Chapter 9

A/N: I SKIPPED OVER THE CEREMONY THAT HAS THE SOLDIERS PICK THE BRANCH (SURVEY CORPS, GARRISON, MILITARY POLICE) HE OR SHE WILL GO TO. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BEFORE THEY GO OUT FOR THE 57TH EXPEDITION BEYOND THE WALLS.

It was supposed to be a normal day as a Survey Corps member for me but I got to meet some... interesting people who were apparently Eren's friends.

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I was awake and allowed to sleep late because of my injuries and had time to rest after that traumatic experience. Cuddling up in the corner of my bed, I wrapped the blankets around me, cocooning myself for warmth. Sigh... What to do while I'm here, maybe I'll go outside for a little bit. Just before I was about to unravel myself, I heard a freaky noise. What was that?A titan? No, there couldn't be titans in here. I heard footsteps and then it turned into a swooshing sound like the wind. They were heard again and my door creaked open. Oh no, who's coming now? The blankets shielded me from whatever was there at my door. A zooming noise was heard and then... chewing? Peeking out from my blanket, I saw something - no it was a person, eating my food. The person wasn't just eating it though, she was rather more like shoving it down, gnawing on it, or putting the whole food in her mouth and then swallowing. What is going on?

There were hearts in her eyes with the drool coming from her mouth. She sniffed a bit and suddenly stopped eating. Taking out the bread, she yelled, "This is... BREAD!" After that she continued to chomp on her bread and then continued to viciously eat my soup. I never knew someone could eat this viciously until I met this person.

"Umm... That's my - " I started with a quivering voice, not knowing if this person was dangerous or not.

She somehow slid back really fast until she was by the door, looking at me with horrified eyes. There was a long but short awkward silence with us staring each other down. After tightly swallowing her meal down, she asked, "Isn't this mine?"

"It's in my room so it's my portion," I answered with an are-you-kidding-me face. Since this person didn't seem dangerous, I dropped my blankets.

"The food... all the food here is mine. How come I can eat steamed potatoes from the kitchen and no one says anything? They don't say anything because I'm allowed to eat. I'm allowed to eat everything because it's all mine," she declared with a confused expression.

"Look, I know you might be hungry but don't go around eating... my... food!" I stood up angrily with a dark aura surrounding me. I didn't eat anything after waking up so of course I would be angry. It's the logical thing to do.

"Demon! There's a demon!" she started hysterically screaming while running in the halls. No, she can't get away with that. I started to stomp but then bolted down the hallway after her. It was basically the epic chase of the day with her screeching demon while I ran after her with a murderous look. No one didn't even know what was going on because we were running so fast. Then, another guy joined us who had a buzz cut hairstyle. He started screaming like a girl, "Run Sasha, there's a demon! She's going to kill us!" I'm pretty sure at that moment my eyes flashed red and I grew horns. I felt like a demon there, yup, they're making me into one because they are so aggravating! Suddenly, the girl stopped after bumping into a short, petite girl. The girl turned around and at that moment, everything seemed to be all happy. Why do I get this feeling from this girl that...

"Are you guys okay? You shouldn't be fighting or else you'll both get hurt. Sasha, you should see if she's okay and apologize, You too, Connie," she kindly muttered with soft eyes glancing at us.

Yup I was right. This girl is a... goddess. I've never seen one before but she is definitely one.

"Christa, we're sorry!" the guy named Connie declared while bowing 90 degrees.

"Ah sorry, Christa. I just ate her food... again," the girl who ate my food sheepishly replied. Well, I guess we can forgive each other now - WAIT. Did she just say... again? When did she eat my food before? Lost in my thoughts, I missed out on the conversation.

"I'm sorry, Ria, but sharing is caring," Sasha apologized, bowing but I wasn't sure if she really meant it.

"Don't worry, it's fine. I was just hungry and got a little cranky, I guess," I said.

"Bye then!" I waved goodbye and started walking back to my room until I met yet another person.

"Watch where you're going," a boy said with ash brown hair. He sternly gazed down on me.

"Well I'm sorry... uh... Mr. Horse Face," I sassed. Yeah take that sass! How did you like that one as a comeback? Made it right on the spot.

I feel like he had the urge to hold me by the collar and threaten me but he suppressed it.

"Just look up when you're walking in the hallway next time," he unexpectedly sort of kindly advised. Well I'm sorry for being short.

