They had just returned from their latest mission and Eren laid exhausted on his bed while Armin sat at his desk going though his paperwork. "You can't nap right now." He told him.

"I know." Eren told him.

"You should be working and your reports."

"I know."

"I'm not going to do them for you this time."

"I know that too."

"And you can't keep asking Mikasa to do them for you."

"Okay I get it. I'll work on my reports."

"Good and don't forget Levi wants to see you before dinner."

"I won't." They sat there in silence working on the mission report and other paper work they were given for a little over two hours when there was a knock on their door.

"Come in!" Armin called to the person on the other side of the door. The door opened and Mikasa walked in.

"Hey Mikasa." Armin greeted her with a smile.

"Hey." She said walking over to his desk with an arm full of papers. "Levi wanted me to give you these."

"More paperwork?"

"I think most of it is just plans they want you to look though. Some might be paper work though they didn't tell me."

"Okay well thank you for bringing me these."

"You're welcome. And Eren Hange and Levi are wanting to see you right now."

"Why does Hange want to see me?" Eren asked her.

"They didn't say."

"Okay." He getup and left the room leaving his paperwork spread out all over his bed. Mikasa walked over to his bed and started stacking up the papers.

"You don't have to do his work for him." Armin told her.

"I know." She said picking up the stack of papers. "But I don't mind."

"He'll have to learn to do his own work one of these days."

"Yes but he's busy."

"You can stay in here if you want."

"Thank you." She sat the stack of papers on Erens desk and started going through them. They kept working for an hour and a half till Eren came back. "What did they want?" Mikasa asked him.

"Just about more testing." He told her.

"More testing? How are they going to make time for that?"

"I don't know but I guess they will."

"What do they even need to test for at this point?"

"I don't know."

"Okay well I should be going."

"Okay.""Good night Mikasa." Armin told her.

"Good night Armin. Good night Eren."

"Night." He told her sitting down on his bed.

"I'll see you in the morning." She told them the left closing the door behind her.

"Did she finish these?" Eren asked filling though the papers on his desk.

"Yes she did." Armin told him. "You could thank her you know."

"I will tomorrow."

"Mmhmm."

"What? Do you not believe me?"

"I believe that you'll mean to but every time you try and talk to her you end up yelling at her instead."

"I do not."

"No?"

"No! I don't!"

"Okay." Armin went back to his paperwork.

"And I'll show you tomorrow." Eren told him.

"I'm sure you will."

"Whats that supposed to mean?"

"Oh nothing."

The next morning Mikasa was sitting at a table by herself in the dinning hall. She always sat with Eren and Armin but they hadn't gotten there yet. She was eating her oatmeal listening to Jean and Sasha bicker.

"There is no way!" Sasha told Jean.

"Really?" Jean asked her sounding amazed that she didn't agree. "And what makes you think that?""Isn't it obvious?" Sasha asked with a mouthful of oatmeal. Mikasa missed what she said next because Eren sat down next to her and Armin across from her.

"What are they talking about?" Eren asked.

"I'm not sure." Mikasa told him.

"Probably something stupid."

"It doesn't matter. Did you sleep well?"

"Slept fine."

"Good." Mikasa went back to eating her oatmeal while Eren listened to Jean and Sasha.

"So Eren?" Armin started. "Didn't you have something you wanted to say?"

"Hmm?" Eren turned to look at him.

"Never mind."

"Okay." Eren went back to watching Jean and Sasha.

"Mikasa what are you doing today?" Armin asked.

"I have cleaning duty after training." She told him. "So I'll probably be busy most of the day."

"You have cleaning too?" Jean asked from the table he was sitting at behind them. "Where?"

"The kitchen and in here."

"I have cleaning duty in the kitchen as well. I look forward to working with someone that actually knows what they're doing for once."

"Like you know what you're doing." Eren told him. "Someone always has to go behind you and do it right."

"Well at least I do my own work and I don't make my friends do it for me."

