Hey TheHeartlessNukia here!
I'm back with my second story to The Forgotten Wife, it's still work in progress though and I will be taking my time with it while I continue writing my Death Note fanfictions. I've only got a few ideas in my head for this fanfiction, but I'll get more ideas while I'm writing it. I may rewatch the whole of Attack on Titan again for ideas, it will be based around the first season of the anime but with my special twist to it.
Thank you for the kind reviews, favorites, alerts and to the unknown people who read my story too.
I hope you enjoy the opening chapter, if not I'm sorry! I'm not the worlds greatest writer, I'm more of a storyteller lol
Chapter 3!
I kept running until I got to some wooden crates, I quickly climbed on one of the smaller crates of the bunch and looked over the crowd of people. It was chaos as the soldiers rode past the people on their horses, there were so many angry voices and comments aimed at them. It surprised me how they managed to ignore them, but I guess they're all mentally trained to be prepared for anything before they joined the Survey Corps.
I continued to look over the crowd of people, I saw a few familiar faces that belonged to the soldiers. Some of the soldiers sometimes ate and drank at the tavern I worked at after their shifts, but there was no sign of Levi just yet. Maybe he's at the front of the brigade I thought to myself as I crossed my arms, but then again he could be near the back or in the middle. It was going to be hard to spot him since some of the soldiers had their hoods up on their cloaks, he could have already past me without my knowledge.
I frowned slightly when someone knocked my elbow while they barged past some people, he was a tall man with blond hair and he had a angry look on his face. The blond haired man stopped in front of the crate I was standing on, he clenched his fists and glared at a few of soldiers. I wasn't sure what was wrong with him, but I saw many angry and sad faces around me.
" How many more people are going to die aimlessly this time?!" Yelled the blond haired man in front of me. " How many more of our Sons and Daughters do we have to bury?!"
" Yeah, give us answers!" Yelled a woman.
" Where's my boy?!" I heard someone yell from the crowd of people. " Can you tell me if he made it back alive from your last expedition!"
" We want answers!" Shouted another man." Nothing but cowards, what do our taxes pay for anyway?!"
I listened to everyone shouting different things from around me, it was very confusing. I didn't realize how much hate the survey corps got on the start of their expeditions. I always thought they were valiant and impregnable, I mean not many people would risk their life's to protect the walls or the citizens who lived inside of them. I sighed to myself while I jumped down from the crate I had been standing on, I'm going to try and catch up with the very front of the brigade of soldiers in case I had missed him.
I hurried along the street again and stopped behind a crowd of people near the gate of Wall Maria, the gate was enormous. This was the first time I had gotten this close to the door, I would get a good view of the soldiers as they left the safety of the wall from here. I watched in amazement as the gate began to open, the people's voices around me began to get louder.
There were groups of children watching with excitement as the brigade of soldiers began to ride through the gateway of Wall Maria, the atmosphere was immense. I stood on my tiptoes and looked at each of the soldiers as they rode by on their horses, but I couldn't really see much from the back of the crowd. I quickly barged through the crowd of people and stopped when I was a few rows from the front of the crowd, I had a better view of the soldiers from here.
I stood on my tiptoes again as I glanced at each of the soldiers, they were all young and they had the look of determination in their eyes. They were ready for battle if needed, they would fight till the very end to protect the walls from the titans. My gaze stopped on one of the male soldiers, I recognized his face from my past. I took a few steps forward as I tucked some loose strands of hair behind my ear, I could believe it was him. I had finally found him, it was Levi.
Levi was riding his horse next to a woman wearing glasses, his gaze was set firmly on his horse's reins. He looked so tired and emotionless, the expression on his face was blank. I couldn't help but feel a sadness forming deep down inside of me, he didn't look like the same man I knew long ago. He looked mature and burdened, it seemed like he had the weight of the world's problems on his shoulders.
What's happened to him to get himself into this kind of state I thought to myself as I began to barge through the crowd of people towards him, I needed to get to him and tell him that I was here for him now. But before I got to the front of the crowd I noticed Commander Erwin Smith joining the brigade of soldiers, he maneuvered his horse to Levi's side and blocked him from my view.
