Everyone is screaming and running for their lives. The Titans are here and they have come to feed. Mikasa, Eren, Armin and I are running towards our house. Carla needs our help. As we run, we see the catastrophe that is happening around us. People are crushed under boulders, women and children are crying their eyes out. And the rest are getting eaten by approaching Titans. Armin has to separate with us to find his family.

We keep pushing through the crowds of people to get home. We make the turn to get to our house and we see that it is destroyed.

"Mom" Eren exclaimed as we run towards it. We see her buried underneath the rubble. Hurt but alive.

"Eren, John, Mikasa" she says a bit weakly as we try to get her free. It's too heavy for us but we keep going. I look up to see our surroundings and that's when I see it.

The Smiling Titan.

The Killer of Carla Yeager, my mother.

I'm not going to let that happen.

I look at us knowing that we don't have much time and so I come up with a dangerous and most likely stupid idea.

"Eren, Mikasa, try to get Mom out as fast you can. I'm gonna buy you some time." I tell them as I start looking at the Smiling Titan approaching.

"John you can't. You'll get killed" Eren said to me realizing what I'm about to do. Mikasa doesn't say a word but I can tell that she has a face of horror of what I'm about to do. Mom also has a horrified face.

"It's the only way" I tell him "if the Titan comes, then we all die. I'm not gonna let that happen"

"John Yeager, I forbid you from doing this. Take Eren and Mikasa and go. Leave this place" Mom tells me.

"You know I can't do that Mom. I made a promise to protect this family no matter the cost. I will do so" I told her with confidence as I look back to Eren and Mikasa "Hannes will find you guys and help you. I'll be back I promise"

This is a lie. There is no going back for what I'm about to do. This is a suicide mission and they know it. They hug me tightly with tears in their eyes but it was brief. I start heading toward the Titan but I look back for one brief second. One last look at my family before I go. I run toward the smiling fuck until I'm very close to it.

"Hey asshole" I yell at it. It turned its head to my direction. Oh yea I did it now. "You hungry, come get me"

I start running through the streets. It is following me but it's not running which is good because I'm pretty sure I'll be fucked if it did. I'm doing my best to lead it farther away from the house but I get trapped into a dead end with broken houses blocking the street in front of me. Fuck me.

I turn around and see the smiling Titan look at me. It grabs me with its hand and guides me towards its face. I do my best to struggle out of its grip but it's too strong. We look at each other eye to eye. It's like we are staring into each other's souls. It raises me up and bites of my legs which made me scream bloody murder. It then decides to throw me away towards some of the houses once it was done. I start flying into wood and rock with great force until I hit the ground hard. Whoever said that the fucker was mindless should die.

My bones are broken. My legs are gone. I can feel myself dying. My ribs have punctured my lungs and my heart but I'm still alive somehow well barely. If I move I know I'm gonna die. I don't know if I succeeded in saving Mom I hope that I am. I then start to get images in my head. Memories of when I saw her die when I saw the show.

I remember it picking her up.

"No"

The Titan breaks her back

"No"

The Titan is slowly putting her in its mouth

"No" my hands turn into fists

The Titan bites down and completely eats her.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" I scream out in rage as I force myself to move and then yellow lightning surrounds me. My body heals itself as I get covered by nerves, muscles, bone and organs of a Titan. I would be at awe at this but I'm too pissed to care. I grow into 15 m tall black Titan with shoulder length hair, muscular lean build, skeleton like lips, sharp ears and nose with sharp claws on my hands. My eyes are glowing a menacing orange glow signifying my rage.

"RRAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I roar in my Titan form which attracts the attention of nearby Titans. They come at me with the intent to kill. I destroy them easily as I make my way to my house. Eren and Mikasa are gone but Mom is still there, she is still alive. Hannes must've taken them when the Smiling Titan got near. I see the Titan grab my mother and I dash forward with incredible speed and grab the Titans hand removing my mother from its clutches and proceed to destroy it. I punched its face first destroy much of it but as it laid on the ground I stomped on it several times for good measure. I roar in victory at that.

