AN: Chapter IV is here! Okay so I watched Episode 20 today and I just have to say, I am so pissed at that Female Titan. It makes me want to go in there and rip her limbs off one by one. Kudos to those who knows who the Female Titan is by the way! Thanks to those who reviewed. Anyways, here is Chapter IV! Please enjoy.

CHAPTER IV:

BEFORE THE DEPARTURE

Cassandra woke up in a room hours after the tribune. Her wounds stung despite the fact that they've obviously been cleaned. The door opened and she saw a Strawberry Blonde woman enter the room. When Cassandra saw the woman, the anger she felt disappeared.

'And here I was, ready to pound that Shorty of a Captain whom I could've sworn pulverized my ribs.' Cassandra thought.

"Hi. I'm Petra Ral." The woman spoke as she approached. Cassandra felt that the woman in front of her had a motherly aura all over her. There's a tugging feeling in her heart that said this woman was familiar to her. But she just couldn't place how.

"I'm Cassandra Knight. In case you haven't heard but I doubt that." She answered as she tried to sit up more. That brought a wave of pain to her ribs. Petra held the girl down.

"Commander Irvin's already told us all about you, Cassandra. Try not to move too much. Oh, by the way, this fell out of your pocket when we were moving you here." Petra told her as she handed Cassandra her aviator glasses. The girl took it from her immediately.

"Thanks. This was my dad's, so it's pretty important." She answered. Petra winced on the inside. If her suspicions are right and this girl is Celeste, would she be able to forgive them? For failing to protect her? Petra saw the look on Levi's face earlier. It was full of sadness, hate and anger. It nearly killed her to not be able to do anything to help the girl. Before she came to the room, she and Levi had an argument. She finally voiced out her frustrations and the possibility that the girl could be Celeste. Levi kept denying it and told her that Celeste was dead. That resulted in Petra walking out of the room.

"Ma'am, you alright?" Petra heard Cassandra ask her.

"Yes. I'm fine." She answered.

"Are you sure? Because last I checked, no one cries when they're fine." Cassandra quipped. She decided then and there; people from the past are weird.

"Oh, I'm sorry. This is nothing." Petra told her as she wiped her tears away. She hadn't even realized she was crying.

"How are you?" Petra asked her.

"In pain. That Captain of yours is an asshole." Cassandra said. Petra saw a similarity there. A similarity with her husband.

"Please don't think badly of my husband. He did it to save you. So that the court will rule in favour of the Legion." She said.

"Wait, what? Your Captain is also your husband? And I kinda get that he did it to save me but did he have to beat me up so hard?" Cassandra asked. Petra chuckled at the girl in front of her.

"It's kind of a long story of how we married. As for why he beat you up that bad, I guess that's just how he is."

"An asshole? Captain Shorty's always been an asshole?" Cassandra asked as she got out of bed. Petra helped her up and gave her a cup of water.

"Thank you." She said as she drank the water. "Miss Ral, what did the verdict about me say?"

"Call me, Petra. The verdict said that you'd have to go through the Training program for 3 years. After that, you'll come back here. You'll be serving under Captain Shorty. Otherwise known as Captain Levi." Petra explained. Cassandra choked on the water she was drinking.

"I'm sorry but 3 fucking years? You mean I can't go home to my family or back in my time? When I come back here or there, I'll be 18." She said.

"You can't. We haven't spotted any anomalies yet that could bring you home. But for now, this is the best way we could think of to prevent the Military Police from killing you." Petra answered. The girl in front of her was so much like her in looks but so much like Levi in the frown and the way she curses. Something inside her just told her that this girl is her daughter but without any proof, she probably wouldn't believe Petra.

"You'll be leaving in the morning so I suggested you get some rest." Petra said. Cassandra watched her leave. All of a sudden, she wanted that motherly aura that Petra emitted back. She shook her head.

"Shit, Cass. Get your fucking head in the game." Cassandra muttered to herself. "I got to find my car."

With that decided, Cassandra opened the window and used her watch to create an ice slide. When she got to the ground, she immediately stood up and grabbed her phone. If her car's GPS is on, it would be easier to find. If not, then this'll be a scavenger hunt in the dark. Or maybe not since she has a flashlight in her pocket.

"Please be turned on." She said. After a while, a blue blip appeared on her phone, about North West from her current position.

"Yes."

Cassandra ran towards her car with her flashlight. Thank God she's a fast runner. It was already night time and she had to be back before the next morning. She can make up an excuse on the spot as to how her stuff mysteriously appeared in her room. Cassandra kept running and running. Being a racer demanded that she keep herself fit and strong. So, she learned how to fight. And sometimes Cassandra exercised when she wasn't in the mood to play games or race. In fact, her life just revolved around 3 things back in her time; racing, exercising and gaming. She barely studied anyways. Cassandra could swear that she's starting to have a 2 pack. Finally, Cassandra arrived at her car. It was pretty much undamaged. She opened the car door and grabbed her duffel bag that held all her clothes and lifted the back seat. The back seat doubles as a gun case. With a shotgun, a pistol and a machine gun. Cassandra grabbed her pistol and put an entire round in it.

"Well, well, fancy seeing you here." A voice behind Cassandra said. Cassandra turned around and pointed her gun at the woman. She saw a bespectacled woman with brown hair.

"Whoa, relax, kid. I just want to know what's in there. I'm Hanji Zoe. I found you in there." The woman told her. Cassandra put her gun down immediately.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"To study whatever the hell that thing is. I'm a scientist by the way and I've been studying the anomaly for 15 years." Hanji said. Cassandra realized that there was no way she could let this science chick touch her stuff. Any object from the future that comes in contact with someone from the past could drastically change the timeline. Cassandra turned around and put things back to normal and locked the doors.

