Hello everyone!
I got a chapter for you all.
I have decided to do it chronological type order, so I will be giving the training they went through before they left the walls and found the Female Titan.
That's all for this update.
Enjoy...
I had been left behind in the city with Petra. She and Oluo were to watch me. It was a day or two before we actually did anything.
"Hurry up! He already started." Petra ordered as we ran towards the platform that Commander Erwin was giving his speech to the new cadets at.
"If you wanted me to hurry then you should have asked." I pushed myself into a full on sprint, passing Petra as she attempted to go faster. I turned a corner and came to a stop under an archway. I looked past it to see Erwin standing alone in the center of the platform. Before him were nearly a hundred cadets that I had trained with.
"Wow." I gasped in awe. Had so many cadets chosen to join the scouts?
"Your speed is amazing." A shiver went up my spine as I turned to see my all to loving Aunt over my shoulder. She quickly grabbed me into a giant hug. I struggled and pushed against her. "I can't wait to begin our experiments!" She squealed in my ear. I noticed Petra finally show up, panting as she walked up to me.
'Help me!' I mouthed but she shook her head.
"Mind keeping her restrained until the end of Erwin's speech?" Petra asked Hange, I felt my aunt nod excitedly. Her grip slowly got tighter. I let out a strangled breathe as I was lifted off the ground.
"Why don't we begin with the experiments?" She laughed quietly. She put me down and I quickly ducked under her arm that was coming toward me and ran the opposite way then the one I had come from. I didn't get far before the other two soldiers that had been with us grabbed my arms. My arms were pinned behind my back and I was about a foot off the ground as the two men held me tight. Meanwhile Hange came over and began jabbing me in several places with needles.
"Now tell me when these hurt." She poked my stomach.
"Ow." My right shoulder.
"Ow." My left palm.
"Ow" My lower left back.
"Ow" The back of my neck. She continued to poke at all the other placed imaginable. Each time the needle went about a centimeter or two in to my skin. Each time I replied with the same response 'Ow'. Then she poked an area just below my knee. Instead of saying 'Ow' I kicked out, hitting her square in the jaw. I looked down in surprise as a smile grew on her face.
"Fascinating!" She squealed as a small trickle of blood came out of the right corner of her lip. I swallowed hard before turning my head away. Thankfully Hange got up and left. The scent of blood still lingering in the air. It made me sick, the smell reminding me of when I was in Titan form. The people who had been holding me let go and I looked back up to see that most of the cadets were leaving. I took a few steps out onto the platform.
"Where are they going?" I asked, watching as all but a few cadets remained. "If they're not joining the Scouts that means they all are too scared to risk their lives for the sack of Humanity." I stated aloud. The last few left, leaving behind ten to twenty people. Out of them I saw Armin, Jean, Mikasa, Sasha, Connie, and a few others that had been my friends. My arm was grabbed and I was dragged back into the shadows.
"Are those all the new cadets?" I asked, looking over my shoulder at Petra and Hange.
"Those are the ones willing to risk their lives for this." Petra told me, placing a hand on my shoulder. That can't be enough for the Scouts.
"Just think of all that we can get them to do." Hange said, her head appearing on my left shoulder. A glint went across her glasses. I let out a nervous laugh.
We were sent back out for more training before we were to be sent off into Wall Maria. Eren was being given the breakdown of our set up once we were out there. I was standing nearby brushing Echo's coat. He had gathered some dirt over the time I hadn't been with him. I stroked the brush through his mane, several knots coming out. I did a final brush along his neck before finishing.
"Good boy Echo." I walked around to his head and brushed it slightly with the back of my hand. He bent forward and licked my cheek. "Want a treat?" I ducked under his head and over to a small basket I had attached to his saddle. I flipped the top open and pulled out a small carrot that I had stored away from yesterday's dinner. I closed the top and walked back to Echo's head. "Enjoy." I whispered, placing my hand in front of his nose. He sniffed it for a second before nibbling on my hand, eating the carrot easily.
"What was that?" I shrieked and turned to see Levi standing right behind me.
"Um..." I scratched the back of my head.
"The truth Lily." Levi demanded. I looked down.
"It was a carrot from last night's dinner." I stated simply.
"And why didn't you eat it?" He asked, I looked up to be met with a cold stare.
