The day Wall Maria fell to the Titans, soldier Arden Keiser selfishly chose to save herself. She disobeyed direct orders and abandoned her role within the Garrison Regiment. She made an attempt to escape from Shiganshina, to never face a Titan again, though she was ultimately captured and brought to trial. Both her crimes and a gambling man's game brought her to the hands of the Scout Regiment; the one branch of the military she had always detested. She had always believed there was no reason to search for freedom beyond Wall Maria. All that lingered among the Titans was an undiscovered world of dead soldiers, and to search for freedom out there meant that the lives of hundreds of soldiers would be wasted. In that sense, the leaders of the Scout Regiment were practically murderers. They were criminals just as Arden Keiser now was. But as her life in the Scout Regiment goes on, as she learns more about the future of freedom that their soldiers desperately fight for, Time teaches her to trust the regiment and their soldiers through lessons on the past, the present, and the future. ◕ TW: Mentions of Alcoholism & Alcohol Dependency Levi Ackerman x OC Spans from the Fall of Wall Maria to the Struggle for Trost District

The underground is filthy and dark. A place Levi knows as well as the back of his hand, and a place he would do anything to get out of. Chapters of life roll by and with the turn of a page, things drastically change. In front of him is the opportunity to live on the surface. And the flimsy bridge that he has to cross. From an uncivil criminal to a disciplined soldier. But life on the surface seems tougher amidst all the mockery, civilities, and the gaping hole left in his heart, after the demise of his dear friends Isabel and Farlan.