A/N: So, I'm going to try something this chapter that I've seen a few other authors do, and that's to introduce music into the story! I'll leave instructions below on how to do it! I'm only going to try it for one part as a kind of trial run.

Music: Songs will be labelled in numerical order from what comes first to last, when you see a songs number appear beside a paragraph, you start the song, if you see a dash with a number (I.E: 1-) that means skip to the chorus. You see an x with a number, that means stop playing because the scene is done or we're switching to another song.

1. YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T


The Retaking of Trost Part I: Paranoia


P.A.I

Despite the fact that the civilian evacuation of Trost went without a single civilian casualty. Military casualties were profound, due partly to the fact that the Elite Scout Regiment was not present. Ironically, several hours before the breach they had gone for an expedition...


Scout Regiment, 56th Expedition

"Look! The main unit of the Scouts!" "Give them ugly bastards a good thrashing Erwin!" "Look it's Captain Levi!" "They say he's worth an entire brigade!"

"Tch, annoying." Levi scoffed,

"Try smiling more." Hanji told Levi, "With a scowl like that you'll scare off all your fans."

"She's right Big Bro!" Isabel said to him, Hanji turned to the rapidly opening gate.

"Beyond lay the Titans! I hope we can get an abnormal this time!"

"We already bagged the craziest abnormal." Levi said sarcastically,

"Really?! Where?!" Hanji shot her head around rapidly.

"Right here." Isabel snickered as Levi grabbed Hanji's head.

"Move out!" Erwin called as the scouts.

They rode out, "Hey!" A scout rode up to Hanji, "Hanji! Where are we headed to now?"

"Oh lemme see!" Hanji fumbled with the map, "Erwin said we're checking out a nearby town, then we're going to try to set up a base Evangelica."

"What's it called?" Another Scout rode up to them,

"Quaint little place called Halgen, Ambros." Hanji tells them. "Not to far,?"

Halgen, Wall Maria

A soldier was being chewed on by a Titan. He groaned in pain "Just you wait...one day...you'll be nothing more...than a bad memory!" Roaring he stabbed his blade into the titans left cheek. It stopped chewing for a moment, then began to sink it's teeth into the man, screaming, he yelled, "Just you wait! Captain Levi's gonna-"

Out of nowhere a grappling hook shot straight behind the Titans nape as a blur zipped by, blood spurted as the nape was sliced out. The man watched as Levi seemingly materialized out of thin air, landing on the roof.

"Captain! We got two titans on the right, and one on the left!" Evangelica called to him.

"Captain! I've gathered Reinforcements!" Petra arrived to assist Levi,

"Good. Petra, Tend to the soldier bellow. Isabel, Furlan, and me will take the ones on the left, the rest of you will deal with the one on the right."

"You got it bro!" Isabel yipped.

"Got it." Furlan followed him.

Scouts scattered as an abnormal rammed it's head into a building.

"Yaahooo!" Hange cheered as she landed on a building. "It's alright big guy! I won't hurt you! Word of honor!" Hanji yelled at it. The titan raised it's hand preparing to grab Hange, who barely grappled out of the way before it's hand.

"Almost got me didn't cha! A for effort! But now it's my turn!" Hanji swung around, slicing out it's nape before springboarding back to the ground as it fell. "See? Bet'cha didn't feel a thing!" Hanji told the body

Another titan, a crawler, was chasing after a small group of scouts. "Shit! This bastard's persistant!" They banked on their horses, hoping for it to trip, instead, it crashed through the wall of an abandoned apartment. Suddenly, a man dived down on it from above, swinging his blades, he severed the nape in one, swift, strike.

"Not bad Lingerie!" Evangelica called.

"It's Lange." Ambros sourly corrected her.

"Potato patato." Evangelica gracefully executed a flip before grappling the neck of a 10 meter that tried to snatch her. With the same ethereal grace, she sliced the nape in a flash of white.

