Fighting the true enemy

Part 1: Drag

The world they were currently in was covered in nothing but darkness. What the group walked on was a bright blue path as they followed the man in the cloak. The light was the same kind as the man in the cloak could change into. Besides the path there was air going up on each side of the path. The colour of the air was blue.

"So what is this place" asked Guts as he looked around?

"Seems like a lonely place" said Serpico.

"Well besides me you're the only the ones who have been here" said Star as he continued walking forward, "Were basically in a world between all worlds, this where I came first before I entered your world" he said.

"How did you know where to go" asked Casca?

"I was focused on what I needed to do, eventually a portal appeared and you know the rest" said Star.

"So when are we going to reach one of these worlds, because it feels like we've been walking for a while" said Isidoro.

"Sadly I don't get to decide at which point in time I arrive at, but if I had to make a guess probably during when people would need help" said Star.

Isma who was walking with Isidro walked over to Star, "I was wondering, when we were attacking that city, there was a loud roar, was that your scariest beast" she asked looking up at him.

"Yes, it was and it's probably the most dangerous out of the four" said Star.

"Is it really that scary" said Isma looking worried.

Star suddenly stopped walking, which made the others stop aswell while wondering why he stopped, he looked down at Isma, "I'm gonna tell you something about him, I was once scared of him too" he said making Isma look surprised.

"Really" she asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, growing up in this body I would have had dreams of him constantly chasing me, over and over again in teh dark" said Star.

"With something like that it's a miracle we all didn't have bad dreams over it" said Casca looking a Guts who nodded understanding what she meant.

"But, eventually I started not to become afraid of him, in fact in my bad dreams after it happenned, whenever I would call his name he would always come to save me, years later he eventually became the first of the four beasts" said Star.

"So he became your protector in the end" said Isma realising she had no reason to fear the beast after hearing about the good things it's done.

"Yeah, now lets go, our portal can't be that far away" said Star looking ahead.

"Uh what's that" said Puck flying over to Star and pointing to a small portal outside the path ahead of them. The group quickly ran up the path standing in front of the small portal.

"How are we suppose to fit through there" said Ivalera.

"But if it's here, shouldn't there be a reason why" said Shiricke looking at Star.

"Your right, give me a second" said Star reaching out his right bright blue hand towards the portal. He touched the portal, "Oh" he said bring his hand back and sounding like he realised something.

"What's going on" said Guts looking at him.

"Our portals not far ahead, it also looks like will be entering the world at a good point in time, but I can send something through this one" said Star as he then sat on the ground as a pen and paper appeared in his hands.

"What's that" said Farnese looking at the pen.

"Something that's better then a quill and ink" he said as he started writing down on the piece of paper. It took a few minutes but he then stood back up and put the piece of paper in an envelope. He closed the envelope and wrote something on the back of it. Guts caught what it was, it was the name Hanji Zoe.

Star lifted up the sleeve of his right arm revealing the orange ring with the four pieces of metal attached to it. He grabbed one of the pieces and through it on the ground, in a bright blue light a small beast with wings and sharp teeth appeared. It's skin bright blue like the other beasts they've seen, it was like adragon and it loooked up at its caller with its tail moving.

"Hey" said Star putting on knee on the gorund as he got closer to the beast, "Sorry but I need you to take care of something for me, think you can do that" he asked. The dragon nodded as Star placed the envelope in its mouth. Star then picked it up from the ground, "Make sure to deliver that envelope where it needs to go and remember what you need to do" he said and the dragon nodded its head letting him know it understood what its task is.

Star sent it towards the portal and it flew through. The portal then vanished as Star looked at the others. "What was that" said Casca.

"The second of the four beasts, Drag" said Star as he went to go stand at the front of the group, "Cmon, our portals not far away now, will meet up with it after we go through" he said as he began to walk on.

"Understood" said Serpico as he and Farnese followed him.

"Guess we better get going" said Guts as the others followed him aswell. Some of them wondered what kind of world Star had sent his beast into.

