Chapter 1: The fall of Trost Part One
AN:Hey all, first actual long fanfic with chapters... gee could of explain it better but could not think of the words. This will be a multi chapter fanfic, as i said before that will be completed. Just a fair warning, i want to keep it as close as i can to the anime and manga. Also the reason why i choose Mylius is for two reason, I hate it when people kill off interesting background characters when they could be contributed to the main story line if they really tried haha. Second, he was honestly cool looking in the anime and i do not know, thought it would be fun to see what it might of turned out to be if they actually kept him, in my point of view. Also, there is no fanfic of this guy anywhere so i figure, why not make one. Another warning, i plan to update weekly as best as i can but there will be complications in my life that will stop me from touching this fanfic for possibly a year or two. but that will not be happening until a few more months. I plan on finishing this fanfic once the manga ends so hopefully everyone who reads this and likes it stays around for a few years. This is honestly just a beta test for me because i wanna become a writer someday so hopefully, you guys like this very much and give me the confidence when i actually start writing. Also i do not own Attack on Titan at all, all credit towards that goes to Hajime isayama. Alright, with this long all Author note done, i present you with my fanfic.
In my opinion, this world was never meant for humans because if it was, why were we inside a small part of this world instead of being able to roam entirely without fear? Why were we being hunted? Why do we have to live in fear of the titans? Is this some sick joke that God is doing for shits and giggles? No, there was no God. If there was, he would have obliterated us by now instead of allowing mankind to be eaten one at a time.
Ever since the fall of wall Maria the world had changed. From being comfortable for over 100 years of peace, to living in fear that the colossal titan and the armored titan may attack us again one day.
My name is Mylius Zeramuski, a cadet of the 104th trainee squad. I am a shy boy, always keeping to myself, never to let my words spill out on any subject, good or bad. I was born and raised in the Trost District of wall Sina. I decided to become a soldier of mankind to help support my family and to escape the life my father was trapped in, being a goods trader, bought whatever he thought could make a good profit, or food for the table. It was never enough though, I have two younger siblings, twins, one brother and one sister. Meals were always small and my mother was growing weak by never getting enough.
I also joined in hopes of becoming one of the top ten to work for the military police, that way I can get some money for my home and my folks wouldn't have to worry about my siblings going hungry. But even that was just but a dream. I wasn't anywhere near the top 10, just barely making it to the top 30. I was a failure as a soldier and my family.
The survey corps was nothing but a nightmare to me, I never wanted to hunt titans, I wanted to stay as far as possible from them. I decided to go work for the garrison just in case I never made it to the military police, have them feed and house me while I gave everything else to my family. Though that was the plan but someone from the top ten gave me another idea.
Eren Yeager was never into hiding behind the walls. In fact he always screamed about how it's his birth right to be able to roam outside the walls. People like Jean Kirstein always mocked about how that idiot was a suicidal bastard and that he'll be nothing but titan chow. Before I met him, I would have believed Jean but for some reason, his words encouraged me, soothed me even. Eren made his decision on going to the survey corps, despite even able to get into the Military police. I decided to follow that suicidal bastard.
Unfortunately the day to decide to pick what career you wanted was postponed, the colossal titan appeared and breached the wall, allowing titans to enter freely and begin their feast. I was on the other side of the Trost district, carrying supplies with my best friend, Nac Tius. But even on the other side, you could see the giant's head peeking over the wall, threatening us like we were just insects to him. You could see derbies flying all over the small district, not as far as eren said he did the first time and not as much, it seemed like everyone would survive that. But I don't know about the titans approaching.
Fear and despair kicked into me when I suddenly realized that my family still lived in Trost, that they have to run away, and even worse, I'd be going on the front lines of this mess. I turned to Nac whose face was calm, looking like he was expecting this and was getting excited. He turned to my look of despair and gave me triumphant smirk.
