Walls. That was my life. Walls just walls.

I watched as clouds move, enjoying the tranquility of the quiet and warm afternoon.

"Hey Riley!" Turning my eyes from the sky to the sound of the voice, I sighed. I hear two pairs of footsteps near me as I sat up.

"What is it Eren?" I turned to the energetic boy.

Eren was my... Friend I guess. I really didn't know him much but because of the fact we shared ALMOST similar last names, we met and befriended each other. He was an energetic and determined kid. No seriously, he wouldn't back down from anything. Having his fake sister around boosted his confidence even more. By fake sister, I mean Mikasa the girl who had followed Eren. I really didn't know much about her, other than the fact that she can kick ass, I learned that the hard way when I made fun of her once.

"The scouts are returning today! Wanna go watch them?" I grinned at him. The scouts were like the town badasses. They protected us from titans, creepy looking giant naked creatures that like to eat humans. Or so we've been told, no-one I know has really seen a titan up close and personal. Hell even the guards I know haven't even seen one.

"Are you kidding? Let's go!" Another thing Eren and I had in common was the desire to see the world outside, and not live behind walls. We agreed we'd join the scouts and explore the world outside the walls and actually see the things we hear from stories of the past, like huge bodies of water that go on forever and mountains bigger than the walls themselves. Though I wasn't as motivated as Eren.

As we made our way to the entrance of Shiganshina, I couldn't help but feel the doubt of actually becoming a member of the Survey Corps. It was a dream, yes but here in the walls most dreams don't come true. Nearing the wall's entrance, I pushed the thoughts back.

When we arrived we noticed a crowd had began to form and then bells of the tower rang.

"They're here! They're back!" Eren quickly got into a sprint rushing past the crowd to be able to see. I pushed some people aside to be able to reach the front.

The gates opened and the scouts on their horses entered.

"Their numbers seems smaller than I remember" I heard someone say near me

"That's cause most of them got eaten, s'wat happens when you join the Survey Corps"

As I continued to watch, my desire to explore the outside slowly diminished.

"Moses! Moses! I don't see my son, Moses anywhere… Do you know where he is?"

I turned and saw an elderly woman approach the commander of the scouts

He turned to another soldier "This is Moses' mother. Go get it"

The soldier brought out a thing. It was wrapped in cloth and it looked like it had blood on it

"It's all we could retrieve"

The commander then fell to his knees in front of the grieving woman

"But…my son…he was helpful, yes? Even if he didn't achieve direct greatness…surely my son's death helped humanity fight back, yes?!" The woman said desperately

The commander hesitates but then spoke "Of Course. No! On the latest scouting mission, we…No, just like all the other missions…we achieved nothing at all! My incompetence has done nothing but needlessly send soldiers to their deaths! We haven't found anything out bout them!"

My eyes widened 'What? Were those death...Meaningless?'

I shook my head and turned around, not wanting to see anymore of the scene.

'Maybe the walls aren't so bad'

They attacked... The titans... Shiganshina fell and soon Wall Maria with it. Later I had learned 10,000 people died or were eaten during the attack... Including my Dad. He had been my only family and the titans took him away. It seemed on that day everyone had lost a relative, creating all different types of tragic stories of the Attack of the Titans.

Everyone was placed in boats to be escorted somewhere safe.

Everyone except me.

The boats had reached their maximum capacity and couldn't hold anyone else, or atleast that's what they told us. I knew damn well they just wanted to get out of there and save their own skins.

After I was left behind with the others, I started to panic and tried to find a familiar face that I could maybe tag along with. My search was quickly ended when suddenly the inside wall of Shiganshina was burst open by some armored looking titan.

I ran.

I ran back into Shiganshina.

I kept running and running to the point I couldn't tell if my legs were still there, my only goal was to find my house, and sleep everything out.

'Maybe my father was there waiting for me' I thought as I ran. I knew that the probability of him surviving was slim, but it was the only bit of hope that kept me moving and not from dropping dead.

One more corner.

Just as I had thought.

My house was no longer there including my father who had been inside, what replaced it was a rubble. Wooden beams and fragments. Before I could mourn, the ground had began to shake.

