3 days had passed since cadets got news abaout ability test where commanders of all 3 regiments will test them amd choose best ones for their regiments, Skyler and Petra were on guard for that day on their faces were tired expresions from a long training and cleaning all day wich least like eternity so they start talking and making fun from stick dolls wich they made that day earlyer.

Suddenly they heard noises from nerby bushes they stand still on position in case they see bandits or something worse

"Who is there.. show yourself or i will shoot your heads!"

Petra said out loud while she was preparing to shoot in direction of bushes,

sounds were grewing louder while Petra and Skyler standing still.

All of sudden from bushes jumps 2 cadets in coustumes made from leafes

"TITANS!!!"

they yelled as Petra and Skyler screamed and fall on floor,while 2 cadets burst out laughing.

Petra stands up furious

"Elias!, Carlos!... how dare youuu!!!"

Petra yells and starts chasing them while two boys run so fast, meanwhile Skyler get up from ground and saw few military carriages in distance.

"Oh man soo early?!"

Skyler gets nervous because she know who is in those carriages so she get down from watching tower and run in direction where Petra, Carlos and Elias went in hope she will find them.

After few hours of runing she found them near tree and saw how Petra was arguing with boys and was abaout to slaped them for their silly prank

"I saw ...carriages ... it must be...that commanders ...arrived..."

Skyler said as she was trying catch air from all those runing,

"What?! ..Skyler are you sure ?"

Petra asks in panic

"Yes i am and i think we should get back before they notice we are gone."

Skyler said as all four cadets were on their way back in HQ where Aisha and Benjamin were waiting for them,

"Finaly where were you soo long... commanders are arrived before 30 minutes and you didn't came back, what happened?"

Aisha asked worried for them because they didn't appeard for so long

"Sorry we had little arrgument, these two boys scared me and Skyler soo much."

Petra said looking at Elias and Carlos with mad expresion on her face, however two boys were just smiling nervously while Aisha and Benjamin were just laughing and roll with their eyes.

"While you are runing and having fun they told us to prepare for final testing woch will least few days before they choose us for regiments."

Benjamin said while Skyler, Petra, Elias and Carlos looked with confusion.

Later...

Petra and Skyler were heading back to girl's barracs because they need take few things, when they entered in the doorm they stood there with wide opened eyes from shock

On one of the bed they saw a girl siting on one of the beds, she had braided blonde hair pulled up in bun tipical for young girls and light turquoise eyes, girl looked up at Skyler and Petra with annoyed look

"Shizuka..."

Skyler said

"Skyler, Petra..."

Shizuka said with annoyed voice

"What are you doing here?"

Petra said with shocked face.

"Well according to my uniform im member of survery corps, also i am helping to our commander as her assistent."

Shizuka said with braging smile

"I see you are still braging abaout your sucsesses like when you was cadet Shizuka."

said Skyler wich was so suprised by her visit but, not too much happy

"Well i at least don't asking at every door for help and im not scared like you."

Shizuka said while grinning at Skyler wanted to annoy her.

"Shizuka stop it!!"

Petra says trying to deffend her friend,

"In last few years, i see you didn't change at all, so please...get out!"

Petra saod while pointing at the door

"Okay... i don't want spend my precuious time on you two losers anyway.."

Shizuka sai while she was getting up and leaving out of doorm.

"I can't belive how that witch dared to appear here...she makes me annoyed so much!"

Petra yelled all upset.

"Well only thing we can do now is ognore her and focus on our tasks, because for few days we will be choosen for one of the military regiments."

Said Skyler trying to calm Petra down

"Yeah you are right but also i don't want that someone hurts my friends."

Says Petra with her head down, but Skyler put hand on her shoulder looking at her with smile

"Don't worry maybe i am not that strong like her, but i have something wich she dosen't have... heart."

Skyler said in hope Petra will feel bit better.

Next day all cadets were in forest where they will be tested for their work on manuvering gear, Skyler and Petra were showing their moves on manuvering gear very well.

Meanwhile commanders were watching cadets wich were showing their manuvering skills, Shizuka was standing by side and watched when commander Hange zoë mentioned Skyler's skills Shizuka was very disapointed and keep watching silently.

After test with manuvering gear..

"I can't belive Sky you got good points in this exircise, im sure you will got in military police in no time."

Petra said to Skyler while they were heading back to HQ .

"I had luck who knows in wich regiment i will end up, but i hope i will enter in military police or...i uncle will kick me out.."

Skylee said while she was taking off her ODM gear and walking to Petra, on their way to HQ they were stoped by commander of Survery corps Hange zoë wich was very happy with their skills on manuvering training.

"Girls!! I just wanted to say that you were great out there, those moves i didn't saw in years!!"

Hange said out loud that girls almost lost hearing

"Thanks but we aren't ready for some big things."

Skyler said all red from shock

"You think?, because that what you did now was unbelivebale if you came in survery corps i want to wish you luck."

Hange winks and runs to others commanders, Skyler and Petra were continuing their way with other cadets.

Later...

Skyler, petra and Nicholas were on their way to mess hall because they had dinner, they start talking abaout training and points wich they got that day suddenly Shizuka appeard on their way to mess hall and she used chance to tease cadets.

"You can only dream that you will be choosen for any regiment, if they choose you for survery corps your life will only became worse."

Shizuka said with her tipical evil look

"UGHH walk off Shizuka!"

Says Nicholas wich was upset by Shizuka

"Nick calm down an let's go she didn't worthy any of our attention, see that she is trying to cause trouble."

Says Skyler wich keep avoid stupid troubles, meamwhile Shizuka became more angry because of Skyler's word and keep yelling on young bruinette

"Watch your dirty mouth Ackerman! and don't act important just because your dad is captian!"

