A/N: Hi there, here I come with another story. This one will be in chapters, though I'm not sure yet how many it will contain. I want to thank in advance everyone who decides to read this story. I hope you like it.

Also, if the characters are too OOC, gomenasai.

Of course, I would like to hear your opinion, just don't be impolite. Favorites and reviews are always welcomed.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except this story. All rights belong to Hajime Isayama.

Enjoy the story!

Chapter 1: On a Winter Day

It was a cold snowy day, but for the Survey Corps it was as any other day. There was no slacking off for them. Exactly on this day they had a mission outside the walls.

Tucked under layers upon layers of warm clothes and coats, members of the Survey Corps marched forward through the forest covered by a white cloth, burying all the greenery.

Hanji buzzed by one of her comrades, speeding up and disappearing from sight, going up ahead at the same pace. She loved the wind in her hair and the cold breeze on her face. The scenery was blissful yet unsettling.

Hanji searched the area for any sign of titans. Excitement ran through her whole being, she felt her blood rushing. Even though nobody could hear her because they were far away, Hanji spoke to herself as a cloud of freezing breath appeared from her mouth: "Ah, it would be really cool if we stumbled upon an abnormal! Wow, imagine all the experiments I could run on him! Uuu-huuu!" She kept speeding up ahead while excitement took over her completely.

A couple of miles upfront she recognized Levi's horse and his hunched figure as he rode hastily looking straight ahead. She decided to slow down a bit, realizing that she went a little too far.

Hanji went in gallop with her horse, now following swiftly Levi's horse. She took a brief moment to appreciate her surroundings. She was fond of winter weather. She cast a glance towards a certain grumpy man in front of her, suddenly feeling lump forming in her throat. It was stupid, but all she wanted is to talk to him.

Hanji opened her mouth and called out to him with a playful voice: "Hey Levi, isn't this weather just perfect for a mission?"

Levi flinched on the sound of her voice just for a brief second, but composed his stance very quickly. He looked over his shoulder with emotionless eyes, indulging her with an answer: "Tch… what is perfect about this shitty looking weather? There's nothing positive about this… it's only slowing us down."

Hanji fell into one of her laughing daze states, not able to stop. These observations of his always cracked her up. Everything was much more enjoyable when he was around.

Levi ignored her for the most of the part.

Out of the blue, an abnormal appeared on their twelve o'clock. Until this moment Hanji was in her blissful state, but as soon as she noticed an abnormal, she restored her determination.

Without taking another second to contemplate her next move, Hanji pulled out a red flare and fired it up in the air. Upon doing so, she rushed toward the titan.

Now was her chance to catch herself a toy she'll play with later on. Not wanting to miss this opportunity she refused to wait for anyone.

Levi caught a glimpse of someone's flare going off and not long after that, he saw Hanji's horse going off the course. He cursed under his breath, stopping his horse abruptly.

He turned in the same direction he saw Hanji set off to and rushed after them. Someone had to stop her from getting herself killed.

Hanji managed to catch up to the titan. At the moment, she was sitting upright on her horse, while the titan was peering down at her with gaping mouth and eyes wide open. It was a game of a cat and a mouse, both of them waiting for the other's first move.

Hanji cooed to him like you'd do with a child: "Hey there, big guy… wow you have very nice coral-colored eyes! Can we be friends? My names Hanji. Do you have a name?" As a response the titan produced a loud roar. Hanji draw back a little bit. She chuckled nervously, but didn't give up just yet.

She said with her rasping voice: "Uuh, calm down big boy, nobody's going to hurt you! It's Ok… Albert… can I call you that?"

All she got from the titan was another roar as he moved fast toward her, mouth first. Hanji's horse got scared and she fell to the ground, while her horse ran away.

At that moment, all Hanji could hear was horse steps. Before, she could do anything, she heard a wire being shot and the next moment the titan was falling to the ground with a loud thud.

Hanji watched stunned as Levi landed on top of the titan's head, whilst the titan's body began to vaporize. Hanji's eyes widened, disbelief on her face was evident.

Her hands dashed toward her head as a painful shriek came out of her mouth. She dropped down, still in a daze.

Levi didn't look alarmed at all. He jumped off of the titan and moved in her direction.

Only when he was right in front of her, he stopped. His furious grey eyes looking down on her. He spit out with disgust: "For heaven's fuck… this is the second time that I'm saving your sorry ass! Don't hope for third time, shitty glasses! I'll consider this as one of your crazy episodes, but next time I won't be here for you!"

Sternness of his voice woke Hanji up from her slumber of grief, she could tell by his posture, as well as in his voice that he was serious.

Hanji stood up, shaking off the remaining snow that got stuck on her uniform. She was able to bring up her earnest expression. She forced herself to look at him, even though she was afraid of what she'll see in his eyes.

At last, she awarded him with one of her sheepish smiles: "Heh… you've got that right! I was a little bit too excited when I saw a titan, like I haven't seen one before… stupid right?" she scratched the back of her neck clumsily.

Levi dismissed her blabbering to a mild brain concussion, proceeding with more significant matter at hand: "Whatever… we have more pressing matter at our hands. Perhaps, how shall we get back to the others? Both of our horses ran away. Our squads are going fast, so we should hurry before it's too late…"

Hanji raised up her index finger indicating that she has an idea: "Uh, I know! Let me try to get their attention by firing a flare!" she pulled out another flare, raising her hand high up she tugged on the trigger.

However, nothing happened. Hanji was confused, but tried again believing that she didn't do it right the first time. Still, her attempts were futile.

A/N: That's it for now, but stay tuned for more! I'll try to update frequently as much as I can. See you soon!