In celebration of my last week of school this term... a new chapter! This is the last chapter before Eren's first training session where he finds out what his dragon form looks like! Be excited my minions!

Chapter 6

"Jeeze! You took forever on that mission… I thought I was going to go crazy without my little short stack around!"

Eren took a few steps back in shock. This woman was so loud! He looked over at Levi who's left eye seemed to twitch in irritation.

"You have been crazy since the beginning…" he deadpanned before turning to leave, "Why didn't you just go dissect something? You had a lot of fun with that Connie kid last time."

"But Leeeviiii! You know Commander Erwin threatened to kick me out if I tried that again!"

Eren's eyes widened, "You… tried to dissect s-someone?" What the hell?!

"Hmm? Oh! I didn't see you there! My apologies kid, I'm Professor Hanji Zoe, the resistance's head researcher of dragons and human technology. If you're curious about anything, just come find me in my lab. We can even test some of my newest theories on you if you like! It's not far from here, just-"

"Stop it Glasses, can't you see you're scaring the brat?" Levi quickly interrupted her rant, "And don't worry, she had tried. We stopped her in time, but I think the kid still has nightmares."

Who wouldn't after something like that...

"Sorry, sorry, my bad! So what's your name?" Hanji apologised again, not at all phased by the conversation. Eren was starting to get 'danger vibes' from this one…

"Eren." He replied simply.

"Well Eren, if you ever find yourself bored, irritated or sick of Levi's depressing presence, just come and find me. We'll have so much fun discovering the wonder that is life!" She threw her arms in the air in what looked like pure delight at the thought. Her eagerness started to scare him, but he tried not to show it. Looking over at Levi, he gave his best 'please don't hand me over to the psycho who tries to dissect others' look.

"Shut up Shitty Glasses… Eren, if Hanji gets out of hand just send me a message from this," he handed over a very expensive looking phone before walking away, "I have to go file my report. Have fun."

Eren was at a loss for words. He was just given a very expensive device with Levi's number, what was he supposed to say? The sudden shock wore off and Eren realised he was being left to the mercy of science lady.

"Wait, you're just going to leave me here?! With-"

"Levi, Levi, Levi! Why did you give Eren your contact but not me?!" Hanji shouted at the man looking hurtful.

"Yes. I need time to get away from loud dragons," Levi replied to Eren, completely shutting out Hanji's voice. Eren got a feeling he did that a lot…

"But-"

"DON'T IGNORE ME!" Hanji's shouting caused the fur-dragon to cover his ears and shrink away. He really didn't want to hang around her, even Levi's shitty jokes and name calling were better than dealing with a lunatic.

"Hanji… Eren would like to earn more about dragons. Care to share the information you've stored?" Hanji's eyes practically glowed when he spoke, obviously knowing how to shut her up.

The bastard… He knows I'll probably die in her presence! Maybe the M.P. wasn't such a bad idea… On second thought, screw that! Anything's better than those corrupted jerks!

"Well of course!" Her angry demeanour seemed to have morphed into one of happiness, "Come Eren, and let us begin the journey through science!"

God? Satan? Anyone? Help me!

"Here we are~" Hanji's cheerful voice echoed about the room, bouncing off its eerie metal walls. When Eren heard 'lab' he seriously didn't think Frankenstein lab! Hanji looked at Eren expectantly.

"Ahh… It's… roomy?" he stumbled out awkwardly. Hanji casually sat in a swivel chair and rolled herself around the room like a child.

"I know right! Erwin was kind enough to lend me this room for all of my experiments and research. Now! What should we discuss first…" Hanji answered enthusiastically, despite his look of worry. When she finally stopped spinning and rolling around, she ended up at the central table.

"Umm… Can you tell me more about dragons in general? Like, how transformations work or the elemental side of things?" He immediately regretted his choice of words when he saw an odd glint in her eyes.

"Ah, right into the good stuff eh? Well! I'll explain everything in as much detail as possible. You may want to sit down though, this will take a while."

Eren obeyed and nervously sat at the opposite side of the table.

"Now… First you need to know the main elements, or more commonly known as the seven divisions. These are fire, electricity, darkness, earth, wind, light and water. Every dragon can use at least one of these as they are the simplest forms of energy manipulation. Depending on the division will depend on how the energy is used to create the element.

Now before we go further, I must tell you more about draconic energy. All living things have a form of energy use, like humans, animals and plants. This energy is used to keep things alive and can be gained by eating, photosynthesis and so on. Dragons, however, are able to amplify the energy into something more physical. Through my studies on dragon biology, I have found that our rate of energy creation just from eating is three times as fast as any other creature, which means we continuously store this energy throughout our bodies. This is how I concluded that using too much energy in an elemental attack can kill our kind. It's more dangerous than I first thought.

Let's take a fire dragon for an example. When a dragon wishes to create fire, the energy must be pulled and moulded in a way that reflects fire. Since fire is rather uncontrollable and wild, the energy must be flicked and used more hastily than something like water, fire's opposite. When taking that into consideration, most dragons are born with a specific adaptation to a division. The fire dragon, for instance, will always be able to perform fire attacks no matter if they train to become another division. They are either born with it, or not."