Levi landed on a roof beside the two lumbering titans, "Every one of you...looks like shit!" Levi dived out of the way, grappling behind the titan before it could snatch him with it's jaws.

Isabel flew steadily across the ground, slicing it's achilles tendon out causing it to fall to one knee. Furlan then dived down on it from above, severing it's nape.

"You better chalk that as an assist Furlan!" Isabel told him

"I'll consider it." Furlan shrugged.

"Hey bro! Wasn't that cool?!" Isabel looked to Levi,

"We do that every day." Levi said mirthlessly, Isabel's face fell until Levi patted her on the head. Causing her to brighten significantly. Levi scoffed as he looked at his right hand, covered it titan blood, "Disgusting..." He muttered as he wiped it on his cloak.

Petra watched as Captain Levi approached, "Captain! I can't stop the bleeding!" Petra's voice began to break,

"Capt..ain..." The soldier whispered weakly.

"I'm here soldier." Levi kneeled beside him

"W-was I...useful? Did my sacrifice...make a difference?" He raised his hand to Levi, "Am I going to die...without...having been...any help at all?"

Levi grabbed the mans hand. "You achieved many great things. Things most people never get to do. And you'll continue to! The resolve you leave behind will give the Scout Regiment strength! I promise you we will put an end to the Titans!"

"Captain..." Tears trickled down Petra's cheeks, "He's dead."

"Did he hear what I had to say? Any of it?"

"In fact I think he heard all of it. Look at him, that's a face at peace."

"Levi!" Erwin pulled up on a horse, with Ambros, Hange, and Evangelica, along with the other Scouts flanking him, "We're pulling out."

"Pulling out?!" Levi said indignantly, "But we can go further, Halgen has been cleared-"

"A horde of titans has been seen heading north, towards the city." Ambros clarified, "It may be 5 years ago all over again..."


1. Eren slid down the titans gullet as the jaws clamped down on his arm, cleanly severing it. With his one remaining arm he desperately tried to claw his way back up in vain, screaming he landed in the titans malformed stomach with a splash. Coughing and sputtering he surfaced, the rancid digestive acids stinging his throat. He looked around, bewildered as if this was all some horrible dream. Surrounding him were nothing but mutilated corpses in various stages of digestion. He stumbled backwards into a body, flipping it over, it revealed yet another dead face.

"This isn't real! This can't be happening!" He screamed. "We were ready! We trained! We hit the books! These things aren't a mystery to us anymore!"

"Hot..." A girl still partially alive whispered, Eren turned to the sound, "It's...so...hot..." She whispered, "Mom...will be worried about me..." she said. Memories of Carla flooded Eren as the girl repeated, "Mom...mom!"

"How did things turn out this way?" Eren said to himself, "Why was everything taken from us? Our lives. Our dreams." Eren began to sob, "Why!?" As he began to sink he raised his mutilated arm to the sky, "Damn it! Damn it! Damn you! Damn you all! I refuse to die like this! I'll kill every last one! By my own hand if need be!" He was still screaming when he finally sank under the acid...

1- Suddenly, bolt of lighting struck straight down on the titan as a massive arm erupted from it's mouth. Literally taking it down from the inside. It staggered and wobbled like a drunken man before falling down. It's flesh bubbled and squirmed ominously before bursting, sending titan blood spraying all over the nearby buildings. Out came the Attack Titan, drenched in blood and it's eyes glowing menacingly. Steam poured from both it's body and the body of the titan it emerged from under it's feet. The titan growled before unleashing an earsplitting roar. A single 3 meter crawler approached Eren's Titan. The Attack steadily approached it, squashing what remained of the first titan flat.

