"I've slept on the streets before, but I've never camped outside of a place until they open." Leo said.
"Shut up Valdez." Nico hissed. "Some of us actually want to sleep."
Leo sighed and returned his eyes to the sparkling night sky. No one knew if there were any hotels in this future world, so everyone just hiked over to the training academy and settled down a couple blocks from it. Frank transformed into a huge brown bear, and, due to the boys insisting over and over again, the girls were using him as a pillow. Hazel cuddled with him though.
"Hey Jason." Leo whispered, touching his friend's shoulder. "Are you awake?"
"...no…" Jason mumbled.
"Okay. I'll talk to you in the morning then." Leo frowned. He fell back onto his folded up undershirt he was using as a pillow, feeling deflated. He couldn't have predicted anything even close to this situation if he had tried, it was truly bizarre.
He closed his eyes and let the soft sound of the wind hitting the wall lull him to sleep.
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"Wakey wakey Flame Boy." Percy whispered, softly shaking the curly haired boy.
"Huh?" Leo groaned. He opened his eyes to see Percy's huge face blocking out the sun. "Oh my gods Percy! Move!"
Percy fell to the side and let Leo sit up. "That took long enough." The green eyed boy remarked.
"People are starting to go into the training academy." Annabeth said. "We should probably get a move on."
Leo shot to his feet hurriedly. Everyone was watching him, clearly ready to go.
"No breakfast?" He asked.
"Food is provided there." Jason replied. "Come on Flame Boy."
They quickly got behind three other people who were approaching the training academy. Two boys and one girl. The first boy was tall, with shaggy dark brown hair and spirited green eyes. The other boy was smaller, with yellow-blonde hair that ended in the middle of his neck and gleaming, intelligent blue eyes. The girl had shoulder length black hair and fierce grey eyes.
Frank managed to accidentally step on the taller boy's heel in a matter of milliseconds.
The boy turned, looking mildly annoyed.
"I am so sorry! I'm such a klutz." Frank turned bright red. The boy's agitated look faded, and he smiled a little.
"It's fine." He said. "I'm Eren." He extended a hand.
"Frank Zhang." Frank shook it, smiling.
"You look like quite an athletic fellow." Eren said. "We could use some muscle like that in our military."
"Eren." The light haired boy nudged Eren with his elbow. "Be polite."
"I'm complimenting his obvious strength! That is polite." Eren protested.
"I apologize for Eren." The blonde grinned nervously. "He doesn't get out much. I'm Armin Arlert, and this is Mikasa Ackerman." He gestured to the dark haired girl.
"Nice to meet you." Frank turned to look at the rest of the demigods. "This is Annabeth, Nico, Piper, Percy, Jason, Leo, and Hazel." He pointed each of them out in turn.
"What regiment are you guys wanting to join?" Eren asked, a gleam in his eyes.
"Regiment?" Frank said, but was cut off by Mikasa.
"Eren, Armin, come on." She grabbed the boys' hands and began to drag them towards the academy,.
"There must be different branches of the military."Annabeth said. "Garrison is only one of them."
"Great." Percy grumbled. "We needed another confusing factor in this situation."
The demigods followed Eren, Mikasa, and Armin into the academy, throwing worried glances at each other the whole time. What were they getting themselves into?
Three men were attending a desk with uniforms piled up on it. One of them held a clipboard with a list on it in one hand and a pen in the other.
"Name?" The man with the clipboard barked.
"Eren Jaeger." The brown haired boy said. The man went through the list and marked something off.
"Size?" Another man asked.
"Medium."
A uniform was roughly shoved into Eren's arms. "Changing rooms for boys are two doors down to your left. Girls on the right."
"Thank you sir." Eren walked off, towards the changing rooms.
"I bet we didn't have to sell our clothes. They're just going to give us uniforms." Percy remarked.
"Shut up Jackson." Jason smirked. "Were you wearing your favorite shirt or something?"
"As a matter of fact, I was."
Jason snickered.
Ah, bromance. Annabeth thought, amused. She returned her attention to the man in front of her.
"Annabeth Chase."
"Size?"
"Medium."
A uniform was forced into her hands. She turned and walked to the changing rooms, nearly bumping into Mikasa on her way in. She stepped into the small room and yanked the curtain across the gap, shielding her from the outside.
The uniform was a pair of white pants, knee high brown boots, and a light brown jacket with a symbol on it. The symbol was a gray shield like shape with crossed blades. There was no shirt, so Annabeth assumed that she would have to keep her undershirt on.
She quickly changed and stretched in the new outfit. It felt good, easy to move around in, and wasn't exactly ugly. She could totally work with it.
"Annabeth? You in here?" Piper's voice called.
"Yeah." Annabeth replied, pushing the curtain aside.
"How does it fi- woah." Piper's eyes got a bit wider. "You look hot in that uniform."
Annabeth turned bright red. "Thanks Pipes."
"No seriously Percy is going to drool over you-"
"Why don't you get change Piper?" Annabeth chuckled.
"Right." Piper slipped into the room.
Annabeth exited the rooms and found Percy waiting for her in the hallway, dressed the same way as her. He did indeed go wide eyed, just as Piper had.
"Y-y-y-you look good." He stammered.
"So do you, Seaweed Brain." Annabeth smirked. "So, where do you think we go now?"
"That Eren kid seemed to know what he was doing." Percy replied thoughtfully. "I've been waiting out here to ask him more about this place and the different regiments."
"Smart." Annabeth nodded in approval. "Way to use your head."
"Why thank you Wise Girl." Percy grinned.
Eren took that moment to walk out of the changing rooms. "Uh, am I interrupting something…?"
"No no!" Annabeth said frantically. "We just wanted to ask you where we go once we've changed. We're not really used to all this."
"Oh." Eren smiled. "Well, you follow this hallway to the outside and there you're assigned a cabin with five cabin mates of your gender. You get to make yourself at home there until we'll be called to meet our trainer."
"Thanks so much. We're really clueless to all this." Percy chuckled lightly. "Say, what are the regiments again? I've got about as good of a memory as a batch of kelp."
Eren smirked. "The Military Police, who patrol the interior and keep justice, they serve under the king. The Garrison Regiment, who stands guard over the walls and alerts people if evacuation is needed, and in that case, keep the titans at bay while the citizens flee. And finally, the one I'm going to join, the Scout Regiment, or Survey Corps. They venture outside the walls, slaying titans and trying to regain as much land for humanity as possible." A prideful gleam appeared in Eren's eyes.
"So if you're looking to make a difference, the Scouts are the way to go?" Annabeth said.
"Definitely. A lot of people think the Scouts are stupid because of how many people die on their journeys, but they're wrong. The Scouts are going to save humanity, and I'm going to be a part of them." Eren grinned. "I'm gonna kill all of them."
Annabeth and Percy were too stunned to react for a second. This kid looked like he could hold his own in a fight, but exterminate all the titans? That was a tall order for a mortal to say the least.
"I wish you luck with that." Annabeth finally said as Piper exited the changing rooms.
"Thanks. See you around?" Eren said.
"See you around." Percy smiled. Eren grinned and took off towards the outside.
"What was that?" Piper asked.
"We were just gathering information." Annabeth answered. "We'll fill you in soon."