Lightning stuck. A Titan about 6 or 7 meters tall was charging, on all fours, towards the east of Wall Maria. Its hair was a messy dark brown; eye's black with a small, white dot for where the pupil should be. Its mouth open wide to show its sharp fangs that could pierce through anything. As the Titan came towards a forest, it sprang up to grab the trunk of the tree. Jumping from tree to tree, the Titan came closer and closer to its destination.
Meanwhile, in the castle, Queen Historia had been where she is for a few weeks now. She had been lonely for the last few days as everyone who she knew was either on the expedition to plug wall Maria or outside the walls fighting against humanity.
She had been sat in her room ever since she woke up. She honestly could not be arsed with the nagging-ness of her staff. She just wanted to be alone. As a small sigh escaped the young Queen mouth, a knock was heard at the door:
"Queen Historia? Are you awake? Breakfast is ready for you," said a male voice on the other side of the door.
Historia began to scowl; "I'm awake now, I'll be right over in a few minutes. I just need to get dressed!" Historia yelled back in a kinder tone than she was feeling. Ever since she turned from Christa Lenz to Historia Reiss, her attitude towards everything changed drastically. She'd been a lot more independent, but she did, however, have some kindness left in her. For example, after she became Queen and just before everyone left to go on the big expedition, she opened up an orphanage.
Historia let another sigh escape her mouth again, she needed to get up and get ready for the day ahead. Without a care in the world, Historia removed her covers that lay over her body and forced herself to get out of the comfiest bed. Knowing today's standard it probably was. When the young Queen was out of bed, she was found to be wearing a loose-fitting white blouse that Ymir got for her in their trainee days. Ever since Ymir left with Reiner and Bertholdt, she had not washed it. It was one of the last things that Ymir had given her. The young Queen stumbled across the room to her chair where her royal gown was laid. Gracefully, Historia removed her treasure that lay across her body and placed it in her wardrobe like it was a clean shirt; she didn't want any of her maids and butlers cleaning it. After she had put her shirt away, she slipped on her dress, which was a pale pink dress which flowed all the way down to her ankles. The dress had 2 big white, stitched flowers that lay below the waistline. Another thing that was located on the chair was her royal robe, which she put on a lot more carefully than her dress as the robe had been passed down the Reiss' family as a new King or Queen took the throne. The robe was a deep red colour that was lined with a white fur that had black dots randomly dotted around the lining. The last thing that Historia needed to complete her outfit was her crown; she turned around to find the finishing object on her room's centrepiece, a birch table. She made her way toward the final piece and carefully placed it on her head. When her outfit was complete, she let out a heavy sigh. She didn't want to do this; she wanted to be near to people she cared about, not these stupid servants.
The young Queen walked outside her door to find 2 newly recruited MPs. You could tell they were new MPs because they actually gave a shit about their job. Both MPs stood tall; they were wearing the basic MP uniform with a rifle which sat firmly on their shoulders via a strap, one of them male the other female. The male had brown hair as well as a dirty green shirt.
The female, however, was almost as tall as the other male, but she wore a dirty blue shirt, and she had blonde hair which was tied up in a ponytail.
When they noticed that the Queen had left her room and walked out, their conversations came to a halt, and they stood up straight and saluted their queen.
"GOOD MORNING QUEEN HISTORIA!" They both said at the same time.
One of them spoke up, "My name is Josh."
"And my name is Lauren." Added on the female one, "We were set to be your guards today!" These two MPs were overly jolly. Historia hated it.
Historia turned to face them, "you two seem very jolly."
The female one spoke up, "we are! We like to keep our minds in a good position, so we get the best out of our job!"
"Oh God, they are one of those people. They must be new recruits," Historia said in her head.
As Historia began to walk away from the overly happy couple, she was stopped by Lauren, "Historia, please wait let us walk with you."
"Yeah, we were told never to let you out of our sight!" Josh added on.
