Sorry for the late update . I was sick and my parents made me go to be early so I didn't get the chance to go online. D:

I DO NOT OWN SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN!

Three Military Police stood at the entrance of the Victorian style house, their eyes carefully examining the exterior of the house for unusual activities.

"This is the place."

"It's quiet inside."

"Urgh, this sucks! We've been waiting here for hours! It's probably some kind of prank call."

"Shh! Shut up! It's only been 5 minutes."

"You always take things too seriously, Irene. You should learn to chill like me."

"You're too relaxed, Jack."

"What does that have to mean?"

Irritated by his two constant bickering subordinates, he decides it's time to give them a piece of his mind.

"Both of you keep your voice down."

"Y-yes sir. Are you happy now? You're always getting me into trouble." Irene whispered.

"Me?!"

Their superior gave them a warning glance, they both gave an apologetically look before nudging each other's rib. Their superior let out a sigh.

"Kids these days." He mumbled.

He turned his attention back to the door. He tries the door knob.

"The door's lock."

"Alright, on the count of 3. Just like we planned. Don't screw this up."

"Yes sir!" The two subordinates whispered in union.

"1… 2…3!"

Slam!

The front door broke down. They point their rifles at the entrance as their eyes scanned the area. They looked down on the floor to find blood and lots of it. The girl covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from gagging.

"Hurry, we can't waste any more time. Both of you scan the rooms."

"Yes sir!" they shouted before running off.

In a seconds, their voice echoed back.

"No one here sir!"

"None here either!"

"In that case they must be upstairs. Both of you stay close."

He pushed the bolt of the rifle forward until a click sound was heard then, he released it. Holding the rifle close to his chest, pointing the gun towards the floor, slowly he made his way to the stairs with his subordinates close behind him. He took a step and another, and another until he reached the top of the flight of steps. His eyes scanned across the hallway, he followed the trail of blood. Their leather boots made a thump noise as it shuffled against the marble floor, their eyes darted from side to side. The trail of blood lead them to a figure, as they got closer he realized it was a woman with a child in her hands, they rushed to their aid.

"Are you two alright?" He shouted as he ran up to them.

He bent down to touch the older woman's hand, it was cold and she had no pulse, she was dead.

"Sir, this child is still alive." Irene said watching the rhythmic up and down movement of the little girl's chest.

"Good job. Examine her for any injuries."

Irene takes a quick look at the girl.

"Only a few scratches and a small cut on her back, nothing serious."

"Alright, bring the girl along. Let's get her to the paramedics for a check-up just in case."

'Wait! She's waking up."

The three crowded around the girl. Her eyes slowly flickered open, meeting the blurry world. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the light only to find a young lady hovering over her.

"Are you alright little girl?" Irene asked.

She groaned a little as she rubbed her eyes. Using her arm to prop herself up, she sat up.

"Don't worry, we're not bad guys. We're from the Military Police. See?" She said that as she showed her badge, which had a green unicorn embroidery on it to her.

"Your neighbor said they heard some loud noises and called us over, could you tell us what happened?"

She didn't respond.

"E-erm… So what's your name?"

Once again silence filled the air. The squad leader sighed.

"Come on both of you, there's no point in asking her anything now. She's probably shocked to death. Just take her and let's go back to HQ. We'll let them decide what to do with her."

"Yes sir!" Irene turned to the little girl and held out her hand. "Come one, follow big sister here. Don't worry everything is going to be alright." She grabbed the girls hand and led her to the carriage that was outside.

Alice's POV

A few people clad in white came rushing past me.

Alright? Everything is going to be alright? Wait… why aren't they helping mama?

I turned around to find the people dressed in white were wrapping my mother's body in a large cloth.

Mama? No wait… that's right… she's dead. Just like Papa, I'm alone now. That's right… all alone. Why am I alive? Why am I the only one alive?

I turned my attention to the girl that held my hand, she had raven colored hair. Her hand that was holding mine was warm. I could feel the heat seeping into me. It was really warm unlike my mama's and papa's.

"From our deduction, it seems that it's safe to conclude that the woman went mad and killed herself. She died of blood loss."

"Now that that's solved, what are we going to do about the girl?"

They all looked out of the window to find the little girl sitting on the bench.

"Poor thing, she still hasn't said a single word."

"I don't blame her if she doesn't say a thing for the rest of her life."