"I can't eat as much fruit and vegetables as you guys." I told him, continuing to avert my eyes. There was a silence after that.
"Go listen to the plan." I turned and walked away, crouching beside Eren.
"It's the safest position in the formation." Gunther stated. He pointed down at a spot on the map that was in the center most area, but in the lower part of the three within it. While they continued talking I glanced over my shoulder to see that Levi was still standing by Echo. He stood in front of him, holding his hand up in a fist in front of the horses mouth. I watched as Echo sniffed it a couple times before giving it a quick lick. Echo then turned away and began eating at some grass.
We concluded our training after that and went back to base. I was ordered to clean the room above the stables, since it hadn't gotten cleaned. I entered the room and pulled my mask up. I quickly swept the dust off the floor and began to dust the chandelier when I heard people marching by outside. I hopped off the ladder and walked over to the window. I pulled down my mask and peered over the edge to see the cadets who had joined just the other day. Eren was down there talking with Armin and Mikasa.
"Hey guys!" I called down, waving at them. Christa, Sasha, Reiner, and Jean looked up and smiled.
"So you've been here too?" Jean asked. I nodded.
"It isn't so bad." I chuckled.
"Get back to work!" Oluo yelled from below me. I glared down at him.
"Shut up Oluo." I replied before sticking my tongue at him. "Gotta go. Nice seeing ya." I told them, waving once more before disappearing once again into the room. I took a glance around. It looked decent, good enough for Levi. I turned around and closed the window. I then picked up the broom I had used and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind me.
"If your done here go find another room to clean." Levi stated as he walked by. I groaned and walked off to find another room to clean.
"Get down off the roof now Cadet Lily." Levi ordered me from below.
"Come one! I need you for your experiment!" Hange whined.
"No!" I yelled down. "Your just gonna drop me down in that stupid well like you have before!"
"That was only one test yesterday. It worked amazingly! Come on! There's still more we must try!" Hange continued to whine.
"I did it as well! It isn't that hard." I looked over the edge to see Eren and everyone else below.
"Easy for you to say! Your not getting hit in the back of the neck every time!" I retorted.
"Get down here now!" Levi ordered.
"No! It hurts no less then it would if you were to chop my arms off!" I yelled angrily. I heard them begin to talk below, but I couldn't hear them. Suddenly a pair of hooks from the maneuver gear shot up on either side of me. Gunther and Eld were on either side of me in an instant.
"I'm not going!" I yelled, running up the side of the roof. A creak came from below my foot and in seconds I had slipped on a loose roof tile. I slide back down the roof, falling backwards over the edge. I watched as Eld and Gunther were too slow to catch me. Everything went in slow motion as people's attempt to catch me failed. I collided with the ground, my back arching up in pain. Just by chance I happened to land on a rock, it jabbed up at the back of my neck. I feel like this type of thing has happened before. Just an overlying suspicion.
I turned my head and looked over at the small people standing beside me. I pushed myself up onto my feet and began walking away from the group with my hands on my hips.
"Where do you think your going?" A voice echoed through my head. I turned and glared at the person on my shoulder. I glared and let out an angered grunt.
"So you can understand me." The person stated. He looked a lot like a blurry version of Levi. I let out another growl as I felt more hooks dig into my skin and climb up to my shoulders.
"This is beautiful!" Someone squealed. I turned and looked at my other shoulder. Blurry versions of Hange, Eren and Oluo were on this shoulder. "Now can you go over there and pick up one of those horses?" Hange asked. I rolled my eyes before doing a cartwheel. All of the people on my shoulders fell off onto the ground below. I landed in a crouched position before I began crawling along the ground towards a couple of horses. Once I got close enough I laid flat on the ground and reached a hand towards the horses. All of the horses ran off except one. I placed my hand down in front of it. The horse bent down and sniffed my hand before stepping onto my hand without a care. I sat up and brought the horse up to my face. I let out a satisfying grunt before placing the horse back on the ground. I'm pretty sure that the horse was Echo, but I wasn't sure.
"Excellent!" I groaned at the sound of Hange's voice on my shoulder. "Shows signs of great motor functions and thought capability!"
"Is there any point to these tests?" I heard Eld asked.
