The night before the 85th expedition, Erwin, Levi, and Hanji were in the stables, making sure all the horses were ready for the next morning. Levi cringed as he didn't like being in the stables, due to the permanently-pungent smell and how messy it remained despite how many times he attempted to clean it. Erwin nodded in satisfaction at the quality of the other's work. He turned to leave, unaware of how unprepared he was for the next day and the toil it would bring.

Levi and his new squad were riding near an old building, when they came across a carriage that looked new by the state of the carriage. Hesitantly, Levi commanded his squad to continue as he stopped. Levi jumped down from his horse and walked over to it. He noticed a half eaten woman inside it and by the smell, she was dead for only 3 days.

'How did these people leave the walls?' Levi thought to himself. He found a man's shoe next to the carriage. He shook his head and turned around. What made him stopped shocked him. He heard a faint baby cry and he wondered where it was coming from. He looked around the carriage but he saw nothing. He looked inside and didn't see it before he realized he had to move the deceased woman. He grabbed the woman by the shoulder and shifted her onto her side. The baby looked about 1, maybe 1 and a half years old. It had blonde hair and it was quite obvious that it was a little girl. Her white dress was covered in dirt and dried blood. He reached down and picked up the 1 year old and examined her.
"Her mother must have protected her from the titan," he said as he headed towards his horse. Before Levi climbed on his horse, he took off his green cloak and wrapped it around the infant. He climbed onto his horse and found a way to secure the little one between him and his forearm before starting off again, only, instead of heading towards his squad. He headed straight for the front, where Commander Erwin was, giving orders using colored flares to guide the regiment to avoid titans.

Once Erwin heard of the newest member, he immediately signaled a retreat. Everyone who wasn't part of the conversation when Levi reached Erwin, were very confused as to why they were retreating. When everyone returned, Erwin, Levi and Hanji weren't anywhere to be seen. The rest put up the horses and fed them and tended to the wounded, not wanting to question the commander and his orders.

They stared at the blonde 1 year old as she was laying on Erwins bed. No one was really allowed in the commander's room but he allowed those two for the sole purpose of wandering what to do with the child. They found out her name was Anh Bauer by the name tag on her dress that was sewn in. Anh was giggling and holding her hands up, trying to grab the commander with her small hand. Hanji decided to pick her up and put her on the floor, to test if she was able to walk, but, the moment Hanji put Anh's feet on the floor, she was gone, running around the room. Levi made his annoyed 'tch' sound as he saw the little girl running around, giggling.
"Oi, don't make it more difficult on us, brat," He spat as he isn't use to kids. The blue eyed girl looked up at him as she came to a halt. Erwin went over and picked her up to get a closer look.
"She kind of looks like you commander!" Hanji exclaimed excitedly as she saw the similarity between the two. Anh looked straight into Erwin's eyes before giggling happily. She reached her hands out towards the commander, thinking she is telling him that she wants a hug. Erwin put her down and she looked up at him, shocked.
"Hanji, get her cleaned up and try to get her to sleep. Levi, while Hanji is helping Anh, wash her clothes so she has something to wear. She'll sleep in my room," Erwin commanded before walking towards the door.
"Hanji," Erwin says as he turned around towards the crazy titan lover.
"Yes commander?" She asked, picking up Anh.
"What do toddlers eat?" The blonde commander replied.

"They eat anything really but they need to be small for their tiny throats," Erwin nodded to Hanji's statement before leaving the room. He walked towards the kitchen, only to see two cadets cleaning up the kitchen so they don't get scolded by Levi. Erwin commanded a small portion of the soup and a loaf of bread. They quickly prepared it, quickly cleaned up and left after the commander dismissed them. He took out a cutting board and cut up the vegetables and meat into smaller bites before putting them back into the soup. He took the loaf of bread and also cut it up into small pieces. 'Hope this will do.' He thought to himself as he walked down the corridor to his room. He opened the door and swiftly walked to his desk, placing the tray down before turning to his room that is connected to his study. 'I swear, I hope she doesn't stay long…' he sighed to himself before walking into his room to get his bed ready for Anh.

