I'm back guys! I hope everyone has been doing well. I've been starting to take a while to upload chapters so I'm sorry. But it's probably not going to change unless I reach a point where I can't wait to write the next part. Although it seems I need to reply to a couple people who's started reading this! So here.

Mathew5641:

Hi! I'm glad you like the fanfic!! You're the first person to critique me, so thank you. Honestly I get pretty annoyed when chapters are short, because I want to read more, y'know?? So I understand if you want longer chapters. Does 3k words work? I make mine around 2k usually. Let me know! Once again, thank you.

RedDehWeaboo:

Well, you see, mephitis isn't actually alive, he can't die either. I'll give more answers as to why he hasn't y'know, "died" yet later. Since Zeref died, Mephitis should have too, but I'll explain in future chapters. I'm calling Mephitis "he" because its too much of a hassle. It's a great question though.

Lelegamer:

I'm glad you like it! I cant say how long this story is going to be, because I don't know myself. I'm going to try to make chapters longer and get them done quickly, but it's going to be awhile.

And to everyone else that's reading, thank you. I appreciate your words.

Anyways, on with the story!

I DON'T OWN AOT OR FT. THEY'RE NOT MINE.

Levi, Eren, and the fairytail members were sitting around the large wooden table, waiting for Commander Erwin and the others to arrive.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, Erwin and the others came in (Except for Hanji). Eren stood up to acknowledge their presence.

"We believe we've found out who the femal Titan is." Erwin said.

Eren gasped in surprise. Everyone took a seat at the table.

"We will capture her this time." Erwin continued "we do it the day after tomorrow, while passing through Stohess District on our way to the capital. This will be our first and last chance at her. Once on the other side, the government will take custody of Eren and we'll have difficult investigating those bent on destroying the walls..."

Erwin continued his plan to bait the femal Titan into the underground passage.

"And you magic users will be assisting us as well. We don't want you to be using your magic infront of others, but your overal physical strength is probably much stronger than anyone here. In fact, I've heard some rumours about a boy with pink hair they're calling the salamander and a blonde beauty. I'm guessing that'd be you 2?" Erwin said to Natsu and Lucy.

Natsu and Lucy both laughed nervously.

"You already made yourselves a reputation?!" Gray laughed.

"Of course we'll help. Natsu and Lucy would've died of Levi's squad hadn't saved them." Erza said.

"Perfect."

"Are we certain the target will actually be in Stohess then?" Eren asked.

"Yes. The target is a member of the Military Police." Erwin answered.

"The Military Police?" Eren questioned.

"It was Armin who identified her." Erwin pointed out. "She may have been the one to kill the Titans that we caught alive...and that she might have trained with you in the 104th Cadet Corps."

"H-hold on a minute! The 104th Cadet Corps...!" Eren said wide-eyed

"The name of the girl we believe to be the female Titan..."

"You can't be serious..."

"..is Anniie Leonhart."

Eren was shocked. He didn't believe it.

"Why would you think that, Armin?" Eren asked trying to stay calm.

Armin gave valid points and Eren still couldn't believe it. Erwin later assigned positions. Lucy and Natsu were to go with Eren, Mikasa and Armin. Erza and Jellal had to sneak into the carriage with Erwin and Levi. Gray and Juvia were to wait just in case Annie turns into a Titan. And Wendy was to sneak into Jean's carriage. Jean would be the stand-in for Eren.

On the day of the mission in Stohess...

Jean, Eren's stand in, and Wendy were in the carriage, Levi and Erwin close behind. Over where Annie was standing guard, she moved to go into a new position.

"AnnieArmin whispered to get her attention.

Annie ran over into the Alley where Armin and Lucy were waiting for her.

"Who's this?" Annie asked.

"Oh uh... This is Lucy, she joined the survey corps after we graduated." Armin explained.

"Hi there, nice to meet you." Lucy held out her arm to shake.

"Annie." Annie shook Lucy's hand.

Armin explained their "situation" and after trying to persuade her to help, she finally accepted.

Lucy's pov...

Annie had turned around and put a ring on. It doesn't seem Armin noticed. What could it be..I'm probably looking into it too much.

Armin and I lead Annie to where Natsu, Eren and Mikasa were waiting.

"Another new recruit?" Annie asked.

