A/N Hey everyone! So this isn't my first story I have tried to make, it's actually my 3rd proper story I have tried within the course of 5 years (never online though)), phew, too long :3 Anyway I am happy to announce the starting point of 'Inside Looking Out' which, yes, is a Levi x Reader but it's much bigger than a romance between the two, other than Levi, as your about to read, your first relationship is actually with an OC but after that only Levi, no panics x3 Alright, I hope all you Attack On Titan fans, or Levi fans ;3, enjoy their time reading as much as I will love making this :) Just some reader inserts (not all of these may be used in this chapter, or may add some later on too if needed):
(y/n)= Your name
(l/n)= Last name
(m/n)= Mother name
(f/n)= Father name
(h/l)= Hair length
(h/c)= Hair colour
(e/c)= Eye colour
(f/c)= Favourite colour
And so on...
And of course, I do not own attack on titan or any characters other than my own OC's.
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1st Person
(Y/N) Pov
Free... Life's far from free... The happiest moments of a childhood that could so easily be erased... I was one of the lucky ones... With titans and possible rebels at each corner of my eye, it was hard to find my place in the massacre. Though me and my family were not the ones fully impacted.
I'm one of the outsiders who was born behind the walls Maria, Rose and Sina. The three walls that held humanity all inside for safety away from the titans, if I was born from beyond, how would I know them you ask? Well... Our base is one for born outsiders and three survivors of the Maria attack, from what they told me, a colossal titan broke the entrance to their district and gave the titans free roam while humanity shipped those in the district to safety. That's the only time I knew of the walls, I honestly didn't know there were masses of survivors until that day.
I somewhat feel sorrow for those at the walls, not just because they have to worry about titans, even with the mountains of safety in front of them, blindly, but also because they are like caged birds, unable to escape, unable to spread their wings, unable to live the life they were destined to thrive in. The outdoors is a magical place, I do wish they could join us, for safety, for company, even though our population of 5,000 is more than enough for the working eyes.
The place we call home you ask? Well, were closed into one of the deepest forests imaginable, of course not just filled with trees, surprisingly, with all the mass killings and hunting titans, many wild lives such as deer, rabbits, horses, of course, foxes, wolves, pigs, even cows, many species of birds. It's great how the forest is yet so dense yet so full of life like there was no such thing as danger.
Our land consists of plenty of cross roads leading to multiple villages that can home up to 700, were also close to a mountain side, not too high, though high enough for perfect scouting vision, other than that, farms, livestock, stables, training grounds, minature schools, hot water, which is connected to a water source within the mountain side that surprisingly gives off heated water and cold into separate sides of the main village, the eye of all our grounds, also where I happily live with my father, (f/n) (l/n). He's truly one of the strongest men I have ever met, better than any boy of my day and age, sadly though, my mother died to natural death, thankfully not by titans, you could imagine the heartbreak for those who had though...
Well... Next is me, (y/n) (l/n), I'm 20 years old, not the kindest of females and quite skilled in combat, my personality isn't much to compare. I am the leader of my village's greatest and dangerous regiment, the Unilluminated Anchors Regiment, even containing several squads, of course I have my own, you'd think we copied their so called regiments but we will always live up to the names. The Unilluminated Anchors are one of three different regiments that are chosen from young warriors who train to help us fend off the titans for our own survival. Other than the Unilluminated Anchors Regiment, we have, Defer Safeguard Regiment and the Revelation Fleet Regiment.
Defer Safeguard protect and secure the villages we have connected hidden away in the deepest forest for only few titans to be mobile enough to even fit through the mass and hugely flourished of trees. They are the main protectors as the other regiments are for more exploited and distant missions.
Revelation Fleet are the ones who adventure out in exploration to find weapons, materials, new horses and expand our whereabouts. We don't always tend to expand borders like some, biggest and more wide areas, more likely death and loss in population in my eyes, I've seen it happen sadly...
