Shingeki no Kemono - Attack on Monsters

Chapter 6 - Light

Here have this fluffy randomness.

The link is for the scene at the end..... xD for the people who don't know this.  I HAD TO.

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Preparations were finished. Everything was packed, the vehicles were ready, the soldiers had assembled.

The cadets had been awfully quiet, each of them having guilty feelings, but also a distaste towards the behaviour of the corporal.

The said had emerged 20 minutes before their departure, packed and ready to leave, but something was really off. He had woken up groggily, with red eyes and heavy body, the only thing helping was strong coffee and a thoroughful face-washing, though only to the physical things which couldn't really outweight the toll his mood had taken on him.

The captain looked dead. He was paler than usual, almost white, as if everything had been sucked out of him. His usually strong or gracious movements looked almost leisurely, he was drooping and by his gaze he looked so miserable that Eren had to swallow and look away not to break the perfect line of assembled cadets to run to him (if not for that). It was hard.

Erwin controlled the attendance, while Levi stood in the back, gaze avoidant of everyone towards the ground, nearly submissive. It was almost like the cadets were the ones that had to apologize to him, since he was the one way more hurt.

After everything important had been set, everyone allocated at their seats, the group set into motion.

The air was fresh and icy, last beams of sun creating a foggy dawn, scruffy, black roots of dead trees spread around the place like tentacles.

Eren stared out of the window, feeling the wind brush past their vehicle. The earth tremored under the sounds of the moving caravan, as if by hoofes of a herd.

The next days would be spend driving, with occasional, short stops im between, allowing more rest during the day while the drivers would switch and go the night through.

The cadets, once again gaining new strength, were still pretty nervous about the whole thing and couldn't rest. An awkward silence rested in each wagon with them and spending most of the nervewracking night awake, most of them fell asleep late and were gone towards the morning. No single thing went wrong so far, no monster sightings, no missed signs, no misinformation. This wasn't too much to be optimistic about, but it gave them a good start and a first orientation.

Eren jerked awake, finding the car in which he was seated still. It was five o'clock in the morning, everyone was sleeping and the brown haired boy couldn't. He couldn't know that everyone sleepily went to go pee directly after their first stop and then immediately fell back asleep. He himself was sleeping so deeply, he couldn't be shooken awake to this point.

The sun was lowly illuminating the place, giving it a gloomy, soft shine. It was a rare sight.

The cadet carefully climbed out of the car, feeling slightly drowsy, but otherwise fine, to observe the surroundings. He was suddenly filled with awe as he discovered a real forest surrounding the resting vehicles. It was grey, dirty, but it was alive.