Nobody really expected a monotonous day, but not even Squad Levi could have prepared for her… And the knowledge she came with. (A Levi x Reader fanfic)

(Told in 3rd person)

It was another day at the former Scout Regiment headquarters. Levi was cleaning his office (again), Eren and Oulo were taking care of the horses, Petra was preparing to make lunch, Hanji was writing a report on the latest activities of Sonny and Bean, Mike, Erd, Gunter, and Armin were in the library, Mikasa was working out in her room, Jean was drawing, Krista was reading in the entry hall, and Sasha and Connie were playing checkers.

Levi finished wiping down his table and neatly folded the rag. He looked about his spotless office for something else to clean when he spotted his schedule for today poking out from the bottom of a pile of documents. He frowned and walked over to it. Levi bent down, picked it up and began to read it.

"Have breakfast- check," He muttered to himself as he looked it over. "Clean office- check. Groom horse- check." he marked off each activity with a quill as he said it. "Think about battle tactics- check. Clean office again- check. Group excersize- ch-" Levi was about to cross it off. "I was supposed to do that before noon!" he said, rushing over to the open window to look at the sun's position. He squinted and looked up. "Good call, Levi," he said to himself. "Just in time." He closed the window and left his office. Levi walked down the hall, looking for his squad members. He rounded a corner and bumped straight into Jean, who was holding a rolled-up piece of paper in his hand.

"Watch where you're going, Kirstein!"

"Sorry, Captain!" said Jean, jolted. He saluted Levi clumsily, the paper rolled up in his left hand. Levi narrowed his eyes at it. "What's that?" he demanded, reaching for it. "Oh, um," said Jean, letting his hands fall to his sides and handing the captain the paper. "It's a picture that I drew." Levi unrolled it and glanced at it. It was a portrait of Mikasa, done in a dramatic style, with lots of shading and deep shadows. It was rather good, Levi noted, and he was a tiny bit jealous of Jean's artistic talent, but he would never admit that. He had tried his hand (no pun intended) at art when he was younger, in the Underground, but he was never very good. Levi rolled the paper up and handed it back to Jean with a nod. There was a tinge of red along Jean's cheeks. "Be at the field in a few minutes. I'm calling an excersize. Tell the others." Jean nodded and saluted again. "Yes, sir!" he said, before dropping the salute and continuing down the hallway. Levi made his way downstairs, looking for the other members.

~~Time lapse brought to you by Mikasa's scarf~~

Levi paced before his assembled team, gazing at them steadily with his cold grey eyes. It was roasting outside, and having everyone dressed in full uniform was not helping them keep cool. Even Levi was uncomfortable, but he didn't show it in the slightest.

"Since our next mission outside the wall is not scheduled for another two weeks," Levi said, "I have designed this excersize to help keep you busy in your downtime. We will be repeating this every day. Is that understood?"

"Yes, sir!" said Squad Levi in unison. He noticed that Oulo, Eren, Armin, and Jean were all squinting in the sunlight. Levi frowned, because the sun was behind them, but then he realized what they were squinting at. A small area of air was hovering at eye level (well, Levi's eye level), blurring everything behind it. It was a perfect circle. Levi frowned at it some more, but then shook himself and thought, It's probably just the sun playing tricks on my eyes. He resumed his pacing. "The excersize will work like this," he called. "You will-" Levi was cut off as the squad gasped, looking at the pane of wavy air, which was now clearly visible as it grew to about a meter wide, turned black, and began to spiral so fast it looked like the air was being pulled down a drain. Levi halted and walked towards it. The squad inched closer, fearful. Even Mike looked shocked.

A hollow, whistling sound escaped from the spiral and a voice cried out, "Help… me…" Female. About (insert age here) years old. A hand emerges from the spiral and it moans again. "Pull me… through... " Eren grasps the hand and pulls. More of the arm is now visible. An elbow emerges.

"It's not… working!" Eren gasps, clearly pulling with all his might. "Jeager, wait!" Levi snaps, grabbing Eren by the collar and attempting to drag him backward. The extra pull was all that was needed, and a young girl falls out of the spiral, which closes in on itself with a strange sound, somewhere between a crack, a whoosh, a thump, and a crunch. The girl lays facedown on the grass, dressed in strange blue pants and a plain shirt. A large sack is slung across one shoulder, and her (insert hair length and color here) hair is stragging across her sweaty face. She attempts to prop herself up and gasps.

"Oh…" she says. "My head…" She clutches at her temple, hands red. Then she collapses. Petra immediately leans down and feels her forehead. "Petra, get back!" Levi says. She doesn't seem to hear.

"Captain, she's got an unbelievably high temperature," Petra says urgently. "She needs medical attention. Should we give it to her?" The rest of the squad looks at Levi, worried, expectant, stunned. Levi struggles to keep his face calm. He can't let them know that he's just as confused as they are.

"Attend to her," Levi says. "Search her and remove her pack. Then we chain her up. We'll get answers when she comes to. Excersize dismissed." Then he stalks across the grass, thoughts rushing through his head. He can hear the rest of the team muttering in worried voices as Mike and Petra carry the girl inside. I need to report this, he thinks as he walks through the doors. Somebody needs to figure this out. Levi pauses at the foot of the stairs and puts a hand against the wall.

What the hell is going on?