Forgetting Them All, Remembering the Few (OC fanfic)

Chapter 18

Axl's Pov

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I wake up with Hanji standing over me with a clipboard and pen in hand. She jots down notes and moves away I sit up and rub my head. I see that Levi, Erwin, and Jean are also in the room.

"Here Axl. Drink up." Hanji hands me a glass of water and I take a sip. All of my injuries have been healed thanks to my titan powers and my leg is still numb.

"How long have I been out?" I ask. The last thing I remember is us passing my old village in the outerwalls and Jean looking very depressed. Erwin walks towards me and I finish my water.

"Axl, we have to tell you something." I nod my head in understanding and listen to him. "Dont do anything drastic, but...we thought you should know. So during the expedition when that titan went into the woods and followed Levi we have confirmed that Oulo Bozado, Gunther Schultz, Petra Ral, and Eld Jinn have all died in terrible ways. They did fight until the end and we have made sure to keep their deaths from being in vain." My heart completely drops and I try to stand up. My leg is still numb and I fall into Erwin's arms, grabbing onto his torso. I squeezed with my arms as hard as I could.

"Axl, please. I cant breathe." Erwin said with a raspy voice. I let go and stood in front of him. Then Jean and Levi came over and hugged me. The only time Levi has ever given me love or affection is when I was rejected by some villagers that I couldnt go into a store and he kind of understood how I felt. Levi used to live on the streets and be shunned all the time, so he knew exactly what I was thinking. Apparently now is a time where we can also relate to each other. The people in Levi's squad were his best friends, so he knows my current state. I embrace the two and we stand there in each other's comfort. Jean walked moved away after a few minutes, but Levi stayed. After a while I hear faint sobs from him and my shirt is starting to get wet. For the first time in my entire life I see Corpral Levi Ackerman cry. It's a touching moment really, I try to stay like this for a while and take in the emotions.

Levo eventually lets go and stands in front of me. Everyone else has left the room and Levi and I stand parallel to each other. He stares at the floor.

"Dont tell anyone about this." He says this and leaves the room. I stand there, not knowing exactly what to do. I just try to walk again, but fall down. Then I just lay there, laughing maniacally at myself and what just happened. For some reason I couldn't stop and just layed there for a while.

-timeskip-

I walk out from my room with my leg fully recovered and see that Reiner, Bertholdt, Erwin, and Levi are all waiting for me in the dining hall. Completely confused I walk over to them.

"Hey, guys. What are you doing here?" They all look up to me and Erwin begins talking.

"We want you to apologize to your fellow cadets for lashing out on them." I roll my eyes.

"Oh please. I would do that in a million years." Bertholdt stands up.

"Why Axl? Why? Why are you like this all of a sudden?!" I step back in shock. I've never heard Bertholdt raise his voice amd it scared me, honestly.

"Erwin, Levi. Could you please give us time to talk? Alone." They left the room and only us three remained.

"How dare you?" I ask them. They cock their heads at me. "How dare you come into my territory and accuse me of not being me? Huh?"

"Because Axl! We dont know what happened to you! Where did our Axl go that used to steal our food?! Where did our Axl go that you would kill to innocent people if they crossed you?! Where did the Axl go that killed the king?!" Bertholdt screams out again. I stand in disbelief of what he has said. I dont even know what happened to me. I was the rotten girl who stole and I was a murderer. And I killed the king.

"Im sorry. I dont know what happened to me. After everything with Erwin I guess I was convinced anything I did was what I used to do. I dont know what happened to us. To Annie. To you guys. We should have never split ways. Could you ever forgive me?" I asked in a depressed tone.

"Of course we can Axl. I see know that the good in you had to come out eventually. You werent born bad like us. Being the daughter of Commander Erwin and having to live with good people for about five years is most likely what set it off. We forgive you." Reiner said. He then took me into a caring embrace and so did Bertholdt. Its just like old times.