"Looks like we get some real experience before going out and slaying even more titans, right Mylius?!" He screamed, giving off a vibe like Sasha would give at meal times. He slapped my back and stared at me, awaiting my approval of this mess. I swallowed my tongue and gave a slight nod as he cheered some more.
After the breach happened, we were all immediately gathered up in the castle courtyard listening into the command of Captain Kitts Woerman. I was not listening all that much to him, in fact, I completely ignored him. I could only focus at the one in front of me, she had black hair like Mikasa Ackerman's tied up to two little pig tails, she had a soft and cheerful face and a warm welcoming smile always upon her face, and she was short, but average height with the other girls. Mina Carolina was a very beautiful gem. Not only was she stunning, her personality was too, always looking out for the others and was friendly to all.
"- If it comes to it, lay down your lives!" I finally realized that I was a soldier in the front lines, I had no time to admire the girl in front of me. All of the 104th Training squad saluted the man in front of us. As I gave a strong and firm salute, I noticed a feature that captain Woerman kept hidden, fear. He was more afraid than me or even Daz, the biggest pussy of the trainees and that was saying something. What really added to this effect is that this man wasn't going to see a single moment in the battle; in fact, he was in charge of the supply team, hiding inside HQ. Coward.
Once we were dismissed, that's when panic arose. People on both my sides ran for the few briefest moments of life they may have to live. I stood their frozen as I tried to reach my hand out to touch Mina. I do not know what I planned to accomplish at that point, but I thought since this might be our last day that I should tell her. I should tell the girl who's always on my mind, who I always blush when I see, who always leave me speechless just by seeing her, that I might have really liked her.
She turned around as my hand reached out for her. Her warm smile brought heat to my face.
"Hey Mylius, do you need something?" And just like that, I was a loss with words. I just wanted to bring my lips down to hers, hug her and never let go, ask her to run away with me and flee humanity. That was wrong though. I reached for her hands with both of mine and held them. I closed my eyes as I tried with my hardest to just convey all my unspoken feelings to her. I opened up my eyes and smiled at her adorable stunned face as I said:
"I just wanted some good luck." My confidence came back and I felt at the top of the world as I smiled down on her. She stared at my eyes, still in shock. She bit her lip as she pulled me into a warm embrace. Now it was my turn to have a shocked face. As I wrapped my arms around her, I could feel her shaking.
"Hey now, what's wrong?" I pulled her tighter; I never wanted to let her go.
"Just please be safe Mylius, I don't want you to die." Her voice broke down and her shaking increased. I started rub my hand in circles on her back. This was the best moment of my life.
"Whoa, hope I'm not interrupting anything!" But like all good moments, it has to end. I released Mina as I glared at my so called best friend.
"What are you talking about Nac?! You're so annoying, right Mylius!?" She screamed as she blushed and folded her arms, glancing at me as I just kept my death glare on him. All he could do was laugh.
"Alright, I'm sorry for killing the mood." He said sheepishly. "I just wanted to inform you guys that the three of us will be on a team with Eren, Armin, and Tom. We leave out in 10 minutes." Thank god, He might be called a suicidal bastard, but maybe he had skill in slaughtering the titans because of how much he talks about eradicating them, he'll be my hero. Mina's pout turned into a warm smile as she started to walk away.
"I'm going to talk to Annie before we head out, I'll see you both in a bit!" she winked and turned away. Just staring at her walk away makes me yearn for her some more. A slap on the back makes me return to reality. It also makes my glare return once I realize who it was.
"Now Mylius, who was the one who introduced you guys together?"
"You are." A soft smile crept up on my face.
"Who was the one who volunteered to partner with Annie while you worked with Mina?"
"You are." The smile got wider as I remembered all the times Nac would jump up and volunteered with Annie, only for him to leave with cuts and bruises.
"Who was the one who took the blame the one time we snuck out of curfew so you could leave her a silly poem."
