The Wrath of the Wolf Chapter 1
A girl about 10 was fighting in an underground ring. A huge man about the age of twenty, stood in front of her. He was covered in muscle from head to toe. He laughed "is this girl the best you have." She asked him"you haven't heard of me?" He asked laughing "a little girl why would I have heard of you?" She said "let me show you show fruitless this is, your move." He launches a huge kick, she grabs his leg swings a kick back knocking out cold. She grabs a huge wad of cash and climbs out of the sewers. She walks home, she calls out "father". Her father ran down "how is my little snowpuff." She said "here is the money for the week". Her father got serious "are you sure you want to keep doing this Winter?" Winter said "I am fine, not even a scratch beside my mother is out there fighting titans, I want to be like her." Her father said "I know but your white hair and eyes has caused many to see you as a monster." Winter said "father, I will promise you and mother that I will do you all proud."
Winter said "I should go, the men who were outside the walls are returning." Her father said "You may not like what state they are in." Winter said as she left "they probably are all injured with several dead." She runs over there she jumps form rooftop to rooftop to reach the where the Survey Corps returned. She watches the crowd as she hears the bell ring. She sees 2 young kids watching. She watches them as they enter, all of them sullen and many injured. She hears the people jeering. She jumps down into the crowd. The crowd parts form the impact she walks in. She asked "what happened." The man said "who are you?" She said "I'm am Ral's daughter." He said take aback "Ral the one took out 10 titan by herself and assisted in 48 others." Winter shouts "I hear your jeers, you say they are are just feeding the titans. IS that right ways for sheep to speak to wolves while we sheep sit inside the safety of the walls, thew wolves are hunting." Winter walked off after saying her piece leaving the town shocked.
She returns home and starts cooking food for lunch when a loud explosion happened. Winter and her father run out to see a huge red titan peeking over the wall. It kick a huge whole in the bottom of the wall. The titans pour in causing everyone to run. Winter chucks her father on her back and starts running over the rooftops towards the inner gate. She ran through the gate and saw hundred of people already to get on the boat. She dragged her father into huge crowd and they got on the boat. She sat there "I would have fought except my priority was getting you out father." He said "there was no ways you could beat those things." She said "yes I could kill quite a few, Dr Jaeger's experiments did do some interesting things things, I was very receptive." She saw an armored titan break through the second wall. She saw a boy and a girl sitting there. She squeezed through the crowd and sat next to them. She asked "who are you two and where are your parents?" The girl said quietly and calmly "I am Mikasa Ackerman and this is my brother Eren Jaeger." Winter said "my name is Winter Ral pleased to meet you." Mikasa said "you were the one who gave that speech." Winter said "yes, I am, I saw you two but didn't see who you were."Winter said "I am going to sleep."
Winter woke up in a strange building next to her father. Her father walked out and she sees him asking for some food. The guards refuse to give him any. Winter walks out, she sees Eren and Mikasa with someone else, sharing bread. She ran over and said "hi." Mikasa said "Eren, Armin this is Winter. Winter shakes both their hands "My full name is Winter Hal." Armin said "Armin Arlert at your service." Two soldiers start talking about how more people should have been eaten so they don't have to share food. Eren walked up and kicked one of the guards in the shin. The two soldiers beat him into the ground. He said "you don't what it's like to see people eaten by titans."
The soldiers prepare to attack again. Winter jumps in the road "do you want to make this serious." The 2 soldiers advance she and swing two kicks she grabs both of them and throws them half way across the courtyard. She said with fire in her pale eyes "try that again and you won't be so lucky." Winter and the others over the next couple of days started to cultivate the wasteland to grow more food. Winter saw her father leaving. She asked "where are you going?" He said "I and many others are going to reclaim the wall." She said tears in her eyes "you can't beat them that easily you need training and experience or physical strength to match them you have neither." He said "I know but to protect you I will give my life, you have done so much for me you pay the bills do the cooking I can finally do something for you." Armin is also upset. Winter walked back and sat there.