I cursed to myself and ran to hide.

'Where else can I go damn it!' I closed my eyes trying to think. Eren that lucky bastard...Eren... Eren's house!

I stood up and quickly ran to where his home had been 'Even if it was crushed my titans, Eren had always talked about his dad's basement and the mysteries behind that locked door...Shit... I forgot it's locked!'

I didn't care.

'I'm going to survive no matter what! Even if I have to bust that door down!'

For some reason this goal gave me more energy, as if my own body was saying that the basement is where I could find haven. Safety.

After of what seemed like hours of running, I finally reached his house. It was destroyed by a stray boulder. After searching, the latch leading down was out in the open.

I tried to open it only to hear a click sound of its lock.

I looked around trying to find a way. I found a rock. And a stick.

"EUGHUUUGUGHUHUHUHUHUH PLEASEE OPEENNN!" I screamed desperately as tears fell out of my eyes.

The ground shook as a titan approached me.

I banged the rock on the wooden latch but to no avail.

I closed my eyes and began to think. 'What would Eren do'

"I got it!" With fiery determination I grabbed the rock and I hit the latch but this time harder!

"KAMEEHAAMEEEE!" Before I could finished my war cry, I broke through the latch. I quickly unlocked it and pulled my arm out the hole, causing splinters and cuts to appear on my arm.

I ran inside and quickly closed the latch. Using the hole to see, I watched as the titan neared the latched and looked down at it. I felt as if its eyes were on me.

I waited until it lost interest before beginning to move once more. As I took steps down the basement I felt an eerie wind blow past.

Suddenly light began to illuminate down in the basement.

"Hello?"

Near the bottom of the steps, he saw a man packing things into a suitcase. The man turned in surprise.

"Riley? Riley Jaegar? You're my son's friend right?"

I nodded "Y-yes what are you doing here sir?"

He smiled "I could ask you the same thing, after all this is my basement"

"I wanted to escape the titans so I thought i'd come here" I looked at his briefcase which was still ajar. It contained two syringes inside both filled with green liquid. "What's that Mr. Jaeger? Is that medicine?"

Grisha, Eren's father, turned to look at his briefcase then back down at me. He smiled and took one syringe.

"Yes it is, Riley. You see there's a plague going around that causes people sickness and soon death, I was planning on releasing it but the titans attacked. Since you're here how about you get the first antidote"

I looked at him with a raised brow "But you only have two? Isn't it better to save it?"

Grisha shook his head "No of course not. I was going to use one to be replicated and give out and I was going to use the other as a backup but I saw no point so now I just have an extra. So you want the shot?"

I paused before nodding "I'll do it... Will Eren and Mikasa be getting shots too?"

"Eren will get one too yes... Mikasa no. No more questions, hold still" I nodded and waited for the shot.

Grisha injected the serum inside my arm, I winced at the sharp pain. At first it felt like normal then I my body began to burn up

Then everything went black.

Grisha's POV

It worked. It actually worked. It looks like the Reiss family was worth doing all that trouble for.

I watched as Riley turned into titan and began to destroy his surroundings. It looked like he was a 20 meter or 15. Riley caved a house in and roared. I flinched, he's strong. Stronger than I hoped he'd be. 'Now to make him into a shifter'

I turned around where there was a sleeping man.

'I'm sorry it had come to this'

I turned back towards Riley and yelled.

"Riley! Over here!"

I doubt he could understand but it caught his attention.

I smiled as he made his way towards to where I and the sleeping shifter had been.

"Now that I know this serum works, Eran's going to get his" I said as I clutched the last vile.

Riley's POV

My body felt...Different. I looked at my hand and made a fist. It felt normal but yet so different.

After I blacked out, Eren's dad said it was a side-affect of the medicine and that it'll be fine in a couple of days. Afterwards, the Garrison sent more boats for survivors and now we were making our way to Trost.

When we docked, Eren's dad grabbed my shoulder "Don't tell Eren about the medicine. He hates shots and if he found out, he would refuse potentially endangering everyone"

I nodded "You can count on me"

He smiled "Thank you. I'm going to try and find him, why don't you look around too"

With that, he left.