I look at my hands and see Carla Yeager, my mother, alive and scared shitless. She thinks that she is going to die but I would never kill her. My eyes seem to lower its glow to signify a more calmed state. I hold her gently as I make my way to the boats that are at the end of the town. She is shocked by this but she tries to stay as close as possible to my arms. I see many Titans walking about and some about to kill people. I saved them from their fates and were shocked to see a Black Titan killing off it's kind. They do recover themselves and start running to safety. I don't care if they thanked me or not I just care that these people survive and be with whatever family they have left at the end of this.

Many have died but a fair portion live because of what I'm doing which is more than I could say about what the show did to these people. I hope Eren and Mikasa are okay. They didn't deserve this. This horror. People butchered by these things. Now they think that me and our mother are dead. They've lost too much for a single lifetime.

I'm near the end of the Wall and I see shoulders shooting cannons at the incoming Titans. Unfortunately, it only slows them down. I come up and kill these Titans with some well placed kicks. The soldiers look at me in amazement but are ready to open fire at me until Mom calls out to them.

"Don't shoot. Don't shoot. This one saved me" she says to the soldiers and they immediately lower they weapons. I kneel in front of them and give Mom to them.

"Thank you" She says to me with appreciation. I nod to her in response which shocks everyone because it shows that Titans could be intelligent. Some of the guards take her to the ships while the rest are still at the cannons about to fire at incoming Titans. One of the commanding officers looks at me with a fear written all over his face.

"You! Black Titan, I don't know if you can understand me but please help us clear out these Titans while we evacuate the civilians" he begs me while bowing. He is trembling in fear and hoping that I don't kill him. He turns his head up to see my menacing figure. I nod my head in acceptance to which he is relieved. I'm not sure if I could actually talk in this form. Haven't had the time to try but I think Zeke was able to when he was a Titan. I stand up and face the other Titans while the gate behind me is closing. I charge at them with a mighty roar and proceed to kill them. Some try to hit me but I block them and counterattack. My onslaught seems to have inspired the soldiers as they kept firing at the Titans from a distance. Weakening a few of the Titans to give me an opportunity to finish them.

As I finish the last wave of Titans, I hear footsteps approaching. I turn towards their direction and I see who they come from. Then, there he was.

The Armored Titan.

We both stare at each other for a few moments until we roar at each other and charge to attack. We both punch each other in the face so hard it made shockwaves. I see that I cracked a bit of his armor on his jaw as he pretty much broke my jaw. Fortunately, I was able to heal quickly. We kept on fighting. I was able to match his strength but his skill in combat exceeded mine. Eventually, he pinned me down on the ground as he was trying to rip my arm off. I look at the soldiers who are stunned to see this as the gate was closing. I had to tell them to go in case I can't beat him. I really hopes this works. I start to open my mouth and scream out

"RRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!" I said in a deep voice.

This got them out of their stupor and passed the gate without question. This was good, they were safe. As the armored Titan was trying to rip my arm off, I was able to flip him over and suplex city his ass into the ground which created a small crater. I proceed to punch the Titan repeatedly in the face hard and fast. I was cracking his armor heavily. I was about to win until I was kicked in the chest which sent me flying near the gate. I get up from the ground fast with no visible injuries. I guess I heal faster than I thought. I look to see a familiar face.

The Female Titan.

She assists the Armored Titan from the ground who is already healing from my attacks but it's a bit slow. The Female and Armored Titan ready their fighting stance to fight me. I'm not skilled enough to fight them and win but I have to buy the people time. They come charging at me with the intent to kill and I respond in kind. FT was the first to attack. She was fast and so she tried to kick me again but I grabbed her leg and threw her at AT. AT dodges and still comes charging at me. I go under him and use his momentum to flip him over. FT recovers quickly from my throw and performs an onslaught of punches to which I'm unable to block most of them. She is pushing me back but I'm able to counterattack her with a few hits of my own. She keeps me distracted until she jumps out of the way for AT to tackle me through the gate creating a massive hole.