As years went on, Anh grew up to be a very energetic, loving girl. Soon,everyone in the Survey Corps knew of her existence and cared for her as if she was their own sibling. After expeditions, she always cheered them up after seeing their comrades die. Of course, she didn't know about the deaths of those she use to call her friends. She spent most of her time during expeditions, hanging out in the commander's room, reading books or drawing. She knew what was okay and what wasn't, due to Levi's big set of rules.

"I wonder when they were coming back?" She asked herself. Anh sighed and looked out the window with hopeful eyes. She wanted her Daddy, Big Brother and her sister come home. As she remembered, Daddy was Erwin because Hanji got her to say that. Big brother was Levi even though for the first year being there, she would call him meanie as he didn't exactly interact with her at first. Hanji was sister because she would interact more with Anh, educating her and helping her understand things. She then remembered being warned by Levi about asking what titans were when it came to Hanji.

Anh then knew that she needed to try to get Levi to notice her more, so that night, she went to his room, holding a book that Hanji handed Anh and knocked on the door. He asked for her name and business. Anh didn't know how to speak so she just knocked again, making Levi stand up and walk to the door. When he opened it, he didn't see anyone before looking down, seeing big blue eyes looking up at him. They stood there in silence before Anh held up the book towards Levi. He took it and read the title. 'Brat wants me to read to her...great.' He thought to himself in exasperation before stepping aside to let her in. She walked in, looking around the room. It looked similar to daddy's but slightly more clean and things being in different spots. Levi guided her to his room, which she happily followed, and he sat the book down onto the nightstand before picking up Anh, placing her on the bed next to the wall. He took off his boots and sat down next to her and grabbed the book. She sat there, not really knowing what was okay or what was not. Levi opened the book and started reading the book. She looked at the book as she tried to understand every word that came out of his mouth. There were pictures to help with her imagination and she smiled excitedly as she continued to sit silently for Levi.

As the story dragged on, she started getting sleepy. Levi noticed because she was now leaning on his arm, using his arm as a pillow. Levi looked down as he turned the page and noticed her falling asleep. He 'tch' to himself before continuing the story for the little blonde girl that was laying on his arm. Anh fell asleep on Levi's arm during the story, being, really tired after a long day of running around with everyone. Levi soon finished the story and closed the book before putting it on his nightstand. He laid Anh down and put his covers over her before going back to his study to work on documents Erwin wanted him to do.

An hour later, the crazy scientist came in, without knocking and looked worried.
"Have you seen Anh?! No one can find her!" She asked quickly towards the 'not so happy' raven haired person.
"Quiet Shit Glasses, you'll wake up Anh and we know how well that'll turn out," He said, continuing on his documents. Hanji looked at him, puzzled by that statement. He point towards his room, hoping she would catch that hint. She walked over to the room and looked at his bed, seeing the little blonde girl sleeping. She smiled before turning to Levi.

"I didn't know you had a soft spot," She whispered, teasing Levi.

"If you don't leave my room in the next 10 seconds, I will take my pencil and shove it in your eye," He spoke, threateningly. Hanji nodded, taking that as his way of shutting up. She swiftly turned towards the door after giving him a salute. Before closing the door, she winked at him, which made Levi raise an eyebrow. Before he could ask her what that wink was for, she closed the door quietly before walking away.

Levi stood up after finishing the last document. He changed into his sleep wear and climbed into bed, keeping away from Anh who was still next to the wall, not wanting to draw attention towards him actually liking the blonde brat. He closed his eyes, relaxing after watching Anh sleep in his bed. 'You know, she isn't all that bad. If she didn't run around all the time, i might just tolerate the brat.' He faintly smiled before closing his eyes and getting comfortable.

"Goodnight, Anh," He said, more to himself than to Anh, who was in her dream land.