A/N: Hello everyone~

Many things have changed from the first draft of the story. I know that with the new changes, the plot is much better than the previous one. Following the original story line of Attack on Titan with a few adjustments. New twist and turns. Revelations that will surprise you.

New faces, new goals, new plot. This is the first chapter of Wings of Freedom!

Chapter 1


On that day, mankind received a grim reminder. We live in fear of the Titans, and were disgrace to live in these cages we call walls. - Eren Jaeger.

Earlier

"Have you heard? The Survey Corps came back with nothing, once again."

"Honestly, instead of giving our tax money to them, we should spend it on something useful."

"It's just a waste of time and money."

Rich brown eyes glared at the grumpy old men. Looking past them, he saw the remaining survivors of the Scouts. There were at least a hundred soldiers that went out of the walls that day, and yet, less than 30 came back alive. He looked to his right and saw two younger kids standing on boxes to see the soldiers march back into the city. A smile spread on his face when he saw how excited the little boy was, and chuckled when he saw the child hit one of the grumpy men. He grabbed his little sister's hand and walked towards them quickly, arriving just in time to stop Eren from hitting the nagging man one more time.

"You little shit!" The man yelled.

"Sorry, sir, he won't do that again." Damon smiled and put his hands up in an apologetic manner. He turned to face the two children but was faced with the sight of Mikasa walking away while pulling a complaining Eren alongside her. He was about to follow them so he could warn Eren against picking fights with adults, but he felt Naomi pull gently on his hand. Looking down at her face he noticed her reddening cheeks. Chuckling lightly he turned on his heel and walked the opposite way, towards their home.

"So tell me Naomi… Is your blush for the Jaeger boy?"

She looked down and tried to hide her darkening blush. "Stop it, Damon." She mumbled.

He laughed at her reaction, strolled lazily until he met up with a face nearly identical to his. Anthony looked up and grinned when he saw his embarrassed little sister nearly hiding behind his twin. "You guys saw Eren didn't you?"

"Why would you think that?" Her voice was slightly muffled as she was hiding her face in Damon's shirt.

"I'll take that as a yes, then." He laughed and kneeled at his sister's level. Smiling at her to which she stuck her tongue out at him in a playful manner. The older sibling laughed, ruffling her hair.

Anthony was the firstborn, and Damon was the second. They were completely identical, the only way to tell the boys apart were either their attitudes, or the way they styled their hair. Anthony had longer hair, barely touching his shoulders, whereas Damon had shorter messy hair. Both of them had dark brown hair and rich coffee colored eyes. Their bangs formed somewhat of an 'M' shape that hung between their eyes. Naomi was the youngest daughter; she had chestnut brown hair with bright hazel-brown eyes. Her hair was slightly wavy with bangs that framed her face.

Suddenly, a girl with dark brown hair turned a sharp corner and bumped into Damon. Brown eyes met amber eyes as he looked down.

"Phoebe!" Damon muttered, obviously surprised to see her.

"Damon…" She said, as both of their faces became hot.

"Anthony." Anthony said monotonously.

"Naomi!" Naomi chuckled and raised her arms excitedly. Phoebe and Damon smiled shyly and looked at each other, not having said anything else.

"Okay. We are obviously interrupting a moment, come Naomi." Anthony started leading his sister away mockingly, laughing dryly when he saw the look on Damon's face that clearly said 'If you leave now I'll murder you while you sleep'.

But before they could leave, Phoebe snapped out of whatever awkwardness she had and giggled at the situation. "No, it's alright! What are you guys up to?"

"We were just heading home after watching the Survey Corps' return." Damon said with a grim look on his face.

Phoebe smile fell. "I'm guessing they didn't find anything this time either?" The guy just shook his head 'no'. An awkward silence fell upon them once more, everyone lost in thought. Anthony realized that Damon probably wanted to talk to Phoebe about the Scouting Legion and quickly thought up a way to get them alone. So he feigned remembering something and faced the silent group.

"Oh, that's right! Mom sent me to fetch you guys, she wants us to get something for her at the market! Would you like to join us Phoebe?" Anthony asked, smiling at the girl.

"Sure!" She smiled and followed them. They sauntered down the busy streets of the market closest to them. Damon and Phoebe walked together while Anthony and Naomi stuck close behind, chatting idly.

"What did mom need exactly?" Damon asked. When he didn't hear an answer he turned around and noticed that he and Phoebe had been alone for a while. He glared at the spot where his siblings were supposed to have been.

