*5 days later*

(F/n)'s POV

It was late at night and I was walking down the halls, heading to the mess hall for a drink. I had a really bad headache and it wouldn't let me sleep, whatsoever.

As I was walking past commander Erwin's office, I heard multiple voices from inside.

"Dammit, Levi! We have to go! I don't care what you say, but she's going on this expedition whether you like it or not."

"What's the commander talking about?" I quietly asked myself.

"What if something goes wrong? I'll never be able to forgive myself-"

"This is our job. Why else would she join the Survey Corps if she weren't to participate in expeditions? Just let that sink in for a moment."

"...Fine."

"Are they...talking about...me?" I whispered.

On second thought, I think I'll just go back to bed...

*Morning*

The damn sun woke me up as usual, so I rolled out of bed and sat on the floor. "Morning, Petra." I yawned. "Morning." She replied while stretching.

"Listen...I overheard something last night. I think you should know." I sighed, standing up to get ready.

"Y-you did? And what would that be?" She hesitated.

"I heard the commander and corporal talking about an expedition." I answered. "Oh...that was it? Okay." She replied, getting ready as well.

Time Skip

"Listen up, brats," We all heard a cold voice echo throughout the mess hall. In a matter of seconds, the mess hall went quiet to listen to Levi.

"We have an expedition coming up in a week, so I want all of you to work and train your asses off. No slacking off because we can not afford to lose more than a hundred men out there this time. Is that clear?"

"Yes, sir!" We all shouted, saluting. Soon enough, Levi left the mess hall and we continued back to our breakfast. "Damn, hopefully we don't lose more than a hundred this time." Eld mumbled.

"Yeah, we'll have to do our best." Gunther replied. "Tch." Oluo said. Typical.

*That night*

I went over to Levi's office door, softly knocking on it. "Come in."

No name and business thing? Huh.

I walked inside, shutting the door behind me before going over to his desk.

"(F/n), what is it?" He asked, looking up from his paperwork. "I heard you last night."

"W-what?" He looked at me with confusion crossing his face. "About the expedition." "Oh...you did?" "Yes. And...were you talking about me?"

"Yes. I didn't want you to come-"

"But isn't that our job?" I smirked. "I see you heard that too." "Almost the whole thing." I sat down on a chair across from his desk, leaning my head on the palm of my hand.

*Day of Expedition*

The expedition started about an hour and a half ago, and we only lost five soldiers, so far.

"We're going to split up for awhile and meet up somewhere soon. Cadets Schultz and Jinn are with me, heading east. Cadets Bozado, Ral and (l/n) will be a group, heading west." Captain Levi ordered.

"Yes sir!" We started to head out west, where we were ordered to go. But before I got too far, Levi rode up next to me.

"Be careful and stay safe. I love you."

My eyes widened.

Before I knew it, he already rode back over to his group.

I shook my head, coming back to reality.

"I love you too!" I shouted as I caught back up to my group.

Time Skip

"Ugh, how long have we been riding for?" Oluo asked. "Around an hour or so." Petra answered. "We should take a quick break, don't you think?" I asked. "Yeah." They both replied.

We rode for a couple more minutes until we got inside a forest, where we could stop and rest.

Getting off our horses and tying them to the trees, we shot our anchors on a high branch.

3rd Person POV

As the group of three sat down on branches and hydrated themselves, they heard the sound of a loud roar coming from a Titan, off in the distance.

(F/n) decided she would go off and find the Titan herself to keep her friends safe. Since she didn't know where the Titan was exactly, she had to be extra cautious of her surroundings.

Petra's POV (dun dun dun)

Oluo and I tried our best to stop (f/n) from going off to find the Titan, but she's a lot stronger than the both of us combined. So she managed to get past us with no problem.

"I'm going to go and try to stop her again." Oluo said, about to get on his horse. "No, just let her go. There's nothing you can do to stop her." I sighed, grabbing his arm.

"But she'll die without us-"

"Oluo...listen to me. She'll be fine without us. Let her be." I tightened my grip on his arm until he winced at the pain.

"Oi-okay, you can let go of me now!" He hissed. "Sorry." I apologized, letting go.

Smol Time Skip

"We should go and regroup with captain Levi and the others." I said, untying my horse and getting on him.

"What about (f/n)?!" Oluo shouted, biting his tongue.

"Could you just not think about her for ONE fucking minute?!" I shouted back.

"If you're not coming, I'll just leave you here with (f/n)...wherever the hell she is." I muttered the end.

"Fine...I'll come with you." Oluo said after his tongue was better.

"Okay, goo-"

"AHHHHHHHHHH"

Out of nowhere, we heard a sudden scream. It sounded horrific! That scream though, it sounded like...

"(F/n)?!" Oluo and I both shouted with fear, for our friend.

"Come on!" Oluo ordered, already riding off, following the sound of her screams.

The screams soon turned into cries of pain, it seemed.

"(F/N)!" Oluo called out, only to hear another cry in response.

It only took a few minutes to find (f/n).

Right in the middle of the field-like area with trees surrounding it, there was a thirteen meter Titan standing there, with it's back to us.

As we got closer, the Titan turned around and we both gasped.

(F/n) was in the Titan's mouth, trying her hardest to keep it's mouth from shutting on her.

"We're coming!" I shouted, jumping off my horse, shooting my anchors into a nearby tree.