"I don't make my friends do my work horseface."

"No? Then why does Mikasa always do you paperwork for you?"

"She doesn't always do my paperwork!"

"Does it matter who does the paperwork along as it gets done?" Mikasa asked him.

"You have you're own work to do." Jean told her.

"I'm perfectly aware of my own work. I can do mine and Eren's its not a problem."

"Besides its not your problem." Eren told him.

"Shut up Yeager!"

"Why don't you shut up horseface!"

"Eren." Mikasa said stopping their screaming fight before it started. "Just don't let him bother you."

"Thats easier said then done." He told her.

"I know it is but its better then getting in trouble with Levi right?"

"I guess so." Mikasa went back to eating and Eren glared at Jean for a few more minutes then started eating again.

"When you three are done I need to see you." Levi told them standing at the edge of their table. "You too Kirschtein. Meeting room."

"Yes sir." Jean told him.

Mikasa, Armin, Eren, and Jean were walking to the meeting room after breakfast.

"What do you think he wants to talk about?" Eren asked.

"Not sure." Armin told him. "It could be anything really."

"Maybe he wants to tell you to do your own work." Jean told Eren.

"Maybe he wants to tell you to screw off."

"Lets just find out." Armin told them opening the door to the meeting room. They all walked in and sat down around the table. Levi and Hange were all ready there with two other people they had never met before. "Who's this?" Jean asked.

"This is Benjamin and Alexander." Levi told them. "They are some of the new trainees and they will be coming along in our next mission."

"Next mission?" Eren asked. "What mission?"

"We believe we might know where Annie and the others are hiding." Hange told them.

"Annie?" Mikasa asked. "We're still going after

them?"

"Might as well."

"But why are they coming?" Eren asked.

"Its good training." Levi told them. "And unless one of you want to act like bait."

"The more the merrier."

"Thats what I thought. Hange can you get the letter?"

"Of course." Hange got up and left the room.

"While we wait for her. Benjamin, Alexander this is Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert, and Jean Kirschtein."

"Nice to meet you." Alexander told them. "My I just say I've heard of you Eren and you Mikasa. Wow you two are truly amazing."

"Thank you." Mikasa told him. "But I'm just a person. Eren's the one with powers."

"Well from what I've heard you don't need them."

"Again thank you."

"What is taking her so long?" Levi asked himself. "I'll be right back." He got up and went out the same door Hange had.

"So what made you two want to join?" Eren asked.

"Um well…" Alexander started. "Nothing really. I'm just here to keep an eye on Benjamin."

"Oh are you two brothers?" Mikasa asked him.

"We are yes. I'm older but only by two years." They did look like brothers. They both had the same long dark brown hair Alexander's a little longer and the same dark brown eyes.

"So you two just want to be here?" Jean asked.

"Pretty much yeah." Benjamin said.

"So there's no real reason you're here?"

"Why are you here?"

"Yes Jean why are you here?" Eren asked.

"Why are you here?"

"We're here because the titans destroyed our homes." Armin told him.

"Oh well I'm sorry." Benjamin told him. "We live in Wall Sheena so we didn't have that problem. Where did you live?"

"Wall Maria in Shiganshina District."

"Oh…I'm sorry."

"Its not your fault."

Levi and Hange came back in the room and sat back down.

"This is the letter." Levi told them. "We don't know who sent it. So for all we know its a trap." Mikasa took the letter and started reading it.

"We think that it might have been sent by Reiner." Hange told them.

"No." Mikasa told her. "This is Annie's handwriting."

"How do you know that?" Eren asked.

"I just remember what her handwriting looks like."

"Well should we call off the mission?" Hange asked Levi.

"No that could still be where they are hiding." Mikasa told her.

"I agree with Mikasa." Levi said. "We leave tomorrow morning at sunrise. Dont be late." He got up and left, after a few minutes everyone else left.

"How'd you know that was Annie's handwriting?" Eren asked her.