"Where did they go?" Phoebe asked looking behind her.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling this was their plan all along." Damon mumbled.

"What plan?" She asked looking at the brunet. Damon blushed and looked away, trying hard to hide it.

"Oh nothing! Let's try to find what my mother might of needed." He said, picking a fast pace and avoided her eyes. Phoebe nearly jogged to catch up. Damon knew why his brother had done that. He still didn't tell Phoebe that starting tomorrow he was going to join the Survey Corps. Since she made it in the top 10, he was sure she was going to pick the Military Police and probably was thinking that he was going to do the same. He didn't know how to break the news to her, he didn't want to hurt her.

Both he and Phoebe had been friends since they were 7 years old. Though, ever since they applied to the training corps three years ago, they grew incredibly close. Enough to make their fellow comrades think they were together, but both knew better. They were just friends. Though for a certain twin, these feeling grew more than friendship.

. . . . . . . . . .

"So can you tell me why we left those two alone?" Naomi asked, curious as to why her older brother was walking opposite from where they were heading. Anthony didn't say anything and was walking with his hands behind his head. She sighed, they were walking around for no apparent reason and her brother isn't telling her why. She looked up to the sky, the sky was starting to have an orange hue to it as the sun was setting for the day. Then something came to mind, she looked back at her brother "Mom didn't need anything at the market, did she?"

"Nope." She could see him smirking even though his back was turned to her.

Naomi whined "Then can we go home, I'm hungry!" She pouted. Anthony looked back, smiling tenderly at his little sister "Sure, let's go home." Taking her little hand and walking towards their house.

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Suddenly, the ground started to shake violently. Damon and Phoebe tried to hold onto anything that was near them. The people that were walking down the street almost fell on the floor, some actually did. As soon as the trembling started, it ended. They both looked at each other startled. "What was that? An earthquake?"

They saw people looking up at the wall. They both gazed up and froze in terror. Right on top of the wall was a red, skinless hand, gripping, causing cracks from the force it was using. "I-Impossible" Phoebe stammered. "That wall is 50m high! It can't be, it just can't!" She was terrified and held onto the closes thing near her, which was Damon's arm. He was at a loss of words, this couldn't be happening. Smoke was floating around the hand and then a head slowly looked over the wall. The face of evil was looking down upon them, the face of a titan.

All of a sudden, the titan bent a little forward and kicked right into the wall. The blast that it created sent big chunks of concrete flying through the village. The unlucky ones that were too close were sent flying through the air or squash under the debris. Damon sheltered Phoebe from anything that might hit them. He let her go and looked back at the titan, his eyes wide in disbelief. Where the hole was, titans were starting to walk into the city. Screaming could be heard miles away as people started to run to the back of the village, where they were to be evacuated.

"Titans have entered the city!"

"We are all going to die!"

People were yelling and pushing each other to try and get as far away as possible from the titans. Damon was in a dazed, the horror had paralyzed him 'This can't be happening, not now, it can't…'

He started to run towards his house, Phoebe still astonished, blinking, time seemingly to slow down. Seeing Damon run away brought her out of that state. Running and calling after him. He wasn't turning around nor answering her calls. She noticed that he was running towards his house, pushing through the crowd, not letting him out of her line of sight. 'I have to get my parents out of here, tell them the situation!' He thought in panic. Turning the corner they came face to face with the horror of reality. Right in front of him was his house, destroyed, and two titans holding his parents. The one holding his father tore him in half, eating the upper half of him.

His mother saw him, her eyes wide in horror, scared for her son's life "Damon! Run! Get out of here!"

"M..m...mom..." He couldn't believe what was happening. He couldn't move an inch.

"Find Anthony and Naomi and get out of here!"

"B-but..."

"I love you, Damon. Now g-" The titan bit down on her. Damon and Phoebe watch in horror as the titan ripped apart his mother. Blood was flying everywhere, some of her organs and flesh fell on the ground. He couldn't move, he started trembling violently, he could feel the tears coming. His parents died right in front of his eyes. He couldn't believe it, he just couldn't. He came back for the day to announce to them that he had graduated and was top 10, they were all supposed to celebrate tonight.

The tears ran down his cheeks. He wasn't going to see his mother's sweet, tender smile anymore. Her soft, angelic voice when she tried to wake him up in the morning. His dad constant joking, no more advice from his father, he would never play outside with his dad ever again. No more birthdays, no more family dinners, no more nothing. It was all gone, forever. He couldn't bring himself to stop crying. He went through 3 years of training to protect the ones he loved, but was unable to protect the ones that brought him into this world.