Skyler didn't react on her words so she just keep walking with friends twoards mess hall ignoring Shizuka and her words, Skyler tought she forget abaout that rumor but she knew dad some pepole still belive in this.

After dinner when Skyler back in girl's doorm she couldn't sleep, pictures of day when her family died are still spinning in her head almost that she could hear voices, tears started rolling down her eyes as she slowly tried to sleep with other toughts wich started to slowly calm her down.

Few days later cadets were practicing on trainung grounds how would improve their points for entering in regiments, commanders were watching them carefully on every step.

Durring these few days commander of survery corps Hange need to leave because of very important buisness leaving list of those wich were choosen for survery corps to Shizuka, later that day Petra was passing by barn and saw Shizuka inside how she was outrage on something after Shizuka noticed Petra she exited from barn mumbling something leaving Petra wich was confused by Shizuka's behaviour.

On dinner Petra was saying everything what she saw in barn few hours earlyer an how she thinks that Shizuka plans something..

"I was just walking trough hallway and saw Shizuka how she exited from office with pretty statisfied face, thanks walls that sje didn't saw me but i knew right away that she plans something."

Alice says while she was eating her pice of meat

"I never liked her ...Skyler if that blonde stupid girl ever bothers you just call me and i will teach her a lesson"

Rebeca says ready to protect her friend

"Becka i don't want that something happens to you, everyone here knows how she acts and i don't want her to make even worse drama."

Says Skyler worried for her friends

"Anyways i don't want that this witch is bothers you."

Says Rebecka again ready to fight

"Well whatever tomrow happens on ceremony we need be strong and we can't let that girl break us."

James said in positive mood

"Ceremony...is..tomorow...i tought it is next week."

Says Aisha nervously

"Time flies whe you train for so long."

Petra says with laugh

"Final testing is over, decisions were made..i belive like we came yesterday here in cadet corps, i can't belive we will say goodbye to each other if they put us in diffrent regiments."

Says Skyler bit sad because end of cadet years is here

"Well if they put us in diffrent regiments don't worry we will always be togheter in each other's heart an we will see each other if our regiments will have traings togheter or on celebrations like ceremonies."

Says Julie with smile

"That is right but i must admit how im glad that we will go our own ways...i miss you all guys we are team."

James said trying to hide tears in his eyes.

"Better that we go sleep or we will be tired on tomorow's ceremony"

Alice says and gets up from a chair, others finishes meals and goes back i their doorms.

Next day cadets were get up early in morning and go to eat breakfast and go in backyard where ceremony was keept.

Skyler was nervous when they lined up then she remembered how she need lot of time to got it how things are funcionate, her thinking was interupted by voice of commander Shadis wich said that commanders of 3 regiments will say names of those wich they had choosen.

First of regiments were Garissons, everyone could bearly hear their names because commander Pixis was drink few glass of wine and he ende up spelling all names of those who entered in Garissons wrong.

After Garissons...Survery coprs was next, Nicholas was shivering from fear and prayed that they don't say his name, on his luck Shizuka was finished with saying names and walk off.

"This isn't good ..."

Mumble Julie nervously

"What happened"

Whispers Aisha to Julie

"If Shizuka smiles like that, she must sabotage something."

Says Julie

"What exactly?"

Asks Aisha

"didn't u noticed that our names i mean of us from top 10 didn't called off?"

Says Julie nervously

"Look.. maybe it is big chance that we ended up in military police."

Aisha said as she was looking at Julie

"Maybe you are right."

Says Julie with concerned voice

It came time for commander of military police to choose soldiers for his regiment, Nicholas in that moment wanted to hear his name, Skyler was from the other side was very nervous that she almost got stroke.

After half of hour Skyler and her friends didn't choose their names, Ceremony was over and all of top 10 cadets were left standing in place until instructor Shadis didn't call them to came with him, later in his office he tol them that he belives someone make sabotage and that it will need time for them to discover who make sabotage and why.

"Sir...um..what abaout us...will we...go home?, because we didn't choosen for regiments..."

Skyler asked curiosly but also nervous because she might end up on street

"In situation like this that would be the best for you and then try to apply again next year, but since you already garduated of top 10 it dosen't make sence for you to go trough 3 years again, so you will stay here and help araound until thing with sabotage is over got it now...do you have suspicion who might do that?"

Said commander Shadis with calm voice wich cadets heard first time in his life

"Sir...i think that was Shizuka...she is still angry that Skyler reported her before 2 years ..because of helping enemy..but Skyler just followed rules and...Shizuka was disapointed..."

Petra said as commander looked at them then on Skyler wich was looking down and then he said..

"I see...i will see what i can do and try to call meeting until then you stay in your doorm and help araound those on second and first year is that clear"

"YES SIR!"

everyone yell and make salute then heading out of Sahdis's office, Skyler and her friends had sad looks on their eyes but they were at least togheter in this and tried their best to help araoun as commander said

"I can't belive she really do this ughh i hate her."

Nicholas said as he feed horses

"Nicholas let it go...It will be okay for few days."

Says Skyler as she cleaned floor

"No nothing will be alright 3 years for feeding horses!, if i ever see Shizuka she will pay"

Nicholas said angry and disapointed

"Revenge was never best option it can end very bad..for you and us so please...situation will be solved by itself until we will do our best."

Said Skyler as her words calmed down Nicholas bit, her words alway give him hope

"Skyler..you are right...thank you i always looked on you as sister and i will try to take your advice."

said Nicholas as he hugged her tight

"No problem im here to help now let's help others okay?"

She smiled at Nicholas wich noded with his head and they both run out of barn to help their friends with hope everything will gett better.