"So, you can learn any element?" Eren asked, genuinely interested.

"Well, no. Sadly, a dragon can only master their own division and a linking division. The linking division is the element that compliments your own. For instance, fire and air are an excellent combination because air gives life to fire. Darkness and lightning also work well together due to their erratic energy nature. You will never find a dragon who masters fire and water because they are complete opposites. Understand?"

When she received a nod she continued.

"Sometimes you get mixed breeds which involves two different division genes being passed down from parents to their offspring. It has never worked for opposites, but some unlikely pairs have been discovered. An earth and lightning dragon by the name of Reiner was discovered to be one of these abnormalities. We have unofficially called them the Duel Division.

Next on the list is sub categories! These can be literally anything to be honest. It all depends on the experimenting of the manipulation of energy. Let's take our fire dragon shall we? A sub category of fire is blue fire. This occurs when a dragon discovers that speeding up the energy output to its maximum can create the hottest flame possible! Only few have ever mastered blue fire, but a lot of fire dragons perform it accidently.

So there you have it! The Division Theory!"

"That's amazing… but how do you know what division you are?" Eren was on the edge of his seat.

"Well it depends on your dragon form of course! Let me see it! Pleeeeaaaase!"

The brunet looked down at his hands, "but I don't know how to…"

There was a moment of silence before Hanji attempted to jump off her seat, but instead landed face first on the ground. The spontaneous action scared Eren shitless, thus making himself fall backwards on his own chair with a surprised shriek.

"Sorry about that, haha!" she laughed it off before standing again, "I just can't believe you haven't learned how to change yet!"

"Well, I only found what I am yesterday."

"I assume you're beginning your training tomorrow then?" the light shone on her glasses, making her look almost sinister. Wow, she got serious fast…

"Y-yeah. That's what the Commander said."

"Right! I must give you a run-down of everything you need to know before you begin the classes! Otherwise everyone will probably stare at you like you're an idiot," she said more to herself.

"Thanks…" Eren deadpanned.

"No problem, Eren! I can already tell that you're gonna be one of my favourites!"

"Yay…"

"Now, let us begin! Dragon history!" Hanji yelled, thrusting a fist into the air.

It was late, or more specifically, really early. Not that it was really a problem for Levi, since he had trouble sleeping anyway. After finishing the report, the dark dragon decided to find Eyebrows and talk about the new weapons that the Military Police had created. Theories ran through his mind on how they were made and why they used draconic energy. I'm starting to sound like Shitty Glasses…

He knocked twice on his office door and let himself in when he heard a response.

"Levi? What are you doing here so late? Aren't you supposed to be watching Eren?" he asked in concern.

"The brat's with Hanji. I doubt they would be finished talking… Anyway, I should be asking why you're awake," Levi said back in mild boredom.

"True, true. I'm just finalising the plans for the next major recon mission. The one you'll be leading to the M.P. headquarters."

Levi narrowed his eyes at the mention of the organisation, "Actually, I came here in order to relay some important information regarding those pigs."

Erwin's massive eyebrows raised in curiosity, "go on."

"They seemed to have invented a weapon that is able to inflict damage to our dragon forms," Levi growled urgently, "They are using some sort of energy that feels exactly like draconic energy and I'm concerned about the energy's point of origin."

"You mean… you think they are extracting it from our kind?"

There was a moment of grim silence.

"Yes."

"And that's why earth dragons are able to fly without worrying about mass. Interesting isn't it? Earth dragons, while possessing a larger amount of muscle and armour are able to fly with ease due to the lightweight bone structure and increased air capacity in their lungs. There's nothing like it in any other dragon!"

Eren was beginning to fall asleep. Sure this stuff was interesting, but he had had a long day and the only sleep he got was when he was unconscious. He began tuning out her voice when the door opened behind him.

Levi strolled inside, being sure to stay as close to the door as possible just in case the woman would lock him inside again. She had wanted to test one of her 'theories' about division weaknesses on him and he was definitely not willingly going along with that.

"Eren, it's time to go."

Said kid shot off the chair and walked out of the door, giving Levi a look of gratitude as he passed.

"Whaaat?! But we were just about to talk about transformations!" Hanji whined in protest but Levi just ignored her and left, shutting the door behind him.

"I thought I was going to be trapped in that room with her for eternity…" Eren tiredly complained.

"If she had her way, you probably would," he replied.

"How do you handle her?! She's like a child in an adult body!"

Levi tried to hide a grin. He agreed wholeheartedly on that statement; however, Hanji still was one of the few dragons who didn't mind his sour attitude.

"You don't handle her. You just have to learn to ignore her. Anyway, we still have a few hours until morning, so you should be fine to start tomorrow. Classes don't start until 10:00 anyway."

Eren seemed to cheer up at the last part. Probably because human schools make kids get up early.

"I can't wait to start training! Then I can become a part of your team!"

This time Levi did let himself smile. This kid…

"Well, you better not slack off then. I'll be waiting until then so don't disappoint me."

Yay! Eren and Levi bonding time! X3

Hanji is a crazy one... but they're one of my favourite characters! Also, for simplicity's sake, Hanji will he referenced as she.

Hope you liked! Be prepared for a fun next chapter :P