Hey guys! It's been a LONG TIME. Like maybe 2 months long? I'm not sure but I'm so sorry! I can explain myself, but I won't do it here because it's pretty long. So there is an update after this chapter telling of what happen and also some sequels and MAYBE a prequel! And hey guess what! Petra is finally here!

Ch. 3 Meeting Petra Fall, Year 846

It's been little more than a year since Wall Maria has fallen. Evacuating the towns and making sure everyone had enough to eat was a hefty task. In the end it would prove it was in vain. The government had ordered a recapture plan that failed horribly. It had improved the food shortage situation but at a horrible price.

During that period the Survey Corps went on few expeditions, in order to help the Garrison Regiment with the extra load of people. Despite the loss of the wall and people, it was quite a peaceful time for the Survey Corps. Fewer expeditions meant fewer friends dead and more time visiting family.

"So Levi, you don't have anyone you want to visit?" The Survey Corps had settled their HQ in the old abandoned previous HQ in Wall Rose. Calle had gone to visit her cousin and uncle several times already, but realized Levi hasn't left anywhere to visit anyone.

"Not unless you count the other thugs below the capitol, then no I don't."

"… Well why don't you come with me to meet my uncle in the Karanese district. My cousin especially wants to meet you. I've been telling her all about you." She gave him the warmest smile she could give. Levi's face flushed lightly and had to look away. Levi had noticed his developing infatuation with the tall woman, but he would never admit it to himself. He wasn't going to get close to another person and end up losing them.

After some thinking he agreed to go with Calle. He just hoped he wouldn't look stupid in front of her family. The last thing he wants is for them to think of him as a bad influence for her or something. 'Speaking of family, why doesn't she visit her parents in Mitras? Maybe it's just too far…'

Calle and Levi took their horses to shorten their arrival time, arriving about an hour later in Karanese. Getting off the horses and tying them near the gate, Calle looked distressed. It looked like she was looking for someone.

"Who're looking for?" Though Levi later guessed she might be looking for her uncle. He looked at all the people coming in and out of the Karanese gate to find someone who might resemble Calle.

"I'm looking for my uncle. He wrote to me he would be standing near the gate until he met one of us." 'One of us? What is she talking about?' Levi ignored his thoughts, and continued searching until he saw, what he thought, was a smaller Calle wearing the same uniform that trainees wear. She was walking towards them with a huge grin.

"Calle!" Calle looked to the girl who had called to her. She returned the same smile and ran up to hug her. She towered over the short girl, who she picked up off the ground. 'So, they know each other?'

"Petra! I've missed you so much!" She put Petra back down on the ground. Petra straightened up her jacket and looked up at Calle.

"It's only been, like, four months, Calle." Petra looked over to Levi, who continued to give his normal glaring stoic looks at both of them. She started to blush looking uneasily at him, not knowing why he was there.

"Still, it feels like forever." Calle noticed the looks Petra was giving to the short man and vice versa. "Oh! Petra, this is Levi, the one I've been telling you about." She gestured to him, who was still standing there glaring. Petra gave a shocked look at Levi. From Calle telling her how skilled he was she never imagined him to be so short and angst looking. "Levi, this is Petra, my cousin. I forgot to mention she is in the 102nd trainees group."

Petra walked up to Levi with a curious look in her eyes, "Wow, I… I imagined you to be taller." She knew that she was shorter than him, but not by much. They basically looked eye to eye.

" Tch, Look who's talking." Levi was in no mood to be insulted by some brat he just met and was under him in rank. Not even a handshake from her. An awkward silence fell between the two, while Calle chuckled at the situation. Then a man with a worn face and brown hair walked up to the group with his arms outstretched.

"Petra! Calledora! Sorry I was late getting here, I had to finish up some things at the house."

Petra and Calle both greeted him in unison, "Dad! /Uncle Hermes!" He gave both of them a bear hug, and kissed them on the foreheads. He was happy to see both of them at one time, but the little man standing off to the side caught his attention the most.

"Um… Who's your friend here?" He asked both of them, while locking eyes with Levi, raising an eyebrow. Calle was about to tell her uncle, but Levi beat her to it.

"I'm Levi. I joined the Survey Corps about two years ago. I'm in the same squad as Calle here." He kept his stoic expression while staying in his staring contest with Hermes.

"…He's usually blunt like that, but he's the one I've been telling you about. Humanity's Strongest Soldier!" She went and put an arm around his shoulder as she said this, hugging him towards her. Levi blushed at her actions, not because he was in such a close proximity to her. But because he was so short compared to her, his head was basically resting on her breasts.