I don't have a clue why he had blocked Levi from my view, he wouldn't be able to notice me at this rate. I yelled Levi's name as I began to barge past people again, but my voice was drowned out by people cheering and yelling in the street. When I finally got to the front of the crowd it was to late, he was long gone through Wall Maria's gateway.
I stood there and watched the gate close, why had Commander Erwin Smith told me to come if he was going to block Levi from my view? More to the point why would he block me from Levi's view? Something odd was going on, did Erwin change his mind at the last moment? I don't think I will understand until he returns back from the expedition, but when he does I will get my answers from him even if I've got to use force to get them.
For the next two days I worked as normal in the tavern, I had to keep an upbeat attitude so people would think I was fine though. But deep down inside I was angry and sad at the same time, I was so close to making contact with Levi until Erwin barged in on his horse. I guess I should be grateful he's still alive even though he looked so withdrawn, he's more lucky than some of the soldiers who never returned from the expeditions outside of the wall.
I hadn't heard nothing yet about the survey corps returning from their expedition from beyond Wall Maria. I was told they could be gone for days, but they sometimes returned early if their expeditions were failures due to injured soldiers or if their plans had fallen through. So for now I was just waiting for them to return and then I would be confronting Erwin, I needed to know why he did what he did to me.
I was on kitchen duty tonight, we took turns cleaning the kitchen area and washing the pots before we turned in for the night. I had put all of the tavern's food ingredients away and I had washed the pots, I just had to wipe down the table then I would be done. I looked over my shoulder when I heard the kitchen's door open, I saw April carrying a pile of plates into the kitchen. I sighed to myself and began to wipe down the table with a soapy rag, she must have missed a few plates from the tavern area I thought to myself as I turned my full attention back to the table.
" Where do you want them?" She asked.
" Just put them near the sink, I will get to them in time..." I quietly said as I wiped down the table in the middle of the kitchen. " I'll be up most of the night anyway, I've not been sleeping well lately..."
" Lorna, what's wrong with you?" Asked April while placed the pile of plates down near the sink. " You've been quiet with everyone for the last two days, you're not your normal self at all. Has someone said something to you? You can talk to me Lorna, are you feeling unwell?"
" Quiet? Me?" I asked with laughed. " You must be mistaking me for someone else, I'm always chatty and happy around here..."
" You're being untruthful with me, I'm not daft..." She replied.
" I never said you were daft..." I said.
" I know, but there is something wrong with you..." She said. " You can't hide anything from me, I'm like the military police around here. I know when something is bothering you, it's my girl's intuition kicking in... "
" I'm fine, I've just got a lot on my mind right now..." I sighed.
" I'm guessing it had something to do with that note from Commander Erwin Smith, am I right?" She asked as she walked over to me and then picked a bowl of seeds up from the table. " Did he write something out of line in that note from the money bag? I'll get my Dad to have words with him if he's getting too forward with you, I'll even set Jacob on him and let him nip at his ankles like a dog..."
" It's nothing like that April, he wouldn't even dare try anything on with me..." I replied.
" I know, I've seen you knock a fully grown man off his feet before when he refused to pay for his meal..." She laughed. " I know you can look after yourself when needed, but if he's said something to upset you..."
" Listen April, he's done nothing wrong and I do appreciate your concern about me..." I said while I dropped my rag into my bucket and then wiped my hands on my apron. " But sometimes there are somethings that only adults can deal with by themselves, you will understand someday when you're older. But I'm healthy and content with my life, I've got everything I need right here..."
" Oh I see, I guess that good then..." She said while she placed the bowl back down on the table and then gave me a smile as she took a hand full of seeds from the bowl. " Me and my Mum thought you were pining over some man, how silly are we?"
I opened my mouth to say something to her, but she quickly left the kitchen with a goodnight. It's making me wonder if they know more than I do, but I don't think Erwin would tell them the real reason behind why he's visits me each month. I'm beginning to think maybe I should tell them the truth now, I mean we are basically like family and I have been a citizen of the Shiganshina District for over a year now.
But then my thoughts turned to Levi, if I said anything to anyone about him Erwin would not be pleased. He may arrest me or make Levi disappear, I can't take any chances like that in case it ends badly. I can't really do anything anyway until the Survey Corps return from their expedition, I've got to be patient until then.