Then there's my regiment, the Unilluminated Anchors. We help to fend off the titans and push their numbers in more closed spaces and further locations to where they exit the forest and venture into the fields. Sometimes we are lucky enough to fend them away for days on end, some days, unlucky than others, tend to last a day into our duties.
We don't really follow any leaders other than the squad leaders from the three regiments and my father, who happens to be the complete founder of the village, gotta say I'm proud of him. My father was the one person I held onto during the massacre, he taught me how to be strong, how to fight the titans, how to beat the system, how to socialize, he was my star role for who I am today... Alongside my journeys were my four friends, Lachlan Taylor, Guryon Ares, Joshua Kirstein and Jessica Mishtin.
Lachlan was the friend who knew me the longest, he practically knew me while in his mother's womb, our mothers were great friends and always stood by one another in the hardest of times and taught us to protect each other, no matter what as we could only just one another in this entire world. I could remember our best moments like no tomorrow. Lachlan was all I needed throughout my life...
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Lachlan and (y/n)'s memories
3rd Person
1 Year Old
"Aww! (m/n) she's so adorable...!" An adult women screeched in front of the baby girl named (y/n), petting at the miniature locks of (h/c) hair, giving a soft ruffle playfully making the child coo at her.
"Now come on Kira... Don't over excite her! Ha-ha!" (m/n) replied to the close obsession of her daughter, holding the youngster close as her friend Kira scooted her son closer to the girl in (m/n)'s lap. The second youngster blankly stared at her and tilted his head which the baby girl copied cutely making the boy smile, giggling with (y/n) playfully.
"They love each other already (m/n)! Best friends for life at that in my eyes, it's for the best... In a world like this..." Kira took a deep breath after her sentence and watched as her best friend placed down her daughter to which she struggled to stand at first at the slightly taller boy as they innocently linked hands together as they stared into each others eyes, knowing straight away they were both each others priority and future pals.
(y/n) gently patted at the boys cheek, smiling in ore. "Well... Go on Lachlan, say hello~" Kira cooed at her son as he gave an emotionless blank towards his mother and cheekily blushed against the girl's hand, pressuring against the hold as he gave a small smile.
"E-Ello... (y-y/n)" Lachlan slowly struggled as their day and age didn't give much of a hold on speech just yet but (y/n) heartedly appreciated the attempt.
"H-Hewo... L-Lach.." (y/n) too struggled with her speech but both giggled like silly teenagers, knowing their friendship and lives await.
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3 Years Old
"Heeeey! Lawklan!" (y/n) shouted among the groups of children and parents outside by the small meadow by an even small school at the center village, trying to grab the attention of a certain black haired youngster. Lachlan swiftly turned at the sound of the memorizing voice he grew to know for the last 2 years. A surprising short smile had struck his face, he was mostly the most unemotional child anyone knew.
"Hey, (y/n)" He quickly waved back as Kira took note of the scene and smiled to back away as her face was very emotional to the brink of breaking, saved by (y/n)'s cry to her son. The poor girl didn't know it yet but her poor mother had fought a terrible disease that slowly killed her overnight to which the youngster thought she was just sleeping in late until her father rushed her out the house for school. Moments later Kira had came to discover her best friend was dead confirmed by her husband.
"L-Lachlan... I-I... Please just bring (y/n) over here... I'm here to also... Tell her something" Kira tried hard to slow down her erratic breathing to a calmer state, finding it too hard to break out into a small cry which Lachlan took note of, him being a smart boy and all, he knew something personal must of came upon her. Lachlan exclaimed for his best friend to rush over quickly as him and his mother walked over to a more quieter part of the area by a row of fences that held in a small pen of pigs in a flurry of swaying flowers of all breeds and colours.
(y/n) couldn't put her finger on the situation but knew it would be a matter of time till her own face would swell into a depression as Kira crouched down before her and held a loose grip on her cheek to tilt her head faintly, explaining how hard this was for her to explain and how sorry she was over and over which caused the young girl to shake.