"This isn't your world...not anymore..." Eren growled from inside the titan, his voice was distorted, barely recognizable "I'll kill...every last one of you!" The crawler leaped trying to bite Eren's face but instead a massive fist smashed it's face in, straight through it's head. "Every. Last. One!" The Attack approached the fallen 3 meter. Stepping on it's head, "Get up!" Eren yelled at it, "Get up! Get up! So I can kill you again! And again!" Once he was sure the crawler was dead, he turned to the street and- 1x


"I'm going to kill you all." Eren muttered.

"Eren?" Armin looked at him, horrified. He startled, coming out of his trancelike state suddenly. The light returned to his eyes as he looked up and gasped.

"Eren?!" Mikasa turned, "Can you move on your own?!"

"You hear that?!" "He said he want's to kill us!" "I heard it too!" "Son of a bitch wants to eat us I'll bet."

'What are they talking about?!' Eren wondered, 'Why are their blades and guns aimed at us? Those are for titans not people!' Eren's head was spinning. 'Why are they looking at me like that? What the hell is going on here?!'


"Cadets will prep up and remain on standby! That's all." A Garrison soldier hastily gave orders before running off.

"...and that's how we got a hold of some gas and made it out." Connie said,

"We volunteered to run gas to you guys, heck we even found some we were going to dole out to you guys."

"Wait. Does that mean everyone who isn't here is..." Krista asked,

"No, Mikasa and Armin came in with Jean and the rest."

"Hey, Jean! Where's Mikasa?" Ymir called to him.

"I'd tell you, but we got slapped with a gag order." Jean tch'ed "Like people won't talk. If they get the chance, that is."


"Cadets Jaeger! Ackermann! and Arlelt! What you've committed is an act of treason! Whether you live or die depends on you! If you attempt to lie to us, make a single move, or anything I deem threatening an HE round will be fired at you immediately! We will not hesistate! Answer me at once! What are you! Human?! or Titan?!" Woermann yelled at them,

'What kind of question is that?! And why are they looking at me like that, as if I'm some kind of monster. Is that what they think I am?'

"I don't understand that question sir!"

"He's playing dumb!" Woermann cried indignantly, "Try that again and I'll blow you to pieces! You won't have time to assume your true form!

"True...form?" Eren wondered

"Dozens of witnesses saw you emerge from a Titan's nape! Humanity has permitted an unknown creature like you to enter Wall Rose! I'd be well within my authority to shoot you where you stand! I do not have time for this drabble! The Armored Titan could appear at any moment, hell, this could be a distraction for that very purpose! We can not waste any more time or troops on containing you!" Woermann leveled an accusing and trembling finger at them

"It's true they're not being cooperative. You're absolutely right sir, we're wasting time and troops." Rico tensed, preparing to strike

"Captain! This is our chance! If we dismember him while he's still human-" Before the soldier could finish Mikasa stepped forward,

"My specialty is tearing through flesh." Mikasa levelled a dark look, straight at Woermann, "If neccesary, I can demonstrate it at any time. If anyone would like to experience it first hand, I invite them to approach." Mikasa said mirthlessly. Her face was dark, and her voice carried a coldness that irked many of the soldiers present.

"Captain." A soldier approached him, "Cadet Ackermann was in the rear guard with us. Her alone is worth one hundred soldiers, killing her would not only lead to heavy casualties on our side, but be a critical blow to humanity as a whole."

"Mikasa...Armin...what's going on here?!" Eren asked confused

Armin stood "Mikasa you can't fight other humans! Where could we go within these cramped walls?!" Armin shouted

"I don't care who I fight. I won't let anyone harm Eren, that's that."

"Come on! We can talk this out! No one knows what's happening so they're ruled by fear!"

'Am I the only one who thinks I'm not a Titan?' Eren asks himself. 'Damn it! If I could only remember something! I'm too exhausted to move, and if I speak they'll likely kill me! What's this even about anyway?! I don't remember coming out of a titans nape! Wasn't me getting eaten...all a dream?! If it wasn't that means my arm and leg regrew where my clothes are missing... then that'd make me exactly like a titan!'