The people are far away now and it's my turn to leave. I can't beat them. Not yet. I produce a heavy stream of steam from my body that covers the area. The two Titans try to find me but I'm already gone.

Hours later, I'm in my human body weak from the fight against the Titans but I keep moving. I have to make it to Eren and Mikasa. Deep into a forest I hear screaming. I go search and see Dad injecting something into Eren. This is how he gets his power. Erens unconscious from the ordeal and I go talk to Dad.

"Dad what are you doing?" I ask him weakly

"John you are alive. I heard that you died but I can see that is not the case." He told me

"What am I Dad? And what have you done to my brother" I ask him with a snarl.

"What do you- Oh I see. The Black Titan I heard about. It was you. To be honest I didn't think you would have the power to shift but it would seem I was wrong. You must be a special case. In regards to your brother, I have given him the power to shift into a Titan just like you" Dad told me

"Why Dad? For what reason would you do this?" I asked him. I can feel my body about to give out but I keep standing through sheer force of will. I don't have much control of my healing yet.

"Because both of you are needed to save everyone. With the power to shift, you can fight these the Titans on equal footing. But you'll need to have more power if you are going to face others like you." he tells me with tears leaking from his eyes. "John, I need you to eat me"

"I'm sorry what?" I ask him. I know why he wants me to do it but still this is my Dad.

"I contain a power that will give you an edge against them. I know that you are strong enough to have this power and with Eren by your side, you can win this war" he reasons with me. I don't want to do this but it needs to be done. The Grisha family will be looking for him and they will unless I do something about it. It'll be a mercy

"Ok Dad. I'll do it" I told him "I don't suppose you have something to give me some strength back before I change"

He nods his head and rummages through his pocket and takes out a pill.

"I made this to help heal the body faster when I couldn't control my healing when I first became a Titan." He tells me as he throws it to me. I catch it and put it in my mouth. I feel the effects instantly. My fatigue is gone and I have the strength to prove it. Cool.

Dad and I look at each other one last time. Father to Son. Warrior to Warrior. Titan to Titan. There is respect and sadness in our eyes. None of this should've happened but we can't change the past, only the future. Dad gives me one last thing before I kill him. It's the key to the basement.

"Reach the basement John. It's the one place that could answer all of your questions and hopefully save this world" he says to me resolute to the fact that this is the end. I wear it on my neck and bit my thumb making it bleed while thinking of a reason to change. Yellow Lightning appears around me as I become a Titan.

I grab my father in my hands and he is not afraid. He's not begging for his life. It's an admirable thing to look death straight in the face and not be scared of him. I then proceed to eat him. His blood covering my mouth as I chew his bones and organs. It's a weird sensation eating someone but I pay little mind to it. Once it was done, I shift back to human leaving my Titan carcass to decompose. I look at Eren who is still unconscious and I pick him up so we can head back to our family.

We reach to a checkpoint where every refugee is staying at for the time being. I look for Mikasa and Mom and hope that they are ok while carrying Eren. It's dark and I can barely see but soon I see them in a empty barn, sleeping peacefully in hay. I gently drop Eren next to Mom and Mikasa. I smile at them for they looks peaceful sleeping. I soon find a corner of the barn to sleep in because I'm still a bit tired. I lay down, close my eyes and go to a dreamless slumber.

Eventually I'm being shaken violently and someone is screaming my name. I open my eyes and see Eren, Mikasa, Armin, and Mom looking at me with tears in their eyes. They hug me intensely especially Mikasa. They ask me how I survived Wall Maria. I told them that I was saved by a Black Titan who was killing the other Titans within the Wall. It was a lie of course but it was believable. Many civilians have been talking about this Black Titan saving them from their deaths. Of course not everyone at the checkpoint would believe them. I told them that I had to hide from the ensuing chaos and by the time I got out the boats were gone. I was able to find a horse to help me get to them.

I didn't want to lie to them but it's not time yet to reveal what I can do yet. For now, I'm with my family and it's good to be with them.