"K-Kira..? W-What's wong..?" Her slurred speech made Kira's head rise as a waterfall of tears was all but plastered onto her face. Begging for forgiveness in her eyes and a sense of sanctuary.
"H-Honey... S-She's gone... Y-Your mother... S-She's dead...!" T the last statement, Kira herself broke down into a dark aura of sadness and cradled her own head into her hands as she cried out towards the ground of innocent patches of grass, grazing against her leg. At first (y/n) wanted to see this as a prank at her age for a somewhat innocent reaction but she could tell in her tone and her face that this was reality... Without anything to say, the youngster yelled at Kira shouting 'baka' as she cried into her hands and ran off into the forest all by herself in a depression heap.
"(y/n)! Wait!" Lachlan sadly reached out for her but she was too far gone to call out only her cries filling his head with noise and memories of her once perfect smiles, he then realized he was the cause for those most of the time. He had to do something. He left his crying mother without a word to race after (y/n) knowing he was faster than her anyway until he stopped quickly to gain his breathing back, staring at her motionless body, curled up by the small pond where two swans lovingly groomed one another under the suns blast of light. "(y/n)…" He softly cried out to her in distress to make her perspective change towards him.
"L-Lachlan..!?" With a swift turn of her head she gazed upon Lachlan out of breath and looking emotional for the first time in forever of his life. "Y-You heard that too... Wight...? I wasn't just... Imagining it...?" She softly wept out small gasps and small spits of cries as her (e/c) orbs sparkled up at him, happy to see him caring for her.
Sad to admit but the young boy nodded his brow and he slowly made his way over to curl up next to her and held her against him for comfort. "Y-Yea... I-I'm sorry... This is all I can think of..." He shyly announced as his grip around her increased to grab her attention, slowly decreasing her tears and need for weeping, wrapping her tiny arms around his against her stomach.
"It's ok... I enjoy your cuddles, Lawklan..." Lachlan gave a sweet smile to her as she pronounced his name wrong, obviously not her fault, she was upset and not stable to care, though it filled his heart with a weird need. His face came inches closer at every word she spoke until he gave an innocent kiss on her forehead.
"Don't worry... I'll protect you... Were best friends after all, right...?" The word right seemed to echo in the back of her head as she fell asleep in her best friends arms, submitting to the darkness.
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5 Years Old
As the next two years role by, the thought of her mother was enough to still break her at five years, but Lachlan was always there to bring her spirits up but also sad to bring up that Lachlan's mother also died from the same disease they secretly shared, finding her unresponsive one morning, as emotionless as he is, he didn't react as much but inside the rage built.
(y/n)'s father helped Lachlan to give the last of his family a proper burial, trying to move on with life after, to which Lachlan and (y/n) both watched each other and took care of each other as her father adapted Lachlan to stay in the last of their family.
Strangely enough they started to learn more about the mysterious beings known as titans that fought with humanity and still did now. Of course they both already knew about titans but because their numbers increased over the years and got closer to home, it was somewhat necessary to do teaching ASAP for the next generation to become strong like warriors. To Lachlan and (y/n) this gave them something to look forward to as their anger built up inside them about their mothers deaths enough to strike a flame and ease them to a more killing mindset.
They felt more than ready, even at age 5 to train for their destiny and to (y/n)'s father's surprise they began to train and do fitness workouts at home, even playfully competing against one another of 'Who can do the most press ups' for example. For such childish behaviour their minds were more greater than the average man.
(y/n)'s father watched over them thoroughly as flashbacks to his time in killing titans were years beyond them, no one in the village really knew true training, only he secretly knew his tactics to be, even as a human, to be a killing giant slayer. After that day, he was locking himself away from them into his bedroom to force up laws and alliances he would like to present to the village of bloodthirsty teenagers, men and women of all kind that were believed to be very skilled in such combat.
