Hey guys!

To those who were a little confused reading this story, it was actually a medieval!au I brainstormed one day. The pairing is actually Annie Leonhardt and a friend's OC, and this can be sort of classified as an early Christmas present I guess

(he screamed at me when he finished it btw. You're welcome huehuehue)

So yeah this author's note is to clear things up since the story is kinda vague hehe

Anyways, the story goes like this:

There are two kingdoms; the wintry mountain kingdom in the North, and the walled kingdom named Trost. Annie is princess of the Northern kingdom, the daughter of the king and heir to the throne. Her relationship with her father is rocky, and she was raised with little affection. She is also general of their colossal army, and fearsome to behold in battle. They call her the Crystal Queen due to her icy demeanor, stone cold heart, and also for her sword that was forged from pure, solid crystal; the very same rare mineral that is mined from the beneath the mountains of her kingdom.

So basically what happens is that the king wants to take over Trost, and sends Annie and a small group of elite soldiers to scout for a discreet path for them to travel on on their way to lay siege. However, spies of Trost catch wind of this, and when Annie and her soldiers are en route, they are ambushed by a group of soldiers from Trost.

All of Annie's soldiers are killed and Annie is badly injured by the time Annie manages to kill all the soldiers. But the last soldier, before being cut down by Annie, sends the call for backup, and Annie flees from the scene.

Now, enter the OC, Julian Avilliard. If anyone is wondering how he looks like, you can find my friend's art of him here art/Shingeki-no-Kyojin-AOT-OC-Julian-Avilliard-486243724 and also here art/Mikasa-vs-OC-Shingeki-no-Kyojin-427647389

So yeah, Julian. Think arrogant, self-serving smartass and you've got it. In this AU, he's a rogue mercenary that wanders around almost everywhere. When he was a child, his village was burned down in a raid executed by the soldiers of the Northern kingdom. He was the only survivor; however is eyes were not spared in the flames and his eyesight became severely impaired.

A big headed boy seeking big dreams, he entered the Trostian military, hoping to gain rank, wealth, and power. However, the military proved to be too gruelling for him, and during his first assignment he deserted, causing him to be wanted for treason and desertion by the military. Because of that, he lives somewhere deep inside the woods outside of Trost, but travels around a lot, offering his services as a mercenary for hire.

Alright, back to injured Annie. Julian is heading back to his place after yet another failed business deal when he comes across this armoured beauty with porcelain skin and golden hair and he's just like 'goddamn is it my lucky day or what' and proceeds to try (and fail) to charm her pants off. Annie will not have any of that and offers to cut his head off. Julian, noticing that she's injured, offers to patch her up back at his place, and reluctantly, she agrees – not before she repeats her offer to behead him if he so much as brushes her the wrong way.

Back at his tiny, run-down house, Julian bandages Annie and scrapes together a meager meal for her to have. While she's eating, he keeps prodding her for details on what happened to her, much to Annie's annoyance. Eventually, she tells him that she was attacked and she was the only survivor, but she doesn't tell him who she is or why she was attacked. So the story progresses when she 'hires' Julian to escort her back to the Northern Kingdom using the most discreet, forgotten paths possible under the pretense of 'rescuing her sister'.

Julian agrees, of course. That lil shit would do anything for some dough.

So they set off, getting into trouble and falling in love along the way. In part iii, Julian and Annie are ambushed by a group of thugs who are sent to drag Julian back to their boss (because the little shit walked with their money, obviously) but they manage to get out of that rough patch. They eventually grow to like each other, and as you can see in part iv, romance happens *^*

But all good things come to an end, and soon they reach the Northern Kingdom. Annie tells Julian not to follow her, and at first Julian complies. But he worries for her, and it shocks him that for once, he's worried for someone else's life other than his own, and he decides to go after her, to protect her and make sure she's safe because damn, he's in love with her, and he'll be damned if he'd let her go on a rescue mission on her own. But the guards see him, see his obvious Trostian heritage, and drag him to the dungeons.

Meanwhile, Annie has been scrubbed clean by the palace maids and fitted into her best set of armour. She goes to meet her very unhappy father in the throne room, where he proceeds to give her a not so happy welcome and tells her how much of a disappointment she is. The parts after this are pretty straightforward so yeah I'm not gonna talk about it to save my energy eheheh

Okay so yadda yadda yadda, they break out of the dungeons, and they decide to inform Trost of the upcoming siege. Trost prepares for battle, decides to ignore the crimes of the enemy and a deserter, and asks them to help in the war as well. They agree, and yeah they go to war and stuff.

So Annie is cutting her way through horde after horde of her own soldiers while Julian is off somewhere handling his own pile of shit when she spots her father somewhere nearby. She charges him, intent on ending it all, but her father is sly and distracts her before stabbing her in the side. (they're near a cliff when it happens btw)

It's a fatal blow, and before Annie falls off the edge of the cliff she sees Julian pierce her father's heart with his sword, killing him. Julian tries reaching for her but it's too late and she falls.

(does anyone spot the reference HAAHAHHA I'm a terrible person) :'D

She hits the water and she already knows there's no hope for her. Even if she got out of the water, she'd die a slow and painful death thanks to the wound in her side, so she just drifts, surrendering. What she doesn't expect is for Julian to jump in after her because he'd rather die with her than live without her and yeah them babies die but at least they still have each other right ;3

So yes, that is the story.

Hope you guys enjoyed it! And yes I know I'm a horrible person lmao :'D