Meanwhile in the world of walls and giant creatures known as titans who ate humans. In one of the districts, one of the military groups known as the scouts were getting ready to leave after hearing wall rose was breached. Hanji was examining a piece of hardened skin that was left behind the female titan when Mobilit stood behind her carrying pieces of paper.

"Section commander were out of time, Cmon their leaving with out us in five minutes" he said running out of the room

"Hold on a second I almost, oh no" she said as she stopped looking through the telescope on the device as she realised something. Then she jumped in surprise as a small blue portal appeared next to her. They're was nothing for a few seconds before Drag flew out of the portal and landed on the table in front of her. It then looked at her with the envelope in its mouth.

"Well hello" said Hanji looking surprised at the small creature in front of her, it then dropped the envelope on the table making sure she could see her name on it. Hanji looked surprised to see her name on the envelope, "Is that for me" she asked the creature who nodded at her as she took the envelope off the desk and opened it.

The letter read:

Hanji Zoe

You don't know me yet but I have information you need about the walls and the titans. When this letter reaches you, you will have already realised that the piece of hardned skin from the female titan resembles that from of a piece of the wall. They are the same. I will give you more information when you meet me and my group. The beast who delivered this to you is named Drag, don't worrry he's only dangerous to threats. But I have to inform you today day you'll receive information you wanted on Annie leonheart. Sadly there are two other traitors, Bertholt Hoover and Reiner Braun. There is one more person who can turn onto a Titan besides them, her names Ymir and she is not your enemy.

Drag will be staying with you until we meet on wall rose. I've given him the mission to protect Eren Yeager and Mikasa Ackerman.

Hanji read the letter looking surprised. How could someone like this know this information, at the end of the letter there was no name, just a symbol of yellow cross in a blue star. "Hanji" said Levi standing at the door.

"Oh sorry, but it looks like something new has come up" she said putting the letter in her pocket while Levi looked at Drag who just stared at him.

"What is that thing" asked Levi?

"Someone with plenty of information sent it, we need to get going don't we, it will be joining us" said Hanji as she picked up the piece of hardened skin while Drag flew next to her as they walked out the building with Levi following them, "Oh and our guest" she asked looking back at Levi.

"He's been ready go to for a while" said Levi with his usual calm look back in his face.

Outside the building the other scouts were on theirhorses, while they each held a torch since it was night out. At the back sititng in a wagon was Eren, Armin and Mikasa. "Eren, wear it tight, you'll get cold" said Mikasa adjusting his cloak.

"Hello, sorry we had you waiting long" said Hanji they all turned to see her with Levi, pastor Nick and what surprised was a flying bright blue creature. Hanji, Levi and Pastor Nick sat on the other side while Drag landed on the table in the middle looking at the other three.

"He's a priest form the order of the walls" said Armin looking at Pastor Nick who looked nervous.

"I know right, me and Nick are old friends" said Hanji putting an arm around Nicks shoulder while laughing, "Don't worry, makes as munch sense for him to be here as much as the rest of us, were random" she said.

"No on the contrary, Erwin's thrown us together for a reason" said Levi.

"Yeah but you haven't told us what this thing is" said Eren looking at Drag who suddenly jumped between the space between him and Armin. It then flew up in front of its head, "Hey what are you" he said about to move away when it placed its two front feet on his forehead. The look on Ernes face then turned to shock.

"Eren" said Mikasa concerned. But he didn't hear her, for he was seeing visions in his head, he saw as a Titan approached Mikasa during the first battle of Trost and himself in his Titan form saving her. He then saw as she cried holding him close when he came out of the titans nape. After that Drag moved away his legs and sat back down on the wagon.

"Hey is everything alright back there" said the man who was sititng at the front of the wagon, "It looks like were about to leave".

"Don't worry we're good to go, Hey what did you do to him" said Levi looking annoyed at Drag.

"Don't worry captain" said Eren making the others look at him.

"Are you alright" said Mikasa looking at him concerned.

"Yeah, but it showed me some kind images in my head" said Eren.

"You have that ability" asked Hanji looking at Drag?

