I was standing in front of the town elders who were all looking down on me apparantly unimpressed but I knew better. I was after all the best warrior the town had ever seen. My titan form was just a little taller than my close friend Bertholdt's titan. I stared at all of the old familiar faces of the people who had helped take care of my sister and I since we were very little.

"Excuse me elders but was there a reason you called me here today? I have to get back to my sister" I said unenthusiastically.

All of the elder's faces scrunched up in annoyance at the thought of my younger sister. I quietly chuckled.

"Miss Ward we must ask that you join a mission to get the key to our survival."

"Alright but am I going alone and what does this mission entail?" I said shrugging my shoulders.

"It requires you going to the human city with Reiner Braun, Annie Leonhart, and Bertholt Hoover. We need you four to find the key and bring it back."

"As you say" I said through gritted teeth.

You adored Annie because she was your best friend. Bertholt was very quiet and adorable, he also had a huge crush on Annie. Reiner on the other hand was almost unbearable…almost.

The door to the hall opened and the three before mentioned people came inside and stood next to me. Annie stood on my right and Reiner took up my left side as he threw his arm over my shoulders and grinned. "Tch" you mumbled. He looked at you and poked your frown. I shrugged off his shoulder and turned to walk away.

"One more thing Katherine…you will be gone for an extended period of time. You most likely will not be back for a few years." One of the elders spoke.

I just shrugged without turning and kept walking. I had to go and prepare Allison to be alone for awhile. Annie followed me along with Bertholt. Reiner stared at my retreating form his smile gone.

Annie caught up to me and put her hand on my shoulder. I wanted to shrug her off as well but she just squeezed tighter.

"Kat you need to talk to me" she said.

"How is it fair that I had to be chosen for this when I still have family left to care for?!" I finally lost it.

Annie flinched and I immediately felt terrible. "Listen Annie I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that. It's just you know how Allison is and I'm worried about leaving her alone" I said apologetically.

"I know you don't like leaving her but Kat she is 12 she'll be fine. Plus she has the elders to take care of her" Annie spoke.

I sighed and nodded. I walked around and saw all of the small children staring at me in awe. "Look it's Katherine, she is the best fighter the town has ever had! My mother told me so!" You heard the children talking about you with amazement in their eyes. "I want to be just like her someday" one kid said. 'No you don't' I thought.

I spotted my house as I made my way around a corner. Slowly I walked up to it. The others had went to their own homes to pack. We were to leave early the next morning while it was still dark. I opened the door to the small wooden house.

"Hey Al I'm back!" I yelled.

Allison came running out to me and jumped on me "Tell me everything!" She yelled.

I laughed and nodded "Well I got chosen to go on a very critical mission" I told her and she nodded.

"For an extended period of time" I spoke quieter.

Her shoulders slumped and she gave a heavy sigh "Okay you can go…as long as you bring me back a souvenir and as long as you come back" She said.

"I will come back I promise" I said.

"Now can we go outside and play? I want to titanize and run around" She said happily.

"Of course" I said ruffling her hair. She punched me and laughed.

We went just a little ways out of town to transform. I bit my hand in order to change. As I did there was a bright flash and suddenly I stood at 62 meters with bone armor protecting every inch of my flesh. I looked down at Allison and watched as she pricked her finger on a hidden tac inside of her wool bracelet. She transformed into a 25 meter titan that had dark blue hair. She looked up at me and smiled. Then she took off and I had to chase her down. Her titan was faster than almost all of the others due to the fact that she really had no other way to protect herself as she was kind of a shitty fighter. Even though I have trained her since she could stand. We played like that for a long time, until it was dark out. I ripped myself out of my titan and walked back to the town with my sister in tow.

"Kat…Kat…Katie…KATHERINE!" someone hovered over me and I punched them in the stomach.

"UGGGHHH!" The person shouted.

I looked to see who it was and saw Reiner standing there staring at me wide eyed. Well not really standing more like hunched over. I couldn't help it and held my hand over my mouth and started to laugh. My laugh just got louder as I went into hysterics. Reiner now recovered stood and glared at me having fun at his expense.

"Come on get up it's time to leave" He said stomping out of my room.

I sighed and stood. I got undressed and was beginning to put on my black sweat pants when Reiner stomped back in obviously going to say something but caught himself when he saw that I was only still in my underwear. His face went up in flames and he couldn't do anything but stare, his mouth agape.

"Oh god! Turn around and get your ass out of my room you pervert!" I yelled at him.

Reiner turned and ran out of the room. I mumbled to yourself "Its not like I'm some terrifying creature, he didn't need to stand there and stare." I felt bad about myself now thinking that his ogling meant that he thought I looked horrible. I threw on a tank-top because it was in the middle of summer and it was hot out. Even though it was only midnight. I walked out of your room with my already packed things and went straight to my sisters room. I opened her door slightly to see if she was still asleep. She was so I opened the door fully and walked to her bedside. The girl sleeps like a rock, I bent down and kissed her forehead. She would have made fun of me if she had been awake because of how cheesy that was but I didn't care. 'That was just in case I don't make it back' I thought. I turned and left her room. Allison opened one eye and looked as me left her room possibly for the last time. She touched her forehead where I had kissed and went back to sleep.

I left your house and walked with Reiner to where the others were waiting. The entire walk shrouded in awkwardness. He tried to take my hand in his but every time he tried I did something to deflect him not even understanding what I was doing anyway. Eventually he gave up when we were only a block away from the others. Reiner sighed heavily and I looked at him, his face was scrunched in frustration. I cocked my head slightly in confusion. We made it to the spot where we were going to leave from. I walked over to Annie and smiled.

"You ready Kat?" Annie asked me.

"Not at all but who would be?" I said back to her.

Bertholt stood next to Annie and stared down at her his face slightly red. I smiled at him and he caught it which made his face go even redder. I chuckled and turned to talk to one of the elders who had come to send us off.

Finally it was time to leave. Everyone agreed that I should be the one to titanize for the trip as I was the biggest and the fastest. Nobody quite knew why I was fast and armored and big but I was. I also had skin unlike many of the other titan shifters who had their muscles and bones showing. I changed and picked up the others in my hand. They climbed onto my shoulder and sat there. I looked down at everyone and waved my goodbye then I ran. Since it was still dark the other titans should be dormant which made the trip a tad bit safer.

The trip was rather uneventful and we made it to the walled city by daylight. I changed back and collapsed onto the ground. Changing takes a lot out of a person and especially for how long I was titanized. Annie helped me up and we both walked forward while the boys attacked the first wall. Now that it was daylight the other titans began to move and followed us to the wall. I smiled knowing that they were going to help take out the filthy humans. The titans themselves were filthy as well and you wanted them all eradicated but the humans were a nuisance and had ruined my life. I wanted all of the humans gone. Especially one in particular, I didn't know his name but I knew what he looked like and I would find him and take his life.

After everything had calmed down Annie and I made our way into the city and pretended to be citizens. we were both able to make it onto a ship to inside the other wall because we both looked so young. In all reality I was 16 and Annie was 14. After we made it inside we waited for the boys. It took them two days to find us which made Annie worry because she secretly liked Bertholt. I tried to find people who would help us but no one cared, they only cared for themselves. This is why I hate these disgusting pigs. All they cared about was their own well being. The boys found us at last and I let out a small sigh of relief the Reiner had caught. He looked at me with curiosity.

Now it was all about waiting…