"Yeah, his name is Natsu." Armin said.

"You're Annie right? Nice to meetchya" Natsu smiled.

Annie nodded to acknowledge his statement.

"Is pink your natural hair colour?" Annie asked.

"Hm? Yeah, why?" Natsu asked clueless.

Annie stared at him blankly then looked away, ignoring his question. We started making our way to the underground passage way, only whispering when we talk.

"We got through surprisingly easy." Eren said.

"Shh" Mikasa warned.

"That's the mighty Military Police for you. Goes to show what kind of work they do." Eren said sarcastically.

"Don't look around at everything" Mikasa said behind him.

"Let's just hope they haven't realized Jean took my place." Natsu said. "You guys don't look anything alike."

"See? Someone else agrees." Eren said.

"Don't take Natsu's word...I'm pretty sure the only thing he identifies people by is their smell." I giggled.

"It'll be fine. You both have the same sort of mean, nasty look to you." Armin assured.

"I don't have his horseface!" Eren rejected.

Natsu puffed his cheeks trying not to laugh while I looked away and giggled to myself.

"Say..." Annie grabbed our attention. "How were you planning to get over the wall if I hadn't agreed to help?"

"We were going to barge through using ODM." Armin explained.

"That's crazy. Couldn't you have just escaped before reaching Stohess to avoid all this trouble in the first place? Why'd it have to be here and now?" Anniie questioned.

"I felt this town's complex layout would make our body-double ploy more likely to succeed." Armin explained.

"Plus, acting dutifully and keeping their defences down will buy as far more time to escape than head-on opposition would." I added.

Armin nodded agreeing with me.

"I see. Good point." Annie said.

Everyone traded looks. We reached the underground passage way shortly after. Armin explained what it was then we all started descending.

"Annie?" Eren asked.

We all looked back where Annie was still standing at the top of the stairs.

"Oh, man. Don't tell me you're afraid of dark, cramped places or something." Eren said.

"Yes. I am." Annie said seriously. "I doubt a brave, suicidal maniac like you would understand how a delicate damsel feels."

"Any damsel who can flip a grown man upside down isn weak at all. Cut the crap! Let's hurry!" Eren ordered.

We continued going but had to stop once again.

"No. I'm not going. I'm afraid to go down there. I'm not helping unless we stay above ground." Annie insisted.

Crap, she's catching on to us.

"Quit being stupid! Just get down here! Stop screwing around!" Eren yelled.

"Eren, don't shout." I warned. He gave me a side glance, acknowledging my statement.

"I'm sure it's fine, Lucy. Because..for some reason, this whole area...had been completely deserted for a while." Annie said.

This isn't good. She's observant.

"Man...that really hurts. At what point did you start looking me that way...Armin?" Annie asked.

"Annie...why did you have Marco's ODM gear? It had all the same scraped and marks on it. I could tell, because I'd helped him do maintenance on it." Armin questioned.

"Yes...I found it and took it."

"Then those 2 captured Titans..? It was you who killed them?"

"Who knows. But if that's what you suspected one month ago, why didn't you do anything then?"

"Even now I can hardly believe it...I just...wanted to believe I had it all wrong...that's why I didn't..." Armin looked down "still...back then...the fact that you didn't kill me back then...is why we're in this situation right now."

"Yeah I agree with all my heart. I never imagined you'd end up cornering me like this. Why didn't I do anything then...?" Annie wondered to herself with a blank face.

"Hold on, Annie!" Eren shouted. "There's still a chance you're going along with all this as part of some horrible, idiotic joke! Just get down here! There's something you can prove just by coming down here! Come down here and prove it!"

Natsu and I could only look away. We can only imagine that this situation is like the one with Gray. He may have been pretending to betray us, but for the moments we believed it were true, it hurt. A lot.

"I can't go down there. I'm a failed warrior." Annie looked away.

"I'm being serious here! This isn't funny!" Eren yelled.

"Talk to us Annie! We can still discuss this as..." Armin panicked.

"Enough." Mikasa cut him off. "I can't listen to any more of this. It's pointless." Mikasa drew her blades and prepared to attack. "I'm going to carve you up again...female Titan!"

Just then, Annie started bursting into a fit of laughter. All of us stood their, baffled. Everyone was tense, not letting their guard drop for a second.