"I'll ask again! What. Are. You!" Woermann yelled. Everyone turned to Eren, awaiting his answer.

"I'm human!" Eren yelled, a shadow cast over his face.

"I see." Woermann raised his arm, "Don't hate me for this...at the end of the day...we're all monsters."

"Eren! Armin! We're going up!" Mikasa dropped her blades and picked up Eren and Armin before beelining for the wall. In the process the key around Eren's neck clanged against the floor, it's chime resonated in Eren's mind


"When I come back I'll show you what I've been doing in the basement."

"Never let go of this key Eren! And every time you look upon it remember this: 'I must return to that basement!'"


Eren's head throbbed as another memory came upon him.


"I'm going to give you something to forget for a little while." Grisha's face was streaked with tears, "I'm sorry I can't explain everything Eren. But you'll understand it all one day! But remember: you must return to the cellar! All the answers you need are there!"


Eren pushed out of Mikasa's grasp falling to the floor. Grabbing her hand, he pulled her and Armin close. Woermann's hand finally fell, and the cannon fired. Simultaneously Eren bit into his hand, a flash of lightning appeared where the trio stood, and in it's place a skeletal outline of the upper body of the titan, partially masked with muscular flesh rapidly formed, the flesh appeared to reach out for the cannonball as it impacted the Titan.

Woermann coughed as the mix of smoke and steam clouded his lungs and throat. "Did we get him?" A soldier asked. The smoke cleared soon providing an answer. Because where the cadet trio once was, a partially formed titan remained. Rico backed up in fear, Woermann looked at it incredulously. Mikasa and Armin were caged in it's ribs,


Alto looked around, silently taking in the situation. Daz was trying to kill himself, no surprise there. Hell he was even surprised Daz made it out of Trost alive. Marco was, of course, restraining him.

"I saw him with the group Jean led over the wall just a few minutes ago!" Krista was telling Mina,

"You really shouldn't be up and about right now Mina-" Franz said worriedly.

"I'm fine!" She brushed him off, her eyes finally locked with Alto's.

"Christopher!" She ran over to him, "I thought...I thought you were dead!" In a move that surprised him, Mina threw her arms around him in a hug.

"C-can't...breathe!" Alto gagged.

"Oh!" Mina let go of him. "It's just...I heard you got stuck over the wall and..." She trailed off.

"Yeah. For a time I wasn't sure I'd make it out myself. And try to avoid getting caught by your ODM wires next time." Alto patted her on the shoulder.

"I'll try." She nodded.

"I guess the gag order was apt." Away


from them Jean said, wiping water from his cheek, "The military is already a wreck. Look at us now, if they found out about Eren-" Jean was cut off by a flash of lightning and the sound of cannon fire.

Alto and Mina looked up towards where the cannon fire, and subsequent mix of gunpowder smoke and.. 'Is that...titan steam?!' He ran to the street to get a better view.

"What the?!" "Cannon fire?!" "Did the titans break through the floodgate?!" "Why only one shot?" "Some idiot dropped a shell probably." "Then why so much smoke?!"

Jean stated what everyone was thinking. "Is that...titan steam?!" He asked, Reiner tch'ed, grabbing his gear he headed toward the smoke. Running on the rooftops, Alto followed him,

"Hey guys!" Jean called after them before gritting his teeth and following them. Bertoldt, Annie, and Mina all went after Jean.

Above the assembled crowd of terrifed Garrison soldiers. Alto, Mina, Reiner, Annie, and Jean all beheld the scene before them.

"Oh my god! How...how'd that get in here?!" Mina covered her mouth with a trembling hand.

"We got slapped with a gag order about it." Jean said, "Back at Trost...Eren emerged from a titans nape."

"Who knows about this?!" Mina whirled to them.

"Just us, Mikasa, Armin, and generally everyone down there." Alto pointed to the assembled Garrison soldiers.


