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 11!

It was now the night of my birthday and my visit with Levi was getting closer, it was hard trying to think of a way of getting out of the visit. I had slept each night with my room's window wide open and I washed myself with cold water so I could catch a chill or get a high temperature, but nothing was working so far even though it had been raining for days. I even thought about stuffing my face with food until I was feeling sick, but knowing my luck it wouldn't work.

I had decided to leave my room's window opening again tonight and eat all of the left over apple sponge cake the Landlord's wife had baked me for my birthday, I also put the fire out in the fireplace so my room would remain cold. But I had left one lit candle in it's candle holder burning on my bedside cabinet, I would need some light so I would be able to read the book of the Faith's family records. I made myself comfy on my bed and lay on my stomach while I ate the rest of my apple sponge cake as I read through those missing pages Levi had given me again.

I had read through those pages many times since he had given them to me, it was hard to memorize all of the names though. There was so many Faiths and random surnames I have never heard of before which sparked my interest, it meant I may have long lost family members out there in all of the districts. I even saw the surname of Smith appear about 70 years ago in my bloodline, she had married into the Faith family.

It made me wonder if Erwin Smith was a distance relative of mine, but I don't think I would want to look into his bloodline because it would cost me a fortune. I spooned some of my cake into my mouth as I ran my finger tip down a burnt part of the page I was reading, it was hard to make out some of the names. There was nothing I could do about it though, so I would just memorize the names I could read on the pages.

After a while I began to feel nauseous, my stomach was aching and I was actually beginning to feel warm. I groaned to myself as I sat up straight on my bed and placed my empty plate on my bedside cabinet, I shouldn't have eaten all of that cake until the morning I thought to myself as I put the pages back inside of the envelope. I opened the draw to my bedside cabinet and placed the envelope underneath my Mother's jewelry box which I kept in there for safe keeping, I then hid the book of the Faith's family records behind the bedside cabinet. I closed the cabinet's draw and climbed into bed, I just hope my aching stomach would last until the morning.


I woke up in the morning feeling clammy and dizzy, I believe the last few days of trying to make me ill had finally worked. But I think it may have worked too well, I have never felt so ill in all of my life. My body was aching and my stomach was turning like there was no tomorrow, I was beginning to regret making myself ill to get out of the visit with Levi. But I had no other choice, Levi wanted me to stay away from Erwin's office until this unknown documenter was found.

It had taken me a lot of effort to get out of my bed, my body didn't want to anything today and I even struggled in the washroom when it was time for my morning wash. But my next challenge was getting down the staircase, my legs didn't seem to want to work today. I slowly walked down stairs as I held onto the banister with both of my hands, my head felt like it was going to explode. When I got to the bottom of the staircase I walked along the corridor until I got to the kitchen, I rested my hand on the door frame and coughed loudly.

I covered up my mouth when the Landlord's wife looked at me over her shoulder, she gave me a sympathetic smile and wipe her hands on her apron. She was getting breakfast ready for her family, she was always up before everyone else in the tavern. She walked over to me and placed her hand on my forehead, she told me I was burning up. I told her I was fine as I removed my hand from my mouth, but she wouldn't take no for answer.

" Get yourself back to bed, we can manage without you until you're feeling better..." She said while she placed her hand on back and lead me out of the kitchen. " I'll bring you some hot tea and a bowl of warm porridge up to your bedroom, I'll even send Jacob to get Doctor Jaeger for you..."

" I'll be fine, I just need to sleep it off..." I said with a cough as I covered up my mouth again. " I don't want to bother Doctor Jaeger, I just need some rest and a bottle of lavender oil to ease my chest. I also need to get ready for my visit with Erwin Smith to discuss my fiances and help out with the garrison's laundry..."

" Hush yourself now my dear, you're going nowhere while you're ill..." She said with a smile as she stopped me in the corridor. " I'll get you some lavender oil from the kitchen and I'll send Jacob to the market to get you some fruit. You just leave Commander Erwin to me, I'll get a message to him on your behalf when that Mike Zacharius arrives at the tavern..."

