author note - general disclaimer - I don't own Attack on Titan. This is strictly for fun. Pretty much some of the plot elements will kind of be the same, just with some twisting and shaping. For example, elves because why the hell not? This is fanfiction right? I don't really have anything else to say right now, so anyways hope you get a little bit of entertainment out of the story.


Surprisingly the last 8 months outside the protection of wall Rose hadn't been that horrible for Levi. The weather hadn't been too disagreeable. The critters hadn't bothered them too much and there was plenty of them to hunt. Yeah it was dirty, extremely fucking dirty, and the ground wasn't that pleasant to sleep on, but all in all, Levi couldn't really complain. They hadn't lost anyone from the Survey Corps to the brainless man eating titans. Well not yet anyways. Dammit. Now that he thought it, he probably jinxed them.

Levi quickly focused on scanning the surrounding forest for anything out of the ordinary. He shouldn't have let his mind wander like that. He should fucking know better. He frowned at the shadows cast by the giant trees surrounding them. He didn't want to enter this place when they came across it, but they really didn't have much of a choice. It was either cut through the forest or take the long way around; however that would still leave them vulnerable to anything lurking within the shadows out of sight. Levi knew better though. They might be out of sight, but they were not out of his mind and he listened for anything slightly out of the ordinary.

As the daylight slipped on, the shadows began to lengthen. Levi scanned over his comrades huddled in their green cloaks. They were all quiet. In fact the silence was almost suffocating, but they all knew it was for the sake of survival to keep it up in their current predicament. The slightest noise could summon the hidden creatures in the forest. Nobody wanted that. It was better to stew in your own silent thoughts at the moment than draw unwanted attention and have your thoughts silenced forever.

Erwin directed his horse to trot next to Levi's and they had a mostly silent conversation about stopping for the night. Which was the most logical option at this point. They weren't getting to the other end by the end of the day that much was clear. The night was uneventful for the most part. Unless you count watching nightlife critters go on their little escapades and listening to owls hooting in the distance.

The morning however was quite eventful and not in a good way. When they had finally seen a breaking in the trees, they were attacked by a group of titans. Fucking titans always traveled in packs, so of course it wasn't just one. Nope. It was a little herd of seven. Levi grimaced as his cable pulled him from the saddle of his trusted brown steed up into the air. His iron blades sliced at the first titan's thick neck and he couldn't help to think that it was freaking convenient that two slices with his swords in the back of the neck killed these fucking beasts.

Petra's voice cut through the thundering noise when she called out to Oluo. Levi shot off his hook again and let the gear pull him forward as he maneuvered to them. Usually he would ignore the cries of his teammates as it was a good way to end up dead, but the titan was conveniently the next one closest to him anyways. His blades cut through the closed fist holding Oluo and he thanked Petra for being ready to catch his limp body as it plummeted back to the Earth.

Levi's body spun through the air dodging the now very pissed off roaring titan. He was about to go for its neck, eyes, whatever he could get to, when another cloaked figure flew through the air with blades that seemed to shine in the early day sunlight. There was no wires. Nothing. The figure was literally flying. Levi was heading that way already do to the limited direction he could move once he had already placed a hook. The figure stabbed an eye before running along its shoulder and drawing his blades across the back of the titan's neck. Levi was close enough to lock his own eyes with the stranger's brilliant green. A green that was almost indescribable in its uniqueness.

Time moved to a crawl as he watched the figure jump to another target. He tore his eyes from the mysterious figure and got on with his own shit. It was only once he watched stranger's feet touch the ground that time seemed to return to its normal pace. The fight was over and he didn't spot any fatal casualties. He also noticed the five additional figures clad in a more earthy green than his own groups' cloaks. He left his perch on a tree to join the living amongst the mounds of titans. Some still steaming as their bodies deteriorated.

The two groups slightly separated from each other and just stared. Levi's own eyes locked again with those large green eyes in a sun kissed tan face. The stranger stared back with barely hidden curiosity. Erwin eventually stepped towards the group.

"Hello. My name is Erwin Smith and I'm the commander of the Survey Corps" he gestured to the surrounding soldiers behind him. "May I ask who you are?"

The green eyes finally looked away to his own little group of five. A shorter slimmer man with bright blue eyes pushed the green eyed man forward. Levi watched with interest as the tall slim tan skinned bright eyed male walked forward hesitantly and pulled back his hood. It revealed messy brown hair and long pointy ears. Levi blinked staring at the ears. What the actual fuck?

"Umm…I'm Eren Yeager and these are my friends. We saw that you under attack, so we decided to assist."