I maneuvered up to the Titan, trying to slice it's neck, but that only made the Titan mad.

I tried again, but it was the worst mistake I made. As I swung back around to see it's face, the Titan shut it's mouth, making (f/n) fall over with only her upper half hanging outside of it's mouth, upside-down.

One last scream of pain was released from (f/n) as the Titan's teeth sunk deeper into her waist.

"Oh my God..." I whispered, going back to the ground and falling to my knees.

She soon went limp with her arms dangling beside her head before the Titan swallowed her whole.

"LEVI! LEVI! OLUO, WE HAVE TO FIND LEVI!" I screamed, getting back on my horse.

"What about the Titan? We can't just leave it here, roaming around!" He replied.

"SCREW THE TITAN, WE HAVE TO GO AND FIND HIM OR HE'LL KILL US IF WE DON'T TELL HIM IMMEDIATELY!"

"What if we lose the Titan and can't find it agai-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" I interrupted, snapping the reins on my horse to find the captain.

Levi's POV

My group and I have been riding for almost two hours now, and we were supposed to meet up with the others soon. But we haven't seen any sign of them yet.

Just as I was about to give orders, I heard some yelling in the distance.

"CAPTAIN LEVI, HELP! YOU HAVE TO COME!"

Furrowing my brows, I looked over my shoulder and saw two cadets coming.

"What is it?" I shouted, slowing down a bit so the two cadets could catch up.

"Captain Levi!" It was cadet Bozado and Ral...but wait, where's (f/n)?

"What's wrong? Where's (l/n)?" I asked, stopping my horse.

"You have to come!" Ral shouted, she looked shaken up by something.

"But where's (l/n)?" I asked again, trying to get her to calm down.

"A TITAN ATE HER!" Bozado screamed, breaking down into tears with Ral.

"...What...?" I whispered, eyes widening.

"We-we're so sorry! She heard a Titan, so she went to f-find it. We tried to s-stop her, but she got p-past us!" Ral cried.

I hung my head low, letting my hair cover my face. "Take me to where she was killed." I muttered. "Y-yes sir." They both stuttered.

"(F-f/n) is...d-dead?" I heard Gunther ask himself. "I'm sorry, Gunther." Eld whispered to him.

(F/n)'s POV

"What do we do with her now?"

"Not sure...but we have to find a place for her to go."

"But where?"

"Wasn't there a foster home up in Wall Rose? Maybe we could send her there."

"Why would we send her up to the surface? They have foster homes down here too."

"I just want the best for her. And I don't want any chances of her father breaking out and harming her."

"That is true...and he would never think to look in wall Rose."

"See? I think we should send her there."

"I guess you're right, we should go tell her then."

"You sure she's alright? She's been staring at that wall ever since we brought her back to our post."

"She's fine, just a little shell-shocked, is all."

"Hey, (f/n)? We have some news for you."

I continued staring down the wall, not wanting anything to do with the world around me.

"There's a foster home up in Wall Rose, we're going to take you there. Are you comfortable with that?"

I let the thought sink in for a moment. Taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling, I made my decision.

"Okay." I simply said.

"Great," The officer smiled.

"Well, the sooner we leave, the sooner we get there." The other officer said.

I nodded, getting up and following them to the staircase that led to the surface.

Wow...I've never been up there before..or seen sunlight.

Time Skip

I was at the Forster home now, and the lady who owned it seemed a little nice but also really sketchy. Something's gotta be up, and it probably won't be good.

*Three months later*

It's been three months now that I've been here, and it isn't good. Ms. Talia, my foster mom, is really rude.

She's treating the other girls here like they're her slaves, including me.

"(F/n) dear, go get me some tea." She ordered.

"Yes ma'am." I mumbled.

Basically, if you do something wrong or piss her off, she'll punish you real bad.

Oh no, not spanking, but she will do anything and everything that's harmful to us.

A girl around my age accidentally made a stain in a rug last week. Ms. Talia chained one of her wrists to a pole outside for an hour. And it's December. Poor Tiffani.

I soon came back with Ms. Talia's tea that she wanted.

"I can't believe how worthless you are! You're the worst one here! You're never on time and never satisfy me!" She screamed in my face.

"I-I'm sorry-"

"Don't you remember what I keep telling you? "Sorry" isn't going to get you anywhere, here. Just go kill yourself before I do!"

"...Pl...please...just...give me a second chance..." I weakly whispered.

I turned around, picking up a teacup from the tray on the table behind me. I poured a glass and as I was turning back around, I accidentally dropped the teacup in her lap.

"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?!"

I flinched at the sudden change in volume of her voice.

"I'm sorry!" I begged, handing Ms. Talia a towel.

"Dammit!" She got up, grabbing my arm and dragging me across the room towards the fireplace.

"No! Please, no!" I screamed, a few tears rolling down my cheeks.

"SHUT UP, WILL YOU?!"

"OW, P-PLEASE!!! NO!"

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*Word count: 2,132*

SOOO VERY SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED THIS BOOK IN ALMOST TWO WHOLE MONTHS!!!

You don't have to forgive me, but here, at least have a cookie for the major fucking writer's block I had!

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Thank you so much for the idea/request for this chapter, _Princess_Neverland_

I'm just going to say it now, but you really saved my ass with that request! And saved the book! Without it, this book probably would have been discontinued!

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