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 I'm going to ease back on update this fanfiction for a while because I'm neglecting my Death Note fanfictions, I need to update fairly between them all.

Chapter 13!

I stood and stared at the man sitting at the table, it was Kenny Ackerman. The man who came to use The Red Rat tavern in the Underground City to catch some dishonest merchants, he then let the military police take my parents and he basically double crossed everyone involved in his plan. His looks hadn't changed much over the years since I last saw him and he still had that same air of authority about him, I was now beginning to feel nervous about him being in the tavern.

I lowered my gaze after a while and looked at his long fingers wrapped around arm, his finger nails were dirty. I didn't really want to look at him again in case he recognized me, but the years have changed me and I was much older than 15 now. I bit at my bottom lip as I slowly looked back up at him again, his gaze was firmly set on me and he had a small smirk on his face.

I gave him a slight smile as his grip loosened on my arm, I was going to have to act normal around him and treat him the same way I would normally treat my other customers who visited the tavern. I didn't really know why he was in the tavern anyway, this could be all innocent and he could just be here for his lunch. But I couldn't shake off this horrible feeling that was growing in the pit of my stomach, I needed to get away from him and hide somewhere in the tavern until he had gone.

" You look pale, is there a problem girl?" He asked.

" No sir, is that everything?" I asked.

" Aye my girl, that's all for now..." He replied while he lowered his gaze to his plate of food. " The extra coin is for your service, this is a nice little tavern you've got here..."

" Thank you sir, I hope you enjoy your meal..." I said.

I gently shook my arm free from his grip and hurried back over to the bar area, I then placed my tray down on bar's counter while I looked at Kenny Ackerman over my shoulder. He quickly drank his ale and made a sandwich with his food, he then left the tavern with a nod of his hat to my Landlord. I turned around to face my Landlord when I heard him clear his throat, he asked me if I was feeling well because he thought I looked pale and clammy.

" I'm fine, don't worry about me..." I said while I wrapped my arms around myself and glanced around the tavern again. " I think you're right about me rushing around the bar area with the meal orders for the customers, I think I've tired myself out now..."

" I told you to slow down, but you never listen to me..." He said.

" I know, I'll listen to you from now on though..." I sighed as I turned my full attention back to the landlord. " Is it okay if I go and get washed up for lunch now? I promise I will be quick, then I will help you clear up the tables before we sit down for lunch..."

The Landlord told me it was fine as he took hold of the rope handle of the tavern's wall mounted brass bell, he rung the bell twice and told everyone he would be closing the tavern soon for his lunch break. I heard him ring the bell again before I left the bar area, I then hurried up the staircase and made my way to my bedroom along the corridor. I needed a few moment to pull myself together and take a few deep breaths before I joined the landlord's family for lunch.

I closed my bedroom's door behind me and made my way to my personal washroom, I then had a quick wash. I felt much more refreshed after I got changed into my clean green cotton dress and white shirt that I had laid out for my evening shift, I even tired my hair up into a plait bun to tidy myself up for lunch. But I still had that horrible feeling in my stomach from earlier, the sight of him again after all of these years had unsettled me. I mean it's been a very long time since I've even seen or thought about Kenny Ackerman, it's making me wonder if Levi knows about him being on the surface.

I remember Levi telling me long a go that he was going to kill me on the behalf of Kenny Ackerman because I was nothing but a loose end to Kenny Ackerman's plan, but it didn't end that well for the old Landlord of The Red Rat tavern though. I should count myself lucky that Levi was double crossed by him and he decided not to go through with the plan, I guess I should be grateful I got a beating from Levi instead of being killed by him.

I sighed to myself and hung my Mother's necklace around my neck, I guess I should go and help tidy the tables now in the bar area I thought to myself as I walked over to my room's door. I left my bedroom and hurried back downstairs to the tavern's bar area, the landlord's wife was already setting the table for our lunch. I helped the landlord collect all of the used plates and tankards from the bar area, we then took them to the kitchen. I then returned back to the bar area while the Landlord made a start on washing the dirty plates and tankards, I was going to sweep the bar area's floor before our lunch was plated up.

I opened all of the bar area's windows and cleaned all of the tables before I got the broom from behind the bar, it was easier for me to brush the leftover food crumbs from the tables before I swept the room. When I had finished cleaning the tables I hurried over to where the broom was kept and unhooked it from it's wall hook, I then began to sweep the room.

I heard the Landlord's wife singing to herself as she carried a cooking pot full of leftover beef stew into the bar area, she always made sure we ate the leftovers because she hated to see food going to waste. She placed her cooking pot down on the table she had laid our plates out on not long ago, it wasn't long until the Landlord joined us in the bar area with a plate full of freshly cooked sliced bread.

My stomach loudly rumbled as the smell of the stew wafted around the room, it was beginning to make my mouth water to. I quickly swept the room and left a pile of dirt in the corner of the room, I would swept the dirt through the doorway when my stomach was full of food. I leaned my broom up against the wall and closed the tavern's door before I sat down at the table for my lunch, we normally kept the door closed when we ate our lunch because we would sometimes get random customers turning up after the tavern had closed for our lunch break.

I took a slice of bread from the plate full of bread on the table and listened to the Landlord's wife talking with her husband, she was asking him where her children were while she picked my plate up from in front of me. The Landlord told her that he had sent April to go and get Jacob from the canal, he said his son was playing there with a few of his school friends for the morning.