Hermes still was eyeing Levi weird, but had respect mixed into his eyes. Calle let go of Levi to go put her hand on her uncle's shoulder. "I'll tell you more once we get to the house."

"Well okay then. Let's get going."

Calle was in a separate room talking to Hermes about recent events and other things. Such as the reason behind Levi's presence… "WHAT?! Hermes, no! I'm not dating Levi!" While Calle talked to Hermes, Petra decided to take Levi away from her cousin and father's situation. She wanted to take him on a tour around the place she grew up.

"And this is where I attended school. It's a bit run down looking compared to the other district schools', but it was still very enjoyable." Levi looked around the area as they walked. To him it wasn't any different from any other district except for the districts of Wall Sina. "My friend Aururo is from this school also. He's a trainee like me in the 102nd… Levi?" Levi looked at her, curious to why she went from telling him about her life in Karanese, to a questioning tone.

"Hm?"

"How did you get into the Survey Corps so fast? My cousin mentioned you were chosen by Erwin, and I've also heard rumors you didn't even go through training. So how and why exactly did Erwin pick you?" She stared straight into Levi's eyes, and he realized she had the same bright amber gaze as Calle. This surprised him as he kept finding other physical similarities in her face. "Levi?" He had been so distracted with her features that he forgot she asked him a question. He became a bit flustered and answered shortly.

"How? Let's just say we met when I was… a delinquent. Erwin saw us perform and he wanted us."

"Us?" Of course Petra wouldn't know about Farlan and Isabel. He mentally kicked himself for bringing up his gone friends. He doesn't get mad, sad or really anything anymore when he thinks of his lost friends. He just feels disappointment in himself.

"Nevermind, just… nevermind." Petra nodded, sympathizing with Levi and not asking who the us were.

"… You know. Calle was troubled for a while too." Levi's eyes widened a bit with surprise. Calle had not mentioned anything in her past that suggested she was troubled. Really she still hasn't told him about her later years in Mitras. "Yeah, it got so bad that my aunt and uncle threatened to send her here to live with us. That's when she went into the military. How you said you got in reminded me of how she got in." She looked ahead with a thoughtful expression, likely reminiscing on past years.

"So tell me Petra. Why did you go into the military?" Just like Calle, it didn't seem like any reason for her to go in. It sounded like to him she had a comfortable life.

"Well at first I wanted to follow after Calle. To make sure she would be okay. I would be devastated if I lost her, she's like my sister. Still I wasn't sure about joining. Then last year Maria fell, and we had all those people come into Rose. There was already a food shortage so… I thought it best if I could take care of myself and not have my dad worrying about whether or not he could feed us both. I was just going into the Garrison Regiment. But by the time the shortage improved, I've already joined Training. My dad has begged me multiple times to come back. But now… now I know I want to defeat the titans, so a disaster like in Shigashina won't happen again."

Levi could sense a strong spirit within her. He made a mental note to keep an eye on her and possibly consider her to Erwin. Erwin has been hinting at a promotion to Squad leader soon for Levi, and he knew he was going to have to scope out future members.

"Keep that attitude up. We need more people like you in this world, that actually cares about what goes on outside." He looked over to Petra to find her staring at him admiringly. After several seconds, her face became red when she realized she had stared at him for a bit too long. She turned away from Levi's steel gaze and tried to cover her face with her hand.

"My, it sure is hot today isn't it?" Petra waved her raised hand to cool off her now embarrassed face.

"… It's 15 degrees (59 Fahrenheit)" They continued to walk around until it became dark, and returned to the house for dinner. Calle took Levi back to HQ, after saying their farewells to Petra and Hermes. As Levi and Calle rode away, Levi did one last glance back at Petra, whose eyes only followed Levi.

Okay so the story behind my long hiatus when I said I would update every week, but here I am updating 2 months and some weeks later! My old computer just stopped working, like actually it exploded kind of. I was on it too much and it couldn't take I guess and just killed itself on me. So the chapter I was about to release was GONE. Soon I got a new computer. So really you're probably thinking, well you should've just rewrote and continued on, right? Here's the thing I already prewrote the whole story, months in advance, hence why I would be able to get chapters out once a week. I would review chapters, rewrite change some scenes around until it was perfect for me to release. So I had to come up with all the chapters again, so now they are different than my original plan, but hey better second time around right?

Since I already had sort of a plan layed out I got done pretty quick, so with a bit of extra time I started writing out a sequel and a prequel to this story already. So productive I am! So maybe me losing all my work turned out for the better! (And also taught me to save this on a flash drive :D)

TL;DR I lost my work after my computer broke, so I had to rewrite all the chapters. But in doing so I also decided to start on a sequel and a prequel, which I'm excited for! (Because honestly I don't really know how they will end yet!)

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