Pain coursed through my back as I slammed into a wall. I do my best to get off the floor, but a swift kick sends me into a pile of nearby debris.
A dry cough erupts from my chest.
Cruel laughter fills my ears. I use the wall to help support my weight as I stand.
Pain flares in my body for a moment, then disappears.
The laughter seems to stop as my hands fly through my hair.
It happened in a moment. A moment so quick I couldn't be sure if what happened was my doing, or the work of the alcohol in the mens' own bodies.
A fist flew my way, but a single step was enough to doge. He haphazardly flew past me, arms outstretched towards the wall he was headed towards. I moved before I even realised he was falling. I think he was falling because I had tripped him.
Inaudible words flew from the man's mouth as the other lunged towards me.
My body immediately moved, bending under the man's reach and flipping him over my smaller form. He landed on the floor with a heavy grunt.
The moment I looked over my shoulder at the defeated opponents, a feeling of satisfaction bubbled inside my chest. I wasn't quite sure if I liked it, but the feeling was... familiar. As was the way I felt with so many things I did, the inexplicable feeling of familiarity washed over my entire being.
I just couldn't seem to remember why.
"You girls have been particularly quiet since you got back," Mr. Carolina observed, "did something happen while you were out?"
There was a moment of silence as Mina and I exchanged glances.
In response to Mr.Carolina's question, I shook my head. Mina only fiddled in her seat.
It hadn't been long after Armin found me that Mina had found me too. It seemed that she had brought two children along, but there was nothing about them I recognized.
There was nothing particularly special that stood out either one of them, at least that's what I thought at first. The girls was very calm, but the boy was... well, I found his fired up spirit endearing.
"What's going on!?" The male had exclaimed as soon as he caught sight of his blond companion, "Armin, you needed help?"
Armin had opened his mouth to respond, but stopped as soon as the girl began speaking, "Armin, are you okay? What happened? Was it her?"
The girl had taken a step forward, but Armin was quick to defuse the situation.
"No! I'm... fine now. Everything's fine."
After a quick explanation of what had happened, or rather, repeating to the group the story which I had told Armin, the confusion seemed to have finally cleared up. While the brown haired boy, whose name I learned was Eren, still seemed fired up, Mikasa became quite calm.
A short conversation between Me, Mina and the three newly acquainted children lead to them heading back into town to rest for the night.
Mina and I didn't waste any time going home, either.
While we had decided not to tell our parents about what had happened earlier in the day, I doubted that Mina would be able to keep today's events a secret under the intense stare of our shared father.
Mina was never much of a liar; being nearly honest to a fault. She wasn't someone who liked conflict and always wore her heart on her sleeve.
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Fanfic"If I didn't know the dangers of the life I had chosen then I wouldn't have chosen it...the moment I agreed to this life was the moment the world was telling me to die. So if someone told me to die, would I? Well, I guess I would." First installment...
