Bloody Love (An Attack on Titan Fan Fiction)

Chapter 1~ Price of Freedom

Year 834

Erika's P.O.V

Christopher should be back with the Survey Corps soon. I can't help but worry when he goes outside; the titans always get a large percentage of the soldiers that leave. But he is pretty skilled, not to mention he did tell me not to worry.

Our baby should be born in a few weeks. So I'm now just hoping he'll be around to see the birth of our first child. I feel my large bump and smile, the baby has been coming along quite well.

I should probably go out and get some firewood, it's supposed to snow within the next few days just telling by the clouds. I grab my long coat off of its hanger and slip it on. I hope my legs will keep me going long enough for me to make it.

I have a medical condition that keeps my legs weak. So I can't run or walk for long periods of time. This one time, Christopher and I were walking around town and doing errands when my legs just gave up on me and I couldn't walk, so Chris carried me home. I know it seems like a cute little incident now, but it was terrifying when I just fell and couldn't use my legs at the time.

After a few short breaks, I finally reach the booth at the market where my friend Marcel sells firewood for a living. "Hello, Erika! How are you on this beautiful yet crappy day?" he jokes.

"Oh why thank you for asking, Marcel. I'm actually quite well this morning. And you?" I say.

"Very good, yes," he answers. "I'm guessing you've come for firewood since I know in your condition you wouldn't just come to visit a good old friend."

"Yes please. I did come here for wood," I take my wood carrier off of my back and hand it to the man. He fills it with enough firewood to keep the house warm for a couple more weeks. He hands it back to me and I sling the straps over my shoulders. "Thank you!" I say.

"Are you sure you don't need help with that? I mean with your legs and being ready to have a baby soon?" he asks.

"Oh yes, I'll be fine. Thanks though!" I head back through the busy Shiganshina streets back towards my house. I enter back into my home and dump the wood into the large wooden box I always put it into. My baby gives me a hard kick and I yelp.

"Don't scare me like that!" I scold even though I know it can't hear me.

I wonder what time it is. I check my pocket watch, it's about 2:00pm, I might as well take a nap. I head step into my room and take my apron along with my shoes off. I climb under the warm covers and try to fall asleep.

It's hard to fall asleep remembering my little niece, Adelae. The poor girl was my husband's sister's daughter and she lost her parents when she was only four years old. She's seven now and has lived in an orphanage inside Trost District since her parents died. Christopher and I weren't allowed to bring her into Wall Maria, I'm not sure why. It breaks my heart whenever I think of her big, sad and golden brown eyes on the day we found out she had to be left behind. Golden brown, just like Christopher and his sister's eyes.

After a while I just block the memories of my niece from my mind so I can get some sleep. This baby keeps me from sleeping a lot at night so I find myself sleeping more in the day. Everything soon fades and I enter the dark wonder land of sleep.

***

There's three loud knocks on the door that wake me up. "I'm coming! Can you just give me a minute please?" I say.

I quickly comb out my black hair with my fingers and put it into a ponytail. I walk to the door and open it to find to soldiers standing at my door. Two Survey Corps soldiers... this can probably only mean one thing, it I'm not ready for this to happen.