Chapter 1: Memories of a Lost Lifetime

Man eating creatures, some the size of the Eiffel Tower, roaming the grassy planes in search of one thing.

Humans.

They weren't the creatures' food source. They ate them just because they could. Just to kill. Levi had his leg caught in one's vice grip, being dragged closer and closer to its gaping maw. He squirmed and stabbed at its hand, trying in vain to escape an inevitable demise.

"No...no...no!" His eyes shot open, his breathes escaping in shallow pants as he glanced at his surroundings. Four toupee walls around him in a large room, his plush mattress beneath him covered with black silk sheets, his laptop and cell phone on the bedside table next to an antique lamp, and a tv and entertainment center across the room.

The raven sat up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he glanced at the time on his phone.

7:45 a.m.

He sighed and climbed out of bed, groggy and exhausted from his horrid night terrors. This had been the eighth night in a row.

Standing in the shower, he tried to remember how the dream ended. He could remember strange weaponry, the extremely large creatures, and a brunette boy. The boy was about 15 or so, and taller than him for some reason...what was his name?

A knock on the bathroom door had startled him out of his thoughts, making him turn off the water. "Yes?"

"Its just Hange…" He sighed, stepping out and wrapping a towel around his hips. He cracked the door slightly, glaring at his business partner. "You know you scare the hell out of me when you just let yourself in like that right?"

She gave a cackle and adjusted her glasses. "I know, but this is kinda important." Levi quirked a brow at her before he sighed. "Let me get dressed, then we'll talk."

She nodded and walked over to the bed, sitting down to wait. He dried himself off and slipped into his boxers and slacks, still buttoning his shirt as he stepped out of the bathroom.

"Now what was so important that you had to come so early?" The dark brunette fidgeted before clearing her throat, scratching the back of her neck. Whatever it was, she was nervous about it.

"Have you...had any strange dreams lately?" The question caught him a little off-guard, but he nodded reluctantly.

"Yeah. You too?" She nodded, twiddling her thumbs as she did when her nerves got to her. "About these weird creatures that...eat people...and I don't know why." It was definitely bothering her. Anything she didn't know about bothered the shit out of her. But the raven couldn't feel more relieved. At least he wasn't alone in this.

"Same. What if its one of those past life memory things or something? Like that crazy old bitch was talking about last week?" A woman came in crying about how she had a dream that her son Moses had been eaten by a large naked person and all that was returned to her was his arm. She then started saying something about it being memories of one of her past lives. They called security to escort her home.

What if what he and Hange were dreaming about was the same thing? "Let's just forget about it for the moment. We have to meet Erwin downstairs in 20 minutes." He glanced down at his watch and sighed, walking to his vanity to get his neck tie.

She nodded and got up from the bed, fixing her ponytail in the mirror. "You know, Erwin has a fun thing to do for your birthday tonight." He rose a brow. "Oh? What exactly does he plan on doing?"

"He wants to take you to the new gentlemen's club in the center of town. It's supposed to be for all "preferences" I guess."

He stayed quiet for a moment before shrugging his shoulders. "...not bad."

He stepped away from the vanity and grabbed his over coat. "Let's go. We need to get coffee before work." Hange gave a smile and nodded, following close.

"I hope we aren't swamped today with paperwork. Last week's was horrible." He gave a nod in agreement. "With what little goes on in Paris, I'm surprised we work at a law firm at all."

She laughed heartily and patted his back. "I'm surprised we even have lawschool! Barely anything ever happens here." Her cackling continued all through the apartment lobby and out the front door, Erwin awaiting beside his Bugatti Royal for his business partners.

"I hope you know that you're paying for coffee this time Hange. I offered up last time." His chuckle, deep but friendly, echoing around.

She sighed. "And what do you expect me to pay with? My arm and leg?" As the two went back and forth with cost payment puns, Levi tried once again to recall the boy's name from his dream. He could only recall his beautiful eyes. Shining like emeralds. He could also remember those plush petal pink lips, his angelic voice, almost every amazing detail about him.

But not his name.