"You are." The smile broke into laughter as I remembered about how he told Keith Shadis that he heard a mouse outside and wanted to get rid of it. Not only was he given a "special" room that was guarded to make sure he doesn't have to worry about his "rodent" problem, but he was also in charge of pest control for that week. He gripped my shoulders and smiled at my cockily.
"Now, who is your best friend?" And then the smile became a smirk.
"Jean Kirstein!" I knocked his hands off my shoulders with the raise of my arm and walked away from the deadpanned loser behind me. He gave me the usual "Bastard!" as the sign of defeat and walked away mumbling how he should of became best friends with Tom. I laughed a little to myself as I walked over to the edge of the court yard, overlooking some of the district.
"It's a terrifying image, isn't it?" I looked up to see Jean Kirstein staring intently over Trost. "Our hometown, the place where we use to play, being overrun by these ugly giants, it sickens me." I stared back at the district, my imagination running as I imagined my family cornered by titans. I was about to say something but Jean beat me right to it. "Our families, running, crying, begging for help. What kind of hell has God placed on us?"
"When did you become deep?" I asked, a small smile forming on my face.
"Come now Mylius, you know me better than anyone else here…. other than Tom." A flow of memories kicked in as I stared at him. A young chubby boy with two different shades of hair came running up to me with the biggest smile.
"My name is Jean! Jean Kirstein!" His smile never faltered and all I could do is hide my flushed and shy face.
"You changed a lot, 'Jeanbo'." My smile turned into a smirk. A light slap to the head showed his annoyance.
"I can say the same to you, you have not hidden your face from anyone in awhile, have you, 'Myli'." His gaze finally shifted to me with a deep smirk.
"Yeah yeah Jeanbo." I laughed a little as I placed my hand on his shoulder. He turned his gaze back to the district. The memories kept coming as I remembered back to me and Jean growing up. My face soon tightens up in regret as I turned to Jean. "Hey Jean." His gaze kept facing the district.
"Hm?" It felt like his expected me to say this.
"What happened between us and Tom… I'm rea-"
"Shut your mouth." The words were stern and hurtful, I knew he would never forgive me but, he never really knew the whole story. I do not blame him though. Being betrayed by someone who you considered your best friend is the worst kind of pain. "I cannot have one of my best friends go into battle with a guilty conscience." He said turning to me. His face was stone cold and a little fear could be seen. "Whatever happened that day… It's over and done with, and it's high time I start giving forgiveness that I've been hiding from. What happened that day was not your fault and I should of said something when I realized it instead of shoving you off. It also pisses me off that you almost said something about it first instead of me though." He said with a smirk.
"Jean…. You were, and still are, my best friend." The smile on my face kept growing as he held out his hand. With a firm hand shake, we started walking off to our assigned groups. He then placed a fist on my back. I turned a little and saw him staring ahead.
"Do not die Mylius. We still have a lot to catch up on." I turned my head, my confidence rising to its peak.
"And do not dare to die either, Jean." I placed my fist on his back.
"Come on Nac, it was just a little joke." I said pushing him a little. Our squad, squad 34, was resting up on the roof tops, awaiting orders to move out. A scared shitless Armin was being talked to by our confident leader Eren. Tom was doing a little over thinking on how he was going to "slice and dice" titans while Mina was scolding him, telling him to be careful and that this was not practice anymore. That left me with the "Crestfallen" Nac who is still upset on who I called my best friend.
"That is no joke!" he exclaimed with a pissed off look. "How could you do that to me My-!" I placed my hand on his mouth.
"Look, you are my best friend, you have done a lot for me and I truly appreciate it. I owe you a big one buddy." My smile was genuine and then turned into a face of disgust. He had started to lick my hand. I wiped it off on his jacket as he laughed. Bastard.
"I was only playing with you Mylius! You are still my best friend too!" I walked away laughing a little bit to Tom challenging Eren and us to see who can kill the most titans, with the winner having bragging rights. It sounded fun by the way he was talking about it, but as I thought a little bit deeper, it was an awful idea. I mean we do not want to die today, do we? I kept the thought to myself.