We go up to get food for us but there is a long line to do so. People are fighting each other just to get food first. Armins grandfather was able to gets us bread to eat. This is what survival looks like and how it can turn people into animals. God this needs to stop.

I don't eat the bread. I give it to my family for they need their strength more than I do and I'm still digesting Dad.

One of the guards look at us with disdain. They don't like that they are giving out food to these people. The guard says that the people should've been eaten by the Titans which makes Eren really angry. I was about to stop him but he was already gone.

Eren kicks the guard in his shin hard which gets his attention.

"What the hell are you doing, you brat?" Says the guard as he was about to punch him. I was able to stop him by grabbing his fist while giving him a glare. This seems to scare the guard.

"Try to hit my brother again and I'll break every bone in your body" I threatened him. This seems to deter him but not his partner who tries to hit me but Mikasa stops him by kicking him in the balls. That gotta hurt. I look to the scared guard and I start talking.

"You haven't seen what I've seen at Wall Maria. Titans coming in, devouring anyone they could find. I was almost one of their victims until a Black Titan came and saved my life. He killed many of the Titans within the Wall but was overpowered by two unusual ones. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't have made it back to my family. So don't you dare say that our lives mean nothing. For as long as we live, mankind survives. Unless you want to be one the cares to join the dead"

Many who heard me were speaking up about how the Black Titan saved their lives. They were even berating the guard I was threatening for being an ignorant asshole. Eren, Mikasa, Armin and I went to a corner to talk alone.

"I'll be back to Wall Maria and kill those Titans" Eren determinedly said to us.

"What!? Eren you can't mean that. They are impossible to kill." Armin said.

"No they are not" I said which garnered their attention. "I saw those Titans die by the hands of the Black Titan. They can be killed and they will but we need to have the skills and equipment to fight them ourselves. The Black Titan may not be there for us when we do. This is our chance to fight back. We are at war now Armin and we need to stick together and stay alive or else we will lose everything"

They all agreed that this is war. We are not ready to fight them and that together we have to survive if we have any chance to winning. We go back to Mom who was still injured from being nearly crushed by our house. She can still walk but needs assistance from time to time. In a few days, we had to leave so that we could cultivate land and scavenge for food. Unfortunately this didn't prevent the food shortage.

In a year, the government sanctioned that a few refugees go home to take back Wall Maria. Armins grandfather was one of them. Our mother couldn't go because she has to look out for us. A fifth of the population went only a several hundred survived. Armins grandfather was not one of the lucky ones I'm afraid. He was one of the good ones.

Their deaths improved the food shortage a bit for those that survived. I had to comfort Armin for his loss along with Eren and Mikasa. Even with my power, people will still die. I'll do my best to save as many as people as I can I just hope it'll be enough. We all agreed to join the military next year. I tried to convince them that they should stay and long after Mom but they were adamant in doing so. Mainly because I inspired them to fight and they wanted to make sure I don't die like they thought I did especially Mikasa who has been keeping a close eye on me ever since I got back. I smile at them for their wish to fight. This is the family I'm prepared to protect.

Several years later, I'm 16 years old while Eren, Mikasa and Armin are 15. We are lined up in a military camp being introduced by our drill sergeant Keith Shardis. He tells us that for the next three years he will teach us how to fight the Titans. I look at Erens face and see that he is determined to kill them all. I hope that his anger doesn't get him killed.

This is it. The beginning of our journey. The road ahead will be hard and unforgiving. We need to remember what we fight for and hold on to the important things that make us human, like compassion, or else we become worse monsters than the Titans. I won't let that happen.

From this moment on, we are no longer children.

We are soldiers.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Wow this took me a bit to write. I hope that you like Johns Titan transformation. Stigma13 gave me the idea to base it off of Asuras Wrath when he goes berserk. I hope that this was enjoyable for you guys to read. Let me know what you think.

Harem list:

Mikasa, Sasha, Historia, Ymir and Petra.

If you guys want more members let me know who. Thanks guys. This is me signing out.