(Eren's POV)

Our goal was to find Armin and Reiner, so finding them was a disappointment to me. Not that I don't like them or anything, but I must see my friend again and find out what happened to him. Though they might have seen my friend around; which could help with our search.

"Did you see two blonde guys walking through the forest?" I asked them. Everyone seemed to have settled down, so I knew it would be a good time to ask questions. The group looked among themselves before speaking.

"Actually we did see a group of people walk by not too long ago." Connie said.

"They were being really loud and scared away the rabbit I was trying to catch!" Sasha complained.

"How big of a group was it?" Levi jumped into the conversation. We had taken seats next to each other.

"About four or five people. We didn't see them, but we could hear them." Ymir responded. "Some of them could have been your friends. We should go see."

"Ymir, you just want to leave here because you're mad at Connie." Sasha complained.

"You can stay here with your boyfriend then, and I will help them find their friends." Ymir responded. Boyfriend? Sasha and Connie are a thing? I could see how, but it was still a surprise to me. Seems like everyone is finding love in the apocalypse.

"Fine, I will then." Sasha said and turned back to her bag of chips.

"It sounded like they were heading this way." Ymir said as she started walking away from their camp site. No one was following her, so she gestured for us to follow. Levi was the first one to start moving.

"Should we really be following them?" Bertholdt mumbled to himself before following the rest of the search party.

We had been walking for only five minutes when we found a small cabin out in the woods. Its windows were clouded with dirt and age. In fact it looked exactly like a cabin you would see in a horror movie. Hanji had almost opened the door when a figure passed by a window causing her to stop. Someone or something is in there. All of us raised our weapons. Everyone that was in the truck had assorted kinds of guns, but all Ymir had was a machete. That didn't stop her from entering the cabin first. Hanji pushed her way in right behind Ymir, and I ran in front of Levi just so I could enter the cabin before he did. With a smug look on my face I turned to him and see his reaction. He shook his head at me, and I turned to see what Ymir and Hanji had found.

"This door is locked." Ymir called from the hallway that lead into the direction the figure had gone. That must be where they are hiding. Whoever it is that is in there. They better know where Armin is.

(Levi's POV)

This place is filthy. I think I saw a rat scurry under the torn up couch in the living room. Ymir was trying to break down the locked door she had stumbled onto, but seemed to be having some trouble. The longer it took for the door to open the angrier she seemed to get. I was just about to help her when something moved in the back room. The door had fallen off of its hinges causing me to get a small glimpse of whoever or whatever was back there.

"Follow me." I whispered to Eren and Bertholt; who happened to be the ones closest to me. I started making my way to the room, careful to make sure it looked safe before entering. With my first few steps into the room I didn't find anything unusual in the room. There were counters and what looked like an old microwave on one of them.

"Levi look!" Eren said quickly. I turned to find him petting a large dog that was behind a counter in the room. Its matted fur was filled with mud. That must have been what made the figure I had seen. "We are keeping it." He said to me determined.

"Have fun explaining that to everyone else. It needs a bath before I am going to get stuck in the back of the truck with it." I had no problems with taking the dog with us. It could be helpful, and might be good at spotting zombies before a person would.

"What should we name him?" Eren asked me. He was rubbing the dog's belly now, and it was obvious that this dog was in fact a girl.

"She's a girl." I informed Eren.

"Okay, so what should we name her?" He asked me, not getting discouraged.

"It's your dog." I told him before walking away to see what Ymir and Hanji found in that room. By the time I made it back they had broken down the door. The sight in the room was the last thing I expected. Reiner was tied to a chair in the middle of the room; with no one else in the room. Ymir and Hanji were already working at untying him.

"What happened to you?" I asked him quizzically. Why was he tied to that chair? Someone must have done that, but why isn't Armin in here with him?

"We got lost, and some people came out of the forest and attacked us. They took me here and tied me up so you could find me. I don't know what they did to Armin though." Reiner was untied by the time he was done speaking and stood up and stretched the second all of the ropes were off of him. Eren ran into the room with his new dog by his side.

"Where's Armin?" He hadn't heard what Reiner had just said.

"He isn't here." I told him. Hearing it from me would probably be easier for him to accept. That didn't stop him from looking broken.

"Where did you find that dog?" Reiner asked Eren when he spotted the dog.

"Hmm it was in the kitchen, why?" Eren looked to the dog and back to Reiner.

"Nothing, I just haven't seen a dog in a long time." He responded with a shrug.

"We should get back to the truck. The rest of the group is probably back already." I instructed everyone.

We all quickly left the cabin. It was getting dark out, and the creepy feel of the place made us all hurry to the exit. Eren put up a fight, but gave up quickly. He must be getting tired.

"Did you find a name for her?" I asked Eren. The dog was following him faithfully. Hopefully we can find a place to wash her off soon.

"Actually yes, I think I am going to name her Ash."

"How did you come up with that name?" I asked.

"Her fur looks to be gray, and I thought it would be a good name for her. Naming a dog is a lot harder than I thought it would be." He mumbled to himself. Ash started barking and ran off into the forest somewhere. Eren was about run after her when I stopped him.

"She'll be back." I told him. Though I didn't know for sure; I knew it wasn't a good idea to run after her.

"Are you sure?" He asked me skeptically.

"Eren, let's just make it back to the truck, if she comes back then you can know for sure she will follow you anywhere." We were almost back to the truck, and I could already hear the sound of the others. They seemed to be having a very loud discussion. Ymir had gone off to join her group again, and Hanji was nowhere in sight.

"Hey Levi?" Eren asked for my attention. I turned to ask him what he wanted when I was pushed against a tree, and felt lips crash against mine.

"Fucking brat." I mumbled into his lips before kissing back. The feel of his lips on mine just what I needed.

"I love you Levi." He said once he broke away from the kiss. I received a quick kiss from him once he was done speaking.

"I love you too, Eren." I returned a kiss. We were forced to part when Ash returned and wedged herself between us. Maybe I am not going to like this dog.

"Hey Ash." Eren knelt down to pet her. "Wh-what d-do you have there?!" He asked shocked with a hint of fear. Ash was carrying something in her mouth that I just noticed. "She killed a squirrel!" Eren looked terrified as she set the squirrel in his lap.

"Huh maybe she will be useful." I said and left Eren to deal with the dead squirrel.