A/N: Well, its the end of my fiction. *Cries in corner* This went by quickly...

Disclaimer: I do not own Attack on Titan/ Shingeki no Kyojin or make any profit from this.

Year 835

Golden eyes watched the forest intently from atop a roof. Aurelie took a deep breath of morning air, the smell of the forest filled her nose. The trees swayed softly in the early summer breeze. The black-haired woman sighed, and looked down to the forest floor and spotted a beautiful blue bell-shaped flower. She almost expected to hear it ring when the wind brushed past it. She was never much of a flower person, they were delicate and fleeting. They often reminded her of the survey corps.

Aurelie thought back to earlier this morning. Despite that she hadn't slept a wink, she felt energized. Everyone seemed in semi-high spirits. She'd even sparred a bit with Elias after he cracked a short joke about her and Captain Levi. Of course, Aurelie won the sparring match. This morning she'd even spoke a bit about what she planned on doing after the expedition. Aurelie and Azurine had both agreed to go and visit their parents graves. Their father had served in the survey corps when they were younger, and their mother had died of a cold.

"Aurelie!" She heard a shout from her left, Aurelie looked to see Elias waving, "See anything?"

"Not yet! You?" The woman called back. He shook his head and she nodded. The night had been completely silent, it was odd and rather unnerving. She had expected for there to be at least one titan encounter, but there hadn't been any. Only sightings and even those were brief. Aurelie was relieved at first, thanking the stars that there hadn't been any causalities, but now it was eating at her. She didn't feel right, there was this heavy foreboding atmosphere hovering above them.

Aurelie shifted around, she chewed on the inside of her cheek impatiently. She wasn't sure what she should be expecting, only that she should be expecting something. There was a sudden rustling in the forest, the trees shook and the sounds of their snapping trunks reached her ears. Her golden orbs glanced over to Elias but he shook his head, telling her not to move. The movement wasn't headed towards them. Aurelie couldn't take that risk though, she slid off the roof, and landed on her toes. She wasn't going to use the three dimensional maneuver gear if she wasn't sure she needed it.

The black haired woman raced into the forest, she didn't normally look for danger, but she still had a bad feeling about the whole situation. Aurelie heard her comrades cry for her to come back but she ignored him. She boots slapped against the forest floor, but she was light on her feet and didn't make much noise. The further she ran the heavier the air seemed and the quieter the forest became. Aurelie stopped, her breathing a bit labored.

Her eyes flitted around, but there wasn't anything to see. She jogged further and reached a patch of broken trees. There weren't any titans around despite that it had only happened a few minutes prior to her finding it. She turned around to go back but stopped dead when she saw the titan behind her. It had to be at least an thirteen meter, with narrow slightly sunken eyes and a frown. Its dark eyes swiveled down to watch her and she couldn't move, she wasn't sure what to do.

Aurelie took a few steps back but stopped when more titans surrounded the clearing of broken trees. "A-an ambush?" She whispered in disbelief. All of the titans were in the eight to fourteen meter class. They didn't move any further from the tree line, they all simply watched her with mild interest and an intense hunger. She gripped her blades and surveyed her situation. The shortest titan was the chubbiest of them all, and looked the most ravenous. It had to be at least a ten meter titan. She was going to make a move for that one as a starting point and move further into the forest to take care of the rest. Aurelie would not lead them to camp, though they already seemed to know it was there.

The golden eyed soldier took a deep breath and attempted to fire the grappling hooks but soon realized that she wasn't flying through the air like she had expected. She looked at her hand and tightened her grip around the trigger but nothing happened. "A malfunction? But-" She didn't have time to finish her surprised rambling before she glanced up to see that the titans had started moving in on her. "Shit." Was all she had time to mumble before they descended upon her. Bloodstained appendages all grabbed for her at once but Aurelie wasn't having it. The petite woman readied her blades and struck when they closed in, she cut of her opponents' fingers and dodged out of the way. Weaving in between their grabby hands.

She jerked around until she out maneuvered her enemies. Once Aurelie escaped the horde of hands she slashed the heels of the closest titan. It collapsed forward, falling onto its comrades. She jumped onto it and raced up its back hoping to make it to its neck before titan's heels regenerated. Once Aurelie reached the nape of the neck she slashed a hunk out of it. After the deed was done, she made a run for it. But she was cut short when the titans under her victim started moving. They dug their way out rather quickly and went after her again. Aurelie bit her lip and made a run for it but chubby hands encased her body.

Her face fell, and her eyes widened but she wasn't giving up yet. Only one of her arms were free, she attempted to stab its arm but from how she was grabbed it was nearly impossible. She couldn't twist around and she didn't have enough room to kick her way out. Aurelie was trapped and had no way to get out. She was raised high and when she looked down all she saw was teeth and the terrifying inside of the titan's mouth. Aurelie kicked her legs but it was no use, the titan's teeth bit down onto her left leg and sunk into her flesh. Biting cleanly through her femur bone. Screams clawed out of her throat and tears streamed down her face. She bit her lip and thrust her arm forward, successfully throwing her blade into the titan's right eye.

The beast dropped her but she never hit the ground. Aurelie was engulfed into a titan's mouth, her hips down were dangling while her torso was snuggling sitting between the titan's teeth. The petite woman struggled to get away but the titan slowly bit down. She cried out when she heard her flesh being ripped into. But suddenly she was pulled free when the titan's mouth went lax. Arms wrapped around her and she felt the familiar jerking of the 3D maneuver gear.

