"Look at the people! The buildings! This definitely doesn't look like where we're from", Maria said in awe as they walked through the streets of. With Eren's help, it had only taken about 20 minutes to reach the town. And as Maria had pointed out, it didn't look anything like modern day, but Audrey had already gotten that impression from Eren and Mikasa's story. Maria nudged Ashley. "Doesn't it look so much different from Washington?", she asked. Ashley didn't say anything, but nodded her head slightly.

Ashley had never really talked much, and often preffered to be by herself. She was considered hot at her school, as many were attracted to her short stature, green eyes, and blond hair. However, she always scared them off with a glaring expression and indifferent attitude. No one had managed to win her heart.

"Of course it's different from Washington! We're at the very least in another era! You're an idiot if it's taken you this long to notice!" hissed Madeline. Ashley glared at her and turned to Derek. "Will you shut your sister up? She's really starting to get on my nerves", she muttered.

Derek and Madeline were brother and sister, but you couldn't tell by looking at them. Derek had blonde hair, tan skin, and was slightly on the taller side, while Madeline had dark red hair (which Audrey suspected was dyed), paler skin, and was more on the shorter side. However, they both had blue eyes and flirtatious personalities. But Derek wasn't a player, unlike Madeline (or Keegan for that matter). Audrey was suprised that Aiden had lasted this long.

At first, everyone had thought that Aiden would just become a part of Madeline's ever changing ring of boyfriends. However, he had been dating her for over 6 months now, so maybe Madeline was finally settling down a bit. It was a bit ironic, as they were almost completely different from each other. For starters, Aiden had dirty-blonde hair, green eyes, and was an average height. He was as kind as Madeline was mean; he never did wrong and she had been suspended more times than Audrey could count. No doubt Madeline was a bad influence on him. However, he had managed to date her for twice as long as anyone else, which was quite an achievement. Everyone wondered how he put up with her.

Maria had continued to chatter excitedly as they walked through the town, ignoring or just plain unaware of the fact that Madeline had insulted her. "Imagine having to live without cars, wouldn't that suck? You'd have to walk everywhere..."

Eren kept giving her a strange look, but didn't say anything. "He must be so confused", Audrey thought. "He doesn't have an idea what she's talking about." In fact, it was probably not such a good idea to talk about where they were from at all. It might cause suspicion. Audrey was just about to whisper that to Maria when Eren suddenly took off.

"Eren!", Mikasa yelled, and took off after him. "Where are you guys going?" Jasmine shouted at them, but they were already to far away to hear. Audrey looked over at Jason, who shrugged. "Let's go after them and see what's going on", he suggested. Everyone nodded.

They followed Eren and Mikasa, who seemed to be headed for the gate to titan territory, or the outside world. As they got closer, they could hear a bell ringing. Was that what caused Eren to run over there? Soon, the gate came into view. People in uniforms stood around it, preparing to open it. Townspeople lined the streets. What was going on? Suddenly, Eren's excited voice rang out through the street. "They're back! I wonder if they accomplished anything!"

"Who's back?" asked Jason. Suddenly, the gates swung open, revealing what looked like a procession of soldiers riding horses. Behind them were others on foot, helping to carry the wounded. Carts full of bodies rode in at the very back. Mikasa gasped in horror. "It's the Recon Corps", Eren said in a whisper. "They've just finished another expedition outside the walls. Looks like a lot of them got eaten though, they left with a lot more soldiers than this."

"That-that's horrible", whispered Jasmine. Ashley and Derek's eyes just widdened in shock. Aiden hugged Madeline tightly, and Hunter shook his head in disbelief. Keegan had a pained look on his face, while Maria looked like she was about to cry. But Jason, he just stared blankly at the soldiers. "What is up with him?" Audrey thought.

Suddenly, Jason's expressionless face crumpled, giving way to a look of pain and sadness. It only stayed for a second, but it lasted long enough for Audrey to see it. Something about this stituation seemed to really upset him, but she didn't know why. Regardless, she wanted to comfort him. Taking a deep breath, she placed a hand on his shoulder.