Winter woke the next morning they announce most of them didn't make it back. Armin cried and Winter hugged him, he cried while she stood there unmoved. Armin shouted at Winter "how can you stay so calm, your father died out there." A tear drips down Winter's face. She collapses to the ground in tears. Armin felt sick to his stomach. Winter choked out words " I have not cried in a long time, I technically was head of the house my mother was never home and my father was unemployed. I fought in underground street fighting competitions in order to make ends meet. Mikasa and Eren walk over, Armin clutches his father's hat. Eren said "I'm applying for the training corps next year." Winter said "me too, I have to will make my mother proud." Armin said "Me too. Mikasa said "I will join to keep you alive."
1 Year later the enlistment begun. A soldier stood up his voice boomed "We will now begin the enlistment ceremony of the 104th Training Corps! It is unfortunate for you that I, Keith Shardis has been assigned to instruct you all!I have no intention to welcome you! Your current existence is only to be cattle for the titans! You are no more than that! We will beat the way of killing titan into you useless degenerates and make something of you over the next 3 years." Winter started to get zone out his loud commanding voice.
After his speech she refocused on the ceremony. He moved over to Armin first "Who the hell are you?" Armin said "Armin Arlert from Shiganshina District sir." Keith Shardis roared "that is a ridiculous name! Did your father name you that." Armin replied "my grandfather did sir." He put his face closer "what are you here to do?!" Armin replied "to contribute to Mankind's victory, sir". How very commendable of you! Third line face backwards we will use to bait out the titans! He passed by Winter barely batting an eye. She watches him severely test other kids. He had one boy in his hands when he heard chewing. Winter looked at the kid and thought that kid is going to have it rough. He said strangely calm "hey, you. What are you doing?" He roared in her face "You, I'm talking to you?! Who the hell are you!" Winter listened as she explained why she was eating a potato. They were all standing there Winter watched her run for 5 hours straight, some of the others came out. One of them said "the potato girl is still running. It's been 5 hours" Winter said "that girl has some impressive stamina she would make a good soldier."
Winter sits at the table, hearing stories. Many of them crowd around Eren, asking him questions. Winter walks out the back. She watches Sasha Blouse crawling before collapsing on the ground. Christa Lenz carried out some food for her. She sees Sasha blouse snatch the food from her hands, her eyes glowing red. Winter walks back in deep in thought. The next morning all recruits are taken out to a practice field. Winter opens her bag, there is broken 3 dimensional gear inside. Keith Shardis said "First off is an aptitude test if you fail this you shouldn't even be here! If you can't use one of these you are not even a worthy decoy." Winter steps up and she get on and thought it is easy she shakes." Keith Shardis said "why are you trembling girl?! You are not falling." Winter said "I am worried I will snap the structure. I'll be fine you should go over there Eren seems to be upside down." After the session Winter joined Mikasa and Armin helping Eren. Winter looked at him and said "focus on your balance nothing else matters, just your balance if you can balance you weight you shouldn't move too much." He still falls over. Winter said "keep trying I will see if you succeed tommorow." I am going to bed. The next morning was Eren's final chance she watched as he did pretty well she watched closely. She saw him fall over, she also noticed however that the belt was not up to standard. Keith Shardis noticed and said "Wagner, give him your belt." Wagner said "yes sir." While the test was going Keith Shardis said "the fixtures on your belt were faulty, I have never heard of this before we will need to ensure all gear is in working order before use from now on.!"
When night feel Winter roused the instructor he looked at her angry "what do you want?" Winter opened her bag showing him a broken 3 dimensional maneuver gear. He looked at her "what do you want from me?" She gave him a piece of paper and the gear she asked "can you please get someone to fix this gear and make these modifications. He roared "why would I do that?" She said "I can't use standard 3 dimensional maneuver gear, this one was given to by my mother and it couldn't keep up with my movements so I need these modifications for it no to break under high speeds." He said "Fine I need good trainees, I will do this just this once but not again you understand!" Winter nodded "yes sir." She went back to the bed with everyone else.
