𝕄𝕆𝕌ℕ𝕋𝔸𝕀ℕ𝕊: 𝔻𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟
SPOLIERS FOR THE SHOW AND MANGA
Intro: [Name] Jaeger is troubled with the news of Shiganshina being breached by abnormal titans. Abnormal titans that she knows of. Although her concern lies with her family who take resident in Shiganshina. She makes it her priority to find her family and provide them a home.
Devastation is what clouded her mind. Her eyes stared at the untouched food with thoughts of her family dying plaguing her head. Her heart never raced this much even in battle with titans. But the notion of Shiganshina falling, her hometown?
“Oh god,” [Name] whispered and dropped her utensil down. Her brother…her mother and Mikasa. Were they okay? Were they alive? Her hands planted themselves on the wooden table and she pushed herself up from her seat. She couldn’t stay here listening to her comrades talk about the fall of the wall anymore or the consequences it brought.
“Excuse me,” she said aloud for her comrades to hear her shaken up voice.
They looked at her with saddened eyes knowing that her home was raided by titans. An unforeseeable event that happened right under her nose, she couldn’t do anything about it. That’s what they had told her. “A-ah, [Name], you need to eat something. We just came back from an expedition.”
[Name] walked away without looking at the person who spoke to her. She wanted to be alone and figure out her next plan for the mission. Her feet carried her to her room and like she was on auto-pilot, she closed the door behind her and began writing a letter to one of the Lords in Trost. She had to get that house now, she had all the money saved up for it at this point.
A knock interrupted her writing and she looked up from the parchment to the door. She didn’t want anyone to give her their condolences anymore. They didn’t need to, she knew her family was alive. They were strong. But so were a hundred titans. “Damn it,” She harshly whispered and slammed the inky pen down on her desk. She held her head in her hands and stared down at the words written by her.
The knock came again and she snapped out of it. She cleared her throat and welcomed the person in and the door opened to reveal her captain with her tray of food in his hand. “Shitty glasses is right, you should eat.”
[Name] looked away from her superior officer and grumbled, “I’m not hungry.”
“Eat, don’t make me force it down your throat,” her captain walked over to her desk, his foot closing the door behind him with a shut. He set the tray at the front of her desk, his eyes wondering to her letter and she moved it aside to take the tray. “I don’t think it’s right for me to eat when there are refugees starving right now with no homes.”
“The King will figure something out for them,” The man said unconvincingly as he took a seat in front of the wooden desk.
[Name] scoffed and began eating her food, “Levi, we both know how the King thinks. If he had a choice, he’ll send the refugees to the Underground. People are going to die either to the titans or starvation.” Her eyes closed wondering how her family was doing. She needed to go to the refugee camps and find them. She had a home for them.
Levi sighed and hung his head back, “I’m not good at comforting people, [Name]. But you were there for me when Furlan died.”
“My family isn’t dead, Levi,” [Name] bit harshly and her eyes widened. Her apology came quickly, “I’m sorry, I just refuse to think that they’re dead.”
“I understand,” Levi said and directed his eyes to her, “I understand that you refuse to believe it, so did I. Furlan and Isabel were skilled with the ODM gear and I trusted them.” He reached his hand out over her desk and she gladly took it. Her eyes got watery as she felt his thumb rubbing across her skin. “I just want you to know that I’m here for you. I will go into the cities with you searching for them. Because you offered me that help when I needed it.”
[Name] finally let her tears out and she rested her head down on her desk. Levi never let her hand go as she cried her heart out. “Oh god, Levi” She cried loudly, “my house is gone! My brother, my sister and my mom! I can feel a part of me missing and I know it’s a sign that I lost them. My heart aches so much!”
She squeezed his hand and said, “What am I without them?” Then someone spoke to her and it wasn’t Levi. It was a voice from long ago. A voice that belonged to the man that saved her father and herself from becoming a pure titan.
“This is a member of the Tybur family wanting to make things right.”
[Name] let go of Levi’s comforting hand and backed away from him. Her back was up against the frame of her window and she looked around the room searching for that familiar voice. He sounded like he was right next to her. His voice was so clear!
“Grisha, your daughter can be the one to inherit the War Hammer Titan, she can help you save Eldia and the ones in Marley who have been unfairly punished like Fae.”
She stumbled across the chair and made a beeline to the bathroom. She hurriedly opened the door and turned the faucet on.
“You can avenge your wife, Grisha. You can save Armin and Mikasa.”
The woman splashed water on her face and sighed, feeling the warmth of her body cool down with the refreshing water. She looked into the mirror and examined her exhausted state.
