"Move your asses! If you're not sweating then you're not going fast enough!"

Leah crossed her arms as the newest batch of cadets ran around the camp. Leah huffed in annoyance.

"Damn it Erwin, why am I here?" she growled quietly to herself, "I should be back in Trost, helping, not babysitting these idiot cadets who don't take me seriously!"

"Leah-senchou!"

Leah turned around to see one of the older cadets running towards her. He came to a stop where she was standing and huffed as he caught his breath.

"What is it?" Leah began, "I'm evaluating the newest cadets if you hadn't noticed."

Taking a deep breath, the cadet stood up straight.

"C-Commander Shadis is looking for you," he stated.

Leah scrunched her eyebrows in confusion as the cadets running passed them.

"Good riddance," one of them huffed.

"Yeah, she thinks she's so high and mighty when she's only a few years older than us," another scoffed, "Part of Humanity's Strongest Pair yeah right!"

Leah scoffed and crossed her arms before turning back around.

"Cadets Connelly and Allen, front and center," she called, "NOW!"

The cadet behind her flinched at her loud tone. The two who were insulting Leah, cursed under their breaths before jogging over to Leah and saluting.

"Hai, senchou!" they reluctantly chorused.

"Names," she requested.

"Cadet Mark Connelly ma'am!" the first began.

"Cadet Scott Allen ma'am!" the other finished.

"And which regiment did you plan on joining?"

"The Scout Regiment ma'am!" the two chorused.

"Ah~ the Scout Regiment?"

"Yes ma'am!"

Leah gave a sweet smile, throwing them off a bit.

"Well I just wanted to tell you what a good job you two are doing," she began making the two cadets smirk, "At being the WORST cadets I've ever seen in my life!"

The two cadets frowned making the cadet behind Leah hold in a laugh. Leah crossed her arms behind her back as she walked back and forth in front of the two cadets, examining them.

"No discipline, slacking off during hand to hand training, barely adequate at the 3DMG, and worst of all, lack of respect for your superiors," Leah listed before stopping right in front of them, "Without those traits, you won't last an hour in the Scout Regiment. I don't know how you two made it this far, you're worst than Titan bait. I can assure you that my report on your performance will be thorough, VERY thorough."

Leah glared at them as they both grimaced.

"Now run," she growled, "Run until your feet bleed, maybe then you'll learn some respect and discipline."

The two didn't say anything or move, irritating Leah.

"Are you deaf?" she reprimanded, "Was I not clear? Get moving!"

The two cadets flinched before saluting again.

"Hai, Leah-senchou!" the two chimed before taking off running.

Leah huffed before turning to the cadet from earlier.

"Sorry, those two were getting on my last nerve," she apologized with a small smile, "Where did you say Commander Shadis was?"

The cadet blushed a little before stammering his words.

"A-Ah right! H-He's in his office," he stated earning a pat on the shoulder from Leah.

"Keep an eye on them for me will you?" Leah began, "They can stop running when they come back around but cadets Connelly and Allen will have to keep running."

The cadet nodded his head before saluting to Leah.

"Hai, senchou!" he chimed making Leah nod her head once before heading towards Shadis' office.

"You wanted to see me?"

Leah walked into Shadis' office after knocking only to notice another person inside the room, sporting the wings of freedom on their back.

"Petra?" Leah questioned, "What are you doing here?"

Petra turned around upon hearing her name and smiled at Leah before Shadis stood up.

"I'll give you two some privacy," he stated before making his way to the door.

Leah stopped him before he could leave.

"Shadis, you should really reevaluate some of the new cadets," she began, "They're horrible. I don't even think discipline or respect exists in their vocabulary."

Shadis chuckled.

"You were even worst than them," he mused, "And you were half their age at the time. My youngest cadet ever."

"Hey, look where it got me," Leah huffed pouting and crossing her arms.

"Which ones are they?" Shadis asked referring to the cadets.

"The ones who are running until their feet bleed," Leah snapped.

Shadis nodded his head and bid farewell before leaving. After he left, Leah turned to Petra with a smile on her face.

"Having a tough time?" Petra questioned with a giggle.

Leah scowled before glaring out the window.

"Those new cadets don't take me seriously just cuz I'm a few years older than them," she complained.

Petra laughed.

"Don't worry, you get to leave now," she stated making Leah raise an eyebrow in confusion, "I brought a message from heichou."

"What did he say?" Leah asked as she calmly crossed her arms.

"We're going to be moving to the old HQ of the Scout Regiment. Since we got custody of the Titan shifter, we have to move there. Heichou wants you to head there immediately."

"Ah right, how did the trial go?"

Hearing the question, Petra's eyes lit up.

"You should've seen heichou!" Petra exclaimed in excitement earning a laugh from Leah, "He was amazing, if he didn't step in, the military police would've gotten custody of the Titan shifter."

"He always knows when to step in," Leah mused, "Are you guys going to head over there now?"

Petra nodded.

"After I return to Trost, we will head over there," she stated.

Leah nodded in understanding.

"Alright, I'll head over there first and clean up," she began, "I'm sure the place is littered with weeds, it was the last time I was there."

"Ah right," Petra began with a sad smile, "Your garden is there isn't it?"

Leah gave a sad smile before nodding her head.

"It's still incomplete," she began, "I'm not sure whether to be happy about that or not."

"Who would've thought that old decoration would be the ideal place to keep you locked up?"

Eren glanced warily at Auruo before glancing back at Levi, who was staring at him. Eren's eyes widened before facing front as Auruo got closer to him.

"Don't get cocky rookie," he began, "I don't know what Levi-heichou sees in you but-" Auruo was cut off when his horse stumbled a bit, causing him to bite his tongue.

"You're bound to bite your tongue off if you talk too much while on horseback," Petra stated after they had arrived.

"First impressions are important," Auruo stated, "I made that rookie shake in his boots."

"He was probably shocked at how much of a moron you are."

Eld and Gunther chuckled as they passed the two.

"There's weeds everywhere," Eld stated.

"This place is a dump," Gunther chimed in, "You'd think senchou would clean up a bit since she comes here all the time."

"She doesn't stay long, she only comes to her garden then comes back. This place hasn't been used in ages, there's probably dust inside too."

"That's a serious problem."

Eld and Gunther turned around to see Levi standing behind them with an unreadable expression.

"Leah calls this clean?" Levi mumbled to himself.

"Heichou~!"

The three of them looked up to see Petra running over to them with a piece of paper in her hand.

"It seems that senchou left a note for you," she stated.

Levi took the paper from Petra and read it.

"Don't be too mad about the castle being a mess. As soon as I got here I received a message from Erwin to return to Trost to help Hange-san with her expreriments and prepare for the recruitment ceremony. That damn Erwin, throwing me around whenever he wants. Anyway, I'll be back in about two days. Don't miss me too much.

-Leah"

Levi crumpled up the note and tossed it back to Petra.

"Let's get started immediately," he stated.