I woke up that morning and found the sun shining in through my window. I stretched and slowly realized where I was, the memories of yesterday flooding back into my mind. I sighed and reached over to grab my bag and find the solar charger Dr. Wyatt had given me. I needed to charge my phone otherwise I would not be able to communicate with anyone. I plugged in my phone and set the charger on the windowsill.

While I was doing this, I had not noticed that someone else was in the room. I looked at the end of the bed to find the woman from last night. She was leaning on the foot rest, staring at me and saying nothing. A small smile crept on her face when I jumped at her sudden presence. How long had she been standing there? "(Did you sleep well?)" she asked cheerfully. She adjusted her glasses and waited for me to reply.

"Uh, sorry," I said stupidly, covering my bottom half with the blankets. "I don't understand."

The woman slapped her forehead lightly. "(Oh right! Levi-Heichou said you didn't talk like us. I forgot about that.)" She laughed and adjusted the glasses on her face. "(Anyway, there's a shower in there if you want to clean yourself up before breakfast. I'll be waiting out here.)" She pointed to the bathroom door on the other side of the room then settled herself on the end of the bed.

I reached for my jeans on the floor and quickly put them on underneath the blankets. I was not about to expose myself to some stranger, even if I was borrowing their room. I walked to the desk and grabbed the clothes that had been laid out for me. I also grabbed my bag and headed toward the bathroom. After showering and getting dressed in the clean clothes, I took a look at myself in the tiny mirror. I looked well rested, but I was still scared. The fear seemed to not want to leave me for whatever reason. Although, it was fairly obvious why I would be uneasy. Did the Titans ever get inside the walls? How thick were those walls anyway? I was not able to see the thickness of the fortress because I was hidden under the blanket. I sighed and adjusted the pants, feeling slightly uncomfortable. They were just a tad small.

When I finished in the bathroom, the woman was still on the bed. She was sprawled out across the mattress. She looked up when she heard me open the door. "(Ah, good! You look much better now.)" She got up and handed me a pair of brown boots similar to her own. "(They keep extra pairs of boots downstairs. I compared your shoes to the ones there and found a pair close to your size.)"

I thanked her and put on the boots, wondering what kind of shoes normal people in this world wear. I then remembered my phone. Looking towards the window, I found the devices still there, untouched. Surprisingly, my phone was already fully charged. It could not have been more than thirty minutes that I was in the bathroom. I left it plugged in and turned on to the translator app. Thank you for the shoes. What is your name? I'm Ariadne.

The woman raised her eyebrows high and stared curiously at the phone in my hand. Like I had done with Commander Erwin, I showed her how to use the app. She learned quickly and soon had out a response. Commander Hanji Zoe, at your service! I have so many questions to ask! But first, we should head down to breakfast.

-Are you sure? I can answer some now.

-No, unfortunately they will have to wait a few minutes. She sighed sadly. Commander Erwin insists that you sit with the rest of us commanders during the meal so we can all ask questions. My stomach growled. I had completely forgotten about eating food. I was so disturbed by yesterday's events that I had not even thought of quenching my hunger or thirst. Hanji laughed lightly. Follow me and we'll get something to eat. I took the phone and charger from her and put it into my pocket before following Hanji out of the bedroom.

I could smell the food before we even got there. It did not smell the greatest, but it smelled decent. We entered the dining hall. It was larger than I thought it needed to be, but there were plenty of tables and benches full of people already eating and chatting. Hanji yelled a cheery greeting to everyone. All the eyes in the room turned to stare at us. I took a small step back and avoided everyone's gaze. Immediately, whispers spread across the room. Whether they whispered or not, it did not matter. I could not understand them anyway, but I did understand they were talking about me.

Hanji turned back to me, grabbed my hand, and dragged me towards the line to get food. Two gray lumps smothered with black flecked, gray liquid flooded a plate and was handed to me. I figured the food that was put on my tray was a poor excuse for biscuits and gravy, but I did not complain. It was food, I supposed. I was thankful there was a basket of apples and happily took one. Even as we went through the line, I could feel all eyes on my back.

I continued to follow Hanji to the senior officer's table. Commander Erwin and Corporal Levi were already sitting down along with a few others. The only available seating at the table was between Hanji and Erwin so I went ahead and sat down. Levi stared intensely at me, as if he was trying to study me or something. It made me feel even more self-conscious than I already felt.

"Morning," I said awkwardly to everyone at the table, trying to make some sort of conversation. Nobody seemed know what to reply. I turned red and stared down at the lumps on my plate.

"(I like this one already,)" Hanji said happily to Erwin. "(She's staying with us right?)"

Erwin took a swig from his coffee mug. "(For the time being. Not like we really have anywhere else we can put her for now.)"

"(Do we tell the Interior about her?)" asked Levi, taking a bite out of his own lumpy breakfast.

Erwin shook his head. "(No, not yet. I have a bad feeling about telling them about Miss Ariadne. For as long as we can I feel as if we should keep her here.)"

I sighed. "Not trying to be rude here, but I have my phone if you have questions to ask me." I took my phone out of my pocket and opened up the app again. Since I'm here among you commanding officers, go ahead and ask me the things you've been wanting to ask.

Erwin took the phone from my hand and typed a reply, quicker than when he had last night. Can you explain how you arrived here?

Briefly, I explained as much as I could. It was hard to summarize everything in such a little space on the app. There was only so many characters I could type in. I was also unsure of how much they would understand, since my world was so different from theirs.

Are there any Titans in your world? Was the next question from Levi.

