Hi everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read this. Thank you to all of you again! Have a lovely day/night wherever you are! It made me smile so much to see all the new followers for the story ^_^ Warning, story contains: Boyxboy, extreme violence, character death, OC's, gore, mentions of past abuse etc and ratings will be turned up in the later chapters

Lightning and thunder roamed as the morning sky was blacker than the night, tainted and spread with intense black smoke which was thicker than the most concentrated and darkest ink.

Harry kept the cloak of his hood up to drown out the moonlight shade of his hair as he kept his arms tightly around Armin and on the reins of the steed which was now going full out gallop across the ash blanketed ground of the ruined village. Far in front of them in the what seemed and felt like the distant horizon was the large gates of the village. They were hard to make out from this distance, the haze and deep billowing black smoke made it pretty much hard to make out anything around them.

The two siblings had found themselves resorting back to their instincts on sound and slight glances from the corner of their eyes to try and make sure that nothing was going to come crashing into them.

But it was because of the sound which now thundered above the fires and the roars of collapsing houses, it was because of that sound, the two siblings and those they had rescued, were now stampeding through the night at a break neck speed. The stomps and loud crashes behind them of ground tearing up and breaking apart was all that they needed to know as they could feel the empty hungry gaze locked onto them.

Jasmine had thrown her brother a cloak not long after they had set off, and now as it whipped out behind them, it became startling how both siblings were so different and yet so similar in appearance.

At least that was what Armin thought as her stared at Harry.

The boy's hood kept steady atop the large and stubborn spikes of pointed hair which bristled like a nest of cobras. His dark cloak spread out behind him catching the breeze of the air but still his eyes were locked determinedly in front of him with a cold fixation of nothing and no sense of visible hesitation. Right now in the reflection of the infernos, his eyes looked like a writhing and explosion of crimson and orange. Like blood had somehow found a way to turn to fire. But with the cloak which spread out behind him like an almighty pair of ink black wings, while the light in the inferno and the glimmer aura of midnight wrapped around his peach like skin making it look tired and pale but yet define his body.

He was like a fallen angel going for redemption.

Armin turned his gaze away as a blush exploded along his cheeks.

That medicine must have really been messing about with his head.

But he was quickly brought back to his senses as he heard the sound of a sword scratching against it's scabbard.

Harry barely even glanced down at the other blonde, placing a chaste kiss on his forehead.

Armin barely recognized that the boy had shoved the reins into his hand or now wrapped the cloak around him as Harry stretched his arm and winced, but all the same he took off out the saddle like an bullet from a gun with his sibling.

He roared up through the black smoke.

It was like he truly was flying.

His blades both gripped tightly in his palms as he squared himself up with the glowing hungry eyes which were locked onto the group. "Armin! Get your head back together!"

For a moment Armin thought that it had been Harry who had shouted that, since the boy had been watching him out the corner of his eye, but as he was forced to turn his gaze away he became aware that the voice was a lot more sharper.

Eren bellowed at the boy watching as Armin's unfocused eyes slowly slid back over to him. He was holding onto the small kid with all his might as he edged the horse to pick up the speed as silhouette of the towering Titan was getting closer through the thick black smog. Eren went instinctively to reach for his gear but knew that it was smashed into a bunch of unusable pieces. He wouldn't be able to get a decent enough height to go for the back of the neck on the murderer.

His eyes fell on Jasmine who was staring after her brother. Concern was painted behind her eyes as she remained in a quite and yet studious gaze, watching how her brother spun through the air like a gymnast then came crashing back down, gliding on his gear as he kept pace with the horses. No longer was he that peachy tone as he was before. But now Eren could see that the boy was deathly pale, like the blood had drained out of his face completely. He knew that he couldn't change at that moment, he was too weak still. He had no doubt that the boy could handle killing a Titan. He had honestly thought that he was going to lose his best friend after watching Armin be swallow... but then that boy.

Eren watched from the corner of his eye as the silver haired boy seemed to trying to at least slow the titan down by bounding off burning debris and bringing it across the road and path which they were being followed along. But all that it was doing was just making him more tired, buying them a few seconds at most. The Titans regenerated far faster than it would bother them.