Jason stiffened. Audrey bit her lip and considered withdrawing her hand. Maybe he wasn't fond of other people touching him. However, before she could do anything, he reached up and covered her hand with his. Now it was Audrey's turn to be shocked. Her face turned bright red, but she didn't try to remove her hand. It seemed to be working, and his body relaxed. Audrey smiled, forgetting her embarrassment. She was just happy that Jason felt better.

"Hey, you two! Let's go! I've got to get home soon, or else I'll be in trouble with my parents!" Eren shouted, making them both jump. "Coming!" Jason shouted back, and turned to face Audrey. They looked at each other for a few moments, then Jason said, "Come on! You heard him. Let's go!" And with that, he grabbed her hand and started pulling her towards the others.

Once everyone had gotten to Eren's house, the group thanked him and Mikasa for their help. However, they were all eager to explore, so they said goodbye and promised to meet up with them later near the gate. "One thing though", Eren had shouted to them as they walked away. "Don't get lost!" Unfortunately, after two hours of walking around, that is exactly what happened.

"Where are we now?" asked Jasmine. "I don't know", replied Hunter, looking at the buildings. None of this looked familiar. Suddenly, Maria jumped up and down. "I know what to do!" she exclaimed excitedly, then dashed off to the nearest store. "Maria, wait!" Keegan yelled after her, but it was no use. Audrey shook her head, then ran off after her.

"What is she going to do this time?" Audrey thought as she pushed open the door to the shop. Usually Maria's ideas only got her into trouble, and this one was no different. When she finally found her in the back of the shop, Maria was arguing with the owner over something.

"Can I use the phone?" Maria asked. "The what?" replied the owner, confused.

"The phone."

"What is that?"

"The device you use to call people with!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"You don-"

"Maria you idiot! They don't have phones here!" Audrey yelled. Maria looked away from the manager and stared at her in shock. Annoyed, Audrey grabbed Maria's wrist and dragged her out of the shop, bumping into Keegan and Jason just outside the door.

"What the hell is going on?!" Jason demanded. Audrey looked at Maria and sighed. "She tried to find a phone to use", she explained. Keegan face palmed, while Jason rolled his eyes. Maria just stared at the two of them. "What?" she asked innocently. Jason opened his mouth to retort, but was stopped when everyone else came rushing over.

"Hey you guys! I think I've figured out where we are!" Hunter said excitedly. Jason looked relieved. "Good, do you know where the gate is?" he asked. Hunter nodded his head. "Yeah, but it might take us a little bit to get there, so we should probably get going." Everyone nodded in agreement. "Let's get going", Audrey said.

However, after about 15 minutes, the ground gave a tremendous shake. It was the biggest earthquake that Audrey had ever felt...in fact, maybe it wasn't an earthquake at all. "What was that?" Jasmine shouted over the commotion. Audrey shrugged her shoulders.

Suddenly, the townspeople began pointing at the walls and yelling. Audrey turned her head to look, and saw a giant hand had grabbed hold of the wall. She gasped, and told the others to look. They all watched in horror as a huge face appeared along with the hand. It had no skin, and only the muscles and some bone was visible. The mouth itself was huge, big enough to eat a group of people in one mouthful. In short, he was terrifying.

Several people screamed. Audrey was frozen in shock. Eren had said that none of the titans were bigger than the wall! How was this possible? Her thoughts were cut short as a loud boom was heard, and debris went flying everywhere. Chunks of the wall had landed on houses and shops, as well as in the middle of roads. Had he- had the titan broke through the wall?!

Audrey looked up to see the huge titan's foot had kicked down the gate. Now the other titans could get in. She started shaking. Was there anywhere they could go to escape them? Even if they managed to get inside Wall Maria, would they be accepted? They weren't exactly from this world. Suddenly, Maria screamed. A huge body had appeared in the hole that the titan had created. After a few seconds, it stepped into the village. Many more followed after it, causing people to stampede toward the cargo boats. The titans were inside.