Like I said, I was redoing the story. Thanks to a reviewer how mentioned my mistakes that I was oblivious too. XD Enjoy.

I do not own Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin. All characters except my OCs rightfully belong to Hajime Isayama.

Latest Update: 6/17/17


Chapter I: Her Serene World


The daring Savannah Freeman would do things that her mother would never do. Joining the Scouting Legion and falling in love with a certain cold military man was one.

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It was a sunny day in the District of Shiganshina; no troubles, no worries, nothing bad ever happened there. She usually visited Hannes at the front gate with two other kids, Eren and Mikasa. She didn't know them much, and as a kid, she didn't play with them. But she does know them enough to let them stay with her and her family if something were to ever happen.

Not that it would. Shiganshina was a serene place in her eyes; they weren't all "high and mighty" like the other walls. It irked her how arrogant they would always act when they visited relatives inside Wall Rose. She wasn't a fan of the Military Police, nor was she a fan of the Garrison or the Scouting Legion. She greatly admired the Scouting Legion; it gave plenty of chances to avenge humanity, even if it means the cost of death. It wouldn't really matter anyway because she was a 10-year-old delinquent in Main Street.

527, Main Street was where she lived. She lived with her two parents, Elizabeth and William Freeman. They courted at the age of 13, and her mother had her at 24. She also lived with her older brother Ashton Freeman, who was actually her fighting mentor. Ironically, her mother had Ashton at the age of 17. It was an honest mistake making love to someone when they weren't old enough, but they were a cute couple, and even her mother's parents couldn't break them apart. Nonetheless, a new life was born and that's always a blessing.

Her grandmother lived in Wall Rose, with her new courted grandfather. Her real paternal grandfather was killed by a Titan. He had a high title in the Scouting Legion. People live, people die; it's just how the life cycle goes. She, however, had a long way to go.

Her birthday had been months ago; January. The next coldest month of the year. She didn't care; it fit her cold demeanor anyway.

She wanted to watch the Scouting Legion leave the gates on a mission. She admired the people of the Scouting Legion. But mostly Rivaille, Hanji Zoe, Gunther Shulz, Petra Ral, Erd Gin, Auruo Bossard, Mike Zakarius, and Erwin Smith. She felt as if the Scouting Legion was the strongest division of all three.

The Military Police didn't know a thing about fighting for humanity, they only stayed beyond the walls protecting what they call a king. It was stupid in her opinion. The Garrison was alright, but too much guarding for her liking. She'd rather fight for what was right. Saving humanity is what she'd rather do.

Her father believed in saving humanity, he said that he would join the Scouting Legion to show his support. She loved him for that, she loved his determination. She loved the determination of all the Scouting Legion soldiers.

Savannah was still walking to the front gate when she heard someone shout: "The Scouting Legion is coming! Open the gate!"

She didn't bother to look back because she knew that the Scouting Legion was coming. She could hear the stomps of the horses parading down the street. She smiled and counted the soldiers she admired. Rivaille, Hanji, Petra, Auruo, Gunther, Erd, Mike, and Erwin. All 13 of them were accounted for.

She whistled to show her gratitude and waved her hand. Rivaille looked down at her with an impassive look. She stared back with the same impassive look. Even if she looked impassive, she was excited inside. Ever since she first seen Rivaille, she'd had a small crush on him.

"Humanities Strongest Soldier—he deserves that title." she had said. She giggled to herself. She felt like a lovesick, drooling girl! She watched as they left the gates, vanishing behind them.

She began walking back to Shiganshina when she heard her name called. "Savannah!" She turned her head and to see Eren and Mikasa walking towards her. "What is it?"

"We just watched the Scouting Legion leave," he said excitedly. "I love those guys!" It made her smirk. They were the only ones talking positively about the Scouting Legion. People were always talking about how many of them they came back with. But since when did it matter?

She understood the depressing feeling of family members dying—she felt that feeling once—but people always brought out the negativity in the situation and it angered her. It's pathetic from her perspective, their always talking trash yet she doesn't see them helping out or killing Titans.

"Where are you going now?" she asked suddenly. "Are you going back home?" Eren noticed her sudden change of tone. "Yeah, are you alright Savannah?"

She turned to him with a blank look. She nodded and began walking back to Shiganshina. "Wait, Savannah!"

"What?"

"Come with us to get our friend Armin." she sighed and walked along with them in the direction they were going in.