In secret a few months later he discussed his ways of building up (y/n) and Lachlan's abilities to the max of rough and very dangerous training. Clumsily they accepted his request, obviously power hungry and shortly realized these short and damaging sessions of hand to hand combat, building up power in restraints and intelligence were required with determination, bloodthirst and a mindset to which you were emotionless and were like a focusing killer machine. Of course these sessions were not as harsh as they sounded straight away at their young age but playful training straightened them well for the time being, even hand to hand combat with knives was allowed at their age.
This is where law and order began to stable in the villages as her father highly spoke his thoughts to all those around them and gave the people a hope to which they all agreed to try these alliances and laws to build a balanced life. Thus the regiments were born with only few volunteers for training, of course (y/n)'s father trained them first to become the first true trainers for upcoming generations.
However, to him, Lachlan and (y/n) were special cases as they had already became somewhat hollow vessels that only focused on training and becoming overpowering together and not against each other for dominance, their hearts were still connected by the small promises they made years ago.
"This is our destiny... To kill and survive, it's kill or be killed..."
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10 Years Old
You wouldn't believe it when people said that Lachlan and (y/n) were the toughest kids of the town and were seen as their villages strongest, even as children, or could even be seen as humanities strongest. With the help of (y/n)'s father they were properly prepared as young soldiers who were the youngest for try-outs for his favourite regiment, the Unilluminated Anchors. He knew those two together they could stop and push back the titans farther away each duty, in the future, to which it takes days on end for titans to even show their faces to the forest. They were their key to a better life, one that could allow them to live normally. Though mentally scars would always stop them.
"Hey... (y/n)…?" Lachlan and (y/n) were sat on this quite bright and innocent morning with thoughts of one another and the future they would lead, they were at this point in their lives told they were a key to the future, together they would create a future where they didn't have to hide away or be afraid. Lachlan swiftly raised his head as she didn't quite respond to him well with only a mumble. "Hey... Come on I'm being serious..." He exclaimed as he raised her head to view her face, from the tip of her chin. They were now in the mental states of understanding most emotions and thoughts like a man and woman.
With a soft shift to remove his hand she gave a sigh. "Yea, yea, go on..." The deep shade of (e/c) orbs filled Lachlan with so many confusing emotions over the last few years until at this moment he understood, though he found it slightly childish, of course you would if your mind and body were like a man, you would be mentally joking at yourself. He knew though... This feeling... As his expression intensified towards (y/n) she gave a shaken mumble, thinking it were bad news... Well something bad anyway. She saw that look before plenty of times he randomly stared at her. "W-Well...? S-Spit it ou- Mmgh!" The gentle touch of soft lips overtook her mind and left her mind closed only caring for the physical contact in front of her.
To Lachlans's surprise the pressure of even softer and more gentle lips forced themselves onto his, enveloping them into an innocent war with their mouths, slowly parting to give short breaths of intense exhaustion. "(y/n)…" He softly whispered into her ear sending a soft shiver at her spin, feeling the same intense sensation he did over the years, tightly closing her eyes to find her emotion. Is this... Love...? Or is it merely the like to physically be close to him like this...? She couldn't think of a solution quick enough to satisfy her, leaving her in an angry mess with only her thoughts to batter her with. "(y/n)…?" His soft voice lured her to slowly open her emotional orbs to see his more hurt expression. "D-Do you hate me...? D-Did I screw up...?" Screw up...? Oh, he probably meant their friendship or something, gosh he over thinks too much she thought.
"N-No I don't hate you... It's just... So suddenly, Lachlan...!" She gave him a playful frown to signify her slight disapproval yet trying to keep her sense of cool, giving him a punch on the arm, making him yelp, only earning her a smile.
"Y-Yea I suppose so... I'm sorry... It's just... I like you... No not just as a friend before you interrupt..." She didn't really try to interrupt per say but quickly quietened him, grabbing him by his cheeks to force him to watch her, caressing to gain a tint of pink.