I began to wander, not really knowing where to look hoping I would run into either Mikasa or Eren. The more I walked the more I became sensible of my hunger.

'That's right... I haven't ate since I blacked out and I don't have money' I noticed I had ended up somewhere near the center of town where rations had been given out.I looked around and spotted a blond girl getting two loafs of bread from the rations officer.

'Maybe taking one isn't so bad, beside she's already got one' I followed her as she made her way down the street. She sat down on a bench and placed the loafs on her lap. I slowly crept towards her trying not to be noticed. 'Wait. What if the other loaf is for someone else? What if it is someone else's and they haven't ate'

'But I haven't ate in three days, they could live'

'But what if they had arrived today, like me'

'NO. TOO BAD. I NEED TO EAT!' Making my decision, I bolted into a sprint and swiftly grabbed a loaf, just when I thought I was in the clear I fell towards the ground. Hitting it with a loud thud I clutched the loaf on my chest trying not to drop it then I felt someone kick me over onto me back.

It was the girl. She looked at me with cold, emotionless eyes. Blue, beautiful crystal eyes. She knelt down and took the loaf from me. My expression fell into sadness and defeat. I guess she noticed because she split the loaf in half and nonchalantly threw it at me. I caught it almost dropping it on the ground.

She turned around and began to walk away.

I quickly looked back up "Hey wait, what's your name!"

She didn't answer and kept walking.

"Well thank you, anyway!" I smiled then looked at the loaf. I ate it slowly trying to conserve some just in case I won't be able to eat after this.

I sat on the bench where the blonde girl had sat in and chomped on my loaf while watching people pass. Some I recognize from the streets back in Shiganshina but never really talked to. Just store owners and common pedestrians.

"Riley?"

I turned and saw Mikasa and Armin, another friend of Eren's and an acquaintance of mine. The kind blonde boy was one of Eren's support pillar like Mikasa, but I never really go to know him as a friend.

"Hey Mikasa, Armin. Am I glad to see you guys" I say with joy. Speaking of Eren "Hey where's Eren?"

"We met up with his dad, he went to speak with Eren about something"

I nodded "Ah... So how are you guys? Is everyone okay?"

"By okay, you mean traumatized? Then yes were all okay" Armin said sitting down. "I just hope my grandfather comes back okay"

I look at him quizzically "Why where'd he go?"

"Back to Shiganshina, to retake Wall Maria"

I remember something "Wait, you mean the large trail of horses weren't soldiers? Just mere civilians?!"

Armin nodded

I shook my head in disbelief "I can't believe this, how are they expecting common folk to fight something they've only seen once!"

"It was a logical choice"

I turned and looked at Mikasa horrified "What..."

"Because of the refugees, there is a ration problem occurring here, some were sent to retake Wall Maria, others to work in the fields. If you get rid of them, then the rations problem would slowly disappear"

I looked at her with a glare. "People aren't expendable. People are people, with lives and families. I doubt you'd understand, since you don't even have one"

Armin covered his mouth in shock as I stood up and walked off. Mikasa didn't retort as I walked away.

I kept walking, as thoughts flood my head

'That was uncalled for... Mikasa didn't deserve that. I should apologize, after what she's gone through"'

Snapping back into realiaty I found myself near the canal. I sat down on the steps as I watched the clouds move. My thoughts were going crazy as if something had clicked.

Then thoughts about my father popped up.

He had been a hard working man, he worked so hard. For me. His only son, his only child. Tears began to form around my eye as memories of my past with him began to replay in my mind.

Then remembered why I left the house.

"Dad... What type of job do you think is best for me?"

I looked at my father with nervous eyes as he washed the dishes

"For you? Hmmm...Engineer of course, you have a thinker's mind. One day maybe you'll be able to get a good living."

I clenched my fists "Dad, what if I told you that I want to join the Survey Corps"

Silence reigned the room. Then he spook in a quiet voice

"We've talked about this... My son. My ONLY son, is not going to become titan fodder"

I gritted my teeth "And why can't I! Mom ser-"

"AND NOW SHE'S DEAD!"