"Squadron 34, Move out! The vanguard needs more support!" The garrison member screamed to us. Eren turned to us with the famous serious face he makes when he talks about titans.
"Right! Let's move out!" we responded with war cries following our leader.
The sheer trill of the 3D Maneuver Gears made this actually a lot more fun. Out of all cadets, other than Jean Kirstein, I was the best, even beating Mikasa Ackerman. The air smacking us in the face, the running on roof tops to only jump up to land on some more, and the fact that it makes us so much faster. If this is what a bird feels like, then please fate; make me a bird in my next life. This is something I can look forward to when I am in the Survey Corps.
Titans flooded the area, no vanguards to be seen, possibly all eradicated. My confidence was dropping slowly.
"There are so many of them!" Mina screamed
"The vanguard has been completely overwhelmed." Tom exclaimed.
"I do not believe this! Those guys always talk so big!" Even Nac was in despair.
"We got an abnormal! Hold up!" A titan from the roof tops, leaped up towards us. We pulled back as he crashed into a building. I did not even look around at who was with us, only staring at the first titan that I have ever come in contact with.
It leaned his head back, staring at the sky, giving us a good view at what he had in his mouth. Tom. Fear kicked in, sweat started to drip. Tears even welled up in my eyes. Tom did not deserve this! He did not! Why?! Why?! Tom stared at us with despair, he whispered something, possibly "Help me…" and was swallowed whole.
"Tom…" Tears started to fall out. The titan turned around and walked away like nothing happened… Is this truly the end of us? My confidence is gone. My arms dropped and I stared at the sky. Goodbye mom, Milo, Miley, and dad. I am sorry that I failed to save you.
"You bastard!" Eren was already zipping towards the titan that ate Tom.
"Eren!" Armin was right behind. Mina stared at Nac and I as all three of us started following them. Eren was screaming at titan to return with a promise that he would avenge Tom. Was Jean truly right? Was Eren a suicidal bastard? Just as Eren was close to slicing the titan, another one, hidden between houses, bit his leg right off, making him land face first into roof, roof shillings falling over the place as he tumbled around. This was it. This is the end.
"Oh god, no!" Mina was in panic. We kept going at top speed to save our suicidal leader until a titan stuck out it's hand, capturing Nac. His body was squeezed, ending his life for good. I stopped in despair, Mina disappearing from my sight. I watched as that titan ate the remains of my dear friend, my best friend, my brother. Tears were just falling, they kept falling as the titan that bit Eren's leg came near me, they kept falling as it grabbed me, and they were even falling as it lifted me in the air. I stopped once I realized what was going on. I was about to be eaten.
Terror and despair filled me as I flailed my swords frantically trying to think of a way to get out of this. It had a giant smile as it toyed with me. I was begging for mercy for it not to eat me. I started to scan the area to see who was still alive. Eren was on a roof top, lying in blood. Armin was on his knees on another roof top, and Mina…. My arms dropped as I saw my sweet Mina being lifted into a titan's mouth head first. I looked away and accepted my fate as the titan brought me closer towards it's mouth. This is the end. 'Hopefully we will become birds in the next life…. Mina, Nac, Tom….' The thought…. It pissed off. We did not deserve this! I will not allow this! I lifted my blade up in his mouth to make a gash and shut my eyes.
When I felt wind slapping my face instead of drool, I opened my eyes quickly. I was surprised…. We are still alive?! How?! Mina was on my right; Nac was on hers… what the fuck is going on?! I was flying in air with the 3D Maneuver Gear, Nac and Mina were still scared, is this a second chance? Eren's leg was once again bitten off and he tumbled over a couple of houses. It all came back to me; this is where all hell breaks loose. Tom might be dead but I'll save everyone else!
