Intense pain and exhaustion quickly taking over my body, but I can't get up yet, I refuse to! They need to escape from this battlefield. A horde of titans before me. I had taken down a few. However, with their numbers, it's too much for one lone "Rookie Scout." Especially just after saving my comrades in a long hard battle against the Beast Titan, the Armored Titan, the Colossal Titan, and the horde of titans it brought with them. If I hadn't jumped into action they would've taken a traitor and our precious ally. Squeezing the triggers in the hilts of my swords, anchors shoot out and pierce the flesh of my next target. The gears in my ODM device start to quickly turn and propels me forward as a gust of exhaust pushes me forward from behind. Swinging myself around to the titan's nape. I thrust several inches of my blades into the titan's nape and slices through the flesh, taking out a long strip of flesh. The titan falls to its knees with a grunt and its last breath escaping its lungs. It falls flat with a loud thud. I turn around to see how many are left. Only to notice the Beast and Armored titan are no longer in sight. Quickly looking back to the horde, a hand is already drawing near. I can't react. My body is completely exhausted. Downing that titan took everything I had left.

When I accepted I was finally going to join my parents on the other side. Accepting I was going to die, the hand stops its advance and the titan falls and slowly fades to dust. The wizzes of the metal wire and the puffs of exhaust fills the air above. The faces of the other traitors come into my field of view. The horde is slowly taken out by the two. They land down in front of me. One looks me dead on, the other sheepishly glances around avoiding eye contact.

"I'll kill you both!" My enraged voice rings out between us. The one looking at me laughs. I couldn't even raise my blades to get into a battle ready stance. At the moment I don't even see how I'm standing.

"In your current state... I don't think so. Go back they still need you."

"Reiner, I don't think we should've done this, she could possibly kill us at some point." The one that's been avoiding making eye contact with me said.

"He's right, I'll kill you both at some point!" Reiner laughed and slowly turned away.

"Come on Bertholt, let us return home." With that, they are gone. I look around to find a building I could rest in for the night.

Several Years Ago.

It was just a normal day in the Shiganshina district just outside of Wall Maria. I was quite young and walking around with my parents, helping with errands. However that day was the day, the fear of the outside world was awakened in the hearts of the lives inside the walls. A loud explosion, a flash of a extremely bright light, from outside the Shiganshina gate. My parents frozen in terror, with their heads tilted upwards. Looking upwards I see why. A head poked over the 50-meter wall. A titan. My parents turn to run with me in tow, however, they didn't get far. The gate was kicked in, by the titan that stood on the other side. My parents met a cruel fate, being crushed by a large piece of the gate. Other pieces flew and landed elsewhere. From the force of the impact of the large debris, I flew back a few feet. A soldier from one of the three regiments, the Garrison regiment picks up my shocked frame and carries me to safety. As he escaped with me, I looked up to see another titan making its way through the large hole followed by several others. The one that scared me the most was the first one that stepped through first. It's body different from the rest. It was very muscular and seemed to have a hardened substance covering its body. Which to me resembles armor. As the soldier escaped with me. I stare at the titan till I couldn't see it anymore. After it faded from my view I couldn't remember how I got to one of the escape boats that take us upriver into the walls. Which was heading for Wall Maria. As I sat I wondered why I was still here. Why couldn't I have died along with my parents? In the mist of my depressed thoughts a voice full of pain, sorrow, and vengeance, brings me out of my depressed state of mind.

"I'll kill them all. I'll wipe every one of them... off the face of the earth." That was the moment I realized why I was still here. To kill all the titans. To kill the two titans that broke through Shiganshina gate. I stand up as a fire is lit within me. Once I stand up I see the Armored titan busting through the gate Wall Maria gate. Now the caged humanity lost the territory inside Wall Maria. Now we stayed on the boat till we reached the safety of Wall Rose. That's when my hard, lonely life started. The Garrison regiment that was stationed in wall Rose seemed rather irritated of all the people that came in. The food was low. The living spaces were cramped. Most the orphans slept in some type of storage or some other sort of building till more houses could be built around in clear lands within Wall Rose. I was often bullied, beaten to a pulp. No one was there for me, until one day. I saw two soldiers practicing hand to hand combat. That's when I realized I could protect myself. No, that's when I realized I was the only one that could protect myself. I had no one.