"I see... I-I think I do too... I'm just so unfamiliar with the feeling though" Lachlan smirked to himself at her statement and lowered her hands to her lap, nuzzling into her face with a soft grasp onto your neck, dragging her face closer. "I suppose... That feeling... Is it... Huh...? Hehe..." She slowly began to drift sleepily into his eyes as sleep slowly began to take over her, resting her forehead at his chest, as he caught her into a soft grasp, bridal style, unresistingly smooching at her forehead to show his affection and a sign to say he would watch over her as he carried her home.
"This is where it begins for us... No matter what though, I'm always here for you..."
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14 Years Old
Lachlan and (y/n) have now been involved with the Unilluminated Anchors for 3 years now and it was tough work to train the others and train themselves against one another without randoms dragging them to train with the famous 'humanity's strongest'. After that final day of being kids at 10 years old lead them into a lasting relationship of innocent kisses, hugs, cuddles and the casual make out, but nothing more, something wasn't right to them. But they soon realized that their friendship was more valuable to them then love from one another, seeing the loss of connection from their mothers was their reasoning really, realizing it was more of a sister and brother relationship that they could properly handle and enjoy the most with the same affection.
Back to the Unilluminated Anchors squad, both Lachlan and (y/n) had their own squads that they lead, also being assigned uniforms the represent the regiments all as one, as (y/n) being the strongest and most leadership to guide them and their families to a better future. Sadly she was still her emotionless self to the scars in her head of her mother and her father's training.
One day her father lead her back home from a series of last moment training about climbing and traveling fast, similar to speed of running on flat ground, which was their peoples specialty, her passed her a small sheet then enveloped over an object that seemed pointy and sharp, yet fragile and bumpy.
"F-Father...? What... Is this may I ask?" She curiously handled the object and carefully unwrapped it to reveal a pendant of two wings that seemed to be black and white, symbolizing some sort of bad and good or yin and yang for example, and it also contained a ring with three small jewels engraved inside. "W-Wow... I-It's beautiful father..." Her (e/c) eyes somewhat caught the reflection of the shine in the jewels, making her own eyes glow at the sight like a perfect match.
"They... Were your mothers..." To her shock, she raised her head and gasped at him in ore of the beauty in front of her. She never saw her wear it when she was just a mere baby though...
"Sadly she hardly kept them on. She hid them away as soon as she had you though." Her father stated as his hand grazed over the rough pendant and carefully lifted it into his hand, dangling it in front of his face, observing. "She said... They were here light and dark, her good and bad days... Then when you came, there was no need for the darkness to consume her, she already had her joy and good days after it." The sweet explanation somewhat brought them both to tears, watching closely as her father unclipped the pendant and clipped it back around her neck gently, not wanting to damage it, then taking the separate ring and gliding it along his daughter's finger.
"I suppose it's a way to say 'let your world be filled with love, though with love comes the dark" Her father smirked at her smart reference and hugged her close to him, gaining a surprise gasp from her followed by a giggle at how mushy her father became with his emotions.
"I'll always be proud of you... Don't forget 'may life bring you sorrow, but, with sorrow, you built higher" Her father's last words that night stabbed through her mind like a piercing shot with an arrow, which brings her back to reality, not everything will be all smiles and rainbows, there are days of death, joy, danger, fear, confusion, frustration, just live through it, you can build mountains with these emotions yet seem faceless. You hide to build and with that, you move on.
"Don't forget..."
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15 Years Old
Instead of doing a damn expedition today, (y/n)'s father forced her to group up with The Revelation Fleet to hunt more animals and collect new horses as our resources were running short. She wasn't that mad from the change of plans, it gave her the opportunity to ride her black stallion Midnight. He was the fastest horse of all of them in their village to which her father specifically chose him as a way to say (y/n) was the strongest warrior and quite the emotionless one too, of course she had feelings however she hardly showed them to her comrades. Midnight was also the best breeder that bred hundreds of well strengthen horses across the colony, the breeding and population of animals at this point on their feet was better than average production.
