It was the most disturbing day of your still short life. The walls, which protected you, your family and every single person around you until this point of time, surrendered. The town was small, barely 100.000 people lived there, thus the walls were only about 30 meters high. Some people called the wall a god, it was named 'Hikari'. You did not know what this word meant for a long time, until your father told you that it was another word for light and hope. He told you it was an old and almost forgotten language called 'japanese', there also was a specific sign for that word, it was painted all over the wall.

The wall sphered your little town and it had one gate which was directed to the south. When the day came it destroyed your entire life, your happiness, your confidence... your hope.

It was late afternoon when you looked up to the ruby-red sky and felt the warmth of the sun setting with the sun itself. You stood infront of your small house. Well, it was more a wooden hut than an actual house. The walls were moldy and unsteady, the roof had a leak and the old wooden floor made a noise whenever someone made a step. Nevertheless, you loved your little home, in your eyes it was perfect. Since your family was one of the poorest in the town, you and your parents lived only some hundred meters away from wall Hikari.

And in the moment your (e/c) eyes still were focused on the stunningly beautiful sky, you heard an ear-shattering noise, you saw some huge rocks falling from the sky. Suddenly, someone grabbed your wrist and pulled you into your house. The door was slammed shut and you turned around hesitantly and looked into your father's terrified, blue eyes.

„Daddy? What's going on?", you asked unsurely.

Your father's shaking legs went into a kneeling position, he layed his hands on your shoulders and looked deeply in your (e/c) eyes.

„(Name), Listen.", his voice was shaking, „We have to leave this place. Now."

„But, Dad-"

„No buts!", he yelled at you in total panic. You could feel some tears running down you cheeks as your father stood up quickly and pulled you to the backdoor. He squeezed your wrist so strongly that it started to hurt but you chose not to cry about it.

„But... what about mommy?", you asked carefully. Your father kicked the door open and, thus, revealed a horrifying picture. Just for one meager moment, time seemed to be inexistent. Although your father's tall and dark figure blocked most of your vision, you realized what was going on the streets. Hundreds of people ran to the left, they ran for their lives. You were so afraid, you did not understand why there are running away and what was going on, however, you were so incredibly curious. But before you could turn your gaze to the right, your father grabbed you, lifted you up and pressed your little body to his chest. You buried your face in his warm shoulder, after all you were only seven years old and did not experienced such a situation before. Your father began to ran, you were surrounded by people who headed to the same direction. There were so many people, you were not able to count them.

„Listen..", he whispered in your ear. He was out of breath, put his hand on your head protectiviey and you could feel how fast and strong his chest went up an down due to his physical and emotional fatique. „We will meet up with mommy later. But for now you have to trust me, (Name)."

„Ok", you answered with an almost not hearable voice and nodded cautiously into your father's strong shoulder. Some time had passed, it could had been seconds, minutes, hours, you did not know, but then you heard a threateningly loud noise. It was kind of rhytmic, like footsteps. What is that?

Slowly but steadily, you raised your head and you recognized the noise's source immediately. It was the creature your parents always warned you about. Eventhough you've never saw one, you knew that it was a titan. Suddenly, your eys widened and your whole body was shaking as your gaze met the giant's eyes. It was huge and it towered every building surrounding it with ease. Long brown hair edged its face, its unnormally big eyes glared at you and its smile... oh god its smile. It just followed you with this awful smile. The blood of all those brave soldiers, who lost their lives in a desperate fight against these abominations, still dripping out of the mouth's corners, 40 teeth in each row, formed to a sadistic grin.

You should memorize this picture for the next couple of years.

Suddenly, you opened your eyes and gasped for air. Your (e/c) stared at the grey and battered wall next to your puny bed, which actually was just a filthy old mattress. How long have you been here? You did not know, could be months or even years. You turned around and the chains around your wrist began to tinkle. The clinking sound annoyed you, you were sick of this sound, of this tiny cell, the stuffy air, of your life. But you won't break your promise, you will keep on living. Some sun beams made it through the tiny window right onto your skin, you enjoyed this feeling the most, since it is the only source of warmth in this pathetic hole they call 'cell'.

All of the sudden, you here a quiet squeak and footsteps which appeared to become louder and louder. Could it be?

You straighten yourself cautiously, focused the stair's end and observed it with complete precision. Only one torch lit up the room in front of your cell so you almost could not recognized anything besides total darkness. But you knew who it was, anyway. The figure stoped next to the torch, which rustled silently. The small light source revealed what you had expected all the time. A short man with raven-black hair, parted in the middle. Some starnds of hair reached down to his forehead. Eventhough you could not see his face, you saw his emotionless eyes, staring at you. You would have recognized his empty gaze everywhere. His arms crossed in front of his chest, he leant on the wall behind him, in complete silence.

„So..", you began harshly, „what do you want now?"

You got no answer. „You seriously refuse to even talk to me? Isn't it me who should be offended? Gosh, you're such a dramaqueen.."

„Shut up-", he said calmy and sighed.

„Oh, it seems you're indeed still able to talk...", you started to laugh sarcastically.

„What did I just say? Just shut up and listen.", he pushed himself away from the wall and made some steps toward you, „we found a way to let you leave this place. There are just one condition, understood? You have to join the military and after you graduated, you will be part of the Recon Corp. Since you know the area behind the walls, you are going to be a valuable member of my troop. If you don't want to do this-", he gave you a slightly sardonic grin while he approached your cell and grasped the lattice, „well, then you should brace yourself up for a longer stay."

„'A longer stay?' You. Fucking. Kidding. Me.?", you began to laugh even louder and your (e/c) eyes fixated his, „You get me everytime. Apparently, you guys think some years in this fuckhole aren't a 'longer stay', huh? But I never got along with your kind of logic.I deserve nothing more than leaving this place and you dare to deny this.", you sighed loudly and closed your eyes, „However, the thought of being outside the walls again is really tempting... I accept."

„Good decision.", he said emotionlessly, like everytime, and turned aroud to leave, after he made some steps you interrupt his tread with an unusally catty voice: „Oh, and Levi... I'll give you a hint. Don't be too confident about our collaboration."

He stopped and said quietly: „No shit.."