A small sigh escaped from the Queen's mouth, "Alright then, but if I need to attend to pressing matters, then you must let me go."
"YES, MA'AM!" Lauren and Josh said at the same time.
As Historia was walking with each guard either side of her, a question popped into her head, "are you two a couple then or-"
"WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!" Josh yelled back in a defensive tone not realising he had interrupted Historia.
Once Lauren noticed the disgusted face that their Queen was pulling, she quickly jumped in to defend him, "Sorry milady! Sometimes Josh gets a little defensive over some things."
Historia smiled, "It's alright; I was just wondering because you are acting like this couple I grew up with when I was becoming a soldier, Hannah and Franz. Everyone knew they were a couple, everyone knew from the way they acted and spoke to each other but, they would always deny it if someone even mentioned the word 'relationship' or 'couple' to either of them."
Lauren giggled. "That's really sweet."
"Even though we live in this world where Titans eat us for pleasure, they will still act like there is no care in the world." Historia's smile began to fade, "Just like me..."
Josh's face was back to its usual self, "oh..."
Lauren's smile faded, "did you have a boyfriend who was eaten?"
"Not exactly..."
"What do you mean then?" Josh butted in.
Just before Historia could answer the question, they arrived at the dinner hall.
"Queen Historia?" a voice called over. It was the same one as before. "Your breakfast is ready." It was a butler. The Butler is a tall, bespectacled, and handsome man with short, black hair and his golden eyes that flicker in the sunlight. He's dressed in a dark suit, white gloves and wore glasses that peacefully sat on his nose.
Overall, Historia wasn't really that hungry, so she just nodded; smiled and sat down in front of her plate. On the plate lay bread, butter and jam. Historia turned to face her butler, "Wait... isn't jam rare?"
"Yes it is, milady," said the butler before he walked off into the kitchen.
"Wait if it's rare, why am I eating it as it's not? Surely I would save it for when my friends come back from the expedition." Historia muttered to herself. "That's if they come back..." her face was full of worry and disappointment.
Soon after Historia finished eating, she clicked her fingers to notify her butler to clean up her plate from where she was eating. "Claude, I'm going to spend my time outside reading today."
"Ok M'lady, I will notify you if anything pops up. Also, Lauren and Josh will be outside with you watching from afar."
Historia sent a small smile towards Claude, "that'll be fine."
As Claude started to clean away the Queen's plates and cutlery, Historia stood up and headed to the library. When Historia left the room, Josh and Lauren followed her.
"So Historia, what happened with your boyfriend?" Josh asked while he broke the silence between them.
Tears began to fall down Historia's cheeks. "I don't want to talk about it..." replied the queen as she wiped away the tears.
Suddenly there was a huge thud.
"What on earth was that?" Said Josh in a shocked tone.
"No idea did a cannon fall off the wall?" added on Lauren.
"TITAN, TITAN, TITAN!" yelled another MP who was running towards them, "GET THE QUEEN TO SAFETY!"
"Wait, what, there's a Titan within Wall Sina? What does it look like?" Historia questioned.
The MP nodded, "it's about 6 or 7 meters tall, its hair is a dark brown, its eyes are black with a small, white dot for where the pupil should be and sharp fangs."
Historia's eyes lit up, "Ymir!" Historia charged towards the nearest door to the courtyard to where the Titan was spotted.
Around the Titan, there were MPs firing cannons and their rifles, funny enough none of them were wearing any 3DMG and most of them were drunk anyway. As soon as the Titan noticed Historia running toward them, it fell to the ground, smoke surrounding its body; no one could see what was going on. When smoke began to clear up, a figure was spotted, and it was running towards the Queen. Everyone started to surround the Queen not letting this human Titan get near her. Historia pushed her way through the crowds of guards as the figure became clearer and clearer. When she finally pushed her way through all the guards, the Titan hugged her.
"Ymir..." Historia said while burying her head into the female's chest.
"I'm back, Christa. I'm back with you. Forever..."