Also productions of swords were somewhat hard to come by, using materials from the mountain side to forge three kinds of swords that specialize in length, Tech Saber, sharpness, Ominous Tyrant, (y/n)'s favorite, and durability, Razor Curt to which the soldiers would choose that matched their abilities the most. Their military uniforms consisted of a white and black shirt and leggings for men and women, covered by an ominously black hoodie to hide identity and a black ribbon on the waist to tie it all off and a set of combat boots best suiting for running and climbing along the trees and branches. All regiments were trained hard enough to be able to climb and run from tree to tree undetected and so swift to hardly be expected to be grabbed by titans.
Now her she was, trotting her stallion down the set path towards the best hunting area in the region, the most popular meal was deer and rabbit, plus in the occasional hungry pack of furious wolves that dragged away most of the kills out of sight, extra meal for them.
"You seen anything yet Lachlan?" (Y/n)'s loomed through the silence of her squad, separating into a stance to which some were in trees, some were only on foot, then there's (y/n) and Lachlan on their stallion, followed by extra units with horses in case they had to evacuate. Lachlan stirred up to the sound of her voice, over the years his voice became very deep and somewhat seductive to many girls ears, though (y/n) didn't care for it. His hair became an electrifying set of spikes that stood in place like spikes in a trap, grasping for attention. Other than this he wore a mask over his mouth and nose at times to hide his face, being the secretive person he was.
Lachlan quickly scanned his eyes back through the cracks of bark that was never ending only small bursts of light illuminated through the fragments of flourished leaves from trees, no animal yet in his sights. He was quite known for his predator like vision for hunting that lead him into the leader of Revelation Fleet, surprisingly not in (y/n)'s squad though he was brilliant at his job. "W-Wait, I think I saw movement!" Lachlan quickly halted his great stallion to starts thoroughly towards an archway close to the entrance of the forest, noting the sight of the lonesome deer, totally unaware of all the hunters hidden in the trees, prepared to assault on command, to which (y/n) raised their arm to swiftly point down towards the deer.
Time stood slow at that point to where the deer was assaulted at its neck, plundering to the ground until a screech of surprise ruled the silent air. "What the hell…?" (y/n) exclaimed under her breath as she sneaked her horse to the archway and pressed on with Lachlan to find the source of the sound will their squads leaped for the trees, bows at the ready.
As soon as the clearing opened up to them, the sounds of soft whispers and crying filled the silence, exchanging short glances both Lachlan and (y/n), their hoodies were swiftly equipped and walked their horses on the soft grass to not alert any sudden noises, in failure, (y/n)'s horse stumbled along a large branch which it's hooves easily broke it into minuscule sharps of bark onto the soil, alerting two teenagers to scarcely scurry towards the open landscaped pond and halted as soon as she got close enough to wield one of her swords off her ribbon belt to pressure one of the males skin to heed a warning, with the very sharp tip. While this scene erupted below, in the trees another male teenager had taken cover although their men had locked their bows onto him in tight focus, forcing his hands to raise in defeat.
"Don't. Move." Her words were sharper than any steel to pierce through their senses like she had...
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Joshua, Guryon and Jessica were all survivors from the wall Maria attack, who managed to escape and regroup at our forest's entrance, they were practically close to death's door as soon as we found them, we meaning Lachlan, his squad and my squad. This was when I found out about the walls. Inside was 'humanity's strongest' apparently according to Joshua, some man named Levi...? 'I think' well know to those in the walls for his unhuman like fighting abilities. But... We'll see about that if we encounter...
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The day you met Joshua, Jessica and Guryon
3rd Person
Joshua, Guryon and Jessica
Out past the archway of uncorrupted flower stalks and beds, leading into the naturous forest lead three scurrying teenagers that pried against the branches and twigs, scraping against their arms and legs as they began to halt and gain their breath at a safe zone by a petite pond, not clear to the open.