"Aurelie!" She heard Elias's voice. Aurelie looked up and could see sweat running down his face. His bright green eyes had nothing but worry in them.

"Oh, you saved me. I thought I was a goner for sure." The woman suppressed a cough. She winced when her tall friend landed in a tree tall enough to avoid the titans. "Hey Elias. I don't think I can be a soldier anymore. I kind of lost a leg. How unattractive." She tried to sound like she was fine but the look on his face was telling her that she was anything but fine.

"You're so stupid! I told you not to go! Why didn't you listen to me!?" He shook of his jacket and tied it above her left knee in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

"I don't know. I just had this bad feeling." She coughed again and tried to sit up but ended up leaning back onto her elbows. Her eyes found the fight that her comrades were in. Her captain slashing titan after titan along with Bradan and Azurine. "Do think the captain is angry?"

"Livid is more like it." Elias bit his bottom lip and looked at her torso. Blood seeped out from unseen wounds and Aurelie's skin was deathly pale. The green eyed man wasn't sure what to do, he wasn't a medic.

"I guess I'm not surprised..." Her voice came out in a heavy sigh. Her vision was becoming slightly hazy around the edges. "Hey Elias, lets retire after this. I want to wake up whenever I feel like it and not have to worry about whether I'm going to die today or not. I want to wake up to loving kisses from my husband and hugs from a child that I love with my entire being. I want to live worry free, I don't want to worry about dying." Blood rose in her throat and she coughed it up, it spilled over her lips and ran down her chin. "Forgive me Elias. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." She looked back at him with tears welling up in her eyes.

Azurine and Bradan landed behind Aurelie and Levi behind Elias. "Sis, what were you doing!? Why didn't you use your gear!?" Azurine knelt down and gripped her sister's shoulders.

"Ah, the trigger was jammed. I think its broken." Aurelie lifted her hand to inspect the blood covered blade and attempted to move the triggers but they seemed stuck. "I wonder why it malfunctioned?" Her hand dropped back down to her side.

"Sis we need to get you back." Azurine looked at Elias, who nodded and moved to pick Aurelie up. But the golden eyed woman stopped him.

"Captain." Levi looked at her. Aurelie untied her ribbon and reached to give it to him, "Please take this before it gets dirty." All he did was nod, but he took the ribbon from her small hand. Elias scooped her up and they flew back to camp, the suddenness and the jerking from the 3DM gear constantly made her wince. She felt tired, and she was tempted to close her eyes but Elias told her not to. That she had to do what ever it took to stay awake. He told her to talk to him, about anything. "I've always wanted a daughter, and if I ever have one I think I'll name her Sophie or Sophia? What one do you like better?" She asked him.

"I think I like Sophia." Aurelie nodded in agreement.

"Me too." She murmured, her eye lids drooped and she slowly started giving into the slumber that beckoned her.

"Stay awake! We're almost there." He purposefully jostled her a bit.

"I'm okay. I'm just going to take a short nap. I'll be fine." She reached up and touched his face, "Don't worry." Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and her hand fell away. She went completely limp, her lips parted and he couldn't tell if she was breathing or not. Her face was ashen and her lips were almost a soft purple instead of their bright pink. Elias tried to believe that she was still alive, that she was asleep. But it was all for nothing. When they reached camp, he soon realized that the that small light of hope he had been holding onto, was nothing, because it was to late. In few short minutes that it had taken to defeat the titans and for her to joke about what she would do after all of this, she had been whisked away by the cold hands of death.

They all stood in front of the freshly dug grave, a single flower had been placed upon it. The squad had abandoned their military uniforms and were dressed in their civilian clothes. Bradan had his arm draped around Azurine's shoulders as she cried into his side. Elias stood silently, hie gaze distant and dull. Levi stared at the turquoise ribbon in his hand. "I don't know what I should do with it." He said flatly. Bradan and Azurine looked at him, surprise etched into their features.

"Keep it. S-sis would have wanted you to have it." The pale eyed woman tried to say calmly.

"It was a gift, you aren't suppose to get the gift back once you give it." Levi's grey gaze found the youngest Chevalier siblings, "That's not how this fucking works."

"She loved you." Elias blurted out. His hands balled into fists at his sides.

"I know." Was Levi's reply.

"Why couldn't you have just told her that you had no interest in her. That you had no interest in giving back the love that she wanted. That she deserved?!" Elias turned towards his captain, anger rolling off of him in waves.

"I'm not sure." Levi made eye contact. The black haired man grabbed Elias's hand and shoved the ribbon into it. "Take it." With that, Levi turned away and left the grieving trio. Elias watched his captain's back, his fingers wrapped around the ribbon. He also left, leaving only Bradan and Azurine.

Azurine and Bradan retired from the military and got married not much later. They moved to Shingashina and lived a quiet life. In the year 843, they had a daughter they named Sophia Aurelie. A year later, they died in the breach of wall Maria.

Elias Augustine went missing a week after Aurelie Chevalier's funeral. He was never heard from again.

A/N: Well. That's the last chapter. What did you think? Good? Bad? Review! Please and Thank you!