Chapter 1: Discovery

All Attack on Titan Characters belong to the Original Owner, OC Axel Kodiak belongs to me. Enjoy the first chapter!

It's now night time at the Scout Regiment Headquarters, and everyone is currently in the Mess Hall. As everyone was sitting, the atmosphere was currently in a solemn mood, as everyone was thinking back to after Annie was returned. They lost an important asset to the Scout Regiment, and most of all, a dear friend to all of them. They still remembered back to when they scout the last sighting according to Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Connie, Jean, and Sasha. But what they found when they returned to the same spot is something they did not expect.

(4 Hours Ago)

They all were on horseback, scouting the area for any hints on the whereabouts of Axel, and for the past 45 minutes they were beginning to lose hope, beginning to assume that he got eaten by the giant beasts they all call Titans. But all of a sudden, the Commander (Erwin), Squad Leaders (Hange, Levi, and Moblit (?)) and the 104th Cadets-now-Scouts (Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Jean, Connie, Sasha, and Christa) heard in the distance a scout on horseback calling out to Erwin. When the scout finally arrived, they said they found something near a tree with decaying titans around the area. As soon as those words left the Scouts mouth, Sasha started speeding down the plains towards the direction the scout came from, with everyone shouting for her to wait up.

"H-Hey, Sasha! Wait for us!" Connie was the first to react.

"Sasha, don't speed off ahead of us! There could still be titans around!" Followed by Jean.

"Leave some titans for us if you encounter any, Sasha! And don't run off ahead, get back here!" Following Jean is Eren.

"Eren! Don't speed off ahead! You have to be careful!" Then Mikasa chasing after Eren.

"Eren! Mikasa! Wait up!" Armin close behind.

And the rest of the Scouts tailing After the 6 that sped off ahead of everyone.

When everyone arrived at the scene, everyone was surprised to see how many Titan bodies were lying around.

"Looks like Axel still seems to surprise us more and more." Erwin spoke as he surveyed the surrounding areas.

Sasha was speeding off towards the only tree in the area, in which everyone followed close behind.

When they all got there, they were shocked by what they saw.

A dent blade, looks about to snap in half, shoved into the ground, with a cape hung on top of the sword. It looks like whoever did this was making some sort of memorial, but the one thing that made them all surprised was the words carved into the trees behind the 'Memorial.'

"I just killed the last Titan, and all I have left is one sword that is about to shatter. To whoever is reading this, this may be the last message I'll ever be writing. Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Jean, Connie, Sasha, Christa, Levi, Hange, Erwin, thank you all for all you've done for me. If you guys are reading this, remember, even if I might be dead by now, I will always be there with you all. Eren, I have some news that I kept hidden from you,"

This is where everyone turned to Eren, who seemed to have a confused expression plastered on his face, then turned back to the message carved in the tree.

"Your Father, you might not believe me at first, or you might think I'm crazy, but listen Eren. Your father was originally from outside the Walls."

"WHAT?!" Eren's shout made some of the members jump in surprise.

"and I have something stored in my quarters back at the headquarters. My parents used to know your farther very well, and they gave me something before shoving me out of the way of a piece of the wall that the Armored Titan smashed in. They said "you'll know what to do when the time comes, keep one of these on you at all times, you never know when you'll have to use it." and when I peeked into the box, I understood what they meant."

"What could it have been?" Eren started mumbling. Everyone was thinking as hard as he was, trying to figure out what was in the box.

"In the box was 2 syringes" Eren's eyes began to widen. "And they were filled with a blackish liquid substance. I will be injecting this in me after I finish this message. you'll probably come across a Titan someday, looking out of place from the rest."

Everyone was beginning to realize what the substance in the syringe was.

"If you ever see this Titan, capture it. Don't kill it, or else you'll be losing a close friend and ally completely." Here some members gasped.

"No way..." Jean started with his eyes widened.

"H-He can't be... a T-Titan..." Connie said while stuttering.

"Axel... what have you done..." Sasha had tears forming in the corners of her eyes, on the edge to ball out all her tears and cries.

Hange started reading the message again.

"That Titan will be me, your close friend and ally, Axel Kodiak. I will be wandering around somewhere, but you will know which is me, I'm sure of it. Find me, find my mindless Titan form, I might be mindless, but I'm sure I'll recognize you all. There will be a way to restore me, back to a human. But the answer to turning me back, is outside these walls, out beyond in the lands of titans, but I know you all can do it, I'm sure of it. I'll see you all when you find me.

-Axel Kodiak, Scout Regiment Soldier."

Silence. Absolute silence for 5 Minutes, then broken by Sasha balling her eyes out, with Christa and Hange trying to soothe her. Everyone else was shocked, their friend had to inject himself to save himself from being eaten, with the price of being a wandering, somewhat-mindless Titan.

"We need to return to the walls, plan our next move. SCOUTS, RETREAT TO THE WALLS!" Erwin ordered everyone, as everyone saluted.

(Flashback End)

It's been 4 hours since then, and they all were silent, still sulking at the fact that their friend and ally is now a somewhat-mindless Titan, and the only hope of returning him back to human is outside the walls.

"Don't let his sacrifice to keep himself alive be in vane, we must plan ahead, and first and the most important task at the moment, is finding his Titan form. We will find him, subdue him, find the cure outside the walls, destroy all the titans, and end this war of humans vs. titans. Now, DEVOTE YOUR HEART, DEVOTE YOUR HEART FOR THE SOLDIER WE SHALL BRING HOME, DEVOTE YOUR HEART TO ALL OF MANKIND!" Erwin gave a speech that pumped everyone in the room up.

And the result was expected, everyone saluted their hearts to mankind.

"First and foremost, is the search for Axel Kodiaks Titan." Erwin began, and the meeting carried on from there.

Later on, everyone was heading back to their dorms, when everyone remembered part of Axel's message.

"And there is a box in my quarters at the Scout Regiment headquarters."

Everyone started to head for Axel's Room, everyone getting a sense of nostalgia from being in his room, and Sasha looked underneath his bed. Spot on from the message, there was a box, and she pulled it out, and gave it to Erwin.

"So in this box is the second syringe with the Titan substance. I wonder why there were 2 instead of 1?" Erwin wondered.

"Who knows? Maybe it's for Incase he lost the first one?" Hange spoke her thoughts.

"Levi. I am entrusting this to you, keep this safe until we find out what we do with it." Erwin ordered

"Tch, yes Erwin." Levi replied.

"Everyone, return to your quarters, get some rest. We will be scouting for Kodiak's Titan, so you all will need the rest." Hange told the 104th.

And everyone then returned to their quarters, thinking about how things will go on from here on out.