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What's For Dinner?!
"Sure thing!" Said Sasha, shuffling up to make some space, just like she had yesterday.
"What's for dinner this time Sash?" I smiled at her, avoiding eye contact with the other people around the table.
"Vegetable stew, with more bread rolls." Sasha replies, a canteen in one hand and a spoon full of stew in the other.
"Great." I say. "Could you save my space, while I get food?"
"Sure." I smile again and walk away. See these people could make me smile so easily, but Levi only made me scowl.
'Who's that?' I here Eren say as I skip walk away. 'What's her name?' inquired Armin.
'Dunno.' Said Sasha.
'How do you not know?' Said Mikasa.
Finally their voices exceeded my range of hearing. Approaching the food stand, I realised there wasn't a queue as everyone else had arrived there earlier and had gotten their food. I thanked the person on lunch duty that served me.
Whilst carrying my tray back to the table, I was faced with Levi walking in the opposite direction, my eyes locked with his and we scowled at one another.
I slowly made my way back to my seat, smiling involuntarily once again. "Hello everybody," I said, in a slightly nervous voice, but I tried to still the tremor in my tone as quickly as is possible. First impressions and all that. "I'm Willa, but I prefer to be called Will, pleased to meet you." I flash them a smile, looking each of them in turn in the eye.
Inside I was exploding with joy. Without sounding strange, I just wanted to touch them to assure that they were actually there. Actual, living, breathing people.
"Oh and hello Jean," I said sitting down next to Sasha, "pleasure to meet you." I winked at Jean quickly.
"Hello Will," Said Armin in his cute little voice. "Pleased to meet you too. Are you new to the Survey Corps?"
"Yeah I am actually, just transferred."
""Where did you transfer from?" Asked Eren, staring at me intently.
"A special team, I can't reveal any more information, it's classified."
"I'd heard she just turned up randomly," Said Jean butting in. "Apparently she was running through corridors and head butting walls, she's definitely from a 'special team'."
"Oi, none of that is true! It's just something Levi and Hange made up." I pouted slightly. My first meeting with my heroes was going - not as I had expected. Then again it was better than my first encounter in this world, at least I hadn't sprayed bleach on anyone else. Yet. "They always do things like that to me."
"Do you mean Heichou?" Said Eren, interested. I could see Mikasa's head perk up slightly.
"Levi? Yeah, the bastard." I looked over my shoulder straight over to where he was sitting and stuck my tongue out. "Bloody Short Stack."
"You know him personally?" Asked Mikasa, speaking to me for the first time.
"Yeah, unfortunately." I said dipping my spoon back into my bowl of soup, hurriedly slurping in the much needed sustenance. "Also unfortunately I fell over and hit my head, and I have some slight amnesia." I lied. The amnesia was gone but it was easier to say I didn't remember what 'special' team I was in. "Due to my amnesia, I can't remember any of the skills I gained during my initial training - in fact I can't remember it at all really."
I finished up my bowl of soup and scoffed the bread rolls.
"Wow, you eat nearly as fast as Sasha." Eren stated, eyes wide.
"Well I haven't eaten in three days, give or take, apart from some porridge."
"Oh my Maria! How did you survive?!" Cried Sasha, tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
"Enough about me. Tell me about yourselves." I grinned at Mikasa.
She looked at me skeptically.
"I'm Armin Artlet, pleased to meet you." He smiled and extended his hand over the table, which I shook quickly.
I HAD TOUCHED ARMIN, OH MY GOD.
I froze up for a moment and kept my hand in his grip for much longer than was considered conventionally appropriate. Before proceeding to start shaking it again, much more vigorously than before.
"It's an honour to meet you! " I nearly started crying, right there and then. "From what I've heard from Levi, you're one of the best strategists of the 104th division. You could be up there with Erwin someday!" Reluctantly I let go of his hand. He appeared a bit shocked, I mean I would be too if someone had just shaken me out of my seat.
"I'm Eren Yeager." He said extending his hand as well.
I took a hold of his hand, but I did not shake it, I just held it reaalllly awkwardly.