I clenched my eyes shut. I felt a pair of arms embrace me.

"I work for YOU. I give you everything you want. I provide food and shelter. Please, just listen to me once. Living a life of a hero never guarantees tomorrow. Your mother had died for nothing and I don't want the same to happen to you so live a normal life."

I push him off and look at the ground, tears streaming down my face

"I AM going to become a scout! I am going to prove to you that Mom didn't die for nothing! I'll prove no-one in the Survey Corps has died for nothing! I'll prove to you I WILL SURVIVE!"

I fast walked out the door, slamming it behind me.

I wiped the tears from my eyes but it seemed like they were running on their own.

"Why are you following me"

I look up and saw the same blonde girl who had given me the bread

"Why are you crying"

I quickly wiped the tears "I'm not crying... It's the wind, it's burning my eyes."

I didn't hear her reply... Maybe it was the sound of me sniffling. I spend the next 5 minutes sniffling and wiping my eyes, afterwards I turned back to the blonde girl who had given me a disgusted look.

"S-sorry about that I..."

"You were wiping your eyes from the wind I know, you still didn't answer my question"

I looked at her confused "Your question?"

She sighed in annoyance "Why are you following me?"

I looked at he even more confused "Follow? Lady I don't even know you, I just came to get away from some things and ended up here"

She looked at me with those same cold, emotionless eyes from before.

"Is your face always like that?"

She sat down just a couple steps away and looked up in the sky in thought. I expected no answer anyways.

I looked up at the sky, at the moving clouds. The same ones I saw three days ago.

"Hey, I never learned your name. I wanted to thank you earlier for the bread."

I looked at the girl slowly blink keeping her eyes at the sky. I sighed and went back at looking at the sky.

'Worth a try'

A couple more minutes pass when the girl got up and began to leave

"See you around, Blondie" I said waving without turning to face her.

"It's Annie...Annie Leonhart"

I smiled and turned "Well see you around, Annie"

She didn't respond and continued to walk away while I continued to watch the clouds.

2 Years Later

I watched the clouds slowly pass as I waited for the supply boat. My dreams of becoming a soldier were put to bed, I worked as a dock worker making sure each supply is accounted for. Eren, Mikasa and Armin had joined as cadets for the 104th Training Corps, it's been six months since I've seen them. Some part of me wants to join them and honor my mother's legacy but another part wants to honor my father's wishes. In the end, I was stuck with this.

"HEY YAEGAR! GOT A SHIPMENT OF SUPPLIES NEEDING TO BE DELIVERED TO ONE OF THE TRAINING CAMPS! GET A WAGON AND HORSE AND TAKE SEAN WITH YA TO DELIVER THE SUPPLIES!" I heard my superior yell from the lower level of the dock.

"Got it boss!" I grabbed my hoodie and then placed my dark green cloak on top off it. It look like I had been a member of the scouts. Heh I guess I did get to live a part of my dream after all. That is extremely sad.

"Hey move it Riley, supplies don't move themselves you know" I heard my partner, Sean say already holding the reigns of the horses.

"Yea, Yea, I'm coming" I checked and made sure the cargo was on firmly and then hopped in the passenger side of the wagon. "Alright, let's get a move on"

It's a 2 hour trip from the docks to the training camps, so I put my hood on and began to get comfortable. I needed to catch up on sleep.

"Wake me up when we get there"

"Sure thing, bud"

2 Hour's Later

"Jaegar, wake up we gotta unload the supplies"

"mmm- 5 more minutes"

"I didn't know you got lazy over the months Riley" My eyes twitched at the familiarity of the voice...Was that Eren?

I rose slowly, groaning as I did.

"What the hell?" I looked up and saw Eren with a grin on his face looking at me. Behind him was a man in a trench coat, he looked pissed off.

"Get off your ass and help unload the supplies" He said threateningly. I nodded still trying to wake up, as soon as I stepped off the wagon, I missed the step and landed on my face.

Sean and Eren laughed while the man only glared at me. I quickly got up and dusted myself off.