"For fuck sake Joshua! Do you have any idea where were going?!" Screeched the female of the group, shortest and most innocent looking of them all, to which she was thrashing her hands at one males back, who was generously examining the extended array of trees and floristry.
The one known as 'Joshua' pried himself from the agitated female and growled under his breath, clenching his fists. "How the hell should I know, Jess?! Be glad we got 'outta there alive! Stop your pathetic whining!" Joshua's face seemed to curl in a slight heap of depression and turned himself away with an expression of regret. "S-Sorry... Look Jessica, were all exhausted and deserve a moment of peace..."
Jessica slowed her thrashing until her eyes poured themselves loose and streamed a waterfall of salty tears down to her neck, dripping drastically at the flurrying grass below, even throwing herself to the ground in a heap of sadness. "Y-Yea... I-I'm... I'm sorry! I just miss them, ok?! Yet were wondering off without our friends and family...!" Her crying became a burst of soft gasps erupting from her lips. "W-Were just... All alone out here..."
The young boys stared at their companion eerily and both crooked their heads in a small nod as if they agreed with her statement, though it were true, they ran and fled like cowards in their own minds, but what else could you do...? Titans literally just stormed in and took their homes, families, no, their lives merely!
Before this all happened, Joshua had lived his life with his brother, Jean, who was 5 years younger, and lord how her missed him, it was a great life for them both until they got separated, the bots were all full and he couldn't escape until Guryon and Jessica found him in a piled heap of his own home upon him. Guryon and Jessica were practically his best friends of all time, not exactly from birth but grew up in the same district and played the night away until their lungs took them to rest, sleep over after sleep over, their bonds were incredibly un-shatter able.
"...ua, Josh...? Josh!" Joshua's mind flooded back to gain his continence again and turned to his pal Guryon whose face with reddened by the fact they ran for an hour, though also because of Joshua's discontinence, his expression of a way to tell him 'time to grow up'. "Come on... No time to zone out on us..." Guryon was right and Joshua near he just... Needed his time. The soft tone that Guryon presented somewhat calmed Jessica into a stance at which she could be clear of her mind and watched Joshua over.
"I'm sorry guys... Fuck... The only thing we can do is... Wait for some kind of help..." As if all in agreement, they all nodded their heads at one another and lay themselves by a massive sized tree, Guryon climbing upon the larger branches to reach a height of best view to see over head of any titans or enemies, Jessica taking her stance to relax her back, finally, against the bark of wood, finding the texture to massage her back while Joshua stared down at his plain expression in the sweet pond filled with exotic fish surprisingly, not much nature could be seen back at the walls. "It's... Beautiful out here..." He exclaimed outside his mind out loud gaining the attention from his friends.
"It truly is... It's sad that we can never see nature, within the walls, rise so elegantly." Jessica spoke up as she too took notice of the fish in the pond as Guryon sighed up on his branch. At least nothing had come along to kill them just yet... Yet... "Oh my god! Guys look!" Jessica exclaimed back at her companions as she saw from a few metres away that a deer had pranced by their area, lowering their stance by the tree as it nibbled against the swaying grass.
Guryon took notice of the somewhat now dark aura he felt around the deer whistling a warning to his companions to back off closer, in which they agreed, watching over the beautiful organism. "I'm not sure but... Something doesn't feel right" He whispered to them both as they shook their heads not sure what to say or think at the time.
The sudden crack of twigs alerted, not just the deer, but the three teenagers to curse and look at their toes to examine any of the breakable objects under them, not one of them caused the noise surprisingly and as soon as their heads were lifted, the deer was on the ground, wounded by an arrow in its neck. Broken and staring the three teens were about to make a break for it, knowing now they were in a dangerous situation, until...
