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A whistle was sounded for training.

I'm a pretty competitive young lady who'd never back down from a fight. Some would probably call me crazy to say that I would just blindly attack without any planning. Well, I have my reasons.

Today is combat training. One of the men in charge decided to partner us up in pairs. As I readied my hands and feet into position, I mentally pictured which techniques I should use against this opponent. I've never exactly met everyone here before, so I wonder if I should use brute force, as always.

A shadow was approaching from behind and it looked like both of the person's hands were on top of his head. I turned around and stood before a male, ranked 6th of the trainee class.

"Hey." He spat out - seemed to be ignoring me and looking at a certain short haired girl named Mikasa. Time to use force, I guess. I simply went behind him and knocked him to the ground and proceeded to sit on his back and grabbed both his arms up in a very painful position. I smiled inwardly.

"Gahh!" He grunted, and by now the other trainees had seen us and began to whisper amongst their partners. This, made me smile crookedly with glee.

His hair looked cool. "Howdy, there! I'm Athena, and you should be aware of what's going on around you all the time, ya never know when a girl will get the jump on you." I gave a wink and tee hee. He struggled to turn his head toward me and squirmed before barking some words. I guess I was a hypocrite because I began daydreaming about how strong I have become.

Ymir walked by.

"Eww…why do you have your eyes closed and mouth open in that weird smile? You look like you just took a dump or something. Sheesh..." She walked away smirking.

"WAT!" The male flipped me over and stood up. My nostrils flared because that word (dump) was kinda funny but I know I should be more serious and not laugh at tasteless jokes.

"Tch, whatever." I looked up and noticed how handsome this guy was as well. Hue hue hue!

He wore his pout and blushed when he saw me staring at him. "What you just did there, yeah, don't expect me to let you feel great. I simply underestimated you; won't let down my guard again. You're just lucky I was generous enough to not take you down first… I mean..."

I wasn't sure if he even englished.

Looking straight at me with his eyebrows furrowed, the male offered his hand and lifted me to my feet.

"Ehh, my name's Jean Kirstein."

I gave him a big smile.

He grew nervous and looked elsewhere. "Hmph."

"C'mon Jean, let's fight for real!"

"Tch, fine."

The morning was spent doing just that.

Lunch time finally, and everyone is ordered to take the appropriate portions as to maintain healthy standards. I glared at Sasha and signaled a tear drop going down my face. Little did everyone know, but I was quite the eater.

Everyone chatted softly and sat where ever they wanted. Food was being traded left and right, I felt like I was in elementary school for some reason. This was one of my favorite times of the day because it feels like I have a family again, what with the laughing and socializing.

My plate was not plastic, it was a nice quality round plate licked clean by yours truly. Wasting resources is not my thing. The cup was wooden and made mentally transformed me into a Viking. My surroundings certainly fit the character. Logs stacked up on top of one another made up the walls, strange, I suddenly wanted to play "Stack the blocks". I wondered what the true name of the game was called.

"Hi." Eren sat in front of me and smiled.

Am I dreaming again? I instantly began to look for Sasha, hmm, well she was fine. Now, I'll look under this table for that monkey…

"Are you okay? Why are you sitting all by yourself?"

Mikasa and a blonde male slid into my table and gave me reassuring nods and waves, which I kindly returned.

"I don't mind."

Blondie spoke up, "If it's alright with you, we can sit together from now on."

I couldn't help but feel better. "Of course!"

Being alone is not that bad, but to be honest; sometimes the loneliness hurts more than pain could. Don't get me wrong, I did have friends before, but I guess I've come to the realization that true friends do not exist. People will always be selfish, annoying, untrustworthy, and may hurt you emotionally when the opportunity presents itself. Most of all, people change. A lot.

Eren may have picked up on that. Maybe that's why he seems to be giving off this aura of wanting to talk to me. Then again, I'm probably over analyzing. He is just friendly.

Ha ha..I think I'm starting to act pessimistic like Jean.

I began, "So, I take it that all of you knew each other for a while?"

Eren spoke, "Yeah, we've been friends ever since we were little. This, is Armin." He pointed to the blonde boy. His hair looked soft, and his blue eyes caught my attention. "And this, is Mikasa."

Oh, I already know her. Talented, beautiful, intelligent. Golly, she's cool. She nodded once again and proceeded with, "Nice to meet you."

Eren introduced me and we began to get more acquainted.

Perhaps, I should branch out a little more.

Eren and Armin left to get seconds while us two ladies sat there.

I noticed that she didn't once take her eyes off of Eren. I wanted to say something. Anything.

"Hey, Mikasa, is Eren your…?"

"He's my foster brother. Why?"

"Oh, it's just that I can see such strong dedication in your eyes. Simply convinced me to ask." This was partly the truth; I wanted to know if anything was going on between them. I won't lie to myself, I like him.

"I'm protective of him. He's just very special to me. I won't dare let a titan get to him."

I was amazed by her loyalty.

She blinked twice and smiled. "Oh, but I will protect anyone as I go. You, too."

"R-really?" I slapped myself mentally for being all innocent. I never thought I would get along with someone like her. Also, I'm pretty average and a scaredy-cat.

She chuckled and closed her eyes. "We are comrades. Protectors of humanity. Nakama."

"Mikasa, I won't let you down." I actually have some newfound desire to know more about her.

I gave a thumbs up to which she smiled and nodded.

Eren and Armin came back and showed us a couple of trainees from across the room who were flinging food.

My face lightened up.

I can't let myself get too tense, or else I'll stumble internally.