"Sorry, sir" I quickly moved behind the wagon and began to carry boxes. I looked at Eren "Where do we put them?"

He motioned at a medium sized shed "There, I'll show you"

I grabbed three stacks and followed Eren to the shed. As we walked, we passed the cadets training in hand to hand combat, it made me wanna jump in and join them. I sighed.

Eren glanced at me then at the cadets in training "Say, Riley. Why don't you join the cadets? You can still apply you know, but you'll be pushed hard to catch up with everyone.

I smiled at his offer "Thanks, but no thanks... I'll stick being a dock worker"

We entered the shed and he led me to the place to put the supplies. Sean came in with the last boxes and placed them down.

"Sorry to interrupt your reunion but Riley we've to open these up and go through the checklist and finish the rest of the paperwork" I nodded toward him then faced Eren

"Well duty calls"

He nodded "Yea, I got to get back to training anyway. Hey maybe both of you can join us for dinner if our instructor allows it"

"Well see" Sean said. Eren turned and exited the shed, while I began to open the boxes.

"Whoa 3DMG... Haven't seen one this close before" I touched the handle of the controller which held the blade and the controls for the hook and gas. Sean looked at it in interest

"Gotta admit, these soldiers get cool toys. Too bad civilians can't own any" I looked to the ground then nodded

"Yea... Let's just get these boxes open and finish the rest of the paperwork"

"That should be the last page sir" I said as I held out the last of the paperwork to the instructor. He signed it and then looked at the 3DMG we had set up throughout the shed.

"Thanks" He then turned to Sean and I "Why don't you boys head to the mess hall and get something to eat, I'm sure you've seen it throughout the time you worked. Sean nodded in response while I looked out the window and noticed what looked like swings in the back.

The instructor noticed "You wanna try it out? Our cadets use it to practice on their balance for the use of ODM or 3DMG whatever they call it these days"

My eyes lit up "If you don't mind sir"

He nodded "It's fine... Do you want to try it out too?" He said the last part towards Sean who shook his head.

"No thanks, I'll just head down to the mess hall and grab a bite" He left after. The instructor motioned for me to follow him and we approached one of the sets. He grabbed something from one of the crates near the set and threw it at me.

"Put that on"

I caught it and looked at it. It was a belt. Not questioning the instructor I put on the belt replacing the one I had been already wearing.

"Stand in the middle and hook yourself up"

I nodded and grabbed the two metal cables by my side. I hooked them onto the latches on either side of my belt.

"I'm going to crank it up. Get ready"

I nodded and he began to crank the lever which began to pull the cables and began to rise me into the air. Both of my feet left the ground and soon I was high in the air. I just hanged there not really knowing what to do, after a couple of seconds of nothing happening I turned to the instructor.

"So... What am I supposed to do, sir?" He just looked at me with a hard gaze. I got creeped out fearing I said something wrong, then he began to crank the cables down.

"What's your name"

As I unlatched myself from the device I turned to him "Riley Yaegar, Sir"

"Yaeger? Are you a relative of Eren's?"

I shook my head and chuckled "No sir, last name is spelled with an a.r. in the end not an e.r. but both are pronounced similarly"

He nodded his head understanding "You're a natural at balancing mid-air. Have you ever thought of joining any of the branches in the military?"

I nodded "I wanted to join the scouts but... Personal affairs prevented me to do so"

He nodded "Well if you ever change your mind you know where to go to...Go get something to eat, Yeagar"

I nodded "Yes, sir ,thank your, sir"

I turned and began to walk towards the mess hall

I approached the door to a small building where I heard laughter and people talking. I stopped and looked at the sky.

'It turned dark quick, how long were we working for?'

I sighed in tiredness and grabbed the handle to open the door. As I stepped in, the cabin grew quiet and all eyes were on me.

"Uh... Hi?"

"Riley?" I turned to the sound of the voice. I saw Armin waving, next to him was Eren and Mikasa the former cheekily smiling at me. I smirked and approached their table then sat down next to Armin, the cabin returned to their normal volume afterwards.

"Hey, guys. Long time no see" I said to Armin and Mikasa, who just nodded in response.

Eren looked at my belt "So you decided to join?"

