Chapter 1: the rise of a hero.
A/N: This is just a random idea that came to me when I was watching a crack video, but I figured what the hell. why not try?
Mikasa ran through her fathers garden, admiring all of the sakura petals falling around her from the nearby trees. It was already autumn, and all the petals were starting to fall. She liked to see them fall, as they were quite beautiful when they did so.
She was playing outside with her friend Eren, the son of a famed doctor and old friend of her father. They had met each other only a few months ago when Dr. Jeager had visited for a check-up but had already become close friends.
She also had a huge crush on him, but so far had kept it to herself. She didn't know how he would react to it, as they were only 9 years old and a bit young for romance. She was also the daughter of Akane and Herrick Ackerman, two of the biggest billionaires in the USA, which meant they could be judging about who she went out with.
They were playing a game of tag, but as Mikasa ran she tripped on a fallen log, and she fell head-first into the well, smashing the wooden covering to splinters. She screamed an ear-piercing cry as she fell for what felt like an eternity, but was in reality only a few seconds. When she reached the bottom of the well, her leg became lodged under a boulder she had knocked out of place on the way down.
After hearing Mikasa scream, and realizing what had happened, Eren shouted down to Mikasa, with a mixture of panic and worry in his words.
"Don't worry Mikasa! I'll find your dad and we'll get you out. hang on!"
Eren said though Mikasa couldn't help but feel scared down here. Her leg was trapped and the pain was excruciating, and she couldn't shake the feeling that something was watching her. She could hear it, a rustling in the darkness.
"Hello?"
She called out, her voice wavering in fear, with a slight sob from the pain. Suddenly, a hundred bats flew in out of nowhere, flying all across the room. The swarm covers the entrance to the well, blocking out the light entirely. Mikasa became paralyzed with fear and could do nothing but scream.
About ten minutes after the bats had dispersed, she saw a shadow go over the light. She shivered and looked up half expecting to see the bats again. But instead, she saw her dad climbing down on a rope to get her out. After touching down, and moving the boulder off her leg, her dad hoisted them both out. With Mikasa still shaking in fear and shock from the fall. Combining that with her bad experience from the bats caused her to cling tightly to her father, as he carried her away.
When they got out of the well, Herrick took his daughter into the house, where his wife, the butler Hannes and Eren waited with worried expressions on their faces. Herrick carried his daughter to bed so that Dr. Jaeger could check on her leg. And while Mikasa was being lifted, and when her leg was checked for a fracture, Eren held Mikasa's hand, staying by her side.
"Don't worry, It's only a sprain so she will be on her feet in a few days."
Eren's dad said, trying to reassure Herrick and Akane. Despite this Mikasa didn't even set foot in the garden afterward, although a new steel manhole cover was over the well. So she and Eren decided to play board games instead, which involved Mikasa winning at more or less everything. It wasn't that Eren was bad, but rather he couldn't bear to see her lose. He wanted to see her happy, which wasn't easy after what had happened.
It was about two days before Mikasa left the house again. Her parents took her to a show in the opera, 'the little mermaid' to be precise. Though it was more based on the original story than the Disney version. They left about 11 pm and started to walk home. Herrick was dressed in a suit and tie, while Akane and Mikasa wore black dresses.
"What did you think of the show, sweetie?"
Akane asked, wondering if it was a good idea to have brought her daughter to the show.
"I don't know, I think I prefer the Disney version. I don't really like sad endings."
Mikasa said, sounding more like her usual self-compared to earlier that week. She was slowly going back to normal, and this was quite reassuring to see for Herrick and Akane.
"Well honey, It's just trying to show how things don't always turn out ok, things can go wrong. So we need to-"
Herrick began to say, but before he could finish a man in his late thirties, with long scruffy hair and dirty clothes walked in front of them. And he pulled out a revolver.
"Stay quiet and do as I say, right now."
He said in a quiet and threatening way, making Mikasa feel immensely scared, and caused her to shake in fear. She didn't know what to do, hell there wasn't anything she could have done.
"Calm down, we can work something out. There's a way out of this so you don't need to-"
Herrick began to say, but suddenly the man pulled the trigger, and a wave of crimson blood started to flow from Herrick's chest. Mikasa suddenly froze in place, petrified by what she'd just seen and with tears flowing down her face. Then suddenly, Akane ran at the shooter with all her speed to try and protect her daughter.
"Run Mikasa! Ru-"
She shouted before a second gunshot fired into her forehead, squirting out even more blood. The floor became crimson red, making the sidewalk look like a red carpet. Mikasa couldn't believe her eyes, as she saw the two most important people in the world to her, mercilessly gunned down in the space of a few seconds. It was at that moment she realized how cruel this world could be.
And it would haunt her for years to come.