2 years later, they were in the middle of the training exercise. Keith Shardis was assessing everyone his assessment of Winter was (confident and skilled in many areas, she doesn't like using her weapons much, preferring bare handed combat. Where the bare combat started Winter was beating opponents left and right. Winter saw Eren with a big man both lying there with a girl running away. Winter walked over hey girl, you want to spar. She said "my name is Annie." Winter said "well Annie spar with me I have been beating everyone, may I actually get a decent challenge from you." Annie said "I usually wouldn't do this but since your confident." Annie rushed with knife in her hand she performed a leg sweep, Winter jumped flipped and grabbed the knife out of her hand as she was flipping before Annie even knew what happened. Annie turned around only to see Winter holding the knife. Annie asked "how did you do that?" Winter said "I taught myself tactics to anticipate different odes in physical combat after all I fought in illegal street fights with adults in the sewers. I was only 10 then. Anyway it's my turn you ready. Annie got ready and nodded. Winter bolted moving so fast Annie couldn't react in time. A small cut dripping blood was on the side of Annie's face. Winter said "you are good at this but I am faster and stronger, as well as having more actual combat experience in actual fights. If I lost I would have been at the mercy of my opponents if you lose they can choose to let you live or kill you, that's the rule of the street fights I took part in."
Annie put out her hand. Winter shook it. Annie said "I'm impressed, very few people have impressed me in my life."
When the graduation ceremony started. Another man announced the options. Winter new she would pick the Survey Corps and didn't' listen in. She did get in the top 10. When they start discussing what they are gonna pick. Winter said "I'm joining the Survey Corps my mother is out there fighting and so will I." Eren said "my goal is to defeat the titans." Winter said "good to have you and Mikasa out there fighting alongside us." Jeans asks "why would she go?" Winter said "she has to keep the last member of her family safe and that is Eren." One of the other recruits said "you can't win against titans, they are too strong. They wiped out 20% of the population. Winter said "We will go extinct if we don't fight, maybe before it would have made legitimate sense to stay inside the walls where it was safe. However the walls are no longer safe we lost 1 what is to stop us from losing the other 2, beside I am sick of being a sheep for the bear to eat, now I will be the ferocious wolf who hunts the bear." Eren then said his piece as well causing many doubt themselves.
Winter along with Eren, Mikasa and Armin watch the strongest members of the Survey Corps leave with everyone cheering. Winter said "It is a very different reception than 5 years ago." A few people say "nothing bad has happened for 5 years, the Colossus Titan may attack again." Winter said "don't talk about him or it may happen." When Winter, Eren, Mikasa and Armin arrive many of those who trained with them were there. They start discussing things Sasha Blouse even nabbed some meat from the officer's food stores. The were all enjoying the company, Winter smiles. Eren turns around for a moment then lightning strikes and the Colossus Titan appears behind him. I smashed a whole in the gate and all of them got knocked off some way down the wall. They latched onto to different parts of the wall with their 3-D maneuver gears. Eren darted up to attack the Colossus Titan and it disappeared Mikasa and Winter were the first down to the town. Mikasa asked "why is you gear different from ours?" Winter said "it was modified because I can run really fast and it needs more strength it also uses more fuel." A soldier arrive and said "A strategy against the Colossus Titan has already commenced."
Winter and Mikasa head back to HQ. Mikasa and Winter run in to see Armin panicking. They get their gear loaded up. Winter said "We will not lose this fight Armin. You're smart we are going to need you sharp mind to get us through this."