"Let's hurry; I have to get home before my mom finds out. She doesn't like it when I leave without permission," she said. They took an alleyway back to Shiganshina, and Savannah knew every way. It was like a maze; she knew every twist, turn, route, and path to get back to her street without getting in trouble.

She was sly like that.

"Where are we going again?" she asked, trying to keep the irritation out of her voice. She was quite annoyed, she could've been home by now if Mikasa hadn't have caught her trying to sneak away.

"We're going to get Armin." Eren answered, he had the tone of "duh", and that earned a glare from Savannah.

"Why did I agree to tag along?"

"Because you're our friends?" He said a grin stretched across his face. She looked back at him with a smile, but she was really thinking, yeah, maybe…

"That's not true!" The trio heard shouts from the direction they were walking in. Savannah focused on the blob, trying to figure out what was happening. She saw someone throw a punch, and she ran in to go help whoever was getting beat up.

She ran as fast as her feet could take her. She was trying to help the mystery person before they were brutally beaten up by the bullies.

She eventually caught up and tackled one of the bullies to the ground. She smirked. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Garett Fields, the neighborhood bully.

They were wrestling with equal force, trying to keep each other from rolling over. Garett had success, and Savannah was on the bottom, struggling to get up. Once she knew that there were no ways out of this, she kneed him in his member, making him wince in pain. He toppled over, holding his weak spot.

She picked him up by his collar and held him up to her face level. "Why don't you practice fighting before you step up to anyone? You'll have a better chance of winning."

"I'm gonna get you Savannah Fangman!" she turned around and glared at him. She walked up to him and kicked him in his side, making him howl in pain.

"They aren't fangs, dumbass. They're unusually sharp teeth," she said, looking down at him as if he were stupid. "Keep it right."

She'd managed to scare him and his posse away, but the mystery boy was still hurt.

"Hey. Get up," she commanded forcefully. She pulled him up by his jacket and held him firmly, making him stare into her eyes in fear. "I'm not going to bully you, stupid. I would never do that, I have humanity. Plus, I'm just plainly nice like that."

He only stared back at her, relaxing just a bit.

"Guess I should put you down," she said, lowering him to the ground. "You're the quiet type, huh? Me too. I don't really like to do much of an introduction, so I make it easier for myself. The name is Savannah."

She held out her hand, and he slowly accepted it as the two kids walked over. "Great job, Savy! You're fantastic!"

"Thanks." Though she showed no emotion to other people, she was gratefully accepting it inside.

"Grandpa Wilson dying like that is what made her like this. Stubborn, cold, emotionless, stoic. Anything else that describes cold. We all know that she feels alone inside, mom. We try to tell her that we're with her all the time, but she never seems to listen to us," Savannah's mother said, clutching her forehead. "I don't know how many times we have to explain it to her."

"Maybe there's just no way to get through to her, Elizabeth," her grandma replied. "Just leave her be, and I'm telling you, she'll change."

"But mooommmm! I want my daughter back. I want the old Savannah back. I don't know how to help her…"

Elizabeth's mother smiled and grabbed her daughter's hand. "Just leave her be, and I promise, with my heart and soul, that she'll return to normal."

"Okay, mom."

She remembered that. She was listening in on her mother's conversation. Yes, it was because her grandfather Wilson Freeman died (he was her father's father), but then again, how could she shield herself from such an emotion as that? She abandons it, that's how. She completely gets rid of it to avoid it.

That's how she'd protect herself from emotions that might get her killed.

"Armin, is it? Come with me. I'll take you to a friend of mine to get fixed up." She took his hand and ran the way they were going. She was taking him to Taylor's Bakery to get him fixed up.

Taylor used to be a nice girl, but she soon changed after her abusive father died. She started dating Ashton way before that, and that's how Savannah came to know her.

She came to their house one day with bruises on her face, bite marks on her arm, broken fingers, and a broken hand. Ashton had been the first to see her, and he ushered her in. She stayed with them for a month, and during that month, her father died. Her mother welcomed her home with a warm embrace, happy to see that her daughter was just fine. But that story is for another day.

Mikasa and Eren were following closely behind; confused by the route they were taking back to Shiganshina.

They ran out into a crowd of people staring at the wall, wondering what the heck was going on.

A titan was looking over the wall.


I'm not sure if I did well with character development XD All I know is, this took a while, mainly because I had about 2000 words. But when I went to check up on the chapter, it went right back to 390 words so that's why it was taking me so long.

I hope you enjoyed! Thank you for reading!

Vertan Yamamoto