It was only as he launched his hooks onto the road either side of the horse and landed back on the steed, taking the reins back from Armin did he turn to look at his siblings with a grave look. "It's a fourteen meter!" He called out and immediately Jasmine and Eren's head snapped up. Both of the two knew what this meant. "I can''t-" He paused for a moment as the words crawled back into his mouth as he eyed Eren suspiciously as the boy thought better of sharing a secret with someone he had only just met.
"Will you be okay?" She asked quietly, slowly coming to stand on her horse's back. Her balance was completely perfect and her gaze was stony cold and impassive. Her brother wouldn't meet her eyes and she gritted her teeth slightly as her shoulders became tense. "Well then. I guess I better make this quick huh?" She clicked her neck and knuckles before hurling herself into the black cloud.

Eren stared incredulously at the boy. "What?! YOU JUST LET HER GO OUT THERE BY HERSELF!"
"You doubt my sister?" Harry frowned deeply, a glare flashing into his eyes as his fingers twitched noticeably towards his chest. Eren barely managed to notice the movement in the dark but only kept his gaze on the boy.
"You coward! Just because you can't face the thing off by yourself, you run! You would rather let your sister get killed fighting that thing-"

Both fell silent as an explosion filled the village, momentarily blasting away all pretense of a cloud, sending a soaring high column of sapphire and dark blue light across the ground and through the black clouds, momentarily letting light pass through. As the sky itself acted like it had been impaled and violently stabbed, leaving Eren to stare in amazement at the tumultuous explosion. The feel of blistering heat was like nothing he had ever felt before but yet seemed so very familiar to him.

"No way." Armin gasped, peaking his head out from around Harry's shoulder as he studied the way that this blue colour rolled with energy, fire and sparked around them like lightning. "That's impossible! I didn't think that there could be- Hey are you alright?!" The boy sobered up immediately as he watched Harry slump slightly forward, the sparkle of light in his eyes seemed to be replaced with a bitter and harsh pain. Like the boy was being whipped and lashed over and over. But instead of responding Harry just gripped the reins tighter but gritted his teeth, trying to regain himself. "Yeah. Fine. Eyes on the front Blondie." Harry snarled, his eyes showing a sense of smugness as he watched the way that the others were awed by the sight.

But then as the light faded, the heavy black smoke set back in immediately, hiding the village back from sight. "What the hell was that!" Eren shouted.

For a moment the only sound was that of the fires in the village. No sound of thunderous footsteps but only the houses crying out as their collapse was coming.

Then a low but loud meticulous growl began to build up. Like the fall of rocks before an avalanche.

Two luminous sharp discs, like eyes, slowly illuminated the black cloud cover above them all.

"That's not possible." Eren whispered quietly, staring with disbelief.
"Neither is your sense of focus!" Harry shouted over as up ahead, the worst could have happened.

In the line of their path, now blocking their way stood two nightmares given form, both easily the same size as their friend who was now caught by Jasmine.

Jasmine was too busy. Harry looked in no shape to be barely to do much more than breathe. Eren was covered in blood and Armin was still half dazed.

"Well... This seems a good as day to die as any." Harry growled quietly.

-Break-

Eren gripped the reigns of his horse tightly, looking for a way for them to get out of their massacre which was approaching at a long striding pace.

But the truth was... there was no escape. No gear to help get them out of the situation. His Titan change wasn't working for what ever reason! They had already lost one member, or so it seemed to appear as there was no word from that Jasmine girl, but his mind refused to accept the truth which was directly in front of him.

The roads were blocked on all sides by piled high debris. The horses wouldn't make it over the flaming wreckage. Not by a long shot. No weapons. No plan. No escape.

But still he felt a defiant fire blazing inside of him.