" You don't have to do that for me, I'll deal with him..." I said.

The landlord's wife told me not to worry about a thing, she then told me to get my backside to my bedroom before she carried me up those stairs. I gave her a nod of my head and told her thank you before I slowly made my way back up the staircase. When I got to the top of the staircase I bumped into Jacob, he had overslept again which now meant he was late for his morning chores. I said good morning to him as I ruffled up his hair with my hand, but he shooed my hand away from his hair and told me that I looked like a corpse before he hurried past me. I looked over my shoulder at him as he ran down the staircase, he even looked at me over his shoulder and licked his tongue out at me.

" You're not funny Jacob!" I sighed.

" I know! " He yelled.

I walked along the corridor and entered my bedroom, I then closed the door behind me. I got changed back into my nightgown and climbed into my bed, it wasn't long until the Landlord's wife came to my room with some breakfast for me. She placed a wooden tray down on my lap, there was a bowl of porridge and teacup of hot tea on the tray. She spoke to me while she opened the room's shutters and lit the fireplace for me, she then told me Jacob had gone to fetch Doctor Jaeger before he began his chore.

I didn't want Doctor Jaeger to visit me in case he was related to me and I also remembered that embarrassing moment I had in front of him in the bar area last year, but I didn't have the energy to argue with her right now. She told me she would back in an hours time to collect my tray, she said she wanted to see every bit of my breakfast eaten by the time she got back to my room. I told her okay while I picked my spoon up from the tray, I spooned some of the warm porridge into my mouth as I watched her leave my bedroom.

It wasn't long until I finished all of my breakfast and drank my hot tea, I then placed the tray on my bedside cabinet next to my bed. I lay back in my bed and closed my eyes for a moment, but before I knew it I was being shaken awake by someone. I groaned and pulled my blankets over my head, I must have fallen asleep after my breakfast I thought to myself as I snuggled my face into my cosy soft pillow.

" Lorna, you need to wake up now..." I heard the landlord's wife say with a sigh. " Doctor Jaeger is here, he would like to see you because he's got a busy schedule this morning. So sit up and make yourself presentable, he's waiting in corridor outside of your bedroom with young Eren..."

" I told you I didn't need to see Doctor Jaeger, I'll be fine after a very long sleep..." I sighed.

" Now don't be silly my dear, do you want Doctor Jaeger's time to be wasted when he could be else where in the district?" She asked as she pulled my blankets away from me. " Come on now, sit up and do as you're told. I may not be your Mother, but you need to be looked after if you like it or not..."

" But I will be fine, just leave me be..." I groaned.

" Get up before I drag you up young lady, that's an order!" She said with laugh while she pulled my nightgown over my legs and then rolled me over onto my back. " You're more worse than Jacob when he was ill, get up already or I'll be forced to get a bucket of cold water!"

I deeply sighed to myself while I opened my eyes, the things I have to do for a peaceful life I thought to myself as I sat up in my bed. The Landlord's wife covered me back up with my blankets and fluffed my pillows before I learned back on them. She then tidied my hair and wiped my mouth with her handkerchief, she said I had some drool mixed with porridge running down my chin.

" All presentable and clean again, I'll tell Doctor Jaeger you're ready for him now..." She smiled.

I pulled my blankets to my chin as the landlord's wife walked over to the room's door, she then opened it wide and invited the doctor into my room. I watched as Doctor Jaeger took his bag from Eren, he then told Eren to wait for him in the corridor while he dealt with his patient. But the Landlord's wife offered to take him to the kitchen with her, she said he can sit in the kitchen and keep her company until he was done.

The Landlord's wife gave me a smile before she placed her hand on Eren's shoulder, she then disappear from my view with Eren while Doctor Jaeger entered my bedroom. He closed the door behind him and walked over to my bed, he then placed his bag down on my bed. He greeted me with a hello and asked me how I was feeling, I told him that my throat was sore.