One day a Garrison soldier found me as I was practicing the more moves the pair of soldiers practiced. I had no idea he had snuck up on me till he clapped, startling me and making me jump out of my skin. I quickly spun around and seen a blonde haired man staring down at me. Yet I didn't feel the need to be scared or run away.

"Hey, that was good. Where did you learn that kiddo?" He smiled widely. Not sure how to answer him I bit the inside of my cheek. "It's okay, you can tell me. I won't hurt ya or anything." I just wasn't sure how to talk to him. I wasn't sure if I had a voice anymore. So I walk over to him and tugged on his Garrison jacket sleeve and lead him to where I learned the hand to hand combat moves. Once to the plaza, I pointed over to the pair. "Ohh did they teach you?" He looked at me I shook my head with my eyes glued to the pair they were showing me something else I could learn to protect myself with. "Could it be you are learning by watching them?" I nodded as I kept my eyes on them. He chuckled and ruffled my hair. "Go on kiddo go get some food they are starting to hand out now." I looked down to where the makeshift food stalls were and seen them setting out bread and a several big cooking pots full of soup. I bowed to the Garrison soldier and hurried off to get food.

After I finished eating the soup and bread I take the bowl and spoon back to the food stalls. The lady that took my bowl and spoon smiles at me. I bow to her and quickly run off heading to my spot to train. To practice the new moves I just watched. When I got to my spot I have seen the four other kids that bullied me.

"Oh look there's the little creep now." The leader of the group said and walked over to me. "So where is your food?" He looked around then looked at me. "Did ya already eat it?" He furrowed his brows at me. "I guess we'll have to make you throw it up. You don't deserve to eat the food handed out. You don't belong here. Go back to where you came from!" Laughter rang out from behind him from the three behind him. In the group were two boys and two girls.

"But she can't. She has no place to go back too. Her parents got eaten by those titans because they didn't want a creep of a daughter like her."

Words of my father gently echoed in my head. 'Always keep a cool head, don't get to worked up. You make bad choices, you'll get hurt. Or others will get hurt. Breathe and the best course of action will show its self. If your only choice is to fight, then fight. We must fight to survive. This world is beautiful and cruel. Remember that my sweet daughter. For when We are gone be strong, stand tall. Don't let rage or vengeance take over you. Stay true to yourself.' Taking a deep breath I calm my nerves, mind and raging heart and soul.

"Just beat her up and make her ugly. Take those glasses of hers and break them." A girl stood behind the leader with a hand on her hip and a stomp of the foot.

"Well, you heard the girl." The leader stepped towards me and tried to snatch my glasses from my face. I quickly open my eyes and swat his hand away with my left hand. He and the three behind him looked baffled. The leader looks at me eyes full of rage. He charges at me with a fist at the ready for once he gets into range. Once in range, his hand is quickly moved to the side with my left hand. I tightly gripped his wrist and twisted my body around in front of him and slung his body over my shoulder and slammed him into the ground. He laid there gasping for air. Looking to the other three they turned and ran off. I turned and began to walk off, till his voice stopped me in my tracks.

"I'll get you for this..." He said between gasps. I found my voice once again. I found myself. 'Thank you, father. I'll always remember your words.' Just like that, I pushed aside my revenge.

"You are not worth my time. However the next time we meet I'll be stronger. Unlike you, I have a goal I have to accomplish. Once I have..." I slowly continued walking away. "I'll be free." I wander around to try to find the Garrison soldier I was with before. When I found him he was with three other children. I felt it was best I do not disturb them so I walked on by to go to try to find myself another place I could train. However he seen me, he waved. I returned the gesture.

Some time has passed a thick blanket of snow covered the land. They had put everyone to work to be able to keep food in our bellies. We worked the land. Clearing snow. Planting what crops we could. Clearing away land to prepare for houses to be built. Others complained about how it was too cold or how they were hungry. I quietly did what I was told to and thought of it as pre-training for the training to become a soldier. Unfortunately, no matter what we did, there was just not enough food to go around. The government came up with a plan to send out many lives to reclaim Wall Maria from the titans. The lives of soldiers and civilians alike. The results were gruesome 250,000 people died. Families grieved. They were the sacrifice so others could make it through the winter, so others could eat. I for one wouldn't forget their sacrifice. I would live on so I could see the rest of humanities freedom.