|Something Strange| Levi X Reader|

|Chapter 10|Past The Wall|

Then I saw it, a small girl, I guessed around the age of 7 or 8, on top of her dads shoulders and pointing at me.

"Look daddy! That girl was one of the best! She looks like the person on the paper! Right daddy!?" I heard her ask, he dad nodding and smiling in response.

I couldn't help but smile, and then giving the girl the smallest of waves. She and her dad both saw and grinned in response. Just then, the bells went off and Erwin called for the Garrison Regiment to open the gates. I turned to look forward and clicked my heels. My horse started to gallop after the others and I followed Levi as we separated into our sections.

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"Hey (Y/N)!" Eren smiled as he brought up his horse next mine. I was on the right side of Levi and Eren was on the right side of me. The other three cadets stayed a little behind us, most likely scared at what might come.

"What were you and Levi talking about in the stables?" Eren whispered, leaning over on his horse. My face went red, and I pretend to cough to cover it up."Just, you know, battle tactics and what not." I answered, a little too loudly because Levi turned his head to look at us."What's so important that you can't wait till we reach the forest?" he said angrily.

"Nothing sir." I responded, looking at Eren and then glancing down at the fast moving ground. Eren looked away and I took this as a chance to look back up at Levi. He gave me a quick smirk and I rolled my eyes in response.

"Red signals coming from the left sir!" One of the cadets announced. I looked up and towards the left, just to see a trail of red signals in the clear blue sky.
"Alright, one of you brats convey the message." The captain responded, flicking his hand backwards.

"Yes sir!" All three of them called. I glanced back to see all three of them loading their flares."He said one of you idiots." I yelled back. They all panicked and one even dropped the packet.

Eren snorted, and I elbowed him."Its their first expedition." I said. He rolled his eyes and loaded his flare. He shot it clear into the sky, and some others followed after him. After a while, a green flare could be seen from the middle section, the whole formation was to move to the right to avoid the titans coming from the left.

"Alright, move." The corporal ordered, the squad nodded and turned with him. We continued like this for a couple of hours, moving either left or right depending on where the titans were spotted. So far, knock on wood, there were not any deaths or ab-normals.

"Wait sir, there's a purple signal coming from behind!" Eren shouted. Levi and I turned to see a vibrant purple flare shot in the sky."You guys still have two extra horses right?" I asked. All three of them nodded.

"Alright, purple means someone is without a horse or stranded for some reason, I'll take a horse and get them quickly." I smiled, slowing down to take a horse off one of the cadets."No, cadet (L/N), the risk is too high, if there stranded that means a titan could of came by, it could still be around." He said, continuing to look forward.

"I'll take that chance, I'll be back in a couple minutes, if I don't return, send someone after me." I said, grabbing the reins and riding backwards. Last thing I heard was a 'tch' from shorty as I traveled the opposite direction.

After about a minute, I reached the spot where the flare had come from. What I saw was a young girl crying over a horse that was collapsed onto its side. "Oh my, what happened? I gasped, leaping off my horse. And dropping to the ground with her.