"Huh?"

He pointed at the belt "Oh that! I was just testing out the ODM balance thingy"

"Really? What did Shadis say?" Armin said. I turned to him confused.

"Who's Shadis?"

"The instuctor"

"Oh, well he didn't say anything. He just glared at me then asked me for my name" Eren looked at Armin then faced me.

"And he didn't say anything back?"

I shook my head. I felt someone sit next to me and I turned to see Sean.

"Hey, I got us this" He passed over a bowl of soup and bread. I nodded greatfully.

"Thanks" I turned to the others "Guys, this is Sean Cold. My partner in crime."

I pointed at Eren "That's Eren Yeager"

Then at Armin "Armin Arlert"

And finally at Mikasa "And that's Mikasa Ackerman"

Sean nodded at all of them then looked at Eren "So your Riley's brother? I mean I can see it actually same colored hair, Riley just looks a bit more toned"

I face palmed while Eren laughed "No were not brothers, our last names are spelled differently but pronounced similarly"

"oh"

Sean said as he began to eat. I began to eat and chatted with others while I did so. We talked about our childhoods and reminisced about the the years we worked to get to where we are today. We talked about the military branches and then the scouts. It wasn't long before Eren started to get riled about killing all the titans which cause unwanted attention to the table. He got into an argument with one of the other cadets which ended quickly when the Instructor stepped in after hearing all the noise.

All the while this happen I kept sipping on the soup thinking about the military 'Maybe I should join. Maybe the Military Police will be good for me, that way I'll be safe and still serve humanity just like my dad wanted but sitting and relaxing all day isn't really living out in my mom's legacy. It has to be the Scouts or nothing at all. If only those damn titans didn't attack, I wouldn't be having these thoughts. I would be at home with my dad arguing like we normally did. I would come home later and be friends with him again'

The thought of the titans cause sudden anger to rise within me.

"Breaking our property now, Yaegar?"

I snapped out of my trance and looked up and noticed the Instructor glaring at me. I looked at my hand and noticed I had broken the metal spoon. I dropped it in horror.

"S-Sorry sir, I was just thinki-"

He sighed "A cheap spoon doesn't really matter to me, Yaegar. Just control that temper of yours. Anyway I came to get something that you forgot to give back"

Knowing what had been talking about, I stood up and took off the belt and handed it to him. He looked at it before glancing back up at me.

"You know my offer still stands. You can still join the 104th Training Corps, you've already perfected ODM balance training. You'll just need to catch up with the rest"

I smiled "I'll think about but for now, I'll continue working as the common man"

He nodded and began to walk away. Just before he exited he looked at me once more "You've got a lot of fire within you, Yaegar. The same fire that I see in Eren, you might not be brothers but you both share the same hate for the titans, you'll be a useful asset if you do join"

He exited leaving the cabin in silence. I looked at Eren who seemed to be lost in thought the his gaze snapped to me

"Join... Join the scouts! Join like how you've always talked about when we were kids!" I looked at him firmly.

"Eren... You know why I didn't join and it's final. Look I did say I would think about his offer, so just give me time to think"

He sighed and nodded "Fine but don't take too long"

Sean stood up clearing his throat "Riley, I think it's time for us to go back, don't wanna piss off the boss now do we"

I nodded "Yea... It's great seeing you guys again"

"You too. Have a safe trip back"

I smiled at them then got up and exited the cabin.

Sean and I prepped the wagon and made sure everything was in working order.

As I was tightening the ropes carrying the spare crates containing spare 3DMG, I hear footsteps approaching from behind me

I turned and my eyes widened

"Annie?"

She looked at me with the cold eyes I remember her always having. I stood up and turned smiling at her "What, you here to say your goodbyes or something?"

She stood there silently before looking up into the sky

"What happened to your dream of serving the Survey Corps?"

I froze and looked at her. She looked back at me.

"Remember? It was two years ago, you were there on the steps of the canal. It had been the third time I saw you"

I closed my eyes thinking, digging up memories.

"It's you again"

I turned around and saw Annie, standing on the steps above with one hand on her hips.