Harry smirked the side of his mouth as he watched the surge of defiance passing through the other boy. He noted every single ounce of hatred, anger and loathing. He was so far into his evaluation and the chaotic mess of his thoughts that he barely heard Eren. "Excuse me?" He called out.
"Pass me your gear." Eren shouted over suddenly but Harry only raised an eyebrow.
"Really now? I've only just met you, we haven't even been on a date yet!" He smirked even deeper.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Eren barked.
"Well no. Not really. I have my virtue to think of." Harry mockingly placed his hand over his heart, looking paler in the firelight.
"SHUT UP AND GIVE ME YOUR WEAPON!" Eren bellowed but now Harry frowned. All joke and pretense leaving his face cold and impassive as he looked down at the other boy.
"Touch my swords and I swear to god, you will wish those Titans are what kill you."

Eren was momentarily taken back by the cold savagery that he barely noticed Harry climbing to his feet, copying the pose his sister had done before she had vanished into that light. "No way." He whispered watching the boy with wide eyes.
"No, just messing with you." He smirked. He pulled slightly on the reigns as he lent forward. "Pegasus, keep them safe!"
"He's a horse!" Eren said. "HE CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU!"
"Don't let this one go running off." Harry said before turning his eyes back to Armin. "When you're drinking tonight, remember our names please... Harry and Jasmine Morgenstern." He gave a weak smile before launching into the air and flipping on the currents.

For a moment Eren thought that the boy was just going to come sailing back down.

From the heavy black smoke which clouded the darkness a enormous fist came sailing out, it's fingers closed tightly and unwavering from it's grip as it caught the grappling hooks which sailed out in time to meet it.

"They timed that?!" Eren bellowed out, staring in awe as he watched a large body shift in the darkness. Those giant sapphire orbs shifting as an ear splitting screech filled the air.

The fist vanished like an eruption of steam after having thrown the blond boy forward, with now Jasmine following close behind her brother with focused and narrowed her eyes. Her body language now showing heavy exhaustion. She looked just as ready to collapse as her brother! Now both of them were willing to sacrifice themselves to prove a slight distraction. Two dinners for two hungry Titans. Just long enough to get past the tall stone gates of the village and to get back to their own home?

Eren screamed out in anger while the three steeds pulled closer to each other, forming a line as the two siblings sailed over head with impassive faces. Their weapon wielding hands out stretched for each other as they glanced only momentarily. "I'm not letting them die for us!" He shouted, whipping the reigns, but the horse didn't respond.
"They must be trained." Armin said, staring towards the two as the Titans brought up their hands to grab the two siblings. Their interest momentarily taken off the road as they turned, making the ground shake as they did so.

Harry brought a sword down in time to slash an eye open on one of the Titans which roared out in agony, while Jasmine herself managed to nearly sever the Titan's hand from it's wrist.

The sheer amount of strength and mental focus to have done that astounded Eren to even think of.

Both brother and sister kept up a moment of quick burst movements, lashing out causing an irritating wound which would give them a split second to quickly move and dart away as they were gnashed at by giant teeth or attempted to be grabbed by those humongous hands. They worked within a close in space, jumping mainly from head to head or shoulder to shoulder. Eren wondered just exactly how their gear was still working after all that they had done so far.

But it was when Harry swore out loud after narrowly dodging a giant hand, Eren began to see just how tired both siblings were becoming. All the while as his mind desperately was trying to figure out a way to help them, some part of his mind thought: If they are killed now... there is not a full certainty that we may get out without the Titans getting us.

Armin although horrified by what was going on in front of him was thinking the same.

"They need help!" Eren bellowed out.
"GO!" Jasmine screamed back. "KEEP GOING- HARRY!"

She turned her focus back in time to her brother get caught in the vice like grip of the titan and instinctively, turn his head towards the small pouch at the top of his shirt. "DON'T!" She screamed and leaped over, but found herself encased in darkness as a fist closed around her body, forcing her to cave in on herself and crush herself into a ball like shape.

Eren went to lunge off his horse but Armin only grabbed his friend by his collar, pulling with all the might left in his muscles, to keep the boy from running. "G-GO!" Harry shouted down at them. Straining, even from here, obviously biting so hard into his lip that he was drawing fresh blood. He's trying to stop from screaming so we won't come back for them-
"WELL WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Jasmine shouted, fighting with the last of her failing strength to keep the two hands from closing shut on her. Her eyes were wild and wide, filled with blood lust and rage, but no horror or fear. Only like that of an hungry warrior or hound which had just been unleashed into battle. "GET GOING!" She shouted at Eren.