“And you, girl, you can protect the people of Eldia with the War Hammer. With your royal blood, you can probably do more.”
[Name] splashed more water onto her face then turned the sink off. She gripped the sides of it and looked down. The words of Eren Krueger echoing in her head like a broken record.
“I am,” She stopped herself short and looked at Levi with wide eyes. That’s right, she is one of the strongest Titans out of the 9. She can conjure up weapons and pillars. She can create anything with her royal blood. She was and is the War Hammer Titan then and now.
Levi watched her like a hawk. He didn’t know what happened to her to make her act like this. But he put it on the stress and stood up from his seat grabbing her dinner tray in his hands.
“Erwin said that one of the Lords wants to speak with you,” Levi spoke with some suspicion in his tone and [Name] relaxed her body talking about something else. The memories of long ago were gone.
“Yeah, that’s good,” She admitted and wiped her face with a towel, “I need to speak with Lord Reiss about a bid I put on a house in Wall Sina.”
“Wall Sina? With all the rich people that are disgusted with people like me from the Underground?” Levi asked and stopped cleaning up the mess at her desk.
[Name] nodded her head, “Yes, Lord Reiss has been holding that house for me for a while now. I have acquired the money to own it and I’m getting it.”
“What did you do to get that kind of money?”
She scoffed and set the towel on the sink and walked out of the bathroom, “I work for Lord Reiss sometimes. I am a doctor just like my father and I took care of his family. Sometimes I babysitted.”
Levi hummed and said, “It must be good money if you can own a house in Wall Sina. He must treat you quite well.”
“Levi, he’s just leverage for me.” [Name] walked to her desk and picked up the letter. She read over it and handed the parchment to him, “This house is going to be my family’s home and it’ll act as a hangout for the Scouts visiting the capital instead of staying in inns. There’s plenty of room and we’ll be safe.”
If only that were actually true.
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Devastation. It seemed like this was going to be her most used word in a week. How she would describe any event or expression. Because when she looked at the faces of the refugees she knew they were indeed devastated. They lost their homes, memories and people. How else were they supposed to feel?
“Well what do the brats look like?” Levi asked, bringing her out of her thoughts.
[Name] looked at him and said, “The most noticeable one would be Mikasa. She wears a red scarf around her neck and she’s of foreign blood; Japanese.”
She moved past the hungry civilians and described her brother and his friend, “Eren has teal colored eyes and half the time he’s angry. He gets himself into fights that Mikasa or Armin have to step in to help him.”
“Armin?” Levi questioned and saw two MPs glaring down at the refugees with heated looks.
“Armin is their friend and has very bright blonde hair with blue eyes. He might be accompanied by his grandfather, but I’m not so sure about that.”
She wanted to say more, but an altercation in the middle of the starvation caught their attention. “Stupid brats! You should appreciate our hard work! Our rations are given to you so show some more appreciation!” Both her and Levi stepped into the crowd that formed a circle around two MPs and a trio of kids. [Name]’s eyes widened with tears seeing those kids.
“You didn’t see them!” Eren shouted with angry tears, “You didn’t see what they could do!”
A lump formed in her throat and she pushed herself further into the crowd. To her family. Her eyes scanned Armin’s worried face as he held three breads in his tiny arms. She could see him coming up with a way to diffuse the situation. But it was going to be fine because she was there.
“Hey, asshole!” She shouted at the MP and the people near her cleared the way with shocked faces. A civilian woman was bad mouthing an MP, they only feared to do that seeing as how children were treated. [Name] walked up to the two male MPs and gave them a good glare. “You should show compassion to the ones that have lost their homes. These kids are hungry, the elderly and the sick are hungry. Get it through your thick head and I suggest you back away from my family now.”
“[Name]!” The kids shouted in surprise seeing the woman with a white button up shirt tucked into her beige colored plants wearing a [f.color] cardigan. They were so happy to see her, especially her siblings. Eren thought it was too good to be true. His older sister was here, standing right in front of him confronting an MP.
“Oh look who decided to show up,” The MP scoffed and crossed his arms over his chest, “The Angel of the Scouts. You know if you guys didn’t go on your stupid expeditions killing yourselves off, you could have saved the citizens that became refugees.”
[Name] was seething at this point. This man didn’t know anything. She would have stopped the attack on Shiganshina. She would have confronted the Warriors sent from Marley. But he was right about one thing, they could have saved some civilians if they were there.