Another male snorted and also removed his hood revealing a shaved head and more pointy ears. "More like you ran in to help and we were all forced to follow you. My name is Connie."

More hoods were removed and more pointy ears were followed. The remaining three introduced themselves as Sasha, Mikasa and Armin. It didn't appear to be any set leader amongst the five and it seemed like the brunette with the green eyes was somehow the leader by default as he was the one to rush into help first.

Levi wasn't surprised when Hanji ran forward with large wide eyes. "Your ears! There pointy!"

Eren scratched the back of his neck and averted his gaze from the eager eyes studying him. A slow blush creeping up on his soft looking cheeks. "Uh…yeah we are elves…"

Hanji practically pranced up to him getting up in his personal bubble staring intently at his ears. "Elves! I've read about them in an old fantasy book. Who knew they really existed? Can I touch your ears?" Hanji's hand was already a loft moving towards his ear.

Erwin's hand on her shoulder stopped the movement. "Down girl. This is Hanji." Erwin went on to introduce the rest of the venturing Survey Corps.

Levi tried not to visibly shift when those green eyes looked at him again. They didn't just look at his face though. They traveled down his body with keen interest and it made Levi uncomfortable as fuck. He kept his stoic indifferent face locked in place though.

Eren nodded in acknowledgement and then frowned when he looked over them again. "Some of you are wounded."

"Wow how observant you are" Levi snarked and regretted it when those eyes looked at him again.

"Um… we know of some shelter not too far from here that you can rest in" Armin piped up politely. Levi looked over at him. This elf was pale with blonde hair that was almost shoulder length and bright blue eyes. He had an almost feminine looking face and looked young. Hell they all looked young like teenagers.

"That's very kind of you. Thanks" Erwin nodded his head slightly and then went back to directing the Corps. Erwin frowned when he noticed that the elves didn't have horses and mentioned it.

"Oh don't worry. We can manage. The better question is if you can keep up" Sasha chimed with an enthusiastic smile and challenging almond colored eyes. Her chestnut brown hair was up in a ponytail.

Erwin raised a bushy eyebrow. "Lead on then."

Levi watched with slight amazement as the elves took off at a fast paced trot, leaping and gliding slightly through the air. He wasn't the only one. He could literally feel Hanji's excitement permeating the air as she watched their graceful quick movements. The horses kept up well enough and soon enough the group came to stop in front of an old brick building that looked like some kind of old military base.

Petra and Eld dealt with wounded that happened include a still fairly shaky Oluo. Levi assumed he had a couple broken ribs and hopefully nothing else. Levi, Gunther and a couple other Corps started to tend to the horses. They were quickly joined by a wide eyed Eren and Connie. Levi ignored the crawling feeling on his skin when Eren approached him. Up close the green eyes showed tints of blue. Levi raised a thin black eyebrow in question when the youth stopped near him petting a horse absentmindedly.

"Yes?" he finally asked.

"Oh! Umm…I just wanted to say that you looked amazing flying through the air like you did. I've never seen anything like it. You're equipment is truly something."

Levi stared indifferently at the youth for a moment. "What I think is really something is how you and your friends literally flew through the air. How do you explain that?"

Eren smiled sheepishly revealing one little dimple on the right side of his mouth. "We didn't necessarily fly. Just…you know kind of used our innate magical abilities to…uh…glide? Like we just run and jump…and just…whoosh." Eren demonstrated with his hand.

Levi still didn't understand this shit. Elves? Magic? What the hell was this? Some kind of fucking fairytale dream he was trapped in? It would explain the beautiful exotic creature in front of him. Something that perfect and unflawed with indescribable green eyes shouldn't exist. He snorted and started brushing down his horse again. "Magic you say?"

"Yep!" Eren picked up a brush and started brushing the black horse next to Levi. "Do you people have any magic?"

"If we had magic do you think we would be using this god awful machinery to get to the titans? No we don't have any fucking magic like you pixies." Levi watched Eren's face with some sick amusement. He had a deep frown and his green eyes took on a stormy quality. He had stopped brushing the horse and looked straight at Levi.

"We. Are. Not. Pixies. Don't ever insult us like that again" Eren growled. He put the brush back and stormed off.

Levi had to admit that even a stomping elf was somehow too fucking graceful. What the hell was wrong with him? So what if he pissed off that elf? It didn't matter. He finished with the horses and walked into the run down building. He wasn't surprised to see Hanji all over the elves touching their ears and asking them questions. The woman was bat shit crazy. Intelligent and inquisitive as fuck though. She was pretty amazing if Levi was honest, but he would never admit it out loud. Eren was with her trying to fend off her hands that were tilting his face from side to side. Levi quickly averted his gaze and walked over to the group preparing food. It included a very excited Sasha who had the brilliant idea to switch rations to experiment. It was met with enthusiasm. Levi had some reservations, but he was really sick of rock hard bread, stale cheese and jerky that came from questionable meat sources.

