Note: this fanfic contains spoilers from both manga and anime. This fanfic is based on my headcanons and parts from the official story. People who read the manga would probably know which moments are headcanons and which are real. Have fun reading!
Eren sighed while looking at the giant old looking castle. He looked forward, holding the box closer to his chest. He looked to his left, Levi had his normal blank expression on but he could clearly tell he was nervous just like him.
It's been nearly a year since they have been in this HQ, with the rest of Levi's squad. Eren closed his eyes. They are not wanted anymore, they can continue in their regular jobs. It has been a stressful year for him with all the trouble that has been going on.
He opened his eyes. Sasha, Mikasa, Jean, Connie, Armin. They're all here. Historia came back to Wall Sina and became the queen, they'll surely miss her, they promised they'll meet again.
They all grabbed boxes from the carts and walked inside. Eren exhaled slowly and stepped forward towards the giant wooden semi opened doors. He walked inside, everyone were in a hurry to bring all the boxes towards the rooms, since according to Levi it's supposed to rain pretty heavily soon.
He looked down at the word that was written on the box with large black letters. "Tomatoes" Eren hurried towards the kitchen, almost bumping into Connie on his way. Since everything's back to normal, it also means training sessions are continuing. And now that they don't have to hide in some dusty old house anymore, they could finally come back to Levi's old squad HQ.
After they all finished setting the boxes, they grabbed the boxes with their personal belongings and walked towards their dorms. Eren, Jean, Armin and Connie went to the boys dorm, chatting and helping each other with the boxes, while Mikasa and Sasha walked towards the girls dorm.
None of them had much personal belongings, so they finished pretty quickly. By the time they were done cleaning the HQ and unboxing everything, it was a little bit after dawn. Eren stretched his arms and followed Jean downstairs, everyone else were already there.
After they all ate dinner, they sat down around the huge table, waiting for Levi to talk about tomorrow's plans.
"As you all know, training sessions are back to normal now. Meaning, tomorrow at 6am I want all of you in the front yard" everyone slowly nodded. "Since I don't want any of you to have lack of sleep, go to sleep now" he said looking at the giant clock.
Everyone nodded and stood up. "Goodnight" they told him, he just nodded back. They all walked towards the bathrooms and then into their rooms.
Eren climbed up on the bed and covered himself in the blanket. He turned to his right and sighed. He slowly closed his eyes, but quickly opened them. Annie. Where is she right now? Did she come out yet?
He rolled back to his left and laid on his back. He was so busy with the recent events he totally forgot about her. How long was it? Is she even alive? These questions couldn't stop running in his head.
He sighed and covered his face in his eyes. It was still hard for him to accept the fact that she's the Female Titan. No, he knew she wasn't a bad person. That's why it was so hard for him to accept it.
Eren slowly drifted to sleep, inhaling and exhaling slowly. 'Tomorrow our training starts, I can't lose sleep now' he thought to himself, slowly falling to sleep.
"Eren! Wake up" Eren slowly opened his eyes. "Huh?... Armin?..." he said sitting up. Armin sat on the side of his bed, fully dressed. "Took you a while to wake up, it's almost 6am, so you better get ready" he said standing up. "Ah, right, sorry for making you waste your time on waking me up" Eren smiled at him and stepped out of the bed. Armin shook his head. "It's nothing, now hurry up" he said, and Eren nodded at him.
Armin walked outside the room and downstairs. Eren yawned and then quickly changed, walking downstairs as well.
He catched up to Armin and walked with him outside. The air outside was chill, and the early morning sun was already shining above them. Mikasa, Sasha, Jean and Connie where all there. "Good morning" Sasha said, being the first one who noticed the two. They all greeted each other.
They all chatted until they heard footsteps behind them. They turned around and saw Levi closing the giant doors behind him. "Okay, as a warm up I want you all to run-" he got rudely interrupted by the sound of a horse neigh. Everyone turned around, two Survey Corps soldiers appeared riding their horses, their faces wore worried expressions, something wasn't right.
"Captain Levi!" one of them yelled. Levi stepped forward. "What's wrong? Why did you go all the way here?" He asked them. The other one quickly exhaled and started talking. "The Female Titan, she escaped!"