Hello Readers. This is a Levi fanfic and he's paired with an original character. I don't own the Shingeki no Kyojin series(which is epic). I read the manga so eventually this fanfic will contain spoilers for those of you who have only seen the anime. I will warn before that time comes. I appreciate reviews and will consider any constructive criticism. Sometimes I think the upload method does weird things and typos appear where they weren't so I edit multiple times before submitting. I hope you readers like the story. I may eventually add a cover picture.

Chapter 1

"What's your name?" spoke a voice out of the shadows. The room in which the voice sounded was torn apart. Blood scarred the hardwood floor and the candle that had once held a lively flickering light was smoked out on the ground. Bodies sliced apart. The small figure cowering behind boxes of produce was me.

"Caria..." my own small voice uttered. It barely left my lips.

"Speak up!" the voice commanded harshly.

"Caria, Wolf," I muttered again, perhaps even more softly than the first time. I heard the person make a "tch" sound and heavy boots creaking against the floorboards. I held my knees more tightly; having been already brought close to my chest in fear. I felt my body being jerked up and I stumbled into what seemed to be a man.

"Levi what is it?" asked a feminine voice.

"I found someone. A girl," said the man named Levi. He took me roughly by the arm and brought me outside into the fading sunlight.

"Another one eh? The military police are usually the ones to deal with incidents like this yet nothing has been done about the rise in slave trafficking," the female commented without looking at me. I looked up at the man next to me. He was only a little more than a foot taller than myself with sharp grey eyes. Black hair shaved around the bottom into an undercut, a thin but muscular body type. This man was likely with the military judging from the clothes he wore. It took a moment for me to notice the way he was staring at me. His eyes were intensely fixed on my hair then drawn down to my eyes.

"Hanji, take a good look at her," he said. The female soldier wore glasses and had expressive amber eyes. Her eyes widened as she gave me a once over.

"Wow, I can see why they were after you," the female officer exclaimed examining me closely. "What should we do with her?" The male and female looked at me intently. Tears began to flow from my eyes. Levi made another annoyed sound while Hanji's eyes glittered with sympathy. "Don't worry, you won't be left here alone!" she proclaimed passionately. "Levi her parents. Are they uh... you know?"

"I killed two of the kidnappers, but there were already two other corpses inside the house. I believe the mother's dead, but it's possible that she was just unconscious and collected due to her unique heritage." Unconscious? The word circled in my head.

"Since your mother may have only been unconscious and her body's gone, she could've have survived!" Hanji said cheerfully wiping the tears from my face. "Hey, Levi, I have an idea, how about the Survey Corps take her in? She might make a good soldier some day. We need all the help we can get to fight the Titans. Remember when we took you in?" I looked over to the cold grey pupils of the man called Levi. This man was the one who had sliced the kidnappers apart. And he had done it so easily that there was no doubt in my mind that he had killed before. He saved my life but my eyes widened in fear just looking at him.

"She's weak... why would we take her in? Once we go back to the inner district we can see if someone might adopt her," Levi droned.

"Well, we can leave that up to her. She looks like she might actually be able to enlist in the military now if she wanted," Hanji noted.

I looked at the brown haired woman incredulously. Just who were these people? Join the military? Titans? I was only twelve but kids were usually told about the titans as soon as they could speak and comprehend. I had only seen drawings of titans and heard stories. I wasn't even sure if they were real or not.

"I... just want to find my mother... I d-dont want to join in any military," I frowned.

"Sorry we're getting ahead of ourselves aren't we? We weren't gonna force you to do anything you didn't want to," Hanji apologized realizing how terrible her earlier statement sounded.

"Psh, she' a kid Hanji. If she's orphaned she's gonna have it rough either way. This isn't some paradise we live in. Brat's gonna have to learn to earn a living," Levi scoffed.

As the man and woman discussed my situation, my thoughts turned to the incident that left my father dead, and my mother kidnapped. I had opened the door despite my mother telling me not to. I ignored her out of curiosity, not realizing the slave traders had been scouring villages all throughout wall Maria.

I suddenly fell to my knees; head shaking from side to side violently. I wanted to rid myself of the past few hours. Go back in time and save my father and mother. My dark wavy shoulder length hair covered my face. It was my fault they were dead! My hands reached out to grasp at Hanji's calves.

"Please save my mother, I...I'll do anything you want! Just save her!" I whimpered in desperation.

"Hmph, that's not our mission. Hanji, let's take her and go. This detour has lasted long enough," The dark haired soldier turned his back to me dismissively and headed towards his horse. My heart froze in fear and disbelief. How could they leave my mother? Didn't they fight Titans for the sake of humanity? Surely they could at least save my mother. Hanji looked down at me with uncertainty. I felt myself go numb. My head snapped in the direction of the grey eyed male, who turned and glared at me seeing my face contorted in rage. I got on my feet and walked toward him, stopping a foot away.

"How can you call yourself a soldier?! My mother needs you!" I pleaded my voice aggressive and accusing.

"You..." he was about to reach for my collar, when Hanji nervously got between us.

"Levi, she might be right. The Military Police are usually holed up in Sina and from what I hear, slave trafficking is still pretty rampant. Those that get saved are just put up for adoption, sometimes to horrible people. By the time the MP steps in it will be too little too late." Levi hesitated, but his expression changed. He was on his horse in an instant. He looked down at me for a second as if contemplating, then the horse reared, and bolted in to the direction that the slaver's wagon had gone in. I felt my heart lighten. "He's strong. Your mother will be okay, alright," Hanji said ruffling my hair and giving me a reassuring smile. I knew what this man named Levi was capable of already, I just hoped he could make it in time.