with a tray full of mugs of hot chocolate, which were quickly passed out.
At about 11:30, the moon started to come up. Then, a half hour later, meteors began appearing more often.
"Look!" squealed Sasha when one of the meteors left a vapor trail behind it.
Early that morning, exhaustion caught up to everyone, and they stumbled back to the dorms.