"Nac! Look out!" It was too late though, history repeated itself and Nac was squished. Instead of crying, stopping and panicking, my emotions were filled with hate and a desire to kill. "Shit!" was all I could say as I aimed my way towards the one who almost ate me; I came face to face with the bastard. I aim my right hook into his right shoulder and spun around him recalling my hook and aim both of them towards the nape of its neck. Remembering everything from titan 101, I pulled towards it, slashing its neck, slaying the monster. Instead of feeling happy that I actually killed one, I raced towards another one, a girlish looking one, the one that held Mina.
Luckily for me, its back was turned and I flew towards it, hooking at its back. I slashed at it just before it pulled Mina towards its jaw. Using my gear and speed, I quickly turned around to catch her in my arms and flew her towards Armin.
"Mylius!" she hugged me as I placed her down. I heard footsteps coming towards us. I spun right around to see a bearded 15 meter titan right in front of us. I quickly pushed her towards Armin.
"Protect her!" I said as I leapt over the titans coming hand and raced on its arm. It lifted its other hand towards me as I ducked a little bit and allowed it to hit its bicep. Once I got to its shoulder, I jumped into the air and spun around real quickly, aiming at its nape and put my blades out as far as I could spin into a 360 degree angle, slicing deep into its neck. I leapt off, landing on the same roof top, as both Armin and Mina stared in shock at me.
"Are you both okay?" I asked softening my face up. Mina blushed deeply nodding and Armin just stared at me with amazement.
"Mylius….That was amazing!" He cheered finally getting onto his feet.
"He's right Mylius! I did not think you could do something like that!" Mina exclaimed with her beautiful smile. I blushed a little bit but ignored it and just gave them a knowing smirk. I turned towards all three titan corpses; all were already dissolving with two already in their skeleton forms. I felt a deep pain as I thought about Nac. I couldn't save him and it pissed me off. If only I had realized sooner. Then I realized that I missed Nac's murderer. I searched around for it, only to see it holding Eren's struggling body over it's mouth.
"Eren!" I screamed only for it to be futile and the bastard dropped him into his mouth, swallowing him and moved towards us.
"Eren! No! No! No!" Armin started to panic. Mina raced over to him, trying to calm him down. I gripped my blades a little bit and turned towards both of them. Armin was on his knees and Mina held on to him.
"Mina!" she looked at me. "Protect him! I'll be back in a second!" She stared at me with wide eyes. "Do not worry; I will protect you guys with my life!" She struggled but gave a stern face.
"I'm holding you to it!" I was about to launch off but something stop me dead in my tracks. A fist arm rose out of the titans mouth, but it was human, I looked like a titans! The monster that killed Nac fell to the ground, shaking some of the houses around. It was suffering and then it was split open as a titan rose. It was more muscular than some of the other ones and it and roared. With it's brown hair and giant mouth, it also had green eyes. I was going to go after it, until I saw the second most frightening thing of today.
It stomped on the titan it emerged of, squishing its head. It was a rouge of it's own species! It ran off, attacking more titans near us. I turned towards the other two only to see them just stare at it with shock. I ran towards them.
"Is that titan… attacking it's own kind?" Armin asked, still shaking.
"Yeah, I do not know why but it is killing them and to me honestly, is a good thing. It means we do not have to put ourselves in danger… for a bit." I said sitting across from them.
"What is it?" Mina asked as she kept her eyes on the rouge titan.
"I do not know but something does make think it is Eren." They both looked at me with wide eyes and confused faces. "I know it sounds stupid and not likely but when I saw it's eyes, they were green like Eren's, but not only that, they were filled with hate, hate that it used to stomp on the one titans head. Hate that I only saw Eren produce when he or someone else mentions the word 'titan'." I explained. They both look unsure. "It's only a hypothesis, who else but Eren could do something like…..this" I said pointing towards the titan.
"I agree with you."