I shook my head no. We don't have anything like that. Most things we fear are large animals and serious diseases.

All the officers furrowed their eyebrows as if having a Titan-less world was hard to imagine. Erwin had the phone again. Our goal in our branch of the military, the Survey Corps, is to eradicate the Titans and free humanity from them forever. Were their ever any Titans in your world?

I shook my head again. No. There are people who are over 7 feet tall, but they aren't Titans. I wondered if he was thinking that if their were Titans in my world, how did we destroy them? Could I have been any help in that way if that were the case?

All of the officers shifted uncomfortably at my response, as if they were all thinking of the same thing. "(Should we mention Titan-Shifters like Eren?)" asked Hanji.

"(Maybe later,)" suggested Levi. "(Now is not the time for that.)"

It was my turn to ask a few questions. Of course, as soon as I was about to ask them, I forgot what they were. I read over Erwin's response again since it had not been erased yet. What are the other branches of military? Do they not have the same goals as the Survey Corps?

Yes and no, replied Hanji. The Garrison takes care of the walls and protects them from Titan attacks. They also help evacuate people if the walls are ever breached. That had answered my question form earlier. The walls have been broken through before. What happened? I kept this question in the back of my head.

Levi snatched the phone out of her hands, earning a disappointed groan from Hanji. The Military Police are the ones who are in the innermost walls. They don't do much. They're also known to abuse their power so stay away from them.

Hanji snatched it back. As I was saying, the Garrison has similar goals to us Survey Corps members, but they do not go outside the walls like we do.. She gave an empowered grin to Levi. He ignored her.

It was my turn to have the phone. How did the titans come around? Does anybody know?

Hanji smiled brightly. We don't know exactly know how they came around, but we have learned some things about them! Want to know?

All the other commanders were shaking their heads and signaling to me to say no. I looked over at Hanji and found her quivering with anticipation to my answer and hope filling her eyes that I would say yes. However, I was unable to give my answer, when someone else walked into the room. He was dressed like the rest of the soldiers, but the insignia on his tan jacket was different from the wing-like design on everyone else's. Instead of the wings, the jacket had two roses stitched into the cloth. The man was bald, with many wrinkles around his golden eyes. A grey mustache covered his upper lip. He also had on a bolo tie, similar to Erwin's.

"(Commander Pixis,)" Commander Erwin stood and greeted the man with a handshake, "(what brings you here during our mealtime?)"

"(I'm here on a report from one of my men,)" he replied, putting his hands behind his back. "(Is there something you're keeping from me, Erwin? Something that must have been picked up on on the last expedition.)"

Commander Erwin furrowed his eyebrows and blocked the man's view of me. "(What were you told?)"

"(I was told you found another titan shifter among your numbers. Is this true?)"

Erwin and the other officers shifted uncomfortably. "(I'm afraid I have no idea what you're getting to, Commander. I believe you heard wrong.)"

The man laughed and shook his head. "(I guess I have.)" He pointed to his ears. "(These aren't what they used to be. It comes with getting older.)" He quickly turned on his heels and stalked out of the room, waving good bye as he left. He paused in the doorway and stared back seriously to Erwin. "(I would keep your company in check. You never know what other trials may come upon them.)" With those last words, he departed.

The rest of breakfast went by slowly and awkwardly. Nobody said a word, nor did they feel like talking. I assumed they were all thinking about what the bald man said. None of them wanted to translate. Even Hanji had calmed down. I was going to ask her about the titans again, but it did not seem like the time to do so. Once the meals had been cleared and the dishes cleaned, all the soldiers went about their own duties. Erwin and Levi made me follow them again, making their way back to Erwin's office.

"(What the hell was that suppose to mean?)" Levi said crossing his arms and standing beside a chair. He was talking about what Commander Pixis had said earlier. I sat down in the other chair, listening quietly.

"(It was a warning for something,)" Erwin replied, sitting down behind his desk. He glanced at me then back to Levi. "(What do we do with her? The way it seems is that the Garrison has already gotten word that we have an outsider.)"

Levi nodded. "(We could just put her to work like one of the cadets.)"

"(That's the problem though,)" Erwin said with a sigh. "(She doesn't look like the rest of them. Not to be rude to her, but she doesn't seem to be physically strong like the rest of them.)"

"(Either way, she's going to have to blend in somehow.)"

Erwin sighed again. "(Alright, alright. You win. Let her clean or something,)" he gave in with a shrug.

Suddenly, the office door burst open. "(Commander Erwin, sir!)" a soldier dressed in the usual uniform said from the doorway. "(A letter came for you. It's urgent that you read it now.)" The soldier crossed to the room to his desk and handed him an envelope. She glanced curiously at me before saluting and then leaving.

I hated not knowing what was going on. It was so frustrating that I was not able to use my phone for all the translating. I wish I did not have to type everything out to have it translated. It was slow and aggravating. But as I watched Erwin's face as he read the letter he received, I sensed something was wrong and it had to deal with me.

"(What is it?)" Levi asked leaning on the desk.

Erwin looked up slowly as he comprehended what he just read. "(Somehow,)" he replied in disbelief, "(the Interior has already learned of Ariadne and they want to have her arrested and detained until we can prove she is not a Titan Shifter.)" They both turned to look at me. I gulped.

And I shall leave it there for now. What do you think will happen to Ariadne now? Tell me in a review!

Sorry I had to leave it at a cliffhanger, but this chapter was already getting too long for my taste so I cut it short. Hope you enjoyed anyway! Please write a review!