Ahead of them they heard Erwin speak to all the scouts, "The status of wall rose is unknown, but everything from here up to Ermith is safe, that's the route will be taking, let's move out" he said.

"You heard him" said Levi to the man at the front of the wagon.

"Yes sir" he said. The wagon followed the scouts as they went through the gate in the wall and left the district.

"So why is this thing here" said Mikasa looking at Drag angrily.

"Hey calm down" said Eren holding her hand making her look surprised as she looked at their hands, "It didn't cause me any harm" he said.

"So what did it show you" asked Hanji?

"It showed me from when I first became a Titan, it actually showed me when I saved you" said Eren looking at Mikasa.

"Well that proves the person who sent it knows a lot about what's going on" said Hanji showing the letter.

"So how did it get here" asked Armin?

"Some kind of hole appeared in the room I was in when I was examining this" said Hanji showing the piece of hardened skin, "The letter told me some people would be meeting us on wall rose, the person who wrote the letter said he had information I need to know, but there was already information in there" she said placing the envelope back in her pocket. "Drag here will be staying with us until we meet up with them and the person who sent him gave him a mission to protect people" she said.

"Does the letter say who its suppose to protect" said Armin.

"Yes, you two" said Hanji looking at Eren and Mikasa who looked surprised from what she said.

"Then they must know what I am" said Eren.

"Well that explains it, so what about him" said Armin looking at Nick.

"Well it seems our friend here knew that titans were in the walls" said Hanji looking sirious.

"You're kidding me right, this guy knew" said Eren looking surprised.

"Yeah, that just sums up of how far we're with him" said Hanji, "Cats our of the bag now of course, faith keeps him quiet, but will see what happens when he gets a hard dose of reality" she said looking at Nick.

"To hell with that" said Eren slamming his hands on the table making Nick look surprised, "No were doing this backwards, if this son of a bitch knows something he needs to speak up now, humanity's on the brink of extinction and all you care about is keeping your oath" he said then grabbing his head in pain as he sat back down.

"Easy your not fully recovered" said Mikasa putting a hand on his shoulder as he sat down.

There was then sound of a pistol safety turning off, "I may not be in top form right now, but it doesn't take that much strength to squeeze the trigger, but I'm hoping I won't have to get my hands dirty" said Levi.

"Threatening him doesn't work Levi, trust me on that" said Hanji, "Will just have to wait" she said as they continued moving.

Later on as the group went through the forest Hanji was examining the piece of hardened skin, "Hey four eyes, are you a geologist now" said Levi looking at her with a calm look on his face, "Or are rocks just that fascinating, you look like your about to drool" he said getting her attention.

"What this, it's not a rock, not an ordinary one at least, this is a piece of hardened skin that was left behind by the female titan" said Hanji.

"It diddnt vanish" said Armin looking surprised.

"No, this random fragment was left behind whe Annie went back to her normal form" said Hanji, "That got me thinking, what if the stuff made out of the wall is the same stuff Annie trapped herself in, if this is true were basically surrounded by a barricade of enormous titans" said Hanji.

"Your kidding, that's what Armin was just talking about" said Mikasa.

"Then maybe" Armin began of say with a realised look on his face when Hanji stuck her hand over his mouth.

"Easy, it's rude to steal someone elses thunder, on the other hand we would have a difficult time finding a rock big enough to plug the hole, but imagine Eren using his hardening ability" said Hanji.

"I could plug the hole" said Eren with a realising look on his face.

"It won't work" said a voice next to Eren. Everyone looked to where the voice came from and looked to see Drag sitting up.

"So you can talk" said Levi looking at it.

"Yes, my creator allowed me to say certain words, but I have to speak up that Hanjis idea won't work because Eren doesn't have that ability" said Drag.

"Even if that's true, we have to make it back to wall Maria" said Eren taking out the key he kept around his neck, "My dads Cellar, if we can get there, we might be able to find out the titans secrets".

"Well I hope you don't mind me asking, but can you tell me what this is" said Hanji showing it the letter it gave her. Her finger was over the symbol.