But still it was only Armin who saw the true message painted behind her eyes as her brother fought of screaming out in agony and the girl herself tried to keep herself alive long enough to see them safely pass. 'Don't let our deaths be for nothing.' Her eyes seemed to whisper to him. 'Let us have done some actual good'. So turning his head away, the blonde boy could look no longer as he pulled on the reigns for the horse to speed up.

The last thing Jasmine saw before the darkness closed out her, was through the fingers of the Titan, the three horses ploughed through the village gateway and storm out into the outside fields of the town.

Harry screamed out in frustration as he tried desperately to move his swords, but with his strength failing him and with an overwhelming suffocation coming from his chest, he found that his body was failing him. Leaving him only to stare up at the shaggy haired monster which looked down at him with giant brown eyes. No emotion behind them. No expression. Like a toddler in control of an adult body..

And all he could think was how much he regretted... that he would take this bastard down with him to the grave.

The skin along the Titan's cheeks ripped wide open, like stitches becoming unfastened all at once. He tried to turn his mouth to his pouch on his shirt which contained the pill which was only to be taken in situations like this. The one thing he had always wished that he would never have to use. But with the overwhelming grip crushing on his ribs and chest, he could do nothing other than scream out in agony. "IF I'M GOING DOWN YOUR THROAT! I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE YOU ONE BAD FUCKING CASE OF INDIGESTION YOU BASTARD!" He bellowed, now free to explode his rage and pain.

The Titan only stared at him blankly before bringing it's hand up to it's mouth.

"I will die with honor-"

As darkness enveloped him he felt himself pause. Something sharp piercing just above his waist, stopping before the skin, while in front of him in the darkness of the Titan's mouth, something glinted and flashed for the briefest of seconds.

The grip around him slacked.

Then with a sudden and sharp sensation, he was yanked back through the air, suddenly finding that his arm was wrapped over the shoulder of someone else. A hand strong wrapped around him so he wouldn't fall as he seemed to be rising through the air once again. The wind hitting him strongly in the face. "Uh... I'm not complaining or anything but-"

He paused for a long second. "KAON YOU SON OF A BITCH. WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU! GREAT SENSE OF TIMING!"
"That's how you talk to your leader?" A voice joked quietly next to him with a grin clearly plastered in it's tone.
"If this is how you treat your second in command, then yeah!" Harry barked, still catching his breath as he watched the remains of the Titan smolder and collapse in front of him..

-Break-

Armin was still left half dazed and was trying to comfort the crying boy who was calling out to his saving angels, half sobbing, half silently praying for their safety though the older two knew that from their own experience that there was absolutely no chance of getting away from a Titan once it had you swallowed... but then again. All three of them were a example to have being able to survived what should have been death for them.

"We need to turn back!" Eren snapped.

Armin turned his gaze over to the other boy who had that murderous dark glare still blazing in his eyes which were hidden behind the falls of his hair. Eren's clothes were still layered with ash and torn in a lot of places. The insignia on his back was barely even recognizable anymore. "They sacrificed themselves so that we could get away! Besides! These horses are trained! They will only respond to those two!"
"THEY'RE HORSES!" Eren shouted.
"How would we be able to-"

BANG

BANG BANG

Armin paused, the blood draining from his face with horror. No... there's just no way. We got away from them! WE HAD GOT AWAY FROM THEM!

The horses whined loudly as the ground behind them burst open and a hand swiped out, narrowly missing them. A mess of black hair caught in the sunlight for a second before it vanished back down beneath the ground with a loud roar. Armin cried out warning to Eren who glared foully over his shoulder with barred teeth as large cracks began to form in the ground, closing faster and faster with their speed. "Abnormal!" Armin warned.
"We can't out run it!"
"WHAT CAN WE DO-"

For the first time, both boys became ultimately weighed down with terror and realization. No longer their defiance burning like an outright inferno but instead both of them locking gazes finding that they couldn't do anything but just stare. Their bodies not responding to them.

