This chapter might as well have been ripped out of the manga A Choice With No Regrets. It's the scene where they are taking refuge in a old castle and are discussing how to get the documents off of Erwin. I thought this would be the perfect place to introduce Calledora since this is when Hange is met.

Because this is basically the same exact scene from ACWNR, I will have Chapter 2 out shortly.


Ch. 1 Introductions Summer, Year 845

"We'll have to kill him…" Levi and his two friends Isabel and Farlan were sitting together on the ground, discussing how to get important documents from Erwin Smith. After Farlan said more than likely the papers are on Erwin, that's when Levi proposed the assassination.

Farlan was immediately precautious as Levi suggested this as there were people all around them "Don't say that out loud! It's not going to be so easy to do it…"

As Farlan finished his sentence, two people walked up to the group of three. One was tall with short dark auburn hair. The other, just a few inches shorter than the auburn haired woman, had her dark brown hair tied up and was wearing glasses.

"Hey, you! Can we disturb you for a moment?" The one with glasses spoke up first, "I saw it you know. The decisive moment!" The trio got into slight panic as they guessed what this woman could possibly mean. Isabel and Farlan looked at each unsure of what to do.

"The decisive moment?" Levi already had a plan in mind, if the two people had caught even a breeze of their plan he would have to do away with them. He slowly got a hold on a dagger in his bag, keeping concentrated eye contact with the brunette. "What are you talking about?"

"What am I talking about? It's obvious I'm talking about the moment you brought down the Titan!" Levi's tensed body relaxed as soon as he realized she was only talking about today's earlier events.

The ginger haired girl looked at Levi with an open smile. "It was amazing to watch!"

"I was overwhelmed with excitement! It felt like I was burning!" The brunette shouted a bit showing she was truly excited. "I'm Hange Zoe and this is my assistant and second-in-command Calledora." She pointed to the tall girl next to her.

"Hello, to all of you!" She seemed to have the same joyful air as Hange without all the expression. Farlan and Isabel relaxed after they were certain their plan wasn't breached. Hange then started to name off the trio.

"You're Levi, right? This girl over here is Isabel. And this is…." Hange looked at Farlan with his name on the tip of her tongue. She looked to Calledora who shrugged her shoulders in response. Then she looked back to Farlan still trying to figure out his name, the line "is…" dragging out.

He looked at Hange with annoyance in his eyes. With a sigh, he finally helped her out. "Farlan."

"Right right, nice to meet you Farlan!" She roughly patted his shoulder as she sat down between him and Isabel. Calledora remained standing there silently, still smiling. "So Levi, you didn't come from the training corps. How did you get so skilled at using the 3DMG?" Levi didn't intend to respond to Hange at all. He was planning for her to get tired of them and leave. Farlan leaned over and whispered in his ears to be 'more sociable' towards them.

He still didn't utter a word at first, but decided he might as well to get these two away faster. "I practiced nothing special…" Hange spent some time trying to get more than two words at a time out of Levi. Isabel than started to talk over her, about how great and strong Levi is. It was apparent to Calledora what she was doing as Hange kept getting interrupted by her.

"Isabel would you like some sweets?" Calledora had pulled out a bag of sweets from her jacket pocket. Isabel eagerly took them and began chewing on the soft candies, enabling Hange to finally speak to Levi.

"…So how about it?"

"I can't. I'm self taught, it's not exactly something easily taught to others." Hange tried to keep the conversation going but Levi quickly cut her off "Sorry but I'm exhausted." She and Calledora looked disappointed that they couldn't get any more information.

"I see… Sorry for disturbing you." Hange got up and put her hands on Isabel and Farlan's shoulders "Thank you Isabel, thank you Farlan. Let's all have a long nice chat next time shall we. If we make it back alive, I'll buy you lunch sometime." With that Hange and Calledora walked away from them to talk to other soldiers staying at the old castle.

Farlan finally relaxed and laid his hands behind him, letting his eyes fall closed. "That Hange person seems like a total weirdo, but she seems really ecstatic. She's the kind of person not to care what others think. Calledora doesn't seem to say much at all, though…"

"I saw you looking at Calledora pretty thoroughly though. I'm sure you want to find out what she can say in more private places…" Isabel had a catty smile forming as she saw her teasing made Farlan get wide eyed and blush. Her eyes were half lidded as she stared at him provocatively.

"Wha-?! No! I-I just… Levi! You couldn't give them some advice to help them out with the 3DMG?" Farlan turned his red face to Levi with a disgruntled frown. Isabel was about to kill herself from holding in her laughter. Levi could only roll his eyes at the pair's stupid banter.

"I don't want to be responsible for anyone's lives except yours and Isabel's." Isabel started eating the sweets once again. She gave Levi an inquisitive look as she stuffed her face with the candies one by one.

"Hey big bro, I don't really understand about 'Humanity taking back the world' and whatnot. These guys are actually ready to die for something like that. But you're wondering if it's really okay for them to give up their lives for this." Levi didn't look at either of them as they sat their quietly discussing to each other. Isabel was too right in what Levi was thinking. Later Levi joined in the discussion with them. Saying of what to do tomorrow when they complete the expedition, and when they get back from it.