"Eh…?" Armin heard himself say.

"H-her?! Of all people?!" Eren spoke as he broke into a cold sweat.

"Eh…" Hanji paused. "Who…?" She said slyly, seemingly asking Pastor Nick to repeat himself.

"Go find her; she might even know the truth unknown to even us… Only, it is up to her to decide to tell you or not what she knows." Pastor Nick paused, seemingly only talking to Eren.

"Revealing her name to you is the only compromise I can afford to make; the best shall depend on you."

"That girl…" Hanji paused, collecting her thoughts. "If she's from the 104th Trainee Squad then that means she's on the very frontlines right now-"

"Let's hurry!" Eren shouted as he was halfway towards the horse stables. "We need to get to the breached area as soon as possible anyways!"

"Wait a second, Eren!" Samantha doesn't speak a word and runs up behind him, and pulls him back with his collar to face Hanji – startling him with her strength. "I still don't know all of the names of our new members who came from your 104th Trainee Squad… So, Eren, could you, uh-"

"She's like Samantha – the most petite girl there-"

"She has medium to long blonde hair – oh, she's pretty too!" Armin cut off Eren, to include more descriptive attributes of this girl.

"She's the girl who always hangs around with Ymir." Mikasa included, shocking Hanji, Rivaille, and Samantha.

"Eh?" They spoke in unison. "Ymir?"

"Well, no reason to discuss it. Let's get going." Samantha grabbed a horse, jumping on its back with no saddle or any riding equipment.

"But what about Pastor Nick?"

"He's told us everything we can, Moblit can take him back."

"Uh- I… Yes ma'am." He stuttered back, looking up at her. He then got Pastor Nick and himself on a horse, and began to gallop back to the safety of the Wall.

"What about you and Rivaille? I mean, Rivaille could probably fight but it's risky."

"I'll be fine. As long as Rivaille is here, I'll be fine." Samantha spoke with a smile on her face, turning to Rivaille who was also now on a horse smiling back. Rivaille moved his horse next to Samantha.

"I'll always be here." He whispered. Hanji cleared her throat, bringing their attention to her.

"I guess we shall get going now." Rivaille went to his position of being in front of Eren and Samantha stayed on the "frontlines" with Hanji, who was rather talkative.

"I've heard that Commander Irvin is considering making you a Squad Leader again." Hanji spoke cheerfully, but Samantha looked down.

"I don't think I'm quite ready yet…"

"Well, I'm afraid you may have to make yourself ready – we're probably going to be losing a lot of men." Samantha gulped and looked down. Rivaille saw this from behind and longed to comfort her.

18 hours after the Titan sighting

"To the southwest, there's an old castle right next to the wall – from its tower we should be able to survey the wall so we'll start there." Hanji raised her voice, and turned her head as far as it could go. "We're heading for Castle Utgard!" Samantha looked to her left, searching for Rivaille, as she longed for him too. Hanji noticed this.

"Don't worry, your man is here." Hanji jerking her head to the right. Samantha turned and saw an extremely tired and stressed Rivaille – though others would say his face was emotionless, his eyes were wide and were circled with dark bags – as if he were overwhelmed and struggling to stay awake. He noticed Samantha examining him and flashed a slight smirk, which she returned.

Rivaille wasn't the only one who showed these pressures of the elements, Eren wasn't feeling too hot either. His back ached from riding on horseback for so long, and felt as if he would just stumble to the ground if he attempted to stand – but he couldn't think like that, especially in a time like this.

"Oi, Samantha," Samantha jerked her head to the left, eyeing a man her age that she hadn't really met. "Do you think anyone has died yet?" Samantha thought that the man's question was a joke; everyone else seemed to think so too – watching Samantha's reaction and response from the corner of their eyes.

"I-I…" Samantha stuttered. "I can only hope not… And you should too." She said strongly, though her voice slightly shaky. What kind of question is that? Was he trying to see if I would freak out? Samantha gripped her horse's mane tightly, making it neigh.

"Ssshh, boy… I didn't mean to hurt you." She spoke softly, patting the animal on the neck. Samantha suddenly felt a rush of pain at her abdomen, making her grip it tightly.

"Ya' nervous?" Hanji asked, concerned and trying to lighten up the mood.

"Mm-mm… Yeah, I'm fine." She swallowed the pain and acted as if nothing had happened. She hoped that Rivaille didn't see, as he gets over protective and wouldn't let her continue on the venture outside of the Walls.

They passed a couple of trees blocking their view, and there it was: Castle Utgard. Samantha the first to see, gasped at the sight of Titans and forced her tired horse to run at full speed. Everyone followed her, especially Rivaille – who forgot his duty of watching Eren, forcing Eren to act on his feet and chase after Rivaille. Samantha jumped off her horse, high into the air – slicing the neck of the first Titan she saw. The blood spattered across her chest and back, she turned and saw many trainees, including Christa, in awe.

"Y-you… Why are you…" Bertholdt stuttered nervously and thankfully.

"Christa…" Samantha sang. "And all of you, stand back – we'll handle this from here."

"Backup group, defense and check the surroundings!" Samantha yelled at the upcoming Scouts on horseback, she watched as they flew into the air in opposite directions. "Everyone else, strike at the Titans' gathering all at once!" Samantha spoke quickly and saw Rivaille and Eren fly into the air behind her.

"Hey, wait!" She yelled after Eren, but it was too late – he was already out of hearing range and sliced through his first kill as a scout mercilessly. Samantha smiled at this sight, reminding her of when she had first became a Scout… then reminding her of the pain in being one too. Samantha erased her thoughts and jumped towards a Titan after Eren. The Titan's mouth at Eren's leg, Samantha sliced out the nape of its neck as Eren escaped.

"You were supposed to stay behind!"

"Y-yes, ma'am!" Eren turned around at the ring of his name – it was Connie, Reiner, and Bertholdt.

"Hey!"

"For real…?" Armin began. "Ymir's a Titan?" Everyone looked down at Christa and Ymir, who was uncousious with Hanji studying her.

"Ymir…" Christa whispered. "My name is Historia." Samantha jerked her head, asking herself if she had heard her right. Who was she before she was here?