"She doesn't seem to have any relatives and so far no one has called to claim her. I guess the only thing we can do is to send her to an orphanage."

"That's too bad. She's only a kid, to lose her family at such a young age."

"Well it's not like we can do anything, contact the orphanage in Fiore. Get them to settle the paper work as soon as possible. I want to get this case over and done with."

"Wait, Fiore? Isn't that in wall Maria? Why not just send her one in wall Rose?"

"No, I think it's better if she starts fresh and besides, the countryside there is much more beautiful, it'll be a good rehabilitation for her."

"I'll go talk to her."

"Alright, don't take too long."

Irene left the room leaving the two men inside to discuss further. She walked up to the girl, Alice sat there holding a cup of tea that was given to her, it was still full. Irene took a seat next to her.

"Hey, my name is Irene. What's yours?"

She remained silent.

"Don't worry we found you a new home. It's a nice place in the country side. You can make lots and lots of new friends there."

"We thought you might want to see your parent's grave before you go."

She walked past rows of crocked, old tombstones, cracked and some covered in moss. A damp gray fog settled on everything, sending chills through the air. Finally she came up to a newer looking gravestone. She crouched down to it, on it was carved the name of her parent's. It wrote:

Here lies Mr. Albert Berux and Mrs. Luce Berux. May you rest in peace.

Her small fingers caressed the smooth marble block, it traced them to her parents name, her fingers ran across them. She stood up.

"You done already?"

Once again she didn't respond and headed back to the carriage.

The sound of the trotting horses and the sound of the squeaky wheel filled the place as they clattered in a continuous rhythm. The bumpy road caused her to bounce off her seat occasionally. She stared out the window only to find endless blur of trees. She stuck her head out and rested her head on her crossed arm.

"We're almost there, it's just up this hill."

Irene looked at the little girl that sat in front of her. Alice wore a checkered lilac frock that had a frilly collar, her long wavy brunette hair fell over her face. In her arms she held her white rabbit. Finally, they came to a halt. The carriage door opened in front of an old cottage looking house, it was covered in vines, it had a flat roof and low wooden shacks built beside it. Children were running and playing in the yard. A plum lady around late 30s came out to greet her, she had hazel colored hair that she tied in a bun and matching colored eyes. She wore a long brown long-sleeved dress under a white laced apron.

"Welcome! You must be Alice. I've been expecting you. My name is Nina, I'm the care taker of this place." She sang as she went up to her.

She bent down and cupped Alice's face in her hand.

"My! What a beautiful child. Please come in and make yourself at home. After all, you'll be staying here from now on." She laughed at her own joke.

She took her by her hand and led her in the house. Irene ran behind them as she hulled the large suitcase. The door slammed open, it was noisy inside, so loud that you could hear the chattering from outside. Kids were running around, throwing food at each other, screaming, crying, whining and wetting themselves. It was chaos!

"Children!" Nina shouted, it attracted their attention. "We have a new member to our family. Please give a warm welcome to Alice."

There was a few applause heard in the back, all eyes were fixed on the little girl.

"Do you have anything you want to say?" Nina asked.

The girl merely clutched on her rabbit and casted her eyes to the floor. Then, a long silence filled the air.

"W-well… I'll show you to your room. Come along now." Nina said as she led Alice away.

Silence was broken and hell was released once again.

"That girl was weird."

"And rude, she could have said something."

"So what do you think about the new kid? She was pretty cute, huh?"

"You're going to hit on a little girl? I didn't think you'd sink that low, Lorenzo."

"I just said that she was cute. I wouldn't mind having her as my younger sister."

"I think you must have hit your head when you fell off your bed this morning."

"Woah! Looks like someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Oh wait! You always do." He laughed at his own joke.

The raven hair boy shot him a death piercing glare. The auburn haired boy stopped, seeing that his friend was not in mood for jokes (it's not like he ever was). After all, the boy that was sitting next to them was dropping his mash potatoes on the table and didn't bother to wipe it and to make things worse, he began to pick his nose and flicked his 'findings' everywhere.

"So what about you?" The auburn haired boy asked again.

"What about it?" He answered in an annoyed tone.

"What do you think about the new kid?"

"I don't give a damn about that brat, so as long as she doesn't make a bigger mess than this place already is."

The auburn haired boy laughed.

"That's just like you, Rivaille."

Yipee! Rivaille-sama is finally making an appearance. :3

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