Little groups formed while people ate. Levi sucked up his pride and headed over to Eren. He really had no reason to be a prick to the young man. Eren looked up at him with suspicious eyes as he sat down at the table across from him. "Hey look I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't know it was some kind of insult." Levi noticed the girl elf next to him with black hair, pale skin and gray eyes tense up. She stared at him with narrowed eyes.

"What did you say to Eren?" Mikasa asked in a threatening voice.

Eren waived his hands quickly. "Nothing! He didn't say anything. Don't worry about it Mikasa."

Mikasa snorted as she glared at Levi and tore a bite from the hard bread. Eren just smiled at Levi and Levi was really starting to despise that cute little dip on this boy's flawless face. Levi frowned as he thought again how young they looked. "Aren't you all too young to be out here by yourselves?"

Mikasa growled. Armin let out a little giggle and quickly covered his mouth with his hand to avoid spraying chewed food everywhere. Eren cocked an eyebrow and tilted his head to the side. "How old do you think we are?" Eren asked with a little amusement.

Levi picked up the cracker biscuit thing that the elves had provided as he contemplated the reactions of the three elves at the table with him. He shrugged. "Sixteen or something." He took a bite of the item in his hand and marveled at the texture and taste. It was sweet, but still on the bland side and it melted in his mouth. He watched the reactions from the teens across from him. Eren was smiling sheepishly again with sparkly green eyes. Armin was still trying to suppress giggles and Mikasa rolled her eyes. Levi took a sip of his tea. The three elves were silent and Levi was short on patience. "Well?"

"Does it matter? We can handle ourselves" Eren asked with that damn dimple smile again.

Levi shrugged. "I guess not." Levi didn't instigate anymore conversation and ate the rest of the meager meal consisting of the bread like substance, dried berries and more freaking jerky in relative silence. He put up with Eren's curious gaze, Mikasa's glare and Armin's occasional question. When he was finished he excused himself and helped clean dishes before helping with the injured.

Much later, he volunteered for first watch and escaped back outside. It wasn't like he could sleep anyways. Insomnia was a bitch sometimes. He pulled his cloak tighter as the evening chill hit him. He plopped down on the roof and stared out into the vast expanse of landscape and starry sky. His eyes only flickered away when he saw Eren approaching him. He didn't say anything in greeting when the man sat down next to him.

"For the record we aren't teenagers. We are quite a bit older than that" Eren finally broke the silence.

Levi glanced at him looking over the youthful features, but didn't contribute anything further. It wasn't any of his business anyways. He wasn't Hanji, so he didn't feel any want to know.

"You're not very chatty are you?"

Levi grunted. "If you want someone to spend endless chatter with, go find Hanji."

"No that's ok. She's kind of terrifying" Eren said as he visibly shivered.

The corners of Levi's mouth moved up traitorously. Even if it was just a fraction. Levi noticed the intense stare at his mouth out of the corner of his eye and quickly put his mouth back to its typical slight frown. He was thankful it was dark out, so the heat on his cheeks also wouldn't betray him to those greenish blue eyes. If he had to describe the color, the closest he could come up with was a dark jade.

"Plus I find you interesting. You're not like the others" Eren added nonchalantly and looked out into wide expanse in front of them.

Levi didn't even know what the hell that meant. Wasn't like the others? He supposed not. Hanji was spastic, Petra was too sweet for this world, Erwin was all business and eyebrows and the rest had their own personalities. Levi, well, Levi was grouchy, standoffish, and blunt. Why this bright shiny elf would want to spend time with someone as dark and gloomy as Levi was beyond his understanding.

They spent the rest of their nighttime visit in silence. At some point Eren laid down on the roof to stare at the stars. It was only when Levi heard a slight snore, that he realized Eren was asleep. He took the opportunity to look over the elf without being met with those inquisitive eyes. Eren was tall and his clothes fit him snuggly revealing a slim toned body. Levi wondered if the rest of his skin was as flawless as his face and as soon as the thought crossed his mind, he quickly shut it down. He would not go there. First of all, this was an elf. He wasn't even human. Second, Levi knew nothing about this male. Third, he swore he would never go down the path of any kind of romantic relationship again. He couldn't take losing someone again and this world was cruel. He tore his eyes from the elf and looked back into the night.