(Flash back of a stray cat (Part 2) (Side Story) (To those watching the anime and reading the manga, to avoid writing what you are watching and reading I've decided to take this story down its own little path)

"Sophie, let's name the kitten Free."

"That's a weird name." I mumbled as I cuddled the tabby under my cheek. "It doesn't sound right; it's weird." I repeated.

"I am the one hiding it and feeding it so I get to name it- it's only fair, right?"

"Right."

Free lived in the covers of Mina's bed, under the wooden deck, in the little wooden crate, and anywhere that we could stuff her since we weren't allowed to keep her. Oh, the things we would do for this cat- the lengths we went, just to feed it in secret.

I was wrapping a piece of tough jerky in a cloth that Mina gave me to give to Free, as I walked toward my home from watching her a work.

"Hey, child, just where are you heading?"

A man leaning against a building regarded me with downcast eyes. He was older with gray hair and a wrinkled face. I don't know why but I stared up at him I felt shiver run up my spine.

-For the Cause-

Everyone's eyes seemed to pop out of their sockets when the ground began to rumble. Children in this time were smart enough to know what that signified, it wasn't hard to misread, and with profound resonance it stuck fear into the heart of our soldiers riding on horseback. That's when we finally saw it. The black smoke- the signaling signs of an aberrant.

My heart clenched as I urged my horse a little faster.

"Corporate!" One of those in Levi's squad yelled as they rode up behind him in fervor. From then on I couldn't hear what they were saying, and I didn't know if I wanted to know. My heart was already thrust into un ease, I might cause myself to pass out if I fret anymore.

Whilst not paying much attention realized before it was too late that we were heading into a deep dark forest.

Why were we here all of a sudden, in a grove of tall, gigantic trees, I haven't the slightest. I couldn't believe how grand these mighty trees stood, and I stared at them as they flew by in the wind, passed by the horse's fast speed.

"Sophie, quit staring off!" Aruro yelled back to me, causing me to snap my attention forward dizzily. "You'll lose speed if you don't focus straight ahead."

"It's behind us Corporal Levi. We should switch to 3D Maneuvering Gear!"

I heard this many times. I stressed with them, not able to look back as they were. I didn't speak a word about switching like everyone else had- I wasn't nearly as good as that, than I was at riding a horse. Free was fast, just like that rest of these horses, was this aberrant really going to catch up to us-?

That's when I saw the fright written on my comrades' faces. Even the titan, Eren had a look in his blue-green eyes that I would never forget. "Eren DON'T!"

They were telling him not to bite himself. I could only imagine what that would do, but they acted like it was terrible thing. How he turned into a titan- that was my guess, from their reactions.

They yelled, fought with each other- and we all rode, our lives on the line as the pounding steps came at us faster. To my relief, Eren did not transform, and even if it put my life in further risk I kept a distance from him as I rode.

It was about to get us. I knew this from the insane rumble that basically broke that ground under us, shaking the horses off track in some spots right off their nimble hooved footing. We were goners. Everyone was thinking that as we passed into a clearing, further diminishing our hopes of living.

That's when we heard it. The explosions and shooting from behind us sounded an instant after we passed through the forest trees. I finally snuck a look back, and in horror I realized what was chasing us. The titan- a woman, he body muscular without skin and her eyes a bright blue while her hair was blond.

Her appearance made me sick, and I threw up when Free came to a trot away from the others. Why was I so repulsed? I could only picture Mina, and I glared in Eren's direction as he caught my stare.

I don't know what reaction I gained from him, for I took my eyes away to throw up once more. The bread I had eaten before this trip was lost from my gut and I felt entirely empty and tired.

"Are you all right kid?" A man with dark hair- from Levi's squad asked as he rode next to me. I jumped off my horse and held the reigns, using the sleeve of my jacket to wipe my mouth.

"Yes." I replied sourly.

I pulled Free toward the other horses, who, like Free, were breathing hard from their intense run.

The female titan was tacked down by several hundred cables and nails. She looked like an art project, but she was still frightening to me. Whatever had gone on seemed to all end up how it was supposed to, but that didn't justify all that casualties in the long run. My commander, and the corporal- they knew something. They were behind this all, weren't they? Was every one siding with titans these days? Were we going through all this trouble so that we could have yet another monster on our side? I looked up at a tree, where on the branch stood Levi and Irvin who looked like they were about to move away from the scene, and decided to follow them.

I didn't know proper etiquette when it came to dealing with superiors, and I hoped that they didn't expect that of me when I approached them. I wanted to ask so badly what was going on. Why they had me here when all I wanted to do was be a doctor, safe in the walls. Maybe I was going to unjustly take out my anger on them, maybe they deserved it. I knew this was all a part of the plan, but being dragged around like this- I have had enough of it.

I have no time to proof read, I'm sorry for such a terrible chapter I know that I need to get more there! I have to work in the morning oh and btw I have an account on Deviant art if you want to visit with me ^^ Not really that much to do with my stories, but it's all for fun, so, you know.

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