"That is the symbol of his name" said Drag.

"But if you don't mind me asking, what exactly are you" asked Eren?

"I am the second of the four beasts, he created me based off dragons" said Drag.

"You said four beasts, so there's three more of you" asked Armin?

"Yes, the one before me is the strongest of us, I cannot tell you the information he mentioned in the letter, he will answer your questions when you meet him" said Drag.

"I understand, besides it looks like we've reached Ermith" said Hanji looking at the wall, they were near the entrance to the district.

Levi had brought Nick to show the refugees that were going into the district and had to leave their homes behind because of the Titans. Hanji was walking with Eren, "Once we leave Ermith will be in Titan territory" she said.

"Right" said Eren.

They reached an entrance to a room, Armin was already with there while Drag was on Mikasas shoulder. Mobolit was standing in front of them, "Eren you well enough to ride a horse yet" he asked.

"Yeah, should be able to hand one without any trouble" said Eren.

"Saddle up then soldier there's a mount waiting for you on the lift" said Mobilit while Eren walked over to Armin and Mikasa.

Hanji was about to walk over to them aswell when she noticed Levi walk in with Nick who had a sad look on his face. "Section commander we don't have time" said Mobilit.

"Yeah just give me a minute" said Hanji walking over to Nick and Levi, "So this change your mind" she asked? Nick just looked down with the same look on his face, Hanji breathed in and then, "Oh god damnit, make up your mind, this isn't some joke, life's are on the line" she said looking annoyed.

"I'm sorry but I'm not allowed to say anything" said Nick,

"Fat lot of help you are, thanks for the company it's been fun" said Hanji still looking annoyed as she walked over to the others when Nick spoke again.

"Sadly I can't answer your questions because a higher power prevents me from doing so" said Nick.

"What you mean like god or somehting" said Hanji.

"No, but I can let you know of the organization that was meant to monitor someone, someone who actually enlisted with the scout regiment this year, someone who was enlisted into the 104th cadet core" said Nick making Eren, Mikasa and Armin look surprised, "A child by the name of Krista Lenz" he said when the door behind Eren, Mikasa and Armin opened revealing Sasha carrying a Scroll of paper.

"Important message, I'm with the 104th cadet core, oh and my name is Sasha Brouse" she said.

"No way" said Eren surprised from Nicks words.

"Wait who" said Hanji looking confused.

"Sorry this is for you section commander" said Sasha trying to hand over the scroll of paper.

"Your must find her quickly, she may understand things better then we do, that's all I'm allowed to say" said Nick looking up while closing his eyes, "The rest I leave in your hands" he said.

"But if she's in the 104th cadet core, she's probably at the front lines by now" said Hanji.

"Then we better go, there's not time to lose" said Eren quickly turning around, but then bumped into Sasha making her fall on the ground.

"Watch where your going" said Hanji.

"Sasha" said Eren.

"Just where did you come from" said Mikasa. Sasha instantly stood back up and stood in front of Hanji.

"I was sent to deliver a message to commander Erwin, who then told me to deliver this to you section commander" she said holding up the scroll of paper with her two hands.

"Oh, thank you, here" said Hanji taking the scroll of paper and putting a potatoe from a box into Sasha's hand which made her smile as she bit into it.

Hanji followed Eren, Mikasa and Armin into the room behind the door. "So who was Nick talking about" she asked while Mikasa helped Eren with his equipment.

"She was the smallest one in our class" said Eren.

"Blond hair, in fact she's, kind of cute" said Armin.

"The girl who's always around Ymir" said Mikasa looking calm.

Hanji and Levi looked surprised by the name, "Excuse me" said Hanji.

A group scouts now stood in their room now wearing their equipment and cloaks. Hanji was looking at the paper she was given.

"Section commander, something wrong" said Eren.

"Hmm, well I was finally able to get the background report I requested for Annie Leonhart" said Hanji.

"Annie" said Eren.