If Annie were to shift into the female Titan, we'd have to rely on Eren as a Titan. Neither Natsu or I can't use magic with others looking...unless of course...I do it discreetly...

Armin..." Annie started. "It's nice I could be a "good person" for you. For now, you've won your bet. But...my bet...begins now!" Annie went to bite her finger with the ring.

Armin shot the flare and everyone rushed to stop her. They were successful until...

The ring..!

The ring!" I shouted.

Mikasa grabbed Eren and Armin and pulled them further underground.

"Mikasa?!" Eren and Armin said in shock.

"It's too late..." Mikasa glared at Annie.

"Get away! The ring! She going to transf-!" I yelled but it was too late.

Annie cut her finger on the ring's blade and the blast went, sending everyone flying. Natsu had ran over to me and shielded me. As a fire wizard, he was immune to the heat, and I'm thankful. The blast lasted around 5 seconds, during that time I opened my eyes to see the people around her. They had died and I can see that. The female Titan had started to form. Natsu looked back at her wide-eyed, then picked me up and ran over to where Mikasa Eren and Armin were. We barely escaped and were laying on the floor. Our eyes widened when we all looked up to see the people's bodies and blood in the rubble that Annie had blasted.

"O-oh no..." Armin looked down.

I winced in pain and looked at my waist to find a burn on the left side. It had burnt my through my clothes too.

"Sorry." Natsu told me.

"Huh? Why are you apologizing?" I said as I stood up and dusted myself off.

"I couldn't protect you.." Natsu looked away sort of angrily and nervously.

"No no, I'd be a goner if it weren't for you. Thank you." I hugged him.

He smiled and put his hand on my head. Just then, the hand from the female Titan shot through the wall. We all ran out of her reach.

"Damn! That ring...she knew we were lying from the very start!" Armin cursed. "She saw the ambush coming from a mile away! Surely there must've been a better way!" He said as we ran.

"I noticed her put on the ring, and was suspicious of it. I should've done something.." I ranted as we ran.

"Save the regrets for later! What should we do now?!" Mikasa asked.

Armin thought "first, we rendezvous with squad 3 and get above ground. Then, we fight Annie, the Female Titan, as per Plan B! Eren, you'll help catch her in your Titan form, just as we planned." Armin ordered.

"Yeah." Eren agreed.

"Hey!" A soldier called.

"It's squad 3!" I said.

"Capture Plan A failed?!" He asked.

"Yeah, it did." Natsu replied.

"Switch to the backup plan!" Armin ordered.

Then, the female titan's hand came crashing down on top of the Squad 3 soldiers, crushing them.

"We have to help them!" Eren and Natsu said as they stepped in their direction.

I grabbed both of their hands.

"Eren, Natsu, I'm sorry, but, they're gone." I said as a tear steamed down my face, wide-eyed.

So much death and carnage

They looked back at me and stopped instantly. Eren grabbed my hand that was on his shoulder, turned it around and held it infront of him.

"Sorry.." Eren apologized.

"There's no need to be sorry, I understand." I said.

But Natsu grunted in annoyance and cursed under his breath.

Mikasa them grabbed Eren's hood and started pulling him away from the hole that Annie made.

"Woah! Hey! Mikasa!" Eren said

"Does she not care if she kills Eren?" Mikasa wondered.

"She took a gamble. She gambled on Eren surviving when she made that hole. This makes her all the more formidable! Annie's that desperate to catch Eren now!" Armin said as we all ran in the other direction.

This world...it's so different compared to ours...there's so much death, it's unbearable. I miss our world, the guild. I hope everyone else is ok..I hope we make it out alive.

I'M DONE. FINALLY. *ahem* That's is for chapter 21. Hope you enjoyed.

Now on to chapter 22...oof. Don't expect for a while. Heck, I was planning on writing more for this chapter, but I felt you guys we're waiting long enough.

G0dz1llex:

Thank you for understanding, and don't worry, I understood what you said. Your English is just fine. The only language I can speak is English so...yeah. A little bit of French because I live in Canada so I have to learn it.

While my problems may not be as bad as lung problems, mine take a lot out of my free time. Hopefully my teachers will lighten up the load.

Thanks again!

And thanks to everyone else too.