#cleanswords

"Who was that guy....?"

Autumn hues gently opened from her slumber. The vision before her was blurry but as she came to, her sight cleared. By the odds, she found herself laying against a tree in a unfamiliar forest. Getting up, she felt light headed and grasped her forehead with her red leather gloves. Shaking away her slight discomfort, she began to look around. Nothing rang a bell within the Queen's mind. She continued down the trail and began to feel disturbed by the forest's atmosphere. It held an eerie feeling to it.

Suddenly, a groan of pain crept into her ears, causing her to turn. An injured man was lying on the ground. With much concern, she ran toward him and bent down. Blood was gushing down his face from his head and he laid helpless but also in a lot of pain. He was off of the trail and he was lucky she was too. Looking back at him, she said gently. "I'm going to heal you. But I don't want you to be afraid. Stay still and remain calm."  Closing her eyes, she naturally casted the spell. A green constellation appeared beneath them and faded upwards. Garnet threw her hand down. Following that gesture, drops of starlight floated down and as it hit him, twin halos spun around his frame and continued to do so until he was completely healed.

The man grunted as the pain subsided. The man's eyes fully opened with shock and Garnet pulled away with a grin, knowing he was going to be fine. He stood up with disbelief and looked at his hands, felt his back which was probably broken and then averted his gaze at the woman who saved him. "How...?" But everything was interrupted when a menacing growl was heard, following harsh pounding to the ground. Garnet laid eyes on a formidable beast. The man screamed while the brunette tried her best to remain calm.

It reached out his hands to grasp them but Garnet retorted with a shield spell. A blue barrier surrounded her and the strange man. "Tch..." Garnet scoffed. But from the corner of her eye, she saw someone fly out of the trees. In the blink of an eye, the shadow of a man cut down the colossal monster, did a flip and land on the ground next to the beast. Garnet released her shield and stared at him with wonder. His mantle was engraved with wings - a symbol she was not familiar with. 

Shaken awake, the redhead sat up from the ground. Her head was aching with pain and her body was strained. Standing up, she glanced around and saw nothing but condemned homes. The crumbs of once a flourishing town, frozen in their moment of dismay. Time was an absent law in the ruins of the afflicted. This looked nothing like her village of Matre. Two toned eyes tensed with confusion. "Where...?" Desperately, she tried to remember the events which transpired beyond this moment but nothing came through. Instead of standing still, she walked around. Blood stained the floor, windows were broken and homes had collapsed. Despite the rubble, the homes did not look old. In fact, the paint seemed rather fresh. Was this place recently abandoned...?

The ground beneath her feet violently shook, breaking the warrior out of her cogitations. Two toned hues of gold and silver glanced at the floor with confusion. The shaking would come and go like the wind. Counting down the seconds in-between  it almost seemed as if it were footsteps instead of something out of the force of nature. But then the vibrations became much more evident as it came closer. Prompting her head, she saw a colossal figure walking without cause. It’s size was no different than some of the beasts she fought at home but what ignited fear within her was that it wore the face of a man, the appearance of a human. "What the…?" She uttered under her breath. Retreating toward a wall, she slowly escaped his presence only to see more ahead. Valora had to act swiftly.

These creatures were foreign to her and it was obvious to her now that she was not in her homeland. A principle in fighting was to avoid one at all costs. The main law for martial artists. With great agility and silence, she treads carefully through the broken town and out into the horizon.  It was there she saw a towering wall. Instincts told her that perhaps a civilization existed beyond it and acted as a guardian from the behemoths. A light green constellation appeared blow her feet as she chanted a spell : "Float" As the light faded, she floated up and reached the top of the wall. Landing firmly, she walked forward and saw people and a large town - which was a sign of relief. "H-Hey!" A voice shouted out to her.

Averting her attention was a group of men that had seen her. "W-where did you come from?!" They shouted, carrying an angry, terrified expression. Valora felt the need to defend herself because they seemed hostile. "Calm down. I mean no harm." She said sternly but they interrupted her with an order to silence. A hand was placed on her hip as she adjusted most of her weight on one leg. A sigh followed"I was simply answering your question. Make up your mind." Her eyes and tone were cold but she spoke softly. The men ran around frantically, shouting orders as others drew blades. They seemed threaten by her. She could easily run away or fight them off, but what good would that do? Deciding to play it smart, she raised her hands and surrendered herself to them. After all, she was a foreigner and given the town she had just seen, these people probably endured a lot.

Five weeks before the most important battle of the bands contest Humanity's Wings had ever entered, their lead singer and guitarist, Annie Leonhart, betrayed them and joined their rival band The Titans.

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"They invited me to join them. How could I say no? The Titans are the best band around. Word is they were even offered a record deal." Annie said, standing before her three closest friends without any apparent regret for turning her back on them.

Mikasa was shocked. At first, she stood completely still. How could her best friend do this? They had worked so hard together and now she was going to throw it all away. Leaving them meant abandoning their friendship too. That was a wordless understanding between all four of them.

"You bitch." Mikasa growled, her anger finally catching up to her shock. She lunged at the blond traitor.

Arms were soon around her waist in attempt to restrain her fury; Eren could not hold her alone and Jean had to use all his might to keep Mikasa from destroying Annie.

Annie looked unfazed and turned away without a word, leaving the other three behind forever.

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Mikasa slammed her fist against the garage door as she remembered the scene, cursing her ex-band mate and ex-best friend. 

"Ah! Mikasa you left a dent! Mom's gonna kill us!" Eren exclaimed.

Mikasa was Eren's adopted sister. She was almost always the well behaved one of the two-- It was always Eren who got in trouble. But with something like this happening it was Mikasa, not Eren, who was fired up. She was the one who started this band. Eren was roped into it shortly followed by each of their closest friends; Jean and Annie.

With their lead vocalist gone they needed a replacement. Fast.

"Eren, Jean, we need to hold try outs. Soon." She said, arms folding across her chest. "We'll need posters. Jean, you're good at making things look persuasive. Have them ready for tomorrow and Eren and I will help put them up." 

The boys nodded and Jean right away took off to start on the flyers and posters.

Mikasa plopped down in a near-by chair with an audible sigh; "Christ. Why now... That bitch..." She picked up her bass guitar and started on a new song melody. 

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One week later try outs to become the new lead singer and guitarist of Humanity's Wings took place. The turnout was good with sixteen people auditioning. 

The three current member's were holding auditions at their usual band practice hangout: Eren and Mikasa's garage. The contestants were standing in a straight line, each waiting their turn to see if they would make the cut. Requirements were expert guitar playing and a good vocal range.

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