" It's good that you know where they are my dear, but what's taking them so long?" Said the Landlord's wife while she plated up some leftover beef stew onto my plate. " I bet Jacob is playing hide and sneak again with April, that boy of mine needs to learn to stay in one place before he get's lost..."

" Now don't you go fretting about our children my love, you know what they are like sometimes..." Smiled the landlord as he sat down at the table next to me. " They will be back when their stomachs are growling, you mark my words..."

" You are right, those children of ours run rings around us..." She laughed and placed my plate of stew down in front of me. " At least we know where our Lorna is today, she may wander now and again but she always returns when she says so..."

" She's a good one, I'm glad she turned up when she did..." Smiled the Landlord. " She's part of the furniture now, I don't know what I would do without her. I'll have to ask Erwin if he's got anymore Lorna Faiths hiding in any of the other districts..."

" I'm afraid to say there is only one me, but I'll work extra hours if you need more help in the tavern..." I said while I took a bite of my bread. " I'll do anything you want unless it's cleaning the higher shelves behind the bar, I'm not tall enough for that job..."

" You work enough hours already my girl, but I'll get you some wooden stilts if you want to take up that challenge..." He laughed.

" I see where Jacob get his sense of humor from now, I pity your good wife for putting up with you both..." I said with a smile. " But maybe I will take you up on that offer about the wooden stilts, I bet the higher shelves behind the bar could do with a cleaning..."

The Landlord gave me a nod of his head as I picked my spoon up from the table, I hope he knows I was only joking about the wooden stilts. We all sat down together at the table and spoke whilst we ate our lunch, but the Landlord's children hadn't returned back home yet. The Landlord's wife said she was going to go and look for them if they didn't return soon, but before she could even get up from her chair we heard a loud booming sound filling the air around us.

" Oh my goodness, what was that?!" She asked.

Me and the landlord quickly got up from our chairs at the table, it sounded like there had been an explosion. I hurried over to the window and took a look outside, there was a few people pointing down the street. I looked over my shoulder at the landlord and his wife as I struggled my shoulders at them, but it wasn't long until there another boom sound filled the air around us again.

The boom sound this time was much louder and it even made the tavern's heavy wooden doors shake on it's hinges, it felt like there had been a earth tremor. The landlord quickly ran over to the tavern's door and opened it wide, he said we should see what is going on outside. I hurried outside of the tavern with the Landlord and his wife, we stood in the street while other townsfolk around us spoke quietly amongst themselves. Something strange was going on at the other end of the Shiganshina District, but the problem was we couldn't see anything from where we were located.

I looked up at the sky and I saw geese flying above us, they were heading towards the Trost District. Something didn't feel right, the atmosphere around us was tense and it had now gone silent in the street. We all stood and listened as we heard another boom sound, but this time it was followed by an almighty crash. It was so loud most of the people around us covered up their ears and sheltered their faces as dust swept through the street, the gust of wind had come from the other end of the Shiganshina District. A lot of the people around us began to panic when they saw smoke raising to the sky, but what happened next was unbelievable.

Without warning small rocks and boulders began to fall from the sky, it was like something from a nightmare. The small rocks were showering the streets and a few of the boulders crashed through some of the rooftops of the houses around us, it wasn't long until we heard some people screaming for help from the houses across the street from us. The landlord's wife grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me into the doorway of the tavern, she then yelled for her children.

The Landlord told us to take shelter while he went to looked for April and Jacob, but his wife told him not to leave her in a frightened tone. He told her that he had to find their children and bring them home, he then ran down the street with a few of the townsfolk. The Landlord's wife told me that we should take shelter in the basement until her husband return with her children, she said we would be much safer in the basement than outside on the street. I gave her a nod of my head and ran back inside of the tavern with her, but before we reached the door to the basement there was an loud crash from behind us.

I screamed as I was thrown over the bar's counter with the Landlord's wife, we both fell to the floor with a thud. I covered up my face with my arms as bits of wood and random objects fell around me, I ended up rolling underneath the bar for shelter. I groaned as I tried to get up from the floor, but my body was aching all over and my head was spinning while I looked around at my broken surroundings. The back of the bar area was destroyed, there was dust in the air and broken liquor bottles all around me. The smell of alcohol was very strong and I could hear people screaming from outside of the tavern, it felt like I was trapped in horrible nightmare.

I couldn't help but tremble while I peeked my head from behind the tavern's bar, there was a giant hole in the wall on the other side of the room and a big boulder resting against the tavern's doorway. I would have to find another way out of the tavern I thought to myself as I sat up straight with groan, but then I noticed someone lying on the floor near a broken chair. It was the Landlord's wife, she had blood pouring from a gash on the side of her head. She wasn't moving and she looked very pale, I need to get to her I thought to myself as I got onto my knees. I began to crawl forward and hissed when I felt something sharp dig into the palm of my hand, I had forgotten about the broken glass bottles around me.

I began to crawl forward again and ignored the pain of the broken glass bottles cutting into my hands as I crawled, we both needed to get out of here before anything else crashed through any of the other tavern's walls. But without warning my arms gave way and I fell forward onto my chest. My hands were in pain and I could smell my own blood in the air, but I wasn't going to give up on her just yet. I looked over at the Landlord's wife again while I reached my hand towards her, but my eyesight was beginning to blur. She was fading from my sight and everything around me was getting dark, this can't be happening I thought to myself before I let the darkness claim me.