"I can't let you touch those things." She decided. Hanji pouted at the girl.

"Why not?" She asked.

"Long story." Cassandra replied emotionlessly.

"I got time. Please indulge me!" Hanji begged her as she clung to the younger girl's arm.

"Alright, alright, you crazy science lady." She answered. Cassandra explained some severe repercussions that could happen if someone from the past came into contact to an object from the future. Like a paradox of some sort.

"Ergo, if something from the future comes into contact with a person from the past, for example a gun like this and someone from the Military Police, it could affect the overall future. It could be good, it could be bad, I don't know, but I ain't willing to take that kind of risk." She explained to Hanji, who looked at her with fascination. They were seated at a rock near the car.

"Can you give an example of a bad result?" Hanji requested. Cassandra chuckled and nodded.

"Well, going back to that example I used. Since someone from the past used something from the future, something 2000 years from the future I might add, mankind could keep developing and developing deadlier weapons. It could be beneficial; it could be the other way around. Worst and the most likely scenario is genocide due to advanced technology."

Hanji still kept staring at Cassandra with fascination.

"That's awesome." She said. Cassandra gave her a questioning look.

'It's official. This chick is insane.' She thought. Shaking her head, Cassandra stood up.

"We should go back. Before Captain Prick decides to commit child abuse again." She said. Cassandra didn't really like that Captain. She couldn't believe that a nice woman like Petra was actually married to a guy like that.

"Don't think badly of the man. When he lost his daughter, his whole world practically fell apart." Hanji said as they walked back to the HQ. It didn't take long before Cassandra put two and two together.

"That was him? The child that was lost to the anomaly 15 years ago was Captain Shorty and Miss Petra's daughter?" She asked and Hanji nodded.

"He was holding her at the time. A titan attacked. When it was killed, an anomaly opened up and he accidentally let go of her. Levi and Petra don't really like to talk about it and I think that created a rift between them. Not because of blame but because of the lack of communication. Okay, maybe Levi blames himself, I'm not really sure anymore. Point is Levi is a bit bitter because of that. I mean, Celeste and Petra meant the world to him. When they lost Celeste, I guess half of that world just died."

"I guess I'd feel a bit bitter too if I lost my daughter on my watch." Cassandra answered as they were nearing the HQ.

"You know, you're kind of like them. You look a lot like Petra. Except your eyes are green like Levi's. From what I heard, you curse like him too." Hanji pointed out. Cassandra looked at her but continued walking. This chick couldn't be possibly implying that she could be Celeste, right?

'Nah, probably not.' Cassandra thought as they walked. Finally they arrived under Cassandra's window, which was left open. Meaning that no one came in. At least that's what she hoped.

"Well, I'll be going now. Good Luck on your training." Hanji told her cheerfully.

"Thanks." She replied. She made an ice ladder and climbed up the window. Cassandra stuffed her things under the bed, grabbed her earphones and went to sleep.

The next day

Petra went inside the room where Cassandra stayed in. She quietly entered and saw the girl sleeping soundly. With a wired item lodged in her ears, leading to her pocket. Petra sat on the bed and watched her sleep. Cassandra shifted and one of those things in her ears fell off. Out of curiosity, Petra put it in her ear. She heard a loud sound coming from it so she took it off immediately.

'How does she sleep with those things and still have perfect hearing?' She asked herself mentally. Petra looked at Cassandra's face again. She remembered Celeste all of a sudden. Celeste slept exactly the same way Cassandra did; with their mouths hanging open a bit. But Celeste didn't drool like Cassandra is drooling now, obviously. Cassandra seemed to have sense that she was drooling because she unconsciously wiped it away and faced Petra once again. Petra ran her fingers through Cassandra's blonde hair. She had no idea why but she just felt like she had to, the same way a mother would do to her child. Cassandra's eyes opened a bit.

"Mom?" She asked. Petra's eyes widened immediately. Cassandra's eyes gradually widened.

"Miss Petra? Did I just call you mom? Oh shit. I am so sorry." Cassandra said.

"No, it's okay. I just came to tell you that you can take a shower across the hall and you can have some breakfast downstairs. I hope you like coffee." Petra said with a radiant smile. Cassandra sat up as she rubbed her eyes.

"I can't have coffee. I'm good with water, Miss Petra." Cassandra answered. Petra giggled at the way the girl's hair stuck out. It was pointing everywhere. Almost like a chicken attacked it in her sleep. She also noticed that she was still wearing her clothes from last night; black but the blood stains from her wounds were obvious. Kid must've been tired from everything she went through.

"Oh, health problems?" Petra asked her worriedly.

"Not exactly but coffee makes me way more paranoid than I already am. I don't know if that's classified as a health problem." She answered. Petra stood up yet again.

"Commander Irvin will take you the training area when you're ready." Petra said before leaving the room. Seeing no other choice, Cassandra just got some clothes and took a bath before having breakfast. Since she wasn't allowed to have coffee, she just had some water. Later on, she met up with Commander Irvin and they rode to the training area. Commander Irvin left her there after that, with the assurance that someone will check on her every week.

And that was the day that Cassandra Knight was inducted into the 109th trainees squad (1).

AN: I hope I made you guys happy. You can see that the effort was going away. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed it. After this chapter, a time skip will happen.

And now, here's what the number means.

1 – Yeah, I do a piss poor job at mental math so I asked my father and brother to do it for me. As far as I know is that a new training squad only comes after 3 years. Cassandra's trainee's squad is like…15 years after Eren's. When my bro and dad did that math, they said that if that's the case, then Cassandra's squad would be the 109th. Please correct me if I'm wrong or something.

I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Thanks to those who would review.