Disclaimer: I do not own Attack On Titan (Shingeki No Kyojin) , or any other characters, I only own my OC- Ada and any plot changes I may make to the story.

Ada stared at the clouds, laying quite comfortably in the small yard in front of her house. "Good morning Ada!" Her neighbor waved, giving a cheerful smile. Ada nodded and gave a small wave to the lady next door, notorious for her daily gossiping.

She sighed, more to herself than anything, feeling more bored than ever, still she was just a child, but could find nothing entertaining.

"Did you hear the news?" She heard her neighbor start to chat lively to a passerbyer. This could be interesting, Ada sat up feeling somewhat alert to the newly made conversation.

Not hearing a reply, the lady continued, "The survey corps returned, they went through the Trost District a few days ago."

"Ah, and how many made it back?" The man asked.

The lady frowned at this, "Not nearly as much as last time, they brought the new recruits with them. Quite a waste, in my opinion."

The man her neighbor was talking to, scoffed before replying, "We are practically feeding the titans. Wasting important resources and what about our tax money!"

The gossipy nodded agreeably, "We have lived in peace for years now, they are fools if you ask me."

Ada didn't know what to make of their harsh words. She let her thoughts go unanswered as she went back inside.

"Grandpa?"

Ada's grandfather smiled down at Ada, stars twinkling in his eyes, "What is it?"

Twirling her brunette hair lightly with her fingertips, Ada thought of the right words to express the feeling of confusion she felt at the moment.

"What are...titans?"

Her grandfathers gaze turned cold, she was only a child, yet the destruction outside the walls was inevitable.

That was the day Ada learned of the monsters that were called Titans.

Ada was only four, yet still such a naive child.

As Ada grew up she learned only what they wanted you to know about titans. They, were mostly Monarchy, and the questionable people that made up the government. She learned this quickly as growing up in the inner walls, she felt isolated from the real world. Fake, was the only thing she could describe it as being.

In school she gained a basic education, she was taught of how the walls surrounding them were meant to protect them. But in Ada's eyes, they were also to keep them cornered, if a wall was destroyed, where would they run to? Being surrounded, trapped, like an animal in a cage, a meal for the titans that, undoubtedly dwelled outside the walls.

There were 3 walls. Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina. Growing up Stohess Disctrict which was located on the East edge of Wall Sina,the innermost wall, practically guaranteed protection, but did it didn't change the desire to venture to the outside world.

Despite many questions still going unanswered, Ada was also taught to not question anything about the walls or anything about the outside world. Yet no matter what she was taught she felt trapped.

Her dream was freedom, to go outside the walls, and see the world. We can't just stay in the wall forever, right? Like a cage, one day, they'll have no where to run too.

But despite Ada's ideas, she stayed in the walls, as she was never brave enough to say anything against it, anyway. Anything about the outside world was banned, a silent "taboo". Because life was inside the walls, not to be found outside them, where it was unsafe.

Ada's grandfather was a force to be messed with however.

Her grandfather continued to tell Ada legends and stories of the world behind the walls. His stories just fed her eagerness to explore the outside world. He told about how the land went on for miles, never ending. He also told of the surreal stories his grandparents told him about the outside world and about a place called the ocean. A never ending sea he described it.

"But what is a sea or ocean?" Ada would ask, confused, when she had never heard such things before. Which wasn't rare, as her grandfather always explained absurd things she struggled to imagine really existed once, if ever.

He would smile down at her, and have this shining gleaming look in his eyes, as he always was when Ada asked him questions. "It's like a huge mass of water" He gave thoughtful look for a moment, "But it's salt water."

Ada's eyes would widened at the mere thought of such a thing. "But how can you know that if you've never seen it?"

And then he just smiled, no words for a second, and gave a thoughtful glance that told as though he had a secret he wasn't sure of sharing. "I don't."

"What do you mean?" Ada blurted out.

"Faith." He chuckled, lightly, "It's not as common as it used to be, but it's just like how I have faith that humanity will strike back."

Ada raised her eyebrows at him, surprised again by his words. LIving in the Stohess District, the town located on the East side of Wall Sina, was a town where no one worried about titans. To some, they were merely just a nightmare. Something that would eventually go away. But for others, all hope was lost.

He laughed at Ada's expression. "Look Ada, you're young, and I am growing older every day." What is he getting with this? Was the mere question in Ada's mind.

"When I'm gone," He said the words lightly, and bluntly, "I want you to see the ocean for me, Okay?"

Ada nodded to her grandfather's odd and sudden request, she couldn't say no, of course, what else could she do? Her grandpa's smile was more than empowering but inspiring, when she replied, "I'll prove it exists, faith."

Ada's dreams of freedom consisted of lots of things, but her wish suddenly came to see the ocean. And that was what she planned on doing.

Ada was a child, and she knew nothing of death. That was one of her last conversations with her grandfather, before he passed away.

The point is, Ada Sommer was a naive child, and despite wanting to venture the outside world, she was raised to believe that the walls would never fail humanity, just as 100 years before them.

But all happy endings would have to come to an end, as reality was a fragile thing, and one day, they would.

[Author's Note]

Okay, So here is a short little prologue to my new fanfic ^.^ Shingeki No Kyojin! I absolutely fell in love with the show...I watched it on netflix ." I'm in the middle of reading the manga as well, I'm not quite sure if I'll continue this. Heh. I just wanted to get this typed up and published.

I decided to name my OC Ada Sommer, which is of German nationality. 'Ada' means: "Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble." and 'Sommer' just means Summer.

Please review/follow/favorite if you would like me to continue~! :3

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