"Don't. Move." A rather large sword had been held at Joshua's shoulder, between the crook of his head, poking delicately against his skin, forcing him to stiffen and obey, the voice seemed to sound... Young to his surprise, as if close to his age gap, not wanting to believe he had been cornered by a brat. "Good... Now, turn around!" The feminine voice became sharper this time around and quite more threatening to him, quickly turning to gap at the nightmare coloured hoodie upon the features. As he actioned the orders his eyes widened at the mane of (h/c) (h/l) hair and sharp piercing (e/c) eyes that had been revealed from the swift lift of the cover. It was a young female towering over him on a rather black horse, darker than the night at the time. 'Wait... Horse...?' Joshua thought it over for a moment... 'Survey corps use horses, right?' Though the people and female to his surroundings were far off from being survey corps.
"W-We don't mean any trouble! We got lost!" Joshua's voice broke in fear as if only maturing, quite laughterous if the rest of his friends were there. The young girl seemed to have a black expression to anything that were happening as if being... Too serious? He quickly took note of how a bow and arrow was stretched and prepared to Guryon's way in the tree, raising his arms in surrender, the same with Jessica whose pupils were smaller than the merest grain of sand, straight at him. Out of the darkness of the forest, another horseman came next to this girl, back straight in a loyal position as if they were both leaders and truly important. With the reveal of their hood they showed their mountain of spiked hair and mask that covered their mouth.
"Were not here to observe trouble, were merely here to ask questions" She spoke to evaporate the silence from our ears. What could they want... And why are they outside the walls...? So many questions ran through Joshua's head. It was best to comply at this rate.
"Fine... Whatever you want" After that last sentence the figure nodded their head to their group to lower weapons and to return by her side, some saddling up their mounts they had latched for the time, some walking by foot. With Guryon and Jessica back at his side, they all exchanged names, turns out the girl was called (y/n) (l/n) and was the leader of some alliance or something called Unilluminated Anchors, and Lachlan, leader of a so called Revelation Fleet.
From what Joshua gathered to his shock, these were people who lived OUTSIDE the walls, not sure how but he grasped the information that their 'base' was very secure and away from titans, who they were clearly aware off, yet not the walls.
"So... You had never heard of walls Maria, Rose and Sina...?" Joshua quickly questioned as all the figures faces became confused once more then they did the first time and all turned to (y/n). She shook her head and sighed out her breath not sure what to say as her pet the nape of her stead who softly knackered and turned it's head in enjoyment.
"Being very honest here... No we have not, we've always lived out here, I mean were humans right, not birds caged up, not able to see the world?" She had a point about being caged that's for sure, it was true, it was like being caged up but at least it gave them safety and no need for worries, or death.
"It's the only safety that the entire human race had left according to their searches outside the walls" (y/n) shook their head at this statement as if shocked and annoyed, they clearly weren't good at their job if they couldn't find other humans surely.
"It's getting dark... It's best we discuss this back at our home..." From that moment all three followed them back into the darer parts of the forest and surprisingly decided to stay, not sure about how to get back to the walls and yet felt safe and comforted at their new place they would call home.
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A/N well then, took me a couple of hours but I got it, long ass prologue, yea I'm not someone who writes short. This is to basically give you an inside of your background and the types of events and people you know and live with outside the borders, thought I have to say tat you won't encounter the survey corps or the walls in a couple chapters :( Sad I know but it's worth it in the end :)
P.S. Hope you noticed the sneaky oc of Jean having a brother, I don't know I felt sorry for him throughout season 1 ;-; it's also coz i wanted to take Jean's anger and use it as an advantage as a big purpose in the story of him and his brother being separated for years thinking they were both dead, same goes for Jessica and Guryon who both know Mikasa and Eren but also to connect the anime into it. Also if you see a mistake in my writing that has not shown up to me as an error to me, please let me known.
I have moved this over from Quotev, originally there are links to photos of my OC's on here, I will edit it all on a later note.
-Sparkflames ©