I couldn't help but stare at him while he spoke with me, I could see a likeness of my of Mother in him. He had the same coloured eyes as my Mother, his lips were the same shape as hers and his cheek bones were the same to. It was daunting knowing that he could be my Mother's little brother she once told me about when I was young, but I didn't have any proof that I was related to him because I didn't even know my Mother's younger brother's first name.

It wasn't long until he was examining me, he took my temperature with a thermometer and listened to my heartbeat with his stethoscope. He said my temperature was high and it sounded like had mucus on my chest, he then went onto tell me that many people from the different districts had come down with the illness that I was suffering from at this very moment. He even told me that many soldiers and high ranking commanders had fallen ill just like the townsfolk, he said it was due to the weather changes.

Doctor Jaeger then put all of his medical tools away and took a wooden tongue depressor from a small wooden box inside of his bag, he then told me to open my mouth so he could take a look at my throat. I did what he asked and let his examine my throat, he then told me to relax my jaw muscles. I was going to ask him why he wanted me to relax my jaw muscles, but he told me not to talk whilst he was examining my throat.

" Your throat looks inflamed and swollen, I'm thinking you may have a bacterial infection..." He said as he removed the tongue depressor from my mouth. " But some bed rest and medicine will cure your Influenza, the odd piece of fruit would do your immune system some good with the vitamins fruit obtains..."

" What's Influenza?" I asked.

" It's nothing but a common cold, there is no reason for you to worry..." He smiled while he took a small brown coloured glass bottle from his bag. " I will leave this bottle of medicine on your bedside cabinet for you, I would like to take this medicine twice a day with some hot water. I would also like you to keep your fireplace lit because you will need to sweat your fever out and keep your window closed at night just in case the weather changes again. The medicine just contends thyme, lemon balm and honey. All the natural ingredients needed to cure your cold, but I will return in three days time to check up on you..."

" Okay Doctor Jaeger, thank you..." I smiled.

" Doctor Jaeger is so formal, please call me Grisha..." He said.

I gave him a nod of my head and watched him place the bottle of medicine down on the bedside cabinet, he then closed his bag. I lay back in my bed and covered myself back up with my blankets as I yawned, but then I heard Doctor Jaeger clear his throat. I looked over at him and watched him picked his bag up from my bed, he then asked me an odd question.

" This may sound odd, but you remind me of someone from my childhood..." He said while he checked his pocket watch. " Can I ask you the surname of your parents?"

I quickly turned my gaze away from him and thought for a moment before I answered his question, I was going to have to give him a false surname just to be on the safe side. I didn't know if I was related to him just yet, I needed to purchase the Jaeger family records to know for sure that he was part of my bloodline. I turned my full attention back to him and told him my parent's surname was Church, it was the only surname I could think of right now.

Doctor Jaeger gave me a smile and pushed his glasses from the tip of his nose with his fingertip, he then told me he had never heard of the Church family's surname being used on the surface before and that he had only heard it being used once in the Underground City years ago when he was a young training medical practitioner. I raised my eyebrows at him as he said goodbye to me, he then walked over to my bedroom's door and left my room.

I stared at my bedroom's door for a while until I rolled over onto my side, so he's been to the underground city before I thought to myself as I brought my blanket to my chin. I would never have dreamed that he would have ventured down there because he seems like the kind of gentleman who wouldn't want to mingle with the unfortunate people who lived in the Underground City. The last doctor of the Underground City had been blackmailed by some thugs and then disappeared without a trace, I had heard that he had fallen to fowl play of some unpleasant merchants for disobeying them.

My thought were interrupted by my room's door being opened, I turned my gaze towards the door and I saw the Landlord's wife standing in the doorway. She had a tray full of fruit with a teapot and a streaming teacup sitting on it's saucer. She told me she was here to make sure I had my medicine and then she was going to pour me a hot bath in the washroom down the corridor. I told her okay as I sat up in my bed and took the bottle of medicine from the bedside cabinet, hopefully this medicine will work quickly I thought to myself as I lay back in my bed again.