The Month Of May

Chapter 1

I NEVER THOUGHT MY LIFE WOULD TURN UPSIDE DOWN LIKE THIS.

I was a bright, sixteen year old blonde boy who had a brilliant future ahead of him. Praised for being top of my classes, many suspected that I would one day work under the great leader Erwin Smith, who directed our government. I already had all the makings of someone who the presumptuous Erwin would hire- I was rich, I was intelligent, and most importantly, I lived in Wall Sina. Wall Sina was the elite- the most important people lived in this area. Luckily for me, I'd been born into this wall. Those in Wall Maria, the wall that hosted the poor, weren't as lucky. Interbreeding through the walls wasn't allowed. Where your parents were born, where your ancestors were born, was where you were born. And nothing you did could change that.

The government made everything as equal as they could by separating us like this. My family and I were on the same payroll as everyone else around us, and everyone had to treat each other with respect as any complaint could lead to you being demoted from your Wall housing. The rich were matched with the rich, creating Wall Sina, the middle class with middle class, making Wall Rose, and the poor with the poor, creating Wall Maria. Even though we were separated based on how much money we had, everyone was generally happy. I'd always gotten along well with everyone in my environment without even a thought of being utterly nasty to someone else.

Of course, that's what I'd thought. I was so innocent, so naive in the ways of the world. I didn't understand that the Wall around me wasn't made to keep the people of other ranks out, it was to keep us in with no other way out besides the small gate in the front of the circular wall.

"Mikasa, Eren, wait up!" I shouted, and the two turned around, Eren smiling when he saw me. Mikasa Ackerman was an Asian beauty- blessed with black hair and pale skin, she was pretty much one of the last descendants of the Asian bloodline. Eren Jaeger was a brown haired hot head with green eyes that seemed to pierce your soul. On the inside, he was extremely passionate. They'd been my best friends since I was young- I couldn't imagine living without them. I ran towards them.

"Armin," Mikasa greeted me, her long black hair trailing down her back. I knew she didn't mean to, but she always felt so insincere with all of her words ever since her parents had been killed. "What took you so long?"

"Woke up late," I managed, as I caught my breath. Eren and Mikasa were physically stronger than me in so many ways, it was kind of unfair. Even their strides were longer than the ones I took. "But uh, aren't you ready to learn?"

Eren groaned loudly at this, and I smiled slightly. While I was a studious kid who did his best to get good grades, Eren was happy to get a passing grade. He was smart, he just didn't want to put in the work effort to be the best he could. Honestly, I didn't understand Eren sometimes. He had the best work ethic, and he would never give up, but he still let his grades slack. I guess he had to care about it in order to try.

Eren and I wanted to see what was outside of Wall Sina, we wanted to see Wall Rose and Wall Maria. That was all that was left of the world, after all. The world had been consumed by water, and the height of the walls was the only thing keeping the flooding outside. I just wanted to see it for myself- but it probably wouldn't work so well. In order to even get on top of the Walls in the first place, one had to join the high ranking military or be in Erwin's trusted group of ambassadors. I had no plans for any of those, to be honest. I really just wanted to live a normal life.

"Have I ever told you how much I hate school?" Eren was droning on again, raging as usual. I smiled at our consistencies. Every day, Eren would say the same thing, and I would tell him it wasn't that bad. "Honestly."

"It could be worse," Mikasa interrupted him before I could say a word, which surprised me. Out of the three of us, Mikasa spoke the least. It was understandable- her parents had been murdered at such a young age. She lived with Eren now, and practically needed him to stay alive. After all, Eren had saved her life. When her parents had been killed, the thieves that robbed her house were about to take Mikasa as well. Eren had entered the house, and...well, he killed the attackers, with Mikasa finishing off the last one.

Yes. My best friends are murderers at sixteen. But only because they had to. The court ruled it in self defense for a reason. So now every now and then, we'd get a look of pity, and sometimes we'd even get a look of disgust. But it didn't really matter to us, we didn't care. They're lucky we didn't care. If we did, all we had to do was report the person, and they'd be taken away to prison.

It seems harsh, but Erwin wants all of us to be considered equal. He never wants to hear a word of rudeness, or any gestures. That's why everything seems so good- because it is. Nothings wrong.

So I never thought my world could get turned upside down when everything seemed so good in the world.

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