Dear General Magath,

During my infiltration of the devil's island, I have discovered many things which we at first didn't consider when the Paradis Island Operation was first announced. I am currently stuck in the Shiganshina District and unable to leave due to age as well as not being a part of some sort of trade which has the need to travel to other districts or inside the other two walls. It seems that unless you are a merchant or a doctor, the devils stay in the district that they live in only going past the gate to get the materials needed.

As predicted the Eldians inside these walls do not have any memories of our true history and seem to be naive to the truth behind the titans and believe they are the last of humanity remaining. The king must have used the power of the founding titan to manipulate these people's memories when he erected these walls a hundred years ago. Their ignorance sickens me, that they can live unaware of the sins they have committed when Marley and the rest of the world know the true horrors of the Eldian people.

On another note, from what I can tell about the current king - King Fritz. Is that he is a fraud and must be a puppet being used to hide the identities of the real royal family. So as of now, I cannot currently find the real royal family and the user in possession of the founding titan. I'm sure that they will be hiding in the interior of the walls and will not reveal themselves unless there is a sort of disaster that forces their hand.

I shall be waiting for your instructions

Gemini

They left as soon as they received that letter from their informant Gemini. A code name to keep the identity of their informant hidden just in case the Paradis Soldiers somehow intercepted the letters Gemini was sending to Marley, not that they would – those devils were stupid, believing that they were the only humans left alive. The sooner they got the founding titan, the sooner they could get rid of the devils once and for all. It was his duty as a warrior.

Reiner, Bertholdt, and Annie hated the trek from the docks they were chucked out on to the walls. It was long and tiring since they had to constantly change from using Annie's titan form and Reiner's whenever they started showing signs of fatigue. They couldn't use Bertholdt's colossal titan because of its slow movements and Reiner was pretty sure he would be an old man by the time they reached the walls if they were forced to rely on it. Or the Jaws titan because it was only 5 meters tall and whilst it could move at great speeds it didn't really do much to protect the three humans it would be carrying. The female and armored titan, however, had height on their sides compared to the pure titans wandering the plains outside Wall Maria.

The plan was simple. Bertholdt would use his titan form to destroy the outer gate of Wall Maria. Which would cause a great disaster, and hopefully, make the holder of the founding titan do something that would reveal who they are or at least where they are. Reiner would then use his armored titan to break the inner gate of Wall Maria. Losing the whole wall would have to get some reaction, it had to. Once Wall Maria was abandoned and they were safely inside Wall Rose, they would meet up with their fellow warrior and informant Gemini to work out their next steps. Nothing could go wrong.

Eren could tell something was wrong, he could just feel it. Something was going to happen today, but he just couldn't figure out what. He had been sent to collect wood with his adoptive sister Mikasa whilst his friend Armin and his mother Carla prepared for dinner back home. Armin had come to live with them a couple of months ago when his grandfather passed away. Mikasa was already living with Carla for a year before she took Eren in after the incident which made him lose all his memories of who he was, well except for his name - Eren Yeager. He had hoped that if he joined the Survey Corps and escaped the prison of the walls then he could find out what was being kept from him.

"Eren you should change your mind about wanting to join the Survey Corps," Mikasa said pulling him out of his thoughts, he looked over at his adoptive sister and frowned. Couldn't she understand that this was important to him, that he deserves answers? Anyway, it wasn't like she could stop him. When he is old enough and neither his mother, Mikasa, or Armin are looking, he was going to sneak away and sign up, so they couldn't do anything to stop him. He was becoming a soldier if it was the last thing he did.

"You don't get it, Mikasa. I need answers, even if I die trying then it would be worth it. I need to know who I was; you don't know how hard it is living a life without knowing anything about yourself, who you are, who your parents are, who your friends are. I know nothing about myself. If the corps give me the chance to find out that then it's worth it. Anyway, it's my life I deserve to live it how I want to live it" Eren snapped, he hated feeling like he was a caged animal trapped behind three massive walls just waiting for the day that they will be breached by the monsters living outside.

"I won't let you get yourself killed," Mikasa said.

"I don't care. I would rather die making a difference then being trapped for the rest of my life" Eren said before quickening his pace. He didn't want to talk to Mikasa anymore, why couldn't she accept that this was important to him, it was something he had to do. Why didn't she care that he had to do this? Why? Just why?

Eren barely spared a glance at the returning members of the Survey Corps. He knew that the returning numbers will be low like always and the last thing he needed was to listen to the snide remarks from the adults believing that the Corps shouldn't be leaving the walls and how it was a waste of money. He knew if he listened, he would end up picking a fight so instead, he kept his head down and headed home.

"We're back" Eren called out looking at Armin and his mother who were preparing supper. Eren emptied the firewood into the box before putting the basket on the floor near the door to be used again.

"Wow, Eren you've collected a lot of firewood. Did Mikasa help you again" Carla teased, enjoying watching Eren's ears turn a scarlet colour when he tried to deny it. She might have not had Eren for long - it had only been six months, but she really felt that he had become her son.

"Eren said he wanted to join the Survey Corps" Mikasa suddenly said and it took all of his strength to stop himself from punching her. That had been a secret that he didn't want his mother to know about until he either had joined the Cadet Corps or was already a part of the Survey Corps, not now.

"Eren get that ridiculous idea out of your head. I won't let you throw your life away like this. I forbid it" Carla shouted; she couldn't believe Eren had had such a terrible idea. Hadn't he seen the number of soldiers who died whenever they left the safety of the walls?

"I refuse to be trapped inside these walls like cattle. If it weren't for the Survey Corps, I wouldn't be here. I owe it to them to become a soldier and help" Eren argued, why couldn't people understand him and his reasons.

"No, I won't let you," Carla said but Eren didn't care anymore.

"Oh, just lay off, will you. You're not my real mother!" Eren shouted before running out the house he lived in and out onto the street with Armin and Mikasa chasing after him.

"Well that could have definitely gone better," Armin said when Eren finally stopped running and sat down on the riverbank steps, Armin sat one side of Eren whilst Mikasa sat the other.

"Yeah, I just don't get it. Why some people" Eren glared at Mikasa before turning back to Armin, "don't keep their mouths shut. You knew I wanted to join the Survey Corps and that I didn't want my mum to find out yet, but you still went behind my back and told her".

"I never promised to keep it a secret" Mikasa replied.

"It didn't mean you had to outright tell her! I have what two to three years until I can enlist in the military, she's going to be unbearable, so you better be prepared for…" Eren was cut off by the sudden booming sound which shook the earth and made him nearly topple over.

"What was that?" Armin said jumping up from where he was sat and darted towards the small crowd which was slowly gathering in the main street. Eren shared a confused look with Mikasa before running after his blonde-haired friend.

"Hey Armin, what are you looking at?" Eren shouted at his friend who didn't respond. His eyes were transfixed on the wall. Eren followed his gaze and felt his heart froze at the sight of a large hand grasping the edge of the wall. Eren watched in horror as a skinless titan's head appeared from behind the 50 meters tall wall, which was looking down at the small town.

Eren knew it was going to be a bad day today and he hated that he was right.