Chapter 1

"But I don't wanna go to some stupid farm…" A young Eren said to his father.

"You go with me to my other patients Eren." Grisha responded to his son, "This will be no different."

Eren and Grisha Jaeger were in the middle of packing the trunk of the cart. Grisha was a mobile Doctor and ergo had to travel most of the time Eren usually stayed home with his mother Carla because he still had school during the week. However, whenever Grisha had an assignment on the weekend, he'd take Eren with him. It gave him a chance to spend some time with his son since he was usually gone.

"Don't mope Eren," Grisha said placing another small crate full of medicine into the back of the carriage, "There are children you can play with in that area. It'll be fine. You may even like it."

"But we'll miss the Scouting Regiment coming back inside!" Eren pleaded.

"Are you still talking about that god forsaken Scouting Regiment?" Carla Jaeger asked as she came outside and handed her husband 4 days worth of food for him and Eren. It was more than enough to simply last them the weekend, but she liked being thorough.

Carla had light-colored eyes and dark hair. Her hair was rather long, kept tied loosely to the side on her right shoulder with a dark red tie and only a few short hairs around her ears and forehead were loose. She was wearing a short-sleeved dress with a black front laced corset over top.

Grisha was a fairly tall, slender man with straight black hair neatly parted down the middle, a thin beard and mustache, and gray eyes. He wore a gray suit with a black vest and a white shirt, a plain bolo tie, and round glasses.

"They get to see the outside the walls and travel to the farthest reaches of the land!" Eren said hauling a pack full of other supplies into the back of the carriage.

"That's enough Eren." She said handing and wrapping a red scarf around his neck, so he didn't get too cold.

"But mom—" he tried to say.

"I said that's enough!" She said quite firmly.

Eren had been going on about how he wanted to join the Scout Regiment and see the outside world for years. But his mother would have none of it. "Its safe in the walls," was her only response and as his mother, trumped any argument he had. She absolutely forbade him from even talking about such a thing after falling into one of his rambles that would go on and on about how amazing it would be to leave the walls. But Carla wanted Eren to be a Doctor. Like his father. So, she encouraged Eren leaving with him on the weekends, hoping he would one day take a greater interest in it.

Eren put the last crate into the carriage with a huff. Once it was all loaded up and secured, he went to the front and sat down. Folding his arms, he clenched his jaw and downturned his eyebrows in a show of anger. What did she know? She'd never understand. Eren felt like a prisoner in these walls. It didn't matter that there was land for him to move around. He wasn't meant to just stay in one place. And they were supposedly traveling further into the complex. Into wall Rose. Yet another prison wall. He just wanted out.

"Make sure he doesn't go asking the guards for permission to go outside the walls again ok?" He heard his mother ask Grisha.

His father laughed and said, "I'll keep him close by." And with that, he tipped his hat, walked around the carriage and sat in the driving seat.

Eren looked away from his father, upset that the man didn't have his back for vouch for his desire to join the Scouts.

Grisha turned around and waved at Carla before flicking the reins, signaling the horses to trot forward.

"Quite a spectacle you put on eh little scout?" Grisha said. He didn't dare call Eren his nickname when his wife was around.

Eren didn't respond.

"You know your mother only wants what's best for you."

"And what's best for me is to stay trapped behind these walls?"

Grisha sighed and said, "To be safe behind these walls. To live a normal life and grow in peace like a young man should."

"This is normal?!" Eren yelled.

"It is for us."

"Well I hate normal."

Grisha looked to his son and watched as the boy continued to look away from him. Eren was such a hot-tempered kid, even from a young age. He'd never once backed down from a fight, even when he knew he had no chance of winning. He'd fight till the bitter end. Hence why he was perfect to continue Grisha's mission.

"I wanna see the sky," Eren said.

"You can see the sky from right here." His father said looking up at the bright blue sky.

"That doesn't count."

"And why not?"

"Because it is what I am forced to see. Not what I want to see."

"And what you want to see is the sky from outside the walls?"

"What I want to see, is to never see any of the walls ever again."

"And the sky?"

"And the sky." Eren said less grouchy than before. "And the only way to do that—"

"Is to join the Scouting Regiment." Grisha concluded for him.

"Yeah…" Eren said.

Grisha and Eren sat in silence for a few minutes. He didn't know what was worse. That Eren wanted to go out into the world of Titans, or that he personally wanted Eren to leave the walls and continue what he started. Many brave men and women didn't return from beyond the walls. And his wife couldn't bare the thought of losing her son to that damned Regiment. However, in reality, once Eren became of adult age, there was quite literally nothing either of them could do about his desires even if they wanted to. If Eren still desired to traverse the land beyond, what could either of them do to stop him.

Grisha placed a hand on Issei head and said, "There is nothing wrong with joining the scouts you know?"

Eren looked taken aback, and then frustrated before saying, "If that's how you really feel, why didn't you say that to mom?!"

Grisha laughed amused and said, "Because if I had, you would be minus a father right now."

"But—" he tried to say.

"All in due time Eren. You will get your chance. Until then, do not speak of such things so loudly and to others. For now, let us focus on arriving safely."

"Who are we going to see anyway that we need to stay a weekend?"

"A heart patient of mine named Giichi Poultice. He lives with his wife Loren his daughter Alma and her daughter. He manages an estate and farms for a living. Plenty of children around in that area so you will be occupied in the times I am working."

Eren sat quietly and readjusted his scarf around his neck. They would likely arrive by sunset to sundown.

"Into another prison." He said before closing his eyes and falling asleep.

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Thank you to anyone who read this first chapter. I wanted to attack both this chapter and the next one, but its 4:11 AM and I am too tired to continue. This will be a ErenxHistoria fanfiction. I will have them meet as children first before I jump onto the main canon arc. The chapter's will definitely get MUCH longer. Please let me know what you think to anyone reading this.