I just keep bumping into people hopefully I'll make it back to my room. Luckily I made it back in one piece and my brain was still functioning. Can this day get weirder?

~*~ TRAINING

I joined the others including the people I just met for training. We were going over all the basics for horseback riding. I somehow got onto the horse while looking at Levi, wondering how he gets on. Well, I am shorter than him. After I got on, we followed Squad Leader Ness who was teaching everyone the basics and the Long-Distance Formation for outside the walls. A girl with a short ponytail that hung just above her shoulders rode right next to me. She nudged my shoulder while looking at me with eyes that showed that she had no interest with anything. She had a bored face with a scowl while growling, "Oi, I heard you caused some trouble for Christa."

"What? I didn't do anything. Why do you care anyway? It's none of your business," I scowled back. She narrowed her eyes.

"Are you picking a fight? Why are you even here anyway? Aren't the outer walls your home? Aren't the titans your friends?" she said in a sing-song voice, seeming to mock me.

"I hate the titans. I don't know what you heard about me but titans are my enemy," I noted, glaring at her.

"Really? You don't belong here anyway. How come we had to train for two years when you didn't?" she interrogated.

"Um, well that's because - " I don't know. I don't know why I picked up the 3D Maneuver Gear so quickly. I don't know my past. I don't know what my dreams mean. I don't know anything.

"Stop being a b*tch and just be like the rest of us. Why are you so special?" I furiously looked at her with tears starting to come out, "What, are you going to go cry to your titan mamma?"

"Guys, please stop fighting. Let's just learn how to do this all together, hm?" Christa requested. She looked at both of us with worrisome eyes.

"She started it," I pouted childishly with puffed up cheeks.

"She didn't mean it, right Ymir? Let's all get along!" Christa suggested with a warm smile.

Ymir hung a shoulder around Christa and cheered, "That's my Christa!"

Rolling my eyes, I sped up to meet up with Eren. I don't know if I want to be with these people anymore.

"Eren!" I yelled while waving. He turned around and waved back while I moved in between him and his friend.

"Ria, meet Armin, my best friend and Mikasa, my sister," he introduced.

A boy with short blond hair looked at me and said, "I'm Armin and nice to meet you, Ria! So did you really come from the outer walls?"

Nodding, I replied, "Yeah but it's a long story, maybe I'll tell you later." I was distracted by the conversation so I leaned over to the side and lost my grip. Oh no, not this again. I'm falling but I don't have Lukas to save me this time. Luckily, Eren supported me by pushing me back to position. I swear at that moment, that girl just killed me in her imagination.

"Who are you?" the girl with black hair hissed, her eyes full of suspicion.

"I'm Ria, let's get along!" I gave a cheeky smile and remembered to be aware of my balance. Later on, I found out that the girl was Mikasa but she didn't seem to be that fond of me.

The rest of the day was just some normal training and during it I met some reliable people: Reiner and Bertolt. At least they seem normal. During lunch, I found out that there was apparently going to be a day off tomorrow. Everyone was relieved and thinking about some plans, either mischievous or normal. Sasha wanted food, Connie decided to do some crazy stuff, and the others kind of went with the flow. Maybe tomorrow we can do tricks on people or just play games. Or like normal people, we can use the day off to rest up for the next training session. Whatever is coming tomorrow, it will be fun... hopefully.

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YAY! I don't know I need to end the chapter with an enthusiastic attitude. Anyway I'm going to take a little break from all the action and try to include some humor and ships (maybe...). Maybe 2-3 chapters will be like that and then back to action. But you never know what might happen! Anyone can die in this book anytime MUAHAHAHA, jk I don't think I would do that so suddenly. Right now, one of the only ways someone could die is from choking on food or something. Umm... I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm trying to add some character development and stuff but I stink so I'm sorry if some are OOC. I'm trying to read up on personalities and match them but it's hard. TT.TT AWESOME NEWS FOR ME THOUGH... I got 700 reads? Oh my goodness, spaghetti and meatballs. Thank you so much I'm crying tears of joy. Actually I feel like doing that but then my eyes would hurt. I was rolling around in happiness on my couch with my mom wondering what the heck was wrong with her child. THANKS SO MUCH GUYS! >.< Oh and Chapter 6 might not show up on mobile devices and you have to go on the full website or on your computer to read it. Vote and comment if you liked the chapters because I would really appreciate it ^.^ Uh - SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!