Mikasa and Armin looked around wildly. Armin looked up as the skeletal structure of the titan creaked. Woermann backed up nervously.

"Captain!? Orders?!" Rico asked.

"That..thing! Is too dangerous to get close to! Hold position! Reload the cannon but hold position!" He shouted fearfully. Rico tch'ed but said nothing.


"Holy shit they nearly blew them to pieces!" Mina yelped, Alto was surprised, he never heard Mina swear before.

'I can't just leave Eren, Mikasa, and Armin down there...' Alto thought, his brain was turning 'If we lose Eren, we lose one of the ten, one of our most valuable resources.'

"Lets see what the Garrison and/or Eren does first." Reiner advises.

Annie and Bertholdt nod. Alto decides to stick with them, Mina watches nervously. Alto looks up at the Cannon

'They're nearly done reloading.' Below, he could hear Woermann shout "Wait for my signal!" in response to a question from Rico.

'Eren...Mikasa...Armin...what will you guys do?' Alto wondered. Suddenly, movement caught his eye in the smoke.

"Guys. Somethings happening." He pointed towards the smoke, all 5 heads turned toward the smoke.


Armin ran out of the smoke, dropping his ODM Gear, he raised his hands in the air.

"You've done it! You've revealed your true form! I'll give the signal! I'll do it!" Woermann said visibly panicked.

"Eren is not a threat to humanity! We are willing to cooperate with the military!"

"Your pleas fall on deaf ears! How can I trust you three when he's just shown us what he truly is! If he's not an enemy then prove it!"

"You don't need proof! The question isn't what we think of him personally! I know you all saw him fight the titans! And you saw them swarm Eren! That means they view Eren no differently than they view us! As their prey! That is an irrefutable fact! No matter what we believe!" Armin yelled.

The garrison soldiers began to mutter, "He's right..." "A titan as an ally?" "That's impossible." "But the kid is making sense..." Some members began to lower their weapons.

1. Woerman looked around, realizing he was losing control. He looked down, comtemplating what Armin said, then his eyes adopted a wild look. "Prepare to attack!" He roared. Armin looked stricken, as if Woermann had hit him. "Do not be fooled by their lies! The titans actions have always been beyond our comprehension! Now they attempt to pass as human by adopting our looks and language! We can't let them get away with anything else!" The Garrison raised their weapons again, ready to strike them down at moments notice.

'No! He's letting paranoia cloud reason! He's too scared to think!' Armin thought desperately. He whirled to Eren and Mikasa, a stricken look on his face. 'Eren! Mikasa! I failed! I'm so sorry-' Instead of disappointment, or fear, as he expected, he saw...trust and encouragement. They still believed in him. Gritting his teeth, he turned back to Woermann. And fiercely saluted

1- "I AM A SOLDIER! I SWORE LONG AGO TO DEDICATE MY LIFE TO THE REVIVAL OF HUMANITY! IF THAT PURSUIT COST ME MY LIFE! I'D PAY THE PRICE GLADLY! AND I SAY ONCE MORE EREN IS NOT AN ENEMY! IF WE COULD USE HIS TITAN POWERS IN CONJUCTION WITH MILITARY SUPPORT WE COULD BE ABLE TO TAKE BACK TROST! WITH MY LAST DYING BREATH I INSIST ON EREN JAEGERS STRATEGIC VALUE!" Armin yelled at them. Panting heavily, he waited for their move.

"Captain we should reconsid-" A soldier suggested

"SHUT UP!" Woermann yelled. 'They're traitors! Their pleas are irrelevant! Anyone who violates the charter is an enemy!'

Time seemed to slow down.

Woermann raised his hand.

Mikasa edged for her blades.

From his perch, Alto prepared to dive down on Woermann.

Eren raised his hand to his mouth.

Then, one voice cut through the silent chaos.

"Enough. You should really do something about your nervous disposition Captain Woermann, it could get you in trouble one of these days." 1x