Just want to get a few things clear before I start: I don't have auto correct, my main OC's name is real, I made up a first name for King Fritz, and this is the first time I even considered my OC's ship(it was going to be Christa/Historia again, but I don't want to over use that).

Ehrmich District, 845

The audience clapped vigorously as I struck the final note on the grand piano, then I stod and bowed before walking off the stage into my mother's waiting arms. "You were wonderful, Foxen!" I tried to wriggle from her embrace, but to no avail.

"I still think he should be training to enter the Training Regiment," my father grumbled, "but that was good. Let's hope you get a rich sponsor or I'll stop paying for your lessons." I had no idea what a sponsor was, but it sounded important.

After most of the guests had left, a man in an expensive looking cloak came up to us. To my suprise, both of my parents bowed to him. "Remus Dagon?" My father looked up at the man. He laughed and took Dad's hand. "How have you been, my friend?"

Dad's strong hand landed on my shoulder. "Obviously well, Your Majesty!" I looked between the two in confusion. "Foxen, this is King Nigeal Fritz." I looked at the king in amazement. "We were friends when we were chidren. I was speechless when he was crowned king, although he always did have a royal aura."

Fritz bent down to look at me. "That music was amazing. In fact, I believe you and your family deserve a reward." I couldn't keep the excited grin from plastering itself to my face. "How about a visit to Shiganshina? I'll even grant you free passage through the gates."

Dad drew in a breath. "Thank you, Your Higness. That is most gracious of you." The king bid us farewell after giving us a document allowing us free access through all three walls for the next several months.

Within a week we were ready to go. Mom and Dad had to literally drag my sister, Jade, to the wagon before we could leave. "Cheer up, Jade," Mom called back. "I'm sure you'll have fun." Jade simply took out a book and started reading.

The trip took several days, but we eventually made it to the gate of Shiganshina. It looked much poorer than our home back at Wall Sina, though that would be easy to acomplish. We stopped at an inn to get some rest before our exploration of the district the next morning.

I was awoken by a loud crash. I jumped out of bed and ran out the door, immediately saw the cause. A huge hole had replaced the gate and a skinless giant was looking over the wall; a colossal Titan. It ducked back behind the wall and vanished, then Titans began to flood through the broken gate. I was suddenly lifted into the air and into my father's arms. "Your mother and sister are already on their way to the escape boats. We need to catch up before-," he skidded to a stop. I looked forward and saw something that would haunt me for the rest of my life. A Titan was crawling on all fours toward a group of people cornered in an alley. At the front of that group stood my mother and Jade. "Natasha, Jade, run!" The Titan lunged, catching most of the group in its teeth, including Jade and Mom. It clamped its jaws, biting through anything sticking through and swallowing the rest. Dad turned tail and ran the other way, but a bigger Titan's foot slammed down in front of us, knocking me from his arms.

I jumped to my feet and tried to run to my dad, but the Titam was already lifting him up. I looked at its face and was chilled to the bone. It had saggy blond hair, a luminescent right eye, and an ear-to-ear grin. It grabbed Dad's head and ripped it right off before placing him in its mouth and chomping down, spraying blood into the air. I couldn't hold in the following scream, which alerted the Crawler. It lunged at me, but more or less missed, biting my left arm right off. I fell to the ground and silently sobbed. The Titan must have thought I was dead because it left me to bleed out instead of eating me. I tried to push myself up, but I failed and fell back down.

My vision was almost black when someone suddenly lifted me up to my knees. A girl with blond hair knelt down in front of me. "Don't worry, you'll be alright." I felt something stab into my neck and I lost consciousness.

I awoke with my arm over someone's neck, probably holding me up. I turned my head and saw the girl from before holding me up. "Thanks," I choked out through a dry throat. "How'd you do it?" I noticed the lack of feeling or weight in my left arm.

"Sorry, that's a secret," she said bluntly. "My name's Annie Leonhart."

"Foxen Dagon." I finally turned to inspect my arm, only to find it absent. Even part of the collar bone was gone. "I shouldn't be alive."

Annie nodded. "I like to screw around with the Grim Reaper." Then, "Don't think that you owe me now."

I shook my head. "I think I do, actually. How about a place to live?" She raised an eyebrow. "I was only in Shiganshina for a visit. I have a pretty nice house in Ehrmich," I explained.

She considered the offer, then answered, "Sorry, but no. I want to join the Military Police and I don't think a live so close to Wall Sina would prepare me for any kind of military training."

I tried to think of another way to repay her, but only came up with one solution. "Then I'll stay with you." She was caught off guard by my offer. "No one should have to be alone at our age, and I'm going to take an educated guess that we're both alone now."

She looked at me in shock before replying, "But how do you expect to work the fields with one arm?"

"I don't care. I have a debt to repay, and I'm sure as hell gonna repay it." Her face flushed slightly before she slowly nodded. "Alright then, where are we headed?"

"Trost, then into Wall Rose's farms." Her eyes then lit up. "Hey, do you have any other talents someone would pay for?"

"The piano is the only thing I've ever really been good at," I answered.

Annie's mouth twitched slightly. "Then maybe we won't have to do as much farm work after all." I reached over and tapped where my arm once connected to my torso. "Then maybe you can teach me and I could help you out." I shrugged. "By the way, can I just call you Fox? It's easier than Foxen."

"Sure."

The next two years were spent with us trying to scrape togther enough money to live off of until we finally applied for the Training Regiment. I had to undergo a few... changes to prepare myself, but it turned out to be more then worth it.