"It's all for science!" I turned my head to see Hange's glasses hold a lot of glare, blocking out her eyes. I freaked out at the sight and stumbled onto my feet, Hange and Eld falling off my shoulder as I ran though the field away from the castle. I hadn't gotten far before I tripped on a bush, crashing to the ground. I sat there for a moment. This was all hopeless. There was no point to these tests. I was basically the same person as before, but in this state I couldn't talk, twenty meters tall, and had a bone like armor.
"You okay?" I opened my eyes to see Eren standing in front of me. I exhaled a breathe, his entire outfit blowing behind him. "We'll get you a new 3DMG and I bet Petra would gladly go buy you a new outfit." He comforted me.
"We need to find out how to change her back without draining her off all her energy." Gunther stated, walking around to my head with Petra and Eld.
"It's easier said then done since she's completely different compared to Eren." Petra commented.
"There's also the trouble that if she loses control what do we do with her? We can't cut her out like Eren because this is her actual body unlike Eren's." I looked up to watch as Levi jumped off the top of my head.
"Why would you ever want to end this?" Hange laughed, appearing at my nose. I took a deep breathe and blew out, Hange was picked up and blown away.
"I say we cut her up till she cooperates." I moved my hand forward and flicked Oluo away. He landed over next to Hange.
"You could seriously hurt someone Lily. You should be more c-" I interrupted Petra by slamming my fists down and pushing myself off the ground. I stopped away from the group, my hands crossed in front of me. I made sure to stomp hard every time I took a step so that they would fall to the ground. They spoke almost as if I wasn't there. Oluo and Hange's attitude about this also got on my nerves. It made me so angry! It wasn't my fault I didn't have any control over this. It was a protective ability, that's the only reason I used it. SO far the only way out of it was for me to get tired... I stopped walking. What if I were to act calm and take deep breathes? Could that stop my Titan form? I turned around to see that everyone was running after me. I stomped down hard and roared down at them. A crater was formed under my foot, and the group struggled to keep their places. I stopped and stood straight up once again.
I looked up and watched the clouds. The sky was a vivid blue, the clouds white blurs. I felt someone begin to climb up me, and finally stop on my shoulder. I reached over and cupped a hand over the person, sliding it onto my other hand. I looked back down and moved the hands to in front of my eyes. I slowly peered under my hand to see Levi, crouching. He wore a scowl as I removed my hand and he stood. I brought the man forward and touched my nose to his forehead. He immediately turned around and jumped off my hand afterward. My hand dropped to my side as I slowly began falling forward.
I felt the wind as it blew past me. It was cold, yet nice against my burning skin. Steam came off me as my body shrunk.
"Lily!" I heard everyone call out my name. I felt myself get snatched out of the air. I opened my eyes to see Levi. I felt my face get hot as I realized that I was naked. I pushed him away and crouched into a ball on the ground.
"Don't look!" I screeched as everyone surrounded me. Everyone was silent for a moment.
"Go now." Petra commanded. I opened my eyes to see a jacket get placed beside me with Levi's cravat. I looked over to see him without his jacket escorting all the boys away. I grabbed the jacket and put it on. I picked up the cravat and tied it around my head like a headband.
"What did you do to change back?" Hange asked, crouching beside me, she was holding an extra pair of pants. I snatched the pants out of her hands and stood up, slipping the pants on.
"I don't know. I guess I just felt safe." I stated.
"You felt safe with Levi?" Hange asked, smiling wildly.
"I-I don't know!" I stuttered before turning away, a heavy blush forming on my cheeks as I remembered that he had caught me while I was naked. Hange let out a scream of success before running off towards the castle.
"Should I be worried?" I asked, walking closer to Petra.
"I think it would be smarter to be afraid." She replied.
"Okay, guess I have that already checked off." I stated, walking with her back to the castle.
"We'll also have to get you a new uniform and 3DMG." Petra told me.
"That would be the third set I lost!" I cried out, falling to my knees.
"New record holder everyone!" Petra mocked. I glared up at her for a moment before we burst out laughing. I stood up and faced her once we stopped laughing.
"Race ya." I then took off at a sprint towards the castle.
"No fair!" She called, running after me. I pushed myself faster, passing Hange in her run and soon the group of walking boys.
"See ya there slow pokes!" I called behind me.
"Not a chance." Eren replied, and soon squad Levi and Hange were chasing after their 'prisoners'.
All praise the filler chapters!
They're gonna be heading out in the next chapter.
Be prepared for more surprises.
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