They assemble for their orders only to find the vanguard squad had already lost. Winter was not surprised many of them were not ready for such a fight. After that she started to get herself ready making she her gear was tight. Eren said to Mikasa "we're in different squads". Winter said "I'm going to fight them at the front." Winter Armin Eren and a few other start talking about how many titans they could kill. It ends up being declared a competition between them. They receive an order to back up the vanguard only to find the vanguard obliterated. Eren tells them "stop it's an abnormal." The abnormal titan poked it's head out having Thomas in it's mouth its swallowed him whole. Eren rushed of after it in a rage. However a titan bit one of his legs causing him to slam across the roof of the building Armin went after him. Nac and Mina, 2 of the others members of the squad also followed Winter was running along the rooftops. She saw Mina get knocked down and she dashed in the direction of Mina she ran rally fast it tried to bite down on Mina but Winter was holding it's mouth open. She pulled the entire top of it's head off, she then smashed it's hand getting Mina out, She jumped at it punching through it's neck killing it. Mina shocked asked "how did you do that." Winter said "I can deliver the equal force of a 30 metre Titan when I swing a punch easily killing Titans. It's why I prioritize hand to hand combat, swords snap when I swing them." She then sees Armin crying she jumps over to him with Mina following her. She asks Armin "what happened?" She then realised "Eren." Several of others turned up, Jean sat there, the retreat signal was rung but all of them had such little fuel left. Connie shouted at Jean "We are all dead if lose mobility." Jean said "you used you brain for once, but what can we do with all these young fighters." Winter shouted "We can do this." Mikasa arrived and asked "what happened." Winter said "many of the 34th corps are dead Eren included, I saw Mina not realizing Eren and Armin were this far up, I'm sorry Mikasa." Winter said ":Mikasa I will go with you even if it's the 2 of us". Mikasa called them all "cowards and weaklings". This riled many up and they roared after her.
Winter followed next to Jean, Connie asked "how does he move that fast, it;'s amazing?" Armin said concerned "she is using her gas supply too quickly." Mikasa runs out of gas and slams into a building. Connie and Armin go after her. Jean is about to go. Winter said you have to lead them I will follow along. Jean said "I heard you kill titans with bare hands you should lead." Winter said "Strength doesn't make leaders, the ability to cause others to follow you does, you have that people will only follow me out of fear." Jean said "fine." They arrive to see a man being eaten by a titan. Winter said "Give em an order." Jean stood there paralyzed. Winter jumps down and kills 3 titans rescuing the man. Jean notices a gap and orders them to move. Winter follows them easily catching up and keeping pace with Jean. Jean and Winter dashed into the HQ with several others. Jeans pulls out one of the resupply squad and attacks him. Winter said "stop we need them even if they left us out there to die." 3 titans poke there head in the wall. Winter said "I will fight them here everyone run." Jean looked like he was going to give up. A giant fist suddenly punched the 2 titans away. Winter said "I'm glad to see a titanshifter is here, still I didn't think there were any others out here on the battlefield." Mikasa and Armin jumped in and asked shocked "you not what that is?"
After they entered the basement, Winter said "a titanshifter is a person who can turn into a titan." Armin asked "How do you know this?" Winter said "because I'm one as well." Many of them in the building said "you can become a titan, will you eat us." Winter said "I won't hurt anyone in here in my human or titan form. Titanshifters only are like that when new to it, whether they are using a large class size or one of there first few transformations." Winter said "we need to clear out the the basement." All the guns were brought out. Jean asks "what are guns going to do against titans." Armin said "I have a plan if only 7 3-4 metre class titans are in there. We can blind them all then have our most experienced fighters jump from the rafters and kill the them from behind." The seven most experienced warriors step forward. Armin said "I'm sorry for burdening you with this task." Winter said "don't worry someone has to do it, we are the best we should be the ones." Winter waits patiently for her chance to strike. She react to the gunfire and tears the titan,s throat out with her hand. Connie and Sasha fail to kill their targets Mikasa and Winter finish both targets off. While may of them retreat, Winter got on the roof with Mikasa, Armin, Annie, Jean + a few others. A few Titan were eating the titanshifter, Winter said "we need to save him, he could help us in the future." Armin saw something he said "that abnormal was the one that ate Thomas." The titanshifter attacked the abnormal killing it with it's teeth then collapsed. Winter said "We need to get the titanshifter out of their human body is located at the neck." The titan body started to dissolve, the body of a person came out. When Winter arrived they found it was Eren. Winter said "well I didn't think he was one." We need to get him to the roof." Winter said "We need to keep this secret as long as possible we will not tell anyone, unless they force you." They all nod, Mikasa crying holding Eren and Armin sitting beside her.
Chapter 1 End