It was apparent from the look on Petra's face that she didn't know what to make of the strange girl that leapt from branch to branch with her own two legs. The red hair and bright gold eyes would have been a strange enough thing to handle, but this? This was near impossible.

"Um... Heichou... who is this?" she asked unsurely, jumping and quickly yanking her swords out when a wide eyed redhead landed directly in front of her on the branch.

"Wooooowww! You were telling the truth, there are more people!" she exclaimed, head whipping back and forth between Petra, Oruo and Rivaille. "And these guys are pretty tall... guess it's just you, then!"

All soldiers present twitched at that, the Corporal with annoyance, the others with nerves. How was she still alive?!

"I'm Harrison Erevine, but you guys can call me Harry. I'm twelve!" seeing as they just stared at her in shock, she turned to Rivaille, tugging at his cloak. As it was, he stood a few inches taller than her. Very few- too few considering the fact that she had probably not yet hit puberty. "Can we go to that Colony you said about now? I really want to see all the people!"

"Yeah yeah, quit pulling at me, brat." he smacked her hand away, and she scowled at him, but quickly bounced back. It was hard to understand how she was so full of energy. Levi looked to his suboordinates. "Oruo, you take her back. Go as far as Wall Maria, then explain your situation to some Garrison grunt and leave her with them. You are still needed here, but there is little else we can do. Petra and I will continue to guard the wall repair squad."

"Hai." Oruo nodded, then looked down to the redhead, "Come on, Brat. Let's go."

She nodded, looking excited, and dropped to an almost froglike squat, before pushing off into the air. The Scouting squad quickly fired their 3DMGs to keep up with her, moving in a loose formation to the wall until Oruo and Harrison would have to divide to go to the gate.

Then, Rivaille noticed the noise.

It happened every time Harrison landed on a branch, in the moment she bent her torso to absorb the impact of landing. A strange crumpling sound, like paper being screwed up. He called them to stop, landing beside the girl.

"What?" Harry asked impatiently, wanting to hurry up and meet the rest of the humans already. Rivaille stared at her, confused, trying to figure out how she could be making that noise. Then, to everyone's surprise, he reached out and grabbed at her, making an almost honking motion with his hand on her stomach as he felt something substantial under the cloth of her clothing. "The hell are you doing?!"

"What are you hiding under there?" he asked coolly, eyes somewhat suspicious. Both Petra and Oruo breathed a sigh of relief as they realised that their Corporal hadn't just suddenly decided that he liked little girls rather than women.

"No-nothing!" she exclaimed, wrapping her arms around her stomach, "Stop, that tickles!"

At that point, he simply hoisted her into the air, ignoring her thrashing limbs, and reached under her shirt. "Tell me."

"H-hey! Get off! You paedophile! Pervert!" she shrieked. Levi remained deadpan.

"Not likely. There's nothing there to be interested in." he said bluntly, referring to her flat chest, and she flushed, hitting at him angrily. She thumped his back, head, shoulders, legs- even his bum at one point when he turned her over (since it was all she could reach) until finally he seemingly found what he was looking for and put her down.

Harrison grappled for the paper folder indignantly, "Give that back! It's mine!"

"Oruo, grab her, please." Rivaille ordered, eyes on the pages. "What's this?"

It was a file. Her file, to be exact. Her name, birth date, origin, family... all of her personal information from birth to this point was recorded. He closed it and looked down at her with a frown.

"Why do you carry this with you?" he asked, and she stopped struggling, much to Oruo's relief. He'd been kicked in the shin twice already.

"Because if I don't I won't know who I am anymore." she said quietly. "Everything I know about myself comes from a piece of paper."

They all stared at her.

"You mean... you lost your memory?" Petra asked, and the strange redhead nodded.

"Pretty much, yeah." she said, kicking Oruo in the shin so he'd let her go then grabbing the file back and clutching it close to her chest. Rivaille let her take it, ignoring Oruo's yelps of pain- she'd kicked him with the metal foot. "Reckon I hit my head or something a couple of years back. Can we go now?"

"Yeah. Oruo, you take the girl and go that way." Rivaille said, brushing a few strands of his bangs out of his face. "Petra, we'll go this way."

"Hai." both Oruo and Petra spoke in sync. Oruo turned to speak to Harrison, but she'd already leapt away in the direction that Rivaille had pointed. She stopped, smiling ear to ear- she loved the night air.

"Oi, come on! Let's go, slowpoke!" she called, and Oruo glared.

"Hey! Have more respect for the people doing you a favour!" he exclaimed, but rushed to catch up with her nonetheless.

"Hm..." Commander Erwin (what is his actual name? I've seen it as Erwin, Ervin, Irvin etc...) eyed Harry dubiously. She seemed unaware of the tension felt by her company. "And you really remember nothing of your years outside the wall?"

"Well, except for the last couple years, yeah. But since they all consisted of pretty much the same stuff they all kinda meld into one super long day."

"What do you think, Pixis?" Erwin glanced to the Scouting Legion commander.

"I think she could be a great addition, provided she knows about killing Titans." Pixis replied, then eyed the twelve year old girl, "Tell me, have you killed any Titan's before?"

"Have I killed any Titans before?" she repeated incredulously, "Well, duh. I'd never survive if I hadn't. I stick my harpoon through their necks and that more or less kills them."

"More or less..?" she smiled gruesomely.

"Often they scream for a while before they start to evaporate. Ha ha..." they stared at her a moment, and she grinned.

"Well, I guess that clears any doubt of you being too innocent for such a job..." Erwin mumbled with a sweatdrop, and Harrison tilted her head to the side.

"Sorry?" she asked, not having heard his words. He just shook his head.

"All right, you may stay here, on the condition that you join the Scouting legion. You could be a valuable asset on future expeditions- seeing as you know the layout of the land." Erwin finally said, "Pixis, she will be under your jurisdiction until she is old enough to take care of herself."

"Of course."


Short chapter, but my free time is few and far between now because of school. R&R! :D