Not even as the wide mouth face of a ten meter abnormal came bursting out the ground, opening wider and wider in an attempt to claim all three boys in one gulp. It's eyes were wide and it's body flat like a spider, it's wrists turned forward and pulled close presumably so it could dig and glide faster underground.

Still both just held each other's gazes, completely frozen as the mouth began to close on them. This is it. Armin thought. This is actually it-

The thing's mouth snapped shut but suddenly it seemed as though the thing's head had fallen limp, while the three horses skidded to a halt, digging their feet in deeply to the ground. till the three were forced to face the giant blank eyes of the Titan which was gazing blankly. It's jaw slowly opening but the body itself was completely still. "W-What the hell?" Eren whispered.
"Well kiddos, it's your lucky day isn't it?"

Eren blinked his eyes a couple of times as on the head of the titan, a silhouette was blackened by the look of the sun which burst through the clouds like claws. It was only as the person shifted slightly and grinned with a hand resting at his side, the other wielding a lengthy great sword which whirred and ticked quietly. He wore the same colored jacket as Eren and Armin, with the same insignia, though his was split in two. On one side of the insignia was the scouts corps symbol but on the other half was a giant sideways faced on bull. It's eyes narrowed but with wickedly sharp horns.

His eyes were a startling light and dark blue, sapphire one moment and then the next turquoise. The light seemingly making the tones like the change in the ocean. The look behind his gaze was amused, but stern as he flexed his wielding arm and let the strong muscles speak for themselves quietly as the blade seemed to piece itself apart like reversing a puzzle, shortening itself, revealing the various cogs and gears in the great sleek metal till he was holding a regular sized blade.

His mouth was a smirk in his softly pale skin, which made the sleek and dark brown of his hair stand out better. The left side of it buzz cut short while the top and right of it swept down in a bit of a longer length, turning itself out like a curtain of spikes. His pose was dominant and strong... though that tended to be how one looked when standing on top of the head of a dead Titan, wielding a great weapon.

Armin frowned to himself. "W-What?"

A loud scream echoed from the hills behind them as three more cloaked figures landed, though had Armin not blinked, he would have thought that they had risen out of the shadows themselves. Each of the three was covered, revealing not a single feature. "The two are alright?" The boy asked, looking towards the three with expectation.

He was obviously their leader.

One stepped forward and whispered something quietly, making him nod his head slowly. "I guess we can wait till later for introductions." He turned back to Armin and Eren as though just remembering they were still there. "But I guess the situation demands for some sort of response. Fine." He slowly jumped down with grace and landed silently on the ground, light as a feather blown on a breeze.

Armin and Eren glanced between each other. "Excuse me- So who are you-" He fell silent as the man looked both of them over with a stern look.
"So you two are the reason for what happened back there." His hand slowly moved to the weapon at his waist. "It's my job to work them to death. Not yours."
"Did they survived?!" Armin exclaimed, hope obviously painted in his voice with his disbelief.
"That is not what you need to know just yet." The boy shut him down quickly and nodded over to the others who scattered quickly, gliding across the plains of the grass as though it was sheets of ice. "It's not important at the moment."
"Not important!" Eren bellowed. "Those were your squad! Your soldiers! Of course it matters!"

The nineteen year old boy, (Armin guessed him to be nineteen anyway, he looked so from his appearance), glanced over them one more time, as though weighing something up in his mind against his judgement. "My name is Kaon. 'Kay-On'" He pronounced. "Kaon Taurus. There's a herd of those beasts behind us and my men are tired enough for one day. We will escort you back to the city and then you can debrief me on what happened."

Kaon turned slowly back towards the distance where the Titan's were striding across the ground. His eyes becoming almost glazed over and ancient looking. Weighed down by horrors and sights before him, but still the smile tugged at the edge of his mouth as his hand gripped firmly around his weapon. The head of the titan he had killed rolled away slowly as though some invisible fault line had finally been cut. Kaon couldn't help but smirk even deeper. "After all, if we don't leave now. I'm not sure I'll be able to stop myself till they're all dead."
"Oh... I like him." Eren grinned quietly as Kaon climbed quickly onto the third, spare steed and led the horses back in the direction of their home.

Still.

The fight and their problems were far from over.

They barely knew, it was only just beginning.