"I told you I just remember." She told him.

"When did you ever see her handwriting?" Armin asked.

"What?"

"When did you ever have the chance? They never made us do anything with writing as trainees."

"What are you getting at Armin?"

"Its just weird thats all. I'm not trying to say anything."

"Good."

"Why would Annie let us know where they were hiding?" Eren asked.

"I don't know." Armin told her. "Maybe its not where they're hiding. The letter said it was by a forest. Maybe it's just a random place by a forest."

"Its probably where they are." Mikasa told them.

"But why would they tell us?" Eren asked her. "Do you know something we don't?"

"I know a lot you don't."

"What does that mean."

"You'll see."

"What does that mean?"

"It means tomorrow when we get there you will see that it is where they have been hiding."

"What makes you so sure of that?"

"I just know okay?"

"No thats not okay. Tell me."

"I can't. Its nothing bad I promise. Its actually very good."

"Mikasa you can tell us anything." Armin told her.

"I know but sometimes I shouldn't."

"Its nothing dangerous is it?"

"No not at all. I have to go now."

"Go where?" Eren asked.

"I have to pack for tomorrow and get my horse ready."

"Oh right."

"We should pack too." Armin told him.

"I guess we should."

"I'll see you at lunch." Mikasa told them then went outside to the stables. She went over to her horse and started brushing it. Her horse had beautiful black shiny fur and a white strip down the middle of its face. When she had finished brushing her horse she walked over to where the food was kept. She was scooping out some food for her horse when she heard someone walking around outside the stable. Normally that wouldn't be to weird but right now most everyone were training besides her, Eren, Armin, and Jean. But they should all be inside still. Eren put off everything till the last moment and Armin and Jean had all ready fed their horses. She put down the scoop and walked out of the stable. She didn't see anyone but she could still hear someone walking around. She walked around to the back of the stable. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Don't worry!" Reiner said quickly and panicked. "I mean you no harm."

"Okay." She took a few steps away from him. "Why are you here."

"I heard about Annie helping you."

"Yeah?" She took a few more steps back.

"I want to help you too."

"Really?"

"Yeah but if anyone hears about this me and Annie could and probably will be killed."

"I see no reason for me to tell anyone who would want to kill you."

"I guess yeah."

"Why do you want to help?"

"I've always wanted to come back and help you guys but Berthold is to scared."

"Why is he scared?"

"We are working for some rather powerful people."

"Okay well I wont tell unless it will save one of you."

"Great. I just know you are coming tomorrow."

"So that is where you've been hiding?"

"It is and don't worry Berthold doesn't know about you guys coming."

"Oh good."

"But I just wanted to let you know."

"Well thanks and you should leave before someone else sees you."

"Right sorry."

"Its fine. I should go before someone starts looking for me."

"Yes you should. I'll go. Be careful tomorrow."

"I will be." Mikasa walked back to the front of the stable.

"What were you doing back there?" Eren asked her.

"Hm?" She walked back into the stable and started back scooping the food.

"You were behind the stable."

"So?"

"You've been acting weird lately."

"Have I?"

"Yes very."

"Sorry. I've been stressed."

"What about?"

"Life."

"Yeah so have I."

"Everyone ready?" Levi asked them the next morning at sunrise. He, Mikasa, Eren, and Armin were already sitting on their horses while Jean was still busy checking the saddle on his horse. Hange was still going over some last minute thing while Alexander climbed up on his horse.

"We have to ride horseback?" Benjamin asked.

"Unless you want to be titan food." Mikasa told him.

"I hate horses."

"Yeah well I'm sure they hate you too." Levi told him. "So shut up and get on the horse we need to head out. Hange! Lets go!" Hange ran over and jumped up on her horse. Benjamin was still staring at the horse in front of him.

"Get on the horse or we leave you here." Mikasa told him.

"Fine." Benjamin climbed up on his horse and waited.

"Everyone ready?" Levi asked checking that everyone was ready. "Lets go."