"What? You following me now, lady?" I smirked at her, she scoffed and sat down on the top step. We sat in silence looking at boats passing in the canals.

I turned to her

"You ever dream of joining the military?"

She looks towards me and stares.

"Dream? No. As a job. Maybe"

I nodded "Well I'm going to join the scouts! I'm going to take down Titans and be a hero!"

She looked back towards the sky.

"Living a life of a hero never guarantees tomorrow"

I froze and turned to her with wide eyes

"What?"

"I'm saying you'll die... Forget about that dream, if you truly want to serve then join the Military Police"

I stood up clenching my fist. She looked at me her glare softening.

"You're wrong. I won't become one of those leeching pigs who just take from the people. When it comes to fighting Titans they forget their training and run away like cowards"

I walk past her and headed home.

I sigh "Things change, I guess."

We stood there in silence as she stared at me and I stared at the ground.

"Hey, Riley is the crate fastened?"

I look up to Sean who had taken his seat on the reigns

"Yeah. Are you done with yours"

He nodded. I turned back to say goodbye to Annie but found that she had already left. I frowned before hopping into the passenger seat of the wagon.

Sean looked at me then focused back towards the trail ahead.

I leaned back and placed my hands behind my head and stared at the sky before me. The stars shined brightly as I began to lose myself in them.

Soon I began to drift into sleep.

I sat up instantly hearing the loud sound of lightning crack

"WHAT THE FUCK!" I yelled, I turned to Sean who was looking at the sky

"That's weird, there isn't any storm clouds. I swear I heard lightning"

I began to look around to see if anything had been hit. I sat back trying to relax

"Jeez, that scared the crap outta me"

Jean chuckled "You should've seen the look on your face when you woke up"

I shook my head and scoff "It's not that funny, idiot"

Sean smiled as he returned his attention back onto the trail.

Suddenly the ground began to shake.

I sat up again looking around "What is that sound?"

Sean stopped the horse and began to look around. He turned around and his eyes instantly grew wide. He quickly whipped the horse and made the run faster

"WHOA WHAT'S GOING ON!" I turned to try and see what he had seen, as I did my eyes widened.

It was a titan. It was big. It was running. And it was headed right for us.

"WHY IS IT RUNNING! WHY IS IT RUNNING!" I yelled in panic "THEY DON'T DO THAT!"

Sean grit his teeth and whipped the horse "FASTER!"

The titan was getting closer.

Sean looked back "It's night too... Titans don't move in the dark"

I said quickly glancing at him "THEN WHY IS THAT RUNNING TOWARDS US!"

I looked back and stared at it, it had hair along its top torso and legs. Then it did something I never expected it. It jumped.

In front of us.

The shockwave cause me to fall out of the wagon while Sean held onto the reigns.

This... Beast slapped the horse causing Sean to roll out of the wagon.

I laid on the ground unable to move while Sean ran to me and tried to get me up

"COME ON RILEY! THIS ISN'T THE TIME FOR DRAMATICS!"

I winced. I landed on something and it had pierced me through my stomach "I... C-cant j-just...JUST GO DAMN IT!"

Sean smirked "You know damn well I wouldn't do that"

The beast titan reached out towards Sean who stood his ground but instead its arm passed him and reached for one of the crates. It took out the 3DMG inside and began to inspect it.

"Tell me"

Both Sean and I froze...

"D-did it j-just speak" Sean said.

It inspected the gear before looking at Sean

"What is this device called?"

Sean furrowed his brows, he ran towards the titan's hands and kicked the gear out of its hand, breaking it.

"FUCK YOU!"

The titan frowned and then grabbed Sean.

"RILEY GET OUT OF HE-AGHGH" The beast squeezed his hands shut

My blood ran cold as Sean's blood splattered throughout the ground. The beast titan threw Sean's mangled and crushed remains next to me.

"How about you, what is that gear called?"

I looked it in shock "I-It's c-called"

'I'm a coward'

"I-it's"

'Sean died fighting... I'll die crying'

"I-it's"

'First my mom'

"C-called"

'Then my dad'

"Cal-called"

'Now Sean'

"..."