"Damon, we have to go!" Phoebe said urgently, trying to drag him. She had to snap him back to reality. They had to leave immediately. It would only be a matter of minutes before they were eaten at their turn. Unexpectedly, a man, with slightly curly light brown hair, arrived. His eyes were of a dark blue colour, they held a serious and frantic look to them.

"What the hell are you two still doing here?! Come on we have to go!" He said in the most urgency.

"I can't get him to react!" Phoebe exclaimed in panic, her own tears falling down her cheeks. The titans saw them and were heading towards the small group.

"Dammit!" The older man grabbed Damon by the arm and started running, Phoebe hot on their heels. They were running as fast as they could, pushing through the crowd. They abruptly turned a corner into an alley that brought them to the next street and continued. The titans that were hot on their trail ended up following someone else. Screams and cries were all you heard in the streets. Heading to the evacuation area, they happen to pass a house that was crushed by a huge chunk of debris. Phoebe tried hard not to stop and cry, she saw her parents unmoving bodies crushed. She looked forward, telling herself now was not the time to break down. There was nothing she could have done. Right now, all she could do, was run for safety.

"There's the exit! Hurry!" Suddenly, Damon came out of his trance and tried to get out of the guy's grip.

"Let me go! I need to find Anthony and Naomi!"

"Whoa! Hey, stop it! The exit is right there. Come on!"

"I don't fucking care! I need to find my sister and brother dammit!" He managed to get out of the iron grip and started running back deeper into the village. Before he could do that, Ethan grabbed his wrist, giving a hard pull. Damon almost fell from the sheer force that he had used. He glared back at the older man. "Let me go for fuck sakes!"

"I can't let you do that!"

"Why not!"

"Can't you see the town is being attacked by titans!"

"I need to find my siblings!"

"They're probably already on a boat, now let's go, I'm not letting you get fucking killed kid!"

"I'm not a kid!"

"Damon!" The three of them turned and saw Anthony and Naomi running their way "We finally found you, I didn't- Damon… What's wrong?" Anthony asked seeing the state his twin brother was in. Seeing his brother and sister safe and sound, he broke down, hugging both of them tightly.

"Th-They're g-gone, mom and dad are gone and I couldn't do anything about it… I'm so sorry…" Hugging them tightly as he cried on his brother's shoulder. Anthony and Naomi were silent, their eyes wide in disbelief. Their little sister started sobbing, hugging her older brother.

"You guys will have lots of time talking on the fucking boat, now move!" Ethan exclaimed pushing them towards the gate. Anthony took Naomi into his arms, all of them running to the exit. Using his rank in the Garrison, Ethan managed to get them on the boat safe and sound. The twins fell on the floor, feeling numb, they gazed off blankly at the sky. Naomi sat between them, sobbing quietly. Phoebe sat next to Damon, hesitantly, taking his hand in hers and giving it a reassuring squeeze. Naomi's eyes roamed the faces of the survivors on the boat, landing on a certain boy and his adoptive sister. Some kind of relief washed over her when she saw that Eren and Mikasa had made it out alive. He looked dazed and was crying, his parents weren't with him either, could it be that he lost them too? The boat started to move along the river. They had arrived in time and were now going into Wall Rose.

A loud crashing sound came from the gates, everyone looked up and saw a titan in a crouching position. Everyone was startled, dust was floating around the titan with the armor. It just broke through Wall Maria. Leaving a huge gaping hole, big enough for other titans to come through. People were crying and holding each other to comfort one another. Naomi hid her face on Anthony's shoulder.

"It's over…"

"The titans will eat us all…" The people on the boat were whispering in fear. Naomi looked up from her brother's shoulder when she heard them whispering. Eren closed his eyes tightly and opened them, this time his face had turned in rage. He was glaring at his hand. Suddenly, he got up and walked towards the edge of the boat.

"Eren?" Mikasa's voice caught her ears. Turning her gaze to her friends. Armin walked up to him putting a hand on his shoulder, which was slapped away as he kept walking to the edge. He slammed his hand on the wooden edge and looked up, tears streaming down.

"I'm going to kill them all. Not even a single one of them will be left…" Glaring intensely at the sky.

"Eren…" Armin said.

Naomi looked at him one last time before closing her eyes and leaning onto Damon 'Eren…'


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