Not The One Who Dies ⇀ Attack on Titan *Original*

Part 1: Origins

Run

Survive

Revenge

The blonde boy ran from his home as fast as he could, he didn't have any idea where to go or how to get there but he had to find someone that could help. He emerged from the trees and onto the road, looking around frantically trying to see a sliver of hope. He held his arm close to his body, he had figured it was broken.

He saw a single man on a horse, a green hood over his head. The boy tried to yell but all that would come out was a sob, luckily the man had seen him as he fell to his knees. The horse picked up speed as it neared the bloody mess of a boy.

Levi Ackerman got off of his horse, approaching the boy cautiously, not knowing if this was a trap. As he got closer to the boy, he'd recoil from him appearing scared of the soldier. What could've happened? Could titans have attacked his family?

"Oi, Kid, what happened?" Levi asked, still being cautious with his hands on his swords. The boy took hard deep breathes looking at the soldier, not knowing if he should trust him or not. His body shook as he tried to calm his nerves.

"My family, please." Was all the boy got out before breaking down into a sobbing mess, at that moment it clicked with Levi. This was no trap, it was a boy who had just lost everything in his life, much like Levi had.

"Where?" Levi asked causing the boy to look back through the trees towards his home. Levi nodded, telling him to stay with the horse, about to take off into the trees when the boy had grabbed his arm.

"Don't leave." The boy stated causing Levi to growl, knowing there was only one option. The boy had been scared out of his mind and was terrified of being alone once again. Levi nodded at the boy now noticing his limp arm. His hand reached down to his belt, pulling the flare pistol and loading it with an accoustic shell.

"Cover your ears, kid." Levi stated, before realizing the boy couldn't cover both ears, only having one functional arm. Levi used his free hand to cover the boys left ear while he covered his right. The sound of the shell flying through the sky caused his squad to ride quickly to his position.

Levi squad all arived to the same sight, their fearless leader trying to console a bloody boy with a broken arm, holding him in his arms as the boy cried. The four soldiers wouldn't have ever thought they would see such a tender side of Levi.

"Captain Levi, What happened?" Eld Jinn, the second in command asked his captain who gave him a cold stare in response.

"Look at the boy, what do you think happened?" Levi spit at his comrade, shutting him up. Eld grunted as he reached into the sattle bags of his horse, getting medical supplys out and handing them to Petra.

"Oh my goodness, you poor thing. Can I take a look at your arm? It looks pretty beat up." Petra asked, kneeling next to her captain and the newly found boy. They had been clearing the area of titans, making sure none got to close to wall rose.

The boy nodded at the woman, pulling away from Levi who watched as she carefully grabbed the boys arm and straightened it causing him to wince in pain. Levi was curious as to what caused all of this, it was eerily similar to what he did in the underworld.

"Okay, yeah it's deffenetly broken. I'm going to put this splint on but we're going to have to get you fully checked out when we get back to Trost." She said with careful eyes causing the boy to nod. Levi still saw the darkness in his eyes, although it was slightly fading.

Petra slowly put a splint on the boys arm, trying her best not to hurt him. With his arm now in a splint, the squad all got back on their horses. Gunthar tried to place his hand on the boys back to comfort him but it only scared him more. Levi shot him a glare and helped him up onto his horse.