Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 00 - Prologue: Emblematic, and Homeward Bound

One wing of stark white sat just before the wing of proud blue.

This is, and had always been, the emblem of the Survey Corps. Many soldiers chose to don the green cloak and devote their hearts to humanity; not to the walls, and not to the upper class, but to humanity. These brave soldiers were devoted not only to the people but for the freedom that they had lost when so long ago they were confined to three concentric walls.

Their work went largely unnoticed in the day to day activities of the people they fought for. They weren't a constant source of vigilance like the Military Police or the ever-present Garrison. They were the Survey Corps, underfunded and underprepared, yet always ready to fight for freedom, for knowledge.

They weren't in it for money, nor for glory, nor for an easy life drinking and playing cards. No, they were the Survey Corps, and though death loomed always over their shoulder and they knew not who was next in line to fall in the line of duty, they looked always ahead of them towards the future, for they so hoped that one day, humanity might truly understand what titans were, defeat them all, and venture beyond the confines of their walls.

For knowledge, for freedom... for humanity.

Many soldiers came and went without more than a whisper, such was the fate of the Survey Corps. It was a dangerous profession, one that did not pay well with regard to monetary gain but their soldiers got something far better: a look to the future. A glimpse of true freedom.

A wing of white as pure as snow, and a wing of blue as deep as the ocean.

Many soldiers proudly wore that emblem.

But two stood strong and as beacons for their fellow soldiers and the common folk alike. They became the embodiment of these wings. They were strong individually, and smart and fast and brave and so much more. They worked well when apart, but only together would the bird that is humanity truly fly.

For when someone is looked to as a source of strength and courage for others, who is there for them to look to? Who do they look to for strength and for courage?

These two... had each other.

Their lives were tumultuous and dangerous and unpredictable, and yet it birthed a love like no other. And it was from each other that they drew strength... and it was with them together that humanity came to gain its freedom.

A wing of stark white, and a wing of proud blue.

Levi Ackerman and Amaya Ikeda.

This is their story.

Many have said that to tell the story of one is to tell the other. But one... largely did not speak unless he needed to, while the other perhaps talked too much for her own good. But to tell their tale was also to tell the story of humanity's freedom and how they gained it, for they seemed to have a hand in much of it while also remaining... somewhat level-headed.

That is to say... this speaks not only on the story of Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert, nor of Jean Kirstein, Connie Springer, and Sasha Braus, nor even of Annie Leonhardt, Bertholdt Hoover, and Reiner Braun.

It starts long before them, and may not end long after them, yet it is not without strife and conflict. Rather, it is full of love and life as well, and is simply a previously unexplored perspective on such events and many new ones.

This is the story of those brave soldiers, those heroes of Paradis and of the entire world, through the eyes of their leaders and the lives they led.

And so... where better to begin, than at the very beginning?

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"Amaya? Amaya, my dear, where did you go?"

Attempting to stifle my giggles, I pulled the blanket closer around me so that grandma wouldn't find me. I could hear her intentionally heavy footfalls cross the room and creep closer and closer to my bed. I held my breath in anticipation, but then... she sighed.