Levi inhaled the seasalt smell of the ocean as the ship sailed along. it was morning and the sun was rising.

"land! ho!" Armin called from the crow's nest.

"how long cap'n?" All eyes turned to Levi waiting for his orders.

"at daybreak we should be there! once we are at the village, take all you can! search for the prince once you find him, bring em to me!" everyone held up their swords cheering. "back to cleaning you scallywags!" feet shuffled on the wood boards walking back and forth mopping or scrubbing the deck. the captain smirked as the anchor fell into the water and dug into the sand rocking the ship until it subsided.

everyone got off the ship and raided houses, banks and buildings, there was chaos everywhere. screams filled the air as fire and blood covered the ground.

Levi made his course straight ahead as he walked passed all the chaos. he stopped a few pirates as they were going to kill a woman and child. "no, leave em be we came for the gold and we got it, back to the ship! and tell everyone else to grab the gold and pull the anchor up, I will be there shortly!"

Levi made it to the castle seeing it already in ruins "those morons! I told then to leave the castle be! they will be cleaning for the rest of their lives!" Levi threw open the doors, the inside was wrecked as well, "a fight went on here and it looks like this place lost" Levi observed

"please! leave us be! you already took our son what more do you need?!" Levi glared

"since you are offering! all your gold!" Levi smirked as soilders brought forth bags of gold. "let this be the day your remember as the time you were robbed by Captain Levi!" Levi set off towards his ship leaving the village in ruins.

"wait! sir!" Levi turned "my momma is stuck! cab you help her?" the child pointed toward the corpse lf her mother. "please mister" Levi looked around

"I can't but don't worry she is in a much better place" Levi added as he saw the child's lip quiver. "what's your name kid?"

"Elizabeth, sir" Levi picked her up

"well Elizabeth, would you like to be a pirate?" she nodded.

"what is that?" Levi began walking towards the ship as Elizabeth sat on his shoulders.

"they sail the sea and become very rich! believeing in curses and magic!" Levi tried to keep her mind off the chaos around her.

"yes sir!" Elizabeth smiled happily.

"good! but you need a pirate name, hmm how about Lizzy!" She smiled

"yes sir, What's your name?"

"well people call me captain, but you can call me Levi" Levi looked around and saw so many now orphaned kids. "well that's not good" Levi thought to himself.

"Petra!" Levi called setting Lizzy down.

"yes captain?"

"take Elizabeth to my quaters make sure she is comfortable"

"yes" Petra took the child and let her read but told her not to touch anything.

"If I hear a word about this from any of ye! Your head will be on my wall!" Levi shouted from the ship's wheel. "go back down and see if there are anymore kids! Bring them aboard, be nice or you will be swabbing the deck till you die!" Levi ordered as everyone left the ship.

only about 2 other kids no longer had parents and were brought aboard the ship. Levi nodded and gave a other order "These little ones are now part of the crew! Treat em nicely or ye will walk the plank!"

now with 3 kids and 12 pirates they set sail for the pirates harbor. Every pirate brought what they recently took and if they don't want to keep it (or if they are stupid enough to not know what the value is) they sell it or them. Levi had a feeling that the prince would tried to be sold off there. It was on a ship so no one would find it easily, unless of cpurse you were a pirate sworn to never tell.

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The prince struggled against his restraints, the rope digging into his skin.

"oh my dear prince, but you are priceless"

"how?"

Erwin laughed "really? playing dumb are we? fine? play stupid" Erwin closed the cell and turned to a guard "don't kill him but get what you can from him" the guard nodded.

Erwin smirked as the clap of a whip was heard and screams.

"what is your name!" he asked as the whip hit again.

"none of your buiness!" The prince gave a smirk pissing off the guard even more.

"name!"

"screw you!" three more hits.

"tell me your god damn name!"

"fine! my name, is a very old and ancient name, try to keep up" He took a deep breath "fuck off"

the guard's eye twitched and he raised the whip again. The prince screamed as 10 hits came down he was close to breaking but one think kept him together

"name, and this ends!"

"L-levi"

"hmm, never thought I'd get it out of ya" the guard tied the prince's hands behind him and threw him in a different cell, not covered in blood

"Captain, Erwin!" Levi came down om a rope he cut. "long time huh?" Levi stepped closer to him "you have something that belongs to me" Levi purred. "I want it back!" Levi snapped and the ship was boarded by Levi's crew "find him" Levi crosses his arms waiting.

"why do you want him so badly?"

"that is for me to know"

"fine, I know better than to challenge you, he is below deck , here is the key"

"back to the ship!" Levi took the keys from Erwin and made his way below the deck everyone moved out of his way seeing the fire in his eyes.

"L-Levi p-please" Levi heard his pleas.

"what did they do to you?" Levi opened the cell, the prince hung to the wall from chains that clamped around his wrist.

"Le-vi?" the prince groaned.

"yeah, It's me, hold tight I'll make them pay" Levi unlocked the clamps and caught the prince as he fell. "hold on Eren" Levi placed a kiss to his forehead. Levi carried Eren bridal-style to his ship being extra careful not to touch salty waters

"Petra!" Levi called holding Eren. "make haste to Hanji's!" Petra turned the ship's wheel. "Mike! you're in charge!" Levi went to the captain's quarters.

"mm? Levi!" Elizabeth ran over to him. "wait who is that?" she stopped in her tracks.

Levi lay Eren on the sofa while he got the bed ready. "Lizzy, can you get me a bowl with warm water please" she nodded and went to the deck.

"can I help?" Killian, a small boy asked.

"sure, go in my wardrobe and get the softest shirt you can find" Killian nodded and hurried to the wardrobe.

"papa!" the youngest of the children, Henry, crawled over to Levi.

Levi was taking off the blood soaked clothing from Eren. Elizabeth came in carrying a bowl of water and a cloth.

"what happened to him?" Killian asked bringing over a silk shirt with regular pants and a jacket similar to Levi's

"he was hurt badly, by a mean guy" Levi tried to keep his words kid friendly.

"Elizabeth, set tbe bowl down there and please take Henry to bed, Killian got help I will tuck you guys in shortly.

"Levi?" Eren opened his eyes slightly

"yes, I'm here go back to sleep"

Eren looked around as Levi cleaned the blood from his back since he was laying on his tummy. In the corner of the room was a pile of bloody clothes. "is someone hurt?"

Levi sighed dipping the cloth in the water turning it a light shade of red "yes someone is hurt"

"am I hurt?" Eren felt a small sting on his shoulder as Levi left the cloth there to soak up blood

"yes, you are hurt go back to sleep" Levi gave him a kiss to his forehead

"okay, night, love you" Eren yawned. "wait! where's my ring? the one with my families crest?" Eren asked looking around.

"they took it but don't worry," Levi got down on one knee "I know I left you for a few years, alone, but I came back and I promise while I am with you no one will ever hurt you again. so Eren? My prince? will you marry me?" Levi asked holding out a ring with a gold band.

"finally you said it! But not really the best time" Eren giggled "Yes! I will marry you, dork" Levi helped Eren with his clothes and after food and a bit of rest. Eren could walk. After a trip to Hanji's the scars that rest on Eren's back were no longer visable. Levi and Eren spent the rest of their days as a happy married couple with their kids Elizabeth, Killian, and Henry.