"Yes, but there's not much to go on because of the chaos five years ago" said Hanji as she placed the paper on the table, "However there were two others in the 104th cadet core who were from the same region as her, I have their names" she said holding up the paper, "One Reiner Braun and Bertholt Hoover" she said making the members of the 104th cadet core look surprised.

"Not much for records, but according to the information they were given during the last expedition, they were both among the gorup that were told Eren was stationed in the right wing" said Hanji.

"Wait a minute that's the Section Annie attacked" said Armin.

"What" said Sasha.

"Well it's possible that they might have told Annie where they thought Eren would be" said Armin.

"What makes you say that" said Sasha.

"Where are you going with this Armin, you can't just accuse" said Eren when Hanji interrupted him.

"I agree, the coincidence doesn't really show it was them, given that I'm interested on how the three interacted during training" said Hanji.

"I knew Bertholt and Reiner were from the same region as Annie, but I never saw them interacting with each other" said Armin.

"Yeah, you would never catch them shooting the breeze" said Eren.

"Yeah at meals Annie would always eat by herself, I don't know" said Sasha thinking when she put her hand up, "I got something that caught me weird at the time, I heard she liked sweets".

"I got nothing accept maybe that" Mikasa began to say before Eren spoke.

"Guys what are we doing here, these are our comrades we're talking about, I mean sure Bertholt doesn't have much to say, but Reiners like everyone's big brother you know" said Eren.

"Eren does have a point, I mean Reiner fought Annie with everything he got" said Armin when he realized something.

"What is it" said Eren noticing the look.

"Annie grabbed him during the fight, in the last second he burst free from her hand, after Annie looked at her hand, almost like there was something carved on it, after that she starting running the opposite direction, in fact she headed straight towards where you were" said Armin looking at Eren.

"Did he seem interested in Erens location at the time" said Hanji.

Armins eyes opened in shock as he remember when Reiner asked him the question where Eren would be, "Oh god, I only brought up Erens location in the first place, because Reiner asked me" he said.

No one said a thing, realizing that the people they were told could be traitors, are actually traitors. "What is wrong, with you people, the mans been with us from the very beginning, you don't just" said Eren when Hanji interrupted him.

"Enough" she said. She then took out the envelope showing everyone the letter, "The one that sent Drag, knew the two of them would betraitors" she said looking at Drag who was on Mikasas shoulder.

Eren looked at the letter and instantly recognized Reiner and Bertholts names. He then looked at Drag with a surprised look on his face, "Tell me, is it all that true" he asked urgently. Drag just nodded its head.

"Alright" said Hanji placing the letter back in the envelope and back in her pocket, "Before we do anything else about this, we must find and secure the two of them underground, also do not bring up the topic of Annie leonhart in their company, that's the plan, are we clear" she said putting her hands on the table.

"Yes" they all said.

"Right we need to go" said Eren walking over to the exit.

"Hang on Eren, were all going our separate ways, that's how it has to be, Armin you and Hanji are the brain of this operation, use your combined knowledge to think something up" said Levi looking at Armin.

"Yes sir" said Armin with a sirious look on his face.

"Mikasa, I don't think I'll ever understand why your so attached to the guy, protect Eren at all costs" said Levi looking at Mikasa.

"Sir, I intend to" said Mikasa with a sirious look on her face making Eren look at her.

"And you" said Levi making Eren look at him, "Don't screw this up" he said making Eren look sirious. "Control your emotions Eren, if you let yourself into blind rage it will cost us, we can't afford another mistake" said Levi with a sirious look on his face.

"Sir" said Eren nodding with a determined look on his face.

They all began to leave the room when Hanji walked over to Levi before she left, "Make sure Erwin knows that we have a new friend arriving" she said handing him the letter.

"Got it" said Levi taking the letter and putting it in his pocket.

The gorup of scouts rode their horses in the open land while they held torches, Mobilit was next to Hanji as she looked at a book.

"There is an abodnoened fort not far from here, we ride with all haste towards Udgard castle" she said looking ahead.

Drag flew over Eren, Mikasa and Armin who were riding close together. Eren had a determined look on his face as they all rode faster towards Udgard castle.