"Eren Jaeger, the Titan shifter?" I said extremely quietly, in question to myself (HOW IS THIS HAPPENING?)
Mikasa looked about ready to pounce, what with me mentioning his ability and then just freezing.
"Gah." Was all I managed for about five seconds.
"What?" Asked Eren. Mikasa still looked ready to attack.
"You are by far the greatest asset the survey corps has, I hope your work with Hange reveals things we had not initially thought possible, in order to eradicate the Titans." I could tell that my face was slack jawed, staring in awe.
"And you're Mikasa, I assume?" I turned to her. Hopefully she didn't keep to herself as much as she did in the manga and anime. I dearly hoped there was enough room in her heart to take on another friend, and that friend would be me. Me, me, me.
"Yes I am, hello."
"You too are an invaluable part of the corps, second only to Levi himself, which I hate to admit - the little runt. I cannot wait to work alongside someone of your caliber." A small smile creeps onto my face, just enough emotion shown to prove my point, but not spook her, hopefully.
"And I am Jean." I turned around to face him.
"Oh yeah I've heard people talk about you."
"So that's how you knew my name, I presume you've been hearing good things about me." Said Jean, feeling a bit smug, waiting for his round of compliments.
"I heard someone mention your resemblance to a horse, and I can say now assuredly from looking at you, they were right."
"Hahaha!" Sasha managed to guffaw around a mouthful of her sixth bowl of soup.
"Are you allowed to have six bowls of food?" I asked her.
"Please don't tell anyone." I put my finger to my lips, signalling that her secret would be safe with me.
"How old are you?" Asked Mikasa, out of the blue.
I could hear familiar footsteps approaching. "I'm twenty-two I believe." I say contemplatively. I really couldn't remember, and no it wasn't due to amnesia, but how was I supposed to keep track of my age, if it changed every year?
I remember distinctly thinking my mum was forty-seven for four years. Time and it's weird ways.
"You, are twenty-two?" Questioned Levi from behind me. "You look like you could be twelve brat, are you sure you're that old."
"I'm sure." I stood and turned to him, tray in hand. "At least I'm not a thirty something year old, that doesn't look like they've hit puberty yet and can't grow any taller than an ant." I stepped out from the bench.
'He's thirty?!' I heard Sasha mumble under her breath.
"And I hate to break it to you little one, but as you start to get older, you also start to shrink."
And he hit me. Again.
"How many times have I told you not to do that?" I ask calmly. Putting my tray down carefully, I walked right up to him; into his personal space.
He stepped forward as well, closing the small space that had been between us.
"Like the view short stack." I said, as he was right in line with my chest. I was wearing my white vest top which shown a lot more skin than the more conservative clothing I had been given.
"You aren't in your uniform."
"It stunk so I put it for washing - I need several sets."
"Fine." Levi turned to walk away.
"Not so fast," I said, "shorty you're not getting away that easy. " Pulling him backwards, into my chest I got him in a headlock. What I severely lacked in strength, I more than made up for in speed.
Unfortunately, when fighting hand to hand with Levi, speed wasn't as important as strength.
He grabbed my arm which had previously been around his neck and flipped me over onto the floor. I watched the world fly past me before hitting the ground with an almighty thud. I'd be bruised by morning. Not really registering the pain I stood up again.
Levi made to hit me. To be fair he was extremely fast, but I was faster. Somehow. I guess speed and stamina training at the gym had actually paid off, who'd have thought?
I dodged each blow, quickly and easily. I could see frustration on his face.
"Are you getting a bit old for this?" I asked him mockingly, avoiding the fist flying where my face had been milliseconds before.
"Yeah right, brat." Said Levi, shifting his whole body weight on his left leg, and using momentum to roundhouse kick me. I fell to the floor.
"Ouch dude. That's not fair, I didn't know we were allowed to kick." I say, standing as though in surrender. He turned again to walk away.
Halfway to getting up, in a crouch, I swept my leg out catching his moving foot and pulled him to the ground.
Finally standing over him I looked down and said, "Don't you dare hit me again." Stepping away out of his reach. "You might be humanity's strongest, but I think I'm humanity's fastest."
