Scarlet Tears (Shigenki No Kyojin) [ON HOLD]

Chapter 1. 104th Trainees

Countless teenagers were lined up in four, equal, straight rows; right fist clenched over their hearts and left behind their backs lightly with determination.

Dusty swirls drifted above the ground as a cool breeze flowed through the air; emitting from the yellow planes behind them.
To where the teens where facing; the orange orb known as the sun was half visible while it sunk behind shallow mountains in the distance, turning the sky a pearly pink; orange blended into the mix.

Commander Shadis - a bald male dressed like the young ones that stood in front of him, who trembled slightly while the tanned yelled at them, demanding their name and district.

He wore a white button up shirt that was covered with a brown jacket that uniquely ended at his lower rib cage; the Stationary Guard crest was sewed on his upper arms and back - a steel shield where two, crimson roses lay in the top right corner and the bottom left, one white leaf for each while a white, thorny stem connected the two flowers.

He wore white pants that had a strange series of leather belts hooked up and down the unstained fabric; complicating the minds of those who tried to figure them out; a brown material warped around his hips like a short skirt.

The difference between the two uniforms was not much; but the fact that Shadis wore the Stationary Guard crest while the cadets in front of him wore the Trainee one, where two iron swords clashed over each other; forming an "x" over a shield.

"Name and district!" The general roared over and over; a squeaky comment replied to him while he asked them their purpose of wanting to join the Cadet Corps.

On the fourth row; he finally came to the last one - a small girl, about 5'2 with chocolate brown hair which hung over her shoulder in a lose braid, before ending at her waist. Her sun-like golden irises were covered with her brown bangs while her salute had no flaws; a determined look plastered on her snowy, mature features.

"And what do people call you, short stack?!" Keith Shadis bellowed, the girls face twisting into a slight wince as the excruciating noise found her ears - a sweet melody of words soon escaping from her opened mouth.

"Akira Nightfall, of the Shiganshina district, sir!" She replied, gasps echoed through the crowd of people; some saying she looked too innocent to have seen the the horrors of what happened to the outer city.

"Where's your height solider?!" Shadis roared, enraging the small girl in front of him. For many a time people had called her short and small, let's just say they ended up with a broken nose and large bruises the size of a palm dotted all over their body.

"I'm naturally short, sir!" She roared back, anger evident in her musical voice; as much as she wanted to beat the living hell out of the man in front of her, he was her superior - at least for now, that is.

"What's your purpose?!" He demanded, stray bits of spit sprouting from his mouth, none luckily landing on her.
As soon as the words left his mouth her face seemed to darken, while her bangs covered her eyes.

"The fear I felt while I saw the humanoid creatures we call Titans, is something I wish not the children of Wall Rose nor Sina to feel. The pain I felt while I watched everyone I loved and knew die in front of my eyes is something I never want to feel again; I may not be able to help myself, but at least I'll know that the innocent is living without trauma. You see, General, everything's fascinating in the eyes of a child, they see the world with out the filter of painful experiences, I want them to keep seeing this dark, hell hole like its a fairytale wonderland. They're the small rays of light that shine through the stone cracks that keep us incased in a small bird cage; others need to live, General. To not feel pain. That why I will protect my city, I will do everything in my power, to help humanity take anther step forwards" She replied her voice barley a whisper.