'I'VE HAD ENOUGH!'

I let our a cry of anger

'TITANS...THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIEE, I WILL KILL THEM ALL'

I glared at the beast Titan

"I'm...I'm... I'M GOING TO RIP YOU APART AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH"

Suddenly everything went black.

Lightning struck and Riley transformed into a 17 Meter Titan with tan skin and a lean body. It had bones protruding out of it's skin acting as an exoskeleton, it covered the top half of his face like a mask, to his chest and arms, down to his legs and feet. It's black spiky hair stood up, some pieces falling into bangs and covered his white glowing eyes. Where his mouth would've been was replaced by stitch like patterns as lips, where resided his sharp teeth.

The beast looked at him curiously "A shifter?"

Riley roared a roar filled with anger, then his eyes fixated onto the beast, with another loud booming roar, Riley charged at the beast, who just simply slapped him out of the way.

Riley fell into the ground hard creating a crater, the beast observed as Riley's titan began to spark up.

"Interesting"

Riley then sat back up, this time more angry.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

The beast flinched "This one is stro-" It's eyes widened when Riley suddenly appeared in front of him,

Riley threw a punch with his left, the beast noticed it's arm was full of electric sparks. Once contact was made, it created a loud boom sending the beast back but Riley's arm was blown off however before he could attack again he stopped noticing it had disappeared. The beast was gone.

The glow from Riley's eyes dimmed and soon he collapsed.

From a distance a man watched as Riley's titan began to dissolve.

'So there's more shifters out there...Interesting'

"RILEY GET OUT OF HE-AGHHH"

I watched as Sean was crushed by the titan.

I closed my eyes not wanting to see him

"why didn't you save me"

My eyes widened, I looked up and saw that I was no longer in the plains near Trost during the dead of night, but in front of my house, my old house.

"Riley... Why?"

I stood up and began to walk towards the entrance following the sound of the voice.

"Sean? Is that you?"

I grabbed the door handle and twisted it. Pushing the door open, I stepped in and instantly light flooded my eyes making me cover my eyes.

"Riley, welcome home!"

I slowly uncovered my eyes in shock.

"Dad?"

My father smiled and pointed at food "Made your favorite, why don't you start eating first, I'll be in the other room doing paperwork"

My mouth was gaping as I watched him. I looked at the food he had made, it was steak. Meat was one of the most expensive things and yet he still got it, one slab. And it was for me.

I walked towards the table and sat down. Still looking down at the meat in front of me.

Suddenly the door burst open causing me to turn around.

"sean"

He took a seat in front of me smiling as he looked down at the food

"Hey! Is that steak?! Let me get a piece bro"

I watched him cut the slab in half and place the other on his plate. I watched him munch down his food and swallow like he had done in real life. Real life. Is this real life? Or is this just some fucked up dream?

Regardless... I want to cherish this.

I smiled and took hold of my fork "Hey I didn't say you could get some"

Sean grimaced while he rubbed the back of his head "Sorry, bud"

I fake scoffed and began to eat. Or tried to. The meat was no long there nor was my fork. The table, the chairs, the pots and pans in the sink, the whole house wasn't there.

"Riley"

I looked up at Sean, in my horror I saw his decapitated head looking at me in anger

"Why didn't you save me"

Suddenly it got harder to breathe as if all the air was taken.

"You could've saved me if you had gotten up"

"My son..."

I turned around and saw my father's crushed body

"Why did you have to fight with me... You could've prevented this"

"NO! I TRIED I-I SEAN I"

"why didn't you save me" Those words repeated "why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me""why didn't you save me"

"STOOOOOPPP! PLEASE! STOP!"

I collapsed onto nothing and felt my body fall through air. I saw tears fall out but did not feel them.

"I tried..." I said accepting the darkness which began to overcome me

"I couldn't" The tears stopped as emptiness consumed me

"I was afraid"

Hey guys! I hoped you enjoyed reading this as this is my first Attack Of Titan fanfic. It might be boring right now but don't worry, it'll get interesting I hope.

Anyway tell me what you think of the first chapter and if I should write more

And again Thank You for reading!