“Excuse us, sir! W-we’re just hungry! Please forgive my rash friend and his sister! She’s very protective of her family!” Armin shouted, jumping into the conversation. [Name] looked down at Armin and sighed, relaxing her hands and body. What’s important is that she found them alive.
“You should be kept on a tighter leash. I’ll make sure your commanding officers know about your-”
“Sorry Armin,” [Name] quickly apologized and knocked the man down with a right hook to his ugly face. She got on top of the fallen man and punched him over and over, his blood from his nose splattering on the cement floor. “I’ll let your commanding officers know you harassed innocent kids!” She shouted, giving him one more good punch in the face.
A sudden kick to her ribs knocked her off the beaten man and his friend glared at her, his nostrils flared up. She’d forgotten about his ugly mug too. “You stupid bitch, you can’t just attack an MP like that!” He tackled her to the floor, keeping her grounded and before he could lower his own fist down on her face, a hand had stopped him.
The crowd gasped and the man looked up to see the one and only, Levi Ackerman holding his wrist in a tight grip. [Name] was breathing hard and she relaxed on the floor feeling the man on top of her tense up. “Get off my wife or you’re going to look worse than your friend over there.”
Levi released the man’s wrist and he backed off immediately helping his friend off the floor. In a rush, the unharmed man yelled as they walked away, “This isn’t over!”
[Name] was helped up by Levi and he looked at her with an unimpressed look. She rolled her eyes and muttered a small thanks. He wiped the back of her cardigan silently and some adults came up to her with grateful praises. Apparently, some of them were also harassed for asking for more food for their family.
The thought made her disgusted. She nodded her head along and said, “Stand up for yourselves. They only get like that because we let them push us around.” Levi finished cleaning her clothes off and watched his wife talk to the concerned citizens. He wondered how she did all of this; talking to them and giving them hope.
How was she so good? He remembered when she was there for him when he lost Furlan and saved Isabel.That day was the worst he ever felt, losing one best friend and almost losing another. Furlan was decapitated with his upper body recovered. While Isabel was knocked unconscious and left with a memory gap.
All she remembered was the fog and getting lost in it. Levi sighed and looked into the sky. He and [Name] would have to visit her sometime, but his wife had already informed him there was enough room for Isabel in the home.
“[Name]!” A boy shouted and crashed into her. Her arms immediately wrapped around the sniffling boy and she shushed him quietly. The crowd had dispersed and all the focus was on the siblings.
She ran her fingers through her brother’s hair and she felt a tingle of electricity flow through her as her finger grazed the top of Eren’s forehead.
This can’t be right. Eren, her little brother, held reign over the Founding Titan and Attack Titan. A boy! [Name] looked down at Eren and up to Levi. She had to keep her cool. Eren didn’t know it yet, but his life just turned upside down because of their father’s decision. [Name] held Eren tightly and wiped his tears away.
Sudden flashbacks of her dad giving the power of both the Founding and Attack titan to him rushed in. The terrified yells came from both of the males. She closed her eyes and brought Eren in a comforting hug. “He..Dad…” Eren mustered out and she shushed him from saying anymore. She wanted to know what happened in Shiganshina. She had to see it for herself.
“Eren, what about mom? What happened to her?”
Eren pressed his face into her shoulder and said, “She was killed by a titan.”
As the words left his mouth, [Name] saw something terrifying. Carla, her second mother, struggles in the hand of a titan and not just any titan. It was her own mother; Dina Fritz. All these years and her mother was still roaming around as the smiling Titan . Her mother ate Carla Jaeger right in front of her brother.
“Oh god…” She cried and stopped seeing the memories. Carla yells at Mikasa and Eren to run away. The devastation on her face realizing that no one would come and save her. Her struggling…
“Okay, okay,” She whispered and rubbed a hand up and down Eren’s back. “I have to take you guys to a safe place with food and beds.” [Name] beckoned for Mikasa and the girl walked with her head down in shame. Tears fell down her chin as she said, “I couldn’t help.”
[Name] sniffled and placed her hands firmly onto Mikasa’s and Eren’s shoulders. Her eyes went back and forth between the two. “Listen, there was nothing you could have done. Mom did her job which was to keep you two alive. Now you’re here with me and my job is to do the same. You will live on in her stead, got that? We’ll make the best of our lives now, that’s what she would have wanted us to do.”
Make the best out of life, huh? She just kept telling herself lies. She knew the truth and no one could help her out, not even the man standing behind her. This was her mission from her father, from her mentor. She was going to find the Warriors and take them down. If she had to, she’ll inherit whatever titan they had power of.
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𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴; 𝘔𝘖𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘈𝘐𝘕𝘚