A/N: This fanfiction WILL contain spoilers for Attack on Titan and for The Last Guardian. If you don't want anything spoiled, don't read. If you don't mind spoilers or know what happens, you may continue. Please favorite and leave me some feedback about the story!
Prologue
Levi flew through the trees. His 3D maneuver gear whirring and blasting with each burst through the trees. He had just about cleared the forest of all titans so the Scouting Legion could set up a base of operations. His squad was elsewhere in the forest clearing their areas, most likely not even halfway done. The air was crisp and cold as it swept through his green cape. To Levi, this was what it meant to be free. Humanity lived behind walls, but to Levi, it was a cage. He would possibly someday die beyond the walls, but until then, he would never stop fighting. The sun glinted through the leaves, speckling the grass below with drops of golden light. This beauty belonged only to the titans, but someday that would change.
A crash was heard up ahead, snapping Levi out of his revere. He quickly readied his weapons, assuming it was a Titan just before he used his gear to round the tree. What he saw though, was not a Titan. He wasn't sure what the creature was. Its body was covered in feathers like a bird, its head was that of a dog, and its feet were that of an eagle's. Levi landed on a branch above it, confused as to what it was. The creature let out a soft whine as it tried to stand. Its feathers were in disarray and covered with blood, its eye was damaged and bloody, its ear ripped near its head. The creature's tail was dripping blood from one end making Levi suspect it had been ripped off. The creature looked up at Levi with its good black eye and let out a cry before it started to heave.
"Lieutenant! We heard the crash!" A female voice came from behind him, but Levi didn't turn to greet her. The creature vomited up a young woman who had long brown hair and was covered in strange markings. The woman coughed and Levi's eyes widened as he realized she was still alive. Was this creature a titan? If it was, why hadn't it killed her? The creature gently pushed the woman towards Levi and looked up at him. It let out a roar and Levi felt as though it was begging him to help her.
"Lieutenant, what is that?" The woman asked and Levi glanced at her.
"I don't know. Petra, fire off a signal for reinforcements." Levi ordered before using his gear to go before the creature.
"Lieutenant! Be careful!" She shouted as she readied the flare. Levi looked at the creature before looking at the young woman on the ground. The woman was panting and gasping, her eyes closed, her skin white. The creature let out a whimper and Levi looked into its good eye. The once black eye was faintly shining green, making Levi wonder what the creature was thinking.
"T…Tr…Tri…co." The woman whispered and Levi picked her up before returning to the tree tops. More soldiers appeared in the trees as Levi landed beside Petra.
"Lieutenant!" A soldier shouted making Levi look up at them. They had their swords drawn and were looking at the injured creature.
"Shall we kill it?" The soldier asked. Levi was about to respond when the woman in his arms moved her hand.
"Do…Do…Don't…don't…hurt…. Tri…co." She whispered. Levi looked at her, her eyes were part of the way open as she looked at him with a pleading look.
"Don't…hurt…him." She begged and Levi looked to the creature again. His gray eyes studied the creature whose gaze was fixed on the woman in Levi's arms.
"Lieutenant! Titans are coming from the south!" Petra shouted and Levi turned to see two large titans approaching. The creature let out a roar and Levi sensed the change before he saw it. The creature's good eye had started to glow red as it roared menacingly at the titans. Before any of the soldiers could react, the creature was up on its legs and was racing towards the titans. One of the titans tried to avoid it, but the creature swiped its one claw at it. The claw gashed the titan and Levi knew it was no use, the titans would kill the creature and the gash would heal.
"Lieutenant! The wound!" Petra cried and as he watched, the wound on the titan started to erode away. The erosion spread and within seconds, the titan was dead. The second titan was trying to climb the tree, but the creature made quick work of it as well. Levi could hardly believe his eyes. Was this creature the answer to their freedom? And who was the woman in his arms? Levi knew he would get answers eventually, but at that moment he was completely at a loss.
"No one is to harm that creature! I need an escort to help this woman and that creature back behind the walls!" Levi shouted. The woman in his arms heard him and she relaxed in his arms, knowing her companion was safe.