"huh?!" Both, Mina and I exclaimed.
"I have been friends with him for years; I could only see Eren doing something like this. I mean, he did come out of the same titan that ate him. Besides we truly do not even know if it is him or not." Armin said. He was calmed down and by look of it, he did believe it was Eren.
"Alright well, if it is Eren, we got to keep it a secret." Armin nodded as Mina turned towards me with wide eyes.
"What!? We cannot keep this a secret! You just saw it! He's attacking titans left and right! He could be a valuable asset to the whole human race!" she exclaimed. She had a decent point but she does not understand the big picture.
"You're right Mina; he could be the best chance we have at taking wall Maria back. But humans hate titans and if Eren is a titan, they will exterminate him without a second thought." Both Mina and Armin looked down with crestfallen looks. "Do not worry, we will think of something later, for now, we have to help out exterminate the rest of these titans."
"But Eren, if that is Eren, is fighting them on his own, and even if we did follow him, we'd get in his way. I mean we can go out and try and kill some more on our own, but we do not have a leader at the moment." For once in my life, I decided to speak up; I am done being that quiet nobody that has done nothing other than follow others. I will be like how Nac was.
"I will be the leader if you let me. I know I did not make it into the top ten and you guy's ranked higher than me but for some reason, I feel powerful, I do not know why but I feel like I can take all of them at once… But that does sound a little cocky does it not?" I asked as I scratched my cheek looking away from them, embarrassed.
"Well our last leader was just as or even cockier, so we might as well follow you." Armin said with a smirked. I looked up surprised. Mina placed her hand on my shoulder and I looked at her.
"Might as well? Forget that, I will follow you, always." I might have read into it wrong as a slight blush came onto my features. I could feel Armin's sly grin behind me as well. She even realized what she said as a deep dark scarlet red blush came onto her face. "I did not mean it like that! I meant… I meant… Well you know what I meant!" She exclaimed as both Armin and I turned to face each other and laughed. "Oh grow up you idiots!" She was red with fury instead of embarrassment.
"Alright, with both of you agreeing, I will protect your lives with all my life and I will take responsibility of both you. If you're both willing to follow me always." I said with a smirk and Armin stifled a giggle. She slapped both of us on our heads.
"Take this seriously! We are at war at the moment!" I held the spot where she had hit me and stood up, scanning the area.
"Alright, we will move towards west and help out the other recruits, slaying any titans that come our way." I said as I looked back at the rogue titan one more time.
"Sound like a good plan as long as you are the one killing the titans." Armin said as he walked towards me.
"As long as you help me with some assistance along the way." I said as patted him on the back.
"You got it buddy. I am with you one hundred percent of the way." He said with a smirk.
"liar." I said as we both laughed.
"Mylius," I turned towards Mina.
"I… I j-just want to say thank you for saving my life back there, if it was not for you… I do not want to think about that. I owe you my life." She stuttered with a deep blush and the cutest smile I have ever seen on her. She looked so adorable. I just wanted to hug her and kiss her with everything I had just in case we didn't make it out of this alive. I might have had done so if Armin was not around.
"When you love birds are done with your little moment, we have a battle to continue with." Speaking of the little bastard, I turned with a pissed look as he kept his stupid sly grin on his face. He started flying off to the next house nears us as we both chased after him.
"It is not anything like that you ass!" I screamed. I could hear him laughing. "I'm leader! I should be leading!" I sounded like a child but I couldn't care. To be honest, my confidence was up and I knew I had the power to slay these titans. I stopped next to Armin a few houses over as we both smiled at each other.
"Armin you dork! Do not be getting any stupid ideas!" Mina exclaimed as she landed right next us.
"Alright guys, all jokes aside, we have a mission to accomplish; to make sure everyone evacuates from Trost and to slay the titans inside." We flew off, and aimed for the next titan we saw.
AN: Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! Please review accordingly and Criticize as much as you want! i can use all the help i can get!