Cernunnos sat quietly while running his fingers through Mikasa's hair "I think your last name should be Jaeger," Mikasa spoke softly, the others were asleep. They had been placed in a room, genders separate to Cernunnos had sneaked in and was currently hiding in the shadows of the young girl's bed. "Why?" "It means hunter, you also need a first name, Cernunnos will attract too much attention." "Oh? What do you propose then little songbird" The god chuckled and scratched her head. "How about Eren, it means..erm holy man! Karla always said if she had a boy she would name him Eren." The giggle frowned and looked out the window, staring out at the forest. "Songbird." He gently grabbed her cheeks, guiding her head so she was looking at him, he smiled softly "If that is what you would like, then so be it, my name is now Eren Jaeger, in memory of Karla Jaeger." The girl hugged him tightly and Eren sighed contently. After talking with Mikasa, Eren now was walking towards the forest, green eyes glowing, the trees bent around him, forming a tunnel, deer looked at him, stags almost seemed to bow. The owls all called out to him in the night, the forest welcomed him, happy for their god to come back. The god stood in a small clearing, moonlight lighting up the area, small moonflowers glowed in the night, swaying in the wind. Cernunnos stood there, two long horns protruded from his head, curving their way into the sky, his hair fell down to his lower back, pupils slit like a cat, ears lengthened into elf-like ears. The god grinned as his clothes changed to his normal robes, a wolfskin cape moved with the wind as the god broke into a dance, feet thumped against the ground, his arms flung out, his skin was black up until his elbows, nails turned into sharp claws. In his wake left lush green grass as Cernunnos flung about. The god paused his dance and turned to look into the dark forest "I know you are there, do you wish to join me, young mortal?" Cernunnos grinned as he heard the human gasp, they walked forward and stared at him, he was taller now, standing at 9 '0, he chuckled as the human gaped at him, their red hair now darker under the moonlight. "Little human do not be afraid, you are a hunter like me, join me in my dance!" He held out his hand which the human slowly grasped in their own. "Who are you? What are you? You're not a titan, no you're different.." "Your questions will come when they will be answered, but for now you may know that my name in Cernunnos and that I am not a titan, something far more ancient than your minds to comprehend." He bowed and looked at the person standing before him, he could not tell their danger, they smelt neither male nor female, some of his old humans used to smell like this, it was no different. The god began to dance again, music slowly flowed with the wind as his feet hit the floor, the human grinned maniacally before joining in with him, they spun around the clearing, the human danced weirdly, more hip movements and less foot pounding, he found it odd but he remembered his cousin Artemis used to have humans that danced like that, draped in silk and glitter. The god laughed as the human danced around him, the trees seemed to dance with them, swaying around. Wolves howled and jumped around, stags and deer galloped around them, he felt the pull of restrained horses bucking around, neighing in response to the ancient God's call. They danced until the sun came up. The god looked at the human who was panting hard. "Human it is time for me to go, I am not sure if you will see me again though I will protect you in battle, my name is important, titans fear it, I am the one true hunter, their predator." He crouched down to their level. "Your name is Cernunnos..my name is Hanji Zöe, I am a quadrant leader in the survey corps." "Hmm, your name is nice, it means life, the gift of god." Cernunnos smiled at the human before standing up again, turning away to leave the forest, he disappeared into the morning sun, running back to the barracks, shifting back to his human form. "Cadet Jaeger, where have you been?" Keith Shadis stared down at him angrily "Morning run sir, good for health!" Eren saluted at the angry instructor "If you like running so much then twenty laps around the track!" The man shouted angrily, his spit hitting Eren on the shoulder. "Now?" "Yes! Now!" The man hit Eren around the head, the boy ran off to the track, starting to run around the track. - A young black-haired boy stood in a clearing, a massive stag in front of him with huge glowing eyes, the earth around him floated in the air, the wind blew through his clothes, he pulled his coat around him to try and keep warm, another hand kept a strong light from blinding him. The stag looked down at him before disappearing into the darkness. Levi sat up in bed, panting, he hadn't thought about that in years. His mother had once told him a story of the ancient Gods, ones that fought, raged through battle, raised the sun and the moon, ones that held the world up. Ever since first hearing of the story of the ancient god Cernunnos, he had dreamt of a large stag with glowing eyes, it was always the same, never changed. The short man climbed out of bed, grumbling at the sight of dust on the windowsill. He quickly grabbed and cloth and wiped it down before getting changed into his uniform. Lastly, he put on his cravat while staring at the mirror, his own tired face stared back at him, dark circles under his eyes, pale skin, black hair and grey, murky eyes. Levi sighed and fixed up his hair before walking out of his room, glaring at anyone who got too close to him, he could see them covered in grime, nobody here was clean, it was disgusting. "Leviiiii, Leviiii you are not going to believe what I saw last night!" He turned around to see Hanji running towards him, their hair askew, shirt buttoned wrongly, dirt on their fingers and boots. The man shuddered and stepped back "Stay the fuck away from me, you are covered in mud! It's fucking disgusting Hanji!" "That doesn't matter, you need to hear this Levi, I'll go get Erwin, meet me in the dining room please!" They ran off, leaving an angry Levi behind. He stomped his way to the dining room. Levi sat down on a table, a cup of tea in his hand and the local newspaper in the other, it was a new idea that the people of Sina had come up with, everybody could read about what was happening inside the walls, it was odd but at the same time rather amusing. He jumped slightly when Erwin and Hanji sat down. "Right, right, so last night I was out near the training corps site, in the woods, I was watching wildlife when I suddenly came across this, this thing, it was probably 9'0 and I was so sure it was a titan until I got a closer look, it had a human face but long black claws, two massive antlers sticking out its head, long hair that was held together by beads and clothes on! It was dancing. It spoke to me, it knew I was there! I asked what it was, who it was and if it was a titan, they said their name was Cernunnos and it wasn't a titan but apparently ancient, it was awesome!" Levi narrowed his eyes "How much have you been drinking?" "Nothing! Levi, Erwin, I'm not lying!" "Maybe Levi is right Hanji, you just saw something in the dark, possibly fell asleep.," Erwin spoke softly at the scientist "I have proof, look!" they pulled out a gold coin with a snake on one side and antlers on the other, 'くᛖᚱᚾᚢᛀᛀᛟᛊ' was engraved under each symbol "And not only this, I looked in the library, where we have a book on life before the walls and look!" They slammed a book on the table, pointing at a coin drawn in the book, the same as the coin in her hand, underneath was a picture of a being with long hair, two antlers, a bow on its back, a glaide in its clawed hands, under the picture was the word Cernunnos. "I'm not lying, see!" "Hanji, if what you saw is true, this being could be incredibly dangerous, if it's that old then we would need to kill it." Erwin's words sent shivers down Levi's back, he couldn't tear his eyes away from the picture, flashes of a large stag appeared in his mind. "But what if we can become friends with it? It could change the war Erwin, please! It didn't harm me last night at all!" "Ngh, this pains me to say but they might be right Erwin, if it is as old as the book shows, then it may just be able to destroy all titans for good," Levi grunted and brushed his fingers over the picture before recoiling, fingertips burning. If someone else saw they didn't say anything. "Alright, if and only if! You can befriend this beast and bring it here, I won't kill it." "Ah thank you, Erwin!" Hanji threw themselves at the taller man, hugging him tightly (My ability to butcher words suprises me still)